Angry Canuck: Canadian PM Paul Martin Hates America
Posted on 12/16/2005 11:41:14 AM PST by goldstategop
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has a problem. With us.
We are Canada's #1 trading partner. 90% of all Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S. border. The failing Canadian economy--with bloated taxes (including the regressive G.S.T.), a plague-ridden socialized national health care system (the best do not become doctors there), scores of people on welfare (New Foundland, anyone?), and a province where people who pretend not to know English insist on speaking a foreign language and want to become a foreign country.
So why is Paul Martin attacking America on the campaign trail? Because he's desperate to get re-elected. And a lot of Canadians--who benefit greatly from a favorable business relationship with the U.S.--hate us. Yes, Paul Martin is a political prostitute, and he's adding fuel to the fire.
Angry Canuck: Canadian PM Paul Martin Hates America
Martin is blaming America for all of Canada's ills. From gang shootings in Toronto to global warming, anything happening in Canada is officially our fault. It might help if Canada didn't have gun control and law-abiding Canadians were allowed to protect themselves against criminals. Martin is mad that we won't sign the Kyoto treaty, but why should we sign an agreement that will put our great country into economic Siberia, when other countries that produce the most pollution won't sign it? I don't see Martin criticizing India and China in his campaign.
It's not like we don't have our own legitimate beefs with Canada--like why they continue to allow pseudoephedrine to be produced in his country and smuggled here, when it's a well-known meth ingredient. Canada won't outlaw the chemical, despite our pleas. Canada won't allow their border guards to be armed, causing security concerns for us on this side of the border.
The country's terrorism investigations are so lax as to be almost non-existent. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) hasn't done much. Take Abdullah Khadr, who ran an Al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. He's now living free in Toronto, while our own country holds his brother--who killed a U.S. Army medic in Afghanistan--where the enrie Khadr family really belongs, Gitmo. The RCMP is "investigating." Whatever.
Remember Ahmed Ressam, the "Millenium Bomber"? He was a Canadian export to the U.S. And then, there is that little problem where Canada welcomed terrorist group Hezbollah until only recently, despite years of requests by our government and many concerned Canadians, too.
What does Martin say about this? Mum's the word.
Ironically, Martin came to power in December 2003 promising to repair relations with the United States. But he's making things worse. With a much stronger Canadian dollar these days, Canada can ill afford to attack the nationality of the dwindling number of U.S. tourists and shoppers.
Time for Paul Martin to put up or shut up. But he won't. Instead, he's escalated his attacks. When U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins asked for an end to the attacks on America, Martin told him not to dictate to him and admonished him to stay out of Canadian elections.
In America, we remember our friends AND our enemies--even if they border us to the North on our own hemisphere.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Bushfault!
They keep up this attitude we ain't gonna let them become a State!
Beer-sodden hockey-playing socialist twits.
Debbie Schlussel missed a golden opportunity to level some valid criticism at Paul Martin and the government of Canada. She comes across as a half-witted moron when she writes incomplete sentences (see first paragraph), posts erroneous information (failing Canadian economy?), and doesn't know how to spell "Newfoundland."
It's a time-honored tradition that when in big trouble at home, attack some outsider and blame them for all your troubles!
No kidding. Her facts are loose too. I'm wondering if this is because they can't shoot at incomng traffic from the US border . Or out going from ours ?
Canada won't allow their border guards to be armed, causing security concerns for us on this side of the border.
Same rules as Michelle Malkin threads!
Hey, it's a beautiful place, and by and large the people seem (excluding Quebec) friendly. But the economy is not a raging tiger.
Overall, I'd say she pictured your boy Martin quite well!
It's easy to blame the US, the eviction of Saddam Hussein was/is very unpopular in Canada.
I was in Canada and talking to a group of Canadians last week about the war thing. I explained to them about how Saddam was not following the terms of surrender from 1991, That's why we threw him out. I then asked a question about the UN and asked should the UN have any teeth. When the response was in the affirmative I then asked who exactly was going to provided the money, materiel and men to make those teeth sharp. The response was US. At that point I asked why then is the US not within it's rights to act unilaterally against Saddam who was in violation of the UN Res. 1441 and and other resolutions. They instinctively agreed that the US was right and that they have only been presented a certain set of facts by the international/hate-America media. The best thing to do is ignore Martin...he's toast and he knows it.
Scores? As in multiples of 20? That must be awesome for Canada to have only 40, 60, 80 or perhaps even a hundred people on welfare.
Ping.
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And if you do visit in 2006, you will need a passport to re-ente the U.S. Just a heads up.
And if misspellings were her only problem, then you might have a point. Any slim credibility she may have had after spelling formal place names incorrectly pretty much disappeared when she couldn't even get her facts right.
If Canada's economy is in bad shape, then this doesn't speak very well for the United States. As someone who does business on both sides of the border, I can tell you that from an overall standpoint Canada is a better climate for business right now than the U.S.
I'm not just making that up, either . . . the global currency market reflects this sentiment, too. Against the U.S. dollar, the Canadian dollar is 6% stronger today than it was a year ago, 13% stronger than it was two years ago, and 35% stronger than it was three years ago.
A short drive through New Brunswick should convince anyone they've just entered a third-world country.
As opposed to what -- Detroit? Los Angeles?
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