U.S. senators urge Canada to ‘give us another chance’ on trade, tourism - National | Globalnews.ca
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I’m a fan of balkanization. That’d fix a lot of problems quickly, albeit for a limited number of states and at the cost of making things worse for other states.
Is it really a cost if those states want to make things worse for themselves? They all have the same ability to choose sensible economic policies, they just seem to want morons in charge.
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In other words, some Republican senators still want to insert the knife into Caanda, to drain our lifeblood, but they want it done compassionately.
I was grocery shopping yesterday and saw ginger root and wanted some. But then I saw “Made in USA” so moved on. But then there was organic ginger root made in Peru and I got it. Not even sure what the price difference was, at the time I figured it didn’t matter if the organic was twice the price, though now I wish I had checked because tariffs might have even cancelled out the organic premium. I’m not even sure what the current status is for Canadian tariffs on US goods.
A few years back, I would have been happy to see ginger root made in USA instead of China. Funny how quickly things can change so much.
Also, any politician who tries to work with these senators to increase Canadian spending on US goods risks affecting their own popularity more than the popularity of US goods here.
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In other words, some Republican senators still want to insert the knife into Caanda, to drain our lifeblood, but they want it done compassionately.
“We still love you as much as ever” said senator Tim Kaine.
And we love you as much as ever - but it has never been as much as you think.
Canada and Canadians have always harboured a quiet, seething resentment towards the US - even as our snowbirds have flown south in the winter and we’ve greedily bought crap on Amazon. As proud as we are of Canadian musicians hitting the big time, we’re slightly bitter that we spend more time listening to American content.
I think it’s fair to say that we’ve always - at least in my 50+ years of awareness - felt the pressure of living next door to a ten-ton behemoth that fills our every waking moment just by merely leaking across the border.
And now the dam has broken. Trump has made things so unbearable that we finally have the resolve to break free. It’s going to be tough, it’s going to hurt for a number of years, we’re going to suffer financially in the short-mid term, but I’m confident that we’re going to do it. We will not allow ANY country or trading partner to control our destiny as much as the US has done since 1959.
So thanks for the love, but I’m afraid we’re still getting out of this toxic relationship.
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In other words, some Republican senators still want to insert the knife into Caanda, to drain our lifeblood, but they want it done compassionately.
Maybe try again once the Trump Regime is gone…Trump And all of his sycophants.
No fucking country in their right mind would give us another chance until then
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As a Canadian, DO NOT TRUST AMERICANS IN GENERAL.
My general stance is that, for the most part, Americans are like everyone else is. They’re mostly perfectly fine individually. It’s when you get them all in a group that they’re an issue.
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Is it really a cost if those states want to make things worse for themselves? They all have the same ability to choose sensible economic policies, they just seem to want morons in charge.
That’s the same dilemma I face as a parent. Do I swoop in to save my toddler from themselves or do I let them learn the consequences of their actions by getting hurt?
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In other words, some Republican senators still want to insert the knife into Caanda, to drain our lifeblood, but they want it done compassionately.
U.S. senators urge Canada to ‘give us another chance’
You already had another chance and instead you re-elected the worst president your country had ever had.
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In other words, some Republican senators still want to insert the knife into Caanda, to drain our lifeblood, but they want it done compassionately.
The fact that they are asking for another chance means they internally acknowledge they fucked up with their unprovoked trade war and assault on our sovereignty. The fact that they won’t just say that and apologise means they refuse to learn, so every single interaction with them should result in “Your guy’s still that orange dude, huh? Okay come back when you change”. They KNOW he’s fucking himself and their whole country over, but they expect us to just allow the betrayal.
tl:dr Get fucked US reps, certainly untill you’re going to meaningfully stop attacking us.
Edit - phrasing
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In other words, some Republican senators still want to insert the knife into Caanda, to drain our lifeblood, but they want it done compassionately.
As a Canadian I personally respond What’s on your mind their Super Chief because that shits a hard fucking no.
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My general stance is that, for the most part, Americans are like everyone else is. They’re mostly perfectly fine individually. It’s when you get them all in a group that they’re an issue.
Their entire culture pervades each one, individually. They are definitely NOT like ‘everyone else’. The indoctrination into the ‘American way’ is so pervasive, it is almost impossible to speak to any American individually for any length of time before some aspect of the ‘American way’ comes through. Basically, the ‘American Way’ is summed up by the phrase ‘The entire world is centered around America, and only America maters’.
