You all forget the big difference between the RCMP and "Texas Rangers"......
Canada sold the rights to the uniform several years ago to Disney, and Walker Texas Ranger was created for tv.... So Canada is the biggest bunch of sellouts around......
And as far as the other comments floating around on this page, just wait a bit. Canada obviously does beer, weed, and chicks better than anyone..... And what Gam pointed out... I don't think there's an american who can touch Picton.
And how many wars have those "Texas Rangers" been in.
and we havn't even touched on the chesterfield, toque, or aero bars yet
599: The RCMP retains all rights to the image and likenesses of the RCMP uniform... Ask Iron Maiden about the 40,000 tour posters they had to reprint for their Canadian tour a year or 2 ago.
The Disney thing was about 7-8 years ago, and ended when Disney tried to license back the rights to the red serge, stetson and riding pants to the RCMP while making a good amount of money off the sales of the Mickey and Goofy plushies @ Disney parks.
That kinda killed it.
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Also minted coins are REAL money, actual tender. Paper money is a debt., a promisary note, a promise to pay.. However you want to look at them, bills are borrowed into existance and bear interest even before they are ever spent. Coins on the other hand are backed up by themselves and therefore do not bear interest. It makes complete sense. If I had it my way, there'd be no paper money at all, only real money. That isn't realistic though, so I'll take what I can get. Of course the only really same currency is gold, but that gets a bit troublesome to carry.
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Coins are not backed up be their own worth (they used to be but not any more) the material that makes up a coin is not worth what the face value of the coin.
JimmyZ wrote:1 Canadian dollar equals 300 american dollars, so don't freak out when it costs you a grand to fill up the tank
That would make Canadian money worth more than US Dollars. So the 1,000 Tank of Canadian gas would be $300,000 US.... I knew gas prices sucked in Canada but DAYM
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Gam, I was merely pointing out the fact that for such a "National symbol" it's a pretty big sell out when you sell the rights to Disney so that they can make some cut-rate waste of film box office flop like Dudley Do-right..... Kinda takes the pride that any one of us should have in that uniform.
You don't see the US selling the rights to their National Symbols do you? The RCMP may have taken the rights to the uniform back, but they still sold it at one point. Which shows you that Canada will always bend to the whim of the almighty US.
Neal, you forgot to mention the igloo.... You did know the Candian Parliament buildings were made of ice right..... Oh, and any 10 year old can buy the right to build one for the low, low price of $10.
I love the US.
The RCMP (until a couple years ago) didn't have an intellectual property office. The copyright protection for the uniform and likenesses were contracted to Disney, there was no sale back... Michael Eisner tried to leverage the deal (by licensing back the image to the RCMP), and the deal was broken, IIRC.
The RCMP would not SELL the rights to anyone for the formal uniform.
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Besides, I see "American" bald eagle with stars and stripes crap all over the place.. Tackier than velvet Elvis Vegas style.
It is actually against the law here to defame the flag. In the US the flag is used to sell everything from tires to bathroom cleansers. I'd call that a sell out..
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Hahahaha wrote:Besides, I see "American" bald eagle with stars and stripes crap all over the place.. Tackier than velvet Elvis Vegas style.
It is actually against the law here to defame the flag. In the US the flag is used to sell everything from tires to bathroom cleansers. I'd call that a sell out..
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I'd say it's being secure enough in our countriality to let people make fun of it... wait.. that's not right.... Chaulk it up to freedom of speach
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Countriality? Speach?
Looocie!!!! Joo got some 'splainin ta do!!!
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Grimor wrote:I'd say it's being secure enough in our countriality to let people make fun of it... wait.. that's not right.... Chaulk it up to freedom of speach
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wait (tim horton's) coffee shop . and a hockey player move over dunken doooonuts some one asked if mounties have guns ...no sling shots and a every stricked voice (bush, dick chainy, dick nixion?) (beaver. loonies, and moose head beer?) still i love the beaver.. the canadian navy had sold the sea king helocopters cause they were crashing they sold them for $12,000,000can >>5 bucks us and the canadian army just bought new tanks for 12,000,000 can there called land kings........hmmmm
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Nothing beats the Canadian dinner jacket, aka flannel.
I've even got a flannel shirt signed by the entire cast of the Red Green show.
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Hey Gam, you forgot about CSIS and DND
Dont give the RCMP all the credit now hehehe
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Back In Black wrote:Nothing beats the Canadian dinner jacket, aka flannel.
I've even got a flannel shirt signed by the entire cast of the Red Green show.
That would be farqing cool--although i'd rather have an autographed roll of ductape.
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