Let me first just say that I think Canada is a great country and I'm happy to be here, but:
What the hell is this crap?
And what the hell is it doing on Counterpunch.org? I'm shocked that they would accept a bull**** nationalist ode to Canada and a coddling of Prime Minister Paul "I murder Haitians and arrest Muslims" Martin.
(Let's not forget that while Canadians celebrate "Canada Day" on July 1st, Chinese-Canadians are observing Humiliation Day. On July 1st 1923, A head-tax of $500 was put on Chinese immigrants, and was only lifted in the late 1940s. Five hundred dollars back then was the equivalent of two houses - or half a million dollars today. What a great tribute to the people who built the "National Dream". For every kilometre of the Canadian Pacific Railway built between Calgary and Vancouver a Chinese labourer died. And the government still hasn't apologized or paid reparations to Chinese-Canadians. Wave that flag, especially the white part, eh?)
The second paragraph of this travesty published on Counterpunch is absolutely sickening. John Chuckman, the author, writes (my comments in brackets):
And another insane paragraph:
Oh, I guess Paul Martin is okay, then. Just ignore Haiti and Afghanistan, the Security Certificate Five, Maher Arar, business ties to Suharto's family, a twelve year assault on healthcare, EI, progressive taxation and the highest increase in military spending since Korea. Paul Martin should be put on trial along with Bush and Blair and every other head of state.
Shame on Counterpunch for publishing this drivel. Canada Day is nothing but the celebration of railroad tycoons and business owners forming a state to guarantee larger loans from London and New York. All the wonderful things that exist in Canada comes from ordinary Canadians fighting these ****bags, tooth and nail. Read a history book, Chuckman.
But, alas, I guess Canadians can fall back on the trusty "at least I'm not American" adage to get them through the day. How sad, and what a wonderful way to celebrate Canada Day
What the hell is this crap?
And what the hell is it doing on Counterpunch.org? I'm shocked that they would accept a bull**** nationalist ode to Canada and a coddling of Prime Minister Paul "I murder Haitians and arrest Muslims" Martin.
(Let's not forget that while Canadians celebrate "Canada Day" on July 1st, Chinese-Canadians are observing Humiliation Day. On July 1st 1923, A head-tax of $500 was put on Chinese immigrants, and was only lifted in the late 1940s. Five hundred dollars back then was the equivalent of two houses - or half a million dollars today. What a great tribute to the people who built the "National Dream". For every kilometre of the Canadian Pacific Railway built between Calgary and Vancouver a Chinese labourer died. And the government still hasn't apologized or paid reparations to Chinese-Canadians. Wave that flag, especially the white part, eh?)
The second paragraph of this travesty published on Counterpunch is absolutely sickening. John Chuckman, the author, writes (my comments in brackets):
We are not at war in Iraq, killing and maiming for no reason [what about Haiti and Afghanistan, *******?]. We have conservatives in our politics, but we have no commentators spewing hate like Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh [Have you heard of David Warren - lead columnist of the Ottawa Citizen, or the entire National Post?]. We have no puffed-up imperialist ones like Thomas Friedman [The Canadian equivalents of Friedman pepper the ranks of the Globe and Mail]. We have no genuinely dangerous public figures like Tom Delay or Donald Rumsfeld [What about our Prime Minister, or Stephen Harper, Mike Harris, Gordon Campbell - do I need to go on?].
I'd rather have a Prime Minister who sometimes dithers - although, as a pure politician, Mr. Martin has demonstrated breath-taking skill in outmaneuvering his opponents - than a President who seems capable of nothing but lying and crying about terror while terrorizing others.
Shame on Counterpunch for publishing this drivel. Canada Day is nothing but the celebration of railroad tycoons and business owners forming a state to guarantee larger loans from London and New York. All the wonderful things that exist in Canada comes from ordinary Canadians fighting these ****bags, tooth and nail. Read a history book, Chuckman.
But, alas, I guess Canadians can fall back on the trusty "at least I'm not American" adage to get them through the day. How sad, and what a wonderful way to celebrate Canada Day
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