Sounds like a load of old cobblers to me.

Fark needs a dipshiat tag.

Fark needs a 'Hero' tag with a Canadian flag background.

Leave it to the Canadians to not have the ability to come up with an original idea.

bigpeeler: Leave it to the Canadians to not have the ability to come up with an original idea.

Or in this case, a useful idea. I doubt the Iraqis will care how many shoes are thrown in the guy's honor; and in case Canada didn't get the news, we will soon have a President committed to leaving Iraq.

bigpeeler: Leave it to the Canadians to not have the ability to come up with an original idea.

apparently you've never heard of the zipper, buddy.

Who throws a shoe? Really.

I preferred when we just gave Bush the finger as he was driven through Ottawa to go to some meeting or other. That was a fun day.

greedalwayskills: apparently you've never heard of the zipper, buddy.

Nor insulin, pal.

Don't be mean to Americans. Not all of them voted for Bush.

You kooky Candyarses Canadians. I'm beginning to believe all that hot air from our Northern neighbor might be the root cause of global warming.

You'd think these fine folks would have something better to do.

hamiltonjdavid: greedalwayskills: apparently you've never heard of the zipper, buddy.

Nor insulin, pal.

nor basketball, friend.

Ooh, I'm sure he's scared now Canada.

greedalwayskills: nor basketball, friend.

If that's a Canadian invention, you deserve to get nuked for poisoning the world with it.

PoopStain: Is there anything more inconsequential than an angry Canadian?

Yeah, a French Canadian.

We need one in Calgary or Edmonton, not that I'm mad at Americans it would just be fun to have an excuse to throw shoes around.

PoopStain: Is there anything more inconsequential than an angry Canadian?

a republican?

Is there anything more inconsequential than an angry Canadian?

Nope, but you know, Angry Canadians might just be a good name for a band.

friendinpa: Angry Canadians might just be a good name for a band

Wish I'd taken 'Angry Canadian' for my login when I signed up for Fark.

greedalwayskills: PoopStain: Is there anything more inconsequential than an angry Canadian?

a republican?

I don't think Canada has 'Republicans'. Of course, the way things are going right now the US might not have them for much longer either.

Weaver95: I don't think Canada has 'Republicans'.

Sure we do. Up here, though, we call them 'Albertans.'

Weaver95: I don't think Canada has 'Republicans'. Of course, the way things are going right now the US might not have them for much longer either.

I was wondering. how much of the decline of the Republican party in the next ten years will also be age-related? Judging from the conventions, the Republicans looked like they just want more 'Matlock'. Where is the young Republican blood?

Oh and look at this. Who knew?

canadian republicans

oops. sorry for the threadjack.

To my Canadian friends,

If Bush won't listen to his own countrymen, what makes you think he'll listen to you?

stupid shiat.

OK, I protest things regularly and even I think this is dumb.

Not because of the concept but because they're doing it wrong:

The Montreal protest is slated to begin at the U.S. consulate and end at a downtown Canadian Forces recruiting station,

FAIL. We're already leaving Afghanistan.

If the organizers wanted to make this protest larger than a dozen Iraqi immigrants, they should have created a giant papier-maché puppet of Bush with a bullseye on his forehead, closed off a square, and invited people to aim shoes at the target. Or even better, created a giant catapult to match the giant Bush and get people to catapult a big papier-maché shoe. The element of actually-doing-something-hilarious.

Make it totally awesome and don't make it about being dicks to the military, which automatically subtracts 3/4 of your potential attendees because people here actually like the military and know that it's not their fault that they're still in Afghanistan, it's the politicians' fault.

greedalwayskills: I was wondering. how much of the decline of the Republican party in the next ten years will also be age-related? Judging from the conventions, the Republicans looked like they just want more 'Matlock'. Where is the young Republican blood?

Unfortunately, the campus Republicans are the most noisome of the bunch... they just didn't have much representation at the convention.

That's so cute, Canadians think they are important.

It's always interesting when a country defines it's identity in opposition to larger neighbor.

They can toss shoes at us. If they promise to stop wearing speedo's on our beaches.

