http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/09/blunder-down-under/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Thu, 24 May 2012 02:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/09/blunder-down-under/comment-page-1/#comment-2828 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:16:42 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/09/blunder-down-under/#comment-2828 I was about to say! We Canadians aren't exactly impressed when we get labelled as American, but I wouldn't say it would be the *worst* mistake ever. I was about to say! We Canadians aren’t exactly impressed when we get labelled as American, but I wouldn’t say it would be the *worst* mistake ever.

]]> http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/09/blunder-down-under/comment-page-1/#comment-2827 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:09:58 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/09/blunder-down-under/#comment-2827 I dunno... I have some Canadian friends who bristle at being called Americans (even though it is trued from a purely geographic standpoint). I think in this case it was more Kiwi sensitivity from living so long in Australia's giant shadow, combined with a speaker who was horribly ill-prepared. I dunno… I have some Canadian friends who bristle at being called Americans (even though it is trued from a purely geographic standpoint). I think in this case it was more Kiwi sensitivity from living so long in Australia’s giant shadow, combined with a speaker who was horribly ill-prepared.

]]> http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/09/blunder-down-under/comment-page-1/#comment-2826 Anonymous Wed, 09 Feb 2005 06:07:19 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/09/blunder-down-under/#comment-2826 People here are talking in disgust about her very generous fee too - all whilst she is raising money for <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10009113" rel="nofollow">kids with cancer</a>. She has a lifestyle to support, but it seems a bit rich. People here are talking in disgust about her very generous fee too – all whilst she is raising money for kids with cancer. She has a lifestyle to support, but it seems a bit rich.

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