Comments on: Project Canada, Part 4: A brief history of the subject

By: Ed Sheppard, Montreal, Quebec

Ed Sheppard, Montreal, Quebec — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:21:22 +0000

That there was a bill in Congress for the annexation of Canada in 1866, and that the USA in 1866 was still highly militarized following the end of the civil war in 1865, are two major reasons why the remaining British colonies protectively joined themselves into the nation of Canada by 1867.

I was taught that long ago in high school.

By: CP, Canada (as it's known for now)

CP, Canada (as it's known for now) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:34:35 +0000

Some say that the current push for ‘deeper integration’ (http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf) and the development of U.S. Northern Command (http://www.northcom.mil/ ) are getting the acquisition done quickly, effectively and bloodlessly.

It’s been a long time in the planning. For an 1891 version of a similar topic, see ‘Can We Coerce Canada’:
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=ABQ7578-0152-11

And for the U.S.’s official military plan of attack on Canada (in effect until the late 1930s: http://www.glasnost.de/hist/usa/1935invasion.html

By: Bing

Bing — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:32:38 +0000

And I’d just like to ask: Did you guys all KNOW there was a bill in Congress for the annexation of Canada in 1866? I mean… that blew my mind!

By: Bing

Bing — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:31:49 +0000

Thanks, TL. I appreciate your rare and discerning opinion. Wish I could be in Calgary right now, with the rest of the cowboys.

By: Solfest, Stettler, Alberta

Solfest, Stettler, Alberta — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:30:49 +0000

We have sharpened sticks and we’re not afraid to use them.

So back off.

http://tradingcrude.blogspot.com/

By: TL, Calgary, AB

TL, Calgary, AB — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:01:51 +0000

I love how comparissons between the US and Canada elicit a consistent reaction from both sides. Inevitably, the Canadians become passive-defensive (a trait pattented by Canada Corp) with a bad case of Little Man Syndrome while the Americans become, as Bing puts it, “quite big, fat and at times obnoxious”.

By: J, Vancouver, BC

J, Vancouver, BC — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:38:43 +0000

I would say at the rate the US owes money you might have to sell yourselves to us to avert outright bankruptcy.

By: Ed Sheppard, Montreal Canada

Ed Sheppard, Montreal Canada — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:03:01 +0000

Stanley, You’re probably right that questioning “extremely violent developments” and trying to pun with “dam” can seem too serious. The serious thing is that borders are not all that admirable anyway. And if the U.S. and Canada absolutely must have one could we not at least pivot the thing 90 degrees at the middle so Canadians could have some of the warmer climate?

By: Mordy, New York, NY

Mordy, New York, NY — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:22:57 +0000

Yo Bing,

I think you’ll enjoy this column, comparing the election to interviewing executives, by Bob Lewis.

http://www.issurvivor.com/ArticlesDetail.asp?ID=685

By: Liberty, Seattle, Washington

Liberty, Seattle, Washington — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:53:56 +0000

Your blog reminds me of that one board game Axis and Allies. Whoever gets the highest dice roll wins Canada.

By: Bing

Bing — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:37:57 +0000

Ed, aside from the Fenian Raids, which were generated in the United States, there were other examples. Check out http://books.google.com/books?id=gXov4X_WUcgC&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq=violence+in+Canada+1870&source=web&ots=C-5QKaI59C&sig=kaTnzqC11fVtPuNuhM7AroS28AE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA232,M1.

It may also be possible that you’re taking me too seriously.

I will put a small suggestion in here, where few will notice it. Is it possible that the fact that such a potential acquisition may be seriously discussed cast a dim light on all such discussions? Aren’t most strategic plans of this nature equally stupid? Could that be the reason I am spending so much time on this dumb idea?

At the same time… it would be nice to own Canada. They have cowboys. And gas prices would most definitely go down.

By: Ed Sheppard, Montreal, Quebec

Ed Sheppard, Montreal, Quebec — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:21:32 +0000

You say: “Again, events intruded, most particularly a number of extremely violent developments in the Canadian space that made the acquisition target more problematic for a corporate entity then recovering from its own Civil War.”

Extremely violent developments in the Canadian space? Weren’t those developments in the US space instead? A civil war? All Canada did was conference itself together into a federation. The idea was to diminish a temptation for an army having just subjugated the south to subjugate the north too.

“Extremely violent developments in the Canadian space?” The country’s symbol is a *beaver* which means Canadians just beaver away at their own dam business.

By: Bob Shelby Twp. Mi.

Bob Shelby Twp. Mi. — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:01:46 +0000

Pledge of allegiance:

I plegde allegiance to the Flag and the North American Hemisphere—-?

How would we fill in the blanks for the appropriate continuation of the proposed pledge?

By: Jake, Mpls, MN

Jake, Mpls, MN — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:25:15 +0000

$1 million in 1971 is inflation adjusted to over $5.4 million today. If each citizen is going to receive that type of money; maybe instead we should sell ourselves to Canada or the EU.