NationStates Jolt Archive

TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN

1) You can have a woman president without electing her.
2) You can spell colour wrong and get away with it.
3) You can call Budweiser beer.
4) You can be a crook and still be president.
5) If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything.
6) If you can breathe you can get a gun.
7) You get to be really obese.
8) You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
9) You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy".
10) You can think you're the greatest nation on earth.
10a) When you're not.
10b) At all.


TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN
1) It beats being an American
2) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do do)
3) You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors
4) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
5) Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6) A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise
7) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
8) Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins
9) Own-an-Eskimo scheme
10) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
11)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
12)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
13)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)

Yup,gotta love Canada.best country.pity they are so close to you americans.poor bastards(the canadians.same goes for mexicans)

Be careful or a bunch of 'patriotic' Americans will start flaming you.

Yes, I know, living above the US has its disadvantages...but we manage, and do our best to ignore them, or laugh and make fun of them when we can. :lol:

dont know whyi would want to be obese, it just means having future heart problems to be honest

*waits for the fascist pig neocons to come fuck someone up*

Are Canadians really that proud of being lackeys to the British during the burning of Washington, DC?

Yes, yes we are. lol

Yes, yes we are. lol

It would seem so. I could think of a couple better reasons to be proud of being a Canadian, even being an American.

You forgot this reason to be American:

"In my youth, I was told that anyone could be president. Now I'm starting to believe it."
--Clarence Darrow

Canada has crappy television programming.

Maybe the British helped set it up.

TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN
1) It beats being an American
2) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do do)
3) You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors
4) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
5) Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6) A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise
7) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
8) Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins
9) Own-an-Eskimo scheme
10) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
11)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
12)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
13)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)


Wasn't it the British that burned the capital down to the ground? I don't recall Canada being anything but a base for British troops during the War of 1812.

Funny. But you don't want to be an American until John Kerry is president.

haha! *falls over*

Yes Canada is a great country. Though Australia is better, Canada did produce my girlfriend so I'm rather partial to it. :D

Definitely. America is all about freedom (usually) With George Bush as President, He is screwing up all of our freedoms and the economy.

When Kerry is president, yes, it will be good to be american.

I love canadia so much for it's peaceful state, and healthcare system.

If there ever is a draft in the US, I am moving to Canadia. Because i like CANADIA!!! (i mean Canada)

TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN

1) You can have a woman president without electing her.
2) You can spell colour wrong and get away with it.
3) You can call Budweiser beer.
4) You can be a crook and still be president.
5) If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything.
6) If you can breathe you can get a gun.
7) You get to be really obese.
8) You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
9) You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy".
10) You can think you're the greatest nation on earth.
10a) When you're not.
10b) At all.

11) If you've read a book in the last 5 years you're labelled "smart" and everyone is awed by your massive intellect.

Yup,gotta love Canada.best country.pity they are so close to you americans.poor bastards(the canadians.same goes for mexicans)

Don't you mean Canada AND Britain?

:lol:

TOP 10 REASONS FOR BEING AUSTRALIAN

1. The Head of State is not a Chimp.
2. It's cool to say "MATE" and with an Aussie accent it sounds sexy too!
3. Everybody loves Aussies (except that guy hiding in a cave somewhere).
4. You get to make irritating "sheep" jokes about New Zealanders.
5. They (New Zealanders) are too weak to fight back.
6. The best beer in the world is to be found there.
7. You can break someone's arm in a fit of rage and run for Prime Minister.
8. People will still vote for you regardless of those bushy eyebrows.
9. And those glasses.
10. And what about those Koalas aye.

Top ten reason to be american. From an americans point of view

1) You can say just about anything you want and no body can do anything about it(can be a good and bad thing)
2)You have media that lean in every direction left or right
3)Pot may be legal soon
4)We have the strongest military and learn quickly when we screw up
5)Can screw up and pretend it never happened and no one will care
6)Has the best economy in the world (even in its horible condition)
7)Can Take out a Corrupt country (for good or bad reasons) and no one will do anything about it
8)Only Super power currently
9) Invented just about every useful thing such as the car tv telephone and intenet
10)Can laugh at Canada's dependence on America

Top Ten reasons To be canadian. From and americans point of view

1) The beer is good (as far as I've heard any way)
2) Lot of Hocky
3) Never have to worry about being invaded cuase america would have to to save yer ass
4) Have a good education system cuase their military gets nothing
5)Can get alot of American stuff cheap
6)Can be a french wannabe and no one cares

.....can't think of anything else :roll:

[quote=Ilham]
11) If you've read a book in the last 5 years you're labelled "smart" and everyone is awed by your massive intellect.

lol

Ok, no offence or anything Ilham, but your grammer, punctuation and spelling isnt exactly helping you reinforce what your trying to say :?

:D :lol: :D

And anyway Americans are not that bad. Obviously there are quite a few who fit into your category, but what your saying is a bit of an over generalisation wouldnt you say?

Top 6 reasons it's good to be a Canadian. From a Bruins fan's point of view.

1. Toronto Maple Leafs
2. Ottawa Senators
3. Vancouver Canucks
4. Edmonton Oilers
5. Calgary Flames
6. Montreal Canadiens

In that order.

4)We have the strongest military and learn quickly when we screw up


:lol: :lol: :lol:

One must remember that the US has also succesfully invaded Canada and burned a couple cities to the ground.

8)Only Super power currently
9) Invented just about every useful thing such as the car tv telephone and intenet


Russia and China are nothing then?

Umm yeah, everyone knows roughly 55% of the world technology is British or British derived...

Top 10 Reasons to Live in the United States (from a foreigner):

1. I
2. Can't
3. Find
4. Reasons
6. To
7. Live
8. In
9. The
10.US.

I'm sure that's not true, BTW.

It's not 10 reasons either.

Is this some sort of joke?

Canada isn't even a real country, it's an American province, also known as America Jr., or America Light if you prefer.

I don't think you Canucks understand that in the US, your nation is a laughingstock, it's only use is to hold AWOL US soldiers. Canada is like the US without the problems, it's like for people who couldn't make it in the US, but think they are better than them.

