TKE Facts and Trivia - Page 42

tkeos443 · #1 02-11-2003, 03:38 PM

The home of my big brother chapter and the best damn basketball team in the nation.....University of Louisville home of the Alpha Chi chapter.....holla

The1calledTKE · #2 02-12-2003, 12:25 AM

Can anyone guess zntke's or tkeos' bond numbers? lol

CanadianTeke · #3 02-12-2003, 12:29 AM

Man thats like asking my nationalty....

711 and 443 respectivly.

The1calledTKE · #4 02-12-2003, 12:50 AM

Off topic, but Canadianteke do you get pissed off about south park's interpertaion of Canadians? lol

The1calledTKE · #5 02-12-2003, 12:55 AM

I can believe this thread is still going even though I started it back on Sept 15 2001.

CanadianTeke · #6 02-12-2003, 12:56 AM

Not at all. If i got pissed off everytime an American show made fun of Canadians, i would constantly be pissed off. You should see some of the stuff we say about Americans. (First of all no matter what part of the states you are from you are a 'yankee')

The national governemnt sponsored network (the CBC) aired an 45 minute long show called 'talking to Americans'. Basically it just exploits how little Americans know about Canada. as well Molson sells their beer under the "I AM CANADIAN" slogan. If you have a chance download the Molson Joe Rant (PM me and i'll send it to you) Basically it is 60 seconds of America Bashing.

in my 'Canadian studies' class last year we came to the consensus that the Canadian culture was defined as "NOT AMERICAN" and thats it. So there is alot of stuff that flys both ways, you just don't get to experience the Canadian retorts.

The1calledTKE · #7 02-12-2003, 01:08 AM

Lol I would like to hear more about it. I like to here other countries opinions. I prefer to make fun of France. The country that surrenders when somebody points a gun at them. It's funny how they always try to act so important. Don't get me wrong I don't think the US should go to war but I just can't take France's objections seriously. Germany maybe. Russia and China of course but France?? Lol . I laugh every time I think about it. They used to be great. Helped the US get their freedom from Great Britian. Isn't it funny that the US and Great Britian are best buds now? France hasn't be a powerhouse since Nepoleon. They got run down in WW1 and only held the Germans back with Great Britians help and finally got there land back with the help of the US. In WW2 France surendered after 2 weeks. Sorry for the history lesson but History is my degree. lol

CanadianTeke · #8 02-12-2003, 01:12 AM

Indeed--(Don't forget the Canucks who fought in WW1--we took Yypres and Vimy Ridge and mnay say it is then we gained our independence and WWII we stormed Juno Beach (one of the 5 Normandie Landings) on D-day). I find it funny that the french King helped the Americans revolt against the king of England, and then 10 Years later the King of France lost his head in a revolution. Personally i see Irony in that.

The1calledTKE · #9 02-12-2003, 01:18 AM

I feel sorry for the Candians and the Aussies in both WW's because they were still part of the British Empire and were givin the suicide missions and basically were the human shields. By proprtion of allies that fought those groups were hit hardest.

CanadianTeke · #10 02-12-2003, 01:25 AM

We are as much of the British empire now as we were then--Canada was granted her independence in 1867, when we fought in WW1 and WW2 it was under the flag of Canada (not the Maple Leaf but the Red Ensign) As for the suicide missions, look up "dieppe". More than 2/3 of the soldiers didn't return.

The1calledTKE · #11 02-12-2003, 01:30 AM

True but Britian still acted like the boss. It's too bad you don't here much about the Candian Military these days. Least not in the States. The first time in a long time I have heard about them is the friendly fire thing. It was hardly mentioned here. Just updates on the case. I here it was voted the news topic of the year up there. Perosnally I think the US gov't should pay the familys a butt load of money and the pilots should be given the boot out of the military. I would have a hard time of covicting a person for murder especially when the miltary is pumping those guys with drugs to keep them awake. The side affect of those drugs and bad decissions resulted in this tragic result.

CanadianTeke · #12 02-12-2003, 01:43 AM

CanadianTeke · #13 02-12-2003, 01:53 AM

The friendly fire incident got alot of hype, basically the feeling up here was "We are fighting "your war" and you bomb our men?!?" Whether it was news story of the year or not i'm not really sure, regardless, the Canadian Military is still fighting in Afghanistan (world recod is held by a Canadian for longest kill shot), we have agreed to help in Iraq assuming there is a UN resolution, and things like NORAD had ben beefed up. I personally hear every little detail about the American Military, becasue i get CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC and the rest of the major networks. You won't hear anything casue Newsworld, and CBC and CTV don't get broadcast in the US without special sattelite capacity.

The1calledTKE · #14 02-12-2003, 11:36 AM

It is funny I even get the British channel BBC with digital cable but no Candian channels. You would figure since we are neighbors we would have at least 1.

The1calledTKE · #15 05-20-2003, 09:23 PM

How many chapters active and non that are or were not in the continetal US.