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Canadian Rescue Team Beats U.S. Army to New Orleans Suburb
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igotthisguitar



Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 2:42 am    Post subject: Canadian Rescue Team Beats U.S. Army to New Orleans Suburb Reply with quote
Canadians Beat U.S. Army to New Orleans Suburb Shocked
Thu Sep 8, 1:36 AM ET

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A Canadian search-and-rescue team reached a flooded New Orleans suburb to help save trapped residents five days before the U.S. military, a Louisiana state senator said on Wednesday.



The Canadians beat both the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. disaster response department, to St. Bernard Parish east of New Orleans, where flood waters are still 8 feet deep in places, Sen. Walter Boasso said.

"Fabulous, fabulous guys," Boasso said. "They started rolling with us and got in boats to save people."

"We've got Canadian flags flying everywhere."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050908/wl_canada_nm/canada_canadians_neworelans_col_1

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/4532.asp
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
No surprises. We were the only nation on Dday to achieve all our goals. Where is Derrek these days?
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bourquetheman



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Someone said in another thread (can't remember what thread, somewhere in the Job discussion forum) that Derrek (aka Gollum) got banned but I don't know what for as the person didn't elaborate. I didn't notice anything unusual except the usual from him so I don't know what (if it's true) that prompted the banning.
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HapKi



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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No surprises. We were the only nation on Dday to achieve all our goals.


America lost 6,000 soldiers that day. Canada, around 350.
Hmm. I wonder who had the bigger goals?
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Bulsajo



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hang on, just let me unzip my fly...
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Pligganease



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah.

Canada's goal: Hide in the back.
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mindmetoo



Joined: 02 Feb 2004
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
HapKi wrote:
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No surprises. We were the only nation on Dday to achieve all our goals.


America lost 6,000 soldiers that day. Canada, around 350.
Hmm. I wonder who had the bigger goals?


Canada. Given we went to war in 1939 and not 1941, I think we did our fair share of the heavy lifting over the course of the whole war.

Anyway, a simple "thanks Canada for saving my fellow Americans yet again" would be the best response. And you're welcome. Canada is always there for America when it screws up.
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Bulsajo



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Okay, got the fly open; Let the 157th Dave's bi-weekly Can-US pissing match commence.

Pligganease wrote:
Yeah.

Canada's goal: Hide in the back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord#Juno_Beach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_raid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Kapyong

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some waygug-in



Joined: 25 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hold everything!!!!!!!!!!!

Before the fighting commences, let me say just one thing:


YAY TEAM!!!! Cool

Way to go guys!!!!


OK, now you can start fighting again.
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Pyongshin Sangja



Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
There were five beaches on D-Day, Brits took 3, US one, Canada 1. Nobody knew what the defences were like on the other side. The Cdn., US and UK attacks went forward at the same time. The Canadians took their objective and got lucky that the Americans tripped into a bigger nest of machineguns. We went forward at the same time with the rest of you jerks. You got a bad deal. Don't make up things to make it seem like we shirked our responsibilty.