As for the burning of Washington DC, that was the British in Canada, not the Canadians. If we wanted to, we could burn Toronto and Montreal in 2 days, maybe 3. After all, who would help you, big brother France? :lol:

You need to realize that Canada is not even a country....

Crap, I should have wrote this post in French too......

lol

Ok, no offence or anything Ilham, but your grammer, punctuation and spelling isnt exactly helping you reinforce what your trying to say :?

:D :lol: :D

And anyway Americans are not that bad. Obviously there are quite a few who fit into your category, but what your saying is a bit of an over generalisation wouldnt you say?

If it had been Ilham.

But yes... I think foreigners should be forced to spell correctly too. Or you could just reply in my native language...

It's not 10 reasons either.

Can't blame me. 2 nights sleeping after midnight, and now it's an hour before midnight.

Canada...the loft above a really great party.

the best party is IN the loft 8)

Top Ten reasons To be canadian. From and americans point of view

1) The beer is good (as far as I've heard any way)
2) Lot of Hocky
3) Never have to worry about being invaded cuase america would have to to save yer ass
4) Have a good education system cuase their military gets nothing
5)Can get alot of American stuff cheap
6)Can be a french wannabe and no one cares

.....can't think of anything else :roll:

Regarding this Anti-American Thread...no Flames yet :shock:

Id like to point out the Self-Control and good Humor of my American countrymen...sometimes Im Proud of us....

Thank you for your completely bias and unwarranted opinion, Shinoxia, but Canada really is its own country. I am a Canadian who has lived in the US for most of my life, so I am going to assume I actually have a basis for my opinion. The US and Canada both have their advantages and disadvantages. For example, the US has a better economy while Canada has free health care (although in some says this is not an advantage). The one thing everyone needs to realize is that the US is not the perfect nation many people believe it is. And Canada isn't the crappy nation many people believe it is. I will always have a place in my heart for Canada. And, except people like Shinoxia who treat me like crap just because I wasn't born here, the US isn't all that bad.

Finally a joke that explains what it's like to be Canadian... Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the seventh day. He inquired of God, "Where have you been?" God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look Michael, look what I've made." Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?" "It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put LIFE on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a place of great balance." "Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused. God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth, "For example, Northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth while Southern Europe is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot. Over there I've placed a continent of white people and over there is a continent of black people," God continued, pointing to different countries. "This one will be extremely hot and arid while this one will be very cold and covered in ice." The Archangel, impressed by Gods work, then pointed to a large landmass in the top corner and asked, "What's that one?" "Ah," said God. "That's Canada, the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful mountains,lakes, rivers, streams and an exquisite coastline. The people from Canada are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they're going to be found travelling the world. They'll be extremely sociable, hard working and high achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace. I'm also going to give them super-human, undefeatable ice hockey players who will be admired and feared by all who come across them." Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed; "What about balance, God? You said there will be BALANCE!" God replied wisely. "Wait until you see the loud-mouth bastards I'm putting next to them...."


IT'S JUST A JOKE....

I'm also going to give them super-human, undefeatable ice hockey players who will be admired and feared by all who come across them.
...A JOKE indeed :twisted:

Playoff Canadian Teams

Toronto< Captain and Best Player: Sundin (NOT Canadian)

Ottawa< Captain: Alfredsson (NOT Canadian) BestPlayer: Hossa(NOT Canadian)

Vancouver< Captain and BestPlayer: Naslund (NOT Canadian)

Calgary< Captain? and Best Player: Iginla (WOW :shock: we got a Canadian)

There is a Team actually called The Canadians...But dont ask me Who their Captain or Best Players are...Cos they are NOT Canadians...(Zednik?mh-mh....Kobaliev? no.....Koivu? nope)

IMO the Playoff MVP so Far is Khabibulin...and he is Russian...
...and he is looking...more and more...like the All-times MVP Dominik Hasek

[quote=Ilham]
11) If you've read a book in the last 5 years you're labelled "smart" and everyone is awed by your massive intellect.

lol

Ok, no offence or anything Ilham, but your grammer, punctuation and spelling isnt exactly helping you reinforce what your trying to say :?

:D :lol: :D

And anyway Americans are not that bad. Obviously there are quite a few who fit into your category, but what your saying is a bit of an over generalisation wouldnt you say?

:lol: Your "grammer, punctuation and spelling isnt exactly helping you reinforce what your trying to say" either, especially when you are laughin at another for grammar, spelling, and punctuation while making your own errors. :lol:

(Spelling: "grammer" not "grammer". Punctuation: "isn't" not "isnt", "wouldn't" not "wouldnt", and a period at the end of your sentence. Grammar: "what you're trying to say" not "what your trying to say". ;))

Top ten reason to be american. From an americans point of view

1) You can say just about anything you want and no body can do anything about it(can be a good and bad thing)
2)You have media that lean in every direction left or right
3)Pot may be legal soon
4)We have the strongest military and learn quickly when we screw up
5)Can screw up and pretend it never happened and no one will care
6)Has the best economy in the world (even in its horible condition)
7)Can Take out a Corrupt country (for good or bad reasons) and no one will do anything about it
8)Only Super power currently
9) Invented just about every useful thing such as the car tv telephone and intenet
10)Can laugh at Canada's dependence on America


11) Can pretend things invented in Britain are American.

Top Ten Reasons for posting anti-American posts:
1.) jealousy
2.)jealousy
3.)jealousy
4.)jealousy
5.)jealousy
6.)jealousy
7.)jealousy
8.)jealousy
9.)jealousy
10.)jealousy

Canada=Plan B

Is this some sort of joke?

Canada isn't even a real country, it's an American province, also known as America Jr., or America Light if you prefer.

I don't think you Canucks understand that in the US, your nation is a laughingstock, it's only use is to hold AWOL US soldiers. Canada is like the US without the problems, it's like for people who couldn't make it in the US, but think they are better than them.

As for the burning of Washington DC, that was the British in Canada, not the Canadians. If we wanted to, we could burn Toronto and Montreal in 2 days, maybe 3. After all, who would help you, big brother France? :lol:

You need to realize that Canada is not even a country....

Crap, I should have wrote this post in French too......

