# Canuckistani Dopers: Bush's visit tomorrow **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 29, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180 "2004-11-29T18:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/1 "2004-11-29T18:07:13Z")
As we all know (as we all should know, it’s been splashed across the news everywhere :)) President Bush is paying a visit to the Great White North tomorrow. [My political $0.02, feel free to skip:] I’ll be among the protesters in Toronto–I wouldn’t miss this opportunity for the world! (Also, I _love_ the bit about the President being served a nice side joint of Alberta beef for the state dinner. Here’s hoping a good hunk of our homegrown beef follows the path of the most infamous pretzel of fame and glory… Close our borders to beef? Ban this, Bush! ;)) [/$0.02] Canadian Dopers, will you be celebrating? Will you be protesting? Will you be trying to avoid all mention of it? American Dopers, what do you think of all this? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/2 "2004-11-29T18:17:58Z")
There’s a curious phenomenon when Bush gets heckled in another country. He’ll chuckle and say, “I love free speech.” In the US, though, protesters are rarely allowed to get within blocks of the prez. They’re all herded off to “free speech zones” out of the line of sight of Mr. Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/3 "2004-11-29T18:40:32Z")
Hi, **Kythereia**! 🙂 When/where is the protest in T.O.? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/4 "2004-11-29T18:54:39Z")
Try Queen’s Park, that almost always works. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/5 "2004-11-29T19:04:26Z")
How much for you to keep him? I can’t afford much though, since I’ve been unemployed for \*\* two and a half frellin years!\*\* ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/6 "2004-11-29T19:11:55Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > How much for you to keep him? > > I can’t afford much though, since I’ve been unemployed for \*\* two and a half frellin years!\*\* Uh uh, no, not a chance. Wouldn’t even trade him for Martin. You grew him, you keep him. 😉 I’ll be sending supportish thoughts to **Kytheria** and **Sunspace** from way over here. (Hope they don’t get caught on a mountian or sumthin’) ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/7 "2004-11-29T19:14:38Z")
Ya, that mean old Bush sure is a bastard! He made my well dry up, my crops die and my dog get sick. Any reason this tripe isn’t in the pit? ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/8 "2004-11-29T19:26:39Z")
I don’t think I’ll do anything that different. Since tomorrow is a Tuesday, I’ll sleep 'til noon, wake up to putz around on the internet. Inevitably come on the SDMB, and probably see this thread and think _Oh right, Bush is here today. Damn, my country has been tainted._ But that’s about all. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/9 "2004-11-29T21:07:31Z")
Since he’s going to be visiting the Museum of Civilization for a do with the PM, and this is _just down the street from my office_, and security disruptions of traffic in the downtown core will probably last all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning, my travels to and from work are going to be even more of a PITA than normal. I will definitely be trying to avoid the whole thing as much as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/10 "2004-11-29T21:10:46Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > Any reason this tripe isn’t in the pit? Any reason you didn’t point out the rant that you believe is in the wrong forum? Any reason you didn’t report the offending post to the moderators? Maybe becaues you’re overreacting in a thread that doesn’t belong in the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/11 "2004-11-29T22:51:33Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > Ya, that mean old Bush sure is a bastard! He made my well dry up, my crops die and my dog get sick. > > Any reason this tripe isn’t in the pit? **Debaser** , I did offer my two cents in the post, but I never intended for it to be a Pit thread–I only wanted to know how my fellow Canadian Dopers were going to commemorate Bush’s visit. I can see that it walks a fine line, and I’m sorry if you were offended. But I’m really not trying to turn it into a Bush-bashing thread, honest. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/12 "2004-11-30T00:55:52Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Try Queen’s Park, that almost always works. 😉 You ain’t kidding, I lived a block away from Queens park for a few years - every bloody week there’s a protest of some sort. As for the OP, I don’t particularly like the man but I can’t be bothered to worry about it one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/13 "2004-11-30T01:20:08Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > There’s a curious phenomenon when Bush gets heckled in another country. He’ll chuckle and say, “I love free speech.” In the US, though, protesters are rarely allowed to get within blocks of the prez. They’re all herded off to “free speech zones” out of the line of sight of Mr. Bush. Actually, from what I understand, it’ll be the same here, though I’ll have to wait to see for certain (Wednesday visit here…Dammit! I have a term paper to write. And I so wanted to heckle him as well.) A local columnist described him as living “in a cucoon inside a bubble”. If I can, I’ll trudge downtown to see what’s going on, but I may not have time. That reminds me…am I the only Haligonian on the boards? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/14 "2004-11-30T01:25:08Z")
Down here in the states, the trip’s been advertised as Bush’s [‘Warm and Fuzzy’ Visit to Canada](http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6911336). Is there any chance of the president meeting a ‘warm and fuzzy’ pack of Polar Bears in Toronto? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/15 "2004-11-30T01:45:58Z")
I’ll be in Ottawa. I’m making the placards this evening. Slogans so far: [ul] [li]BUCK FUSH[/li][li]LIZ SEZ: Blue states! We’ll take you back if you ask nicely[/li][li]Nous protégerons nos foyers et nos droits[/li][li]LICK BUSH (this one is for my fag hag)[/li][li](picture of W) HOSER/NIAISEUX[/li][li]Yet another Canuck pinko faggot against Bush[/li][li]Hey W: We have pot, gay marriage, and French people! Run for your life!![/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/16 "2004-11-30T02:03:55Z")
I realize that since the election in the USA, many Americans have crossed into Canada with hopes of immigrating here, and I realize that Mr. Bush is is reviled by so many Americans that he could justifiably make a refuee claim for himself in Canada, but all in all I find the fellow so war loving and so wraped up in promoting his religion that I will insist that our governmnet return him to the USA rather than let him stay here. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/17 "2004-11-30T02:11:14Z")
The fellow doesn’t even have the balls to address our representatives in Parliament. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_C.Mulligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@Chad\_C.Mulligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_C.Mulligan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/18 "2004-11-30T03:48:22Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > As we all know (as we all should know, it’s been splashed across the news everywhere :)) President Bush is paying a visit to the Great White North tomorrow. > > Canadian Dopers, will you be celebrating? Will you be protesting? Will you be trying to avoid all mention of it? > > American Dopers, what do you think of all this? I’ll be showing the proper respect for the leader of our most important ally and trading partner, and hoping that my fellow Canadians don’t make asses out of themselves with idiotic protests about “no blood for oil” and “selected, not elected”. Sigh, Alberta really is a distinct society, isn’t it? (but for the record, I was born in Montreal and educated in Toronto, so I’m no redneck - not that there’s anything wrong with that). ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/19 "2004-11-30T04:15:50Z")
Off to **The Pit**. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180/20 "2004-11-30T04:21:02Z")
(Thanks, **Cajun Man**.) I’m glad this got moved off to the Pit–so we can talk freely in here about how we feel, I hope–and for what it’s worth, as much as I don’t like the guy, I hope we do show a proper amount of respect and dignity towards him. Alberta? You mean The Kingdom of His Royal Highness Ralph Klein, right? I kid, I kid, I\* love \* Alberta! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canuckistani-dopers-bushs-visit-tomorrow/277180.md?page=2)