Tim Blair

Obviously they failed algebra. That equation is not balanced, though they probably learned some sort of "feeling-based" algebra up there in Canada. Like Tom Lehrer said of New Math, the goal is not to get the right answer, the goal is to understand what you are doing.

And why did they dot an upper case "I"?

What a terrible swastika. I thought all those leftists were artistic geniuses.

Nice swastika, morons. Can I get a head-tilt?

These half-wits can't even get the swastika the "right" way 'round; how they have it is a sanskrit symbol meaning enlightenment, something missing from this pack of burnt-out bulbs.

Just caught sound bite of Bush's remarks after arriving -

"I'd like to thank all the Canadians who came out to wave - with all five fingers - along our route from the airport"

heh.

Actually it isn't a swastika, it's the Hindu good luck symbol. Perhaps they want Bush to bomb Iran and North Korea.

Standing room only I see.

Given the parkas and where they're holding the sign, how do we really know how broad-based it is?

I note one sign blames the UK and Israel for leading us astray. That's a different approach, makes a change...

A pretty crappy lookalike competitors,she hasn't even got a moustache.

Wow. It's hard to see these protestors with the GIANT crowd around them. Oh wait...

I saw Bush's five finger comment and it made me SMILE. Ha! That's why he's a kick-ass, no-nonsense terrorist killer. Poor Canada, not quite America, not quite France, who are they anyway?

Semi-ontopic: A liberal American ex-pat living in Canada on her experiences with that bastion of tolerance, in Sunday's WaPo.

Obviously a couple of Canuck litterers. Or maybe this is an al fresco Canadian Health Service collection point for sperm or urine specimens. The female seems to be undergoing some pressure to produce something.

I hear Bush made his first million by buying Canadians for what they're worth, then selling them for what they think they're worth.

Arty:

The version I heard is that when job-seeking Canadians are told that they'll be paid what they're worth, they always reply that they can't work for so little.

And then they make jokes about Newfies.

Maybe it's just the lady's glasses, but do I detect the slightest Wilting Head Tilt of Compassion(TM)?

"I note one sign blames the UK and Israel for leading us astray"

That sign was the most interesting to me. I didn't even know that theory existed. Bush the follower being led by Blairhitler and the evil Sharon. We've been victimized!

A few weeks ago there was a brief, though amicable, debate here about whether, or not, Benedict Arnold was really an American traitor or a true, albeit misguided, patriot. At times like this it seems, to me, that if Benedict Arnold should be condemned it should really be for the failure of his 1775 expedition to secure Quebec and thus annex Canada for the rebel cause. Just think of it - a Rebublic which encompassed all of North America! Magnificent!
Of course that still leaves Cuba and (to a lesser extent) Haiti, but then there are so many f-wits responsible for those f-ups, that's another story. On the other hand, the Republic would have probably gotten the Louisiana territories and Alaska for nothing. Ahh! the wisdom of hindsight!
Bottom line? The perfidious French did it! How strange that, after nearly 250 years, North Americans are just beginning to realise that that stabbing pain between their shoulder blades has a French handle on it.

I kinda liked the Canadian flag with a Marijuana leaf instead of that stupid Maple leaf.

Gee, can anyone think of a reason why a socialist government might not mind a populace stoned out of it's gourd?...

Where is a Protest Warrior when you need one?

Q: Why does the couple in the picture screw doggy style?

A: So both parties can boo Bush during the news updates between hockey broadcasts.

This just in: Canada arrests Bush for crimes against humanity

Could someone explain the sign which reads:
Buck PHOQUE
the U.S.S.A.
War Buck

Is that a secret code, understood only by moonbats?
I'm just a ignorant, unenlightened Jesuslander so the message escapes me.

Yeah, rinardman, it's secret code. I could tell ya, but then...well, you know.

Razor, Protest Warrior was just not organized: they have 22 members, and no designated leader in Ottawa. Another group was doing something, supposedly, but they set their meeting place for the other side of the city..not sure what that was about.

Rinardman,
Bush Phoque is basically french canadian slang for Fuck Bush. And the rest of it is pretty much franglais, and not terribly logical.

Rinard:

I'm a Jesuslander too but I expect the USSA would be a spoof on the USSR:

Union of Soviet Socialist Americans

Just a guess. Maybe it is a reference to Bush as Stalin or Lenin. It may be intended to relate to the U-"SS"-A...Bush is Hitler

Phoque is French for seal. It is pronounced like the English "fuck" - as we learned with this naughty little schoolyard ditty (excerpt):

Johnny's philosophy on life
Was carved in his desk with a butterfly knife
And though it slipped and though it stuck
He soon spelled out "Born to ..."