How exactly is Canada not a real contry? If you haven't noticed, we are quite independant in thinking here. Also, i think our economies are pretty much dependant on eachother, what would happen if we refused to send you lumber, wheat, or beef? OR, gasp, hydro power? That would be so awesome if we cut you off, you'd be helpless! Lets see your powerful economy then. :P

I bet that if America invaded Canada, the whole world we would be on our side.

And i really don't understand the french jokes we always get. That's one province, and not even a majority of the country. I see nothing wrong with it at all, i'm part french, im sure most people in Manitoba are, it's part of our heritage. All me female friends speak french, and i really regret dropping french class in junior high, i would be proud to speak the language. Im sure that actualy sad fact is that most Canadian know very little, or no french at all. I think it should be mandatory in school.

Is this some sort of joke?

Canada isn't even a real country, it's an American province, also known as America Jr., or America Light if you prefer.

I don't think you Canucks understand that in the US, your nation is a laughingstock, it's only use is to hold AWOL US soldiers. Canada is like the US without the problems, it's like for people who couldn't make it in the US, but think they are better than them.

As for the burning of Washington DC, that was the British in Canada, not the Canadians. If we wanted to, we could burn Toronto and Montreal in 2 days, maybe 3. After all, who would help you, big brother France? :lol:

You need to realize that Canada is not even a country....

Crap, I should have wrote this post in French too......

How exactly is Canada not a real contry? If you haven't noticed, we are quite independant in thinking here. Also, i think our economies are pretty much dependant on eachother, what would happen if we refused to send you lumber, wheat, or beef? OR, gasp, hydro power? That would be so awesome if we cut you off, you'd be helpless! Lets see your powerful economy then. :P

I bet that if America invaded Canada, the whole world we would be on our side.

And i really don't understand the french jokes we always get. That's one province, and not even a majority of the country. I see nothing wrong with it at all, i'm part french, im sure most people in Manitoba are, it's part of our heritage. All me female friends speak french, and i really regret dropping french class in junior high, i would be proud to speak the language. Im sure that actualy sad fact is that most Canadian know very little, or no french at all. I think it should be mandatory in school.

Is this some sort of joke?

Canada isn't even a real country, it's an American province, also known as America Jr., or America Light if you prefer.

I don't think you Canucks understand that in the US, your nation is a laughingstock, it's only use is to hold AWOL US soldiers. Canada is like the US without the problems, it's like for people who couldn't make it in the US, but think they are better than them.

As for the burning of Washington DC, that was the British in Canada, not the Canadians. If we wanted to, we could burn Toronto and Montreal in 2 days, maybe 3. After all, who would help you, big brother France? :lol:

You need to realize that Canada is not even a country....

Crap, I should have wrote this post in French too......

How exactly is Canada not a real contry? If you haven't noticed, we are quite independant in thinking here. Also, i think our economies are pretty much dependant on eachother, what would happen if we refused to send you lumber, wheat, or beef? OR, gasp, hydro power? That would be so awesome if we cut you off, you'd be helpless! Lets see your powerful economy then. :P

I bet that if America invaded Canada, the whole world we would be on our side.

And i really don't understand the french jokes we always get. That's one province, and not even a majority of the country. I see nothing wrong with it at all, i'm part french, im sure most people in Manitoba are, it's part of our heritage. All me female friends speak french, and i really regret dropping french class in junior high, i would be proud to speak the language. Im sure that actualy sad fact is that most Canadian know very little, or no french at all. I think it should be mandatory in school.

TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN


I think I hate you. MINNESOTA could give every other state or country the buisness end of it's shoe and nobody could stop it.

1) You can say just about anything you want and no body can do anything about it(can be a good and bad thing)

Ummm, ever hear of the FCC? Howard Stern? Shock Jock Radio DJ's? Right now their making your statement false.

1) You can say just about anything you want and no body can do anything about it(can be a good and bad thing)

How about just listing reasons for living in America? Pretty much anywhere in the West you get freedom of speech. The US doesn't have a monopoly on freedom.

1) You can say just about anything you want and no body can do anything about it(can be a good and bad thing)

Ummm, ever hear of the FCC? Howard Stern? Shock Jock Radio DJ's? Right now their making your statement false.

He's right.

The parent company give money to the repubs.

There is also Nightline and the listing of the dead being censored as well. The arguement from the parent company is the show was aimed making an anti-war statement.

Never mind the fact that Sinclair(the parent company) is a large donator to the Shrub and the Repub National Committee... :roll:

If we have Freedom of Speech, then we have to have the ability to say stupid hateful things.

The one and only reason I would hesitate to move to Canada:

1. All my friends live in approximately 3 cities and all of those are in the U.S.

7 Reasons to be Singaporean
1)Changi Airport(best airport in the world)
2)SIA(one of the best airlines in the world)
3)Prostitution is legal,oral sex isn't!
4)You get to play soldier for 2 years due to compulsory conscription.
5)Russian/Slavic women(my friends,they are what we call "foreign talent",very talented in certain leisure industries,damn good looking in bikinis)
6)We stood up to Clinton and caned an American called Michael Fay for vandalism in 1994(And the world was on our side)
7)We're the strongest nation in our part of the world,South East Asia

Number 8? Come on! I golf about three times a month and everyone I see wears a polo and short or slacks. It is people from across the Atlantic that wear those ridiculous knickers and shitty argyle socks and those hats that look like they belong on a baby in a buggy! Don't hang that on us!

The only reason to be Canadian, noone expects anything from you, ever!

shitty argyle socks!

don't you DARE insult argyle socks! they are the best kind of socks out there. the most fancy, stylish, superb foot coverings ever invented.

I find that hilarious! Though I am not sure number 8 on the Canadian side is a positive. Anyways...maybe I could move to Canada some day?

shitty argyle socks!

don't you DARE insult argyle socks! they are the best kind of socks out there. the most fancy, stylish, superb foot coverings ever invented.
A very apt name for someone who likes argyle socks.

shitty argyle socks!

don't you DARE insult argyle socks! they are the best kind of socks out there. the most fancy, stylish, superb foot coverings ever invented.
A very apt name for someone who likes argyle socks.

ah, shove it. it's from a song i particularly like.

shitty argyle socks!

don't you DARE insult argyle socks! they are the best kind of socks out there. the most fancy, stylish, superb foot coverings ever invented.
A very apt name for someone who likes argyle socks.

ah, shove it. it's from a song i particularly like.

