Canada's speed skating team "Saskatchewhiners"

[EvilMonkey]

American comedian Stephen Colbert accused Canada of cheating at the upcoming Olympics on Thursday night during an episode of The Colbert Report.

"Those syrup-suckers won't let us practice at their Olympic venues," he said. "This is the most unsportsmanlike conduct by Canadians since it was discovered Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay is a moose."

His comments come in light of recent criticism from the U.S. and Britain about how Canada is taking advantage of playing host to the Winter Olympics in February. Athletes in luge and speed skating from other countries complained they had limited access to the Vancouver facilities while Canadian athletes enjoyed numerous training benefits.

Colbert wants Canada to grant access to the U.S. team, calling Canadians "Saskatchewhiners" and stating that the organizers of the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002 let Canadian lugers go for at least a 100 runs at their facility.

On Monday, Colbert announced that the show is now the official sponsor of U.S. Speedskating after their sponsor declared bankruptcy, and encouraged Colbert Nation to make a donation.

U.S. speed skater Joey Cheek was a guest on the show, calling the alleged Canadian venue-hogging "a dick move" on the part of the organizers. Colbert suggested that Canada might be trying to sabotage the Americans.

"I have a theory they are going to turn the freezer off and when the U.S. gets on, they are going to sink into the pool," he said.

"I say we put Canada on notice."

Colbert then reaches into a box and pulls out a sign that says "Canadian Iceholes," placing it on his On Notice board between the likes of Jane Fonda and "limey squirrel eaters" while Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On plays in the background — a song Colbert refers to as the Canadian national anthem.

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/b...07/349217.aspx

[Chrisbb]

pretty sure every country does this

[Becfola]

lol! I love Colbert.





hey, 3 sports and Leisure topics on the board...I'm going to start some bans!!!


Not a cub find? you're going to gitmo

[Chrisbb]

lol! I love Colbert.





hey, 3 sports and Leisure topics on the board...I'm going to start some bans!!!


Not a cub find? you're going to gitmo

only 3? i have to get to work

[EvilMonkey]

Colbert's mock anti-Canada feud spirals on the Web

(AP) – 7 hours ago
NEW YORK — Stephen Colbert has been called what his mock pundit character would deem a traitorous insult: Canadian.

The host of "The Colbert Report" is — gasp! — a Canuck, or at least has a Canadian heritage, says the genealogy Web site Ancestry.com. Colbert's great-great-grandfather and his great-great-grandmother immigrated from Ireland to Canada, according to the site.

On his Comedy Central show, Colbert's "U-S-A!"-chanting character has disparaged the Great White North.

Colbert's publicist didn't respond to requests for comment.

Recently, the Colbert Nation became the official sponsor of the U.S. speedskating team. On the show, he has joined complaints that Vancouver Olympic officials have been limiting international athletes' access to facilities for the 2010 Winter Games.

He's called Canadians "syrup-suckers" and has a petition on his show's Web site urging the Vancouver Organizing Committee not to be "an ice-hole."

Though many on the speedskating team have laughed at Colbert's routine and been thankful for his sponsorship, one star, Shani Davis, on Thursday called him "a jerk." Davis declined to elaborate, making the comment while vetting potential questions from The Canadian Press before rejecting an interview request and walking away.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...CrJZQD9CCNSJG0

[Danimal]

pretty sure every country does this

Wait...Canada's a country?