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When I write a post and receive your feedback it encourages me to write again. ♥
What kind of title is this one today? Give your head a shake is just how I am feeling about the portion of the USA population that thinks Canadians should feel “complimented” regarding the whole 51st state issue.
Sorry to disillusion those people but Canadians are very, I would say “extremely” proud to be Canadian and have no desire to change.
I feel insulted by the whole attitude of those Trump Supporters, and I wonder if the education system exists “at all” below the 49th parallel!
Certainly there seems to me a lack of appreciation or knowledge for any understanding of the rest of the world or history. Perhaps insensitivity?
Canadians are united in their frustration and disappointment in how our country is being treated. I am appalled that Americans swallow and believe the untruths about Canada from DJT. I think most Canadians find it unbelievable that so many people can believe what he says.
A remark from the White House spokesperson said France would be speaking German if it wasn’t for the United States. Whoo boy! I am sure comment that flew like lead duck in the news in Paris! So much disrespect for France, and the Allies who fought for years, YEARS! before the USA joined WW2 and the same situation in WW1.
The people who know their history and who stuck up for them right from the beginning are in Europe and they love Canadians.
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Certainly I know there are millions of Americans right now who feel Canadians are justified in feeling “pissed off” at the USA – thank you!
But I digress here and my rant stops now.
Yesterday it was beautiful early spring day here in the Okanagan valley and I walked along Skaha Lake with my son. The lake was calm and I am so glad to live a kilometre from a lake.
We noticed people looking up in a shoreline tree and two immense adult bald eagles were in the tree, at the top and about a foot apart. Nature is amazing.
My heart goes out to the people in the United States who have done everything right and by the book and yet are feeling threatened. I am speaking about the immigrants who hold jobs, own homes and contribute to their communities but because of racism are scared.
I hope the insanity stops soon. I feel like a friendship that has developed a fracture, a teacup dropped and shattered that cannot be mended.
Now I invite you and recommend a detour to visit a blogger friend’s post that explains why Canada is definitely not “just like” the USA.
Here is the link that will be both entertaining and insightful – Link Link Link Link Link
See you next time – Hugs and Peace to you! – David
Life and Random Thinking 
the only way this changes is if Americans take to the streets the way they did during the Vietnam war….and those Canadians that call the USA currently home have to start speaking up….and hope the mid-term elections bring about a change..
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You may be right Warren – but I suspect everyone has a part in supporting positive change and blocking ignorance. I am confident that’s your opinion also.
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You say it well, David. A fractured friendship. My heart also goes out to those people in the U.S. who have done all the right things and are feeling threatened in their own country.
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I saw in the news about a library that is right on the border but the front door is on the US side and now the library usage is disrupted. Thank you Jane for your clear and informed post that I learned from. – David
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I saw that, too. That library, with the U.S.-Canada border actually marked on the floor in the bldg, has been a source of cross-border pride for eons. This govt is shameful beyond belief. The only smuggling ever caught there was an American trying to move guns into Canada.
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Agreed on all points. Enjoy your spring!
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Thank you Darlene ! ♥
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An analogy……….If everyone gets vaccinate, herd immunity is attained and safety is reached.
If that number drops below a certain point, the disease runs rampant.
If the majority of the herd are schooled and can use critical thinking, well thought out and executed actions can be expected,………..but If a critical point is reached by a largely uneducated group……..all hope is lost for that herd.
On another note, It was by a single vote that the national language of the United States became English and not German.
Summation,……..you can get rid of Trump and the like but there are still all these lunies running about like Chicken Little. We need Scotty to beam them all to the Luny planet!
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Beam them up Scottie! Thank you for the well thought out analogy my friend. We would be better off if Tribbles were running the white house.
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and you could say that again!
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Thanks for the smile tonight Wayne – elbows up.
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I share your sentiments about the US, David. I don’t know what will happen in the future, but it’ll either take a massive change at the mid-term election in Nov. 2026 or a full-scale revolution. I can almost feel it simmering now, as those who oppose Trump are horrified by what’s happening to their country. It’s stunning how one man can do so much damage so fast. Of course, he has a lot of billionaires’ help.
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Crazy times that I wouldn’t have believed possible Debra. I couldn’t believe DJT Trump could be elected once so twice was a shock. Thanks for commenting – I hope you are well. – David
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