# Are "the Canadians" Right to Laugh At Us? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 1, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826 "2010-03-01T04:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hooveroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Hooveroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooveroid)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/1 "2010-03-01T04:40:33Z")
Are “the Canadian” Right to Laugh At U.S.? Here’s an email making the rounds I just got: > [@](#): > > Barack Hussein Obama: I Told You So > By Howard Galganov > Montreal , Quebec , Canada > > [Galganov - Search Images](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Galganov#focal8d200795e6b26f56aaf4108af3fc3&furl=http://www.bilan..usherb.ca/voutes/voute3/postbilan/yvesduhaime_1976.jpg) > > When Obama won the presidency with the help of the leftist media, Hollywood and entertainment liberals, ethnic socialists (ACORN), stupid non-business professionals and Bush haters, I wrote: It won’t take six months until the people figure this guy out and realize how horrible a mistake they’ve made. And when they come to that realization, the damage to the United States of America will be so great it will take a generation or more to repair - IF EVER. > > The IDIOTS who not only voted for the messiah, but also worked hard to promote his lordship, are now left holding the bag. > > Here are two things they will NEVER do: they will NEVER admit to making a blunder out of all proportion by electing a snake-oil salesman with no positive social history or management experience of any kind. They will NEVER take responsibility for the curse they’ve imposed upon the immediate and long-term future of their country. > > In essence, the people responsible for putting this horror show in power are themselves responsible for every cataclysmic decision he makes and the consequences thereof. > > In just six months, the messiah’s polls are showing the following: on Healthcare Reform, he’s going under for the third time with polling well under 50 percent, even within his own party. Even though he might be able to muscle a Healthcare Reform Bill by using Chicago bully tactics against his fellow Democrats, it will just make things worse. > > On Cap and Trade (Cap and Tax), the fat lady is already singing. On the Stimulus Package (Tax and Spend), his popularity is in free fall. On the TARP package he took and ran with from President Bush, it’s all but Good-Night Irene. On the closing of GITMO and “his” war on what he no longer wants called the War On Terrorism, he’s standing in quicksand with his head just about to go under. > > It seems to me that Obama wants to be everywhere he shouldn’t be. He’s personally invested in totally insulting America’s only real Middle Eastern ally (Israel) in favor of Palestinian despots and murderers. He’s traveling the world apologizing for the USA while lecturing others on how to do it right, when in fact and truth he has no experience at doing anything other than getting elected. > > He went to the Muslim world in Egypt to declare that America “is not a Christian nation” while he heaped praises on Islam, where he compared the “plight” of the Palestinians to the Holocaust. > > The Russians think he’s a putz. The French think he’s rude. The Germans want him to stop spending. The Indians want him to get his nose out of their environmental business. The North Koreans think he’s a joke. The Iranians won’t acknowledge his calls. And the British can’t even come up with a comprehensive opinion of him. As for the Chinese, he’s too frightened to even glance their way. (After all, China now owns a large portion of the United States). > > Maybe if America’s first emperor would stay home more, travel less, and work a little bit instead of being on television just about everyday (or forget about his Wednesday date nights with his amazon wife) or stop running to “prepared” Town Hall Meetings, perhaps he would have a little bit of time to do the work of the nation. > > In all fairness, it wasn’t hard to be right in my prediction concerning Obama’s presidency, even in its first six months, so I’m going to make yet another prediction: OBAMA WILL PROBABLY NOT FINISH HIS 4-YEAR TERM, at least not in a conventional way. > > He is such a political horror show, and so detrimental to the USA and his own Democratic Party, that the Democrats themselves will either force him to resign or figure out a way to have him thrown out. Who knows, maybe he really isn’t a born US Citizen and that’s a way the Democrats will be able to get rid of him. > > I don’t believe the Democrats have nearly as much love for their country as they do for their own political fortunes. And with Obama, their fortunes are rapidly becoming toast. > > The Democrats can keep on blaming Bush for everything, but that game’s already begun to wear real thin. Their mantra was “WE DON’T WANT 4 MORE YEARS,” which the STUPID people bought. The new mantra will soon become: “WE DON’T WANT 6 MORE MONTHS.” > > Please tell me, how is it that the majority of the Canadian population understands what’s going on in the United States however, the majority of the American public and the socialistic idiots in Washington DC have no idea of what’s happening to their country, or they’re too stupid to care. It seems to me that it’s just some guy names Howard Galganov who is laughing. This is all I could find on Galganov = [Howard Galganov - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Galganov) What do you think? Please don’t just say its just an email it doesn’t matter. It seems pretty fishy to me, but I’m not Canadian or American. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/2 "2010-03-01T04:48:02Z")
> [@Hooveroid](#): > > What do you think? Please don’t just say its just an email it doesn’t matter. O.k. It’s just a piece of email from a radio hack and failed politician who will say anything to get people to listen to him, so why did you bother to post it here? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/3 "2010-03-01T04:52:55Z")
> [@Hooveroid](#): > > What do you think? Please don’t just say its just an email it doesn’t matter. According to that Wikipedia link, he’s a failed talk show host and failed politician. His credentials for understanding the opinions of Canadians or American seem to be pretty much non-existent. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/4 "2010-03-01T05:03:35Z")
He doesn’t even have a coherent argument. What are we supposed to do with this? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/5 "2010-03-01T05:10:28Z")
He will be dealt with. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/6 "2010-03-01T05:40:20Z")
They win one stupid hockey game, and they start laughing at us. You’ll get yours, Canucks. Oh, you’ll get yours. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/7 "2010-03-01T05:43:07Z")