... "phoque" is the French word for a seal
The Eskimos eat it at every meal ...

etc.

This continued on for many more verses of swear-word innuendo. I don't know why I only remember this one.

Thanks, Dr_Funk. The French slang "Buck" for Bush threw me. The PHOQUE I suspected.
As I've said many times: "What the phoque are those crazy canucks up to now?"

And why did they dot an upper case "I"?

Maybe they're Turkish -- in that alphabet, there is a dotted uppercase I, as well as an un-dotted lowercase i.

Or maybe they're just stupid.

Dont know why bush would waste his time on a trip to Canada. At least while he is there he can chastise Canadians for there massive failure to meet Kyoto greenhouse gas targets.

Don't you see? These are infiltrators! Secret Bush supporters.

As noted above, they've put a sanskrit symbol of peace, enlightment and knowledge on their sign, reminding people of Bush's hidden wisdom.

The Bush=Hitler is to remind people that like Hitler, Bush was a member of the military, is a talented artist and a charismatic leader.

Read between the lines...

Or, alternatively, it's just another meaningless "BUSH IS A NAZI" screed.

World Hockey Championships this year - Canada 1, USA 0. I saw the game too, where they beat you. Sweet.

And now, I'd like to share some lyrics from my favorite singer, Miss Judy Garland. Everyone sing along!

Twas on a bright morning in Summer
When I first heard his voice spakin' low
As he said to a colleen beside him
"Who's that pretty girl milking her cow?"

Och many times often ye met me
And told me that I should be
You darling, Acushla,
A Lana Mavourneen, Asuilish machree

Purty girl, purty girl,
With no on there to show her how
The purt, purt, purty girl is now
Milking her cow

I have not the manners or graces
Of the girls in the world where ye move
And I have not their beautiful faces
But oh, I've a heart that can love

And if it please ye, I'll dress me in satin
With jewels, jewels in me brow
But och, don't be after forgettin'
Your purty girl milking her cow

Purty girl, purty cow,
I'm sure this song would have never been wrote
If the pretty girl hadda been milking her goat
But the goat wasn't feeling well anyhow
So the pretty girl was milking her cow.

Her cow, her cow...
La, la, la, la, la, la...
La, la, la la, la, la, la La, la, la, la
A purty girl milking her cow!

Where is Canada again?

So when did the Canadian flag drop the maple leaf?

What. Is Ottawa Rent-a-Crowd so cheap they won't even spring for a decent size mob when Bushitler's in town?

From the Ottowa Indymedia site: Speculations on the American response run the spectrum from one analyst’s prediction of an all out American invasion of Canada to a more restrained pin-point rescue mission of the President. Whatever course of action is decided upon all experts are in agreement that the war in Iraq has so weakened the American military that it could be some days before the United States is ready to field a large scale military response.

No need to gather the troops. Just send the NYPD in. That should be enough. There shouldn't be much trouble in Quebec. They're French, remember.

The MSM reporters at the demo were said to outnumber the protest warriors?
They must have made the same "calculations" as when they forscast a Kerry win.

World Hockey Championships this year - Canada 1, USA 0. I saw the game too, where they beat you. Sweet.

Like Americans give a plying puck about hockey.

"Whatever course of action is decided upon all experts are in agreement that the war in Iraq has so weakened the American military that it could be some days before the United States is ready to field a large scale military response"

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

The entire Canadian armed forces numbers less than the Metro Toronto police force. The NYS National Guard could get the job done in a weekend.

Hey, is the 10th Mountain Division deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq? Or are they chillin' at their home base in Watertown, NY? I've read that they do a strange amount of urban warfare training for a mountain division. Speculation is that they're prepared for the (admittedly unlikely) scenario of Quebec seperation causing chaos in Canada - and then it's a short jaunt for the 10th to Ottawa.

Don't laugh, dude - I heard it from a _Canadian_.

Hell, all you would need is a half dozen Marines.

The first of the Hockey, (presumably of the obscure ice variety) posts, reminds me yet again how Canadians and New Zealanders are clones.
*They both live next to much larger more prosperous nations.
*They both speak english but with funny accents
*They both think they can teach the world how to be more compassionate and more green and more caring and sharing.
*They both have disarmed.
*They both only play one obscure sport and are hopeless at any others.
*They both tout their skill at an obscure sport to define their national identity in the absence of anything else worth commenting on.
*They are both irrelevant to most of the world and
*They both have huge chips on their shoulders about their neighbour.
Its uncanny.

Thank god there is one difference though, there is no NZ David Suzuki.

"The first of the Hockey, (presumably of the obscure ice variety).."

Ah, not so obscure in the US. I love Hockey. Too bad none of the teams are playing this year.

