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Post by lighthorseman on Jun 26, 2011 13:18:16 GMT -5
I know of one particularly awesome first world nation that declared war on them in 1939. Australia, obviously. |
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 26, 2011 14:12:03 GMT -5
Nope, New Zealand  |
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Post by lighthorseman on Jun 26, 2011 14:28:04 GMT -5
Nope, New Zealand Um... you said "first world" and "nation"... |
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 26, 2011 14:32:10 GMT -5
Oops, thought I said "Heavenly paradise" for a moment there.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 26, 2011 15:05:16 GMT -5
Got so wrapped up in the glory of New Zealand that I forgot to post these:
1) A number of years back, Ralph Klein (who was Premier of Alberta at the time) got super drunk, strolled into a homeless shelter in Edmonton, yelled at the people there to get jobs, threw money at them and left... and then got re-elected.
2) Not sure whether to consider this a facepalm or a Crowning Moment of Awesome, but many many years back, when Chretien was still PM, a protester got in his face after a speech (whether or not the protester was being aggressive/threatening depends on whose story you believe). Old Chretien promptly grabbed the guy in a chokehold, then knocked him to the ground (now known as the "Shawinigan Handshake"). He was re-elected two more times after that.
(Side note: Chretien is tough as balls. When some nut broke into his home in an assassination attempt, Chretien -- who was roughly 900 years old at the time -- brandished a stone sculpture in order to protect himself and his wife until the police arrived.)
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Post by MaybeNever on Jun 26, 2011 15:49:37 GMT -5
Chretien was a fascinating figure. I'm especially fond of his election slogan, "he may be a cretin, but he's our Chretien!"
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Post by scotsgit on Jun 26, 2011 17:29:02 GMT -5
Everything's cyclical, you know. The Brits played with republicanism in the 1640s, we did so in the 1790s. The Brits were fighting in Afghanistan in the 1840s, we've been fighting there since 2001. The Brits intervened in Egypt in the 1880s, we'll no doubt be there by the 2030s. The Brits stood alone against the Nazis in 1940, we'll be fighting them alone in 2090, or, as future historians will call it, "1940". America: Britain plus 150 years. You poor bastards: You have Bucks Fizz and The Birdie Song to look forward to!  |
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Post by nightangel1282 on Jun 26, 2011 19:29:24 GMT -5
Cretien kicked ass. Bring him back and throw out dumbfuck Harpy Harpy.
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Post by Mlle Antéchrist on Jun 26, 2011 22:45:03 GMT -5
Nightangel, do you ever watch The Mercer Report? If so, did you see the one where he interviewed Chretien after his book came out, around the time he was having heart issues? Bloody hilarious. If you haven't seen it: They mention the choking thing a couple minutes in. Any guy that can make fun of himself is all right in my books. He also did one on 22 minutes (I think), where they gave him a defibrillator and a Mulroney book (with 20 dollars stuffed into it, of course ) as gifts. In fairness, Harper was also a pretty good sport about his interviews with Mercer: |
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