"I lo-o-o-ove you ma-a-a-an!"
"Yer, (urp)... yer not so-o-o tough!!"
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My prediction? This piece will once again fall upon deaf ears in the Great White North.
The Left will dismiss it, the moderates (that means almost every non-Left person from the east of Sudbury) will say "we are not entitled to follow this: this is none of our business!". And the conservatives will like it, but half of them are from Alberta, and the other half are already living in the States.
Canada is drowning in irrelevance. We keep throwing them a line that they refuse to take. Then they whine that we have ignored their plight.
Skrew em!
Great article! Yes, Bush is reshaping the course for the next hundred years. Just wondering, if anyone could comment, how do Candadians define themselves, it seems they do so in terms of "anything but that roudy obnoxious bunch south of the border". What is Canadian identity?
I’d be willing to bet that three-quarters of Americans don’t even think about Canada for decades at the time. Not as friends, not as enemies, not as anything.
I know I think of Canada about as often as I think of Senegal.
We definitely should have been directly involved. I hope we will be actively involved going forward. Our cooperation on missile defence will get the ball rolling.
One side takes bribes from the Iraqi dictator and keeps the Iraqi people in bondage, the other spends it's own money and blood to free the Iraqi people from their bondage. Which side is more compassionate: the "bellicose, simple-minded, uncouth, reactionary" Americans, or the "principled" UN?
I have a certain affection for some Canadians, especially walleyes. Dipped in batter, fried in butter, on the shoreline, this represents some of the best Canadians. And duck potatoes wrapped in foil, roasted on red hot coals, this is the tastiest of Canadians, and no better mix of Canadians can be found on earth. Add in boiled cattail flower spikes, munched like miniature corn-on-the-cob, and you have the best Canadians that Canada offers.
Okay, Canadians brew good beer, too. See you next year.
-...many Canadians indulge in caricatures of an America that Bush supposedly represents -- bellicose, simple-minded, uncouth, reactionary.-
Let me get my cryin' towel, my feewings are hurt.
They are just jealous because they are taxed more than we are.
Remember when Canada was part of America?
What are they a part of now?
(and, what part is that?)
"I lo-o-o-ove you ma-a-a-an!"
"Yer, (urp)... yer not so-o-o tough!!"
Must be bad up there without NHL Hockey. So now the blind up there have to beat up on the President.
Oh well......
Did you watch the KanuKs sitting on their Kollective hands while Bush spoke to them today? The only thing they seemed to think worthy of note was the mention of the NHL.
USA Conservatives have a very simple creed. “Lead, follow, or get the f**k out of the way.” If you love freedom, get onboard. If you don’t love freedom, get the f**k out of our way.
It is easy to view someone as bellicose, simple and reactionary when they are the one who is required to take action, and you are the one who gets to sit back reap the benefit of their action.
I like Canada, I think they are a fine country with a great history. They fought well in WWII and Korea. But if Canadians are not going to get behind us on this, and instead, side with the UN, then I would just as soon have no truck with them. It is one thing to take action that protects grateful, helpful people. It is another to shed blood and money for obstructionist ingrates.
Canada has a very bad case of little brother syndrome.
Great essay. I wonder how many Canadians read it and let the meaning sink in.