Sadly, Trump's joke has energized the Liberal party by creating an erstwhile "external enemy" so that Canadians are ignoring their massive internal issues. This probably hurt the Conservative opposition. And there's isn't an easy way out of it; if Trump says "We wouldn't take Canada if they begged us" he'll simply infuriate them further. I feel sorry for the Canadian people. Their government really does seem to regard them as little more than serfs to be pushed around as the governmental types wish and "encouraged" to off themselves when they became too expensive for the government's taste. Maybe another term under the liberals will finally make the pain so acute they rebel, but I wouldn't count on it.
It is amazing to me that Canadians will vote for more of the same. I, for one, would not want anyone willing to put the people they have in power back in power as fellow Americans. It would appear, Canadians, on the whole, like being, as FCinNH says, "serfs".
I would tell you a Canada joke except that local Human Rights Commission would then bankrupt my family and I on legal fees trying to stay out of jail for telling it.
Canadians widely favor STEM subjects in schools - which is why the roots of unity have no positive values here.
True story: the archetypical American hero is Paul Bunyan - strong, honest, a good guy who gets things done. In Europe the archetypical hero is Tyl Eulenspeigel -a slimy, sneaky, cheat who beats the system by lying and backstabbing. In Canada the archetypical hero is a cop.
Sadly, Trump's joke has energized the Liberal party by creating an erstwhile "external enemy" so that Canadians are ignoring their massive internal issues. This probably hurt the Conservative opposition. And there's isn't an easy way out of it; if Trump says "We wouldn't take Canada if they begged us" he'll simply infuriate them further. I feel sorry for the Canadian people. Their government really does seem to regard them as little more than serfs to be pushed around as the governmental types wish and "encouraged" to off themselves when they became too expensive for the government's taste. Maybe another term under the liberals will finally make the pain so acute they rebel, but I wouldn't count on it.
It is amazing to me that Canadians will vote for more of the same. I, for one, would not want anyone willing to put the people they have in power back in power as fellow Americans. It would appear, Canadians, on the whole, like being, as FCinNH says, "serfs".
They stuck with George III and still pay the price. Since they want to be junior Europeans, maybe the EU can take them off our hands.
I'm Canadian.
I would tell you a Canada joke except that local Human Rights Commission would then bankrupt my family and I on legal fees trying to stay out of jail for telling it.
Canadians widely favor STEM subjects in schools - which is why the roots of unity have no positive values here.
True story: the archetypical American hero is Paul Bunyan - strong, honest, a good guy who gets things done. In Europe the archetypical hero is Tyl Eulenspeigel -a slimy, sneaky, cheat who beats the system by lying and backstabbing. In Canada the archetypical hero is a cop.
1 X 1 = 1
(-1) X (-1) = 1
I'd heard of Triumph the insult dog but never heard his schtick. This was hilarious.