Re: Canada for President

2012-01-07 Thread Larry C. Lyons
here's what many Canadians think of the relationship: http://verydemotivational.memebase.com/2011/10/19/demotivational-posters-rule-89/?from=recMap3 On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > >> >> >>

Re: Canada for President

2012-01-07 Thread PT
"However, the details of the agreement remain secret and will only be revealed once both heads of state sign the deal– negating the necessary process of public feedback and consent." Um ? And there you have it. Another example of the government not making laws and agreements on behalf o

Re: Canada for President

2012-01-07 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > > http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/01/06/canada-for-president.html > > Only funny because it's too little too late... Canada is USA Sorry canucks, I'm truly sorry for you all :-( http://www.infowars.com/secret-u-

Re: Canada for President

2012-01-07 Thread Medic
Beaver worshiping syrup guzzlers! It's funny cuz it's true. On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > > http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/01/06/canada-for-president.html > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > LinkedIn: http://ww

Re: Canada for President

2012-01-06 Thread Judah McAuley
That was awesome. Thank you. Judah On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 5:15 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/01/06/canada-for-president.html > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology n

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-22 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Exactly better to sell to a firm ally rather than a dubious one. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Robert Munn wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Sam wrote: > >> >> I know it means jobs in the US and cheaper fuel cost eventually and >> the Republicans forced it into the bill. >> >> What

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Robert Munn
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Sam wrote: > > I know it means jobs in the US and cheaper fuel cost eventually and > the Republicans forced it into the bill. > > What I don't know is why Canada would care if we have a pipeline or > not. We would still buy oil from them it would just take us lon

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Medic wrote: > You might need more than 32, but I bet if you sent all of your boyscouts > and gave them stuff just out of your local gun shop you could probably > overrun our forces. It wouldn't be the battle with the military that caused > you trouble though, it

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Medic
You might need more than 32, but I bet if you sent all of your boyscouts and gave them stuff just out of your local gun shop you could probably overrun our forces. It wouldn't be the battle with the military that caused you trouble though, it would be the resistance. Canadians are not a people tha

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
you know everyone thinks that, except like the taliban they're found out to their regret. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > >> your choice. > > > Oh man, you really don't want ME to choose.  I totally want to s

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread William Bowen
> How else do you explain such a large percantage of the > population living within 50 miles of the US border? When you live in the USA's hat, it's warmest near the band? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Scott Stroz
I don't know about that. Canada has been prepping for an invasion for years. How else do you explain such a large percantage of the population living within 50 miles of the US border? On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Larry C. Lyons w

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > your choice. Oh man, you really don't want ME to choose. I totally want to see 32 boy scouts storm Canada and win. -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthol

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Casey Dougall
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > lets see energy stops, invasion starts, energy infrastructure > destroyed. US is 3 to 10 years without half its normally available > energy. Rest of the world starts boycotting the US, the economy tanks > to below 2008 and great depression

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
lets see energy stops, invasion starts, energy infrastructure destroyed. US is 3 to 10 years without half its normally available energy. Rest of the world starts boycotting the US, the economy tanks to below 2008 and great depression levels. scenario two. Negotiation reaches an acceptable deal fo

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > I'll let you figure out what happens next. We invade Canada using a troop of 32 Boy Scouts? Merry Christmas! :) -Cameron ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Antholog

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
look at how a minor boycott affected the US in 1973. Or how much gas prices spiked 3 years ago. Now suddenly over 50% of the gas and electricity supply is gone... I'll let you figure out what happens next. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:33 AM, GMoney wrote: > > I bet you a Loonie that America isn't

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread GMoney
I bet you a Loonie that America isn't left "freezing in the dark" by anything Canada does. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > The attitude of many I've heard in Canada lately has been if the US > doesn't agree let the b*st*rds freeze in the dark. Remember Canada > supplie

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
The attitude of many I've heard in Canada lately has been if the US doesn't agree let the b*st*rds freeze in the dark. Remember Canada supplies over half of the American energy supply. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Casey Dougall wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Sam wrote: > >> I k

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Casey Dougall
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Sam wrote: > I know it means jobs in the US and cheaper fuel cost eventually and > the Republicans forced it into the bill. > > What I don't know is why Canada would care if we have a pipeline or > not. We would still buy oil from them it would just take us longe

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Sam
I know it means jobs in the US and cheaper fuel cost eventually and the Republicans forced it into the bill. What I don't know is why Canada would care if we have a pipeline or not. We would still buy oil from them it would just take us longer to deliver and use it. . On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
no I'm just disgusted by the politics of it. and given that Harper is the US's female dog, its very surprising. Its something too important to be a political football, and that's what the rethuglican house has turned it into. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Sam wrote: > > I was just wondering w

