Coulter 1 - Canada 0

[Inor]

So, it seems our good neighbors to the north invited Ann Coulter to speak at University of Ottawa, paid her $10,000 speaking fee, then canceled the whole thing an hour or two before it was to start.  ROFL!!!

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100323/coulter_canada_100323/20100323?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

Having grown up in Minnesota in the 1960's and 70's during the "Fish and Game wars" between Minnesota and Ontario, I have just a few words for our Canadian friends:

Quit taking yourselves so seriously!  Yeah okay, we get it, you are a foreign country.  We have Dunkin Doughnuts and Walmart, you have Tim Horton and Canadian Tire.  But your insistence on calling "Ford trucks" by the name "Mercury trucks" makes about as much sense to me as why you would invite an American political satirist to speak in Canada and then blast her for doing what she is paid to do: American political satire.

P.S. I commend you on finally putting pictures of actual Canadians on your money.  That whole Queen of England thing always seemed a little weird for a country that claimed independence from the crown.

[makattak]

I would argue your title is misleading.

Should be Coulter 10,000  - Canada 0

[Inor]

I would argue your title is misleading.

Should be Coulter 10,000  - Canada 0

Touche - as in French, like French-Canadian...

[Scout26]

"I think that if the intention of the university is to bring two different speakers from two different political spectrums, I think that there are better choices from that camp that they could have chosen rather than Ann Coulter, because she is a bit vocal and she is a bit outrageous in some of the things that she says."

Translation: "They should only allow people, with whom I agree with, to speak."  

[Monkeyleg]

Why are conservatives expressing their views always threatened with violence from liberals? It would seem that, if given the choice, they'd rather kill Ann Coulter than Iranian president Ahmadinejad.

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

Why are conservatives expressing their views always threatened with violence from liberals? It would seem that, if given the choice, they'd rather kill Ann Coulter than Iranian president Ahmadinejad.

Well, yeah.  Ann is the bigger threat to them.

[Perd Hapley]

blast her for doing what she is paid to do: American political satire.

Dead on.  She's a humorist whose jokes are misunderstood as Republican policy proposals.  Hence the outrage by weenies on the right and left who don't quite get it. Course, that's how she makes the big bucks.   

That whole Queen of England thing always seemed a little weird for a country that claimed independence from the crown.

Last I knew, they still consider themselves subjects of the Queen. 

[Inor]

Last I knew, they still consider themselves subjects of the Queen. 

Sort of - Technically she is "the Queen of Canada".  But the average Canadians that I know, do not consider themselves part of the crown.  Either way, it was my sorry attempt at humor.   

BTW: The other other Canadian that is prominent on their money is the loon. - Go figure... 

[Mabs2]

Touche - as in French, like French-Canadian...

Made me think of this.
<Necro^Partehh4t> if someone insults canada the best thing u can say is
<Necro^Partehh4t> atleast im not french-canadian :.
<[HI]Widget> lol
<Bob_the_cannibal> what if you're french-canadian?
<Necro^Partehh4t> then you suck

[sanglant]

BTW: The other other Canadian that is prominent on their money is the loon. - Go figure... 

they put pelosi on there money?






 

[Hawkmoon]

Touche - as in French, like French-Canadian...

Except that Ottawa isn't in the French-speaking part of Canada. That's Quebec province.

[S. Williamson]

Isn't $10,000 Canadian like... 23 cents, a button, some lint, and a butterscotch wrapper in American money? 






 

[Mabs2]

Isn't $10,000 Canadian like... 23 cents, a button, some lint, and a butterscotch wrapper in American money? 






 

   
9,753.48 USD

[alex_trebek]

Karma is a cruel mistress. Spend decades making fun the Canadian dollar, then wake up one day and it is worth more than the US dollar.

[Monkeyleg]

Karma is a cruel mistress. Spend decades making fun the Canadian dollar, then wake up one day and it is worth more than the US dollar.

By the time our legiscritters get through with us, the dollar will be worth less than the rupee.

[Matthew Carberry]

By the time our legiscritters get through with us, the dollar will be worth less than the rupee.

How is that for deterring coyotes and how much does RuPaul charge for it?

[HankB]

By the time our legiscritters get through with us, the dollar will be worth less than the rupee.

I was thinking parity with US dollars and Zimbabwe dollars . . . 

[Inor]

Karma is a cruel mistress. Spend decades making fun the Canadian dollar, then wake up one day and it is worth more than the US dollar.

Yes - but we can still make fun of Canadians.  They are such friendly people until you start to give them grief about being, well Canadian.     It is great fun to watch.

[gunsmith]

the hot interviewer on Fox was asking a Canadian about this and the Canadian said we do not have "The religion of free speech here"

[gunsmith]

the oops

[alex_trebek]

Yes - but we can still make fun of Canadians.  They are such friendly people until you start to give them grief about being, well Canadian.     It is great fun to watch.

Call it Canadia. Not Canada. They love that.

[MechAg94]

What is your opinion of Tim Horton's?  I guess I don't drink coffee and I wasn't impressed with the donuts. 

[Inor]

What is your opinion of Tim Horton's?  I guess I don't drink coffee and I wasn't impressed with the donuts. 

If you wake up in the morning with a need for sugar and caffeine, it solves the problem.  Beyond that, I never gave it much thought.  I did have some beer-cheese soup at one in Montreal that was really good.

[darius]

Why are conservatives expressing their views always threatened with violence from liberals? It would seem that, if given the choice, they'd rather kill Ann Coulter than Iranian president Ahmadinejad.

She is a threat to their ideology.

[Perd Hapley]

Call it Canadia. Not Canada. They love that.

Nope.  Canuckistan.