Justin Bieber won't become a US Citizen: "You're broke because of medical bills"

Is he really so shallow?

Looks like a brilliant young capitalist to me. America should be proud of what they have taught the world.

:)

Allen Coat,he said we were evil but he'll take our money.You know,all that disposeable cash we have left over after paying our medical bills?I think we should tax that little bastard every time he turns around.Popstar tax,that would ensure he can always afford to go back home to Canada.Even after his concerts start bombing here in the evil US.........

You don't need to personalize it devilsadvocates.

He said he did not like our medical system in America. Maybe if he needs medical attention his body guard can drop him off at the Canadian border!

He has enough money to take a private jet. I can't stand Bieber but he has a valid point.

Its called free enterprise Allen Coat.Thats what business does.Thats how they employ people and thats how America is supposed to work.All government intervention has ever done is raise the cost and take away from service.not everybody wins all the time,but we had a prosperous country before the government turned into Baby Huey.As for Bieber,Dont you think a smart person would have clarified that?He said,"You guys are evil."There are a lot of ways that can be taken,but given the context and his inherent Canadianism,Im pretty damn sure he intended the insult to all Americans,not just insurance companies.Though if he's smart he will deny it.

Allen Coat,he said we were evil but he'll take our money.

Sounds just like a right winger doesn't he?

Smart kid that Justin Bieber!

This is the best argument I've seen yet for America's health care system.

Now if we could just keep him out of the US when he doesn't need medical care as well...

What's a Bieber?

Sorry if I do not really care what this little boy thinks of our health care system. I broke my leg in Canada, and had to drive for HOURS to find a hospital with an X-Ray machine - a SIMPLE FREAKING X-RAY MACHINE. Keep your Canadian health care Bieber. I couldn't wait to get back to the States where my care was state of the art and my leg healed properly.

No Gillanator,thats purely a lefty thing from the git go.You smoke,youre evil,you stink and you are a health hazzard,but we'll take your money as a downpayment for an unconstitutional healthcare bill that will have to pass and go into effect before we find out whats in it.Yeah,thats a lefty thing............

Is he really so shallow?

Really? HE'S the shallow one? He recognizes a HUGE flaw in our system, points it out along with a valid circumstance on how broken it is compared to one he's familiar with, so YOU insult HIM, and then call HIM shallow?!

I still don't know what the $#*& a Bieber is, but he's on point with the failings of our medical system.

IF beiber doesn't like our coutry so much.....go the F^ck back to Canada and tell your American fans to f^ck off! Is he really so shallow?

LOL ! Well said !

This reminds me of another friggin moron who came to the White House and insulted a former resident of the White House. You know why they do this ? Because there are so many haters in this nation itself who actually provide support to these dillweeds ....

BTW, saw this guy imitating Obama on the Conan show. Somebody should tell this airhead that to make fun of a President, you should have something more to your credit other than a song which goes "Baby baby baby baby baby ...". The answer to your question is "Yes, he is that shallow".

BTW, I'd never become a Canadian citizen because who wants to go to a country which has people like Bieber !!

Bieber is just a teenager with idealistic views often not honed and primed by life experiences. However, he has a strong point. The United States is fast becoming the country no one wants to live in. Other countries with better economies and health care are becoming more and more attractive. Whether a citizen of the US gets health care or not depends on the profit margin of the insurance companies. A citizen of Canada gets health care because he is a citizen and valued. In a world where we all in reality depend upon each other, the good health and vitality of your neighbor becomes as important as you own. Too many people in the US are too dense or greedy to see or acknowledge that fact.

a tweeny bopper observation seems to be upsetting a lot of people - why?

Landspirit,why dont you get a bullhorn and go repeat that on our southern border.

Jeez, he is just stating the truth, most Canadians and Europeans do not understand the healthcare debate in this country (if you actually talk to them!). They hear supposed horror stories of nationalized medicine and wonder where those stories came from? They wonder why many Americans take anamolies as normalities? They wonder why an American politico like Palin scoffs at their system when she bragged about sneaking into Canada to use their services for free. Shouldn't that make her a huge hypocrite for criticizing their system?

