Posted on 01/02/2006 8:40:34 PM PST by steel_resolve
The Canadian media got all jacked up recently over the fact that an American pundit let loose with an anti-Canadian rant on a cable TV show. Not since the president of Hershey's saw that crane-necked alien E.T. with Reese's Pieces in its hand has anyone been so giddy about high-profile brand placement.
Canadians don't get to respond very often to comments made about us by Americans, because more than a decade of Liberal rule has set our once-great country on a depressing descent into irrelevancy.
You know Canadian media are desperate for attention when they offer serious reportage and heartfelt, defensive analysis in response to comments like: "Canada is a sweet country. It is like your retarded cousin you see at Thanksgiving and sort of pat him on the head. You know, he's nice but you don't take him seriously. That's Canada." Or this one: "Canada is essentially a stalker, stalking the United States, right? Canada has little pictures of us in its bedroom, right?" Both gems are from MSNBC's Tucker Carlson.
I'm not sure where you have left to go in a debate when you start off by calling someone a retarded stalker. Why not do what everyone in America does with Carlson and ignore him? But judging by the reaction of some of our media, you'd think President George Bush had flipped us all off himself.
What Canadians should find far more troubling isn't that an American entertainer is talking smack for ratings, but that our own Prime Minister is doing the same thing for votes.
Paul Martin built himself a giant Uncle Sam "straw man" and was punching away at it when U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins walked in and asked Dithers the Clown what the heck he was doing.
Accusing an entire country of lacking a "global conscience" with respect to the environment when your own record is worse than theirs is really only a good move if you're auditioning for Tucker Carlson's job.
You can thank our Liberal government for the fact that Canada rarely registers at all on the American radar anymore -- except when it comes to things like harbouring war resisters or terror suspects, not to mention gay marriage and pot.
Starting with Jean Chretien and now under Martin, the Liberals have driven a wedge between Canada and our onetime best friend for the sake of a desperate power grab, constantly playing to insecure leftie voters who think our identity is dependent on being as different as possible from the U.S.A.
Now we have former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Montana Senator Conrad Burns falsely stating that the 9/11 terrorists entered the U.S. from Canada. But Americans can't shoulder all the blame for the fact that they don't have all the details right -- because when Canada actually does register on their radar, all they likely see is one big blur of leftie lunacy. A few terrorists, notably the would-be Millenium Bomber, Ahmed Ressam, have entered the U.S. from Canada. And it seems barely a week goes by these days without a Canadian being paraded in front of the media as a potential terror suspect for Americans to extradite and deal with.
Maybe if we dropped the leftie fruitcake act on the home front, and started pulling our weight on the world stage rather than criticizing those who do, we would be treated with a little more seriousness by our southern neighbours. And perhaps they'd pay more attention. Respect isn't granted simply because we think we're worthy of it -- it has to be earned.
Now that's just an exaggeration. Canada is the very first country I think of when someone challenges me to name countries north of here.
I thought it was Montana. You're in Idaho.
Now come on guys! You know the rules. FR is a fair and balanced website. So whenever we post pictures of conservative beauties, we have to give equal time to the Left's ravishing babes. And so, I give you Queen Helen Of Thomas - "The Face That Sunk a Thousand Ships."
Helen is as pretty as her views
B E E R
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Quite a babe! And Coulter's a blond...Hmmmm.
Her gaze caught 'em on fire, I reckon.
Long time CCMVRWC, hope you and yours are well and good!
We were up there on vacation a couple of years ago, on Pender Island. It was interesting to watch how they tried oh so hard to humor us as they curled their lips in contorted smiles. Ahhh all those artsy-fartsy liberals. Gotta stomp 'em like roaches.
One artist actually choked on her port when my brother referred to those who bleed the American welfare system by calling them "porch monkeys."
It was great sport.
I think that like Medusa she stared at them and the ships turned to stone and sunk like rocks.
I get mine from Mexico, thank you very much - name brand and much cheaper than Canada ... course it helps that I can drive there in 3 hours from home, park on the U.S. side, walk across, shop & save, and walk back into the U.S.
East. I meant East.
Dang it.
please bash Canada, we could use the publicity.... LOL
"Don't knock it. If Canada closes down, where would we get our meds from??"
Como se dice, "Donde esta la farmacia?"
hahahaha!!!
"when Canada actually does register on their radar, all they likely see is one big blur of leftie lunacy"
Sad but true.
Ever visited San Francisco? I think it has something to do with breathing in too much salty air. Makes one light in the loafers they say. Two of my most favorite cities nevertheless.
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