Rcmp..........
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HA!!!
I guess they already have a First Nations Barbie. But to call a mountie "ancestral" clothing. That is messed up.
Maybe what she REALLY needs is a pair of Lulu's and a Roots t-shirt.
Seriously...1920 just wasn't that long ago! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_PoliceHA!!!
I guess they already have a First Nations Barbie. But to call a mountie "ancestral" clothing. That is messed up.
Maybe what she REALLY needs is a pair of Lulu's and a Roots t-shirt.
Noooooo!!!!! My idol in Lulu's???
Don't be cruel Vanessa!!!!
Don't be cruel Vanessa!!!!
HA!!!
I guess they already have a First Nations Barbie. But to call a mountie "ancestral" clothing. That is messed up.
Maybe what she REALLY needs is a pair of Lulu's and a Roots t-shirt.
I dunno.... But that'll be just fine :thumb:
Sorry then we'll put them on a Bratz doll.....do they still make those???
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Larry Storch
Yeah, I remember learning in school how John Cabot in 1497 was met with a virtual sea of Red Serge and Stetsons, barely made it out alive.The ad says she's dressed in the ancestral clothing of her country?
mattel thinks canadians are so politically correct that they only order first nations barbies and rcmp barbies so they just print a single description for bothThe ad says she's dressed in the ancestral clothing of her country?
That's meee!!! You always find the appropriate video clip for any occasion!! People on the street totally mean mug me when my phone rings lol!
The RCMP actually dates back to 1873 when they were called The North West Mounted Police. They were renamed with the Royal prefix in 1904....and then in 1920 the Dominion Police joined them to be called the RCMP. So....Canada's national Police force.....started in 1873....with a few name changes....the uniform is a throwback to 1873 and on.
Thanks bc, for the correction...
Would this information put the RCMP in the category of 'ancestral'?
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/44/mountedpolice.shtml
That photo is still a bit too new for the first group. Initially, they were woefully equipped for their trek out west. Hats were of the pill box variety, most of their horses and good chunk of their force starved to death over the plains. Their creation and deployment was to reclaim the Canadian west from American Whiskey traders (who were creating havoc amongst the first nations with their vile trading tactics...and not at all because they were the nemesis of the Hudsons Bay company and it's "totally not unfair trading practices") as well as to establish a Royal/Canadian presence on the west coast (in order to prevent America from laying claim to it).
It's a pretty fascinating thing, really... they were a sight more respectable back then, I think. Their original motto was "To Uphold the Right". I think they've fallen from that ideal, IMHO.
It's a pretty fascinating thing, really... they were a sight more respectable back then, I think. Their original motto was "To Uphold the Right". I think they've fallen from that ideal, IMHO.
