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Jack Downey Comments on Canadian Issues to Inform and Amuse.

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YANKEE DOODLE wants to shoot the CANADIAN CULTURE GEEZER the trouble is our CANADIAN GEEZER shoots back!

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"You my friend are a uniformed individual. If the United States had backed the Irish like they should have, you would be standing up saluting the Stars and Stripes, not some stupid Maple Leaf. We would have came over there and taken whatever we wanted, sacked your towns, taken your treasures and whatever tickled our fancy. The Irish did you a favor by invading first. We would not have been stopped. "England, get out of Ireland"

name: "Erin"
USA


Jack's Reply: > Dear Bog Trotter,
We have no more "tickles your fancies" left. We are just all tickled out to be Canadians in the second largest and best country in the world! You may not like our Maple Leaf and patriotic song, but what about your Star Spangled Banner and its anthem, written at a time when slavery was condoned, singing of WAR and the 'Free'? 'Those who live in stone houses should not throw glasses on the ice when we beat you at Hockey (or Women's Soccer..)' Just think, if General Pickett had gone "up the middle" in the Civil War, you would be saluting the Stars and Bars and singing DIXIE; a Minstrel song, for an anthem! www.contemplator.com/folk/dixie.html




(The Confederate flag was not the common Battle flag, as most people think.)

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English: O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North strong and free! From far and wide, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee. God keep our land glorious and free! O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Français: Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux, Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux! Car ton bras sait porter l'épée, Il sait porter la croix! Ton histoire est une épopée Des plus brillants exploits. Et ta valeur, de foi trempée, Protégera nos foyers et nos droits, Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

(more info to Canadian Anthem - click here)

Here are some excellent Fenian songs if you can get some one to read them to you (music incl.) - http://members.shaw.ca/tunebook/

Can you sing from memory your entire American NATIONAL ANTHEM in English and Hispanic?


Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?


On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


Here it is in Spanish:
¿Oh,por ejemplo, puede usted ver, por la luz temprana del amanecer, qué tan orgulloso nosotros hail'd en destellar pasado del crepúsculo? ¿De quién amplias rayas y estrellas brillantes, thro ' la lucha peligrosa, O'er los terraplenes watch'd, tan gallantly fluíamos? Y el fulgor rojo de los cohetes, las bombas que estallaban en aire, dio a thro de la prueba ' la noche que nuestra bandera todavía estaba allí. ¿Opinión de O, esa bandera estrella-star-spangled todavía agita O'er la tierra del libre y del hogar del valiente? ¿En el thro dévil visto de la orilla ' las nieblas del profundo, donde el anfitrión arrogante del enemigo en silencio del pavor descansan, qué son la que la brisa, o'er el escarpado elevado, como fitfully sopla, mitad encubre, mitad divulga? Ahora coge el destello de la primera viga de la mañana, en la gloria completa reflejada, ahora brilla en la corriente: ' Tis la bandera estrella-star-spangled: ¡O, puede él agitar de largo O'er la tierra del libre y del hogar del valiente! ¿Y dónde es esa venda que tan vauntingly juró que el estrago de la guerra y del hogar de la confusión A de la batalla y de un país debe dejarnos no más? Su sangre tiene wash'd fuera de la contaminación de sus pasos asquerosos. Ningún refugio podía ahorrar al hireling y al esclavo del terror del vuelo o del gloom del sepulcro: Y la bandera estrella-star-spangled en la onda O'er del doth del triunfo la tierra del libre y del hogar del valiente. O, así sea siempre cuando freemen estará parado, entre sus hogares del lov'd y el desolation de la guerra; ¡Blest con vict'ry y paz, puede la alabanza heav'n-rescatada de la tierra el Pow'r que el hath hizo y preserv'd nosotros como nación! Entonces conquístenos debe, cuando nuestra causa es justa, y éste sea nuestro lema: ¡"en dios está nuestra confianza" y la bandera estrella-star-spangled en triunfo agitará O'er la tierra del libre y del hogar del valiente!

And now for the Canadians you call Cajuns down In Louisiana.
FRENCH

Oh par exemple pouvez-vous voir, par la première lumière de l'aube, que tellement fièrement nous hail'd à dernier briller du crépuscule? À qui larges raies et étoiles lumineuses, thro 'le combat périlleux, O'er les ramparts nous watch'd, coulions tellement gallantly? Et la lueur rouge des fusées, les bombes éclatant en air, a donné à thro de preuve 'la nuit que notre drapeau était toujours là. Parole de O, cette bannière étoile-ornée de paillettes ondule-t-elle encore O'er la terre le libre et la maison de du courageux? Sur le thro faiblement vu de rivage 'les brumes du profond, où le centre serveur hautain de l'ennemi dans le silence de crainte repose, ce qui est cela que la brise, o'er le raide trés haut, car elle souffle fitfully, moitié cache, moitié révèle? Maintenant elle attrape la lueur du premier faisceau du matin, dans la pleine gloire reflétée, brille maintenant sur le jet: 'Tis la bannière étoile-ornée de paillettes: O, longtemps peut il onduler O'er la terre le libre et la maison du courageux! Et où cette bande qui a tellement vauntingly juré que le ravage de la guerre et de la maison de la confusion A de la bataille et d'un pays devrait ne nous laisser est-elle pas plus? Leur sang a le wash'd hors de la pollution de leurs marchepieds fétides. Aucun refuge n'a pu sauver le laquais et esclave de la terreur le vol ou le gloom de la tombe de: Et la bannière étoile-ornée de paillettes dans la vague O'er de doth de triomphe la terre le libre et la maison du courageux. O, ainsi que ce soit jamais quand freemen se tiendra, entre leurs maisons de lov'd et le desolation de la guerre; Blest avec vict'ry et paix, peut l'éloge heav'n-sauvée de terre le Pow'r que le hath a fait et preserv'd nous comme nation! Conquérez-alors nous doit, quand notre cause est juste, et ce soit notre devise: "dans Dieu est de notre confiance" et la bannière étoile-ornée de paillettes dans le triomphe ondulera O'er la terre le libre et la maison du courageux!

If we get any more tickle your fancies in the great land that is Above the USA I'll announce it in the Geezer and you can come pick some fancies up, but leave your guns at home. Canada is a safe country where you can go almost anywhere, night or day and be safe!

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