My fav. sign was the one that said ..

America
Nation Of Sheep
Owned By Pigs
Ruled By Wolves

The reason I liked it is I'm getting bored by the BushHitler, Nazi, Stupid, Israel stuff. I'd never seen the 'Nation Of Sheep' before. Original.

Baaaaa ..

I love Canada and non-moonbat Canadians. (Half my family is from Canada and I have relatives there.) The non-moonbat Canadians detest their moonbatty compatriots as much as we do ours. Actually, they detest them more because the moonbats are in charge in Canada.

Luckily my grandparents died before Canada got too bad. It used to upset my grandmother terribly when she'd "hear from home" about all the changes taking place when the moonbats were slowly taking over.

Better to be run by wolves than to be run by frogs.

America
Nation Of Sheep
Owned By Pigs
Ruled By Wolves

Could be worse

Canada
Nation Of Sheep
Ruled By Sheep
Owned By Americans

On behalf of non-moonbat Canadians, I can safely say that we detest our moonbat countrymen more than any foreigner possibly could. Hell, they're running the joint. I'd much rather be standing on the other side of the fence pointing and laughing at pseudo-intellectual Bush-hating poseurs than totally surrounded by them.

Many Canadians seem to have this image of themselves as the conscience of the world, looking down at the confused masses of the U.S.. But things here are pretty stagnant, and intelligent debate is virtually non-existent.

The fact is, as much as the average Canuck can't face up to it, we really don't contribute much to the world other than hockey players and beer.

And Mark Steyn.

P.S. As a Protest Warrior, I'm disappointed we didn't get out and ridicule some raving liberal protestors. Next time.

How come you never see HITLER=BUSH? It's always the other way around.

How come you never see HITLER=BUSH? It's always the other way around.

In mathematics there is a convention that the unknown normally stands on the left side of the equation. Thus "x = 2", not "2 = x".

In line with this "BUSH = HITLER" would be seen as telling us something about Bush - viz. he is like (or, more properly, identical to) Hitler ( the known quantity); whereas "HITLER = BUSH" would be seen as telling us something about Hitler and his similarity with the current president of the USA. Logically they are identical of course.

I cracked onto this Canadian chick in the pub over here in North Coast NSW a few weeks back. I was greeted by frosty and monosylabic answers to my cheerful repartie. I then saw this same person in Woolies a few days later and commented I hoped she was enjoying her holiday and she responded "yeah up until now" and looked at me as though I was something that crawled out of a pigs arse.

I was not impressed. If that is the calibre of Canadians they can all get fucked as far as I am concerned. (She wasn't even that cute)

This is regard to story about year old but I only discovered recently. I am a student at Mandurah Catholic college and I was and still am at the college when the whole riot/ Port Headland contoversy was happening. All those who commented please get your facts straight this trip had been planned for months so yes the parents DID know also there was NO letter telling the students not to come and the teacher involed is a responsible and also a very trustworthy person and by the way the girl 'Vanessa" who posted a comment was actually THERE unlike everyone else so don't judge our teachers, students or our school. And by the way no heads did " roll"

Sorry to hear that Dog. Don't take it too hard mate.
If the planets had have aligned with Latham and Kerry winning the elections and a Che Guevara t-shirt magically appearing as part of your wardrobe for that fateful Woolies supermarket encounter she probably would have rolled over backwards with her legs in the air.
Something tells me though that your better off with how things have panned out.

Dog:

Relax and smell the roses. Don't judge all Canadians by the fact that your charisma didn't charm the pants off a tourist (or do you have this problem all the time.)

Better luck next time.

I.G. is right Dog. You would have had better luck with the Canadian pooch if your name was Ahmed or Jamal.

There's nothing wrong with you. To keep things in perspective you have to remember that Canadadians are the only people who've surrendered to the French in the last 200 years.

I live in Halifax - Bush is here today. I passed the gathering point for the demonstrators on my way to work and heckled a couple of them. These losers are probably on welfare and I have to work to support their lazy asses.

I passed one guy walking down the street carrying Canadian and American flags with a big sign on his back (about 8 feet across) that said "I support George Bush and the War on Terror. Go Marines!" I gave him the thumbs-up.

I once saw a documentary that totally convinced me to blame Canada. For everything.

We're tough on the Canadians, but at least they're not French. Mostly.

And if I had to live in a country that cold, I'd be jealous of a country with towns like LA and Phoenix too.

I live in London, which never gets that cold, and I'm still jealous.

Page 11 headline in today's Dayton Daily Rag:

President Attempts to Appease Canada.

Yeah, uh huh, that'll be the day.

I once saw a documentary that totally convinced me to blame Canada. For everything.

