"Adopt us, O Canada!"

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2004-11-09 09:59am

Well, if we wanted a war-related anthem, we could always adopt The War of 1812.

"And the White House burned, burned, burned, and we're the ones who did it.
It burned, burned burned, while the Americans ran and cried.
It burned, burned burned, and things were very historical
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies, 'wah, wah, wah!'
In the War of 1812."

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-11-09 10:24am

Drooling Iguana wrote:Well, if we wanted a war-related anthem, we could always adopt The War of 1812.

"And the White House burned, burned, burned, and we're the ones who did it.
It burned, burned burned, while the Americans ran and cried.
It burned, burned burned, and things were very historical
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies, 'wah, wah, wah!'
In the War of 1812."

Except that war ended badly for the Brits who were slaughtered 2 years later at the Battle of New Orleans despite having a vast numerical superiority over the American forces led by Col. Andrew Jackson.

and there already is a song about that ass whooping:

Well, in eighteen and fourteen we took a little trip
along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans,
And we caught the bloody British near the town of New Orleans.

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Well, I see'd Mars Jackson walkin down the street
talkin’ to a pirate by the name of Jean Lafayette [pronounced La-feet]
He gave Jean a drink that he brung from Tennessee
and the pirate said he’d help us drive the British in the sea.

The French said Andrew, you’d better run,
for Packingham’s a comin’ with a bullet in his gun.
Old Hickory said he didn’t give a dang,
he’s gonna whip the britches off of Colonel Packingham.

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Well, we looked down the river and we see'd the British come,
and there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum.
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
while we stood by our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.

Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
if we didn't fire a musket til we looked 'em in the eyes.
We held our fire til we see'd their faces well,
then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave a yell.

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Well, we fired our cannon til the barrel melted down,
so we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind,
and when they tetched the powder off, the gator lost his mind.

We’ll march back home but we’ll never be content
till we make Old Hickory the people’s President.
And every time we think about the bacon and the beans,
we’ll think about the fun we had way down in New Orleans.

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin,
But there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
But there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-11-09 04:24pm

Drooling Iguana wrote:Well, if we wanted a war-related anthem, we could always adopt The War of 1812.

"And the White House burned, burned, burned, and we're the ones who did it.
It burned, burned burned, while the Americans ran and cried.
It burned, burned burned, and things were very historical
And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies, 'wah, wah, wah!'
In the War of 1812."

Yeah, and we kicked your asses for it, too.

You don't want to bring up that particular war if you're trying to make that particular point.

Andras · Post by **Andras** » 2004-11-09 05:05pm

Of course, if the secessionists want to be compeletely fair, they'd have to let individual counties leave the state if they wish. Which means that most of the 'Kerry' states, with the exception of the Northeast (not including NY) would leave them, and come back to the 'Bush' states.

Captain Kruger · Post by **Captain Kruger** » 2004-11-09 07:47pm

From what I've always understood (correct me if I'm wrong, as I've only been to Vancouver briefly), Canada's a fairly moderate and fair Leftist country. I'm not too sure they'd want California. Cali's Leftist citizens are every bit the extreme nutcases that the Bible-thumping rednecks are, just on the opposite end of the political spectrum. You have your pseudo-hippies who think it's fun to block off bridges and major intersections anytime they're pissed off at something, forcing thousands of commuters to be hours late to work. You have your activist types who fight to have anyone born with a penis and white skin treated like a fucking second-class citizen because of something their grandparents did. Then there's all the lazy ass shits who sit around and don't even try to work for a living, collecting welfare checks paid for by hard-working Middle Class Americans...(I've known more than a few people like that)..., making life harder for the poor people who truly are in need. Would you Canucks really want people like that sucking Ottawa dry?

Trust me, take the other blue states and call it good. Let California rot like the stinking shithole it is. All you'd be losing is a good summer vacation spot. For that, you've got Hawaii.

And to any Californians who want to get offended, I grew up there. I'm entitled to slam it for the clusterfuck place it is.

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » 2004-11-09 09:01pm

Well the 3 north eastern states (Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont) already have times that seem as close to Canada as they are to the US. Hell, I believe Maine's largest landowner is a Canadian company (Irving). There's talk going on about trying to turn this region into a 8 million person strong trading block (didn't have time to read the full article for the details sadly).

I'd love to welcome those three states into the Canadian fold, if only to be able to get a highway built to cut across northern Maine and link up say Fredericton to Quebec City or Montreal more directly.

The problem is, if we take in all of those states, does that mean we're gonna have problems with Separatist Counties in all those new stateprovinces? They can fight with Quebec I suppose and make it a bi-annual event. (Quebec holds a referendum every even numbered year, US counties have them on odd numbered years. Alberta and BC and Newfoundland can take a Quebec year if they can pay off the french.