One thing we can all agree on: Canadians and their Wicked Ways.

[Zan]

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Zan,
Is nobody's 2d class citizen.

[beagle]

Absolutely. Time for a rousing chorus of "Blame Canada!".

How's the retirement going by the way George?

[Jayna]

:lol: That was hilarious! Nice one Zan.

[Opsa]

Our Canadian Toadfish will be thrilled by your generous acknowledgement of their many talents.

[Zan]

How's the retirement going by the way George?

Excuse me?   

[Zan]

Our Canadian Toadfish will be thrilled by your generous acknowledgement of their many talents.

There's no denying they're talented...after all, they survive in an environment that can best be illustrated by the "Hoth" scenes from Star Wars.

[Griffin NoName]

I'm not sure about the shipping lane point After all, the ice caps are melting.

[Zan]

I'm not sure about the shipping lane point After all, the ice caps are melting.

I have it from very reliable sources that this is nothing new.  Why, it seems we never really had any alleged "icecaps", that this was just an alarmist liberal myth.  People ALWAYS ran around in bikinis in Greenland.  They wouldn't have called it "Greenland" if it was covered in ice, they would have called it "Whiteland" or "OH GOD I'M SNOWBLIND LAND" (as opposed to Iceland, which was called Iceland because it sounded better than JESUS CHRIST THE VOLCANO IS ERUPTING AGAIN LAND).

But they didn't.  They called it Greenland, and according to the World Net Daily - a fine and reputable news agency, if ever there was one - they did so because it's always been this hot.  In fact, it was hotter, and we're probably entering an ice age.  It's just a kind of a warm ice age, and without the ice.

[beagle]

How's the retirement going by the way George?

Excuse me?   

My mistake. Momentarily mistook you for a retired politician based on your views of Canada/Sweden, but the one I'm thinking of didn't do irony.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

...and according to the World Net Daily - a fine and reputable news agency,

My crazy cousin is a frequent reader of that reputable publication. He has the firm belief that the guild of global bankers is pushing for a world government of oppression, and healthcare reform in the US is a step in that direction... 

[beagle]

I had to look it up. After careful study I'd suggest not reading any publication that gets a letter wrong in its own title.

[Zan]

How's the retirement going by the way George?

Excuse me?   

My mistake. Momentarily mistook you for a retired politician based on your views of Canada/Sweden, but the one I'm thinking of didn't do irony.

Oh, yes, The Beast.  I have never had the privilege of being mistaken for him before.  He was a dumb brute with the brains of a hammerhead shark, and the truth was not in him...but I shall miss him.  He made politics fun, in much the same way Lyndon LaRouche does.

[Bluenose]

Oh, yes, The Beast.  I have never had the privilege of being mistaken for him before.  He was a dumb brute with the brains of a hammerhead shark, and the truth was not in him...but I shall miss him.  He made politics fun, in much the same way Lyndon LaRouche does.

That, sir, is a scurrilous slander against the good reputation of all hammerhead sharks and I demand you retract it instantly! 

[Zan]

...and according to the World Net Daily - a fine and reputable news agency,

My crazy cousin is a frequent reader of that reputable publication. He has the firm belief that the guild of global bankers is pushing for a world government of oppression, and healthcare reform in the US is a step in that direction... 

Your crazy cousin may be onto something.  Those banks are a shifty bunch, and we may very well have to eat them one day.  The health care issue, of course, is a huge danger, as nationalized healthcare has only succeeded in every single industrialized nation besides the USA, and that's not exactly compelling evidence, is it?  I mean, after all, we're looking at iron curtain nations like Canada and Switzerland, and who wants THEIR standard of living, right?  I mean, we might have to wait in line with poor people when we go to the doctor, and we'd probably catch their diabetes when they cough on us.

No, no, we're better of holding our prestigious #37 spot in health care...I mean, we're not number one, but we're better off than Mali and Liberia, and that has to count for something.

[Zan]

Oh, yes, The Beast.  I have never had the privilege of being mistaken for him before.  He was a dumb brute with the brains of a hammerhead shark, and the truth was not in him...but I shall miss him.  He made politics fun, in much the same way Lyndon LaRouche does.

That, sir, is a scurrilous slander against the good reputation of all hammerhead sharks and I demand you retract it instantly! 

Little known fact:  Sharks HAVE evolved in the last few million years, and some hammerheads have learned to walk on land...John Wayne, Curtis Lemays, George W Bush, Rush Limbaugh, the list goes on and on.  Any of them would horrify Thomas Jefferson, and any of them would cheerfully pistol whip an old hippie like Jefferson, if given half a chance.

But their day is done, and The Smiler is in charge now, for good or for ill, and he has brought his own brand of shark with him.  They are a leaner and meaner bunch, though many people see the teeth and assume that they're smiling...and perhaps they are.  I'd be smiling, if I were them.  Rahm Emmanuel, for example, has lots of reasons to smile, as he grows in fresh teeth as fast as he snaps them off in the flesh of his enemies.  If you can learn to ignore the bits of flesh between his teeth, he's a very jolly looking fellow.

But what of it?  None of these people are on our side, after all, and the best we can do is enjoy the ride.