With their beadly little eyes
And flappin’ heads so full of lies.
Make sure you get West Edmonton Mall, the Canuck Navy has a secret base there, cleverly disguised as a shopping mall where they’ve hidden 6 state of the art submarines! (Officially, the Canadian Navy only has three. Riiiiiight, guys, and the US DOESN’T have anything in Area 51. :rolleyes:)
Yah, if you don’t mind, you’re going to have to come with us, eh?
Tuckerfan– Shhhh! You know what happened to those SCUBA divers that got too close to the truth.
I’d say the OP is about, er…63% true. From a strictly US point of view. 
Oh, great, now I notice that the hamsters ate my OP.
Here it is again, for what it’s worth: (I feel much better now after a brisk walk.)
From The National Review’s Online Digest:
This tongue-in-cheek suggestion is only slightly more hare-brained than existing U.S. foreign policy. Psst: There is no “anti-americanism” in the UN mandate. Just, you know, that whole pie-in-the-sky, “rule of law” thing, which can look like anti-americanism, if you squint at it, when you have a government that feels more and more comfortable playing the part of rogue state.
Yeah, it’s really funny that the Kiriabati folk took a parody article about an immenent US invasion at face value. How could they not see the joke? You know why? It’s because once you get out from under the shadow of CNN, it looks more and more like the United States has pretty much gone bugshiat-crazy.
I love it when the National Review or the National Post or someone insults Canada. It means we’re doing something right.
I love it when the National Review or the National Post or someone insults Canada. It means we’re doing something right.
And the Toronto take on the story: http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20021109/UREVUN/International/international/international_temp/4/4/26/
Among the highlights, I found amusing
and
You get the idea.
Another journalistic lightweight-cum-lately.
Yet another reason to stregthen economic ties with the EU and Asia.
Do they still sell milk in fucking bags up there?
Any country that has that going on should be nuked back to the stone age!
It is not the Canadians who need bombing, but the pinheads in charge who, inexplicably, continue to be elected by the voters in the east. The Liberal Party has systematically demolished our military over the last few years, remaining staunchly convinced that the task of protecting our country should be in the hands of the United States. Maybe it’s just sour grapes for American complicity in the dismantling of the AVRO Arrow project in the late 50s, or maybe the Liberals are actually that out of touch with what it means to be a sovereign nation. Believe me, there are plenty of people up here who consider our military (or lack thereof) to be an embarrassment and a disgrace (yes, Tuckerfan is right – we have more operating subs in a shopping mall than we have in our navy).
On second thought, you’d probably be doing us a favour by blowing Toronto, the self-proclaimed centre of the universe, off the map, as well as Ottawa. Do your worst, please! And if a few separatist Québecois buy it in the process, so much the better.
We’re not a serious country anymore? When were we ever a serious country? We laugh at everything (especially ourselves), and comedians are our biggest export. Good grief, with 30% taxation, a joke of a prime minister, 8 months of winter and a dollar that hasn’t been on par with the American dollar since the 70’s, you’re damn right we’re not a serious country. We’d all be blowing our brains out.
And btw, your sig is more appropriate than ever in this context, Dread Pirate Poopsie.
I read NRO all the time, and Jonah Goldberg is the only columnist I specifically avoid. He’s just an asshole, and not nearly as clever as he thinks he is. I can’t understand why he’s been getting so much attention lately - unless because with remarks like the one about bombing Canada, he’s going the Ann Coulter route of actively seeking notoriety rather than renown.
I’m quite the opposite of masonite: Jonah Goldberg is one of the few NRO columns I regularly read. Goldberg is not Ann Coulter (indeed, I think he and Rich Lowry were the key players in dropping her column from NRO). Anyone who’s read any decent quantity of his columns knows that he doesn’t take much very seriously – this is a guy who regularly peppers his column with Star Trek and Simpsons references. And I like that about him – too many political pundits take themselves far too seriously.
If Jonathan Swift lived right about now, I wonder if Larry Mudd would be upbraiding him over his modest proposal?
Yeah, right. Our military funding is still way too high, isn’t it Matt?
Hey, if you come after Canada, we’re ready for you!
Is it true Bush wants to annex Canada but is recalcitrant about it because that means he and Celine Dion would be in the same country?
That’s a pretty poor analogy, Dewey. If Mr. Goldberg’s article is parody, intended to underscore the wrongheadedness of American policy with regard to Canada, I’ll eat a baby. Obviously the humourous intent is there, but it’s clearly not intended as satire. Goldberg really does see a “Canadian Problem”: “How do we get our northern neighbors on side with our military agenda?”
He’s no Swift, and your none-too-swift yourself. Neener neener.