Today, I am proud to be a Canadian! not an American! Canada YES! American NO!

[PM Martin]

Today I am proud to be a Canadian, not an American!

I cannot believe this trash that is being called healthcare 'reform' is going to pass with little protection from the abuses that embody this industry.
This is an electoral disaster in waiting.

I cannot believe that this garbage is going to pass.

Our Health System: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/index-eng.php

Vs.

The American Health System: http://www.humana.com/

Edit:
I am not gloating, NOR am I bashing America. I am pointing out that I cannot believe how corrupt your congress is.
Not that ours is any prize, but we do have health care for all.
Why is there a lack of outrage by the working class? :wtf:
Someday, I want to see America join the rest of the civilized world in these matters.

[quinnox]

1. Bashing all of America is idiotic

There are millions of us who obviously disagree with the Health Reform and you insult all of America. Take a hike!

[uppityperson]

2. +1. eom

[damntexdem]

44. America constantly proves itself idiotic -- way to go, Canada!

America deserves the insults.

[SidDithers]

3. Unrec...

gloating is never pretty.

Sid

[Canuckistanian]

35. I agree

Not the way to make friends.

[virgogal]

4. Well good for you---- it's nice to be proud of your country.

[TorchTheWitch]

5. marry me?

So I can get the fuck out of this piece of shit country?

[Thothmes]

43. Free to leave anytime you like.

[damntexdem]

45. Are you kidding? In the current economy?

Oh, you mean free as in the rich and poor are alike unfree to sleep under bridges.

[Thothmes]

47. Its easy to leave this country. It is much more difficult

to get a foreign country to take you. Imagine our Canadian friends opening up their borders to anyone claiming that the reason they want to immigrate to Canada is free health care.

[RufusTFirefly]

6. Congratulations. You have good reason to be proud.

Your country's health policies make it clear that people trump profit.

On the other hand, there's a small matter of those Alberta tar sands...

[Laelth]

7. I don't blame you for your pride.

What we ave down here is a fully-formed plutonomy where both parties represent only the interests of the ruling class (one with a smiley face, and the other with a frown). This dynamic is becoming more apparent by the day.

I still prefer the smiley face, but not by much.

:dem:

-Laelth

[PM Martin]

8. I see nothing good in passing a law that requires working class

people to buy private insurance with a penalty for not doing so. It reminds of of Orwell.

[Laelth]

40. Nor do I. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[MineralMan]

9. Another country heard from...

[Zywiec]

10. Boy, the Canadian political blogs must really suck, eh? n/t

[WildEyedLiberal]

11. Wow, stay classy

:eyes:

There's plenty of outrage among the working class, but if you protest the corporate overlords, you don't get shown on corporate TV.

I think Canada is a great country and it's great that you have universal health care, but really, rubbing salt in the wounds of people who aren't so fortunate is neither decent nor kind.

[PM Martin]

14. I am pissed!

I am not rubbing anything in. I am pointing out the fact that I would not want to get sick in your country.
Fact is, if you come to Canada and take ill, we will take care of you.
If I go across the border and take ill, I will be told in the literal sense to "drop dead".

[SidDithers]

16. Regardless of your intentions...

your post was amazingly ill-timed and insensitive to Americans fighting for meaningful health care reform. They're feeling betrayed, and your unintentional salt-rubbing really isn't helping.

Sid

[AspenRose]

28. Well said.

[Luciferous]

12. Thanks for rubbing it in...

[Cleita]

13. I don't blame you for being proud of your health system.

At least you still have politicians who care about your welfare. It's criminal what the parasitical insurance industry is doing to ours.

[timeforpeace]

15. Pretty big words for America's hat.

[Libertas1776]

19. Ouch

:rofl:

[proteus_lives]

37. +2 on that.

I would have gone with America's beer cooler or hockey player factory.

[importDavid]

17. +1

I agree. I just wish this would pass with some teeth intact.

It's twice as frustrating for me. I'm a Canuck who lives here in the USA.

Argh!

[Libertas1776]

18. You have every reason to be proud of your health care system

but you know, your entire post was pretty much one big gloat.