Just a tip - sane Canadians are even less likely to make an accusation of ‘leftist media’ than sane Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/8 "2010-03-01T05:46:05Z")
It’s more like worried for you than laughing at you. Mostly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/9 "2010-03-01T05:50:31Z")
The whole “will not finish his term… at least in a conventional way” is really what dismisses it for me- it just reeks of a passive-aggressive threat against the president. What other options are there? Does he REALLY mean to suggest that the democratic party would get so frustrated at their own elected representative that they’ll pull a complete 180 and desire to depose of him? It’s just baffling. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/10 "2010-03-01T05:55:47Z")
I pretty much stopped reading after the phrase, “…ethnic socialists (ACORN)…” This thing was written by an asswipe. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/11 "2010-03-01T06:07:10Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > The whole “will not finish his term… at least in a conventional way” is really what dismisses it for me- it just reeks of a passive-aggressive threat against the president. What other options are there? Does he REALLY mean to suggest that the democratic party would get so frustrated at their own elected representative that they’ll pull a complete 180 and desire to depose of him? More likely hinting at assassination; the Right does that fairly often. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/12 "2010-03-01T06:13:48Z")
This is a guy who says of Sarah Palin: [QUOTE=Crackpot] FINALLY - A real American hero is emerging who is America’s new Davy Crockett and defender of the dream. [/QUOTE] And my favorite: > [@](#): > > America is about heroes - Real heroes who put it all on the line without fear of what the chattering classes would have to say. American heroes aren’t afraid of failure. I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that he doesn’t speak for all, many, or probably even any Canadians. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/13 "2010-03-01T06:15:19Z")
There is a certain part of the English-speaking community in Quebec that is very conservative by Canadian standards, for historical reasons. This person is part of that community. In no way does he reflect the thinking of the majority of Canadians. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/14 "2010-03-01T08:04:22Z")
> [@DMC](#): > > This is a guy who says of Sarah Palin: > And my favorite: > I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that he doesn’t speak for all, many, or probably even any Canadians. I’m going to guess that you’re correct. > [@](#): > > Galganov founded the Quebec Political Action Committee (QPAC), serving as its president ( **and only member** ) until 2000. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/15 "2010-03-01T08:11:01Z")
He’s inconsistent, too. In the first paragraph, he says that he said that it ‘won’t take 6 months’ for the people (presumably, the ones who voted for him) to realize their mistake. But then, in the third paragraph, he says that they [again, the people who voted for him] will never admit a mistake or take responsibility for a curse. He also calls Obama “America’s first emperor” (incorrect, [Emperor Norton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton) was the first American emperor), but he also says he isn’t getting anything done because he’s too busy addressing the nation, except that he’s also everywhere, except where he should be. Meanwhile, the writer calls Obama the Messiah, while saying even Democrats will get fed up with him, despite no-one in America realizing what’s going on. It’s like the writer has no clue about Obama, except that he hates him. And apparently, the Muslims have their own world now. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/16 "2010-03-01T08:22:26Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > The whole “will not finish his term… at least in a conventional way” is really what dismisses it for me- it just reeks of a passive-aggressive threat against the president. What other options are there? Does he REALLY mean to suggest that the democratic party would get so frustrated at their own elected representative that they’ll pull a complete 180 and desire to depose of him? It’s just baffling. He just got Palin and Obama mixed up. It’s an easy mistake to make. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/17 "2010-03-01T08:51:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Galganov: > > FINALLY - A real American hero is emerging who is America’s new Davy Crockett and defender of the dream. David Crockett, the most famous one, was the Congressman from my home District. I know for a fact that he never shot wolves from a plane. The current residents of that area in West Tennessee are more liberal and Democratic than the East Tennessee residents. They do not support needless war. But should Mexico and Texas get into a tiff again, they will be happy to have Neiman-Marcus supply her with the latest in coon-skin caps and suggest a vacation on San Antonio’s Riverwalk. People who say or write such things as this Canadian are trying to perpetuate ignorance or they themselves are ignorant. BTW, according to this week’s Gallup Poll, President Obama’s job approval rating this week remains at 50%. It has been within two or three points of that since November and is remaining steady. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/18 "2010-03-01T15:03:25Z")
I don’t think much of this particular criticism, but I am often surprised (and confused) with the critical attitudes many Americans have towards our northern neighbors. On many social and foreign policy issues I consider them far ahead of the US. I wonder, tho, whether they would reflect the same values if they had the US’s riches? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/19 "2010-03-01T15:42:20Z")
Ignore him. We know Galgy up here and, by consensus, he’s a troll and a jerk ( **detop** who’s from Quebec). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826/20 "2010-03-01T16:32:31Z")
> [@Hooveroid](#): > > It seems to me that it’s just some guy names Howard Galganov who is laughing. This is all I could find on Galganov = [Howard Galganov - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Galganov) > > What do you think? Please don’t just say its just an email it doesn’t matter. No, the reason it doesn’t matter is that, based on that article, Howard Galganov is a crank, the Canadian equivalent of Michael Savage or Rush Limbaugh, only one representing a far narrower segment of public opinion in his country. Thus an e-mail over his name offers no grounds to infer “the Canadians” are laughing at us for electing Barack Obama. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-canadians-right-to-laugh-at-us/530826.md?page=2)