Just a bit curious and might as well extend this insane hijack…
but were some of the troops resident in what we now know as Canada?
That is, since Canada wasn’t independant, is it possible that some of those troops were garrisoned in Canada and would have as much a claim to being Canadian as anybody else of that time period who lived there but wasn’t born there?
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Much of the pot that comes into our country comes over the northern border.
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Actually, only about one percent of the pot in the U.S. comes from Canada. The rest comes from Mexico.
Looks like the Wal-Mart business model of quantity over quality wins out for Americans getting stoned, apparently.
I’d question the reliability of those figures.
In a final analysis all we can know is the number of shipments that are intercepted and the ‘chatter’ that we pick up on both sides of the border. However, even the DEA believes that importation from Canada is on the rise (warning,small pdf) U.S. Seizures Increase
Canadian and U.S. law enforcement officials are concerned that drug traffickers in Canada will escalate the smuggling of Canadian-grown marijuana to U.S. drug markets. Although Canada is not a primary supplier of marijuana to the United States, the smuggling of BC Bud from British Columbia is burgeoning,
as are shipments of Quebec Gold to the northeastern United States. Much of the United States-Canada border consists of vast remote areas interspersed with residences and farms; in some areas the border is delineated only by a narrow trench, which is easily traversed.
Still, let’s say that only one percent of the pot that comes into the country is BC Bud rather than mexican dirtweed. I think if you added up all the pounds of BC you’d find that even at one percent, there was still much of it. So no, probably not statistically ‘much’, but in terms of having enough green to kill a horse, yes.
And, another quibble. If we were going to look into whether a walmart model was working or not, I’d suggest that we’d have to factor in homegrown mom-n-pop type places with hydroponic setups and/or good ol’ Americans who grow outdoors.
(I sometimes wonder how much of the true economic dynamic of America is being ignored)
It is tough to find accurate figures, especially since law enforcement agencies notoriously inflate what they actually find and seize. I’ve seen estimates at everywhere from 1/2% to 10%.
As for the value of drugs, most estimates put marijuana production at anywhere between $4 and $7 billion in British Columbia alone, enough to make it the province’s largest cash crop.
I call “Featherlou’s Law” on this.
Nope. Apparently, they were were taken from the Lisbon garrison and never set foot in Canada until afterwards.
There have been some great SDMB threads on the War of 1812.
Re. 1812.
The British Empire, and most of Europe, was at war with France. The invasion by the USA into the British territory was responded to by British troops, some of whom were normal residents of what is now Canada, some of whom were already stationed there, and some of whom where shipped over from Europe specifically to fight in North America.
One cannot say that Canadians burned down the White House, for there was no Canada as we now know it. Once can say that the Empire burned down the White House as part of the war between the its war between its colonies in North America and the USA, and that this war was a theatre of the European war between the British et al and the French.
To conclude, blame it on the French. 
There were Canadian’s fighting in that war but all were militia and none were part of the burning of Washington. For the most part they fought in border skirmishes and defence.
The most impressive enounter by Militia was between 1500 US soldiers and 180 odd French Canadien Voltigeurs who drove the invading US troops during an engangement at the Chateauguay river in Quebec.
You’re using those terms and “Ann Coulter” together? Now THAT is a joke.
What about domestic? That’s not an insubstantial slice of the pie.
I’ve heard of pot brownies before, but not pot pies. You may be onto something here.
Mmmm Turkey pot pie.
Why the French? If there was NO Canada, then the people who were living in that would properly be called the default term for most residents of the new world, Americans. The Americans burned down the White house in 1812.
So, does anyone else think that milroyj used to date a Canadian girl, and she made fun of his weeny?
SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHH! We DON’T THINK ABOUT CANADIANS!
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EVER!
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EVERYONE SHUT THE GODDAMN HELL UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!
milroyj? Dating? Sounds too far-fetched, too me.
I don’t doubt that there are people such as milroyj who do not think of other nations. I don’t doubt that there are people who share coulter’s views. Aside from the remarkable celebration of ignorance by such people, I am very concerned that they are gaining greater and greater political power. The centre in the USA keeps moving to the right, which is not good for Canada or the world, particularly with regard to the USA’s unilateralism.
Thus despite my friendship with many Americans, and my respect for much of the history of the USA and its contributions to the world, I find myself increasingly giving voice to my concern that as it stands the USA is seriously fucked up, and is doing serious harm both to itself and internationally.
When I think of developed countries, the USA is low on the list, despite its being by far the most economically and militarily powerful nation in the world. It is a country driven by selfishness and hate, of which milroyj and coulter are just examples.
I sincerely hope that the USA gets back on track, for there are a great many fine Americans that do not deserve to be dragged down by the likes of milroyj and coulter.
America, as a nation, is driven by selfishness and hate?
Is that honestly your position?
Yes.
I hope it turns itself around.
And what proof do you have to support your claims that American society and/or politics are dominated/driven by those emotions?
Pretty sweeping accusations to be casting at a nation of aproximately 300 million human beings.