Rob. Can you remember any of the arguments? I'd be happy to believe that

Who is this Hitler guy, anyway? A man of deep religious faith, no doubt. A man surrounded by advisors of every race and creed. A man who combats fascism and promotes democracy everywhere in the world. A man who has liberated 50 million from tyranny. A man who is hated by mass-murderers, anti-semites, and the French.

I see all these Bush=Hitler signs, and I think this Hitler guy, whoever he is, must be pretty dang cool.

"Hell, all you would need is a half dozen Marines."

Merchant Marines.

>"Canadadians are the only people who've surrendered to the French in the last 200 years."

That is not true! The French won a victory over some unarmed civilians, they killed without warning in the Ivory Coast http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=13791_French_Helicopters_Fire_on_Ivory_Coast_Civilians#comments

Oh wait. Do they mean Adolf Hitler? The atheistic, mass-murdering, anti-semite German socialist? Don't make me laugh.

It's pretty clear that these forlorn souls are supporters of an obscure Canadian politician who shares the same last name. They consider him the embodiment of enlightenment and peace, and pay him the lavish compliment of equating him with their beloved and admired American president, George W Bush.

Gosh, it warms my heart to be on the same continent with such fine folks and their gutsy hero.

the moonbat photo reminds me of Handel's Messiah:

Sheep may safely graze

Hell, all you would need is a half dozen Marines.

Marines, nothin': this is a perfect opportunity for some Scout troop to get those elusive Surgical Strike badges.

Art Fun: Let's Make Swastikas!

Listen up, you boneheads who can't tell Left from Right. The Nazi Party was the National Socialist German Worker's Party. That's right! Hitler was a Socialist.

Now take your crayon and make a great big 'S' for yourself. That's 'S' for Socialist. Now turn the paper sideways and make another great big 'S' for yourself. That's it, 'S' for Socialist, right through the other 'S' for Socialist.

It's easy to remember, and fun, too!

My grandson is in a Cub Scout troop. We could do it, but it'd probably take a week (because of school and going to bed at 8:30).

Elizabeth
Imperial Keeper

Elizabeth,

I recommend that you and the Cubbies invade Canada on a Friday, right after school. Tip: load up on snackfoods. You and the grandkids can subdue Quebec and eastern Canada by the time school starts on Monday. While they are in class during the week, you can mop up the western provinces by yourself.

Mmm... Canada.

France without the castles.

Or nuclear weapons.

Although in all fairness, I do love my neighbors in the Great White Wind-Blown, Snow-Covered, Tundra-Oriented North.

I mean hey, they like donuts and beer, right?

Rexie: I think we all know darn well which flick Rob was referring to -- who will ever be able to calculate the harm done by Bryan Adams and Anne Murray for generations to come?

Well, geez, at least they gave us Rush and the Guess Who. And hockey - but even that's broken, now.

(I get a happy mental picture of AlGore visiting Canada instead of Bush, and some snarky subversive fellow playing "Red Barchetta" in his honor.)

The moonbats seem not to listen to good music like that, or they'd have avoided the trap: "If you choose not to decide/ You still have made a choice."

Who gives a toss what these clowns feel? I would care much more about what they think, if they bothered to use their heads for something more than parka-stuffing.

Actually it isn't a swastika, it's the Hindu good luck symbol. Perhaps they want Bush to bomb Iran and North Korea.

Isn't "swastika" the German word for the symbol, also known, I think, as a "fylfot", in either direction? And I thought that the other way (the way that the Nazis used it) was the "good luck" direction.

I could easily be wrong about all of this. If somebody has a reference to which he can point me, I'll be grateful.

>"Isn't "swastika" the German word for the symbol, also known, I think, as a "fylfot", in either direction?"

No, it is Indian sanskrit "Su astic" (I think it measn "well being" but am not sure) and comes in both a left-turning symbol (the old Viking sun symbol meaning "good" and "well-being") and a right-turning symbol (Hitlers version). The Viking version was spread all over the continent, including India.

and the two words mean "sunset"
http://www.unilang2.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=54408
around the middle.

There were two thousand anti-Bush protesters in Ottawa on Tuesday. Two thousand, in the capital of a nation of some 30 million.

I watched The National, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp's nightly "news" broadcast last night, for the first time in years. It's even worse than I remember: Smug, one-sided, and relentlessly anti-American. No wonder there's so much anti-Americanism Up North, with the CBC in control. They sneered at Fox News by name, three times. Seems the CBC is worried about losing their quasi-monopoly on the news in Canada, now that Fox News finally got a Canadian license. By comparison, Al Jazeera (!!) got a license pronto.

Come to your senses, Canada. We need you.

