[OT] Orwell is alive and well in Canada

[Collins Richey]

On 12/2/05, burns <linux at burnsmacdonald.com> wrote:
> On Friday 02 December 2005 20:21, Collins Richey wrote:
>
> > In general this is true. Of course, if you can't do without Candadian
> > style liberalism, you'd probably feely right at home in Austin.
> >
>
> I wouldn't say that all Canadians are as singularly liberal as most Americans
> may think,

[ rest of great post snipped ]

Thanks for the clarification, Burns. I like most Americans get most of
my info about our cousins to the north from innuendo or from the news
(both are equally reliable!). When I read news stories like the one
about the Bible being declared a hate document because it doesn't
support the PC line about gays, I tend to think of Canadians as
Michael Moore like, ie left wing flaming idiots (not that there aren't
any right wing flaming idiots, so please don't start). It's good to
hear that there are decent folks in Canada.

Needless to say, I have more sentiments in common with western
Canadians and western and rural US folks (save for the western coast)
than with the ultra-liberal centers.

Although I grew up in Texas, I haven't been in Austin in decades, so I
only know it by innuendo as well.

The one thing we all have in common is idiot politicians. We've just
completed an election cycle where the Republican governor stumped for
the biggest tax grab in Colorado (or maybe the nation's) history
claiming that we were all going down the tubes unless we give all our
money to the government over the next five years. I'm sure they'll be
back in five years to grab even more.

--
Collins Richey
      Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write
      the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not
      smart enough to debug it.
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