Happy Birthday America. And The Colony of Canada !

Wow. That's a broad paint bush of misunderstanding of Canadian history and Constitutional governance. Then again not everyone can be made happy by government.

And not everyone off the boat have the education standards we require for professional license to be doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc. in this country. Many from other countries have to go back to school to meet those requirements to work in Canada.

Bad Canada.

Happy Birthday? For what. For robbing the land of an indigenous people who did no harm to the Anglo-Saxon or European race. Congratulations to the people who committed the most hideous form of genocide on an unsuspecting race based on cruelty, treachery and utter greed?Where are these poor people now on whose bones this 'great land' was built. 'The greening of America was built on the bones of the native American' said one famous historian. Haven't you guys read Howard Zinn's 'A People's History of the United States'? or for that matter David Stannard's 'The American Holocaust'? David Stannard mentions that at least 15-16 million Native Americans were annihilated to create homes for these English, Irish and other Europeans who forcibly settled themselves in a land that did not belong to them. The most horrific chapter in world history that is not often mentioned.In fact it seems to be glorified. Strange that everyone goes on about the Jewish holocaust on and on again.Hasn't enough compensation done for this. Israel is demanding compensation and the US has made it its pet child.Apart from all this Germany is still paying compensation in the form of financing totally the cost of all transport in Israel.Billions of dollars are paid in cast annually apart form complete military arsenal including nuclear weaponry by the United States. France provides full help in building infrastructure,roads etc.So how much is enough. Yet Israel complains.The big question now is what have the Europeans done to compensate for their crimes in Native America. Native Americans live in poverty and negligence.Their culture lost,Their history erased.God bless people like Eva Morales who is doing his best to collect the strands of  history and giving a meaning to the existence of the present Native American.The only way the US and Canada can compensate for their crimes of history is to give back the land to the native Americans,give them back their culture and their respect . Why not? Israel is demanding the same the same isn't it? Why are the Jews more important than the native Americans? It is all one human race is it not?So before you guys cut the birthday cake and wish each other 'Happy Birthday' think about your guilt. Whether you deserve to celebrate this 'birthday' as you call it.

lets all feel guilty for what happened 200 years ago and 300 years from now that generation can feel as bad for something they have no connection to. jackass.

I as a canadian am extremely offended by this article, it's implications, and the hidden truth of it's attitude.  Americans have long implied that they are superior to every other nation even while their dirty laundry flaps and stinks in the breeze.  Canada is a proud nation with a strong history of her own which includes, thank you very much, thrashing America the only time we ever engaged in war.  We burnt your White House!  Enough with the lies and propaganda, Canada declared her independance peacefully the way a child leaves a loving home as an adult, and keeps connection to the parents and family, so too do we stay connected to the British Commonwealth and Her Majesty The Queen.  It's a wonderful relationship and we're not going to let the malcontented runaway street kid shame us over it.  If you really need to try and make everyone else inferior, best figure out what is wrong that you are so ashamed and fix it.  

I'll give you some places to start:  The education system.  The social safety net.  Racism.  Arms Race.  Capitalism as an institution rather than a tool for personal satisfaction.  Good luck, and get out of my history books, mmkay?

this guy proof you don't have to like country to take advantage of all it has to offer or why he still live there? me i move to a different country long time ago. or go back home where everything so much better.

The American Declaration of independence was neither the first document of its type, nor overly original at that. The Scottish Declaration of Arbroath, written in 1320, declared the independence of THAT nation, from the same aggressive world power as that which the Americans, more than four centuries later, rose up against, not out of principle,as was the case with Arbroath, but because they did not want to pay their taxes! Moreover, the declaration of independence is widely accepted as being based, and in some cases plagiarised, from the Declaration of Arbroath. And is it any wonder? After all, who were the so called ‘founding fathers” of this egotistical entity known as the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />United States? Members of the Masons, an organisation started generations earlier, in Scotland. They even sought, as is documented in the annals of history, to have the Stuart kings, who had been ousted from the throne in England, to be the monarch of their new country. Apparently, Jacobite kings were not of a mind with Satan, and would rather not rule hell than serve heaven.

