Nice article! Can we request to be annexed to Canada? It's been discussed here in Washington state, as we are right on the border, and we, in Washington State (not to be confused with the other washington (DC) "running" the country) really get along with Canadians.
Too bad that's a fantasy. Would be nice if Trudeau or any of his wannabe successors would show some backbone! Instead it's "How can we placate Trump enough so he won't punish us?" They don't seem to get what most of us learned in grade school: the more you give in to a bully, the more he will demand. He doesn't even give a shit about his own people, let alone us Canadians. The idea of Canada becoming a US state is horrifying. I was born in the US and still have family there, but to me it's the Evil Empire. I will never go back. If he annexes us I will flee to a third world country.
Very good satire. I recently replied to an article by Sam W. (A Canadian for those who don't know her) about certain border countries across the U.S. who are so intertwined with their Canadian neighbors that maybe they could be given to Canada at some point. Like Alaska. My own home county in Northern Maine is like that. At least half of the people in the border towns have relatives on the other side of the river and vice-versa. My own ancestors immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as close as one of my grandparents.
I don't know if that would ever happen unless the U.S. were to be seriously diminished and needed to sell off these counties in order to pay their bills. I joked that if these counties were to be traded to Canada someday, could I apply for Canadian citizenship based on my grandparent and my own father being born in what would be a part of Canada? The idea makes you think about the future of U.S. and Canadian relations in the near future.
I have a lot more to say about all of this in this week's podcast coming out later today.
Nice article! Can we request to be annexed to Canada? It's been discussed here in Washington state, as we are right on the border, and we, in Washington State (not to be confused with the other washington (DC) "running" the country) really get along with Canadians.
That will be up to the Canadians, but I should think that they might welcome the chance to add you guys to their territorial holdings.
This Canadian would welcome you, if the Maggots aren't included. We have enough rednecks here already, especially out West.
Too bad that's a fantasy. Would be nice if Trudeau or any of his wannabe successors would show some backbone! Instead it's "How can we placate Trump enough so he won't punish us?" They don't seem to get what most of us learned in grade school: the more you give in to a bully, the more he will demand. He doesn't even give a shit about his own people, let alone us Canadians. The idea of Canada becoming a US state is horrifying. I was born in the US and still have family there, but to me it's the Evil Empire. I will never go back. If he annexes us I will flee to a third world country.
The US is perilously close to being a Third World country, but it will probably end up like Haiti.
Very good satire. I recently replied to an article by Sam W. (A Canadian for those who don't know her) about certain border countries across the U.S. who are so intertwined with their Canadian neighbors that maybe they could be given to Canada at some point. Like Alaska. My own home county in Northern Maine is like that. At least half of the people in the border towns have relatives on the other side of the river and vice-versa. My own ancestors immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as close as one of my grandparents.
I don't know if that would ever happen unless the U.S. were to be seriously diminished and needed to sell off these counties in order to pay their bills. I joked that if these counties were to be traded to Canada someday, could I apply for Canadian citizenship based on my grandparent and my own father being born in what would be a part of Canada? The idea makes you think about the future of U.S. and Canadian relations in the near future.
I have a lot more to say about all of this in this week's podcast coming out later today.
Ilook forward to it.