Re: [NTLK] Fwd: [re the next NewtCon] all about Canada

From: Scott Rogers <srogers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue Sep 02 2008 - 23:28:12 EDT

For many people, any areas other than where you live are just a big
blur. Just tonight, one of my students asked me how big England was.
I said "Sort of the same size as Alabama." Then it dawned on me that
she probably had no idea how big, or precisely where, Alabama is.

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 5:31 PM, matthiasm <mm@matthiasm.com> wrote:
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> On 03.09.2008, at 01:00, Ryan Vetter wrote:
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>> As much as Canada seems Anti-American, it does not mean Anti-
>> American people per sey. It should be rephrased as Anti-Bush... I
>> guess no different from most of the world's perspective on the matter.
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> Folks in Europe were anti-Bush four years ago, but when he was re-
> elected, 80% of Europeans(*) lost much of their sympathy with the
> U.S. . Apathy may be a reason, but not an excuse.
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> * I do not have the exact sources handy, but I do remember this being
> pretty big news right after the elctions, based on the results on
> various inqueries in a bunch of countries.
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