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Sam
I was just wondering why you were so proud of the tactic. I'm guessing it's because it's against the US. . On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > Fine Sam, then when is the US going to stop doing that? Or is it a > case of do what I say not as I do. There is a long history

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Fine Sam, then when is the US going to stop doing that? Or is it a case of do what I say not as I do. There is a long history of the US meddling in internal affairs of both Canada and Mexico as well as other countries in the Americas. Harper was just stating the case. Canada can sell the oil far m

RE: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Eric Roberts
ROFLMAO -Original Message- From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:jmi...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 9:05 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built No. That's just shrinkage from the cold. honest. O

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
No. That's just shrinkage from the cold. honest. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > The US has tried that for over 200 years. And mostly have been suffering > from "ED" from the start. > > On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> >

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
The US has tried that for over 200 years. And mostly have been suffering from "ED" from the start. On Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Eric Roberts wrote: > > Fuck canada... > > -Original Message- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 9:43 AM

RE: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Eric Roberts
Fuck canada... -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 9:43 AM To: cf-community Subject: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built Essentially Harper is telling the US screw you: http://edmon

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Currently the extraction methods use a lot of water and does produce a fair amount of green house gases. That's where the real issue comes in. And it needs to be solved and soon. Oil companies are now starting to look at the oil shale deposits in the US. The methods to extract oil from the Tar San

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Judah McAuley
This would only effect new shipments of oil, I believe, since the pipeline isn't built yet. If Canada is threatening to change their current arrangements then that would obviously have a much bigger impact. Looks like Canada is still our number one supplier of oil but we produce over half our oil

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Scott Stroz
I think its a pretty big deal as, IIRC, we get most of our oil from Canada. I imagine it will affect gas prices here. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > Given that the Republicans in Congress are intent of forcing a 60 day > decision on the pipeline and there are no envir

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Judah McAuley
Given that the Republicans in Congress are intent of forcing a 60 day decision on the pipeline and there are no environmental impact statements done on the alternate route, it simply means that the State Department will have to deny the permit. Then Canada will sell to to China and we'll go on our

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Vivec
There is no way to mitigate that. We need to find sustainable sources of energy other than Oil, that's the only way. Fusion. We need Fusion. 0_0 ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusi

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Sam
Telling a country how they should vote is playing politics. . On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > more like being pissed off at the politics. Besides China is willing > to pay more. > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Sam wrote: >> >> Sounds like blackmail. >> ~~

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Me, I'm just recognizing the reality. Harper said they will sell to the Chinese if the US doesn't get off its collective rear end. The oil will be sold, it just depends on who is the buyer. If the Chinese then it will go through the TransCanada pipeline to BC and then to China. I'd rather see it

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread GMoney
So you are staunchly with the Republicans on this issue? On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > more like being pissed off at the politics. Besides China is willing > to pay more. > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Sam wrote: > > > > Sounds like blackmail. > > > > . > >

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
more like being pissed off at the politics. Besides China is willing to pay more. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Sam wrote: > > Sounds like blackmail. > > . > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Larry C. Lyons > wrote: >> >> The current plans have it going over the Ogallala Aquifer. TransCa

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Sam
Sounds like blackmail. . On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > The current plans have it going over the Ogallala Aquifer. TransCan > has already said that they'd reroute the pipeline as needed to avoid > it. That said, Canada would probably make a lot more selling the oil

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Larry C. Lyons
The current plans have it going over the Ogallala Aquifer. TransCan has already said that they'd reroute the pipeline as needed to avoid it. That said, Canada would probably make a lot more selling the oil to China than the US. A lot of people I know back in Canada are now saying saying let the US

Re: Canada says it will sell oil to the Chinese if Keystone XL is not built

2011-12-20 Thread Cameron Childress
...and the US is more environmentally careful/friendly than Canada? Seems the holdup is environmental studies that need to be completed for the pipeline which from the article appears to stretch from Canada to the US Gulf of Mexico? I didn't realize Canada was so environmentally careless. -Came

Re: Canada staves off another DMCA attempt

2011-03-27 Thread Robert Munn
Good for Canadians. DMCA is nothing more than a naked attempt to protect a dying business model. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Vivec wrote: > > Like some kind of [0]B-movie [1]horror > [2]series, the latest attempt to revise Canada's copyright law and > introduce DMCA-like provisions, [3]Bill

