Yes he was.

He came to Halifax, NS to make a speech today. And while he was at it, his team held up the bus system and made me late for class. :P

BOORING!! that man sucks!

Jess, i just saw that on the news.

 

He was in Ottawa yesterday and most of my friends went to protest.

what a waste of time to visit fucking canada

hah

Why would the USA president visit Canada? :huh:

what a waste of time to visit fucking canada

 

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i mean they don't even support us, why bother. he only did it because we're neighbors. *waves to laura* :lol:

*waves to Eric* :blush: :lol:

Why would the USA president visit Canada? :huh:

 

Um... many reasons, for one Canada is very much affected by what happens in the US. He is trying to show good public relations by coming here.

i read about that.

i read about that.

 

no!? :stunned:

Wellll, he came here to thank people for being good citizens during 911. A little late for that, but it was a nice gesture. :P

Anyways, there were a few thousand people out protesting but I had better things to do. :lol:

I didnt catch any of it on the news unforunately I worked all day. Were the protests violent?

Naw, they called themselves the "polite protesters". The police didn't have to do any riot control or anything apparently.

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Is that how they protest in Canadia? :stunned: :idea2:

Why would the USA president visit Canada? :huh:

 

Because Canada and the US have traditionally been good allies and partners. It's only recently hit rocky roads (well really, it's only rocky whenever there's a Republican president, Democrat presidents however, always are welcome). It's tradition that the first visit out of the country by an American president is to go to Canada and speak to the House of Commons, which President Bush didn't do. Eh. He's only visiting now, four years after he's been "elected", so that's why it's kind of like a big thing.

 

As well, President Bush is trying to push his whole "we must bring the war to the terrorists" schpiel, and he's kind of using Canada as a testing ground to see how it goes before he brings it the European community, which have even more significant reservations.

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Is that how they protest in Canadia? :stunned: :idea2:

 

Yeah, isn't it disgusting? :lol:

lol, actually i loved it! i like that people were speaking out! :guitarist: Oh Canada...

Democrat presidents however, are always welcome.

 

because democrats are whores :idea2:

A bunch of my friends took the bus down to Ottawa and protested there. One of my friends is doing an amateur documentary and she showed me her footage and it was funny. There were a lot of kids there with their parents and a huge group of old ladies who are social activists. They were hilarious.

Yeah yeah yeah, the Raging Grannies! They're a riot in themselves. I didn't think old retired people could be so amusing...but they are....

Grannies are always full of surprises :P