Hate to break the news, but if you think ONE Canadian thinks the way she does, chances are many Canadians do, but they’re too gutless to admit it.
On behalf of Aussies around the world, we would like to thank you for the comic relief youve provided in blaming Canada for your problems. It’s always comforting to see that no matter what goes on in the world, some things NEVER CHANGE. Thank God we’re not neighbours; you’d blame it on the kangaroos and the Crocodile Hunter.
I look forward to the next episode when you blame whoever, bar yourselves, for the meningicocal outbreak in New Hampshire.
P.S. Bumfuck is in Montana; DUMBFUCK is in Mississippi.
The US exports about 10% of their beef. That’s not really ‘most’.
The war began on Sep 1 1939, the US joined after Pearl Harbor in Dec 1941, and the war ended in Aug 1945. Just eyeballing that, so my numbers may be off, but the US was in for more than “the end”.
But you know, I may be wrong, and I welcome your corrections.
Did you note the question mark at the end of the sentence, kind of like this one? Our newspapers are still saying “tenative findings”. Don’t you think the first question is where did this cow come from? Fact is they believe it might have been Canada. So what. Hubby’s a federal employee. One in the family is enough.
I’ll leave the swearing to you. My vocabulary is more aimed at actual communication.
I believe we export 10%, but it was more before the little episode we shared with you last summer. It sucks. We aren’t crybabies here. We’ll just suck it up and pay more for our meat.
Actually the word should have been bore, I believe, but maybe you could double check that for me. A typo, oh my, shame on me! Whatever will my hopeless self do? We seem to have an awful lot of Canadians down here. Of course they’re from the western side. Maybe they’re just not as discerning as you are. We do sleep pretty well, thanks. Since most of the tainted meet went to Washington and Oregon, it does cause a little concern for those of us who don’t eat your Canadian bacon.
That’s too bad. You’re missing a lot. Even after experiencing you, I still would have to say Canadians are pretty great people, except for this one guy on your hockey team last season. Not him.
Phizer, Your facts are incorrect. Bumfuck is in Wyoming, Sumfuck is always in Montana and I thought Dumbfuck moved to Canada. But I’ll check those records for you.
Well there goes my hope of becoming an FBI profiler. Anyway, thats what you sound like, and maybe you really are who knows, actually who the fuck cares? If you really don’t give a shit what any American says about you, then why take up bandwith on an American board, what kind of responses did you expect when you go right on the attack? I frankly don’t give a shit what you think of me either, but I don’t go fishin’ on Canadian boards trying to get a rise. I think you do care. I think you care so much it makes you fucking loonie. I think I’ll not feed you anymore. My God its been lovely communicating with you, asshole. Go fuck yourself.
Could somebofy please provide a link to a respectable American newspaper that blames Canada? (Not Drudge - that fucker is famous for rumor mongering. Americans know this) Can somebody link to an American editorial that indicts the Canadian beef industry? All the Americans in this thread keep telling you people that our newspapers haven’t said anything remotely similar to what they are being accused of. It is up to you, cheekymonkey, or katz to prove otherwise.
Nobody is blaming Canada, but we are making fun of Canuck idiots like CheekyMonkey who ILLUSTRaTE my earlier comment about INFERIORITY COMPLEXES perfectly.
Cheeky,
Sorry I was over your head with the Florida Envy comment.
You see, I thought you were a guy because your temper tantrum appeared to be fueled by your nuts.
My statement was a word play on Penis Envy but you (and quite possibly your fiance) lack a penis so you missed it.
But wouldn’t it be funny if the cow actually was from Canada?
Cheeky would probably claim that the US planted it there.
Folks I have to fess up on one thing. All my Canadian friends love to rag on the USA…and Canada, and Mexico, and the UK, and Iran and whatever. But none of them try to blame their own insecurities on any one country. You gotta be Cheeky to do that.
Y’know the ironic thing is, people are afraid of bovine spongiform encephalopathy because it can put holes in their brains, but it seems based on this thread that lots of folks have that problem already, so what are we worried about, really?
Keep it up, Cheeky, and I’ll be FORCED to send the following e-mail to my fine President in Washington and just let HIM take care of your bad attitude.
Dear W:
I frequent a message board on the internet. There is one particularly nasty poster, CheekyMonkey613, who keeps knocking the United States. While I have no empirical evidence to support this, I suspect she may be building a weapon of mass destruction. She very well may have plutonium stuck under her mattress as we speak. FYI, she resides in the fair country to our north* in the city of Montreal.
I trust you will take care of this situation for us. Enclosed is a check for $20 for the Re-elect W campaign.
It’s my understanding that Mad Cow Disease affects the brain of a cow. Unless you eat the brain or part of the spinal tissue, no problem. Eating the muscle tissue (meat) would have no consequence whatsoever. We’re not talking Hoof-and-Mouth disease here.
