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...to protect his wimpy ass. That’s the situation here. That’s our relationship.

Canada was in WWII in 1939 - served with valor in the RAF, Mt Casino, D Day etc. So when did we protect his"wimpy ass"? They are the second largest country in the world, after Russia, but have the population of California. On a per capita basis one might even say they have as strong a military, given population, as we do. They are in Afghanistan. They, presently under Harper, have a more conservative government than we will have if a Dem or McCain is elected.

Currently Canadian oil and natural gas is protecting our environmentalist "wimpy ass" from total dependence on the middle east and the Gulf of Mexico.

They have developed shale/tar sands oil in both Eastern and Northern Alberta. They have so much natural gas at present they are capping wells because they cannot export it all profitably. They are also drilling in the Arctic, while we cannot for the same environmental reasons. They are saving our bacon at present. Do not bite the hand that feeds you.

"Currently Canadian oil and natural gas is protecting our environmentalist "wimpy ass" from total dependence on the middle east and the Gulf of Mexico."

...well said. California is also using lawyers against oil production in Alberta with demands for money, due to California's penchant for using the environmentalism front for its extortions.

Now hold up a second.

That was clumsy language on my part but what I was trying to say is that Canada and the United States are so closely related, we’re family. Our disagreements over stuff like Iraq or gay marriage is an argument at the dinner table.

I was drawing comparisons in our relationship to a family dynamic because that’s what it is. The US is the older brother. Canada is the kid brother. The kid brother scored a killer gig (oil), we’re sharing in the bounty. We’re also going to pay large for what we’re getting, but ... figuratively speaking, we’re sharing the bounty.

I wasnt going for literalism with the wimp thing, I just meant .. that’s the family dynamic. Canada is the younger brother. Big brothers have to break a few heads sometimes on the kid bro’s behalf. It was a just a figurative drawing of a family dynamic. Not literal.

I know Canada got the toughest beaches. I know Canada has the most brutal part of Afghanistan. I know some of the boys are coming back dead and the Canadian public still supports the mission.

I even know the CFL is an inherantly better game than the NFL, because the downs force more hustle.

They have so much natural gas at present they are capping wells because they cannot export it all profitably.

False. Canadian Natural Gas fields are being depleted. The amount of Natural Gas we import from Canada has been declining and will continue to decline. It is why we are building LNG terminals in the US to import more Natural Gas from places like Qatar and Russia.