Bad news, Canada. America loves you.
posted at 8:00 pm on February 18, 2012 by Jazz Shaw
Andrew Malcolm brings us some good news on the front of international peace and love, but some bad news for the Great White North. It turns out that of all the many nations in the world, aside from our own, Americans love Canada the best.
A new Gallup Poll finds that it’s become Americans’ most very favorite foreign country both now and in the 20 years Gallup has inquired about such things.
Americans may not have been there and may be abysmally ignorant about a next-door neighbor (or neighbour) that is by far its largest trading partner, best friend and closest ally. (Until the last election Harvard grad Barack Obama thought they had a president up there.)
But Gallup finds that a record 96% of Americans are feeling the love for that northern land of toques that’s 10% larger than the United States with one-tenth the population. U.S. lovers of Canada are up 4% just in the past year.
In fact, liking Canada is almost unanimous in the 57 states. Only 3% of Americans think unfavorably (or unfavourably) of Canada, and they probably don’t even know where it is. (North of everything except Alaska and Detroit.)
But that’s good news, right? I mean, they’re not just our neighbor and largest trading partner, but they are responsible for the other half of one of the longest international land borders in the world. We want to be on good terms, and so should they, right? Not so fast there, back bacon fans.
When Americans start paying attention to anything, even if it’s positive, they tend to unintentionally smother, crush the bushes and walk all over the flower beds, telling you how really glad they are to be there, you know what I mean? It’s as if Randy McQuaid came for the weekend — and stayed a month.
But not everyone is feeling the love for Canada. Hey… don’t get the wrong idea, here. I’m not talking about me. I love Canada. I’ve spent a lot of time there. Amazing fishing and hunting, great food, wonderful people. And you know what else they have a lot of that I like? Oil.
But as I said, not everyone loves Canada. Some people thumb their noses at them, turn down their offers to build pipelines and send their Prime Minister scurrying off with hurt feelings to go make deals with China.
But not me. I don’t blame Canada, even if the kids on South Park do. A short video tribute to close:
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Obama is the biggest azzhole the US ever had as president.
Schadenfreude on April 24, 2013 at 8:42 PM
JugEars: …tough shit!…eat shit!
KOOLAID2 on April 24, 2013 at 8:43 PM
…we have other things to do… like pay for welfare…disabilities…etc. so we can blow ourselfs up!
KOOLAID2 on April 24, 2013 at 8:46 PM
and the downside for Idi Hussein is ?????
burrata on April 24, 2013 at 8:46 PM
Well, my Canadian friends, across the lake…it is your oil…do with it what you will.
Our current government is hell-bent on shutting down oil, coal and any other fossil fuel here in the States.
Can’t upset the Saudis, you know.
But do for Canada what is best for Canada.
Most of us rational Americans will understand.
Besides, there are a few countries who will pay you in cash…not promises.
coldwarrior on April 24, 2013 at 8:48 PM
In the not so distant future..
Ever seen that satellite photo of North/South Korea at night?
Just rotate that photo 180 degrees..
Electrongod on April 24, 2013 at 8:51 PM
Whatever. We will soon have wind-powered
submarinesships that go under water.Bishop on April 24, 2013 at 8:52 PM
Ahuh. Sure. Right. I’m sure you’d be sooo mad at your fellow socialist…
Only if we’re very, very, fortunate.
MelonCollie on April 24, 2013 at 8:56 PM
He’ll do anything to hurt the economy. Obamaphones and food stamps. The new norm…and all to plan.
CW on April 24, 2013 at 8:57 PM
nobar on April 24, 2013 at 9:01 PM
I didn’t mean that.
I was implying a satellite photo of a future North America compared to the photo of the Korea’s today but rotated.
Canada has an abundance of light..
U.S. not so much..
Electrongod on April 24, 2013 at 9:01 PM
Canadians (Canadiens for Quebecers) have gotten more feisty since their NHL teams are playing better.
bw222 on April 24, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Oh. Thank you for clarifying.
MelonCollie on April 24, 2013 at 9:03 PM
Who let Richard Windsor off the hook, huh? You morons hold the purse strings, don’t just do something, stand there. At least the Canucks understand how energy affects the economy.
antipc on April 24, 2013 at 9:04 PM
If it causes embarrassment or detriment to our great nation, Barry definitely will do it. It’s his mission to destroy our economy and turn our allies into foes. What part of this does Canada not understand?
