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Outspoken Canadian legislator calls U.S. "idiots"
Reuters.com ^
| August 25th 2004
| Reuters
Posted on 08/25/2004 1:49:37 PM PDT by thoolou
"OTTAWA (Reuters) - It was damned bastards last year, "idiots" this year.
Canadian Member of Parliament Carolyn Parrish had said she hated "damned Americans" and called them bastards in the run-up to the Iraq war. She found a new moniker, idiots, on Wednesday in discussing the planned U.S. missile defense system.
"We are not joining the coalition of the idiots. We are joining the coalition of the wise," the Liberal legislator told a small group of demonstrators."
"The world respects Canada. If we were to join this then it will be giving credibility to what they're doing," she said.
Parrish then begged reporters not to use the remarks: "Please guys don't put that on tape," she said. "I already got into trouble once.... Really, please, I've had enough trouble."
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TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: americabashing; canada; canuckistan; sowhat; wellladeda; whatelseisnew; whocares
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No Carolyn, you obviously haven't had enough trouble...
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:49:39 PM PDT
by
thoolou
To: thoolou
That's fine. When the NK's fire their missile at Vancouver rather than San Francisco, we'll still be glad to knock it down for our Canadian friends.
To: thoolou
Yes, we're idiots for wanting a missile shield.
She'd rather be bombed and have others "like us."
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:50:51 PM PDT
by
Guillermo
(OJ is innocent because Mark Fuhrman said the "N" word.)
To: thoolou
"The world respects Canada. If we were to join this then it will be giving credibility to what they're doing," she said.
No, everyone thinks Canada is a joke.
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:50:54 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
(Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, sancta Dei Genitrix.... sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper...)
To: thoolou
Is it time to invade Canaduh yet.
My favorite Canadian contribution to western culture has been.....um....well...I suppose SCTV was funny
To: thoolou
Trouble just starting.....
Who's the idiot???
Canadian arrogance at it's finest, and they call us the arrogant ones.
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:51:25 PM PDT
by
msp2004
To: escapefromboston
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:51:44 PM PDT
by
edhammond
(I can say "Ketchup" in Five Languages......)
To: thoolou
Another typical liberal....no problem with dishing it out, but lots of problems with the repercussions created thereof. :-)
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:52:14 PM PDT
by
hiredhand
To: thoolou
Her statement REALLY hurts me. I hope I can sleep tonight.
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:52:14 PM PDT
by
EEDUDE
(Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.)
To: thoolou
Parrish then begged reporters not to use the remarks: "Please guys don't put that on tape," she said. "I already got into trouble once.... Really, please, I've had enough trouble." Why don't you start by shutting yer pie hole.
To: thoolou
The world respects CanadaWhat's a Canada?
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:52:50 PM PDT
by
Stentor
To: thoolou
ok then Carolyn.
When you have your 9/11 don't come running to us for help.
To: edhammond; escapefromboston
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:53:58 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Sure wish -I- had one'a them anti-shrew barrels...)
To: escapefromboston
Is it time to invade Canaduh yet. How about we invade (or more to the point, liberate) only the plains provinces, and leave the rest to fall apart on its own?
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:54:13 PM PDT
by
kevkrom
(My handle is "kevkrom", and I approved this post.)
To: thoolou
Parrish then begged reporters not to use the remarks: "Please guys don't put that on tape," she said. "I already got into trouble once.... Really, please, I've had enough trouble."
This person is a POLITICIAN? Something tells me that a proud member of the "wise" coalition would know when to keep their mouths shut to keep them out of "trouble". A person of such a coalition would also be wise enough to know that the press will put something in ink ESPECIALLY when you tell them not too.
Dunce cap award goes to...
APf
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:55:38 PM PDT
by
APFel
To: thoolou
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:56:05 PM PDT
by
thoolou
(Politics--The last refuge of the nincompoop. - Berke Breathed)
To: escapefromboston
Yeah, but in return, they inflicted William Shatner and Celine Dion on us. . . Weapons of Mass Distraction. . .
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:56:10 PM PDT
by
Salgak
(don't mind me: the orbital mind control lasers are making me write this. . .)
To: thoolou
"The world respects Canada."
...because it lives in the shadow of America.
Note to Parrish: you have to say "off the record" or "on background" FIRST...THEN make a fool of yourself.
To: thoolou
"The world respects Canada." BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Jeez, what universe does this moron live in?
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:56:48 PM PDT
by
liberty_lvr
("I'll tell you whut...that John Kerry needs his a$$ kicked, but good!")
To: Pyro7480
"The world respects Canada. If we were to join this then it will be giving credibility to what they're doing," she said. No, everyone thinks Canada is a joke.
I have lived for protracted periods of time in seven foreign countries in my adult life, including Canada, and have traveled in dozens more.
I'm here to bear witness to your observation.
Canada IS considered a joke all over the world, and the laughter is getting louder, especially when nitwits like Parrish are allowed near microphones.
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posted on
08/25/2004 1:56:51 PM PDT
by
John Valentine
("The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein)
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