8.12.2005

he's baa-aack

Have you met teflonjedi? He is a Canadian living in the US, and he writes the farnorthblog. (I commend teflonjedi for his lower case!)

Well, guess who paid t-jedi a visit? That's right, it's our intelligent, well-informed friend Kyle Couch. Excuse me while I cough up this sarcasm. In this comment, teflonjedi reports.
Kyle wrote:
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Subject: more thought

Hey Spacenut, as you suggested I've given it more thought. My conclusion is that I'm not just repeating that this country is great. I am stating a fact. This Country believes in individualism. This is the place where you can achieve whatever goals you set for yourself w/ hard work and tenacity. Unlike the socialist gov't you prefer, where we all have to Shaaaare. To hell w/ that. I work for my family and I pay for my family. I expect no handouts. Once again unlike you and your socialist tendencies.

In exile? I can't blame them for kicking you out. I would too. IN all seriousness you can't be serious. You leave a hell hole and move to paradise and you are in exile? I've been to canada and it truly sucks. by the way your mounties suck too . I know how dearly you snowbunnies hold that institution.
Teflonjedi replied:
Not sure where you've been, but I can say that I have lived in many places in Canada, and visited many more, and there's no place in Canada I thought of as a hell-hole....certainly no place I worried about my safety walking down the streets. Sad to say, it's not the same here.

Also, the last I checked, Canada is a democracy, not a socialist republic. You're confusing Canada with China, or the late USSR.

But, since you're not into sharing, if you don't mind, I paid taxes last year, and therefore the road in front of your home is my property. Please do not tresspass. I realize that this means you will have to stay in your home, but do not worry, I believe with your hard work and tenacity, you will be able to succeed handily without being able to interact with others.

Good luck!
I thought that was brilliant! T-jedi wonders if he's encouraging Mr Couch. I realize those of us who are into this little game are probably doing just that. But I don't care, it's just too much silly fun. Eventually Kyle Couch will get bored and move on, and I'll still be blogging. Plus I'll be living in Canada!

Mr Couch's correspondence has also been instructive, as I've learned more about what the Fox News crowd "thinks" about Canada. I mentioned in a comment that Mr Couch knows nothing about Canada or France. Wrye pointed out that Couch knows nothing of the US, either. So true.

16 comments:

James Redekop said...

Mr Couch's correspondence has also been instructive, as I've learned more about what the Fox News crowd "thinks" about Canada.

I think everything you need to know about the Fox News crowd's ideas about Canada can be summed up in the phrase "Soviet Canuckistan". There are more inaccuracies in that phrase than there are syllables! :)

Rognar said...

I love that phrase, often use it myself, especially when talking about the Canadian Left. It's funny though, Canada is far less socialist than any of the major countries in west and central Europe, including the UK. If Mr. Couch was a little more worldly, he would realize that Canada is not much more socialist than say New England.

Of course, that's still too much for my tastes, but what can you do?

Kyle_From_Ottawa said...

This Country believes in individualism.

So don't you dare make an individual decision to move to another country, or watch unpatriotic ABC, or read the New York Times, or vote Democrat, be vegetarian, gothic, Muslim, Buddhist, atheist, visit France, or listen to the Dixie Chicks....

allan said...

If KC and his family (the Sunshine Band?) isn't into "shaaaaring," then I assume they have their own well in their backyard, because they surely would be against sharing the public water system.

The Couches must also have their own outhouse and/or sewage system. Because what they have is theirs, buddy, and what all their wacky communal-living neighbors use belongs to those hippies -- and that's the way God planned it.

I sure hope Kyle has his own fire department, emergency room and police department if anything goes wrong on his land. Since he expects no handouts, Kyle the Individual won't want any part of those "sharing" aspects of society.

Finally, I think the IRS would be quite interested in Kyle's apparent refusal to pay any taxes, because what he earns is HIS, HIS, HIS and he ain't a-sharin' with no one else.

Anonymous said...

I just love how these right wingnuts (had to borrow it L-Girl) go on about personal freedoms, individualism, and self-determination and then in the next breath want to ban homosexuality, abortion, et cetera. Pisses me off to no end. They aren't for personal freedoms, save that for a country that really believes in the rights of their citizens.

In an off topic completely unrelated area of discussion: Canada won the final ruling on the softwood lumber dispute that has been raging for about 3 years. And the US just says "Fuck U!" to Canada, "We aren't following our own treaty". Read about it here:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050812.wxpremiers0812/BNStory/National/
(free registration)

To borrow a line from a former Premier of my province (who i generally think was overblowing things) "Let them freeze in the dark!" Such a good line!

