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The Night the Lights Went Out in Ottawa
The Freedom Institute ^
| August 18, 2003
| Adam Yoshida
Posted on 08/18/2003 5:43:40 AM PDT by adamyoshida
For New Yorkers, the Great Blackout of 2003 turned into something resembling a massive and pleasant block party. People dragged couches out onto the streets, cracked a few beers, and generally seem to have had a nice time. Contrary to the expectations of some, there was no looting, no murders, and New Yorkers, a people not generally renowned for the pleasant and laid-back attitude, seem to have come together and made the best of what could have been a nightmare. Sadly, the same cannot be said of the people of Canada's capital city.
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TOPICS: Canada; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blackout; blackout2003; looting; ottawa
To: adamyoshida
...That's the night that they hung an innocent man...
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posted on
08/18/2003 5:46:14 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
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To: Hatteras
"...That's the night that they hung an innocent man..." I heard that the innocent man was hanged. Your post suggests that his anatomy was involuntarily enlarged.
Perhaps all those Ottawans were simply expressing "exuberance" at their high taxation and comically-long waits for health care.
Michael
To: adamyoshida
Afterwards 'ol Larry had nearly-former California Governor Gray Davis on to offer his own solutions, which is a lot like asking Jimmy Carter to discuss successful hostage rescues.LOL!! You sir, win the prize for quote of the day. Great article.
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posted on
08/18/2003 5:51:24 AM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Plus de fromage, s'il vous plait...)
To: adamyoshida
"but it certainly was a nice sound bite! Afterwards 'ol Larry had nearly-former California Governor Gray Davis on to offer his own solutions, which is a lot like asking Jimmy Carter to discuss successful hostage rescues. ROTFLMAO
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posted on
08/18/2003 5:53:31 AM PDT
by
Tank-FL
(Keep the Faith - GO VMI Beat NAVY)
To: Hatteras
...That's the night that they hung an innocent man... Dead meat is hung while a person is hanged. So technically he was hanged first, then hung.
Unless his name was Holmes....
;-)
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posted on
08/18/2003 5:59:47 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
To: Wright is right!; Jonah Hex
I don't make the lyrics, I just sing 'em. You'll have to take that up with Vicki Lawrence.
Sorry fellas, didn't mean to fire that one over your heads.
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:16:08 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
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To: adamyoshida
Canada seemed to have gotten the worst of American 70s liberalism - talk about Jimmuh Cartuh's days in a time warp.
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:35:29 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Hatteras
(smile)
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:37:55 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
To: Hatteras
...That's the night that they hung an innocent man...
Don't trust your soul to no French Canadian lawyer...
To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein
...'cause the juge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands.
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:44:48 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
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To: adamyoshida
Instead of rioting, those wacky Canucks should have just discussed the situation over a few Mooseheads, eh?
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:47:19 AM PDT
by
quark
To: Wright is right!
Wright is wrong!
See "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"
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posted on
08/18/2003 6:49:11 AM PDT
by
Uncle Sausage
(Everything I need to know I learned from Monty Python.)
To: adamyoshida
HA! Excellent.
To: adamyoshida
It's because of all those guns they have!! Uh, oops, wrong country!! I thought we were talking about the "cowboy" country to the south!! LOL!
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