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Normally I don't have much use for Cannucks, because all we hear from them are the loudmouths like that one lady (witch) pol up there.

But this is a great gesture that deserves some notice.

Here's one American that says "Thanks Canada"

I've spent a lot of time in Canada. It's like living in a country whose only network is PBS. Most of the people are fine, but they do get an extremely distorted picture of the U.S.

By dwelling on the imperfections of their neighbor to the south, they fall into to the dangerous habit of minimizing or overlooking the gross defects in the rest of world. In the minds of many Canadians the people shredders of Iraq were preferrable to the liberators from Fort Bragg. Also, dwelling on the imperfections of the Americans gives certain Canadians a smug self-satisfaction which allows them to ignore - or worse defend - problems in Canada.

Anyway, I want to keep this thread positive. I prefer life in America to Canada, but Canada is a free and prosperous country and I hope they remain free and become more prosperous in the future. If I didn't live in America, Canada would be my second choice. (Psst, don't tell 'em, but people in the rest of the world can't tell the difference. It's Germans and Austrians to us.)

... because all we hear from them are the loudmouths like that one lady (witch) pol up there.

Unfortuneately, that is what happens when the majority of the media is left-leaning. Myself and other Canucks try to post what positive items we can. However, they don't generate the interest that the negative media does.

It actually does happen quite frequently. In the West, BC firefighters helped out with the California fires last year while BC Hydro crews often go into Washington State and Oregon to help after a Pacific storm. Telus (their phone company) helped bring up the system just last year after a storm. When I visit our Pacific Northwest office, I often see some Western Canadian utility there.

In fact, it is such a common occurrence that it hardly makes the news.

And, of course, North is right: nice deeds don't make the headlines. But one deranged b*tch with an asinine comment and all hell breaks loose.