Doesn't this Canuck Cluck have a line to stand in for healthcare or something?
Posted on 11/14/2004 2:46:10 PM PST by quidnunc
This, too, shall pass.
The United States will muddle through, as it's muddled through before, because the idea of America, and the system that sustains it, is bigger and braver and more enduring than any single subpar president or collective brain cramp of the populace.
But it's so damn sad anyway. Once again, as Franklin Roosevelt put it, the only thing to fear was fear itself, only this time fear won. Bombast won, the Big Lie won. And of course George W. Bush won, with his staunch certainties in a scary world and his skilled retailing of "moral values" to an increasingly conservative base. Because this is what happened in the U.S. election: with jobs disappearing, deficits running rampant, their kids being killed in Iraq saving the world from nonexistent weapons, Americans rushed to the polls to keep gays from marrying and women from having abortions. The culture war somehow trumped the Iraq war — evidence of an America not only fiercely divided but in deep denial.
The world, by the way, lost. So did reason, the poor, African-Americans, stem-cell research, the air and water, gun control, the cause of basic competence, the belief that the truth will out.
I thought John Kerry would win and I was wrong. I thought so because the majority of Americans told pollsters they didn't like where the nation was headed. The ship of state was steaming straight for an iceberg, the captain too stubborn to change course — but in the end the people were too frightened or too distracted to change captains.
This, too, shall pass. Eventually, with who-knows-what consequences.
-snip-
(Excerpt) Read more at macleans.ca ...
Note to Canada: Once you become a world power, let us know. Until then, STFU.
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Doesn't this Canuck Cluck have a line to stand in for healthcare or something?
The world, by the way, lost. So did reason, the poor, African-Americans, stem-cell research, the air and water, gun control, the cause of basic competence, the belief that the truth will out.<<<<<<<<<<<
Give me a break you are turning my stomach.
For once Im glad you didnt post the whole article..
Did John 'Bombast' Kerry win in a recount?
Wow. This is one of the most shallow whines I've seen yet. How old is the author, 13?
"the majority of Americans told pollsters they didn't like where the nation was headed."
Nowhere does it state "the majority of Americans told pollsters they didn't like where President George Bush was leading the country."
Do you think perhaps Americans don't like where the media's propaganda is going?
Thanks, but no thanks. That was more than enough. What a major whiner!
I lived in Canada (not anymore) and still cannot fathom their arrogance and pomposity. There country is one vote away from dividing...yet they continue to point fingers and take on a (delusional) air of superiority.
I think the key words in his article should be highlighted: "I was wrong..." Need we say more...
Man, almost two weeks since the election and these guys are STILL crying. I'm not sure if it's better when they are angry, or when they are whining. Best of all, though, was right after the election, when they were clinically depressed. I think that is the best attitude for them, since emotional stability does not seem to be one of their options.
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How,pray tell,did the African Americans lose? I really would like to hear the explanation for that assumption.
None of the rest make sense either, but we nasty,racist,bigotted Americans are always picking on the African Americans according to some.
The phrase he was looking for was, "Women and minorities hardest hit." What a maroon!
Some articles make me want to go out and buy another gun just to be contrary. This is one of them.
Thinking.
This may take a while.
Any chance this writer is the guy seen waving the Red and White Maple Leaf Flag over Arafats new place of lodging the other day???
Bush won, so did the unborn, stem cell research (the only President to ever publicly fund ANY stem cell research, adult or otherwise), so did morality, decency, the rule of law, the voters, and vietnam-vets (for a change).
The losers: Sadaam, Uday, Qusay, the terrorists, Osama, liberals, and one of the biggest losers: the lawyers....
These Canadians are getting on my last nerve.
Don't even want to talk to any of my relatives up there.
Let's see, are people jumping on rickety, leaking boats and fleeing to Canada to taste freedom?
How many people are flooding their borders for a chance to work and make a decent living?
Maybe this writer will become relevant when they do!
What an absolute sphincter.
That's about it I guess.
Here is stark evidence of this writer's vapidity. In his shallow analysis he failed to recognize that the dis-satisfaction cuts both ways.
If you asked me I would certainly say I am not happy with the direction our nation is headed. But that dis-satisfaction has much less to do with the Republicans than it does with the democrats.
I think it should read; Until then, STFU, A!
:-)
Couldn't resist, worked with a bunch of Canadians last week, some OK with GWB, most fear the end of socialism.
5.56mm
PS - you might want to send Bobby a note:
bob.levin@macleans.rogers.com
This is beyond pathetic.
Well???
I would love Mr. Bush to take on the fight to end outsourcing jobs by giving Ford, Chrysler, and GM HUGE tax breaks to CLOSE their auto plants in Canada. Without those jobs...you might hear the Canadians singing a different tune.
Hey Levin, you're entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts. Oh, I just noticed, you didn't include any facts.
World Aircraft Carrier list. Canada is not on it.
http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/summary.htm
If the complaints showed a little originality they might be entertaining, or tolerable at least. This guy was "in Europe in the 70's". A cave in Greenland, where he still resides? As bland and lame as McLean's mag is, I'm still surprised that they would publish such recycled uninspired pap.
Four More Years of Freedom
Man, this guy is off his meds.
Most interesting fact about Canada (from the World Fact Book):
Land use:
arable land: 4.96%
permanent crops: 0.02%
other: 95.02% (2001)
I make that to be USABLE land about the size of Minnesota.
So, Canada has a smaller population and GDP of California and even less usable land.
We probably might allow it to be a territory like the Virgin Islands. I don't think there is enough there to be a real State.
hey cantada... who stands on guard for thee?
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