Carolyn Parrish is wack

Carolyn Parrish is wack


...and she pisses me off. As a Canadian, I am ashamed that she is one of our members of Parliament.

Most of my readers will not have a clue as to whom I am referring. Parrish is the MP who last year stated "Americans--I hate those bastards", and who now is one of the most vociferous opponents to the proposed continental missile defence shield.

What the hell is she on, glue?

Canadians take an inordinate amount of pride in the social institutions of this country such as universal health care. What is so often overlooked is the reason why we have such social programs.

It has nothing to do with some sort of caring & sharing quality of Canadians. We are no more compassionate than any other country. No, the reason that we have "free" health care in this country is due to the fact that we don't spend nearly enough money on our military. We let the Americans look after defence for us.

Our entire army is smaller than the New York City police department. Most of the equipment is older than the soldiers using it, in some cases (like the Sea King helicopters) decades older than the soldiers expected to make it work. Why? because we don't need to have an army, the Americans protect us.

That simple fact is what allows us to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on things like health care.

And yet, people like Parrish continue to bite the hand that feeds us. Have any of the America-bashers considered what would happen if the USA was to actually listen to them? The softwood lumber dispute and beef ban are just the tip of the iceberg. What if they decide that enough is enough and firmly close their borders to us? More than half of all Canadian jobs are directly dependent upon that border remaining open.

And here we have an opportunity, to help the Americans develop an air defence system - and all we have to do is let them operate it in our airspace. We don't need to put any money into it (the americans do that) or put any of our young people in harm's way (the americans do that, too). And in response, we get Members of Parliament acting like toddlers throwing a temper tantrum.

So to Carolyn Parrish, and the america-bashers throughout a big chunk of Canada: grow the fuck up.