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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: marcos who wrote (1964)	3/1/2003 9:38:46 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37806

We like so love Americans Lisa Gabriele National Post Saturday, March 01, 2003 Dear AWESOME Americans, First off: You guys totally rock. We mean that. If anything bad happens to you guys, we are going to be SO on your side, cross our hearts hope to die stick a needle in our eye called it stamped it can't erase it. But we understand if you don't believe us on account of SOME Canadians who have SUPER big mouths who shall remain totally UNnameless. Second off: Oh. My. God. We are SO embarrassed about what our Liberal MP, Carolyn (Parachute Pants) Parrish, said the other day when she was all, "Damn Americans. I hate those bastards." That's almost as whack as Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's former communications director, Françoise (Feathered Bangs) Ducros saying, "What a moron," about your President, George (So Not a) W(anker) Bush. Third off: Though this whole war thing is getting RIGHT out of hand, if someone tried to, like, kill our Dad, they'd be SO dead at recess, too. But we're writing you this note because we're totally begging please DO NOT be mad at us because honestly the rest of Canada had NOTHING to do with those off-the-record-utterances made in the safe confines of our brand of scrums whereby reporters and political leaders seem to enjoy a lot of intimate, insider nudging and winking, all the while assuming off-colo(u)r comments are off-the-record, when, in fact, they are SO not. Here's our opinion: 1. They are so jealous of you guys and your global superpower status, and your ability to annihilate any country which poses even a tangential threat. 2. Which means they totally want to BE you. 3. Which means they totally LOVE you. 4. Which means they totally want to MARRY you. Finally, do NOT be mad at Britain for passing you this note. They're, like, our BEST friends in the world: 1. Because they totally know us from way back. 2. We have the same exact Queen. 3. We have the same exact spelling of words such as "Survivo(u)r," and "The Bachelo(u)r." Britain knows how sorry we are. Go ahead. Ask them. They'll totally stick up for our good character, not to mention our millions of acres of arable land, plus a seemingly endless fresh water supply, plus world-class marijuana, plus OIL, plus now DIAMONDS. Yes, we KNOW you guys got THE most awesome TV shows, but you don't have EVERYTHING in the world that's great. We got stuff, too, you know, and maybe we're pretty sick of hearing you guys all the time going, "Ooo, look at us, we're SOOO great because we're AMERICANS, oooo." So, anyways you guys, thanks for reading this far. And if you send this note back unopened, FINE. We do not even care. But you better give us back OUR Avril Lavigne plus OUR Shania Twain. By the looks of what you've been feeding them, we're pretty sure they can both fit snugly inside the enclosed self-addressed stamped envelope. From Canada With LIKE Lisa Gabriele is the author of Tempting Faith DiNapoli, published by Doubleday Canada. © Copyright 2003 National Post

To: marcos who wrote (1964)	3/1/2003 10:54:10 AM
From: Lino...	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37806

Marcos.... You have formed a few assumptions without asking my opinion or considering it when offered. Let me clarify a few things. First you defend your position on the softwood lumber situation by assuming I support the US position. How do you spell w-r-o-n-g in kanadian?????? I never said I supported their position, however it does take 2 to tangle and I have a bit of an understanding of both positions. Here is a point to consider: over three quarters of the value added lumber producers in BC are subsidised in one way or another by various levels of govt or their agencies. Stumpage fees and tax dollars are poured in BC Wood, for example, and the gods there dole it out as they see fit to their favourites (PC considerations paramount) in order to subsidise wages, equipment acquisition, property purchase, marketing etc. The Americans see this as a subsidy.....perhaps you could tell them the truth, tell them that it is NOT REALLY a subsidy, but only a slush fund to provide fat pensions for govt and BC Woods employees...I'm sure they would understand. I can stand on the front step to my shop and count over a half dozen of my competitors that are govt subsidised, so I UNDERSTAND how it works here. Never assume I accept the US lies as gospel (as you put it)...I never stated my position before this and I take no sides. I do, however, try to look at where fault might be on my side in the hope that appeasement can be met (I'm taking the time to type this with 2 fingers, for example). The other side is NEVER 100% wrong while your side 100% correct. Blind patriotism is most often nothing more than selfishness. Case in point: we choose sides and offer opinion in a myriad of matters until we are directly effected, then we defend and consequently, offend. I do beleive that if you were to take govt involvement out of the equation, Canadians can and would compete......want a few examples???? Shania Twain, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Micheal J Fox et al. I can give you a list of professional, competitive and extremely successful business people that excelled WITHOUT govt involvement in their business ventures (no fucking bombardiers in this bunch). These Canadians are the ones I am proud to call fellow citizens.....not the beneficiaries that WILL NOT make an attempt to stand on their own. Further, I am repulsed by those that point their finger at others in attempt to distract from their own weaknesses and inadequacies. These are the kind if people that look into the sky and say out loud "I hate you God".....and then after they wipe their ass, they run around gloating about their power. If you can object to hypocrisy in Ottawa, as we see you love to, then why not in Washington, or Whitehall, or Timbucfreakintoo As far as hypocracy goes, there is plenty on both sides of the border, but calling the Americans names has less chance of accomplishing results than does pointing out the hypocracies on this side. Last time I checked, I was voting north of the 49th and even that threat gets little attention any more. One more thing, I have business associates on both sides of the border....I sell product produced in my BC shop on both sides of the border and I deal with good people on BOTH sides of the border. Someday when you have a moment to spare, read the quote on my profile page.....it is the only thing there, but it says everything.