‘Merger of the Century,’ Combining America, Canada, Emerges as Quixotic Cause

The New York Sun ^ | January 18, 2014 | Conrad Black, Special to the Sun

[Mr. Blond]

First, I’m from Canada. Harper may be a conservative, by American standards I’m not sure, but it won’t last forever. Likewise, the pendulum will swing hard after Obama. Maybe we’ll both have conservative administrations, but Canada will still have single payer health care and Human Rights Tribunals.

[niteowl77]

It would have to be a merger of two countries into… two or three countries. The divide in both is more-or-less between urban political machines/elitists, and everyone else. One long, skinny nation from Vancouver to San Diego, another likewise from Quebec to Miami, and the third basically everything in between after the malcontents from its cities depart for the "edges."

Not going to happen, but fun to think about in these days from which there is no real escape.

Mr. niteowl77

[Artie]

As most of us on this forum enjoy the musings of Mark Steyn, we would also gain the elegant insights of one Rex Murphy. Rex could fillet Mr. Obama effortlessly.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Given our current condition what advantage would Canada gain from union with us? Bad deal for them; like a polished and well to do lady marrying a bankrupt self absorbed wastrel

[NTHockey]

Never had so much fun as a Saturday night in Cameroon with Cajun neighbors. We got out of there around 4 AM.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Agreements and mergers are too messy. Wait until hunting season and just cross the border and finish the job we quit in 1812 for Pete’s sake.

This way the Quebec thing is solved - speak SPANISH!

And that should help our Global Warming Carbon Credit search enormously!

[Spartan79]

Bad deal for them; like a polished and well to do lady marrying a bankrupt self absorbed wastrel

Hey, now. There's no call to bringing the Kerry and McCain families into this!

[DaveA37]

We may have our difference and there are good a bad things on both sides of the border but putting them aside, should both countries decide to merge, we would become one hell of a great and strong nation.
Personally, I love the “Canadians”, they play great hockey.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

*** they are good folks who will treat you right***

Our first plant manager here was THE MANAGER FROM HELL! A Cajun, who left all of us with a very bad impression of them. The other Louisianans were fine in comparison.

I saw a photo of that man not long ago. I jumped and quickly made a cross with my fingers (like in a vampire movie)to frighten his memory off.