Rexie, your sarcasm detector must be in the shop. I was referring, of course, to this:
It's like the "documentary" Farenheit 9/11 but much more realistic and accurate.

Can't you Aussies change places with Canada? Then we could all be one big nation. We could call ourselves the United States of America and Australia or the USAA.

Canadians could cozy up with New Zealanders. They'd be safe because nobody in the rest of the world would care what they do and they can bore each other to death.

Would love to visit you someday.

Greeting from Florida.

Not a bad idea, Lyle. I can get my rescue-squad partner with her .357 and we could do it.

The problem is, that I don't want it, so I have no inclination to invade. It's too cold for me. Here in Richmond right at the moment (3:23 p.m. December 1) the temperature is 53 degrees. That's just right.

Elizabeth
Imperial Keeper

I see your point, Elizabeth. Taking Canada might mean merit badges for our brave boys in royal-and-saffron, but then what would we do with it? I mean, if normal people actally wanted to live in Canada, they'd have a population; and if they wanted to keep it, they'd have an army.

erp

No way! man, Australia is nice and warm. OK, I have been to Canada on a number of occasions, lovely place. I have a number of Canadian friends (all Canadian Navy - boy, are THEY frustrated people! Funny how they loathe having to speak French and hate how their navy is relentlessly salami sliced to death by idiot politicians who just have no clue how the world works), but NO WAY are we swapping palces!

The Canadian summers are OK, 34 deg C and long days, but those winters absolutely suck. And the trees are weird too. It is normal for the leaves to stay on and the bark to fall off every year. But in Canada it is all upside down, the leaves fall off and the bark stays on. Strange. The French must be to blame....

And what is this thing called snow?

Also, the Christmases are simply bizarre and unnatural. Cold and snow at Christmas? You have to be joking - the world does NOT work that way.

How the hell can you have a normal Christmas when it is not hot, with bushfires in the hills and cicadas in the trees, and lots of stone fruit, prawns and so forth.

Nope, we'll stay here. Besides, then you Americans have a place to visit as tourists where you are well liked, and which does not look anything like Massachusetts.....

Cheers:

MarkL
Canberra

hahahaha I love it. Good thing you right wingers know how to draw the swastika correctly. At least Hitler managed to teach all those horrible liberal, social democrats, and communist defeatist traitors what a swastika looked like before he shot them up.

Actually, weech, "swastika construction" is only the fourth lesson in the VRWC Handbook. The very first lesson is Troll Identification. You're outed, babe.

But tell us the truth before you go - are you also that pudgy lass who put the dollar sign in the midst of the President's name?

I've heard of

Canada geese
Canadian bacon
Canadian maple syrup
and Canada Dry Ginger Ale,

all the makings of a passable meal, I suppose. But what's this place called Canada, and why is our fuhrer bothering to go there? Is he hungry?

Wow your stunning intellect sure told me. I'll be more careful treading on your turf O great and powerful "Nightfly". Nah I didnt hold BU$H sign, I held the burning effigy. Hahaha just kidding but seriously Bush and Kerry are crazy but I am sure they can draw a swastika correctly.

Unless there are nude women laying on the grass spelling some kind of word this protest doesn't count. Yeah, nude women laying on the frozen Quebec tundra. That's the ticket.

For those looking for swastika history and information: gentle swastika

"I was not impressed. If that is the calibre of Canadians they can all get fucked as far as I am concerned. (She wasn't even that cute)"

But you are. Yeah, that's the calibre of all Canajuns all right. Sort of like, all Aussies are a bunch of drunken convicts. Get a grip. Stupid stuff like that I expect from left wing idiots, try to stay away from their level.

"On behalf of non-moonbat Canadians, I can safely say that we detest our moonbat countrymen more than any foreigner possibly could."

Ummm ... what he said. 'Cause we do.

Hey, that swastika is pointing the wrong direction!

As a loyal republican I know these things.

I'm a New Zealander and I agree with everything astonished said.

Our country is f*cked thanks to following lots of Canadas "great" social welfare programs.

George Bush has done one thing for me. He's made me wish I was born American.

The always entertaining V the K lampoons this pic at http://kurlander.blogspot.com/

Dave - I have a guess how you feel (red house, blue state). If you ever emigrate, I'll buy the beer when you reach East Coast, USA.

Weech - "great and powerful"? Neat! I'll have to run off some business cards.

Darwin - I don't think that's a swastika; just the Lousiest Pinwheel Ever.

"George Bush has done one thing for me. He's made me wish I was born American."

Any non-moonbat is welcome here anytime!!

However, if you can stand it, perhaps you could stay where you are and see how you can wrest your country away from moonbat control. The more countries that have removed their moonbats from power the better for all of us.