Still.

whatever. i see we differ in matters of sartorial splendor.

of course Iceland is the best place to live...Pure water, beautiful girls, unspoilt nature, no wars, no neighbors...And the second highest standard of living in the world. :D

TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN
1) It beats being an American
2) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do do)
3) You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors
4) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
5) Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6) A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise
7) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
8) Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins
9) Own-an-Eskimo scheme
10) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
11)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
12)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
13)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)

Yup,gotta love Canada.best country.pity they are so close to you americans.poor bastards(the canadians.same goes for mexicans)

this is trolling, but the mods wont do anything unless its a i hate canada topic, or being gay is immoral topic. this just makes me sick! :x

this is trolling, but the mods wont do anything unless its a i hate canada topic, or being gay is immoral topic. this just makes me sick! :x

No, its not trolling, its funny. Go home, American fat head :lol:

this is trolling, but the mods wont do anything unless its a i hate canada topic, or being gay is immoral topic. this just makes me sick! :x

No, its not trolling, its funny. Go home, American fat head :lol: and that is flaming.

this is trolling, but the mods wont do anything unless its a i hate canada topic, or being gay is immoral topic. this just makes me sick! :x

No, its not trolling, its funny. Go home, American fat head :lol:

i couldn't agree more. we americans do tend to be fat, and to have heads.

Top Ten Reasons for posting anti-American posts:
1.) jealousy
2.)jealousy
3.)jealousy
4.)jealousy
5.)jealousy
6.)jealousy
7.)jealousy
8.)jealousy
9.)jealousy
10.)jealousy


I really don't see how anyone in the EU, Canada, or Japan (and a few others I can't be arsed to include) should be jealous of Americans.

Very few people in the US have a better quality of life than me, and plus I get free healthcare, I'm allowed to Jaywalk wherever I please, and the only time I've ever seen a gun in real life, it was on a gendarme.

this is trolling, but the mods wont do anything unless its a i hate canada topic, or being gay is immoral topic. this just makes me sick! :x

No, its not trolling, its funny. Go home, American fat head :lol:

i couldn't agree more. we americans do tend to be fat, and to have heads.

Warhead

of course Iceland is the best place to live...Pure water, beautiful girls, unspoilt nature, no wars, no neighbors...And the second highest standard of living in the world. :D

I want to visit Reykjavik before I die. Don't know if I'd want to stay. I agree about the girls, though.

this is trolling, but the mods wont do anything unless its a i hate canada topic, or being gay is immoral topic. this just makes me sick! :x

No, its not trolling, its funny. Go home, American fat head :lol:

i couldn't agree more. we americans do tend to be fat, and to have heads.

No offense to Americans.... my best friend is from SC.... just that one.... and it was a Kill Bill 2 reference....

i didn't take offense, i chuckled. it's the truth, too. i don't hold this country in very high regard.

of course Iceland is the best place to live...Pure water, beautiful girls, unspoilt nature, no wars, no neighbors...And the second highest standard of living in the world. :D

I want to visit Reykjavik before I die. Don't know if I'd want to stay. I agree about the girls, though.

It's nice, but if you are after something extraordinary, then the area around the vatnajökull glacier is the place to go...

i didn't take offense, i chuckled. it's the truth, too. i don't hold this country in very high regard.

Whew.... good....

And that is the sort of American I like.... the one that is critical of their own country. Australia may be fantastic, but the government is shite.

i didn't take offense, i chuckled. it's the truth, too. i don't hold this country in very high regard.

Whew.... good....

And that is the sort of American I like.... the one that is critical of their own country. Australia may be fantastic, but the government is shite.

yeah..if we didn't have this blasted government and such high-handed ways with the world we wouldn't be half bad.

but that's a humongous if.

TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN
8) You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.


The Scottish invented that, thanks.


11) If you've read a book in the last 5 years you're labelled "smart" and everyone is awed by your massive intellect.

It's funny because it's true.

Canada has free healthcare .

Nothing is free. Healthcare is payed for by the government. The government gets its money from the people it governs (you). Therefore you are paying for your healthcare. Granted it is cheaper (due in part to different regulations) because the cost is spread across the governed populace, but it is not "free"

TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN

1) You can have a woman president without electing her.
2) You can spell colour wrong and get away with it.
3) You can call Budweiser beer.
4) You can be a crook and still be president.
5) If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything.
6) If you can breathe you can get a gun.
7) You get to be really obese.
8) You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
9) You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy".
10) You can think you're the greatest nation on earth.
10a) When you're not.
10b) At all.


TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN
1) It beats being an American
2) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do do)
3) You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors
4) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
5) Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6) A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise
7) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
8) Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins
9) Own-an-Eskimo scheme
10) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
11)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
12)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
13)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)

Yup,gotta love Canada.best country.pity they are so close to you americans.poor bastards(the canadians.same goes for mexicans)

You're the reason why I hate Canadians, You are all a bunch of arrogant pricks.

TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN

1) You can have a woman president without electing her.
2) You can spell colour wrong and get away with it.
3) You can call Budweiser beer.
4) You can be a crook and still be president.
5) If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything.
6) If you can breathe you can get a gun.
7) You get to be really obese.
8) You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
9) You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy".
10) You can think you're the greatest nation on earth.
10a) When you're not.
10b) At all.


TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN
1) It beats being an American
2) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do do)
3) You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors
4) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
5) Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6) A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise
7) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
8) Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins
9) Own-an-Eskimo scheme
10) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
11)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
12)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
13)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)

Yup,gotta love Canada.best country.pity they are so close to you americans.poor bastards(the canadians.same goes for mexicans)

You're the reason why I hate Canadians, You are all a bunch of arrogant pricks.

They bite the hand that Mcfeeds them :mrgreen:

this is trolling, but the mods wont do anything unless its a i hate canada topic, or being gay is immoral topic. this just makes me sick! :x

No, its not trolling, its funny. Go home, American fat head :lol:


And people wonder why America doesn't care what the world thinks. :roll:


You have to be the biggest moron I have ever seen.

TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN

1) You can have a woman president without electing her.
2) You can spell colour wrong and get away with it.
3) You can call Budweiser beer.
4) You can be a crook and still be president.
5) If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything.
6) If you can breathe you can get a gun.
7) You get to be really obese.
8) You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
9) You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy".
10) You can think you're the greatest nation on earth.
10a) When you're not.
10b) At all.


TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN
1) It beats being an American
2) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do do)
3) You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors
4) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
5) Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6) A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise
7) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
8) Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins
9) Own-an-Eskimo scheme
10) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
11)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
12)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
13)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)

Yup,gotta love Canada.best country.pity they are so close to you americans.poor bastards(the canadians.same goes for mexicans)

You're the reason why I hate Canadians, You are all a bunch of arrogant pricks.

They bite the hand that Mcfeeds them :mrgreen:


Not funny.

TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN

1) You can have a woman president without electing her.
2) You can spell colour wrong and get away with it.
3) You can call Budweiser beer.
4) You can be a crook and still be president.
5) If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything.
6) If you can breathe you can get a gun.
7) You get to be really obese.
8) You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
9) You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy".
10) You can think you're the greatest nation on earth.
10a) When you're not.
10b) At all.


TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN
1) It beats being an American
2) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do do)
3) You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors
4) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
5) Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6) A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise
7) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
8) Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins
9) Own-an-Eskimo scheme
10) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
11)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
12)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
13)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)

Yup,gotta love Canada.best country.pity they are so close to you americans.poor bastards(the canadians.same goes for mexicans)

You're the reason why I hate Canadians, You are all a bunch of arrogant pricks.

They bite the hand that Mcfeeds them :mrgreen:


Not funny.

I know...

i didn't take offense, i chuckled. it's the truth, too. i don't hold this country in very high regard.

Whew.... good....

And that is the sort of American I like.... the one that is critical of their own country. Australia may be fantastic, but the government is shite.

yeah..if we didn't have this blasted government and such high-handed ways with the world we wouldn't be half bad.

but that's a humongous if.

You actually gained some good rep under Clinton. But the main America is hated so much these days is purely because of the government. Most of the people I know from the states are actually really smart and nice.... Though, it might be cos I just ignore the morons :P

10 Top reasons for being Canadian
1) We invented and perfected hockey
2) Our beer is beter than American beer
3) we have two languages and two national anthems
4) wearing a Kenora dinner jacket, hipwaders and a toque isn't a fashion statement, it's a way of life
5) with only 32 million people, we have a lot of elbow space
6) we have fairly lax marijuana laws
7) no rednecks here
8) there's no IRS here
9) you're from Toronto and think people from Ottawa are weird
9b) you're from elsewhere in Canada and hate TToronto for no reason
10) we're the peacekeepers!

10 Top reasons for being Canadian
1) We invented and perfected hockey
2) Our beer is beter than American beer
3) we have two languages and two national anthems
4) wearing a Kenora dinner jacket, hipwaders and a toque isn't a fashion statement, it's a way of life
5) with only 32 million people, we have a lot of elbow space
6) we have fairly lax marijuana laws
7) no rednecks here
8) there's no IRS here
9) you're from Toronto and think people from Ottawa are weird
9b) you're from elsewhere in Canada and hate TToronto for no reason
10) we're the peacekeepers!


:roll:

Patriotism aside, that's just poorly written.

1) We invented and perfected hockey ~ Europeans are better at it
2) Our beer is beter than American beer ~ Your beer tastes like piss
3) we have two languages and two national anthems ~ Thats not a good thing

4) wearing a Kenora dinner jacket, hipwaders and a toque isn't a fashion statement, it's a way of life ~ Retard
5) with only 32 million people, we have a lot of elbow space ~ :roll:
6) we have fairly lax marijuana laws ~ One reason to hate you
7) no rednecks here ~ You are all rednecks
8 ) there's no IRS here ~ Yes you do, Its just not called that
9) you're from Toronto and think people from Ottawa are weird ~ Thats bad

9b) you're from elsewhere in Canada and hate TToronto for no reason ~ Toronto is the only good city in Canada

10) we're the peacekeepers! ~ You sit on your ass and do nothing

Some reasons I Love being an American (of the US variety): (In no particular order)



The people are good.
--- Most people are pretty good (despite the crap I give 'em). Unfortunately the idiots get the most airtime.

I get to be generalized by others who have little clue as to what they are talking about.
--- Okay, so that's not really a good reason, but it provides some laughs.

The blends of cultures can be pretty damned interesting.
--- Purists may detest this, but I find the cultural blends can produce results sometimes superior to the original.

The aerospace industry.
--- The Aerospace industry in the US trumps all.

I can/have own(ed) a gun.
--- We can get into a debate as to why you think an inanimate object incapable of harm without human interaction is somehow the root of evil later. Futhermore I don't have this fear of guns that leads people to brag that they've only seen a gun once.

I like capitalism.
--- I said CAPITALISM, not mega-corps. If you want to go on a rant about Exxon or Halliburton, be my guest. I'll just point and laugh at your inability to grasp the fact that capitalism and megacorps aren't the same. As for the preference, I believe that people should be responsible for their own damned selves.

The TV doesn't suck
--- Jeebus, quit watching the mainstream trash.

I have the opportunity to be in training for the US military
--- My reasons for joining are my own, and I'm not some mindless robot that simply marchs jackboot without question. Furthermore I've met some of the most noble and selfless people ever.

I've access to nearly every concievable climate.

Nothing beats barbequed ribs damnit, nothing!

And now I must go sleep, for I have a final in the morning (No, that's not a good thing.)

8 ) there's no IRS here

Um, yes there is. You pay taxes, you have one. It's not called the IRS, but unless the Canadian gov't came up with a way to magically pull money from their collective a**es, you have a revenue service.

How else do you think you get your "free" healthcare.

