Or just general reactionary anti-Americanism.
There would be no basketball, five-pin bowling and, quite predictably, no snowmobiles, snowblowers or goalie masks.
And you say that like these were all good things or something...
The first Caesar was poured in downtown Calgary and though we didn't invent beer, we perfected it.
If by "perfected it" you mean "brewed a horribly tasting, horse urine smelling beer", then congratu-freakin'-lations on being the dumb drunks of North America.
As Canadians, we don't need a military parade or a war to affirm our patriotism -- which comes in the quiet confidence of tolerance.
Hey, I've got an idea, how about our military meets your "quiet confidence of tolerance" at the 49th parallel and we'll see who lasts the longest.
As a result, we are free to travel the world with our flag proudly displayed on our backpacks, our clothing and even our skin.
And I'm free to make fun of you and remind you of what a worthless existance Canadians leads.
We bicker about our differences with Quebec, and at times, some of our francophone brothers and sisters threaten to leave. But in the end, destiny and a referendum always keep us together.
That and you're both just different forms of the same socialist pipe dream.
So, no matter how much guys like me groan about government, whine about the weather or harp about the headlines, we're not dumb
Speak for yourself.
At the risk of sounding like a beer commercial...
And at the risk of sounding like someone urinated in my corn flakes this morning, well, someone did. The only difference between you and me is that you bottle it, sell it, and call it Molson Ice.
All good point/counter-point issues you raised....honestly, though....I read the Canadian Sun newspapers as often as I can....and I have found that (as a whole) they DO espouse the (rare) Conservative views here in a largely LIEberal country....the author of this article was more than likely taking a break from all the negative news about Paul Martin, "same-sex marriage" and the like up here to come up with some POSITIVE things about Canada (and he had to reach just a LITTLE deep for some of them too!) :-)