The ad below ran in Tennessee advocating the election of Republican not voting for the Democratic Candidate Ford. Watch the ad if you haven’t yet seen it.

A lot of Americans have problems with this ad because of ‘racist’ overtones. A lot of Canadians have a problem with this ad because it belittles our role in the international community. I have a problem with this ad because it belittles the role of our armed forces (and diplomatic forces) around the world. » Read the rest of the entry..

Today’s Globe and Mail article on the ouster of renegade MP Garth Turner got me a little PO’d. I don’t really care about Mr Turner’s ejection from the Conservative party (the official reason for his being fired from the current Government is that his personal website “violates caucus confidentiality”) — any party can do as they please.

What did cause me to ‘get to thinking’ was the actions of the Prime Ministers Office with respect to the media. According to the Globe and Mail, the Office of the Prime Minister refuses to talk to the media on Parliament Hill (where the federal Government sits in Canada) and orders elected representatives (MP’s) to not answer questions by the media or by constituents in their riding regarding certain specific topics. From the article, Toubles grip Tories (front page of the online edition) Thusday October 19, 2006: » Read the rest of the entry..

People on the internets are funny. Take this guy who sums up the FOX news position on Canada (from Metafilter):

…from a Fox-conservative viewpoint Canada is something to bomb out of existence: They allow queer marriage. They allow medical dope smoking. The practically don’t bust people for drugs at all. Hell, you don’t even have to be 21 to drink a beer. A Canadian beer with more alcohol than patriotic American beer. And they use the metric system! They have ducks and hockey players on their money! And when GWB said people are with “us or against us”, Canada said no to getting into Operation Iraqi Clusterfuck.

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A stranger among you that says ‘eh’ | MetaFilter » Read the rest of the entry..