[Mudoria]

20. Your health system is great...

the only problem is having to live in Canada to get it.

:patriot:

[Vinca]

21. The real question is -

how many of us are you willing to adopt?

[azmouse]

22. whoopdeedo

[quiet.american]

23. Just felt the need to drop in and twist a knife, eh? Helpful. nt

[SIMPLYB1980]

24. Why are you scared of American speed skaters?

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/255185/november-05-2009/on-notice-dead-to-me---canadian-iceholes

[SemiCharmedQuark]

34. LOL

[SIMPLYB1980]

39. Damn Iceholes!

:rofl:

[Romulox]

25. Michigan would make a nice 11th province! nt

[marmar]

29. Exactly.....Half the change in our pockets is Canadian anyway......

..... we've already got a touch of the accent, and there would be no border issues.

[Vidar]

41. Annex us ,please,

[eridani]

53. And Washington could be the 12th? n/t

[Electric Monk]

26. Are you proud of what Canada is doing in Copenhagen, too?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iZkggT3QIkhXArL0R0S2VmTGmlCQ

Harper arrives in Copenhagen facing heavy criticism from developing countries and environmentalists who accuse his government of failing to make concessions to help reach a deal.

Canada leads the pack in Fossil of the Day awards, a dubious citation bestowed by environmental groups to the daily climate laggard.

[AspenRose]

27. Why are people proud of things that are, most of the time,

an accident of birth?

I'm not "proud" to be American. I can't help it I was born to American parents.

I could always move, I guess....but not everyone can do that....

It's like ethnic "pride." I can understand being *happy* to be x,y or z...but not being "proud" of it, because there probably wasn't a choice in the matter! It's what you are, whether you like it or not!

But pride usually encompasses achievement, based on what you do, not what or who you are...or it should, anyway. :shrug:

If you're proud of the accomplishments of the Canadian health system, that's one thing. But that's not what the title of your OP conveys. And if this 'dumb' American (who desperately WANTS reform) can see that, I'm sure a lot of my fellow 'idiot' Americans (who also want reform, and are fighting as hard as they can for it) can see it too.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

30. You should be proud of the healthcare provided to you by your country

Just as I should be ashamed of the healthcare provided by my country to its citizens. No argument.

[PM Martin]

33. Thank you.

I hate our Prime Minister though.

[Name removed]

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[TheWebHead]

32. canada has obvious financial advantages

massively rich in natural resources, the Saudi Arabia of everything, especially on a per capita basis vs U.S., plus they have a huge trading surplus to their only neighbor who happens to be the world's largest economy, and they have their at cost drugs/med devices subsidized by Americans... And their national defense is subsidized by the U.S... So yeah, they can offer more entitlement programs and have a small debt burden.

[Libertas1776]

36. Not to mention

they have at least 270 million less people they need to cover.

[proteus_lives]

38. Go choke on a beaver Canuck.

Millions of Americans are fighting for health-care.

We don't need the haw-haws from America's little brother.

[Number23]

42. I too am in a foreign country and I can't understand why ANYONE would rec this. Unrecd

But then again, I'm an American.

[Edweird]

46. That doesn't make you look like a dick or anything.

Really.

[nini]

48. your edit is the weakest crap ever posted here

At least have the balls to admit what you mean.

:eyes:

[Fire1]

50. I think she/he admitted pretty clearly what was meant and

THEY'RE RIGHT!!!

[PM Martin]

51. Yes I did.

And I stand by it.

[Orsino]

49. I, for one, appreciate the reminder of what we could have...

...had we the will. If enough of us realized it, the depth of corruption of our Congress wouldn't matter.

[eridani]

52. So, if you are married, I have a proposition for you

You divorce your spouse. I divorce mine. Then we marry each others' spouses and me and DH move to Canada. We'll get a place right next door to yours.

[Behind the Aegis]

54. Disgusting post.

Of course, I am sure someone could come along and take of those "pesky" unrecommendeds and "you're gloating, bashing America" statements. It would get recommends like this site has never seen!

[pipoman]

55. Being Canadian isn't worth putting up with the weird head..