On Dec 8, 8:01*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 08/12/2012 10:24 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
> > On 12/8/2012 10:20 AM, notbob wrote:
> >> On 2012-12-08, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
> >>>> Canadians are allowed guns!!?? *Who knew.
>
> >>> Smart people.
>
> >> I hope we don't hafta start viewing you folks as a potential threat!
> >>
>
> >> nb
>
> > We tried (but failed) to take over at least part of Canada when we were
> > fighting the British in 1775. *I say we should try to avoid such an
> > attempt again.
>
> You also tried to take us over in the War of 1812. After the US Civil
> War the US government support attempts *by the Fenians to take over some
> of Canada to establish an Irish homeland.

Canadian history is so dull that the War of 1812 is promoted out of
proportion. Needless to say, American kids learn little about it.

The last time we had to fear the North was when Confederates swooped
down and attacked St. Albans.