Anonymous said...

dammit link was cut off here it is:

Globe Story

Hope I remember my html :)

Peter

James Redekop said...

If Mr. Couch was a little more worldly, he would realize that Canada is not much more socialist than say New England.

You do realize that there are Texans who deride New England for being too socialist, right? :) "People's Republic of Massachusettes" and all that.

in the next breath [they] want to ban homosexuality, abortion, et cetera.

George Carlin once commented that those two don't really seem to go well together. After all, who has the fewest abortions? Homosexuals!

And the US just says "Fuck U!" to Canada, "We aren't following our own treaty".

Well, the current administration has a lot of trouble with treaties. Too many big words, I suppose.

Anyone else find it odd and amusing that they're pushing CAFTA at the same time they're abrogating NAFTA?

laura k said...

These comments really sum it up. Taken together, Redsock's and "the real" Kyle's comments completely blow away the ridiculous illogic of these people.

Kyle_From_Ottawa said...

I've been to canada and it truly sucks. by the way your mounties suck too

Somehow, I doubt Mr. Couch has been as far as Oklahoma (if he actually lives in Texas).

Kyle_From_Ottawa said...

Did I ever tell you the horse story?

When we were living in St. Louis, my dad went to a restaurant with some of his American collegues. They were all in uniform (my Dad was military), and the waitress noticed his Candian uniform and thought me must be a Mountie.

By the end of the night, my Dad had her convinced that we all live in igloos and that he had a horse tied up outside. He told her stories about how cold it was to take a shower in an igloo at -45, the fact that it snowed year round, and how nice it was they had this fancy thing called "electricity" in St. Louis. He asked if they had any oats in the kitchen to feed his horse, and she said she wasn't sure but could check. The people at other tables (who were obviously a little smarter) we're cracking up, and she asked if he was pulling her leg. He said "Nope!". I bet she's still wondering.

barefoot hiker said...

By the end of the night, my Dad had her convinced that we all live in igloos and that he had a horse tied up outside. He told her stories about how cold it was to take a shower in an igloo at -45, the fact that it snowed year round, and how nice it was they had this fancy thing called "electricity" in St. Louis.

When I was in high school, I met a guy who was an immigrant from Scotland; he eventually became one of my best friends. I remember asking him if he owned a kilt. He said, "Oh, yeah, three of them. They're hanging up in my closet at home." Took me a minute to realize he was having me on. He also delighted in convincing Canadians that a "haggis" is, in fact, a small creature hunted for sport in the Campsies. He even convinced a couple of them that the haggis had two legs shorter than the others in order to run unimpeded over the hills. I try not to smile too hard when I hear stories of Yankee ignorance... people simply can't know everything, and if there's no reason for them to know something, odds are, they won't. Canada's not much of a troublemaker in the world, so for most Americans we're just that cousin they've seen at family picnics from time to time who they think is into hockey and stuff.

Hey, it beats being Iraq these days.

barefoot hiker said...

Post script: oddly enough, when he got married a couple of years ago, several members of his family visiting from Scotland did attend the wedding in kilts. So I feel at least partially vindicated. :)

Kyle_From_Ottawa said...

Actually, I'd say it seems like a good 85 to 90% of the human population seems to be wandering idiots.

I lot of people aren't knowledgeable about much at all (regardless of nationality), nor have any interest in it. I personally love learning new stuff about the world, and keeping informed. Working in a technical field (which you do to LP, according to your profile) my coworkers seem pretty much the same as me. Smart people tend to stick together I guess.

Back in highschool though, working as a cashier in a grocery store I was absolutely amazed by the stupidty of many of the customers that came through though.

Kyle_From_Ottawa said...

One example of ignorance is the 3rd world. Many people in industrialized countries seem to think everyone in the 3rd world lives in mud huts or something. They'd be shocked to discover there's skyscrapers in Ethiopia, subways in Egypt, and freeways in Brazil.

They also don't seem to realize there's a massive difference in the level of poverty between Bangladesh and Chile. The difference between the 3rd world and the 1st world is just the income distribution curve.

Rognar said...

A couple weeks ago, I was talking with these Danish guys who were all in a lather over the Hans Island thing. Some Canadian said something derogatory about Denmark and these guys assumed all Canadians felt hostility towards their country. I had to explain to them that this wasn't the case and that most Canadians really had no opinion at all, negative or positive about Denmark. I explained to him that in the Canadian mind, Europe was divided in four parts, Britain, France, Good Hockey and The Rest of Europe. I told them if you want to move up in the rankings, you have to start producing some NHL players. They got a kick out of that.

teflonjedi said...

I've been to Denmark. Copenhagen's a nice place, with lots of history and very friendly people. Now, if they just had good hockey... ;)