I've been here about a week. It is refreshing to say the least, the weather
is in the mid-70's to low 80's, nothing like the 100+ of the home. Most
of
all, it's the sanity I enjoy.
Canadians know Bush is nuts. And, they feel the smite of his retaliation
everyday, in various ways. Just as journalist and nay sayers take hits
from
George's hit men, so do other democracies that have the courage to say
no,
the emperor IS naked.
It should be remembered, for the sake of those who are devoid of any
historical base: Canada has sent troops to virtually every UN peace keeping
mission since the organization was formed, allowed America blacks in their
armed forces during WWII with full rank and privileges long before the
notion ever occurred to the US and, back in the days of yore when I was
freelancing for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the late 70's
early
80's the U.S. dollar was worth only sixty to seventy cents Canadian, Canada
had troops in Afghanistan even after our pilots bombed and killed their
troops and then took a slap on the wrist.
I could go on but, it would just bore the informed, the uninformed have
most likely stopped reading by now.
Looking South across the St. Lawrence seaway I can't help but think
how my friends here must view the large 800 pound gorilla they have for
a
neighbor. I am reminded of Mexico, "So far from God, so close to
the United
States, que lastema!"
Think about these things. I read from up here that the "Seniors Coalition"
is fighting a bill that would allow U.S. citizens to fill prescriptions
in Canada
because they "might not be safe."
Again, the pig of American corporate commerce has squealed. "Might be
unsafe", let's think about that just for moment.
I take a prescription, I am a type II diabetic. Using my $600 per month
insurance it costs me $20 per month to get a refill. I checked with a pharmacist
up here; that same prescription, from THE SAME U.S. OWNED COMPANY,
would cost only $17.50 Canadian dollars a month. If I convert that to U.S.
dollars
is about $12.25 per month.
In short, I'm losing about a hundred bucks a year even with my outrageous
insurance rates. "Might not be safe?" hell my wallet isn't safe from these
U.S. based robber barons.
Drugs cost a lot because the insurance companies are willing to boost the
cost on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies. Perhaps the insurance
companies make their profit off floating the money for a few days then
stepping on it once and paying the drug boys their share. At any rate,
ripoff is ripoff.
IF the drugs are "unsafe" they why aren't the streets littered with dead
Canadians? Or perhaps the drugs are only unsafe to Americans? In that case,
how does each individual dose know who is American and who is Canadian?
This is only yet another example of Bushie people lying to the public
just
as they supported lies about the war, they lie about drugs and then pour
the
profits into their pockets. It is a lie after lie administration
and they keep lying
to the people.
Canada is nearing a cattle crisis because of a U.S. embargo. This is
supposed to be because of Mad Cow. Did the U.S. media ever ask the country
of origin if the Mad Cow in question, yes boys and girls there's only one
mad cow
in Canada, and it came from the U.S.
The embargo is killing the cattle industry. And, people here can't
help
but think it has something to do with telling George W. Bush no when he
lied
to his own people and invaded Iraq. Who would profit if Canada's largest
beef buyer suddenly had to buy domestic? Let's think about that, could
this
be part of a cattleman's welfare program, you know that kind that keeps
guberrment outta business?
Canadians can't help but think that the threats to start giving full
inspections to truck transports and back traffic up for miles at the border
has something to do with telling George and Ayatollah Ashcroft Canada
is a sovereign country that will make their own marijuana laws based
on
their own research.
Looking South its easy to see why people here view the U.S. as having
something akin to a temper tantrum at the expense of the rest of the sane
world..
Oh well, maybe a Cuban cigar will settle me down, they're legal here.