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-03 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Medic wrote: > Time to cull the herd. > Stockpile those MRE's, water and ammunition... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dino

RE: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-03 Thread Eric Roberts
[mailto:ks...@gckschools.com] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 10:16 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Canada debates public health care model >Gonna be an interesting century of that there can be no doubt. > >On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 10:42 -0400, Jerry Barnes wrote: >> J Oh it gets be

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-03 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Given that Canada has little or no federal deficit in comparison to the US and has weather the financial crisis much better than most of the rest of the industrialized countries, I think the comparison to such lame ducks is incorrect. If anything the US and Japan will go under long before Canada w

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Gonna be an interesting century indeed." Shotguns are great for home defense. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Arch

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-03 Thread Kris Sisk
>Gonna be an interesting century of that there can be no doubt. > >On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 10:42 -0400, Jerry Barnes wrote: >> J Oh it gets better. On top of nations self destructing due to screw ups by politicians we're gonna be out of oil long before the end of this century. We get to figure ou

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-03 Thread LRS Scout
Gonna be an interesting century of that there can be no doubt. On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 10:42 -0400, Jerry Barnes wrote: > J ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Din

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-03 Thread Jerry Barnes
"next Portugal, then Spain and Italy, then Britain, US, Canada, Japan, and every other industrialized nation" Frightening, isn't it? "we're on the road to self-destruction and our political class has no idea how to keep it from happening." Ahh, but to they know how they got here? Obviously no

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-03 Thread Medic
Time to cull the herd. On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Robert Munn wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > > > "and so we see how civilizations self-destruct..." > > > > See Greece. > > next Portugal, then Spain and Italy, then Britain, US, Canada, Japan, > and ev

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-03 Thread Robert Munn
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "and so we see how civilizations self-destruct..." > > See Greece. next Portugal, then Spain and Italy, then Britain, US, Canada, Japan, and every other industrialized nation. we're on the road to self-destruction and our political class ha

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-02 Thread Jerry Barnes
"and so we see how civilizations self-destruct..." See Greece. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-02 Thread Robert Munn
and so we see how civilizations self-destruct... On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:58 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > > So yes, the problem is in the usage - based on the Robin Hood > mentality of the planners at the time, there are too many users and > not enough providers.  Personally the failure is

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-02 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
>> The problem isn't the healthcare system. The problem is that people aren't >> having as many kids. Too many old people. Not enough young people. >> Disproportionate streams mean there's more leaving the kitty than is coming >> in. The number of children couples have has been in decline for 50 y

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-02 Thread Vivec
No no wait... Are the two of your Serious??? you have to be kidding! On 2 June 2010 10:06, Medic wrote: >> Is this a serious post, or are you just kidding? > > Is *THIS* a serious post or are *YOU* just kidding? ~| Order the A

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-02 Thread Medic
> > Is this a serious post, or are you just kidding? > Is *THIS* a serious post or are *YOU* just kidding? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/143027

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-02 Thread G Money
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Medic wrote: > > The problem isn't the healthcare system. The problem is that people aren't > having as many kids. Too many old people. Not enough young people. > Disproportionate streams mean there's more leaving the kitty than is coming > in. The number of child

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-02 Thread Medic
The problem isn't the healthcare system. The problem is that people aren't having as many kids. Too many old people. Not enough young people. Disproportionate streams mean there's more leaving the kitty than is coming in. The number of children couples have has been in decline for 50 years. In Can

Re: Canada debates public health care model

2010-06-01 Thread Jerry Barnes
Coming soon to a democratic republic near you: Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model Pressured by an aging population and the need to rein in budget deficits, Canada's provinces are taking tough measures to curb healthcare costs, a trend that could erode the principles of the popula

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-02 Thread Larry C. Lyons
More importantly they were about beer I thought. On 12/1/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The very earliest writings from the Mesopotamian cradle of > civilization were accounting related. > > On 12/1/05, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We didn't evolve with wallets, an

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-02 Thread Gruss Gott
> Brian wrote: > So Gruss... > > Do you live in the city or country? Burbs if you call that country (although I'm 5 minutes from corn fields), but up until last summer, both. > How much is gas there? Well I think paid $2.20/gal for 93oct last time I filled up. Pretty good! > Did you vote for

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-02 Thread G
> After that it's where are you from, family questions, do I live in a > city or the country, what that's like, how much is wine, gas, or milk, > did I vote for Bush, do I agree with Iraq, did America invade Iraq for > oil, etc, etc. > So Gruss... Do you live in the city or country? How much

