Politics and religion.

**Edwina's Secretary** · 12-28-2011, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by lizbud

28 Dec 2011 03:46 PM

Perryism Of The Day

“Every barrel of oil that comes out of those sands in Canada is a barrel of oil that we don’t have to buy from a foreign source,” - governor Rick Perry.

Geography has never been their best subject!! (Nor history...but there is always math!)

**Bonny** · 12-29-2011, 07:48 AM

But Canada is like a foreign country today. You need a passport to enter into it. It use to be your driver license was enough.

As far as history goes do you all believe everything they taught you in school? I don't!

Just like you should not believe what comes out of the mouth of ANY politician. They all make promises they can't keep. It would be better if they promised nothing. The most important question I would have is can you balance your own check book?

The world is changing so fast my world map from National Geographic 2011 is already outdated. I have never heard of some of the countries that are now on the map.

Two to three times a day we keep getting poll calls. We will be glad when everyone packs up & moves on to the next state.

It is true when the president was here his speech consisted of putting the blame on everyone else. He has had plenty of time to take a hold of the reins.

**phesina** · 12-29-2011, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by Bonny

But Canada is like a foreign country today. You need a passport to enter into it. It use to be your driver license was enough.

Canada IS a foreign country!

**Grace** · 12-29-2011, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by phesina

Canada IS a foreign country!

And always has been. That's what makes Perry's comment so stupid

Unless, of course, he might want to annex it into the United States. It wasn't that long ago he was talking about having Texas secede from the Union.

**caseysmom** · 12-29-2011, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by Bonny

But Canada is like a foreign country today. You need a passport to enter into it. It use to be your driver license was enough.

As far as history goes do you all believe everything they taught you in school? I don't!

Just like you should not believe what comes out of the mouth of ANY politician. They all make promises they can't keep. It would be better if they promised nothing. The most important question I would have is can you balance your own check book?

The world is changing so fast my world map from National Geographic 2011 is already outdated. I have never heard of some of the countries that are now on the map.

Two to three times a day we keep getting poll calls. We will be glad when everyone packs up & moves on to the next state.

It is true when the president was here his speech consisted of putting the blame on everyone else. He has had plenty of time to take a hold of the reins.

Do you honestly think Canada is part of the US?

**RICHARD** · 12-29-2011, 04:55 PM

I went to Canada on Spring Break.

I visited that monument to the equator.

And I loved the penguins.

**Bonny** · 12-29-2011, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by caseysmom

Do you honestly think Canada is part of the US?

No, but we do share the continent of North America.

When I was grew up in Minnesota they were considered our good neighbors to the North. I don't think they would want any part of our screwed up democratic republic.

**caseysmom** · 12-29-2011, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by Bonny

No, but we do share the continent of North America.

When I was grew up in Minnesota they were considered our good neighbors to the North. I don't think they would want any part of our screwed up democratic republic.

Okay so then it is a foreign country not just "like" a foreign country and always has been, I must be missing something.

**Bonny** · 12-29-2011, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by caseysmom

Okay so then it is a foreign country not just "like" a foreign country and always has been, I must be missing something.

Don't you have to have a passport to get into a foreign country? Passport is the key word here for me.

We never had to have a passport to drive into Canada & the same went for the Canadians when they would come down here. All you had to do is show your driver license.

If you are talking about the money exchange then that is a different story. Then I guess you would have to call them a foreign country?

**Karen** · 12-29-2011, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by caseysmom

Okay so then it is a foreign country not just "like" a foreign country and always has been, I must be missing something.

What she meant, I am sure, is that border crossing is more involved and difficult than it used to be, making it more obvious you are crossing into a whole 'nother country.

I am sure there are back rounds still where you can slip across without knowing it, but those aren't on maps!

**caseysmom** · 12-29-2011, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by Karen

What she meant, I am sure, is that border crossing is more involved and difficult than it used to be, making it more obvious you are crossing into a whole 'nother country.

I am sure there are back rounds still where you can slip across without knowing it, but those aren't on maps!

Well Canada is a foreign country to the U.S. no matter how you look at it.

**Grace** · 12-29-2011, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by Karen

What she meant, I am sure, is that border crossing is more involved and difficult than it used to be, making it more obvious you are crossing into a whole 'nother country.

I am sure there are back rounds still where you can slip across without knowing it, but those aren't on maps!

There's a library in a small town in Derby, Vermont. You go in the front door from the Vermont - and you are in Quebec when checking out books.

DERBY LINE, VT -- The world-famous Haskell Free Library and Opera House on Caswell Avenue here is probably the only cultural institution on this planet with a split personality. That's because the U.S./Canadian border slices right through the Kenneth Baldwin International Reading Room.

You enter the lovely turn-of-the-century building in Vermont, but you check out the books -- your choice of English or French -- in Quebec. And, the librarian who assists you may be either a citizen of the United States or Canada, or both and, probably bilingual.

In this part of Vermont, many residents of Quebec's border communities were born in Newport, thus also qualifying for U.S. citizenship. When the 400-seat Opera House reopens later this year following extensive safety and handicapped-accessibility renovations, patrons of the performing arts will again sit in the United States and applaud performances upon a Canadian stage.
The building and its facilities are governed by a seven-member board of trustees -- four Americans and three Canadians -- who serve without pay. The library lives up to the "free" part in its name: there are no membership fees, and no loan charges are made for book, tapes, or videos. All art exhibits, discussion groups, and other library programs are also free. However, you must usually pay to attend Opera House performances.