So what happens when a polite people encounter a less polite people? Pepper spray!
The crux of it is that the US customs guy told a Canadian to shut off his car. “Please”, replied the Canadian. The US customs guy replied with a bottle of pepper spray. Now most Americans might read [...]
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Culture Wars! Canada vs US
March 6th, 2009 · 30 Comments · Rants
No Wonder Americans Fear Universal Health Care
February 26th, 2009 · 23 Comments · Rants
I found this cartoon along my travels through the web the other day and it really got me thinking.
You see for years I’ve been trying to understand exactly why it is that Americans fear Universal Health care, similar to what we have here in Canada. I’ve personally been very well served by our health [...]
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How Long Would It Take You To Read This?
February 21st, 2009 · 12 Comments · Rants
This has become an increasingly common problem both in the US as well as in Canada. From what I read, it seems to be more pervasive in the US, but here in Canada, we’re certainly headed down the exact same road. The recent stimulus package has summed it up nicely though. Check [...]
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How “Buy American” Will Affect The Rest Of Us
February 7th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Rants
If you’ve been paying any attention to US news these days, there’s been a bit of a stir caused by President Obama’s buy American statements. In a global economy, saying things like that can make your trading partners uneasy. Now nobody’s going to panic just because he mentioned that buying American goods would [...]
It’s Time To Get Over Bush
December 7th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Rants
As the exit interviews begin, there’s a sense that people want to hear President Bush apologise for past mistakes or, at the very least, reflect upon where things went wrong. It’s not going to happen people. There’s no point in holding your breath. This individual believes that he has made the best [...]
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An Overnight Change In Perception
November 7th, 2008 · 22 Comments · Rants
I’ve been quite critical of neighbours to the south over the last eight years. The first six were years of frustration as to why they collectively made the choices they made. The last two have been years of feeling bad for them as things seemed destined to disaster. While the United States [...]
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