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-02 Thread Gruss Gott
> Wayne wrote: > The problem arises when we are taught by the culture we live in that > to achieve happiness we need to accumulate as many material > possessions as possible I completely agree and I also agree with the correlation between money and happiness. I'm saying that this is not the fault

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-02 Thread Gruss Gott
> Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "What Do You Do" is a standard question taught to start a > conversation. You will find this anywhere in the world. > Not in my experience. I travel internationally frequently and the only time I'm ever asked "what do I do" outside of America is if I'm with bu

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-02 Thread Wayne Putterill
True, for counting sheep. I am not speaking out against money - it's a very good method of abstracting the barter system, but it isn't an intrinsic part of our nature. We invented it, and systems for using and generating it, but maybe we should view it as a work in progress rather than a done deal

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-02 Thread Wayne Putterill
I think the driving force behind all our actions is a desire to be happy, whatever need or want that you feel 'greedy' for will boil down to you thinking it will make you happy. The problem arises when we are taught by the culture we live in that to achieve happiness we need to accumulate as many

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-02 Thread Vivec
"What Do You Do" is a standard question taught to start a conversation. You will find this anywhere in the world. It tells you immediately the position of the individual, gives you an idea as to their status and possible wealth, and thus whether they are worth talking to or not, or simply gives yo

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Andrew Grosset
>"Government Failure in Canada, 1997-2004: A Survey of Reports from >the Auditor General," again by the Fraser Institute, details extensive >waste, misrepresentation, red tape, incompetence, program failure, >self-service and self-dealing in the Canadian government. The report >concludes that:

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Kevin Graeme
The very earliest writings from the Mesopotamian cradle of civilization were accounting related. On 12/1/05, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We didn't evolve with wallets, and not everyone is obsessed with > grabbing as much money as they can.

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Maybe even French :) > LOL! Well ... he is french looking I suppose. ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Dana wrote: > Paris is a great city, sorry. Lived there for hmm, three years I > think. Plus another year in the far suburbs (Chantilly) and a few > months in the Loire Valley. > Also lived there (just outside, St. Cloud), and I totally agree. Once, about 2 years ago, I was rushing to the airpo

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Michael Bramwell
y" Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 7:07 AM Subject: Re: Canada pwned > > Ray wrote: > > The perception of New Yorkers is that they are loud and boorish. > > I saw this NY comedian here in MN that made the following observation: > > I was walkin down dis street an&#x

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Sam
Maybe that's how they got the bad rap :) On 12/1/05, Dana wrote: > Paris is a great city, sorry. Lived there for hmm, three years I > think. Plus another year in the far suburbs (Chantilly) and a few > months in the Loire Valley. > ~

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Sam
Maybe people in NY didn't like him :) Professional beggars will start by asking directions and then give you some sob story about how they need money for an operation or a cab. Or they could have been tourists he was asking, we have a lot of them. Maybe even French :) On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott wrot

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Dana
Paris is a great city, sorry. Lived there for hmm, three years I think. Plus another year in the far suburbs (Chantilly) and a few months in the Loire Valley. On 12/1/05, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They don't like anybody, ever been there? > > On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > > > Why's that

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Dana
gee, what's not to like. On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > Anyway, I'd love to live in Paris for a month or two if it weren't for > > all those French people. :) > > > > Why's that? Do you find that they don't like you? > >

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Sam
Stepping over drunks is so common who has time to see if they're breathing, and I rarely kick them, clean shoes and all that On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > I saw this NY comedian here in MN that made the following observation: > > I was walkin down dis street an' a guy had a freakin hard attack.

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Sam
Also depends on the neighborhood. A lot of subcultures in NY don't like Americans so you run into all kinds. And if you're in Times Square or the Hard Rock Cafe they're mostly tourists.:) On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Ray wrote: > > Neither do New Yorkers. > > > > Now there's a place where I'

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > We quickly tell them how to get where they're going and move on, some > think that's rude but hey, I'm busy and there are a lot of tourists > My cousin was lost in Manhatten and NOBODY would stop to give him directions he ended up having to take a cab 6 blocks. A buddy explained t

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Sam
I knew that. We're used to the image. I once worked with a guy from way upstate NY and he always bragged that when he left NY people hated him until he would explain he was from the country part. Then they liked him. He had no friends at work. I think Trump is number two in most hated in NY, he th

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Wayne wrote: > We didn't evolve with wallets, and not everyone is obsessed with > grabbing as much money as they can. > Ah, but we did evolve with GREED! Why you're wrong about capitalism is because it does something that no other socio-economic system has done before: it takes a fundamentall

