Posted on 09/21/2004 12:44:14 PM PDT by imintrouble
I received a response today from C. Parrish of the Canadian Government after we sent her our thoughts concerning her yet another verbal blast at the American government and/or its people.
Here is a copy for your interest (or not)
Dear Sir or Madam:
Thank you for your email on Missile Defence/“Idiots” statement. We received over 7000 letters & emails and therefore cannot respond to them individually.
If your comments were positive: They were generally based on a fear of missile defence for a variety of sound and thoughtful reasons, a respect for free speech or an understanding that Canada was well down the path toward signing on to this fiasco without a thorough public debate. You obviously recognize I was not criticizing American citizens as a whole, I was in fact criticizing politicians on both sides of the border who were blindly committing to such an outrageous proposal! For your support and kind words, I sincerely thank you.
If your comments were constructively critical: I appreciate your arguments and points of view. The basic arguments presented were: a) The language used was hurting the cause b) The U.S. deserves complete support because they’re our main trade partner or c) The U.S. defends us and ensures our safety.
To respond:
a) The language used was perhaps bold, but it expressed an honest frustration at the lack of attention Canadians were paying to such an important issue, allowing it to slip “under the radar” of public debate. I offer no apology for passion or moral indignation.
b) Our trade partnership with the U.S. is reciprocal and interdependent. Trade did not end when Canada refused to enter the war in Iraq. My off-the-cuff comment will have no effect on trade.
c) Based on the serious criticisms of hundreds of scientists, scholars and former U.S. military personnel, one must conclude that the missile defence system, as proposed, will not work. You can’t “shoot down a bullet with a bullet.” It will challenge our mutual enemies to develop more exotic missiles and therefore accelerate the arms race, making us an even greater target for terrorists.
If your comments were crude, vile or threatening: I offer no response. Thank goodness you were part of a very small group.
For those that naively believe that Canada would never join such an enterprise, consider the words of former Defence Minister David Pratt…
“In light of the growing threat involving the proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction, we should explore extending this partnership to include co-operation in missile defence.
We should continue to explore appropriate technical, political and financial arrangements related to the potential defence of Canada and the U.S. against missile attack… Our staffs should discuss ways in which Canada could contribute to this effort.”
Proposal by David Pratt, former Minister of National Defence
January 15, 2004
For more information and the truth about missile defence, please visit my website at www.carolynparrish.ca
Again, thank you for your messages and your concerns.
Sincerely,
Carolyn Parrish, M.P. Mississauga-Erindale
************************************************** Right - Carolyn - til next time you can't avoid your potty mouth.
Something tells me Madame Parrish is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
What does she mean "thank goodness?" She's a member of the same group. Maybe what she meant to say was:
"If your comments were crude, vile or threatening... then you're my kind of guy!"
Notice how libs never ask if domestic programs will "work" right. But military programs are different -- they better be 100% (an impossible standard) or forget about it!
Dear Canada: In the future, if your lame country needs defending, please ask the coward American draft dodgers whom you insist on honoring, to help you out. Perhaps the French would be willing to defend Quebec. I would not lift a finger, risk one American life or spend one American dollar (about, what, 77 cents to you?) to defend you.
Dear madam idiot - in reply to your c) rebuttal I offer this. "I" gave the order in a training exercise in 1992 to shoot down a "bullet" with a "bullet". In actuality it was even tougher and easier than this - bother were guided 'bullets'.
I was supposed to call off my bullet at the last minute to save some money - unfortunately we missed that button. In the end my sailors cheered loudly with the knowledge that they kicked ass. This was following a 9 month operational trudge to protect my country as well as your sorry asses.
Oh - and my degree is in Physics - so don't give me that cockamammy bull about this not working - it works so shut the hell up.
"If we defend ourselves, it will make our enemies mad and make us into bigger targets."
Man, I hate that kind of defeatist talk. It's the whine of the coward and the appeaser.
Thank heaven we don't have any politicians who talk that way here in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
That's not spelling. That's British.
They can't spell "color" or "honor", amongst many, either.
Anyone else get an e-mail response?
I think she had a bit of class sending out replies and explaining her point - more than Rather has....
But...Madame....two strikes....three and yer out!
I didn't get a reply. Guess I was one of the crude ones. Though all I said was that I was glad that I had moved out of Canada and had become a U.S. citizen because of people like her.
I am sure she received very few supportive commentary. She is a dumb lying bitch, irrelavant, move on.
I think the Canadian $ is worth about 77 cents US today. That would translate to US$1.00 being worth C$1.30.
