Maple Leaf Ragged (Condi sinks her butt-kicking, knee-high leather boot into …)

Tech Central Station ^ | March 7, 2005 | Rachel Marsden

[quidnunc]

Ever since Prime Minister Paul Martin announced Canada's pullout from Ballistic Missile Defense program, Canadians have been on the lookout for a significant reaction from south of the border. It's as if President Bush is expected to respond like a Spiderman cartoon villain whose plans for world domination have just been foiled, shaking his fist in the air and screaming, "I'll get you Paulie Canuckistan!"

Don't expect this kind of low budget cheese from the USA. Instead, get ready for the Mother of All Snubs: a case of passive-aggression well beyond the help of even Dr. Phil. A blockbuster snub so incredibly huge that if it were to star in "Snub: The Movie", it would have J.Lo's makeup and hair people, Paris Hilton's deluxe Airstream trailer, and Steven Spielberg as its director.

US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, initially "rescheduled" her Canadian visit next month to sometime around the 12th of never.

Translation, Paulie: She just ain't that into you.

Condi has just handily taken one of those butt-kicking, knee-high leather boots of hers, sunk it into lil' Paulie Canuckistan's back bacon, and drop-kicked him into a state of irrelevancy. By adopting his position against the missile defense program, the Prime Minister has essentially guaranteed that Canadian business will be his cell mate in passive-aggressive hell.

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[Arkie2]

Good imagery! LOL!

[DTogo]

John Candy would have made a great Prime Minister.

[elbucko]

Ever since Prime Minister Paul Martin announced Canada's pullout from Ballistic Missile Defense program, Canadians have been on the lookout for a significant reaction from south of the border.

I repeat, the US should dissolve NORAD. Canada should be considered a "debris field" and not defended territory anymore. The Canadians and the US can go their own way in air defense.

[kingattax]

[llevrok]

John Candy as PM (alias Johnny LaRue)

Leslie Neilson, standing in for his brother Erik, as Defence Minister

Marty Short as Finance Minister

Paul Schaeffer as Cultural Minister

Wayne and Schuster as...well...Maybe Red Green and Minister of Environment..

[goldstategop]

What has Paul Martin done for Canada since he became Prime Minister? The Liberals sit on a budget surplus and have no idea of what to do with it.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[patton]

We can't - we need their radars.

[G.Mason]

"Canadian firms may now have to overcome two handicaps when competing in key American markets -- the long-standing handicap that they are not American and the new handicap in the post-Iraq environment that they are Canadian."

Welcome to the real world of economics and international relations.

Say ... how is the Muskrat farming business going, now that the Hawks are all gone?

You say no one is buying fur?

How about pot ... yeah there you go. Grow some pot.

[elbucko]

We can't - we need their radars.

Not anymore. I was once in NORAD and spent some time on the US side of the "DEW" line. Above the horizon is not adequate acquisition for an ABM defense. The US doesn't need Canada, the US only needs space, and there are no Canadians up there. Condi's right to have better things to do than bother with the pink Canucks

[hsalaw]

And they might ask the French how their wine sales to the US are going, too.

[DTogo]

What role for Bill Shatner - Commander of the Canadian Navy?

[beebuster2000]

good post

thanks

[paul51]

There isn't that much research and development in Canada."

And now there will be less. As the article says, a very ignorant and short sighted decision.

[G.Mason]

"And they might ask the French how their wine sales to the US are going, too."

Yes Sir! 30% down and falling like a rock.

Of course there is a lot of French blood in those Canadians.

[jjmcgo]

Beef blockade? What beef blockade? Oh that beef blockade? Completely unrelated to your government stabbing us in the back. Nope, no relation at all.

[yldstrk]

pretty stupid, eh?

[llevrok]

I think I'll leave that for Stompin' Tom

Bill Shatner should be Air Farce commander.

[ChinaThreat]

Naval based arrays and the arrays North of Fairbanks should cover most of the needs. However, you are right, this leaves a chink in the radar armor. Sattelite based sensors may be able to account fo rthe difference though.