1) We invented and perfected hockey ~ Europeans are better at it
2) Our beer is beter than American beer ~ Your beer tastes like piss
3) we have two languages and two national anthems ~ Thats not a good thing

4) wearing a Kenora dinner jacket, hipwaders and a toque isn't a fashion statement, it's a way of life ~ Retard
5) with only 32 million people, we have a lot of elbow space ~ :roll:
6) we have fairly lax marijuana laws ~ One reason to hate you
7) no rednecks here ~ You are all rednecks
8 ) there's no IRS here ~ Yes you do, Its just not called that
9) you're from Toronto and think people from Ottawa are weird ~ Thats bad

9b) you're from elsewhere in Canada and hate TToronto for no reason ~ Toronto is the only good city in Canada

10) we're the peacekeepers! ~ You sit on your ass and do nothing
Lex, your enthusiasm, is..."appreciated", but you're not helping.

Here's the deal:

Canada, come and try to burn Washington D.C. again. If you do, you can be supreme overlords of the hemisphere, and we'll take a back seat.

you got this from the humor section of about.com didn't you?

you got this from the humor section of about.com didn't you?


Huh?



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you got this from the humor section of about.com didn't you?
I remember seeing the same exact crap on another site. He obviously copied it and added the bit about the British helping them.

Lemme tell you one thing Canadians

YOU NEVER TOUCHED OUR CAPITOL! IT WAS THE WORK OF THE BRITISH! YOU WERE MERE COLONIES, PUPPETS OF THE KING/QUEEN! BEING USED AS A LAUNCHING POINT OF A COUNTER-ATTACK WHEN THE U.S. BURNED DOWN THE BRITISH CAPITOL IN CANADA!


What ignorant *edited out* I must see on these boards


Of course, my post would all be in good humor should this be a humor post... :roll:

dont know whyi would want to be obese, it just means having future heart problems to be honest

missed a few spaces along the way :lol:

BEING USED AS A LAUNCHING POINT OF A COUNTER-ATTACK WHEN THE U.S. BURNED DOWN THE BRITISH CAPITOL IN CANADA!


What ignorant *edited out* I must see on these boards

I know, ignorant.. because that never happened!

you got this from the humor section of about.com didn't you?
I remember seeing the same exact crap on another site. He obviously copied it and added the bit about the British helping them.

Lemme tell you one thing Canadians

YOU NEVER TOUCHED OUR CAPITOL! IT WAS THE WORK OF THE BRITISH! YOU WERE MERE COLONIES, PUPPETS OF THE KING/QUEEN! BEING USED AS A LAUNCHING POINT OF A COUNTER-ATTACK WHEN THE U.S. BURNED DOWN THE BRITISH CAPITOL IN CANADA!


What ignorant *edited out* I must see on these boards


Of course, my post would all be in good humor should this be a humor post... :roll: what the F*** are you on :?

BEING USED AS A LAUNCHING POINT OF A COUNTER-ATTACK WHEN THE U.S. BURNED DOWN THE BRITISH CAPITOL IN CANADA!


What ignorant *edited out* I must see on these boards

I know, ignorant.. because that never happened!
you know what I mean Steph

BEING USED AS A LAUNCHING POINT OF A COUNTER-ATTACK WHEN THE U.S. BURNED DOWN THE BRITISH CAPITOL IN CANADA!


What ignorant *edited out* I must see on these boards

I know, ignorant.. because that never happened!
you know what I mean Steph

Actually I was saying that your quote above never happened.

The war of 1812 was fought by both British and Canadian settlers.. as well as the aboriginal population and the United States. Just helping the ignorant along.. Which ended in a stalemate. Thus Canada declaring victory more or less because it was the United States who invaded Canada. Since they never took any land..

Which political leader of Canada admitted they smoked pot?

Which political leader of Canada admitted they smoked pot?

Haha, probably them all. :P

Canada just isn't that uptight.

And Canada can't say they won the war of 1812, Britain was defeated in 1815 and the natives were beaten in 1812, also Canada was pushed back to it's borders, equalling all together= An American Victory.

All drugs suck. Canada sucks. All people that go around doing drugs suck.

And Canada can't say they won the war of 1812, Britain was defeated in 1815 and the natives were beaten in 1812, also Canada was pushed back to it's borders, equalling all together= An American Victory.

Well it was considered a stalemate.. but the thought process was since it was the United States that tried and failed to take Canada.. it was therefore a victory. Canada has never tried to take the US... so not sure of your reasoning..

Canada was pushed back to it's borders, equalling all together= An American Victory.

Why, of course, Canada is not America! Oh, boy.

Could you please stop using a name that doesn't belong to you exclusively? I mean, there's a lot of countries down south - and another one up north - from you, and they are America, also. Aren't they?

TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN

1) You can have a woman president without electing her.
2) You can spell colour wrong and get away with it.
3) You can call Budweiser beer.
4) You can be a crook and still be president.
5) If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything.
6) If you can breathe you can get a gun.
7) You get to be really obese.
8) You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
9) You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy".
10) You can think you're the greatest nation on earth.
10a) When you're not.
10b) At all.


TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN
1) It beats being an American
2) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do do)
3) You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors
4) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
5) Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6) A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise
7) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
8) Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins
9) Own-an-Eskimo scheme
10) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
11)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
12)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
13)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)

Yup,gotta love Canada.best country.pity they are so close to you americans.poor bastards(the canadians.same goes for mexicans)

You're the reason why I hate Canadians, You are all a bunch of arrogant pricks.

My dear american friend,I am not canadian though I posted that.I am Singaporean,read from South East Asia,read Asian,read human.Canadians are not a bunch of arrogant pricks.Only a fraction of their population is.Any country has many "arrogant pricks" as you so put it.

And please,feel free to direct any comments you may have my way,because frankly,I do not dislike Americans in general.In fact,I have somm good american family friends.

but what i do hate is the superior attitude of your government,as do the majority of people in the world.I don't care what others say,but Clinton was good for the USA.He should run for president again.

or u know what would be very nice?Since the american president determines so much of the politics of the world and wields such influence,why not let the people of other countrie select the american president,because frankly,while most american persons are smart,intelligent and in general make good decisions,the americans as a whole make very bad decisions.

we cannot have 300 million north americans determine what happens in the world now can we?it would be better for people from Asia,Africa,Europe and South America to elect the president than have americans do it.5 billion people over choosing the most powerful man in the world is much better than 300 million americans who do not really care about the rest of the world.It is for humanity's sake.

