More to that point: I just paid a visit to DUmmieland and there is absolutely NO mention of the decision. Not in Breaking News, not in their Canada forum, not in their Health Care forum. The American Left is yet again in denial and yet again being woefully ignorant of the Canadian mindset. They are trying to pretend that there is no huge dissatisfaction with our health care system and they are in denial of the fact that we are now realizing that the problem has little to do with money and a lot to do with principle. For my part, here in Canada I will continue to point out to my contrymen that in spite of the similarities between our Liberals and your Democrats the fact remains that Canada's best friends in the Oval Office have all been Republicans and that Canada's worst enemies in the White House and Congress have all been Democrats. And every time a fellow Canadian boasts (rightly IMO) about our role in the abolition of slavery in your country I will point out that it was a Republican president who finally got rid of it and that it was the Democrats who supported it and who were enacting Jim Crow legislation and encouraging the lynchings. I will also point out to any Canadian or American I meet that our role in the Abolitionist struggle had nothing to do with Yank-bashing and everything to do with the fact that the Underground Railroad was inspired by the old-fashioned Canadian value of our hatred for bullies. I will further point out that our efforts played a part in the painful process in America of discovering, examining and ultimately correcting a fatal flaw in their Constitution and over the ensuing century and a half our American friends have handsomely repaid us for the favour. And finally I will tell everyone whom I meet that we are doing the world an enormous favour by serving as an example of how two ornery, cranky, boorish, obnoxious neighbours can share an unguarded border without once sending our soldiers across it to kill people and break things.
You might also point out that, during the debate on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it was Democratic Senators who opposed the legislation, and it was Democrats who filibustered against it. It took the efforts of the Senate Minority Leader at the time (Sen. Everett Dirksen) to pass the landmark act.
"And finally I will tell everyone whom I meet that we are doing the world an enormous favour by serving as an example of how two ornery, cranky, boorish, obnoxious neighbours can share an unguarded border without once sending our soldiers across it to kill people and break things"
Ornery? Maybe Cranky? Sometimes
Boorish? Compared to what other countries?
Obnoxious? I hardly think so.