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Old 02-23-2010, 03:05 PM   #1
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYoTJItSPt0

Thought it was neat.

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Old 02-23-2010, 03:11 PM   #2
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Old 02-23-2010, 03:14 PM   #3
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Pretty cool.

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Old 02-23-2010, 03:33 PM   #4
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That gets me a little choked up. Vert well done by Brokaw and NBC.
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Old 02-23-2010, 03:34 PM   #5
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Tom Brokaw is the f*&king man!
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Old 02-23-2010, 03:43 PM   #6
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Nice report.
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Old 02-23-2010, 03:46 PM   #7
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quite touching. A lot of stuff in there that I wasnt even aware of. As a duel citizen due to my place of birth I can sometimes overcompensate for it by being pretty anti-american, its nice to see some respect from some of their biggest personalities.
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Old 02-23-2010, 03:49 PM   #8
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Our Canadian diplomat in Iran worked for the CIA?
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Old 02-23-2010, 03:54 PM   #9
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That's right. If you're in a fight Canada will be there. Too often overlooked but when duty calls we're always ready to go.
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That's right. If you're in a fight Canada will be there. Too often overlooked but when duty calls we're always ready to go.
well except for Iraq but thats because we knew it was stupid
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Damn that makes me proud!!
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Old 02-23-2010, 04:12 PM   #12
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It could be that I'm 8 months pregnant, hormonal and a bit homesick at the moment (man I wish I was back in Calgary watching the game tonight...) but that seriously brought tears to my eyes and got me a bit emotional.

Since I'm in England I likely would have missed this if it hadn't been posted here. Thank you to the OP for posting this.
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Old 02-23-2010, 04:27 PM   #13
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I liked that video but it really pissed me off that they showed Niagra Falls when talking about the US being Canada's #1 tourist destination.

Our side is WAY better than theirs and no one from Canada goes anywhere but Niagra on the Canadian side.
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that's why i watched the NBC coverage of the opening day ceremonies over CTV, it was neat to hear the announcers explain all the Canadian content and see things from a different perspective. NBC's announcers have also all been very excited when they've covered a Canadian winning gold, and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were on the front page of nbcsports.com

i've been very impressed with their coverage so far. covering all the American athletes first as to be expected, but i've seen no bias in how they call the events
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Our Canadian diplomat in Iran worked for the CIA?
Wow, first I've heard that too. Makes our hero more than a little tarnished in my eyes.

Great video otherwise though.
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Old 02-23-2010, 04:41 PM   #16
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It should be part of the American school system to make every American watch that video IMO.
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This thread is all WIN!!!
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Old 02-23-2010, 05:14 PM   #18
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great video

I loved the quote from Kennedy as well, greatest public speaker I have ever heard
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great video

I loved the quote from Kennedy as well, greatest public speaker I have ever heard
'cept maybe Hitler.
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'cept maybe Hitler.

Hitler was a wonderful public speaker. What a guy.
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