Posted on 06/28/2005 8:06:39 AM PDT by veronica
Canada, to me, was always that mild-mannered nation to the north, full of friendlies who liked Americans and admired America.
I've been there several times and always felt welcomed.
The streets were scrubbed. The gardens were radiant. The people beamed.
Watching TV at a Toronto hotel bar, I recall seeing a local news broadcast where the street reporters wore matching polo shirts and carried tiny video cameras (which they pointed at themselves) as they rushed about the city delivering news on ribbon cuttings, check passings, dropped candy bar wrappers and such.
"This is paradise," I thought as I lit up a Cuban cigar, which, unlike Toronto, didn't live up to its hype.
But then came teenager Travis Biehn, the Canadian citizen living here in Bucks County.
Cops say Biehn spent the spring plotting to blow up his high school, Central Bucks East.
Since I wrote about Biehn, I've been dogged by a creepy e-mailer with a Canadian Yahoo! address bearing the enigmatic handle "antiamerikan2000@yahoo.com.ca."
A sample:
"When I consume, I now make a conscious effort to minimize my purchase of AmeriKan-made products. When my family travels in the winter, we go to Cuba instead of Florida; in summertime, it's Europe (which pleases my wife as she's European and you folks generally disgust her)."
And this:
"Today, on our way home from work, we were following an old couple from Texas. At every stop I yelled at them, "[Bleep]Bush!" ... a half dozen times at least.
"I yelled loud and, judging by their movements, they indeed heard me. (Every time I screamed, they turned to each other).
"When it came time for us to pass them, I gave them the finger and yelled into their open window, "[Bleep] You Iraqi Children Murderers!"
Here's one from last Thursday, commenting on terrorists killing American soldiers in Iraq: "I suppose you won't be surprised when I tell you that I'm overjoyed every time an AmeriKan Invader is killed by the resistance."
Crackpot stuff, right?
Maybe not. I recall my experience with several Canadian journalists last summer in Boston at the Democratic National Convention.
One afternoon, Michael Moore, the lefty mockumentary director, and Howard Dean, a former Democratic presidential candidate, were on a double bill to speak at a hotel outside of town.
The first five or so rows in the hotel ballroom were media.
Reporters all around me applauded both men. In fact, when Moore finished, some media members joined the ovation.
On the way out, I struck up a conversation with three enthusiastic media applauders. They told me they were covering the event for several Canadian news outfits.
I asked why they applauded. One told me she hated Bush. Another said Americans are warmongers and "jingoistic."
How widespread is this attitude in Canada?
Last year, a survey of Canadian teenagers found 40 percent see America as a force of "evil" in the world. More than 60 percent of French-Canadian teens said the same. (French. It figures.)
I don't know if my e-mailer is French-Canadian. When I asked him to reveal his name, he wouldn't. This is because he owns his own business and many of his accounts are in the United States, he said.
I guess if his clients knew he adores the island paradise of Cuba, shouts obscenities at old folks from Texas and cheers the death of American kids in Iraq, he'd jeopardize all that evil AmeriKan cash he pockets.
Socialist Canada would not be sh$t without the USA. They rely on the US military to protect thier sorry asses becuse they are too politically correct and are afraid of offending anbody by actually having a military to defend themselves. They are ripe for an Islamofacist takeover and they deserve what they get. We then (the US military) won't have far to travel to drain the swamp.
Canadian high schools are worse than ours.
Here is how the ancestories of the Tories treat their people now.....one step into Communism:
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2005/06/25/1103871-sun.html
Next they'll be advising their elderly when to off themselves for being a burden on society.
Imagine the hell of being a pro-freedom person in a pro-socialist nation, disagreeing profoundly even with your own family and having to muzzle it to survive.
That's my lot in life.
As an adult, I traveled to Canada on business several times. Before 2000, it was pretty much the same. There was never a problem entering or leaving the country. I would hear a few good-natured “Yank” jokes, but that was about it. “Toronto,” a friend observed, “is New York run by the Swiss.”
