Bill Maher just made a statement that caused me to stop and think, 'WHAT THE FUCK?' He stated that 45000 people die each year due to the shitty state of the health care system in the US. 45000?? So they're okay with spending billions a month on a war that is will hopefully protect them or at least would've prevented thousands dying on Sept. 11th. HOWEVER, they will in no way push through a health care bill that would give care to EVERYBODY. Why? Because that's socialism. Well I'm sorry, but I'd take socialism over dying.
Patriotism in Canada is kind of a different feel. As in, I don't feel it at all. I love this country and I think that we rock, but I keep it mostly to myself. Apparently 1/3rd of us Candians watched the opening ceremonies on Friday of the Olympics. I didn't watch it at all. Does that mean that I'm not patriotic or just not interested in a boring ass ceremony filled with lip synced performances and the 'honouring' of First Nations by allowing them to perform for a few minutes. Sorry, that's not patriotism to me.
Even more odd that our Prime Minister would use this time to head on a 2 day tour of Haiti. Should he not have been there weeks ago? He should be in Vancouver throughout the Olympics. Cheering on our athletes, meeting with fellow government leaders in town for the games, and showing that he actually cares for this country. Or is this how we demonstrate patriotism? We forget about our own country and always reach out to others first. This sounds pretty accurate.
If I lived in the US, I'd hope that I would march in the streets to reclaim my country. Here, I've started watching the Olympics to join in with my fellow Canadians cheer on our athletes...
1 comment:
the ABSOLUTE highlight of the openign was kd lang's performance. Not lipsycned, the very model of simplicity and it blew the rest of the ceremony out of the water
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