It's nigh impossible to wrestle this country from moonbat control.
To make matters worse, I work in the film industry.

I had an argument with a bunch of co-workers who argued that 'Any civilian killed by the U.S. military is one too many, there is ALWAYS another way than war. American's just love a good war.'
Trying to reason with them that 5,000 civilians killed in a 5 year war is much better than almost a million killed in a 30 year dictatorship to no avail.
Many of them believe WW2 should never have happened and that 'Europe would have sorted itself out without a war'.

This is the mentality I am dealing with, it's more like a red speck on a blue sun.

I'd rather just get out and go to a real country that still has a sense of responsibility for it's citizens, but unfortunately im taxed way too much to get out of this civil prison just yet.

I've been to America before, I went to LA for a week, and it touched my heart to see those massive America flags flying on top of the tallest buildings.
I feel more patriotism towards a country I barely really know [hollywood movies and the media doesn't count] than one I've lived and breathed in for 23 years - something is seriously wrong with my country for that to happen.

It will be a sad day when the last of New Zealands WW2 vets die, because with them they will take the last remaining respect in this country for a nation that has sacrificed so much for the world, and continues to do so while countries like mine bask in the resulting 'peace' and act like spoilt children.

Cheers guys
Dave

It's either a photoshop job or some real protesters fleeing the police asked those old dorks to hold their sign for them. I can't believe two people their age can be that numb, even if they are Canadians.

When I was in high school in Canada, the teachers regularly invited Greenpeace into the classrooms to provide “social education” to students. This included the following salient “facts”:
a. the USA was the root of all evil in the world,
b. Ronald Reagan was a crazed idealogue who believed in Jesus and wanted to destroy the world for the second coming,
c. the US was building a nuclear arsenal to expand its imperial rule over the world,
d. US aggression was threatening the freedom loving Sandinistas of Nicaragua without any reason,
e. Socialism was the only way to bring justice and peace to Central and South America,
f. the Soviet Union was just defending itself and was a viable alternative to the West,
g. there was just as much freedom in the Soviet Union as what we had in Canada and western Europe, and
h. Europe had nothing to fear from the USSR and had to learn to reach an accommodation with it.

I could go on. This happened repeatedly, taking the place of scheduled history and theology (I went to a Catholic school) classes. Many of the kids believed it, and why not? To a 12 year old with no other access to information, what adults taught in class must be true. This is the root and cause of much of the anti-Americanism that pervades Canadian society, sanctioned, taught and spread by the school system with the connivance of left-wing teachers who dominate it. Add to this a leftist elite with a penchant for social engineering and almost complete control of the mainstream media and what is really surprising is that it is only 50% of the population that has a negative view of the US and the Bush presidency.

Apologies for droning on, but I wanted to convey the size of the problem.

Anybody else think that woman looks *JUST LIKE* the "face on Mars"?

A.N.,

Sounds just like an American university education which most of us here survived. These days, one could substitute "Third World multiculturalism and immigrant populations" and "Islamism" for Soviet Union.

Why the need to charaterize entire nations by the face of a few idiots? A.N., I also went to high school and university in Canada. And while there is no question that the education system has a serious bend to the left, I never got taught that the USSR was as free as Canada, or anything remotely that ridiculous. And when I did get taught something obviously stupid, I questioned it. So why are there so many comments here (and other blogs) about the left wing Canadians and their ridiculous views on the world. Yeah, we've got our share (more than our share) off wingnuts on the left. But there are also a few of us that have our heads on, recognize good vs. evil, have served our country, respect and appreciate what the US is trying to do to improve things ... need I go on?

We've got problems here, but I'll work from within to try and correct them. You've got your own, in Australia, in the US, everywhere else. I don't assume that all Aussies are are Latham, or that all Americans are Al Franken. Give us that same benefit of the doubt.

Or we won't let you watch the World Curling Championships next year ...

A.N., I agree with your statement that "to a 12 year old with no other access to information, what adults taught in class must be true." Canadians will likely be able to watch Fox News soon, and that should be a start in educating citizens of the Great White North about their neighbors to the south.

I used to watch The National (Canada's most widely watched nightly news program) on CBC and I could hardly believe what I was seeing most of the time. They showed "debates" in the House of Commons that amounted to prolonged gang-bangs of America and all things American. They trashed our Constitution; they constantly slandered Reagan as a warmonger; they assumed that healthcare was unobtainable in the US; and so on.

Odd, the CBC simultaneously portrays us Americans as shameless, unscrupulous, uncultured, rapacious moneygrubbers; and as moralistic, religious, gullible rubes. So, which is it, CBC? Hmmmmmm?