The Swiss have left the building.
In 2000 – and note, this was before 9/11 – I had to go to Toronto again on business. I checked with both the airline and the Canadian consulate about required documentation, and both agreed that a passport was not really necessary. When I got to Canada, I was stopped by one of the rudest, most hostile customs officials I have ever met in my life. I had no passport! I was obviously attempting to sneak into Canada for some obviously nefarious reason!
I was subjected to a protracted grilling, with frequent reminders that "Canada is a separate country, you know," and "This isn't the United States." When I said I was trying to enter Canada to produce some commercials, instead of being glad I was spending thousands of dollars there, the official demanded to know if I thought Canadians were incapable of making commercials on their own. She only backed off when I said that if I weren’t welcome, I wouldn’t make a fuss, I’d just cancel the job and do it in the United States ... using American actors and an American studio. I was squinting at her name tag and writing down her name at that moment.
She finally let me pass. I’ve never booked another job in Canada, and it’s about the last place I’ll consider working in or visiting again.
Canada, like Europe, has become a forty-something live-at-home lout who contributes nothing to household expenses but insists on using the car whenever he likes and controlling the television clicker while bad-mouthing his parents to his fellow-louts.
Canada's military is non-existent.
Pity, it was once (circa WWII) an honorable country.
I don't.
On the rare instances where I hear a Canadian ranting, I usually respond with "Hey, I heard y'all have your own country up there! I thought that it was just a made up country in Strange Brew. Is it always snowy there, or what?"
Definitely hate, at least from the punk, and some envy.
But I suspect . . . tainted beef. (Segue to "Crazy" by Patsy Cline)
They're not all like that. I was engaged to a Canadian for awhile and he loved the US. He was a journalist for a pro-American paper in Toronto. He did love Canada, but also saw its warts. He completely understood that but for the freedom and protection of the US, Canada would not exist. He felt he had the best of both worlds and was eternally grateful to the US.
lets do the canucks a favor, give them the red states
This is nothing new. Back during the Vietnam war era many Canadians were hostile towards Americans. Of course, not all Canadians are bad. Some of them have a good sense of humor. "Kids in the Hall" was a pretty funny show. I remember when they had Margaret Trudeau running around. She was pretty funny. Maybe the Canadians need to lighten up a bit more often.
I think you hit a big part of the "Hate America" phenomenon right there.
Let's face it. We could take the place in a week. What have they got economically or militarily that could stop us?
On the other hand, they couldn't take the US over given the rest of eternity.
Personally, I think it's an inferiority complex. They have to yell and scream about how much better they are because they wish they were the top dog.
Hating America for no reason is a gutless choice.
Of course, what can you expect from a country whose greatest exports are "Red Green" and "The Cat Came Back"
Robert Kagan explains the behavior of Canada and others very succinctly. Throughout history weak nations most always oppose those countries strong enough to do what they themselves cannot do. Call it envy, call it insecurity, poor self-esteem or whatever you will but it's entirely consistent with the historical behavior of can't do nations.
Kagan's theory also quite nicely explains the behavior of France, Germany and the other Axis of Weasels countries during the runup to the Iraq operation. Very simply, the actions of strong countries(US) reminds weak countries(Canada, France) how weak and powerless they really are.
Not.
I am not down on Canada. Hey, we have far more of these mental leftists midgets than Canada has citizens. I travel to BC and Alberta quite a bit and with the exception of Nelson BC, I can’t even tell the difference when I cross the border. Nelson is the Berkley of Canada.
Do you know how many Canadians volunteered and fought in Vietnam ? After reading the posts here I doubt if any of them would have cared what the US was doing . Certainly not now. Envy has nothing to do with it and humour only goes so far .
As a red-stater myself, I'm more inclined to give them the blue states. Or the blue counties ......
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