Hello everybody

[cameron]

merceditas said:

cameron said:

hahahahahahaha

Where did you get that Lor?

That was an interesting read for me though, I must admit. The Internet has changed the political landscape more than most people realize, and will continue to do so.

Canadians go to the polls tomorrow and the only question is will the Tories win enough seats for a majority government. The Liberal strangle hold on the the dissemination of news being broken by bloggers and the Internet is a real reason why IMHO. The Globe and Mail broke a bogus story of a Liberal resurgence it was discussed over the net and debunked before noon. With blogs making fun of and doing parodies before dinner. Stuff like that never used to happen.

In case anyone is interested this is a link to NealeNews the Canadian version of Drudge.


nealenews

Thanks for that link, Cameron!!!

Any time Merc the blogs these sites link to are still very liberal I have my own blog roll for conservative thought in Canada. Even though I'm from Ontario my politics seem more in line with bloggers from Alberta.

[tits]

We are not getting much news down here. They did play a couple of the more insulting liberal ads just to show the flavor of the election.

I was a ceramic engineer working for a refractories company from 1978 - 1983 as a construction supervisor. The job took me all over the world an into Canada quit a bit. We were in almost every major manufacturing site in Canada, from the huge Alcan primary smelting operations in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, and Quebec to the Canadian Asbestos plant in Manitoba. Five different hydrocarbon processing plants including the Oscelot plant along the Trans-Canadian pipeline as it came out of Alaska. From the Northwest Territories to Newfoundland, we were in and a dozen large and at least half that many smaller industrial plants. The bad thing about traveling on business, is that there was never much time for sightseeing. You have a BEAUTIFUL country. You should be very proud.

Even during the 1980s I was surprised at the "Great Political Divide" between Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, NWT, and BC and Quebec and Ontario. I was surprised that Nova Scotia and Newfoundland were even speaking of wanting to be free of Quebec. The French Canadians were usually pretty cold and spoke of a disdain for the US.

I once had to fly into Montreal to get to Messena, NY for a job at the old Alcoa reduction plant. As is the custom this time of the year, there was a weather delay in Chicago that put me into Montreal after 11:00 p.m.. I could not find anyone to help me. When I did find someone they usually answered that they don't speak English. I knew they were lying, but, it was well after midnight before I got out of the airport and into the rental car. The agent at National gave me bogus directions and I ended up in the slums.

I have no love for the Cajun.

That drive from Kitamit to Prince Rupert is one of the most beautiful anywhere in the world.

Say that THC poster "Grasshopper" is Ryan O'Neal's oldest son. He lives in Montreal but is 100% American. However, his politics are pure French Canadian Liberal Party mantra.

[cameron]

Hey Tittus don't have time just at the moment to give you a lengthy response. There is a news black out on election results until the poles close out west. Be back in an hour or so.

[cameron]

I live down here myself, I have a brother that lives just outside of Montreal, my father and the rest of my family up there have passed away. My mother other brother and sister live here on Long Island. It's a long story.

Their stupid anti-Americanism has pissed me off all my life. The fact that many Canadians define who they are by in effect being anti-American has always struck me as pathetic.

Wow you really got around eh? Did you ever get to Toronto great city (run by socialists unfortunately) I grew up there and in Hamilton. Worked for Dofasco for a couple of years. No doubt about it Canada is a beautiful country, get home sick from time to time.

As for the political divide that is a problem I don't think that Canada is going to be able to overcome in the long run. They have for the most part designed a federal government that fails to represent the west. The conservative party's win tonight will put that on hold for the time being.

As for the French there is a special place in hell for those assholes. My brother married a French Canadian girl, you should of seen him the first time I ever met her. She wanted to talk politics with me. I have no idea how my brother knew, he was upstairs getting ready to take her to diner. When all of the sudden there he was behind her frantically waving me off, hahaha. You don't need to tell me about how rude they are I know. In fact my brother who happens to be fluent in French decided to move to an English enclave outside of Montreal after living in a French section. Just got sick and tired of them and their rude behavior. I've gotten bogus directions from them myself when traveling by car in that province. In fact I went in to a grocery store and starting yelling "I know one of you bloody frogs speaks English all I want is directions to get out of here."

Grasshopper is a wack job I'm sure he fits right in.

[tits]

just pass'n through.

I don't know which people seemed more real, the Newfoundlanders or the mountain boys of Alberta. I really enjoyed working with those boys.

I had a real scare at the Isle-Maligne smelting operation in Alma. We were rebuilding a large reverbatory furnace when suddenly there was sound of jet engine and this molten aluminum began running all over the floor. Man, everyone was climbing to the highest ground possible as they usually tap aluminum at around 1800 f.

It turned out that a large piece of rusted iron got dumped into the sister reverb right next to us. Molten aluminum is oxygen hungry and will explode into a thermite reaction when an oxygen source is found. A hunk of rusty iron is nothing more than iron oxide. The jet engine sound was the thermite reaction as it sank to the bottom of the furnace and melted its way through 15 inches of refractory. When the molten aluminum hit the rusty steel shell at the bottom all hell broke loose and 240, 000 pounds of aluminum went everywhere.

Scared the hell out of me, but at the same time it was kind of neat and surreal.

Man, your brother must me a man of great patience. She must be truly beautiful.