Considering the kid earned 65.4 million last year he should be a capitalist icon. Afterall he also lined the pockets of the 1%'ers that the Right loves so much. Somehow I don't think this is going to hurt him with his tween fans. They understand the healthcare debate about as well and as factually as the typical Tea Partier.

Those who bash successful artists clearly do it out of the purest of jealousy. There simply are not that many who can get up in front of a crowd of 10,000 and move them. It is a rare thing. Of course his music is pop dreck but that is what the vast majority of music buyers actually purchase. I don't care for Biebers music but honestly I would rather have to listen to a spin of "Baby" than to hear Bob Dylan croak out "Maggie's Farm" again. That should get the pot properly stirred.

a tweeny bopper observation seems to be upsetting a lot of people - why?

Because the truth hurts. Sad that Justin Bieber has more intelligence and perspective than the Teabaggers. Sad, but not surprising.

All government intervention has ever done is raise the cost and take away from service.not everybody wins all the time,but we had a prosperous country before the government turned into Baby Huey

Oh really? You mean we didn't repeal Glass-Steagall and pull back other regulations on things from credit defaults swaps to capitalization requirements for banks, starting under Reagan, and showed economic growth?

No, in fact the opposite happened. Maybe if you cared about facts and thoughtful analysis you wouldn't post such useless, factually-unsubstantiated drivel.

As for Bieber, that snot-nosed little punk gets it, why doesn't half this country?

Going back a little further Jerry..........

Its called free enterprise Allen Coat.Thats what business does.Thats how they employ people and thats how America is supposed to work.

I agree to a certain extent. There's nothing wrong with making money, but when it affects people's lives, that's when you have to draw the line. I'm sure you're in good health and aren't one of the many who can't afford health insurance, but let's say you WERE one of them. What would you say if you got the short end of the stick and had a disease and you were told there was nothing they could do because of your health insurance? Would you still sit there and say the same thing?

All government intervention has ever done is raise the cost and take away from service.

Not true. Health care costs have been going up in recent years even before the health care issue took center stage.

.As for Bieber,Dont you think a smart person would have clarified that?He said,"You guys are evil."There are a lot of ways that can be taken,but given the context and his inherent Canadianism,Im pretty damn sure he intended the insult to all Americans,not just insurance companies.Though if he's smart he will deny it.

You're going to take what some 16-year-old said about America to heart? Is anyone in on this board a parent of a teenager? Show of hands? How many times have YOU seen eye to eye with your teen?

Bieber ia a moron, he is the David Cassidy of the next few years.

Beiber says these thing till he needs medical service Canada wont supply. Just watch the Health channel and see all the people with issues that come to America looking for Healthcare. They dont fly to Canada!

There's nothing wrong with making money, but when it affects people's lives, that's when you have to draw the line. I'm sure you're in good health and aren't one of the many who can't afford health insurance, but let's say you WERE one of them.

The cure for high prices is high prices. If the cost of something rises, in a free market, something comes in to provide a cheaper alternative. This principle holds true for everything from food, clothing (which mankind has used from time immemorial) to modern day items like computers and cell phones.

If you take out the profit motive, you remove the incentive to make products better and that is what the current healthcare bill will do.

Sure, absolutely agree that healthcare costs in the US are crippling. But that is not because every evil SOB in the US decided to work in the healthcare industry but because we have a system where everything from a routine doctor's visit to a complex dental process gets done with a flash of an insurance card. The user of this card neither knows nor cares for the true cost of this procedure. That is why we have hospitals charging $10 for Aspirin !!

Time was when insurance was just that, someting to be insured against for emergencies. Now, it is something of a magic wand to be used to pay for everything from a blood test to a cancer screening.

The popular methodology for conducting debates is to grab special cases (Obama did this innumerable times) like rare cancers etc. and make it a case for a wholesale takeover of the system. That is pure BS. Let's take care of the nitty-gritty. Why aren't clinics fighting to advertise their services like blood tests, mammograms, routine checkups ? Because it's no use ! They don't need talking to the users of the services directly , it's that simple. While I get half a dozen ads for car maintenance in my mail box, I have always wondered why I never receive ads for say blood tests, mammograms, yearly checkups etc. I mean we do these on a fairly regular basis right ? So, in a free market the prices for these should be freely available !!

