Small Differences, My Ass.

NatteringNeighbobsOfUberNAFTAism
OnSteroidsVille


So.

I'm listening to CBC Radio One's, 'The House' this morning.

And Kathleen Petty had former Homeland Security Colour Man Tom Ridge and the Prince of the Anschluss himself, David Emerson, on.

And the two of them wittered on and on and on about 'fluid borders' and 'common security perimeters' and 'economic integration' and 'regulatory harmonization' and all that.

And then they mentioned how the Whistler Olympics could be used as a test case to help move things forward, big time, in the future.

Which, of course, made me throw up a little bit in my mouth...

But that was not the worst of it.

No.

Because the worst came when the Prince went on to say that the really big hold-up is the being caused by all these silly people (ie. the donkey-brained citizenry of Canada) that get all hung up on 'the tyranny of small differences' between the two countries.

Then Emerson hung up and the host, Ms. Petty, moved on to the next item on the program.....

Which was a story about the political assassination of one of the Fathers of Canadian Confederation, Thomas D'Arcy McGee that happened 140 years ago.

And was the ONLY assassination of a federal politician we've EVER had in this country.

Now do you see where the title of this post came from?



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Real Audio of program is here. The Prince's swill about 'small differences' starts @ ~17':30''.

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