How Canada stole the American Dream

fsugolf · 03-19-10, 10:05 AM

O Canada

whatsgood5 · 03-19-10, 10:08 AM

But you guys are also Canadians...

Emily_Haines · 03-19-10, 10:26 AM

We can travel freely too and are not hated all over the world.

DwightShrute · 03-19-10, 10:41 AM

Good for Canada. Being Canadian it is nice to be liked by most of the world and I am proud to be Canadian.

While a lot of my fellow Canadians find it fashionable to dis the USA wherever possible, I am also mature enough to realize that Canada reaps a lot benefits being located next to the USA. It is what it is.

line from the article: Their armies don't defend just America, they defend freedom.

Jericholic · 03-19-10, 10:42 AM

High price to pay for winter 10 months of the year!!

PittsburghPlayer · 03-19-10, 10:44 AM

Canada Rules. I have been to 8 countries, Canada is my favorite by far. Whatsgood? You would not know whats good if it kicked you in the ass.

forsberg21 · 03-19-10, 11:52 AM

[COLOR=#000000 !important]"High price to pay for winter 10 months of the year!!"[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000 !important]Ok I've heard the 6 month joke before, hahaha... but at least get your facts straight... 10 months??? *maybe* in the Northwest Territories where no one lives, but cmon, even sarcasm has its degree...[/COLOR]

SBR_John · 03-19-10, 12:14 PM

No too cold.

There are tons of Canadians working in Costa Rica who act like they have been saved and born afvcking again to be in sunny cool Costa Rica...and Costa Rica lets be honest is kind of a dump.

PingPong · 03-19-10, 12:16 PM

america's hat

hoopster42 · 03-19-10, 12:30 PM

a cold loft above a great party, thats canada

but i do love canadian ppl! very nice folks!

INVEGA MAN · 03-19-10, 12:58 PM

But this is a sports forum. Tell us the last time:

1. your hockey team won a stanley cup!!!!!
2. your baseball team won a world series!!!!
4. NBA CHAPIONSHIP!!!!!
3. boxing champion!!!!
4. we even kicked your ass in the winter olympics for total medal.We DID IT IN YOUR COUNTRY TOO.
5. WE HEARD YOUR BEST SPORT IS CRICKET. IS THIS TRUE

PLEAES TELL US ABOUT YOUR GREAT CANADIANS SPORTS TEAMS. LOL LOL LOL LOL

bruceBRUCEbruce · 03-19-10, 01:00 PM

nhl>>>>nba

mrmarket · 03-19-10, 01:06 PM

I'm Canadian but I know one thing: Don't antagonize the guys with the bigger guns. Besides I like Americans. They get a bad rap from the third world rat holes.

forsberg21 · 03-19-10, 01:29 PM

Originally posted by INVEGA MAN

But this is a sports forum. Tell us the last time:

1. your hockey team won a stanley cup!!!!!
2. your baseball team won a world series!!!!
4. NBA CHAPIONSHIP!!!!!
3. boxing champion!!!!
4. we even kicked your ass in the winter olympics for total medal.We DID IT IN YOUR COUNTRY TOO.
5. WE HEARD YOUR BEST SPORT IS CRICKET. IS THIS TRUE

PLEAES TELL US ABOUT YOUR GREAT CANADIANS SPORTS TEAMS. LOL LOL LOL LOL

1. There are 24 teams American teams in the league and 6 Canadian teams (at least 8 if it weren't for Bettman). Besides, over half the players in the league are Canadian and the players winning the Conn Smythes and all the other major awards are Canadian. When is the last time an American won the Art Ross? How many have won the Conn Smythe? What does the US having more NHL teams (including soooo many in markets where they don't belong) have to do with anything? BTW, two of the top 3 wealthiest NHL teams are Canadian (Leafs and Canadiens).

2. Baseball team? Is this even a fair comparison? Ok there's 1 baseball team from Canada right now. They've won the World Series 2 times in roughly 35 years of existence (once every 17.5 years) on average. I'd say that is a pretty good rate of success relative to all of the other teams in the league. Plus, for the very few Canadian MLB players there are, they make it make up for the lack of numbers. Gagne (Cy Young), Morneau & Walker (MVPs).

3. NBA Championship? Again, there is 1 Canadian NBA team in the league that has been around for only 14 seasons. Is this really a reasonable assessment? Going along the same lines as my baseball argument above, Steve Nash has won the MVP twice, back to back.

4. Heavyweight Champion? None here, but there have been good Canadian fighters in other classes. Most people don't know this, but Lennox Lewis grew up in Canada and won a gold medal at the Olympics for Canada. Only after he turned pro did he fight under British citizenship.

5. Ok the US won more medals, but who won more gold medals?

6. Best sport cricket? Hahah, ok I'm just gonna end this one on a laugh...

That Maclean's article is dead on... numbers don't lie...

forsberg21 · 03-19-10, 01:33 PM

Originally posted by SBR_John

No too cold.

There are tons of Canadians working in Costa Rica who act like they have been saved and born afvcking again to be in sunny cool Costa Rica...and Costa Rica lets be honest is kind of a dump.

SBR John, in all fairness, this is based on what, the opinion on a few hundred Canadians?

