Kalamity K

The Daily Chaos of Kalamity K
2005-12-19 21:48:49 (UTC)

OH GIVE YOUR HEAD A SHAKE

I'm sorry...this is just fucking laughable...Jissus
Christ. [-insert eye roll here-] Who's calling who too
big for their britches? [-insert another eye roll here-]

Tucker Carlson, weren't you fired from CNN for being a
dick? Didn't John Stewart come on one day and tell you, in
all seriousness, that you are a dick? And then someone at
CNN took notice that he was right and fired your stupid
ass? Oh, by the way. Nice bowtie. Perhaps you are
bowtarded!

And well...there are things I could say about harbouring
terrorists but then I'd really be accused of being anti-
American and I don't want to get into that b/c they are
potentially unfair criticisms. But, even if we screw up
and there are a few bad guys here - isn't it your job to
patrol your own borders? For cases where we, or Mexico,
doesn't manage to screen everyone out? I mean...I guess it
is inconceivable that mistakes happen. Absolutely
inconceivable.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

I've never met a normal American who actively hated
Canada. I've never met a Canadian who serious hated the
U.S.

You wouldn't know so from the news reports. Perhaps that's
the most pathetic part of all, the spin we get every day
from everywhere.

K2

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U.S. pundits bash 'retarded cousin' Canada
Dec. 19, 2005. 04:11 PM
BETH GORHAM
CANADIAN PRESS


WASHINGTON — Canada has been described lately by a
conservative U.S. television host as "a stalker" and
a "retarded cousin."

Another pundit recently asked if Canadians weren't
getting "a little too big for their britches."

There's been a spate of Canada-bashing by right-wing media
commentators in the United States ever since Prime Minister
Paul Martin's complaints about lumber penalties and U.S.
policy on climate change. His remarks prompted an unusual
rebuke last week from the American ambassador.

The attacks on Canada have had web bloggers typing overtime
and a non-profit group that's monitoring the trend, Media
Matters for America, says it's disturbing.

Yet Paul Waldman, a senior fellow for the group, said
Monday the criticism is confined to the usual faction that
erupts whenever there's criticism of President George W.
Bush's administration and it probably won't last past
Canada's Jan. 23 election.

"There are always going to be occasions when it pops up.
But Canada is never going to occupy an extraordinary amount
of American thought," said Waldman.

"It's more like: `Who can we beat on today?' It's never
going to reach the heights of animosity toward France in
the run-up to the Iraq war."

Last week, MSNBC host Tucker Carlson, a well-known
conservative pundit, let loose with a string of anti-Canada
rants.

"Anybody with any ambition at all, or intelligence, has
left Canada and is now living in New York," he said.

"Canada is a sweet country. It is like your retarded cousin
you see at Thanksgiving and sort of pat him on the head.
You know, he's nice but you don't take him seriously.
That's Canada."

Carlson also said it's pointless to tell Canada to stop
criticizing the United States.

"It only eggs them on. Canada is essentially a stalker,
stalking the United States, right? Canada has little
pictures of us in its bedroom, right?"

"It's unrequited love between Canada and the United States.
We, meanwhile, don't even know Canada's name. We pay no
attention at all," he said.

The day before, Fox News host Neil Cavuto highlighted
Martin's remark at a news conference that the United States
is a "reticent nation" lacking a "global conscience" on
climate change.

"So have the Canadians gotten a little too big for their
britches?" Cavuto asked.

"Could our neighbours to the north soon be our enemies?"

Douglas MacKinnon, a press secretary to former Republican
senator Bob Dole, also recently accused Canada of
harbouring terrorists.

"Can Canada really be considered our friend anymore?" he
asked in a recent commentary in the right-wing Washington
Times newspaper.

"What other question can be asked when the Canadian
government not only willingly allows Islamic terrorists
into their country but does nothing to stop them from
entering our nation?"

U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins warned Martin last week to
tone down anti-American jabs or risk hurting bilateral
relations. But Martin was unrepentant, saying he would "not
be dictated to" by the United States and his hard line
appears to be resonating with some voters.

While the offensive from American pundits isn't widespread,
it still has the potential to affect cross-border ties,
said Waldman.

"On Capitol Hill, the TVs are turned to Fox News. This kind
of media environment is what the White House pays attention
to," he said.

"That hostility is probably shared by a lot of people in
the administration."




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