BTW, I see you are much more reasonable that the rest of the lib dweebs who seed articles here. So, thanks for a lively and (for the most part :) polite debate.

That is why we have hospitals charging $10 for Aspirin !!

Very good point. Hospitals do overcharge for things. Heck a ride in an ambulance will run you $700. I've come to understand that insurance companies are not the only ones responsible for this mess we're in. I know they are trying to make their money, but sometimes they do tend to get a little greedy. I don't know, sometimes I wish we could scrub this whole thing and start from scratch. Hospitals, insurance companies, Big Pharma, EVERYONE needs to sit down and show justification for what they are charging people. I know everyone wants to make money, but greed doesn't need a seat at this table.

If you take out the profit motive, you remove the incentive to make products better and that is what the current healthcare bill will do.

Exactly what advancements to health insurance companies make? What detriment would come from removing profit from health insurance? I also don't see what harm would come from removing profit from health services since administering tests and procedures isn't where advancements come from either. The only place that might need to keep profits to drive innovation would be in research and development of drugs and equipment.

However, the drive to create better drugs, procedures, and equipment shouldn't come from the desire of larger profit margins but from the ability to save more lives for less money.

Very good point. Hospitals do overcharge for things. Heck a ride in an ambulance will run you $700.

Right, and they can do this because of what I mentioned before. YOU and ME are not paying this. Don't know about you but I will scream blue murder if I see that kind of overcharging on a bill. Sure, one cannot look up ambulance prices in an emergency but that again is part of the overcharging process. If I had to pay out of pocket for this, I'd sue the hopital for a 5-minute ride for which they billed at that stupid rate. I have actually experienced this. The ambulance ride was something like $2500 .... totally insane !! But I did not pursue this because guess what ? I had my insurance :)

But imagine the poor guy who did not have insurace. Techically he is paying out of pocket (actually he is paying jack because it is illegal to deny emergency care to anyone and it is paid by the heartless, no-good, selfish US taxpayer).

Exactly what advancements to health insurance companies make?

None whatsoever. These are made by the drug companies and device makers. These advancements are the reason why you have 30-day supplies of hundreds of life-saving drugs available at $4.

Health insurance companies ultimaltely pay the drug companies and device makers. Restrict that freedom and you are restricting the profit-margin. Technically, this is done by the market too. But if you do that via govt fiat, you are introducing inefficiencies (wastage of tax money via regulators) and corrution. The latter is a BIGGIE. because it puts lots of powers in the hands of a few politicians, introduces corruption on a MASSIVE scale (pay off politicians to get special exemptions and pass regulations to hamper competition).

Paddy,

There are already government regulators for drug companies. This won't be something new because of the new health care law. Someone has to regulate them and their products and no matter who it is a risk of corruption will be there. I would rather have a government with elected officials regulating than a company I have zero control over.

Health insurance companies ultimaltely pay the drug companies and device makers.

Hospitals and health care providers pay the drug companies and makers - insurance companies get paid by the hospitals/providers.

Considering the kid earned 65.4 million last year he should be a capitalist icon. Afterall he also lined the pockets of the 1%'ers that the Right loves so much.

Anybody know what he paid in taxes on that 65.4 mil? Just curious.

I doubt that he lined the 1%'ers pockets. 65M isn't enough for them to take notice of.

It's probably pretty complicated, as he'd have to put up with US taxes, Canadian taxes, state income taxes, etc.

SeniorT

get a bullhorn and go repeat that on our southern border

We are planted firmly in between our southern border and Canada. It likely plays a huge role there.

LOL

GOP talking points totally pwned by Justin Beiber.

It doesn't get more pathetic than that. Why not save yourselves the embarrassment and disband your worthless party now.

I still don't know what the $#*& a Bieber is,

ROFL! I remember back before I knew what a Bieber was. Good times. :-)

Sadly I know who he is, but fortunately have never heard him make a sound, so I still count myself as ahead of the game.

No Gillanator,thats purely a lefty thing from the git go.You smoke,youre evil,you stink and you are a health hazzard,but we'll take your money as a downpayment for an unconstitutional healthcare bill that will have to pass and go into effect before we find out whats in it.Yeah,thats a lefty thing

WTF ??? No you're not evil if you smoke... just stupid but it's not against the law to be stupid. Just an attraction for the right wing. Personally I wouldn't care if people who chose not to use the new health care system could opt out. 50 million uninsured people is enough to start their own health care system. But that's just my opinion.

