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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFinally, a president with guts to stand up to Canada
"O Canada: You had it coming, eh.
They inflicted Nickelback on us. We did nothing.
They sent us Justin Bieber . We turned the other cheek.
They were responsible for one abomination after the other: Poutine. Diphthong vowels. Hawaiian pizza. Instant mashed potatoes. Ted Cruz. "
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/finally-a-president-with-the-guts-to-stand-up-to-canada/2018/06/11/474d948c-6db1-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html?utm_term=.8ae004044674
applegrove
(118,696 posts)still_one
(92,219 posts)(the "we" does not refer to the folks here, but a sizable number of Americans)
applegrove
(118,696 posts)Last edited Mon Jun 11, 2018, 11:23 PM - Edit history (1)
" A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."
- Arabian ProverbAuthor: Unknown
still_one
(92,219 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Balthazar is an angel or archangel who decided to save the Titanic:
This is why I watch this show and why it has completed thirteen seasons!
"What movie?"
"Exactly."
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)underpants
(182,830 posts)From an old SNL skit
lame54
(35,294 posts)For this we should be eternally grateful
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)So many comedians.
treestar
(82,383 posts)I might just support a Dotard over that alone !
Kidding !
still_one
(92,219 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,928 posts)it could actually take place, but wouldn't you love to see a Congressman or Senator and actually read that entire article before the gathered assembly of representatives and to have it entered into the accounts for the day / Congressional Record?
Actually, I can hear Ohio's Jim Trafficant doing that very thing, ending with "Beam me up, Scotty!" (Unfortunately, doing that would probably take away the significance of the message - Ole' Jim did have his issues!).
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)TY for Stratford, The Georgian Bay, Walleyes, and Guelph.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)They just feed him all the answers, you know. It's all fake news!