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Exactly. Looking it from a behavioral psych approach, money is a strong motivator, but not the only one. If it were, then you would not see such stuff as observational learning, advertising wouldn't work. Most religions would not exist. Money is a motivator. One of many, but its not THE motivator

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Ray wrote: > The perception of New Yorkers is that they are loud and boorish. I saw this NY comedian here in MN that made the following observation: I was walkin down dis street an' a guy had a freakin hard attack. 'bout 4 people formed some kind of medical unit - they was givin' im CPR, calli

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Wayne Putterill
We didn't evolve with wallets, and not everyone is obsessed with grabbing as much money as they can. On 12/1/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are other ways of viewing success, look at Bhutan and their > > commitment to 'gross national happiness' for example. Personally I > > think that

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Wayne Putterill
Culture is probably the best word to use I suppose. On 12/1/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not really sure what you mean by this. By "country" do you mean government? > Or citizens? Or? > > I live on a quiet street in middle America where the main concerns are > what's the weather doing, w

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Ray wrote: > Neither do New Yorkers. > Now there's a place where I've met a lot of impolite people. Although if we're comparing cities New York has gotten better while Chicago has gotten worse. Los Angeles is on it's own planet - you can't even compare. ~~~

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Ray Champagne
Sorry, Sam, that wasn't a shot at you, more like a sarcastic poke at NYC. I forgot the smiley at the end. The perception of New Yorkers is that they are loud and boorish. At least, that's what I've learned from Donald Trump and The Apprentice. :) Sam wrote: > Come on that's not true. > We do

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > They don't like anybody, ever been there? > Many times per year. Some of my best friends are French. In fact I can honestly say that I've never met a single impolite Frenchman or woman and that includes the panhandlers. In fact the most offensive time I've had in France was due

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Sam
Come on that's not true. We don't like NJ but have nothing against the people that live there :) Otherwise we just don't hang around and chat with every tourist looking for directions. We quickly tell them how to get where they're going and move on, some think that's rude but hey, I'm busy and ther

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Ray Champagne
Neither do New Yorkers. Sam wrote: > They don't like anybody, ever been there? > > On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > >>Why's that? Do you find that they don't like you? >> > > > ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion H

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Sam
They don't like anybody, ever been there? On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Why's that? Do you find that they don't like you? > ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www

RE: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Kevin Schmidt
That's the problem with France, it's full of French people. -Original Message- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 3:36 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Canada pwned > Sam wrote: > Anyway, I'd love to live in Paris for

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > Anyway, I'd love to live in Paris for a month or two if it weren't for > all those French people. :) > Why's that? Do you find that they don't like you? ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread William Bowen
+1 on this write-up Gruss. I work every day with people in this guy's position. > He's not rich and he probably won't be. He has an apartment in town > and a small car. But he's also got all the latest games, computers, > toys, etc and plenty of time to play them. He never worries about his >

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Sam
You know we have unions, government and teaching jobs here that do pretty much the same thing. Except without all the vacation, which is why we're a more productive culture. I thought the European countries were cracking down on all excessive vacations? Here we have sick days but you're only suppos

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Kevin Graeme
Like the Kansas board of education. On 12/1/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess i'm biased to anything that's been good too me..which explains > my rampant nationalism :) ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your comp

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread G
I guess i'm biased to anything that's been good too me..which explains my rampant nationalism :) > > Most people, though, are biased to where they grew up. > ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer su

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Brian wrote: > I guess that's what makes > it so hard for me to agree with the idea that this place sucks :) > I wouldn't say it sucks here, I just prefer it in Europe for lifestyle. That being said, the business opportunities here far exceed Europe, at least in my experience. So, if you want

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Gruss Gott
> Sam wrote: > France has had an unemployment rate of 10% for over a decade, Germany > is now close to 12%. I think there're depths to those numbers that you're missing, but, either way, there is more unemployment, yup. That's why it's a middle class dream (not a low class dream). In France, for

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread G
> > I know why for me (these are my perceptions of course): > I agree with all of your perceptions Grussbut you know what, none of them have made my life here miserable. I set my own pace of "capitalism" that works for mei drive my non-bmw car without worrying about my pariah status...I

Re: Canada pwned

2005-12-01 Thread Sam
France has had an unemployment rate of 10% for over a decade, Germany is now close to 12%. Half of those stay unemployed for at least a year. Too relaxed for me :) On 12/1/05, Gruss Gott wrote: > I know why for me (these are my perceptions of course): > > 1.) America has a culture of work. Go to

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