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Canada's image lies in tatters.
The Guardian (UK) ^ | November 30, 2009 | George Monbiot

Posted on 12/01/2009 12:02:37 PM PST by caveat emptor

When you think of Canada, which qualities come to mind? The world's peacekeeper, the friendly nation, a liberal counterweight to the harsher pieties of its southern neighbour, decent, civilised, fair, well-governed? Think again. This country's government is now behaving with all the sophistication of a chimpanzee's tea party. So amazingly destructive has Canada become, and so insistent have my Canadian friends been that I weigh into this fight, that I've broken my self-imposed ban on flying and come to Toronto.

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TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: canada; climaquiddick; climatechange; energy; globalwarming; gorebullwarming; leftists; monbiot; moonbat
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Until now I believed that the nation that has done most to sabotage a new climate change agreement was the United States. I was wrong. The real villain is Canada. Unless we can stop it, the harm done by Canada in December 2009 will outweigh a century of good works....Canada now threatens the wellbeing of the world....The tar barons have held the nation to ransom. This thuggish petro-state is today the greatest obstacle to a deal in Copenhagen.

Go Canada. Thanks to Mark Steyn for this one.
1 posted on 12/01/2009 12:02:38 PM PST by caveat emptor
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To: caveat emptor

Anything that pisses Monbiot off, I’m for. My congratulations, Canada!


2 posted on 12/01/2009 12:04:27 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

Gimme a Molsons !


3 posted on 12/01/2009 12:09:09 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: caveat emptor

Monbiot = MOON BAT LOL


4 posted on 12/01/2009 12:11:10 PM PST by Nat Turner
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To: caveat emptor

“The Guardian (UK)” .... “by George Monbiot”

No need to read any further. I’d rather impale my eyes with rusty nails.


5 posted on 12/01/2009 12:12:47 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
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To: caveat emptor

Canada is probably the least offensive country on earth. What set this loon off? Oh, I guess it must be their conservative govt.


6 posted on 12/01/2009 12:13:36 PM PST by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: caveat emptor

I haven’t been this proud of my country in 50 years. GO CANADA. GO HARPER.


7 posted on 12/01/2009 12:15:11 PM PST by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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To: caveat emptor
Canada's image lies in tatters

And, of course, "image" is much more important than reality to the idiot Left. Ask 0bama!

8 posted on 12/01/2009 12:15:11 PM PST by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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To: saganite

it’s that they won’t commit fiscal suicide by shutting-down their oil industry for the sake of a global climate deal


9 posted on 12/01/2009 12:15:17 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: caveat emptor

“The world’s peacekeeper, the friendly nation, a liberal counterweight to the harsher pieties of its southern neighbour, decent, civilised, fair, well-governed?”

Nope, never thought of Canada as any of those.


10 posted on 12/01/2009 12:15:34 PM PST by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: caveat emptor

Another scum from the UK whining about his betters. Glad he’s the brits’s problem and not ours.


11 posted on 12/01/2009 12:16:26 PM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: caveat emptor
Read the emails, Moonbat. Canada isn't endangering anyone. It's the science fraud you believe in that endangers our economy.
12 posted on 12/01/2009 12:16:37 PM PST by colorado tanker (What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
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To: caveat emptor

if I had a link to video of Sunday’s Grey Cup I’d post it here. Four guys did an absolutely beautiful acapella version of Oh Canada.


13 posted on 12/01/2009 12:16:40 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: caveat emptor

Right up there with Tigers woods image.


14 posted on 12/01/2009 12:16:40 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead. Bonus tag line: FAIL 246, Obama 0)
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To: caveat emptor

Apparently the leftis doing all they can to overlook the fact that the global climate change facts just aren’t and were being manipulated? Do they realize hw stupid they look in insisting that it is fake but acurate?


15 posted on 12/01/2009 12:16:44 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: Billthedrill

P!$$ off and go away, Monbiot.


16 posted on 12/01/2009 12:18:07 PM PST by coydog (Time to feed the pigs!)
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To: caveat emptor

Congratulations Canada. .You have canned the enviro religion and have decided to protect Canada’s industries.

And what if there is a mess, in the tar sands area? Take a look at the area concerned comapared to the rest of Canada that is completely pristine. That will give one an accurate picture of proportion.The area cooncerned is a dot in the rest of the countries pristine resources.And no talk from him on startegic importance of oil? OOoooops? Did he just leave it out?

I love to hear enviroweenies whine in the morning.


17 posted on 12/01/2009 12:18:39 PM PST by Candor7 ((The effective weapons Against Fascism are ridicule, derision, and truth (.Member NRA))
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To: fanfan
GO CANADA.
18 posted on 12/01/2009 12:19:58 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: caveat emptor
So amazingly destructive has Canada become, and so insistent have my Canadian friends been that I weigh into this fight, that I've broken my self-imposed ban on flying and come to Toronto.

He could have just sent an email.

19 posted on 12/01/2009 12:20:31 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (Troll babysitter for hire. Will work for Christmas cookies.)
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It is now clear that Canada will refuse to be sanctioned for abandoning its legal obligations.

I'd say Canada is on the path to wisdom.

20 posted on 12/01/2009 12:20:48 PM PST by oyez ( damnant quod non intelligunt)
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