The climate thing is always one thing Canada gets criticized on, but when you look at it, all of Canada's major cities are located within 150 km of the US border, meaning that would make the weather "American". Toronto, where' I'm from, gets same the winter weather patterns as NYC, Washington, Boston and Philadelphia. Actually, Buffalo seems to always get paralyzed with snow every winter that, for some reason, doesn't seem to reach us.

Just my two cents.

03-19-10, 02:17 PM

Originally posted by Emily_Haines

We can travel freely too and are not hated all over the world.

Psh, we can do that too. We just tell people we're Canadian.

StyleQ · 03-19-10, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by forsberg21

SBR John, in all fairness, this is based on what, the opinion on a few hundred Canadians?

The climate thing is always one thing Canada gets criticized on, but when you look at it, all of Canada's major cities are located within 150 km of the US border, meaning that would make the weather "American". Toronto, where' I'm from, gets same the winter weather patterns as NYC, Washington, Boston and Philadelphia. Actually, Buffalo seems to always get paralyzed with snow every winter that, for some reason, doesn't seem to reach us.

Just my two cents.

Big up TO! Scarborough in the house.

blueghost · 03-19-10, 02:50 PM

im im windsor ontario canada across the river from one of americas greatest cities Detroit and its 70 degrees and sunny right now LOVIN IT

DwightShrute · 03-19-10, 03:03 PM

Originally posted by DrStale

Psh, we can do that too. We just tell people we're Canadian.

LOL very true

jai7123 · 03-19-10, 03:41 PM

I lived minutes from the border in Buffalo years ago. Before Homeland Security etc, I could drive over for a lunch, fill up my gas tank (during the late 70's it was cheap, exchange and all) and be back in an hour. Interesting strip clubs, great beer and the border inspectors laughed when you were coming back over with booze on your breath late at night, never seen a cop.

Ft. Erie RaceTrack was the only TBred track within 100 miles. They used to have a great meet in the summer, also many people had cottages on the lake for relaxing. That was a while ago, now it's 3 hours to get over the border at times. The track is a racino now, no surprise.

Bullseye · 03-19-10, 04:34 PM

Are there beautiful women in canada? Haven't heard of many

DwightShrute · 03-19-10, 04:42 PM

Originally posted by Bullseye

Are there beautiful women in canada? Haven't heard of many

tons

Slim · 03-19-10, 06:31 PM

There's more beautiful canadian women then there are american.

daneblazer · 03-19-10, 06:37 PM

Canada is a pretty place and I'd like to go there one day. But it's cold all the time, the beer sucks, and everyone is pale.

DwightShrute · 03-19-10, 06:40 PM

Originally posted by daneblazer

But it's cold all the time, the beer sucks, and everyone is pale.

you must be kidding

pavyracer · 03-19-10, 06:46 PM

I can't live in frozen tundra for 9 months every year.

DwightShrute · 03-19-10, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

I can't live in frozen tundra for 9 months every year.

frozen tundra

joeybagadonuts · 03-19-10, 06:49 PM

Yea, America Jr is better. Sure.

I've been to Canada and sure it's nice and all, but there is no chance in hell you'd rather live there than California, New York, or about 20+ other place in the USA.

DwightShrute · 03-19-10, 07:00 PM

to each his own. Give me a place in the Caribbean, near or on the beach any day.

kmarinouofm · 03-19-10, 07:06 PM

Originally posted by blueghost

im im windsor ontario canada across the river from one of americas greatest cities Detroit and its 70 degrees and sunny right now LOVIN IT

uhh what???

Flying Dutchman · 03-19-10, 07:35 PM

Originally posted by SBR_John

No too cold.

There are tons of Canadians working in Costa Rica who act like they have been saved and born afvcking again to be in sunny cool Costa Rica...and Costa Rica lets be honest is kind of a dump.

Maybe I need to move to CR?

Holland too cold, San Diego too expensive....gotta rob too many banks and do too many drug deals to stay alive.

forsberg21 · 03-19-10, 07:44 PM

Originally posted by joeybagadonuts

Yea, America Jr is better. Sure.

I've been to Canada and sure it's nice and all, but there is no chance in hell you'd rather live there than California, New York, or about 20+ other place in the USA.

20 other cities?!? Like which ones??? Going by this list compiled by BusinessWeek, which I have to mention is an AMERICAN magazine, there aren't that many world class options available in the US.

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0428_best_places_to_live/1.htm

I'm not trying to argue here or state my opinion, but going by this, there are many more cities that offer a higher quality of life in Canada than can be found in the US.

daneblazer · 03-19-10, 07:51 PM

There's probably 20,000 cities in Florida I'd rather live in than in one in Canada

INVEGA MAN · 03-19-10, 07:59 PM

Who the hell cares? i have beautiful waether 12 months a year and you freeze your asses off 7 months a year. i was in Canada one time in my life and i couldn't wait to leave. I wanted to kill my girlfriend for wanting to go to Canada to see the falls. I froze my ass off for 5 days. Plus, the wind was blowing 30mph. it was 30 degrees below zero for the 5 days. Thats no vacation. Dont tell me about beautiful Canada. come on down to the beaches in sunny Calif where women dont have to wear clothes to stay warm.