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Oh Dear!

Posted on Wednesday, August 11 at 08:42 by 4Canada
KANANASKIS, Alberta – Make that a big Canadian, "Oh dear." These nice Canadians, whom George W. Bush once managed to triumphantly identify as "our most important neighbors to the north" are famous for their reticence. Canada, Land of the Understatement. I once proposed their national motto should be: "Now, Let's Not Get Excited." Not that I would ever generalize. I attribute their commendable phlegm to being too cold to waste much energy, and also to regular ingestion of oatmeal. http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/19509/

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  1. by Jim Callaghan
    Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:16 pm
    Another one !! Are there really that many bushites out there ? WHY ? What has he done for America ????

    "Now, Let's Not Get Excited."

    Interesting that she states that we shouldn't get excited. I think she ended up on the wrong website. Thanks for the link, I just may send her a little note.

    Am I missing something here ? The only "phlegm" I can hear is from the "loose lips" that wrote this article.

    Texas. Figures !




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    "Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
    Jim Callaghan
    Minden, Ontario
    705-286-1860
    www.misterc.ca

  2. by Janis Schmidt
    Wed Aug 11, 2004 7:56 pm
    Indeed, Jim.

  3. by Calumny
    Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:38 pm
    Did you read the article, Jim? She's being to some extent facetious.

    She states in the article:

    <blockquote>Of the many stupid things our country has done lately, alienating the best neighbor any country ever had ranks fairly high on the All Time Stupid list.</blockquote>

    She no 'Bushite' by any means.

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    "When we are in the middle of the paradigm, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm" (Adam Smith).

  4. by Calumny
    Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:39 pm
    Damn, forgot to choose the 'html' option.

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    "When we are in the middle of the paradigm, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm" (Adam Smith).

  5. by avatar Reverend Blair
    Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:14 pm
    That's just the way she writes...kind of an exagerrated Texas drawl. Ivins is certainly no Bushite, has been critical of him at least since he was Governor Bush. She's also not anti-Canadian.

    You have to read a fair bit of her stuff to figure out exactly what she's saying though, and this article is way less clear than most of her work.

  6. by Anonymous
    Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:16 pm
    http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/new ... lly_ivins/

    http://www.workingforchange.com/column_ ... ?AuthrId=8

    http://www.mollyivins.com/showAuthor.asp?AuthorID=3

  7. by Jim Callaghan
    Wed Aug 11, 2004 11:24 pm
    Don't mind me, I have this knee that jerks sometimes.

    I don't always see the point when the writer is talking in circles.

    (Or maybe I'm going in circles, eh ?)


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    "Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
    Jim Callaghan
    Minden, Ontario
    705-286-1860
    www.misterc.ca

  8. by avatar Reverend Blair
    Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:31 am
    Don't worry, Jim...Ivins can be a little unclear sometimes. If you ever get a chance, listen to an interview with her...very cool.

  9. by Anonymous
    Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:54 am
    I enjoy her work most of the time over at smirkingchimp.com when it appears, but I agree, this is not her best piece to say least.

    She never does answer why so many Americans to the bewilderment of us Canadians, would vote for Bush. That is her main contention.

    Roy

  10. by avatar whelan costen
    Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:31 am
    Well yes but, don't you think some Americans might wonder why we vote the way we do???

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    If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?

  11. by randyvo
    Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:34 am
    This was typical tongue-in-cheek Molly Ivins -- wonderful! Lucky Canada..."it's like having the Simpsons for next-door neighbors".

    If there are any questions, see us after we re-elect this nincompoop (du-oh!)

    -Randy from RI

  12. by avatar Reverend Blair
    Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:27 pm
    I often wonder why Canadians vote the way they do. ;-)

  13. by hoopoe
    Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:37 am
    I don't think there are many Americans who even know how we vote, as all in all I would agree with Ivins' assessment that Americans have next to no interest in the world.



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