Read this/Bush's government

[Mojavpa]

hehehe... you wanna post the same exact arguement over and over again... so heres a lil quote I found. No, I didnt write it. And no, I dont necessarily agree with all the points... But it seems more and more valid every day on here.

"Let me start off by saying I am well aware that Canada is quite a diverse country and many different opinions exist. I am fully aware that what one group of Canadians says is not a reflection of what the entire country feels. For those of you north of the border who do not share the simple-minded views I challenge here, I understand the embarrasment that you must feel living amongst these fools.

If you've ever spent any amount of time around a Canadian or a group of them while they are in anti-american mode you have no doubt felt it. That feeling, that trying to counter them or debate and discuss in a civilized and fair way is on a par with repeatedly banging your head against a brick wall. To them, America is not 50 states, the most diverse in the world, with literally every kind of people and culture living happy successful lives. To them, there is only one type of American, a Fat and Stupid one.

Yes, America has a diverse population, but how many people are being represented in government? I'll tell you, 90% of our congressman are christian, straight, white men. And how diverse are corporate executives? Its the same profile.

Some standard anti-american remarks heard constantly:

* Why are all you Americans so arrogant? -- They usually enter a chat room or conversation and just blurt this out without even spending a few minutes to see what the conversation is about. The Americans will be minding their own business discussing something completely harmless. So I ask... Why do you Canadians go out of your way to find and barge into conversations that have nothing to do with you and then throw idiotic insults around?
* You just went into Iraq to steal their oil! -- Yes! We spend hundreds of billions of dollars on a war to save a few bucks on a product we can get domestically and from any number of closer more friendly countries (Canada included) for cheaper! America currently has over 25 billion barrels of crude oil in reserves, and produces about 8 million barrels a day. America imports oil mainly from, YOU GUESSED IT! CANADA!. Better watch out, we might be wanting to liberate you guys next! Other major sources for U.S. oil include Mexico and Venezuela. We don't need any oil from Iraq. What we do want from the oil, is for the Iraqi's to EMBRACE the riches it can provide and market it wisely to HELP themselves with it. That's it!

We dont want to necessarily use the iraq oil for ourselves, but that doesnt change the fact we still want to control Iraqs oil supply to prevent other countries from having access to it. Dont you get it? It about world power. The worlds oil supply is decreasing as the demamd gets higher. A sure fire way to retain our status as a superpower is to keep other growing powers in check.

* Yeah, you guys are cool, bombing civilians in ____. -- The blood of innocent people is on the hands of those that provoke the strikes. If I went up to you in the street and pushed and shoved you, I would fully expect you to push and shove me back. What I would not do however, is throw my girlfriend or child in-between me and you. That is what these people do. They do not care about or value life in the same way You or I do. They *want* innocent people to die. They want *anyone* to die. It's how they like to make statements. They'll blow up 50 of their own people if they think they can kill just 1 American or coalition troop. They would gladly blow you up and forget about you 5 minutes after doing so also.

While I condemn violence from Iraqi insurgents, we still have to remember that Americans are still DIRECTLY killing Iraqi by dropping bombs on civilians, killing people with sharpnel, and using chemical weapons banned by the international community.
If Americans really cared about the Iraqis, theyd leave as soon as possible. That would give much more credance to the Iraqi government and decrease the level of violence there. Theres no indication AT ALL the levels of violence will decrease as long as the forces occupy Iraq.

* You dumb Americans are all brainwashed by Fox News! -- Americans have the largest variety of news sources to choose from in the world. Fox News is not 'controlled' by the government and spreading 'propaganda'. Fox News is a privately owned tv channel, and can say anything they want. They are not motivated by anything else other than RATINGS, SPONSORS, and Shareholders. They are in no way obligated to report their news in any certain way. Unlike your CBC, they are not liable to the taxpayers. Their only responsibility is to try and keep people watching to please the ones that they profit from. Reporting the news comes in second. The same is true with CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, MTV, ESPN, ALL OF THEM! Unlike you, Americans understand this and form their own opinions based on various media outlets instead of taking one source as the absolute Gospel. Why don't you instead question your Canadian government owned and operated media outlets, and stupid things like the ban on Satellite dishes.

Many of the anchors on FOX news are friends of Republicans and one is ACTUALLY a relative of Bush. And FOX does brainwash its viewers. On a recent poll of FOX news viewers, over 60% said that Saddam Hussain was responsible for the attacks on 9/11. If FOX reported news accurately, how do you explain that? We actually have very few news sources if you consider the fact that most are owned by a handful of corportations.