 

Canada being shown as a docile follower of Tyranny? This surely is a joke? Who, after all, won the war of 1812? And burnt down the Whitehouse? Granted it was the British Army, in those days, but colonial regiments were there, doing their part. And in 1914, Canadian boys rushed to join up and fight against German expansionism and tyranny. By the time the Americans joined in, the war was almost won. What great battles were fought by the rugged, tough American Expeditionary Force? Do any names leap to mind? Ypres, The Somme, Amiens, Festubert, Vimy, Arras, Paschendaele, Canal du Norde, Valenciennes, the capture of Mons. This is certainly not the complete list. However, it is a good cross section of four years horror, experienced by Canadians, fighting against tyranny. Where was this mighty super-power, the United States, at this time? Selling weapons and arms to both sides, war profiteering. When it became clear which side would win, and most of the heavy fighting was done, that is when they decided to join the fight. And when war again broke out, in 1939, this time against one of the most evil tyrants in recorded history, where were they? When Germany marched into Poland, where were our glorious neighbours, the world police? It was not their concern, until three years later, due to a lack of communication, they allowed Japan to sink a few of their ship, and destroy a few planes. Until the mid-twentieth Century, they were far from a world Super power. Indeed, between the First and Second World Wars, Canada was thought to be as much of a world power as was the United States, the difference being Canada was the less isolationist, and elected a mad-man as Prime Minister. Also, for the record, it was not John A MacDonald who led Canada to Nationhood in 1867. It was Arthur Currie, in April of 1917, at Vimy Ridge. Let’s face it, a Nation, dominions are not. However, through the afore mentioned battles, Canada won the right to stand as an independent nation. That is also why, in 1939, our nation had the right to choose to stand up against Hitler and his dark hoards. And again, young men (French and English both, despite what current Quebec politicians and historians may tell you) flooded the recruiting centres. No sheep here, Canada has a proud military history… one that, sadly, had been forgotten by many, for a time.

 

The previous paragraphs aside, I have a great deal of respect for Americans, and their sense of patriotism. I find the majority of Americans to be delightful. While travelling, those who admit to being American, however, tend to be the ones who give our neighbours to the south such a bad name, but the great majority, many of whom through the freedom  and opportunity they are enjoying, are unable to afford the luxury of world travel. To claim, though, that our nation is inferior, cowardly, or more attune to being run by tyrants, is both illogical, and clearly in correct, both historically and practically. Moreover, is it not equally the case that the electoral system in the USA elects a tyrant for four to eight years… that is, if all the ballots even make it to be counted prior to the naming of the next president. However, if one is so opposed to the culture and dignity we hold dear, and so many of our ancestors bled the grounds red for around the world, by all means, move to a country where you find the attitudes more to your liking. If, however, you think that country is the USA, where your democratic rights will be better protected and respected… just don’t move to Florida!

 

I have to disagree that the Americans saved the world from German might. Definately they sped the fall of the Nazi's in the Second World War. However, Hitler's bipolar leadership did much the same thing. Britain could have been knocked out  of the war at Dunkirk. But his hesitation allowed the British to survive, to fight again. After that, and later, the invasion of the Soviet Union, it was only a matter of time before the Nazis were overthrown. Thankfully, America did stand up, speed the fall, and reduce thereby the number of innocent people who, for no crime other than being Jewish, Polish, or some other "lesser" race, or who had differing politics, would be shot on sight, or worked to death.

To say, however, that Scotland failed at its inependance is a misreading of the facts. Indeed, the act of union linked Scotland to England. However, Scotland remained a soveriegn state, even through this, and continues to this day to have its own currency, legal code, and culture. Indeed, the Scottish people still, legally, retain the right to chose a monarch as they see fit. It was through an act of the Scottish Parliament that the nation was unified to England. And the act of union only succeeded, because Scotland had all but bankrupted itself in the decades leading up to it, in failed attempts at colonial endeavours. If you travel to the UK, be careful who you say Scotland failed at independance to... they can be a little... rough... over such things.

I am glad to see, though, that you are content to see people take on your statements, and attempt to argue against them. I have always felt that it is the greatest compliment to have someone debate your beliefs intelligently, rather than dismiss them out of hand.

Stefan, where did you learn about US history & civics? Schoolhouse Rock? I'm very proud of my country, but I also comprehend that our government and that of Canada are way more similar in practice than you seem to understand. What, you think we control Washington between election years? Heh. If only.

I assumed that this was a case of Steffan being tongue in cheek.

ETA:  and I misspelled your name at first. I'm keepin' it classy.