"You are Privileged to be an American"

Vanity | passionfruit

[micho]

They stood there and agreed with him and spent their American cash in his shop. She even mentioned moving to Montreal partly because of Canada's healthcare system. Yes, she was serious...I still chuckle.

Most Canadians do not even know why they hate Americans -- they just follow along with whatever they hear! Spare me the details, I live in Canada and from what I've heard the average Canadian is just regurgitating. They hate George Bush and their same reply everytime is "He's a war mongerer." or "He's stupid". That's about as deep as they go!

[Grizzled Bear]

and move to other countries
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In our dreams. I wish they would emigrate. I would be willing to pay for several one way tickets.

[Old Professer]

If it doesn't change soon, we'll have to kill to keep it.

[MD_Willington_1976]

In the big cities or rural? Rural are a different breed altogether.. I'm glad to be rural, the large cities of Canada are Socialist rat cages...

[jnygrl]

Having grown up in Detroit I've always loved our Canadian friends!

[Grizzled Bear]

I met some Canadian Soldiers in Afghanistan. Damn fine people!

[micho]

Don't get me wrong. There are some really fine Canadian people, myself included. *cough*

I'm talking about the robots up here. They don't have an original thought in their thick heads!

[mpackard]

This is why (at least ONE reason) that I dont have liberal friends. I do have a few friends who are southern Dems but none who are liberal. We have COMPLETELY different world views and I just dont have time!!! : )

[mpackard]

Amen, and a sigh

[jnygrl]

After college our ideologies changed but we still care enough about our friendship to avoid hot button issues.

[jnygrl]

And thanks to you and your family for your service! :-)

[philled]

I was on a Napa winery tour shortly after the 2004 election. While were waiting to get back on the bus, we were in small groups engaging in polite small talk. A retired man from MO, upon hearing an Australian accent, inserted himself into a conversation our party was having. He introduced himself, proceeded to denounce Bush, the "fools" that voted for him, and asked if there was room enough for "his kind" to move "down under" to escape.

He had unwittingly approached my Australian sister-in-law. I stepped over to her, extended my hand and introduced myself. I stated that I was the complete opposite of the man she had just met. I continued on that I loved Australia and its people nearly as much as I do my own. I pointed out that while Australians are sometimes derided as "a coarse people" (especially among the elites in the UK), we definitely have our share of them as well- they are just sometimes indiscriminant in their exercise of their right of freedom of speech. I welcomed her to the USA, thanked her for the strong allegiance our nations share and that I was quite fond of Prime Minister Howard.

She flashed a smile but did not let on that we were not strangers. She embraced me, said it was very good to be in America, that a good man was re-elected and (while looking at the intrusive man) stated that she "hoped to meet a good many more of the sixty million".

Had he a tail, it would have been between his legs as he slunk back to his rather embarrassed-looking wife...

[fanfan]

Many of us 'non-Americans' feel exactly the same way as that guy in the Philippines.

[mpackard]

Thank you!!!!

[lowbridge]

I wish the anti-American Americans could live overseas for a time.

So do I. Being born and raised in the freeest country on earth, they have grown up spoiled. They have no real concept of tyranny.

They ought to live in Havana Cuba, or anywhere in North Korea for an extended period of time. No joke.

I recall reading the story of one guy who escaped to Cuba (I cant recall if he hijacked a plane and or robbed a bank), only to regret his decision, and decided that he would rather face jail time in the United States than walk free in the streets of Havana. He did indeed return to the US and went to jail.

[unkus]

I remember that. I think he was a Black Panther who hi-jacked a plane to Cuba. He got out and changed his political stripes. Can't remember his name.

[Mount Athos]

I got more out of your post than anything else I have read all day, thanks for telling that story.