No you're not evil if you smoke... just stupid but it's not against the law to be stupid.

I agree! You have to admit, that was too easy. ; )

All that says is that you don't speak for powers that be in the white house and congress at that time when they raised the taxes for smokers and Obama said it was a downpayment on his healthcare bill.I'll say it again,its definitely a lefty thing.When I was on the tarp covered patio at a bar and just paid an amazing $20 dollars for two lousy,watered down long island ice teas and $7 for a pack of smokes (NY in 2007)and then told I would have to go out into the pouring rain to have a smoke with my drink,thatpretty much tells me what they think of me.I wasn't the stupid one.I was the one being told by the left that I'm evil,I stink,and I'm a health hazard,but they'll take my money.And,thats why Obama will be a one term wonder that history will vilify and try to forget.His unconstitutional healthcare bill will be repealed and if we as a country can learn anything,we will put government on a crash diet.If its done right Justin Bieber will be begging to be a citizen here so he can hang on to whatever his accountants don't steal.And,if true justice prevails,I'll be the one who must rubberstamp his application for approval

Great hair is a sign of a brilliant mind. Einstein, anyone?

Right, and they can do this because of what I mentioned before. YOU and ME are not paying this.

actually he is paying jack because it is illegal to deny emergency care to anyone and it is paid by the heartless, no-good, selfish US taxpayer

How are insurance company inefficiencies and wasteful spending...paid for via the collective pool of our premium dollars... any different than the inefficiencies and wasteful spending of our government which is paid for via the pool of our collective tax revenue?

We pay for those over-charges and that wasteful spending in the form of higher premimums and co-pays....or reduce coverage and services.

And, it's actually worse with insurance companies. The government (in theory) isn't trying to turn a profit, make dividends for shareholders and bonuses for executives.

A teenage Canadian kid can get all you adults to say the stupidestthings. It's also interesting to see that some of you Americans continue to be upset that the Canadian health system is better than yours. LOL

Ummm, yeah, we are so upset we are saying "please don't do that to us..."

Justin Bieber won't become a U.S. Citizen Nice to see at least one good thing has come out of the health care debate !!

*laughing too hard*

Why does that seem like a NON-realistic interview. Why on earth would a teenage Canadian popstar actually be fussing, caring, or even talking one iota about the bloody US healthcare system in an interview? As if he really is THAT concerned by it.

If I was Justin Bieber thinking like a teenager and pop sensation, the LAST thing I would be talking about in any interview is a political issue like this.

This truly makes no sense. Also a kid like this would NOT make such a politically divisive comment especially since most of his following is so young and really don't even understand it all, and could actually possibly hurt his fanbase a bit of people upset he won't be a US citizen or dual citizen.

Sorry I really don't believe this is legit, or it is tongue in cheek or edited. Something just does not seem right at all.

This is also the same kid that in the interview actually said he doesn't believe in abortion and objects to it, and doesn't seem to support abortion even for raped women.

WHAT TEEN KID even bothers talking about abortion?????

One who has knocked up his girlfriend?

Nice one badchess!!

Thanks, I'll be here all week, try the veal...

I find it extremely interesting that a number of persons are actually cheering this kid on, that speaks volumes about the mindset of some. Justin needs to read the following commentary, delivered back in 1973 by legendary Canadian broadcaster Gordon Sinclair:

The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. It has declined there by 41% since 1971 and this Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least-appreciated people in all the earth.

As long as sixty years ago, when I first started to read newspapers, I read of floods on the Yellow River and the Yangtse. Who rushed in with men and money to help? The Americans did.

They have helped control floods on the Nile, the Amazon, the Ganges and the Niger. Today, the rich bottom land of the Misssissippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of those countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.

When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries into help... Managua Nicaragua is one of the most recent examples. So far this spring, 59 American communities have been flattened by tornadoes. Nobody has helped.

The Marshall Plan .. the Truman Policy .. all pumped billions upon billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now, newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent war-mongering Americans.

I'd like to see one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplanes.

