I don't usually update my blog in the middle of the week, but circumstances compel me to comment on something that has disturbed me deeply. I was born in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. I've lived in the United States since I was nine years old and I am a naturalized US citizen. Thank God for that. The Canadian government is an embarassment to my heritage. Their "head in the sand" politics with regards to the war in Iraq has me absolutely seething. The booing of the American anthem at hockey games in Canada is overwhelmingly inappropriate and shows the ignorance of the typical Canadian hockey fan. The fact that their sport of choice is hockey says quite a bit about them to begin with.

There are anti-war protests in the United States and it is the right of Americans to express their views. Our men and women in Iraq are fighting for this right to continue. However, if this type of display was made in Iraq, the demonstrators would be rounded up and murdered by Saddam Hussein. Anti- government sentiments are punishable by death in Iraq.

Canada's war efforts in general have been pathetic at best and embarassing in relative terms. If terrorists were to hit any major city in Canada, the first call made by their prime minister would be to Washington asking for help and then to Britain to do likewise. For this government to condemn the United States is laughable. Canada is allying itself beside France and as Jay Leno said, "Why would we expect the French to help us in Iraq, when they didn't help us defend France in World War II". Canada is the home to many diverse government parties including The Communist party, The Marijuana party and The Gay Alliance party. That is all well and good and shows diversity in their government, but if it leads to fractional leadership and ineptitude as it has, Canada is fast becoming nothing more than a joke in the international community. I hope Chretian can pull some strings and clean up his mess in Canada soon or perhaps George W. will not take his call when terrorism strikes in the heartland of Canada.

That's my two cents and it is two cents, not 1.3 cents as it would be in Canada.