“...In Canada, the choice is left and more left...”
Not much different from here in a lot of respects.
So, what’s up with Proud Americans in Canada? Vacationing? Ex-pat? Visiting relatives? Hunting? You guys live there or what?
“...lacking in charity to wish him in Hell...”
I don’t have a lot of charity when it comes to polticians and people who espouse an ideology that destroys peoples’ lives. Sorry, it’s just the way it is. My attitude rumples some folks’ feathers, I know. But then again, murder for utopian dreams rumples mine. Doesn’t matter to me if he’s just a “little bit socialist” or full fledged commie nuthouse. It ends up the same, as history has proven.
Felt the same way about Teddy Kennedy when he kicked. I’ll say the say about Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro when they choke off too.
Ex-pat on my part. I’ve been up here for over 17 of the last 19 years.
Well, you certainly do make good points about the evils of socialism, and I appreciate that you stick to your convictions. That is an excellent quality in a person.
As for living here, well, I married a Canadian man and after we lived in Denver for ten years, he got a job offer with the federal government. He’s from Quebec and he wanted our children to appreciate the culture and language. Both our children are fluently bilingual, which is a good thing as they live near Ottawa and will be able to get jobs. We live in an English part of Gatineau and the kids who can speak only English are at a disadvantage.
Interesting, my husband couldn’t speak a word of English when we met; when we lived in the States, though he had a college degree, all he could do was work as a file clerk. He got an MBA in Denver and eventually was writing briefs for the FCC. Now he works for the CRTC, the Canadian equivalent of the FCC.
Sorry for getting so off-topic!
Back on topic, Jack Layton was responsible for this massive “orange wave”, particularly in Quebec. We lost a great Liberal member of Parliament, Marcel Proulx, to the acting leader, Nycole Turmel. I work at the local newspaper and Mr. Proulx was very good.
Unfortunately, there’s no chance this riding will ever go Conservative.
The system is strange here—you can only vote for the MP, not the prime minister or senator. You don’t get three votes, like we do in the states.
LOL. There are more Proud Americans in Canada every day. We have more freedom than you do right now.