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- Damian Penny: Just slightly behind the times.
- And by "we," I mean "people other than me."
- Neo-conservatism, in six panels.
- You're just NOW figuring out how this works?
- The entertaining dangers of home schooling.
- A little late to the party.
- Well, THAT didn't last long, did it?
- Religious freedom, in a nutshell.
- The things that happen when you're not paying atte...
- "And if you don't like THOSE principles, hey, I've...
- Well, NOW I won't have to feel guilty about it any...
- This just gets better and better.
- "Me? No, I'm not with those guys. Honest."
- The shamelessness of David Frum.
- The seven habits of highly effective sergeants.
- Blogging Tories Short Takes: July 28, 2006.
- Uh oh ... now things are going to get ugly.
- "Wankersphere! About ... FACE!!"
- "Plan B. We have a Plan B, right?"
- The right-wing love affair with history (relevant ...
- Sorry ... tell me again about the "Angry Left."
- Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
- It's just Damian being Damian.
- Only the names have been changed to protect the gu...
- No good deed goes unpunished.
- That's progress. I guess.
- The joy of having it both ways.
- All civilians are equal but, apparently, some are ...
- A man can only take so much of this, you know.
- You keep using that word "handled" ...
- Apparently, shit happens.
- Burning people alive and feeling good about it.
- Sometimes too stupid for words.
- I'm guessing this still counts as "measured."
- Mission freakin' accomplished!
- Oh, God ... I'm sooooooo confused.
- Oh, THIS should be delightful.
- Attention deficit disorder as a foreign policy.
- If you hate reality, well, there's always the Blog...
- Just slightly behind the curve, as they say.
- Canada tech news: AMD purchases ATI.
- The carping from the peanut gallery.
- The danger of conventional wisdom.
- Softwood victory smackdown! Whoo hoo!
- Hell, no, I don't mind the competition.
- Floyd rocks.
- 10 a.m. delivery, or they're free.
- Not what they meant by "winning hearts and minds."
- Afghanistan: Mission not quite so accomplished.
- Not quite the whole story.
- "You keep using that word 'measured', ..."
- Peter MacKay: Whiny-ass titty baby.
- Stephen. Plane. Anti-aircraft missiles. Some as...
- Oh, those wacky pro-choicers!
- Government surveillance humour, Canadian-style.
- It's just Ann being Ann.
- Don't worry -- that's just Stevie being Stevie.
- Too dumb to even make fun of.
- "You have the right to remain an imbecile ..."
- Then we can airbrush out all the dead people ...
- It's called "synergy." Don't waste it.
- And the creepy parallels continue.
- Another evangelical douchebag for Christ.
- Ironically, they don't even LIKE the Jews.
- Your right-wing line of the day.
- Today's example of terminal, fundy stupidity.
- Canada needs a Ralph Reed.
- Sometimes, a shoulder massage is just a ... hey! ...
- How can you tell when a wanker is lying?
- Those tax-and-spend Conservatives.
- Too-tired-to-give-a-crap open thread.
- Some straight-shootin' shit there, pardner.
- Is Damian Penny the worst blogger in Canada?
- What the f...?
- Anti-Semitism, AIPAC-style.
- That gosh-darned liberal media.
- Nuance? We don' need no steenkin' nuance!
- Oh ... this can't end well.
- Dead Canadians in Lebanon -- let the calls for pol...
- Conservative discourse, as it were.
- Blogging Tories Short Takes: Jul 16, 2006.
- Theological scholarship, as it were.
- You might want to hold off on that cheerleading.
- An affair to not quite remember.
- Gosh darn that liberal media.
- The stupidest man on the planet.
- When your doofusness is out there for all the worl...
- Well, this is timely.
- It's what dreams are made of, isn't it?
- Israel to Bush: Bite me?
- Thinking ahead, CPoC-style.
- There is a God after all, oh, yes.
- Right-wing snark, as it were.
- The fickliness of the trollosphere.
- Proud to be hermetically sealed.
- All animals are equal ...
- Some people have decidedly unhealthy obsessions.
- The thriftiness of the Conservatives ...
- America, I have a dream.
- What you call "unclear on the concept."
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5 comments:
Hmmmmm, I guess America is great if you are rich. Poor, not so much. These ladies (and commenters) want Canada to be exactly like America and talk about how great America is and the rampant crime in Toronto due to jamaicans yada yada yada. Every American city I have been to is a sickening combination of the very poor and very rich. Lots of crime, rampant poverty. Poverty in Canada has nothing on this.
I guess to have a healthy middle class, a few greedy neo-cons are gonna be pissed. Suits me just fine.
These "pundits" are very good at putting words in the mouths of Canadians, especially Kay. Her statements about hating Americans are false. A majority of Canadians are against their politics and the way they run business, but we do not hate their citizens who are affected by their criminal government and overall corrupt business culture. And her comments about relgious groups...she is referring more to hate groups than religious ones ie Focus on the Family and the bigoted, loud mouthed, Christian Coalition of Canada lead by Ralph Reed's buddy, Charles McVety. Sorry Barbara, these are not religious groups dear, they are political bully pulpits.
Procrastinatrix,
You're absolutely right. It's my understanding that the shit that happens over here (rampant crime, gun violence, etc.), is the reason why Canadian authorities are so protective of your borders. My husband has visited Canada on several occasions on buisness and found a very different atmosphere than we have here, and a security force that is diligent, to say the least.
The Canadian low-income housing Michael Moore showed in "Bowling for Columbine" are a far cry from the drug and crime infested ratholes in American cities. The people you mentioned that want Canada to be more like the US don't have a clue what they're asking for.
It is indeed sickening. That's why I live outside the city.
I'm still trying to talk hubby into relocating to Canada, though. I love my house and the area is nice, but I personally would rather go northward.
The real problem is that Upper & Lower Canada haven't been sold on confederation and the only thing the two can agree on is that they're not American. Anti-Americanism became the official identity of Canadians by default.
But don't let this trouble you. Americans understand that Canadians have to be UnAmerican to remain united. It bothers you more than it bothers us.
Few things irritate me more, and faster, than the statement that 'Canadians are anti-American'. It's the biggest crock of sh!t I've ever heard.
What a lot of wanker pundits call "anti Americanism" is nothing more than Canadians being Canadian. Contrary to popular idiot mythology, not wanting to be American doesn't mean that one is anti-American. {which is often the false correlation drawn}
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