Come on... let's hear it! Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tristar or the Douglas 107? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all international lines except Russia fly American planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or women on the moon?

You talk about Japanese technocracy and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy and you find men on the moon, not once, but several times ... and safely home again. You talk about scandals and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everyone to look at. Even the draft dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, most of them ... unless they are breaking Canadian laws .. are getting American dollars from Ma and Pa at home to spend here.

When the Americans get out of this bind ... as they will... who could blame them if they said 'the hell with the rest of the world'. Let someone else buy the Israel bonds, Let someone else build or repair foreign dams or design foreign buildings that won't shake apart in earthquakes.

When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name to you 5,000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble.

Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.

Our neighbours have faced it alone and I am one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles.

I hope Canada is not one of these. But there are many smug, self-righteous Canadians. And finally, the American Red Cross was told at its 48th Annual meeting in New Orleans this morning that it was broke.

This year's disasters .. with the year less than half-over… has taken it all and nobody...but nobody... has helped.

Source: http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Our_Culture/americans.htm

This commentary is also a part of the Congressional Record as posted.

Living on yesterdays glory. A lot has changed in this country in the past thirty eight years. You might want to get with the present.

I'm with the present. Live in it every day but obviously in your blindness you missed the point, flew right over that lil head of yours.

Try to keep up here, I know it's hard but you can do it if you try harder.

No actually truthseeker I have read the letter you copied and pasted many times. And I used to feel good about what it said. But this is a different time and place. So really you need to wake up and face reality. As a nation we don't have the same values or credibility that we had back then.

Still not the point gillanator, and I face reality every single day just as you do. The fact remains that every bit of the letter is true and stands true to this very day. Tell me, do you happen to know how much money the United States poured into the Haitian relief effort as opposed to other countries? And this was a scant year ago.

If we're going to judge the character of a country based on its government and not on its people, then US citizens have a lot to answer for. As do the citizens of every nation.

The Canadian people are good people, for the most part. The American people are good people, for the most part. The difference between them is that the American people are getting screwed over by HMO's, whilst the Canadians are not.

What relevance does Haiti have?

Haiti is relevant to the conversation I'm having with gillinator in reference to the Gordon Sinclair commentary I posted.

As for us getting screwed, I live fairly close to the Canadian Border and the city in which I live has a HUGEhospital conglomerate and tons of medical facilities of various kinds. The amount of Canadians who come here specifically because the waiting list for doctors in Canada is alarming to say the least. They come straight out of Alberta and some have told me there's a year's wait or more up there.

I agre that there are tons of good Americans and tons of good Canadians. Justin Beiber is a 16 year old kid who's making millions of dollars off this country, he records here, he wins awards here,he tours here and he sells tons of records here. And perhaps he should focus more on thanking this country for his continued successes instead of biting the hand that's feeding him, his family, his girlfriend and his entourage.

Nobody is forcing Americans to pay him.

I don't exactly see why it is ungrateful to provide criticism.

This is on a list of things I didn't think I'd EVER say...

But...

I think Justin Bieber has a point.

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Justin Beiber is a 16 year old kid who's making millions of dollars off this country, he records here, he wins awards here,he tours here and he sells tons of records here. And perhaps he should focus more on thanking this country for his continued successes instead of biting the hand that's feeding him, his family, his girlfriend and his entourage.

Or perhaps he should continue to spread the truth about the difference in healthcare between these two great countries. Basically you are an American citizen telling Canada that our healthcare is great and he's a Canadian telling America that his countries healthcare is great.

truthseeker - It is true that the US has given a lot of aid to Haiti. But so has a lot of countries in the world. You trying to downplay their contributions is misleading. And your experience with Canadian medical care is a lot different than what I hear from family I have living in Vancouver. They have never and to my understanding no one that they know has ever had a waiting period for any medical attention. But I will never forget the look of pissed off rage on my fathers face when he spoke of taking an elderly friend of his whose weight was down to 107 pounds and really sick to the hospital and sitting in the waiting room for over six hours before he was called back to a room, where they waited for another 55 minutes before a PA came in to see him where it was then decided he needed to be admitted. But this was in north eastern Ohio, not Canada. I also know that the last WHO ranking health care systems rated the US as number 37. Right below Costa Rica. And let's not even get started on how our educational system has dropped over the years. So don't start thinking were are at the to truthseeker, because that was back in the day. Not today.