And yeah, the cow came from Canada. (Waits impatiently for the UN-fuck America apology)
You are correct, duffer. The problem is that with certain types of meat processing, such as “mechanical separation” wherein flesh is flayed from spinal bones, the meat may be contaminated with neural matter that’s being inadvertently grabbed and/or flung around by the machines. Thus, as I understand it, the problem is much greater for ground meat than it is for whole meat like steaks and rounds and such. So keep enjoying those filets, but keep your fingers crossed on the burgers.
The reason we Canadians are so upset about this is because there doesn’t seem to be any other reason to reveal the Canadian link other than to blame us. They’re not even sure if the cow is actually from Canada; they have to wait on DNA tests to be sure. Why mention Canada until they’re sure? And even if the cow did come from Canada, what exactly does that mean? It could have easily have caught BSE in the States, but your investigators seem too busy trying to tie this into the Canada at the moment to examine that possibility. We’re getting deeply suspicious that you’re hoping you can convince trading partners that it’s our problem, not yours. Plus, another excuse to ban Canadian beef all over again will make your domestic suppliers happy.
Call this paranoid if you like, but the US has fucked Canada over time and time again in trade issues, and we’re getting tired of it.
Yes, I see your point, I’m just hoping you keep in mind there are almost 300 million Americans. And I, for one, will still eat beef whether it’s US, Canadian, or Martian. Someone has to be blamed, it’s the nature of the media.
That said, what is striking me as funny is that it was ONE cow! And Howard Dean (I can try to cite it, but OTOH you could just trust me) is trying to crucify Bush for lax USDA regs or some such. Take it further, and based on the age of the cow, it was imported under Clinton’s regime. (Assuming the report of it coming from Canada is right)
Now, I may not be the smartest sumbitch in the world, but I think we may have a LOT of cows in the US. And we found the ONE that was sick. I’d say the USDA fellows might actually be federal employees earning thier paychecks.
Sigh, I’m going to try this one more time, and folow closely now, my forehead is sore. The report you linked to suggests that preliminary evidence may indicate the suspect bovine originated in Alberta. No indictment of the Canadian people.
“No doubt that will be a very important component of the investigation,” DeHaven said, adding that it is premature to conclude there are any ties between the two diseased cows."
Part of an epidemiolgical study is locating “patient zero.” This is more like police work than science and holy flirking schnitt, it often ends up crossing borders and involving more than one country. Once this is accomplished the investigators can use all the fancy DNA techniques, etc to try to reconstruct the cause of the outbreak and contain it. The press however tends to be impatient when it comes to waiting for lab results…
“DeHaven said that DNA studies now under way would provide more evidence on the origin of the cow that was infected. They also are examining records of the herd that included the infected cow.”
On TV this gets watered down as “Mad Cow outbreak linked to Alberta.”
No matter where origin of said cow, however, this will not change the fact that the entire North American beef market will suffer. All major importers of US beef have already banned imports. Do you honestly think they will go along with the evil empire’s TM plan for world domination by excluding ONLY Canadian beef? Please kill this thread someone, move along there is nothing to see here. If you want to slam the US(and I know you do ) just open an America bashing thread instead of trying to veil it behind tenuous conspiracy theories. Seriously, it just makes you guys look like whiney and desperate, not flattering, but I guess you wear it well enough. Or maybe we could open, “Whining Canadians please shut the fuck up…” nah, I’m just playin’ Canada, you know I love you.
I didn’t comment on this earlier, because the quote is from a full page back, but this shit really bugs me
What the Hell are you implying? Are you implying that we had fore-knowledge of the outbreak? If so, you’re smoking crack.
If that is not what you are implying, let me flesh out your point. When BSE broke out in Alberta, American agencies offered assistance. The Canadian authorities accepted the assistance (we didn’t exactly send the Marines in to inspect your cattle, we were there with the Canadian authorities blessing). However, when it broke out in Washington, Canadian authorities didn’t offer assistance and that makes them better? WTF? You are saints because you didn’t offer assistance? Asshole.
Hey folks! Here I am. Point at my head if you want.
After reading all of this I noticed many of you didn’t read the very first line of my post, did you?
I wish I had more talent at transferring thoughts to words, but I don’t. To boil this down, it doesn’t matter where the disease originated from. I wish I would have implied that when I wrote the OP, but I didn’t. Cows don’t care about political boundaries and they get transferred(in whatever form) from nation to nation. Many all eat it, and many are afraid of it(myself excluded) because of media hype(fuck those assholes too haha).
Do I hate America? No. Do I hate Americans? No. Do I feel insecure? No. Do I still see this situation with finger pointing? Yes.
Someone earlier was impatiently waiting for an apology because of my post. I am sorry if I offended -YOU-. Did you understand the first line of my post?
Someone else who replied thought I was low. Oh well, this IS the pit heh. Don’t take this to heart. Did you read the first line in my OP?
) just open an America bashing thread instead of trying to veil it behind tenuous conspiracy theories. Seriously, it just makes you guys look like whiney and desperate, not flattering, but I guess you wear it well enough. Or maybe we could open, “Whining Canadians please shut the fuck up…” nah, I’m just playin’ Canada, you know I love you.