TOP TEN REASONS FOR BEING AMERICAN

1) You can have a woman president without electing her.
2) You can spell colour wrong and get away with it.
3) You can call Budweiser beer.
4) You can be a crook and still be president.
5) If you've got enough money you can get elected to do anything.
6) If you can breathe you can get a gun.
7) You get to be really obese.
8) You can play golf in the most hideous clothes ever made and nobody seems to care.
9) You get to call everyone you've never met "buddy".
10) You can think you're the greatest nation on earth.
10a) When you're not.
10b) At all.


TOP 13 REASONS FOR BEING CANADIAN
1) It beats being an American
2) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do do)
3) You can play ice hockey 12 months a year, outdoors
4) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
5) Where else can you travel 1000 miles over fresh water in a canoe?
6) A political leader can admit to smoking pot and his/her popularity ratings will rise
7) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground (with the British helping them to do so)
8) Kill Grizzly bears with huge shotguns and cover your house in their skins
9) Own-an-Eskimo scheme
10) Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
11)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
12)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)
13)Only country to successfully invade the US and burn its capital to the ground
(with the British helping them to do so)

Yup,gotta love Canada.best country.pity they are so close to you americans.poor bastards(the canadians.same goes for mexicans)

You're the reason why I hate Canadians, You are all a bunch of arrogant pricks.

My dear american friend,I am not canadian though I posted that.I am Singaporean,read from South East Asia,read Asian,read human.Canadians are not a bunch of arrogant pricks.Only a fraction of their population is.Any country has many "arrogant pricks" as you so put it.

And please,feel free to direct any comments you may have my way,because frankly,I do not dislike Americans in general.In fact,I have somm good american family friends.

but what i do hate is the superior attitude of your government,as do the majority of people in the world.I don't care what others say,but Clinton was good for the USA.He should run for president again.

or u know what would be very nice?Since the american president determines so much of the politics of the world and wields such influence,why not let the people of other countrie select the american president,because frankly,while most american persons are smart,intelligent and in general make good decisions,the americans as a whole make very bad decisions.

we cannot have 300 million north americans determine what happens in the world now can we?it would be better for people from Asia,Africa,Europe and South America to elect the president than have americans do it.5 billion people over choosing the most powerful man in the world is much better than 300 million americans who do not really care about the rest of the world.It is for humanity's sake.

Oh that makes sense..allow for every 3rd World tinpot dictator, military junta, overloard, warlord, "president for life'..etc..to make the decision ahuh....

Oh that makes sense..allow for every 3rd World tinpot dictator, military junta, overloard, warlord, "president for life'..etc..to make the decision ahuh....

Well I dunno, it seems a little buggered up every time a country chooses it's own leader through democratic means and then the USA interferes and puts someone else in place because it conveniences them...mayhap you could learn some history? Who trained Osama Bin Laden and why perhaps?

Could you please stop using a name that doesn't belong to you exclusively? I mean, there's a lot of countries down south - and another one up north - from you, and they are America, also. Aren't they?
Tilt at that windmill

hey its not all that bad to be french either....

Oh that makes sense..allow for every 3rd World tinpot dictator, military junta, overloard, warlord, "president for life'..etc..to make the decision ahuh....

Well I dunno, it seems a little buggered up every time a country chooses it's own leader through democratic means and then the USA interferes and puts someone else in place because it conveniences them...mayhap you could learn some history? Who trained Osama Bin Laden and why perhaps?

If you're going to bring up Osama..learn some more history..he wasn't even a blip on the radar when the CIA helped the mujahadeen fight off the Soviet occupiers of Afghanistan..he was but one of tens of thousands who went there to fight...in essence he was a nobody..just "a" body to be fed into that war.

Name me a country that does work agaisnt their own best interests?..The former Colonial Empires did it..the former Soviet Union did it..why do you believe the US would be any different?

Kudos on the burning of America, I've been pushing my local MP to have Australia do the same

Kudos ont he burning of America, I've been pushing my local MP to have Australia do the same

Actually, the treaty that ended the War of 1812 allowed both sides to declare victory, although most historians consider it to be an American one.

The whole reason for going to war with Britain was to secure American independence in the world. Basicaly, British press gangs were putting American sailors into their Royal Navy to help fight against France.

Even a few ships of the American Navy was confiscated by the British, this could not be tolerated, so the US went to war.

One of the key events was the burning of Washington DC, in which British (not Canadian) soldiers burned down the capitol building and White House as a show of British strength.

However, the US began to win Naval victories and eventually won the war. Remember, the goal was to secure American sovereignty, not take over Canada. :roll:

Both sides were allowed to claim victory, however it is generaly seen that America accomplished it's objective and won the war.

But that is not the end, due to bad communications, Andrew Jackson and his poorly trained Army attacked a defeated a larger and more powerful British force in the Battle of New Orleans.

America had won a stunning victory.

And to the American citizens trying to argue with the Canadians, don't bother their Canadians, we don't waste our time on them.

Actually, the treaty that ended the War of 1812 allowed both sides to declare victory, although most historians consider it to be an American one.

The whole reason for going to war with Britain was to secure American independence in the world. Basicaly, British press gangs were putting American sailors into their Royal Navy to help fight against France.

Even a few ships of the American Navy was confiscated by the British, this could not be tolerated, so the US went to war.

One of the key events was the burning of Washington DC, in which British (not Canadian) soldiers burned down the capitol building and White House as a show of British strength.

However, the US began to win Naval victories and eventually won the war. Remember, the goal was to secure American sovereignty, not take over Canada. :roll:

Both sides were allowed to claim victory, however it is generaly seen that America accomplished it's objective and won the war.

But that is not the end, due to bad communications, Andrew Jackson and his poorly trained Army attacked a defeated a larger and more powerful British force in the Battle of New Orleans.

America had won a stunning victory.

And to the American citizens trying to argue with the Canadians, don't bother their Canadians, we don't waste our time on them.

Actually, the treaty that ended the War of 1812 allowed both sides to declare victory, although most historians consider it to be an American one.