Also as far as Beiber goes. He might be making money in the US. But not anything compared to his producer and the recording companies. They want this guy in the US and anywhere else they can make money. So this is a capitalism thing. The right wing should be slobbering happy and supportive about the process of exploitation for profit. After all that is the right wing way.

The amount of Canadians who come here specifically because the waiting list for doctors in Canada is alarming to say the least.

This has been disproved over and over again. It doesn't do anyone, any good to continue to spread this falsity.

As for us getting screwed, I live fairly close to the Canadian Border and the city in which I live has a HUGEhospital conglomerate and tons of medical facilities of various kinds.

Really, what city in Montana do you live in? Great falls? I wonder if it's as big as any of 88(i quit counting) hospitals/facilitiesin Alberta? You may be able to fool some who doesn't know any better. But you can't fool a Canadian(like me) with your untruths. Truthseeker indeed.

A sixteen year old kid laughingly makes a comment as a joke. And the lot of you go this extent to rebuke him? Doesn't say much about you adults. P.S. He is also against abortion and sex before being in love. He's just a kid that happens whose quotes are spread via mass media.

P.S. what he makes in the US in but a minor percentage of his world wide earnings.

He's just a kid that happens whose quotes are spread via mass media.

Chalk this muddled sentence up to too much vino after dinner.

buttzie - Thanks for giving us accurate information about the Canadian Health Care system.

From the mouths of children: WISDOM.

Insurance Companies are a Parasite on the American Healthcare system, Their object is to make profits not to improve medical treatment. Profits are better placed with the drug companies and prosthetic companies and Dr's and Hospitals.

Rail against this little rich pop star all you want, but now 20 Million 14 Year Old Girls all across America believe that same thing.... The Seed is planted just wait a about 15 years and it will bear the fruit.......lol....

I say good news. America has enough problems without another spoiled brat running amok on US soil.

Before everybody gets their b*lls in an uproar, maybe the mature, common sense, thing to do is wait to see what is actually said in the Rolling Stone interview. First of all, what you see here just might not be accurately reported, and secondly, how do you know how the interview questions to him were couched before you all jump to conclusions. One might wonder, as have a number of viners on this seed, why he would even broach the subjects of health care or abortion. Perhaps it has somethng to do with the way questions were asked of him. So sit tight, don't mouth off your own personal prejudices, and wait to see what was actually asked and answered.

Hmm...

I agree that the United States should have universal healthcare, but I can't help but side with some of the upset commenters here about the overall tone of what the kid said.

Canadians (at least the vast majority I have met) have this penis envy issue with the U.S., where at every opportunity, they have to tread all over the United States and act like a bunch of fools. I've never once encountered a single nationality that was so disrespectful of another nation, not only at home, but even worse, abroad. Common thought is that Americans are the worst, but Canada definitely takes the cake.

I don't know if their attitude is borne of European attitudes, but it definitely needs to stop. Canada exists in it's form as a direct result of the United States. That nation would be a very different place, and not at all as peace-loving if it weren't for the "big brother" down south fighting all the battles.

Justin Bieber, like all Canadians I have met, needs to learn some respect and become an example of how Canadians should speak publicly and act abroad. After all, he should know better than others that the opportunities he has been given in life may have started in Canada, but would not exist if it weren't for these United States and certainly, he wouldn't be an international superstar without America's Hollywood, it's economy, or it's millions of adoring fans.

Point blank...Justin Bieber needs to do some serious growing up!

Just how many Canadians HAVE you met? Canadians have no more of a superior complex than Americans do. As neighbours there have been mutual benefits, and frankly I resent your suggestion that Canadians tread all over the USA and act like a bunch of fools. I've travelled thfough lots of areas of the USA and I have never shown disrespect to Americans or the USA, and I am sure that attitude has been relatively universal.

By the way, as for "big brother" fighting all the battles, Canada was in WW2 long before the USA was, and my fighter pilot cousin was shot down over Europe well before an American was killed in that war.

