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Ahead, Call Us Cowboys: A visit to the Alaska-Canada border brings home the differences.
The Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal ^
| July 19, 2004
| Andrew Kleinfeld and Judith Kleinfeld
Posted on 07/18/2004 9:20:54 PM PDT by quidnunc
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To: quidnunc
Great article "quidnunc".
Mr. Kleinfeld is a judge on the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
I could certainly entertain Judge Kleinfeld on the SCOTUS.
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posted on
07/18/2004 10:23:02 PM PDT
by
elbucko
To: goldstategop
In America, rugged individuals discovered and tamed the frontier through their own initiative. In Canada, the government imposed law and order on the frontier through the Royal Mounties and then brought people to settle the land.Well said. The two methods of "settling the West" would explain the difference in cultures.
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posted on
07/18/2004 10:26:48 PM PDT
by
elbucko
To: tubebender
Canadians have always feared disorder. The British North America Act of 1867 open with the words, For the good government and order of Canada... The U.S Constitution opens with the words, We The People Of The United States... All of which enscapulates a difference between the Canadian and American views of government: in Canada, government is good and order is desirable; whereas in America the first object of attention is not government but the sovereign people. From such readings, it can be reasonably said Canada is a government that acquired a country while America is a country that reluctantly sought a government. We value freedom and are suspicious of the slightest constraints upon it, something looked upon in abhorrence by Canadians who can't imagine life without order and to whom the existence of rules provide a sense of national reassurance.
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posted on
07/18/2004 10:31:30 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: quidnunc
So which style do you call good living?
To: quidnunc
To: quidnunc
its unfortunate that our differences with cantada manifest themselves beyond the quaintness of two small towns to the tragic level of national conflict. mostly its gonna be unfortunate for them.
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posted on
07/18/2004 10:41:32 PM PDT
by
eleven_eleven
(canadia = land of nothing)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Stewart is attractive but it becomes confining to an American. Hyde is energetic but its sense of anarchism would repel a Canadian.
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posted on
07/18/2004 10:43:11 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: eleven_eleven
What's telling its a refutation of the liberal notion that all cultures will become alike. In a way I am glad our two countries ARE different. Life would be boring if Canada were a clone of America. We need the contrast to remind us why we are who we are.
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posted on
07/18/2004 10:46:27 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: familyop
Cowboy hats are practical. They keep the rain from going down the back of your neck. A baseball hat won't do that. With a good 4-inch brim you can spend all day outside and not get a burn on your ears or neck. You can fill your hat with water from a stream and drink it yourself, or give it to your dog or your horse. You can lean into the wind with a cowboy hat and keep the dust out of your eyes. In the winter, one of these hats is surprisingly warm. That's why people use them.
To: the_Watchman
My wife and I were in Canada on vacation this weekend. I didn't think anything about it Canada less most of the people is pretty nice. My wife and I went to Arizona a few times, we both thought the place looked like a few dozen 20 mega-ton atomic bombs went off. No kidding.....
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posted on
07/18/2004 10:47:53 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
( failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: goldstategop
Canadians prefer order. Canadians are nothing more than 30-somethings still crashing at their parent's house. When someone else is picking up the tab, it frees one up to pursue more esoteric activities, like hanging around the beach all day.
Specifically, Canadians get to devote their budget towards social programs because we cover their ass on security. Even better, we provide a giant market for their goods/services. All in all, not a bad deal for the Canadians.
Who would you rather be, the draft horse or the rider? Problem is, while we may be the workers, we still can spit out the bit and run around the field. They may be getting a free ride, but they're stuck in that saddle and can't get out.
To: Snerfling
The northEast US is more towards the Canadian style.
To: Snerfling
Canada is a conservative society. Why change if you don't have to? Americans are concerned with excellence and doing things better. Canadians are content with mediocrity and prize the value of stability.
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posted on
07/18/2004 10:53:32 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Richard Kimball
ahhh...you too? Landry was a prince among men. It was never the same again.
To: daybreakcoming
...Landry was a prince among men. It was never the same again. Dittos...and that's something coming from a Noll era Steeler fan living...well as much as one can...in Da 'Burgh.
prisoner6
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posted on
07/18/2004 11:21:00 PM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the left fall out!)
To: quidnunc
As the grandson of a Wyoming cowboy, the article explains quite a lot to me, particularly about my own Wyoming-born father.
Of my grandfather's two sons, my father followed in his footsteps, settling in Southern California and becoming a home builder (before it became big corporations).
The other son chose career military, followed by government work. In turn his eldest son became a Canadian citizen, after running away from the draft--his symbolic rebellion.
All have great love of the west (even the socialist canadian bum-knucklehead artist).
I am self-employed, making less money than during my corporate servitude, but more happy.
To: ASOC
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posted on
07/19/2004 12:46:12 AM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: quidnunc
Save a horse, ride a Cowboy!
(song title)
;)
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posted on
07/19/2004 1:06:42 AM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(May God Continue to Bless The United States of America!)
To: quidnunc
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posted on
07/19/2004 1:09:07 AM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: quidnunc
They can't even get this right. The term "cowboys" originated in the Southwest where many outlaws gravitated due to the Texas Rangers kicking them out. It's believed that the term came into existence when the Clantons, McLoureys (sp), and co. used to rustle cattle from across the Mexican border. Before that, legitimate cattlmen were call drovers, cattlemen, and cow hands. The Earp and Tombstone saga brought the term "cowboy" to national prominence, although at the time, it was a derogatory name.
Two prominent books on the Tombstone legend repeat the same negative connotation of "cowboy" at that time.
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posted on
07/19/2004 1:15:42 AM PDT
by
A Navy Vet
(Veterans for Constitutional Restoration - www.VetsCoR.org)
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