🚀 go-pugleaf

>    > i agree with (most of) your assessment in this, snowman... i totally
>  despise
>    > bush but i like many americans... particularly those whom are
>  capable of
>    > independent thought... and i have hated what i've encountered as a
>  fashionable
>    > form of american-bashing by canuck retards whom are incapable of
>  "seeing the
>    > bigger picture".... what they, the americans have accomplished is
>  deserving of
>    > both our respect and our horror... along with what we've
>  accomplished in our own
>    > backyards...

>    What, exactly, is "the bigger picture"? That someday we'll need the US
>  to protect us from the baddies?

no... the "bigger picture" is that we're ALL of us, in this together... 
including the fanatic freaks in the mideast... and the only solution that can 
possibly save our collective asses is to work together...


>    Unfortunately we're joined at the hip with that country... our
>  proximity to the most despised country in the world is our biggest
>  problem. We'll be in the crossfire. (Of course, with Harper at the helm,
>  and his head up the ass of the US regime... we may take a few direct
>  hits. We can thank those who thought Harper running this country would
>  be a good idea.)
>    Someone mentioned the US being our friend...that would be a
>  fairweather friend, imo.
>    The US has tried to invade Canada before...and failed every time. Now,
>  though, they have a huge arsenal - so they could actually succeed
>  invading. Hell, they don't even have to send troops - just missiles. Our
>  natural resources are coveted by the US admins.
>    If push came to shove...I've no doubt the US will take what it wants
>  from us...regardless how neighbourly we've been.

i haven't actually disagreed with a number of your points or snowman's... my 
comments can be taken at face-value and not necessarily directed at anyone's 
views here.... i do believe that pointing fingers is a fruitless endeavour, but 
am not so naive as to believe that even members of my own family would not turn 
against me if it suited their purposes.... expecting such an event, however, is 
an exercise in self-destruction and ultimately a form of self-fulfilling 
prophecy...

dialled-up rhetoric such as "US has tried to invade Canada before" is only 
another form of polarizing hate-mongering... and if you wish your arguments to 
maintain credibility, then they would be better served with a higher degree of 
objectivity and some factual data to back them up....