Although it has not been the same for quite a long time, when I first started to travel the world about half a century ago, Americans would attach Canadian flags to their backpacks for a damn good reason.

would not exist if it weren't for these United States and certainly, he wouldn't be an international superstar without America's Hollywood

Most of Hollywood is liberal and feel the same way as Beiber.

it's economy

The economy happens to be in the dumper in case you haven't been following.

Beiber has fans and sales all over the world. And companies based in the US has made more money off of Beiber than he has made off of them.

Point blank...Justin Bieber needs to do some serious growing up!

True Beiber is young and hasn't learned that he should keep the truth to himself. I'm sure after he has worked in the U.S. for a while he will become an excellent liar.

@gillanator- your welcome

@dustin

I've never once encountered a single nationality that was so disrespectful of another nation, not only at home, but even worse, abroad. Common thought is that Americans are the worst, but Canada definitely takes the cake.

Canada exists in it's form as a direct result of the United States. That nation would be a very different place, and not at all as peace-loving if it weren't for the "big brother" down south fighting all the battles.

These quotes are right up there on my list of people wanting to be more intelligent than they are. Seriously, fighting all the battles. What a crock. The only thing your doing is emphasizing the reason why Canadians may "tread all over the United States".

If you want people to take you seriously while having a dissenting point of view, try and maintain a critical point of view that doesn't wander from the cold hard facts.

Hard to believe the same person posted these three statements. The hypocrisy stinks like my dogs s hit pile.

Just how many Canadians HAVE you met? Canadians have no more of a superior complex than Americans do. As neighbours there have been mutual benefits, and frankly I resent your suggestion that Canadians tread all over the USA and act like a bunch of fools. I've travelled thfough lots of areas of the USA and I have never shown disrespect to Americans or the USA, and I am sure that attitude has been relatively universal.

I met quite enough, thank you. I resent any implication that Canadians are generally respectful of Americans. Not only has Justin Bieber displayed the prevailing attitude of Canada, but your news and media is constantly beating up on the U.S., and with the highest degree of snobbery. Your Consulate to the United States in Washington, D.C. was even revealed to have been designed to criticize the United States...a pitiful demonstration of bad faith that is unrivaled in contemporary history. Here's just a few examples of Canadian anti-American sentiment:

• http://www.filibustercartoons.com/New%20Canada%20Guide/index.php?page=americans
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15638-2004Nov26.html
• http://www.newsweek.com/2009/09/14/canada-grows-up.html (I don't agree with Newsweek that anti-American sentiment has lightened, but I wanted to highlight a counter view)
• http://www.canadaandtheworld.com/anti-americanism.html
• http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ifCD8GpkaKPa6MaovoKQq5YmFk1A?docId=CNG.fa0914aaf88efbfc94d9b1b4fc7fecae.831
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/feb/17/barack-obama-canada
• http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1211969

As you can see, even Canadians are immensely concerned over the sheer level of anti-American sentiment in Canadian media, politics, and culture.

By the way, as for "big brother" fighting all the battles, Canada was in WW2 long before the USA was, and my fighter pilot cousin was shot down over Europe well before an American was killed in that war.

That is of ZERO consequence. The Canadian government did not want to enter World War 2, but had no choice because, as a member of the United Kingdom, their participation was not merely implied, but demanded by the crown.

Although it has not been the same for quite a long time, when I first started to travel the world about half a century ago, Americans would attach Canadian flags to their backpacks for a damn good reason.

Yes, we have to take the brunt of international criticism because since World War 1, the collective governments of the western world have called on the United States to be the voice and weapon of our civilizations, and we have dutifully met the responsibilities of being the western world's superpower, not matter the cost to our people or image.

Most of Hollywood is liberal and feel the same way as Beiber.

NONE of Hollywood exhibits an anti-American sentiment. Period.

The economy happens to be in the dumper in case you haven't been following.

No matter. The power and influence of the American economy is still the greatest in the world, and Canada depends on this. Hence the reason why the Canadian dollar is tied to the U.S. Dollar.

Beiber has fans and sales all over the world. And companies based in the US has made more money off of Beiber than he has made off of them.

Still pointless. There isn't a single Canadian company capable of the same representation as his U.S. record label, hence the point behind my statement.

True Beiber is young and hasn't learned that he should keep the truth to himself. I'm sure after he has worked in the U.S. for a while he will become an excellent liar.