Philly on April 24, 2013 at 9:04 PM
No prob
Electrongod on April 24, 2013 at 9:06 PM
Then it’s a sure thing.
vityas on April 24, 2013 at 9:08 PM
Every ship can go under water. The really cool ones can come back up.
BobMbx on April 24, 2013 at 9:13 PM
Boehner and Cantor…MIA on this?
BobMbx on April 24, 2013 at 9:15 PM
Annoying our allies is Dear Liar’s intent.
rbj on April 24, 2013 at 9:16 PM
Someone needs to tell our Canadian friends in very easy and clear language that Hussein will never ever do anything to financially hurt any of the 57 states of the OIC .
burrata on April 24, 2013 at 9:19 PM
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We are still in the various stages of beat-down.
By the end of President Downgrades reign of terror they will be telling us to be cheering for Dear Leader because when we flip the light switch, the one, cold, flickering bulb in the house lights up.
NoKo has got nothing on BO
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cntrlfrk on April 24, 2013 at 9:20 PM
Which is precisely why Teh SCOAMT is going to ultimately reject Keystone XL.
Steve Eggleston on April 24, 2013 at 9:22 PM
Ok, seriously, how do we stop these damn eco-Marxists who have been successfully crippling our energy economy for years and have only accelerated their destruction under Obama?
It would be a start if the GOP would cut the EPA budget in half. I’ve read multiple sources that say that 50% of EPA’s budget goes to environmental groups as grants.
It would also be nice if environmental groups coud be stripped of standing so they’re unable to sue on behalf of the public.
GOP, pease stop complaining about the EPA and do something.
Charlemagne on April 24, 2013 at 9:46 PM
I keep coming back to the same old question (as do others)… Why hasn’t the House cut off funding to the EPA…?
fabrexe on April 24, 2013 at 9:48 PM
When will Congress finally have enough of the EPA and DEFUND them?
Let’s see the eco-freaks work for “free”.
GarandFan on April 24, 2013 at 9:51 PM
just licking my chops waiting for EPA/State to become the domestic Sunni/Shi’a…
affenhauer on April 24, 2013 at 10:00 PM
I see the slob Warren Buffett cackling demonically, flat on his hairy back in a garden of $100 bills.
slickwillie2001 on April 24, 2013 at 10:25 PM
Thread winner!!..:)
Dire Straits on April 24, 2013 at 10:26 PM
I don’t understand why this pipeline is such a big deal, it’s not like we don’t have a ton of them.
Cindy Munford on April 24, 2013 at 10:32 PM
Maybe I’m wrong, but I seem to remember at least one report here some months ago that said the Keystone was a “go”? But it’s not…?
Nineteen Eighty-Four to be sure.
Dr. ZhivBlago on April 25, 2013 at 12:17 AM
It’s designed to pump the oil down to the refineries here in the US which are equipped to handle it.
Right now, that crude is being hauled by train to the refinery. A train owned by Warren Buffet.
Canada intends to sell this crude. It can either come here and create jobs in the USA, or it can be put onto supertankers and taken to China where it will make jobs for them.
The supertanker route is far more apt to cause problems in the long run. The environmentalists have problems with spills in the 50,000 barrel range, but a supertanker hauls 3,000,000 barrels, and those would be sailing off our coast on the way to China.
unclesmrgol on April 25, 2013 at 1:47 AM
If they start digging a pipeline straight to China, straight down…will be a pretty deep hole, of course…but it should pop out in China, if my recollection of those old Saturday morning Looney Tunes cartoons is correct. And oil spills? No problem, they’ll just run down to China, right?
Problem solved.
coldwarrior on April 25, 2013 at 7:29 AM
Reversal? By telling Obama that, it might just make his day. This president is tearing everything else to pieces so why not our long standing relationship with Canada also.
Pardonme on April 25, 2013 at 10:27 AM
Just Canadian PR prepping the way to build a pipeline to BC and sea-ship all that crude to China.
Marcola on April 25, 2013 at 12:21 PM