:lol:

I think you'll discover that most historians consider the war of 1812 to have been a stalemate, since the situation after the war was essentially the same as the situation before the war. Only super patriotic American historians consider it a US victory, just as only super patriotic British historians consider it a British victory.

The US declared war on Great Britain, with the objective of capturing canada and adding it to the united states. Ten American armies attemted to conquer canada, in which they failed utterly, being driven back so far that the British were able to capture Washington and burn down the whitehouse. Since the British were driven back from the US, the situation at the end of the war was essentially the same as the situation at the beginning; the borders were the same, and Britannia still ruled the waves. The US did not even win in terms of attrition, suffering about 3000 more casualties than the British. While the US achieved one goal of stopping impressment of American sailors, their territorial ambitions in British North America were forever crushed, and although the British never made any territorial gains to compensate themselves for the cost of the war (since canada was hardly economically worth defending), they did repulse all attempts to seize their territory, and, with the burning of Washington, achieved their objective of sending a clear message to the rest of the world that Britain was not a country to mess around with.

The war of 1812 had no winners, except possibly canada, regardless of whether or not it was a colony of the British Empire, and not a sovereign state in its own right. The only losers of the war were the Native Americans.

uhhhh!americans and their view of history is interesting to say the most and extremely irritating to say the least.

Can we all agree that both nations were equally idiotic? The only awesome guy during 1812 was Andrew Jackson, who slaughtered 3,000 British troops after a peace treaty was signed.

Yeah, I wonder how he explained that (other than the fact that communication was slow)

"Yeah sir umm....They looked at me wrong and it couldnt be helped"

Actually, the treaty that ended the War of 1812 allowed both sides to declare victory, although most historians consider it to be an American one.

:lol:

I think you'll discover that most historians consider the war of 1812 to have been a stalemate, since the situation after the war was essentially the same as the situation before the war. Only super patriotic American historians consider it a US victory, just as only super patriotic British historians consider it a British victory.

The US declared war on Great Britain, with the objective of capturing canada and adding it to the united states. Ten American armies attemted to conquer canada, in which they failed utterly, being driven back so far that the British were able to capture Washington and burn down the whitehouse. Since the British were driven back from the US, the situation at the end of the war was essentially the same as the situation at the beginning; the borders were the same, and Britannia still ruled the waves. The US did not even win in terms of attrition, suffering about 3000 more casualties than the British. While the US achieved one goal of stopping impressment of American sailors, their territorial ambitions in British North America were forever crushed, and although the British never made any territorial gains to compensate themselves for the cost of the war (since canada was hardly economically worth defending), they did repulse all attempts to seize their territory, and, with the burning of Washington, achieved their objective of sending a clear message to the rest of the world that Britain was not a country to mess around with.

The war of 1812 had no winners, except possibly canada, regardless of whether or not it was a colony of the British Empire, and not a sovereign state in its own right. The only losers of the war were the Native Americans.

*Sigh* Why do people always forget about Canadian settlers and the aboriginal peoples who also fought in that war? Oh well... but the point is.. yes, it was a stalemate.. but a lot of people considered it a Canadian victory because the United States invaded Canada and gained nothing. Of course this poster above knows not what he's talking about, America had already won it's independence by 1812.. so if the objective wasn't to take Canada.. wtf does he think it was for? LOL.. Any way, thanks for clearing some of this up for the creative American history major...lol NOT! :)

America had already won it's independence by 1812.

Had they Steph...had they really :wink:

America had already won it's independence by 1812.

Had they Steph...had they really :wink:

July 4, 1776 ...;)

America had already won it's independence by 1812.

Had they Steph...had they really :wink:

July 4, 1776 ...;)

actually Steph, that's when we DECLARED independence. It wasn't until the Revolutionary War was over that independence was won

America had already won it's independence by 1812.

Had they Steph...had they really :wink:

July 4, 1776 ...;)

Why were there British armies still there in 1781 then? America owes its Independence to European instability. Otherwise the British would have crushed the rebels against the Crown.

America had already won it's independence by 1812.

Had they Steph...had they really :wink:

July 4, 1776 ...;)

actually Steph, that's when we DECLARED independence. It wasn't until the Revolutionary War was over that independence was won

True, but it was all said and done by 1782.. still doesn't put it any where near the timeline of 1812.. which was my only point.

America had already won it's independence by 1812.

Had they Steph...had they really :wink:

July 4, 1776 ...;)

actually Steph, that's when we DECLARED independence. It wasn't until the Revolutionary War was over that independence was won

Not really. Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China on 1st October 1949, while the civil war was still raging with Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kaishek, whatever).

hahahahaha.

It still amazes me when patriotic Americans choose the war of 1812 to try and prove their superiority, given all the other wars they have to choose from. I suppose it's because it was fought against the British and Canadians. Double whammy.

It still amazes me when patriotic Americans choose the war of 1812 to try and prove their superiority, given all the other wars they have to choose from. I suppose it's because it was fought against the British and Canadians. Double whammy.

Hehe, no kidding, I don't understand why they pick 1812 either. They could at least pick a war they won! I don't know how in their grand wisdom they come up with it was a victory for any one really but Canada. Sure, officially it was a stalemate but unofficially, I don't know about you, but when a country invades another country and not only do they get bitched slapped back to their own borders and told to sit, but the country they invade goes into their borders and almost burns their capital to the ground before going home.. I call that a loss! Just to prove it, that country almost 200 years later still sits on top of them as a reminder and as a sovereign nation. Yeah, real American victory..:roll: :mrgreen:

Sure, officially it was a stalemate but unofficially, I don't know about you, but when a country invades another country and not only do they get bitched slapped back to their own borders and told to sit, but the country they invade goes into their borders and almost burns their capital to the ground before going home.. I call that a loss!

I suppose it's kinda like Saddam Hussein claiming the first Gulf War as a glorious Iraqi victory. :lol:

Sure, officially it was a stalemate but unofficially, I don't know about you, but when a country invades another country and not only do they get bitched slapped back to their own borders and told to sit, but the country they invade goes into their borders and almost burns their capital to the ground before going home.. I call that a loss!

I suppose it's kinda like Saddam Hussein claiming the first Gulf War as a glorious Iraqi victory. :lol:

LMAO *nods* :lol: