I think Canadians in particularly have a free pass to criticize the U.S. because, for good or bad, our fates are necessarily entertwined.

You may be discounting the degree to which entire countries can live or die by the actions of the US, countries which have far less leverage (being third world) than Canada may have.

i should rep him.

Where's that fan site, huh?

I don't think the Democrats have much of a message lately on how they are going to make your life better. The Republicans are going to lower your taxes, keep icky gay people from getting married, perserve your right to have a gun, and protect life.

Coming late to the discussion because of an abortive attempt to do actual work

See, that right there is your problem.

Where's that fan site, huh?

Help me dig up pics, yo.

I have a brush rather than a glove and I just hold the thing over a gargage can and rub my hand over it perpendicular to the direction you remove lint in and it all comes off. I have no idea how similar the glove thingies are.

Yeah, that sounds about right. I just keep screwing up and putting the lint back on the thing I just got it off of. Will try my hand next.

And you can talk shit, it's not like my bristle is some magic spell to stop you.

And it won't, no fear. Like I can shut my yapper when I want to, never mind when anyone else wants me too. [insert smiley] I have bristle points too. I try not to react to them. Doesn't help.

"Bush: 'I don't see how you can be president without a relationship with the Lord'..."

Hee. i suppose my dad will run for Prez.

He has a relationship with the Lord, and basically, he'd like to kick His Holy Ass.

You may be discounting the degree to which entire countries can live or die by the actions of the US, countries which have far less leverage (being third world) than Canada may have.

ita has a good point. I don't think I bristle much at foreign criticisms of U.S. government policy, and I always enjoy a good Bush-bashing. I am a little testy which people from other countries who start sentences with "Americans are just too....(selfish, impatient, ignorant, provincial, etc.)" There are very few statements that cover all Americans. For that matter, I get testy with Southerners who make blanket statements about New Yorkers, when I have probably been helped by more nice strangers in New York than any other city.

Shrift, I think the fact that you've been working 24/7 since Clinton was in office is the reason you have a backache.

Upon reflection, I realized that, hey, I've been working 10-12 hour days non-stop for... the last six months.

Huh.

Despite the pile of work on my desk, this is inspiring me to leave as soon I possibly can. I will go buy comics and beer. And then I will sit on my ass an watch pretty, scantily-clad people for a couple of hours.

I bristle at stupid criticisms of everybody. But absolutely reserve the right to call a spade a spade, whether it is here or in France.

(Which country I do actually like, and would not boycott nice food for a political purpose even if I did not like the country it came from.)

By this logic, I am occasionally required to admit that, e.g., the New York Yankees as a team do not actively worship the devil and eat babies. Having admitted this, I feel that my assertion that, e.g., Alex Rodriguez occasionally reaches for the funyuns and chows down baby brains instead, will be taken as a reasoned opinion, rather that as a stupid criticism.

There is no fun like hair-splitting. Hair-splitting is where it's at.