Gag Me

Returning from my own pseudo-mental stupor, I thought I should comment on something that has been bothering me.

The recent gag that seems to have blanketed the US Media, and the US Right to Freedom of Speech.

You see, President Bush just had the honor of visiting my home country. While he was here, the wonderful folk over at FOX news decided it would be fun to libel and slander my nation.
"It's like Honduras, only not as warm and fun."
Yeah, sure. Canadians say some pretty mean stuff about Americans, it's true... but we don't say it on goddamned national news television and get away with it.

Also, I'm surprised with all the sled-dog and igloo jokes that were passed on the air when FOX and CNN were interviewing Canadians. This is news? You, prodding a Canadian about sled-dogs and igloos? Are you NUTS? And People watch this shite? Like it was news? Real news?

Well, back to Bush. While he was here, we asked him kindly if he would reopen the boarder for Canadian Beef. He said... no. "We have a beaureacracy," he said. President Bush, who slammed his opponent Senator Kerry, for wanting a large government, is telling Canadians, that a goddamned government agency is holding up the boarder? What with all the government reduction, he couldn't axe the one thorn that has held up over 10,000 Canadian farmers?

Nope, guess not.

All the while, CNN is broadcasting the President's takeoff from a snowy Ottowa, cracking jokes about snow and igloos.

Great, you cut the slander, we have... err, had your President.

In other news, Bush went hard and heavy, trying to slam his missile defense up Canada's vulnerable Cabinet, shucking traditional diplomacy in favour of being the asshole cowboy telling the natives to shuck up or move out. Sorry spud, we're a democracy, and when something this big... and pardon me not being polite, stupid, comes along, we tend to gauge support for the idea democratically.

Which means you're sunk Mr. Bush. There are all of two Cabinet Ministers who support the idea, P.M.P.M., and Bill Graham. And they aren't cowboys like you.

Now, would you need a missile defence shield if you had addressed the root causes of conflict with the US? No, not likely, but seeing as how deterrence rather than detente has come back into season, I guess I'll just let the baby play.

9/10 reasons for strife and malignation against the US in today's world have been caused by past US foreign policy.

Blowback baby, it's a bitch.