[OT] Orwell is alive and well in Canada

[Alma J Wetzker]

Collins Richey wrote:
> 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.

A couple of decades back, I spent considerable time in Saskatoon, 
Edmonton, and Calgary,  Good people.  A bit too conservative for my 20 
year old self.  They had some scathingly funny things to say about their 
countrymen in Ontario and Quebec.

I remember palpable anger at their politicians for deliberate actions 
that destroyed crops in the Chinooks at harvest time.  I happen to think 
Collins and some of the others would have a very agreeable discussion 
about government with the folks I knew.

     -- Alma