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Nov. 3rd, 2004 03:12 pmWell, I'm choosing to look on the bright side of things. With same-sex marriage in Sasketchewan, 85.32% of the country lives in countries where (gasp!) queers aren't treated as second-class citizens.
True, the perpetual ticking time bomb to the south got a few minutes closer to Armageddon with the re-election of a man so stupid it peels paint. But that's their choice. I feel sorry for all the people who tried to prevent it and failed, and even more sorry for anyone George W. Bush believes his god wants him to attack.
Optimistically speaking, though -- and from a gross self-interest point of view -- our country has actually benefited from the Americans having Bush for their Proconsul.
His disasterous economic policies have caused businesses to move to Canada, and his socially right-wing policies have encouraged artists and intellectuals -- the cream of the American crop -- to move north as the draft dodgers did a generation ago.
And his anti-gay policies have made Canada a haven for queers, which, IMHO, can only be a good thing.
Most of all, I haven't heard one word out of the Canada-should-be-more-like-the-US crowd for years. Not a peep. They're laying low. Meanwhile, people I know who used to say there's no difference between the two countries are becoming passionate Canadian patriots. The differences -- the real differences -- are becoming obvious.
Any hope for our neighbours to the south? There's always hope, I guess, but judging by the election results (61% didn't bother to vote, 51% of those who did chose Bush), those who support change have their work cut out for them.
True, the perpetual ticking time bomb to the south got a few minutes closer to Armageddon with the re-election of a man so stupid it peels paint. But that's their choice. I feel sorry for all the people who tried to prevent it and failed, and even more sorry for anyone George W. Bush believes his god wants him to attack.
Optimistically speaking, though -- and from a gross self-interest point of view -- our country has actually benefited from the Americans having Bush for their Proconsul.
His disasterous economic policies have caused businesses to move to Canada, and his socially right-wing policies have encouraged artists and intellectuals -- the cream of the American crop -- to move north as the draft dodgers did a generation ago.
And his anti-gay policies have made Canada a haven for queers, which, IMHO, can only be a good thing.
Most of all, I haven't heard one word out of the Canada-should-be-more-like-the-US crowd for years. Not a peep. They're laying low. Meanwhile, people I know who used to say there's no difference between the two countries are becoming passionate Canadian patriots. The differences -- the real differences -- are becoming obvious.
Any hope for our neighbours to the south? There's always hope, I guess, but judging by the election results (61% didn't bother to vote, 51% of those who did chose Bush), those who support change have their work cut out for them.
