That show on cbc was really really good! I never knew what went on in parliament for us to get this flag. They sat for 210 days debating this. 8O. I never knew any maple leaf history before...I love the CBC 8)
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Apparently you are...easily agitated, nonsensical, easily distracted.
When Pearson left office he took the origianl Canadian flag with him. It's apparently been passed down to Liberal Prime Ministers ever since.
Apparently you are...easily agitated, nonsensical, easily distracted.
When Pearson left office he took the origianl Canadian flag with him. It's apparently been passed down to Liberal Prime Ministers ever since.
Apparently you are...easily agitated, nonsensical, easily distracted.
When Pearson left office he took the origianl Canadian flag with him. It's apparently been passed down to Liberal Prime Ministers ever since.
Also the reason why pearson wanted us to have a flag was interesting. Apparently during the suez canal crisis, canadian peace makers were not wanted under a british flag. This bothered pearson alot. And now we have a flag that is respected all over the world. At this link you can watch the old video clips, of the battle.
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-80/politics_economy/canada_flag/
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-80/politics_economy/canada_flag/
Also the reason why pearson wanted us to have a flag was interesting. Apparently during the suez canal crisis, canadian peace makers were not wanted under a british flag. This bothered pearson alot. And now we have a flag that is respected all over the world. At this link you can watch the old video clips, of the battle.
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-80/politics_economy/canada_flag/
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-80/politics_economy/canada_flag/
Also the reason why pearson wanted us to have a flag was interesting. Apparently during the suez canal crisis, canadian peace makers were not wanted under a british flag. This bothered pearson alot. And now we have a flag that is respected all over the world. At this link you can watch the old video clips, of the battle.
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-80/politics_economy/canada_flag/
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-80/politics_economy/canada_flag/
Re: RE: Canadian Flag
I for one am offended by your naivete, and seemingly willful ignorance... I think you should do more research, and less blathering...the truth is often not written in the history books, for if it was it would plainly state that the Vietnam war was entirely imperialistic and capitalistic...begun under false pretenses (Gulf of Tonkin) and with the intent of increasing the market share of a select few corporations (military industrial complex), and like the Korean war, was a move that would give them a stranglehold on valuable markets in South-East Asia, and in turn deny those markets to hostile nations (China, Russia, Japan)...the longer the war lasted, the more money was to be made...and a crap-load of money was made on that endeavour...that is why over 58,000 poor and middle class Americans were sent to their deaths...so the defense contractors could clean house, and the politicians could garner kick-backs (campaign contributions)...the US government used the cold war and the ever spreading fear of communism (McCarthyism) as a catalyst for propelling the nation into a war it didn't want to fight...
The Vietnam war was never about democracy any more that the Iraq war is...some people are so gullible...
In the words of Tim Curry: Communism is a red herring...
Jay said:
I for one am offended by your naivete, and seemingly willful ignorance... I think you should do more research, and less blathering...the truth is often not written in the history books, for if it was it would plainly state that the Vietnam war was entirely imperialistic and capitalistic...begun under false pretenses (Gulf of Tonkin) and with the intent of increasing the market share of a select few corporations (military industrial complex), and like the Korean war, was a move that would give them a stranglehold on valuable markets in South-East Asia, and in turn deny those markets to hostile nations (China, Russia, Japan)...the longer the war lasted, the more money was to be made...and a crap-load of money was made on that endeavour...that is why over 58,000 poor and middle class Americans were sent to their deaths...so the defense contractors could clean house, and the politicians could garner kick-backs (campaign contributions)...the US government used the cold war and the ever spreading fear of communism (McCarthyism) as a catalyst for propelling the nation into a war it didn't want to fight...
The Vietnam war was never about democracy any more that the Iraq war is...some people are so gullible...
In the words of Tim Curry: Communism is a red herring...
