Fans boo as U.S. national anthem is played

Associated Press via Drudge ^ | 3/21/2003 | Associated Press

[albertabound]

They are just pissed off because the Hab's suck.

[faithincowboys]

Of course, Reagan's successes make Bush possible.

[Dont Mention the War]

Hey kids! Why not drop the Canadiens a friendly email?

[Dont Mention the War]

"I fear the Canadians are falling for the notion that spending other people's money and lacking the power to piss anyone off is writing them a special place in world history."

I hope they consider the footnotes to be a "special place."

[1rudeboy]

[Enduring Freedom]

For countless generations to come, American Presidents will stand on the broad shoulders of Reagan.

With help from F.R., the 'Rats will never see the light of day.

[yay]

Never thought I'd be rooting for the Islanders but glad to see them kick their a$$ last night.

[ericthecurdog]

The sellout crowd of 21,273 at Bell Centre was asked to ''show your support and respect for two great nations'' before the singing of the American and Canadian national anthems.

SELLOUT!! At least they got THAT part right.

That's it, no more cars for them!! And we're going to take our national sport back! They tried to ruin it with 20 yard deep endzones. 20 YARD DEEP ENDZONES!!! WTF!?

[raccoonradio]

Maybe all the US teams should pull out of the NHL and start their own league, leaving the "Canadian Hockey League" with Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and a couple other teams. Let 'em play up there, etc. Just kidding. :)

In all seriousness, though, Canada has traditionally been our friend and ally though we don't always agree on everything. Montreal is a nice city and if some hockey fans boo our national anthem, well, that's their right, just as I have a right to pick some other place to visit and spend my US dollars if I so desire. (What would happen to Montreal businesses without the US tourist money?)
I hope that the boos were just the actions of a few
and not Canadians (or Quebecers) in general.

I don't remember anyone booing "Oh Canada", though.

Another sports-related incident between the US and Canada involving patriotic things:
In the 1992 World Series, the first to feature a Canadian team, the Marine color guard carrying the Canadian flag at a game in Atlanta accidentally had it upside down. Canadians were shocked, though some joked about it: A T-shirt sold in Canada had the US flag upside down with the legend: SORRY EH!!

As the games moved to Canada, the presentation of the flags before the game came with the P.A. announcement
that "the Marine color guard has requested the honor of again carrying the Canadian flag". This time, it was
right-side-up.

(And one more thing about the US and Canada: There was a time when, for most people, crossing the border only took a few seconds: What is your name? Your city? Where are you headed, and for what purpose? Are you bringing any guns
or alcohol with you into Canada? etc.

Last summer as I drove to Montreal, I had to get out of my car and wait several minutes while they looked through it--something which is happening increasingly to more people,
what with the concern over terrorism (and sometimes there are long waits while multiple cars are being searched). Same thing happened on way back into US: a wait while they searched my car.

Well, I only hope that the day will come when we don't need to worry about terrorists entering the US via Canada (or vice versa)...and it would only take a minute or so to do the border crossing.)

[raccoonradio]

I'm an American who has seen more than a few episodes of the CBC political satire series ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FARCE.
It's actually pretty funny, though it may take awhile for you to get used to the various Canadian politicians they spoof (like Chretien, who is played by Roger Abbott. Abbott also plays George W. Bush).

American politics and culture are spoofed as well; Don Ferguson doubles as both Bill Clinton and Larry King...
and Canada's British roots show when Luba Goy plays
Queen Elizabeth.

Canadians are quite familiar with what's going on in the US; many of them live close to the border (Montreal,
Toronto, Vancouver, etc.) and get US stations on their
cable. They not only have their own late night shows
(like Open Mike with Mike Bullard) but get Leno and
Letterman as well. Though the US-Canada connection,
TV-wise, might as well be a one way mirror. Canada
sees themselves and us, while we only see ourselves.
For the most part, Canadian shows (like AIR FARCE)
don't air in the US, though PBS stations have found
great success with the gang at Possum Lodge on CBC's THE
RED GREEN SHOW.

>>Let's not stoop to their level. Just as we endured eight years of Clinton, Canada has to endure the Cretin.

With their parliamentary system, they can call an election when they see fit rather that "wait 4 years". Could you imagine, say, in '98 hearing on the news that "the
Republicans are calling for an election", thus giving us a chance to evict Slick Willie a couple years early? :)

[Cinnamon Girl]

Those filthy socialist punks.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Hmmm, I smell the makings of a new Southpark episode...

[gridlock]

The next time I am at a sporting event with a Canadian team, I will respectfully stand and sing "Oh Canada!" when their anthem is played. I will want to show respect for the best traditions of that nation, and it is, after all, a fine national anthem.

We should keep ourselves in the right. We can't do anything about anybody else. It will cost us nothing to take the high road with Canada, and perhaps we can lead by example.

[sbhitchc]

link to top canadian companies

[ZULU]

Montreal - another bastion of the Frogs.

The Brits should have flushed out all those ingrates after the French and Indian War. Then they wouldn't be polluting our northern border.

Too bad they didn't get their independence from Canada. They might have allied themselves with Iraq and we could have had the excuse to kick their sorry @sses out ourselves!!

[CanadianBacon]

I was at the Washington - Calgary game last night - a dreadfully boring game - and nobody boo'd the U.S. anthem, if anything there was more cheers than normal

[WaveThatFlag]

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/4995/accueil.html

French speaker please translate. I want to know where I can send a check to the Quebec Seperatist's cause.

[Arkinsaw]

I was at the Washington - Calgary game last night - a dreadfully boring game - and nobody boo'd the U.S. anthem, if anything there was more cheers than normal

I wouldn't expect anything impolite out of Calgary or other real Canadian cities.

[BlueLancer]

"It seems that we live in a world where good is considered evil, and vice versa."

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"Life, as it is."
I have lived for over 40 years and I've seen "life, as it is": pain, misery, cruelty.

I've heard all of the voices of God's noblest creature: moans from bundles of filth in the streets.

I've been a soldier and a slave.
I've seen my comrades fall in battle or die more slowly under the lash in Africa.
I've held them in their last moments; these were men who saw "life, as it is".
But they died despairing. No glory. No bray of last words. Only their eyes filled with confusion, questioning "Why?"
I do not think they were asking why they were dying, but why they had ever been born.

Life itself seems lunatic. Who knows where madness lies?
Perhaps to be too practical is madness.
To surrender dreams, this may be madness;
To seek treasure where there is only trash.
Too much sanity may be madness.

But maddest of all, to see "life, as it is" and not as it should be!
(Courtesy of "Man of La Mancha")

[albertabound]

Even for Montreal this is totally out of character. It would appear that, as usual, the Froggies are having difficulty catching up with "the new reality." They are still obsessing over the "Plains of Abraham" when the French lost thier last battle in North America. I think they are also coming to realize that their stranglehold on Canadian politics is about to be broken, soon and fast.God Bless GWB for bringing this farce to a head in Canada.