I did and in response, ripped her an even bigger one for sending me such nonsense. This is the most pathetic ass covering excuse I have ever seem, even for a Toronto liberal. Ask an Alberta rancher if cross border trade has not been affected by her and her co-horts.
This was my letter to the CANUK PM:
I was happy to read today that Canada is still up there somewhere past Minnesota. I've actually been to Canada several times. It's kind of cute how you have your own money and everything.
As one of those "idiot...bastards" to whom you often refer, I would like to apologize for giving you such a tremendous inferiority complex. I know we are bigger, richer, more productive, (and worst of all) stronger than your Canada, but it isn't our fault, we aren't even trying that hard.
I'm sure if more Americans would just try to remember that Canada exists, we would try harder to mention you once in a while, whilst doing important things out in the world. Until then try to remember that Canada is important in its own way and that you don't have to base your existence on ours. There now, I hope you feel better about yourself and us.
Your friend to the south,
Doug
I'm going to sleep on my reply - it just gets hotter and hotter and isn't good for my blood pressure! lol
She probably didn't see more than a few of the e-mails, and had one of her "people" draft up the appropriate response...
Can you imagine working day after day taking directions from that creature? No doubt she blames the underlings for most of her problems and gets away with it.
Here was my response, with her letter and my origninal letter.
M.P. Parrish,
Thank you for the response to my letter:
If your comments were personally written: I thank you for at least having a bit of courage.
If your commets were some form letter written in smugness: You confirmed my original perception of you.
Your Ignorant, Bastard in the USA,
Doug
To: Doug
Subject: RE: Hello from the USA
Dear Sir or Madam:
Thank you for your email on Missile Defence/"Idiots" statement. We received over 7000 letters & emails and therefore cannot respond to them individually.
If your comments were positive: They were generally based on a fear of missile defence for a variety of sound and thoughtful reasons, a respect for free speech or an understanding that Canada was well down the path toward signing on to this fiasco without a thorough public debate. You obviously recognize I was not criticizing American citizens as a whole, I was in fact criticizing politicians on both sides of the border who were blindly committing to such an outrageous proposal! For your support and kind words, I sincerely thank you.
If your comments were constructively critical: I appreciate your arguments and points of view. The basic arguments presented were: a) The language used was hurting the cause b) The U.S. deserves complete support because they're our main trade partner or c) The U.S. defends us and ensures our safety.
To respond:
a) The language used was perhaps bold, but it expressed an honest frustration at the lack of attention Canadians were paying to such an important issue, allowing it to slip "under the radar" of public debate. I offer no apology for passion or moral indignation.
b) Our trade partnership with the U.S. is reciprocal and interdependent. Trade did not end when Canada refused to enter the war in Iraq. My off-the-cuff comment will have no effect on trade.
c) Based on the serious criticisms of hundreds of scientists, scholars and former U.S. military personnel, one must conclude that the missile defence system, as proposed, will not work. You can't "shoot down a bullet with a bullet." It will challenge our mutual enemies to develop more exotic missiles and therefore accelerate the arms race, making us an even greater target for terrorists.
If your comments were crude, vile or threatening: I offer no response. Thank goodness you were part of a very small group.
For those that naively believe that Canada would never join such an enterprise, consider the words of former Defence Minister David Pratt...
"In light of the growing threat involving the proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction, we should explore extending this partnership to include co-operation in missile defence.
We should continue to explore appropriate technical, political and financial arrangements related to the potential defence of Canada and the U.S. against missile attack... Our staffs should discuss ways in which Canada could contribute to this effort."
Proposal by David Pratt, former Minister of National Defence
January 15, 2004
For more information and the truth about missile defence, please visit my website at www.carolynparrish.ca
Again, thank you for your messages and your concerns.
Sincerely,
Carolyn Parrish, M.P.
Mississauga-Erindale
Sent: August 27, 2004 11:26 AM
To: Parrish, Carolyn - M.P.
I was happy to read today that Canada is still up there somewhere past Minnesota. I've actually been to Canada several times. It's kind of cute how you have your own money and everything.
As one of those "idiot...bastards" to whom you often refer, I would like to apologize for giving you such a tremendous inferiority complex. I know we are bigger, richer, more productive, (and worst of all) stronger than your Canada, but it isn't our fault, we aren't even trying that hard.
I'm sure if more Americans would just try to remember that Canada exists, we would try harder to mention you once in a while, whilst doing important things out in the world. Until then try to remember that Canada is important in its own way and that you don't have to base your existence on ours. There now, I hope you feel better about yourself and us.
Your friend to the south,
Doug
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