Butch, I forget who said it (Mark Steyn?) but America is all gangbangs and strip clubs except when we're puritanical fundamentalists and we're imperialist conquerors except when we're being too isolationist.

Dave, I agree totally ... having left NZ in 1986 and only just moved back here, I can't quite believe the level of ignorant, smug anti-americanism I've returned to...

Strip clubs! Gangbangs! Empire! Sounds like tons of fun. Include me in, Aaron. (I'll repent later, just before the deadline.)

"or we won't let you watch the World Curling Championships next year."

lol

I for one don't think all Canadians are moonbats and as we know the media does tend to focus on a few idiots during occasions like this. On the other hand, a little support from up north would be nice.

jvk

As disillusionment with left politics seems to be universal, this link to an essay by Thomas Dorman has done much to explain for me the sanctimonius closed-mindedness we endure in moonbats. Written a couple of years ago, his points have become only more true.

He posits that progressive liberalism is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and that at its base is malevolence. It makes sense if you're open to a theory that liberalism is intentionally rather than ignorantly destroying Western power, with its supporters as willing dupes. Slight conspiratorial suggestion, but he makes some very good points.

sorry, here's that link

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/dorman4.html

After a long search, I finally found your site. My granny used to say, that you must never give up to reach a certain aim.
So keep on going like I did it recently.

Apologies to Dave and like mindeds.The French have managed to get away with terrorism in N.Z. They sank the Rainbow Warrior -well yeah right- but they killed a guy and got away scot free. N.Z. meekly handed them back to the French government for a token smack on the hand.

Dave:

"I had an argument with a bunch of co-workers who argued that 'Any civilian killed by the U.S. military is one too many, there is ALWAYS another way than war. American's just love a good war.'
Trying to reason with them that 5,000 civilians killed in a 5 year war is much better than almost a million killed in a 30 year dictatorship to no avail."

Moonbats over here say and believe much the same. I wonder if we took the moonbats from one country and swapped them out for those of another one if we could tell any difference?

I've also wondered if there is a group of international moonbats that spends it time going from a protest in one country to another protest in another country. I envision this group doing nothing but making the 'protest rounds' in various countries.

One of the differences between countries seems to be the concentration of resident moonbats. Concentration where you are is probably pretty high. I'd want out too if I felt there was no way to stem the tide.

It gets VERY FRUSTRATING trying to talk to people who seem to have memorized talking points from a manual, and can't reason things out for themselves. May as well talk to a wall. At least the wall won't give you a stupid response!

I know I'd go nutz if I were totally surrounded by moonbats all day. There's just so much idiocy a person can handle!

The democrat leaning website rense is currently running a similary uninspired animation of President Bush tuning into Hitler at this url.

Yet at the same time they (US democrats) seem intent on denying that they are saying such things?

Maybe democrats who create these videos are like Werewolves, they turn into monsters on the full moon, create stupid videos; and then forget all about it the next day.

(anyone got a better explanation?)

Thank you, Jorgen and Keith. I'll have better information next time, thanks to you.

Could we give moonbats their own country? Maybe one where the fauna live in peace without bloody teeth and fangs?

Maybe democrats who create these videos are like Werewolves, they turn into monsters on the full moon, create stupid videos; and then forget all about it the next day.

(anyone got a better explanation?)

Pods. We must find the pods. I'll check the closet, you look under the bed.

"Whatever course of action is decided upon all experts are in agreement that the war in Iraq has so weakened the American military that it could be some days before the United States is ready to field a large scale military response"

Please. The Single-Action Shooting Society could overrun Ontario during a weekend competition...

"Please. The Single-Action Shooting Society could overrun Ontario during a weekend competition..."

First, the Canucks would be frozen in bewilderment watching them try to twirl a lasso while reciting a line from a John Wayne movie.

Next, they'd be stunned by the impact of 300-fps .45 slugs bouncing off of their foreheads.

Last, they'd die of boredom from the inevitable Colt vs Ruger debate.

Just kidding. I'll probably give it a try myself someday (SASS shooting, not invading Canada.)

Canadian liberals sport their naivete proudly. They are making a deadly error to assume that they are immune from al Queda's murderous plans.

Thankfully, the U.S. has a leader willing to confront a global menace. History will acknowledge and thank Bush eventually, Canadian whiners notwithstanding.

Actually Richard and Doug, Canada has a small but competent IPSC chapter. Fortunately, the best of 'em are in Alberta and would probably come over to the side of the bold US invaders.

