I know people think Kathy Shaidle and I ought to be a little more patriotic--or at least cheerful--this time of year, but Canada really is like living in a Michael Moore dictatorship. Here's several reasons why I hope Santa brings me a Green Card this year:
1) In Canada you can get a longer jail sentence for torturing a dog than for raping a child.
2) President Bush puts Middle Eastern dictators out of business, whereas our Prime Minister hob-nobs and conducts photo-shoots with them.
3) Although SCOTUS is far from perfect, it has better things to do than rule over whether or not "The Lone Ranger" is racist.
4) The Sharia carries no legal weight under the US Constitution.
5) Illegal Mexican immigrants is much more tolerable than in Canada's policy of fastracking and special visa exemptions for strippers and prostitutes, as well as allowing Arabs to bribe citizenship judges.
Good grief, the corruption here is so bad up here that we would need to clean up our act before hiring Kofi Anan.
It's fine with me that the Prime Minister visited "the Guide of the Revolution". Libya wants to end its pariah status, and the West wants that too. Qaddafi fessed up about the nuke program, so it's a good start. Visits like Mr. Martin's are a normal part of this detente.
I suppose you could make the point that the first visitors should be from smaller and less prestigious countries, and it's too early for Canada to be involved. It's a judgment call.
It appears that the Libyan regime is moving away from a state-controlled economy toward private ownership of former state enterprises, so the dictatorship is reducing its control of at least the economic sphere.
Merry Christmas, everybody.
Pete,
Maybe they can set up a prisoner exchange program where Canadian conservatives can be exchanged with American liberals.
Great idea, Jeff. There are plenty of people here in CA that I could nominate.
Oh and Merry Christmas to everyone at Catholic Light! :)