Canada Day 2014
Posted By Randy on July 1, 2014
Change for your Beaver pelt sir.
Today is Canada Day here in the Great White North, and as such offers me yet another opportunity to educate the world in the history of the nation. I’m even more inspired to invoke the Truth because this year marks Mrs. LFM’s induction as a Canadian citizen, and my exposure to the government supplied knowledge base required to pass the test left me sore with laughter.
You will recall that I’ve already written here extensively on the subjects of little known facts, and quality advice for visitors. Today I’m going to offer you a real treat – insight into just how us Canadians get to be so God damned knowledgeable! If you want to know about what really mattered in Canadian history, then go to The Recognized Source (TRS) – the National Film Board (NFB).
When I was in elementary school, we’d get a yearly visit from an NFB representative who would set up a huge projector and show us our legacy in moving pictures, each film preceded by a short but informative lecture. Much later, television began to sport short, mostly animated films that served up tasty bites of Canadiana, and it is to a selection of my favourites among those that I’ll turn the stage over now. Prepare to be gob smacked!
Wow! These are great. I HOPE that you have a National Wop May Day up there – what an inspiring and moving tale! Someone should make a movie of that! ( Now down here in the USA today, the schools would remove any mention of his role in the war, or guns, or other unpleasantness, and would probably insist that his partner be a transgendered organic pot farmer, and of course both men would be members of a labor union, but otherwise the story would be the same) Happy Canada Day to all.
Thank you Jay. I'm glad you were entertained and, of course, that you now feel thoroughly educated about Canada! Sadly, we do not have a National Wop May Day here. Even sadder that what you describe as prevalent in the USA today is every bit as prevalent here. If the infection were not so wide spread, there might be a better shot at a cure. Ah well, we do what we can by speaking the Truth about True Heroism. All the best!