I wouldn't be taking my shoes off for too long in Canada this time of year.

Silliest part of all of it is THE GUY MISSED! Why reward FAILURE?

St_Francis_P
we will soon have a President committed to leaving Iraq.

No, we won't. He's implied that frequently (to trick foolish progressives into voting for him), but he plans on keeping the US military there to protect American interests, hunt terrorists, and prop up the Iraqi government... which is exactly what they're doing now.

rather, he won't.

Aarontology: To my Canadian friends,

If Bush won't listen to his own countrymen, what makes you think he'll listen to you?

Hurled footwear.

paulieY2J: They can toss shoes at us. If they promise to stop wearing speedo's on our beaches.

Thing a: an apostrophe does not mean "Watch out! Here comes an S!".

Thing b: I have absolutely no problem with a small fraction of Canadians wearing speedos on any beach. If you make an exception for hotness, though, I like your idea.

Oh look, the aieeeee!-rabs are mooning us. How cute.

And just like the Canadians to bring shoes to a gunfight.

Canada, where the towering Zoloft Mountains tumble down into Pristiq bays. Canada, the home to the last remaining Lexapro Indians, weavers of delicate yet sturdy baskets displaying designs dating back to the Paxil era.

This Canadian would never throw a shoe at Bush.

That's what skates are for.

Swampthing in Korea: It's always interesting when a country defines it's identity in opposition to larger neighbor.

Kind of like how Americans like to define our nation in opposition to Europe?

bobbette
it's not their fault that they're still in Afghanistan

those darn politicians forced them to join the military? of course, military recruiters are forced to be lying, manipulative bastards, so the real solution is the abolition of nation-states; but individual soldiers still have the responsibility to get themselves out, disobey, and not enlist in the first place (if you actually think armies do more good than harm: I laugh at you).

Aarontology: Swampthing in Korea: It's always interesting when a country defines it's identity in opposition to larger neighbor.

Kind of like how Americans like to define our nation in opposition to Europe?

Yup

For some strange reason, this thread is relevant to my interests...

This is a good thing.

Thirty plus years from now, when my grandkids read in their school history books about what a great president Bush Jr. was, I'll be able to think back and go, "Hmm. Bush... I remember Canucks. Ah! No, that's the guy people wanted to throw shoes at."

Dorf11: This Canadian would never throw a shoe at Bush.

That's what skates are for.

Weren't you that guy who in high school that had the record for most time spent in the penalty box topped with being the only person ever to take off their skate and try to stab somebody with it?

As long as it's not the pelting of random American tourists, go for it.

Funny Canadians, they actually think that somebody is going to listen to them. I guess living next door to the world's only super power somehow makes them think that they have some importance.

The queen is not going to be happy!!!

RanDomino: bobbette
it's not their fault that they're still in Afghanistan

those darn politicians forced them to join the military? of course, military recruiters are forced to be lying, manipulative bastards, so the real solution is the abolition of nation-states; but individual soldiers still have the responsibility to get themselves out, disobey, and not enlist in the first place (if you actually think armies do more good than harm: I laugh at you).

Blah blah blah, go back to 1964.

sendtodave: This is a good thing.

Thirty plus years from now, when my grandkids read in their school history books about what a great president Bush Jr. was, I'll be able to think back and go, "Hmm. Bush... I remember Canucks. Ah! No, that's the guy people wanted to throw shoes at."

you are assuming that the schools are going to buy new books sometime in the next thirty years - not likely.

Crow The Robot: Weren't you that guy who in high school that had the record for most time spent in the penalty box topped with being the only person ever to take off their skate and try to stab somebody with it?

I had very trying rookie season, what with the litigation, the notoriety, and my subsequent deportation to Canada and that country's refusal to accept me. :)

Just because it's amusing.



Anyway, I like Canada, am a huge hockey fan, and loves me some Tim Hortons coffee. But seriously, these protests just seem kind of pointless. Maybe they would have made more sense before the US voted in a landslide for a candidate with the mandate to get us out of Iraq and end Bush's unilateralism in foreign policy.