tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post882023028789870350..comments2023-11-12T00:30:15.262+09:00Comments on Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*: Daily Kor for December 8, 2009: Just lie back and think of Kim Jong-ilkushibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-56371114349836104112009-12-10T06:09:54.935+09:002009-12-10T06:09:54.935+09:00But what if we don't want him?!
As far as gif...But what if we don't want him?!<br /><br />As far as gifts go, Mark Steyn is truly a white elephant.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-13153620000019942182009-12-10T05:49:59.233+09:002009-12-10T05:49:59.233+09:00I hadn't heard of this Mark Steyn character be...I hadn't heard of this Mark Steyn character before now... but after a bit of reading I have decided that you guys can keep him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-41272519009090162322009-12-09T14:30:02.545+09:002009-12-09T14:30:02.545+09:00Oh, and I'm not a big fan of Mark Steyn. The O...Oh, and I'm not a big fan of Mark Steyn. The <i>Orange County Register</i> carries his column, and I have read it a few times, but he strikes me as more of the same as the others who also excel at demonizing and attack rather than talking about anything substantive (the last one I read was about Obama's bow to Japanese Emperor Akihito). I think he moved to America just to increase his potential audience (and paycheck) tenfold is all. <br /><br />We in America have enough pundits who don't understand our society's history without importing Canadians who are pretty much the same.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-9164437516782731642009-12-09T14:26:37.482+09:002009-12-09T14:26:37.482+09:00Oh, and the bar bet was for KRW. Many, many man of...Oh, and the bar bet was for KRW. Many, many <i>man</i> of KRW. <br /><br />I sort of felt bad, but this guy would have broken my arm trying to get me to pay up had I lost, so I didn't feel bad for long.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-10026361681474594932009-12-09T14:24:17.008+09:002009-12-09T14:24:17.008+09:00strayblog wrote:
Not only did those people assume ...strayblog wrote:<br /><b>Not only did those people assume you knew little about Canada, they knew little about Canada themselves. I'm glad you took their money.</b><br /><br />Well, to be fair, Nunavut had been carved out of the Northwest Territories during the several years this gentleman had been in Korea, so he might not have been aware. <br /><br />"Nunavut?" he exclaimed, "I've never even heard of Old Navut." (No, I'm making this part up.)<br /><br />Also, he was well on his way to being shit-faced. <br /><br /><b>I hope you made them give you American dollars. </b> <br /><br />Damn straight! No way I'm collecting a bar bet in worthless Canadian dollars that bring only pennies on ... Oh, damn. I can't use that joke anymore.<br /><br /><b>My American friends know little about Canada in general, but when the subject is broached seem genuinely interested and try to name the 10 provinces.</b> <br /><br />It may help that some of my extended family either lives or owns property in two or three of the provinces. And they're all just sitting in a row, so how hard is it to memorize them?<br /><br />Anyway, the funniest example of Canadian outrage at alleged American hubris that I ever saw was back in the days of lists and newsgroups, in the late 1990s and early 2000s.<br /><br />Some academic conference was mentioned, with the location in "Ontario, CA." In the subsequent posts and replies, a couple people were talking about how expensive/difficult it would be to fly to the US and/or get visas, to which one regular commenter (a Canadian) let loose on a multi-paged screed about how geography-impaired "you Americans" are and how "you Americans" think the whole world revolves around you so you can't even be bothered to learn basic geography of neighboring countries and it's no wonder someone like George Bush could come to power, etc., etc. <br /><br />Pages. Many. All venting about American hubris. <br /><br />About an hour later, the original poster put up a note apologizing for using the abbreviation "CA" and clarifying that, indeed, she had meant (as others had deduced from the context) "Ontario, California" (a major satellite city of Los Angeles).kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-80701071923049790002009-12-09T08:05:08.832+09:002009-12-09T08:05:08.832+09:00Not only did those people assume you knew little a...Not only did those people assume you knew little about Canada, they knew little about Canada themselves. I'm glad you took their money. I hope you made them give you American dollars. My American friends know little about Canada in general, but when the subject is broached seem genuinely interested and try to name the 10 provinces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-64434342819119412252009-12-09T03:09:49.310+09:002009-12-09T03:09:49.310+09:00I said the above all in good fun, of course, but I...I said the above all in good fun, of course, but I have <a href="http://kushibo.blogspot.com/2005/08/peter-jennings-passes-away.html" rel="nofollow">actually earned money</a> off of Canadian disgruntlement toward Americans.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-87855022367618365832009-12-09T02:51:50.795+09:002009-12-09T02:51:50.795+09:00That, too.That, too.The Sanity Inspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808433661634318393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-48546170316990125562009-12-08T12:42:48.303+09:002009-12-08T12:42:48.303+09:00He should have said "Only Canadians know what...He should have said "Only Canadians know what the difference is".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-79958814852404497212009-12-08T08:57:43.434+09:002009-12-08T08:57:43.434+09:00I liked what Mark Steyn said, about the difference...I liked what Mark Steyn said, about the difference between Canadians and Americans. The difference is, only Canadians care what the difference is.The Sanity Inspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04808433661634318393noreply@blogger.com