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<STRONG>Yes, Donovan, that is EXACTLY what you implied when you told Ralph that he should thank the U.S. for giving him freedom from Germany TWICE!!</STRONG><BR>
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<STRONG>Ellen</STRONG><BR>
<BR><BR>> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:57:09 -0800<BR>> From: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com<BR>> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!<BR>> To: vision2020@moscow.com; nielsen@uidaho.edu; gussie443@hotmail.com<BR>> CC: tiedye@turbonet.com<BR>> <BR>> Yes, Ellen, they did fight, very heroically too! Did I say otherwise?<BR>> <BR>> 1.1 million Canadians served in the War staring in 1939. About 45,000 made the ultimate sacrifice. <BR>> <BR>> Best Regards,<BR>> <BR>> Donovan<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> --- On Sun, 12/21/08, Ellen Roskovich <gussie443@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > From: Ellen Roskovich <gussie443@hotmail.com><BR>> > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!<BR>> > To: donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com, vision2020@moscow.com, nielsen@uidaho.edu<BR>> > Cc: tiedye@turbonet.com<BR>> > Date: Sunday, December 21, 2008, 2:35 PM<BR>> > Donovan! Shame on you. The Canadians have always been our<BR>> > allies.....they fought in those wars and DIED.....U.S<BR>> > soldiers and Canadian side by side.<BR>> > <BR>> > I think I might have more to say......but after I count to<BR>> > 100....counting to 10 sure as hell isn't going to do it.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Ellen A. Roskovich<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:05:24 -0800> From:<BR>> > donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com> To: Vision2020@moscow.com;<BR>> > nielsen@uidaho.edu> CC: tiedye@turbonet.com> Subject:<BR>> > Re: [Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!> ><BR>> > Ralph,> > If you hate the US so much, and Canada is so<BR>> > perfect, why don't you leave us go there?> > When<BR>> > I was a kid, I use to work hard doing chores to save money<BR>> > for summer fun. I would buy stuff with my hard earned money,<BR>> > and because I was a kid, the clerks would slip me Canadian<BR>> > coins with my change only to later find out I couldn't<BR>> > buy anything with it. Your government stole money from an<BR>> > eight year old kid, by printing worthless money. That was my<BR>> > thinking as a child.> > I grew out of my childish<BR>> > thinking and have grown to appreciate the things that Canada<BR>> > has to offer the world, while realizing no people or country<BR>> > is entirely good. > > You obviously haven't grown<BR>> > past that childish stage. You should think about that while<BR>> > you enjoy everything the USA brought you;> > Light<BR>> > Bulb> Electricity> Computers> Airplanes><BR>> > Cars> The Internet> Microwave> Television><BR>> > Freedom from Germany, Twice.> > Best Regards,> ><BR>> > Donovan> > > > > > --- On Sun, 12/21/08,<BR>> > Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu> wrote:> ><BR>> > > From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu>> ><BR>> > Subject: [Vision2020] Donovan, Canadians ARE Americans!><BR>> > > To: "vision 2020"<BR>> > <Vision2020@moscow.com>> > Cc: "Donovan<BR>> > Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com>,<BR>> > "Dave" <tiedye@turbonet.com>> > Date:<BR>> > Sunday, December 21, 2008, 1:24 PM> > When I was in<BR>> > Gr. 5 in the small one-room school up the road> > in<BR>> > Edgewater BC a few years ago we had to learn the names,><BR>> > > capitals and principal cities, and principal products<BR>> > or> > industries of all 48 states to the south of<BR>> > us.> > > > Later, when I worked in the tourist<BR>> > business in Radium Hot> > Springs, I found to my<BR>> > amazement and disgust that many> > Americans had no<BR>> > idea how many provinces there are in> > Canada, or<BR>> > even what province they were in. Some thought we> ><BR>> > used English pounds, shillings and pence, some thought<BR>> > we> > all spoke French. Some refused to take Canadian<BR>> > $2 bills,> > which were very popular in Canada. To<BR>> > them we would explain> > that Canadian $2 bills were<BR>> > lucky. In fact, twice as lucky> > as $1 bills.><BR>> > > > > Part of the trouble, of course, is that the<BR>> > USA is not a> > distinctive name. Some had suggested<BR>> > "Columbia,"> > which was probably how<BR>> > British Columbia got its name. So> > saying<BR>> > "America" for the USA is not intentionally><BR>> > > belittling any other country in the American<BR>> > hemisphere. We> > simply don't have a choice, do<BR>> > we?> > > > Ralph> > > > > ><BR>> > This goes along with issue I had about the High School:<BR>> > The> > U.S. History> > textbook is wrongfully<BR>> > titled "American History",> > but I checked,<BR>> > it has> > nothing in it about most of America, it only<BR>> > focuses on one> > set of fifty> > states, one of<BR>> > which isn't even IN America.> > > > I wonder<BR>> > if Donovan is a product of MHS, where the State> ><BR>> > mandated> > "Social Studies" curriculum<BR>> > consists of: U.S.> > History I, U.S. History> ><BR>> > II, and U.S. Government. Does anyone else notice what is><BR>> > > missing in> > this picture? Like, maybe, the rest<BR>> > of the world?> > > > Perhaps this is why Donovan<BR>> > and many others believe that> > the United> ><BR>> > States owns the world.> > > > It comes from<BR>> > confusing patriotism with nationalism.> > > ><BR>> > Personally I don't trust any "ism".> ><BR>> > > > Dave> > > > > > Ellen Roskovich<BR>> > wrote:> > > *Well, Donovan, you have gone and done<BR>> > it.....forced> > me to hop up on> > > my<BR>> > soapbox and give you what for in the name of all my> ><BR>> > Canadian> > > friends. Trust me.....they get very<BR>> > annoyed with> > their neighbors to> > > the<BR>> > south when we call them Canadians and refer to> ><BR>> > ourselves as> > > "Americans".....as if<BR>> > we owned the entire> > North American continent><BR>> > > > instead of sharing it.*> > > **> ><BR>> > > *I rather like the notion that we have to> ><BR>> > share.....and that there's> > > another little<BR>> > bridge of land to the south with> ><BR>> > Mexico.....also> > > Americans....and if we follow<BR>> > that Central American> > bridge, we end up> ><BR>> > > in South America. Kind of like going from one> ><BR>> > neighborhood to another. *> > > **> > ><BR>> > *Stay warm, Moscow.*> > > **> > > *Ellen<BR>> > A. 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