Re: RE: Canadian Flag
I for one am offended by your naivete, and seemingly willful ignorance... I think you should do more research, and less blathering...the truth is often not written in the history books, for if it was it would plainly state that the Vietnam war was entirely imperialistic and capitalistic...begun under false pretenses (Gulf of Tonkin) and with the intent of increasing the market share of a select few corporations (military industrial complex), and like the Korean war, was a move that would give them a stranglehold on valuable markets in South-East Asia, and in turn deny those markets to hostile nations (China, Russia, Japan)...the longer the war lasted, the more money was to be made...and a crap-load of money was made on that endeavour...that is why over 58,000 poor and middle class Americans were sent to their deaths...so the defense contractors could clean house, and the politicians could garner kick-backs (campaign contributions)...the US government used the cold war and the ever spreading fear of communism (McCarthyism) as a catalyst for propelling the nation into a war it didn't want to fight...
The Vietnam war was never about democracy any more that the Iraq war is...some people are so gullible...
In the words of Tim Curry: Communism is a red herring...
Jay said:
I for one am offended by your naivete, and seemingly willful ignorance... I think you should do more research, and less blathering...the truth is often not written in the history books, for if it was it would plainly state that the Vietnam war was entirely imperialistic and capitalistic...begun under false pretenses (Gulf of Tonkin) and with the intent of increasing the market share of a select few corporations (military industrial complex), and like the Korean war, was a move that would give them a stranglehold on valuable markets in South-East Asia, and in turn deny those markets to hostile nations (China, Russia, Japan)...the longer the war lasted, the more money was to be made...and a crap-load of money was made on that endeavour...that is why over 58,000 poor and middle class Americans were sent to their deaths...so the defense contractors could clean house, and the politicians could garner kick-backs (campaign contributions)...the US government used the cold war and the ever spreading fear of communism (McCarthyism) as a catalyst for propelling the nation into a war it didn't want to fight...
The Vietnam war was never about democracy any more that the Iraq war is...some people are so gullible...
In the words of Tim Curry: Communism is a red herring...
Re: RE: Canadian Flag
I for one am offended by your naivete, and seemingly willful ignorance... I think you should do more research, and less blathering...the truth is often not written in the history books, for if it was it would plainly state that the Vietnam war was entirely imperialistic and capitalistic...begun under false pretenses (Gulf of Tonkin) and with the intent of increasing the market share of a select few corporations (military industrial complex), and like the Korean war, was a move that would give them a stranglehold on valuable markets in South-East Asia, and in turn deny those markets to hostile nations (China, Russia, Japan)...the longer the war lasted, the more money was to be made...and a crap-load of money was made on that endeavour...that is why over 58,000 poor and middle class Americans were sent to their deaths...so the defense contractors could clean house, and the politicians could garner kick-backs (campaign contributions)...the US government used the cold war and the ever spreading fear of communism (McCarthyism) as a catalyst for propelling the nation into a war it didn't want to fight...
The Vietnam war was never about democracy any more that the Iraq war is...some people are so gullible...
In the words of Tim Curry: Communism is a red herring...
Jay said:
I for one am offended by your naivete, and seemingly willful ignorance... I think you should do more research, and less blathering...the truth is often not written in the history books, for if it was it would plainly state that the Vietnam war was entirely imperialistic and capitalistic...begun under false pretenses (Gulf of Tonkin) and with the intent of increasing the market share of a select few corporations (military industrial complex), and like the Korean war, was a move that would give them a stranglehold on valuable markets in South-East Asia, and in turn deny those markets to hostile nations (China, Russia, Japan)...the longer the war lasted, the more money was to be made...and a crap-load of money was made on that endeavour...that is why over 58,000 poor and middle class Americans were sent to their deaths...so the defense contractors could clean house, and the politicians could garner kick-backs (campaign contributions)...the US government used the cold war and the ever spreading fear of communism (McCarthyism) as a catalyst for propelling the nation into a war it didn't want to fight...
The Vietnam war was never about democracy any more that the Iraq war is...some people are so gullible...
In the words of Tim Curry: Communism is a red herring...
Isn't the Canadian flag outdated now that we have Nunavut? I thought the two red bars simbolized the two original territories of NWT and Yukon. Maybe we could stick an extra bar qat the top to simbolize Nunavut. How 'bout that?