Fox News mocks the Canadian military

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AURAPTOR

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:25 AM

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That's some funny stuff.Red Eye is an over night, light hearted , off beat program that basically pokes fun at everything. I don't think I've seen them once treat any story seriously. That's kinda the point.

Hey Canada, lighten up, eh?

Did you see the program? I saw a clip posted on youtube, and it didn't strike me as lighthearted fun. I mean, not the kind where you can shrug it off and go "Oh, they don't really think that".

I don't blame Canadians for being pissed. I wouldn't take it too far, though, obviously.

It's all they DO is light hearted stuff. You must have seen the wrong clip. I dunno what else to say.

"As much as I respect what he's doing, really the economy is something he should focus on more than the brackets. "
- Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, after Obama snubbed Duke in his Final Four picks.

The U.S. economy WAS on fire under Bush, for 6 years. Until the Democrats took control of Congress. It's been all down hill since then.

AURAPTOR

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:28 AM

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Oh My God....................... And if we or anyone else said these things about America and YOU'RE soldiers? Keep in mind, these "jokes" were being said when our 3 (now 4) fallen comrades were being brought home. Here, laugh at this.

Nothing they said was in any way connected to the honorable fallen being brought home.

"As much as I respect what he's doing, really the economy is something he should focus on more than the brackets. "
- Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, after Obama snubbed Duke in his Final Four picks.

The U.S. economy WAS on fire under Bush, for 6 years. Until the Democrats took control of Congress. It's been all down hill since then.

FREMDFIRMA

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:32 AM

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Originally posted by Misstressahara:
we Canadians are a forgiving lot. It's just our nature.

And we rowdy drunken michiganders are heartily thankful for it!

Now if you could just get around to putting the caffiene back in your mountain dew...

-F

AGENTROUKA

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:59 AM

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It's all they DO is light hearted stuff. You must have seen the wrong clip. I dunno what else to say.

I don't think so. I'm pretty sure it was this one.

Didn't strike me as light-hearted. They just wouldn't stop, going on about these plans for a break and then taking it right to Canadian culture (mounties, etc.) went on and on, and it just struck me as a bit too tasteless and unrelenting to be considered lighthearted.

MAYBE they meant it to be lighthearted, but they failed at delivering it that way, which really just made it seem like a bunch of arrogant people insulting another country.

Really reminds me of situations where an offensive joke falls flat and the offending party insists that it's everyone else who lacks a sense of humor. Sometimes, it's really just not funny.

GEEZER

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:13 PM

Not funny and not in good taste. Being pissed would seem to be an appropriate response.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

AURAPTOR

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:58 PM

It's an OVERNIGHT t.v. show, which means they're just trying to kill time from 1am to 5 am. ( or how ever long the damn show lasts ). Their viewer ship is , by its very nature, down at the bottom, because 99% of the population has gone to sleep during the time it's aired.

The "joke" was that an army is taking "time off", and going on vacation. I'm sure there's some taking out of context going on , or else the joke couldn't work. As one guest host said, " I thought ( Canada ) was where you go when you DON'T want to fight ".

Is it a swipe at the Canadian military ? OF COURSE IT IS ! Missed by pretty much everyone here feigning indignance is the fact that, in the midst of poking fun at our FRIENDLY neighbors to the North, praise was actually given to those who serve.
"I have a tremendous respect for anyone who serves, Canadian, Americans.... " Jonathan Hoenig

They made fun of a man's name, because it was LESLIE. Clearly, this is childish, light hearted banter and not meant to be taken on any level as remotely serious. The ENTIRE SHOW is that way, so don't go calling it " FOX NEWS " because it only appears on the channel, it's not their actual NEWS program.

"As much as I respect what he's doing, really the economy is something he should focus on more than the brackets. "
- Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, after Obama snubbed Duke in his Final Four picks.

The U.S. economy WAS on fire under Bush, for 6 years. Until the Democrats took control of Congress. It's been all down hill since then.

PIZMOBEACH

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:51 PM

Like so many things that netwonk tries, they failed utterly and completely at even the most basic thing they were attempting, be it *news* or in this case *humor.* I HOPE that is what they were trying and failing at, because if it wasn't then what a group of dirtbags.

You want to have fun and learn something too - watch the channel and keep track of the ads. That will tell you who advertisers think is watching.

The channel is so bad that sometimes I think they might be doing it on purpose to gain non-Rep viewership, because it's easier and cheaper for them to do bad tv.

RIPWASH

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:31 PM

I'm guessing it could be said that there are bad shows all around. This segment of this show was just not funny. I watched it, I cringed at some of the stuff that was said. Yes, they were catering to the lowest common denominator, they were using stereotypes in an attempt to get a laugh. Comparing Mounties in the stereotypical sense (red coat, funny hat, riding a horse) to US law enforcement is just rediculous. Poorly chosen jokes that happened to coincide (not on purupose) with the return of fallen Canadian soldiers. I don't blame the Canadians for getting upset, Rap. That's all there is to it.

Let's face it. The one guy from Twitter was being a jerk no matter how you look at it. Doug Benson was mildly amusing, but c'mon . . . he was probably so high he didn't really know what he was saying.

**EDIT** Please don't take any offense to my remarks about the Mounties. I was tryin to get a point across about what the guys on the show were saying. I respect any kind of law enforcement and think the Canadian Mounted Police are pretty cool.

Zoe: "Get it running again."
Mal: "Yeah"
Zoe: "So not running now"
Mal: "Not so much"
- Out of Gas

CITIZEN

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:07 PM

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Comparing Mounties in the stereotypical sense (red coat, funny hat, riding a horse) to US law enforcement is just rediculous.

Yeah! Mounties always get their man (I saw it on Due South).

AURaptor advocates child murder:

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When Pal women start dressing up their babies in suicide pampers, might be a good idea to go ahead and take care of both of them at once, before they have a chance to kill.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=18&t=37443#687361

FREMDFIRMA

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:15 PM

Dude, the Mounties rock.

Back when Marcus Lawson was forced to retire for actually doing his job down at US Customs, and most Americans wouldn't dare report a child predator/exploitation site for a very real fear *they* would be arrested for daring to report it...
(still a major problem, btw)
And even if they didn't, they would just backfile anything where the perps were out of US Jurisdiction out of typical american arrogance and/or ignorance of how to proceed against someone located out of country.

Enter the RCMP, who, from 2000-2005, were about the only folks you *could* go to who might do something, and would act quickly and professionally both due to their character, and at the time, a lot of suppressed ire at their own government for soft-shoeing enforcement on this crime as badly as the USA was.

In fact there's still a lot of lingering resentment at being yanked off several international investigations of this type by higher-ups who did not want to offend well connected EU officials.

It takes a lot for a a collective (police/law enforcement) whom I naturally have a dim view of to earn my respect, but the RCMP earned it well and proper for being the go-to-guys* for over five years.

And despite my issues with police in general, and the RCMP being as human and prone to failure as anyone else, I have found their conduct to be far, FAR more polite and respectful than any American cop I've ever encountered save one.

So Huzzah for the RCMP, leastways from me.

-Frem

*and girls!, my primary contact with them was a lady, and a heck of one.

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