January 28, 2008
Extra Extra
- The good thing about Bush's State of the Union speech tonight: it will be his last!
- If you're not planning on
mockingwatching the State of the Union, the Year of Austin Music group meets tonight at Moose Lodge. - St. Austin's Church turns 100.
- Judge decides against landowners in Brownsville border fence dispute.
- Texas Supreme Court has a record backlog of cases waiting to be heard.
- The three Williamson County kids who tested positive for meth will live with their grandmother.
- This has us baffled: Harris County assistant district attorney sends out e-mail using "Canadian" as a racial slur.
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I'm surprised that folks are just finding out about Canadian being a racial slur for blacks....it's been in use in the restaurant world for at least 10 years....when I was a waiter it was always "hey Q,you got a four top of Canadians in your section,start pouring them some grape soda" or some stupid shit like that....
Ditto that.
Actually, I believe 'Canadian' is already out of style with the bigots.
So 2003.
Is it possible he meant liberals but didn't want to offend the French?
Like I said last time this topic was brought up, I heard people using Canadian in this way in high school in probably 95 and possibly earlier. I'm also a yankee, so this is definitely not confined to the south.