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Keep Palin out of my country
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#51
RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:32 am
See Russia from the back porch of the ambassadors residence
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RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:33 am (This post was last modified: February 10, 2017 at 1:34 am by Anomalocaris.)
(February 10, 2017 at 1:28 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: In the age of the internet, what does an ambassador to any country do that can't be done from home, for that matter?

Attend funerals of minor functionaries.
(February 10, 2017 at 1:32 am)vorlon13 Wrote: See Russia from the back porch of the ambassadors residence

She wouldn't know which direction to look.
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RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:34 am
(February 10, 2017 at 1:33 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(February 10, 2017 at 1:28 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: In the age of the internet, what does an ambassador to any country do that can't be done from home, for that matter?

Attend funerals of minor functionaries.
(February 10, 2017 at 1:32 am)vorlon13 Wrote: See Russia from the back porch of the ambassadors residence

She wouldn't know which direction to look.
Surely a small team of ambassadors could travel for such events?
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#54
RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:36 am
(February 10, 2017 at 1:23 am)Cato Wrote:
(February 9, 2017 at 8:03 pm)Orochi Wrote: Trump in another idiotic and quite frankly insulting move .Has suggested Sarah Palin for Canadian ambassador. Don't dump your losers on us. Id come up with a better insult if I wasn't seeing red right now.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/711233...o-canada-/

Palin is detestable for several reasons, but let's be realistic here. Without resorting to the internet or some other reference, immediately name the last two or three U.S. ambassadors to Canada. 

If Trump was at all serious about cutting government largesse, this position should be among the first to get whacked. Seriously, what the ever loving fuck does a U.S. ambassador to Canada do? If we're going to waste tax payer dollars on a useless office, why not fill it with a useless politician, eh?


Because a politician useless here will probably be much worse than useless there.
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RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:39 am
(February 10, 2017 at 12:01 am)SteelCurtain Wrote:
(February 9, 2017 at 11:53 pm)Astreja Wrote: And change all the street signs to unilingual Inuktitut before she gets there.   Angel

I don't even know what that means, so Palin will think we sent her to Saturn.

I have to wonder.... if we passed a hat around - and I'm using an extremely broad 'we' here - could we collect enough to make that happen? Sending her to Saturn?
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RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:45 am
(February 10, 2017 at 1:39 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(February 10, 2017 at 12:01 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I don't even know what that means, so Palin will think we sent her to Saturn.

I have to wonder.... if we passed a hat around - and I'm using an extremely broad 'we' here - could we collect enough to make that happen?  Sending her to Saturn?

If we can't raise enough funds to send her to Saturn all at once, we can send her one piece at a time.
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RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:46 am
(February 10, 2017 at 1:28 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: In the age of the internet, what does an ambassador to any country do that can't be done from home, for that matter?

Not exactly the ambassador, but embassy 'residents' have been known to recruit intelligence gathering operatives in occasion.
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#58
RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:47 am
....though perhaps not in Canada...
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RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:53 am (This post was last modified: February 10, 2017 at 2:03 am by Amarok.)
(February 10, 2017 at 1:23 am)Cato Wrote:
(February 9, 2017 at 8:03 pm)Orochi Wrote: Trump in another idiotic and quite frankly insulting move .Has suggested Sarah Palin for Canadian ambassador. Don't dump your losers on us. Id come up with a better insult if I wasn't seeing red right now.

http://www.thespec.com/news-story/711233...o-canada-/

Palin is detestable for several reasons, but let's be realistic here. Without resorting to the internet or some other reference, immediately name the last two or three U.S. ambassadors to Canada. 

If Trump was at all serious about cutting government largesse, this position should be among the first to get whacked. Seriously, what the ever loving fuck does a U.S. ambassador to Canada do? If we're going to waste tax payer dollars on a useless office, why not fill it with a useless politician, eh?

A lot I mentioned the powers a responsibilities of the position earlier in the thread the U.S ambassador has a lot of power in Ottawa (post #15)

As for knowing who the last two were Bruce Heyman the current one (who is very popular in Ottawa) and before him David Jacobson then before him there was Wilkins (all this from memory )

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RE: Keep Palin out of my country
February 10, 2017 at 1:54 am
True, there is still need for an embassy. I just wonder if our fleet of ambassadors could be pared down to 15-25 stateside diplomats.
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