I checked out that Resne site which Dawn highlighted. It really was stupid and I e-mailed them to say that the picture was childish and pathetic. I got a reply saying this is exactly how people described cartoons ridiculing Hitler and how those peoplw who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it (these Dems are really fond of their cliches, aren't they?) It's amazing that these morons actually believe this shit.

ok ok ok! Axeman. I know not all Canadians are crook! Just the one I met. Mea culpa dude. I know a shit load of crook as Aussies but.

By the way, regarding my unfortunate tryst with said Canuck sheila. I have facial disfigurements that make the Elephant Man look like Adonis himself. (only kidding) I think!?

I note on another sign the misspelling of "misled".

It's amazing that these morons actually believe this shit.

Well Bush has been President for roughly four years.

By four years into his Chancellorship, Hitler had already cancelled elections and passed laws restricting the rights of Jews.

Bush has some catching up to do...

Quentin George -- well, you have to remember, Bush like Shiva/Kali has two aspects:

In addition to being the embodiment of all evil, he is also and simultaneously the boozed, drug-addled Chimpy of limited IQ who hasn't figured out how to really oppress us yet...

What exactly is a moonbat, anyway??

History will acknowledge and thank Bush eventually, Canadian whiners notwithstanding.

I'm hoping that history will prove him to be the corrupt moron that he is.

Come on Catharz, where's the fact-free rant? You know, like the one you shoved in the other thread?

You trolls sure are lazy...

Come on Catharz, where's the fact-free rant? You know, like the one you shoved in the other thread?

You trolls sure are lazy...

Umm, not a troll, just a point of view. I can delve into the book shelf and provide references for everything in the other thread (you do read books, don't you?). Even if it would be a waste of time, as I'm yet to see more than one point of view posted on this site.

Umm, not a troll, just a point of view.

Sure you're a troll. A particular pathetic one even, considering you couldn't resist from pushing the "Bush is a moron" line, just two posts after Richard had taken the piss out of that.

But I shouldn't complain. Unintentionally funny trolls who don't realize why everyone's laughing at them (i.e., like you) are always welcome here. You're cheap entertainment, so to speak.

I can delve into the book shelf and provide references for everything in the other thread

Lemme guess... Stupid White Men, Dude's Where my Country, a few John Pilger and Noam Chomsky Tracts, My Big Pop-Up Book of Amerikkka...

Maybe Margo's lastest pastiche?

Oh, I don't know, PW, this new troll could be fun for a few games or so.

How long will it be until his facade of "reasoned debate" drops and he accuses us all of being fascist oil-crazed neo-con warmongers?

Two more posts?

Mind you, he's made a good start. He arrives at a new blog, and posts the following:

A) Long rant, only tangentally related to the topic
b) Juvenile Whine (Bush is da moron! And corrupt!)

Actually, he'll probably get all stroppy because I posted this.

What exactly is a moonbat, anyway??

See above.

Assholes. Opinions. Catharz proves that analogy.

Catharz - maybe you can help me. I struggle so with this. Is Bush Hitler or is he a moron? Or is he both? Are they mutually exclusive? Is there a membership pin anywhere? If he's a moron, how did he manage to "steal" two elections? What does that make all the people that he has supposedly fooled?

Problem with statments like that is that they are self defeating. You can easily get away with criticizing various policies, and probaly get reasoned argument should you offer one of your own. But generalization - moron - is harder for anyone to take seriously. It appears you can't take the time or effort to come up with anything other than the latest screed from Indymedia. C'mon, make it a challenge.

I've left a little statement at the top of Cathead's original rant. The whole thing should be cast in bronze and put in a museum, next to the exhibits of the idols of other obsolete religions.

What surprises me, is that guys like Catharz will post something like that, and are then surprised that we don't swoon at his wisdom...he can't comprehend that none of those "points" his made are new.

That's not surprising really, as i doubt they are his. They most likely come from his literature...

Err..that should be "not" new.

The original Catharz rant is a laff riot all right. Take this gem: "As for Bush? He clearly didn't win the election fairly first time. But thanks to his Daddy's friends intervention it wasn't even investigated."

Not investigated? Thousand of lawyers, Democrat lawsuits filed the next morning, intervention by the Supreme Courts of Florida and the U.S., endless recounts (all showing Bush on top), dangling pregnant chads (remember those?), network executives called on the carpet by the Congress: more scrutiny than we could ever have imagined.

Unbe-fucking-lievable. The poor lad's thinking's been addled by Noam Chomsky diatribes.

I know, Butch. Incredible isn't it? These looneys truly inhabit some sort of weird parallel universe, where black is white, up is down and everything in the US is double-plus ungood.

I mean, for god's sake, the desperate belief that George H W Bush (and his "buddies" - unnamed, of course) rigged the 2000 election.

If he is that powerful, why didn't he organise himself another term?

The mind boggles.