He should never lie, and you look bad for suggesting it. He needs to learn to temper his statements, not hide any truths. His mistake was showing resentment toward America.

These quotes are right up there on my list of people wanting to be more intelligent than they are. Seriously, fighting all the battles. What a crock. The only thing your doing is emphasizing the reason why Canadians may "tread all over the United States".

Hard to believe the same person posted these three statements. The hypocrisy stinks like my dogs s hit pile.

You don't expect anyone to see your comments as scholarly, do you?

Reported to NV.

Dustin, the author of your first link was so full of exaggerations I'll not be opening the others. (Example: "The bookstores are FULL of books like these" ) But what you should not forget is what he did say at the end:

"Regardless, Canada and America are probably more alike than any other two nations on earth. Though we certainly have our differences and disputes, the two countries and their people will always share a very special and close bond."

I would not try to tear that bond apart, nor should you.

No matter. The power and influence of the American economy is still the greatest in the world, and Canada depends on this. Hence the reason why the Canadian dollar is tied to the U.S. Dollar.

You don't expect anyone to see your comments as scholarly, do you?

Ditto...the canadian dollar is tied to its resource base economy. If it was tied to the US $ why has it been reaching record marks. Right scholarly of you suggest otherwise. lol

That is of ZERO consequence. The Canadian government did not want to enter World War 2, but had no choice because, as a member of the United Kingdom, their participation was not merely implied, but demanded by the crown.

On Sept 10th 1939, the Parliament of Canada declare war on Germany. This was the first independent declaration of war by Canada. Now if your talking WW one, Canada was called upon as a dominion of Great Britain to join the war-It was considered automatic. Additionally, it was the Governor General who declared war not parliament. There were many who disapproved including and most notably the province of Quebec. Not very scholarly of you to suggest otherwise.lol

Personally I believe the people that are condemning a 16 yr old for a comment jokingly made are being silly and have a certain penis envy as well. Plus to suggest that he should show more respect to Americans as a whole is more convenient than necessary.

Still pointless. There isn't a single Canadian company capable of the same representation as his U.S. record label, hence the point behind my statement.

What in the world would make you think that only a American producer could represent him any better than a Canadian. My god man your full of yourself and your country. I bet you s hit red, white and blue. Should I assume that you are a scholar of the American music industry as well?lol

What exaggerations, exactly? So you'll play ignorant because you didn't like one of the links??

I would not try to tear that bond apart, nor should you.

That we are close does not imply that I should refrain from being critical of unwarranted anti-Americanism from Canadians.

Oh, and FYI -- the quote that you posted was not meant to imply that Americans should act like better neighbors, it was meant to highlight that it is foolish for Canadians to be resentful of Americans, as we are a major part of your identity.

What I find especially pointed is that I have not once said anything unsubstantiated or unfair about Canadians, yet you've come out in force to be hateful toward me because I have pointed out a truth.

Really, what city in Montana do you live in? Great falls? I wonder if it's as big as any of 88(i quit counting) hospitals/facilitiesin Alberta? You may be able to fool some who doesn't know any better. But you can't fool a Canadian(like me) with your untruths. Truthseeker indeed.

Untruths my ass, I'm telling you what I see on a daily basis and I don't give a @!$%# if you have 188 hospitals in Alberta. I talk on a regular basis with people who come here because they can't get an appointment up there for a long time and for you to deny this ver absolute TRUTH is about as hypocritical as it gets. My girfriend works for Benefis and she deals with Canadians here for medical services on a daily basis, and again I don't give a @!$%# if you believe me or not, it's happening regularly.

Furthermore, since a lot of you wanna look down your noses at us and think we're such a bad place why don't you just stay the @!$%# out. Nobody asks you to come down here. All you do is come down here and complain about how bad it is, don't like it don't come here, problem solved.

Just how many Canadians HAVE you met?

Way too many

Canadians have no more of a superior complex than Americans do

Yeah, they do.

Hateful? My, you ARE paranoid, aren't you.

Don't forget that good-natured criticism is not limited to a southward direction. ("Blame Canada" - South Park)

Looks like buttzie hit the nail on the head.

Just how many Canadians HAVE you met?

Way too many

Wow, I have never met anyone with as visceral a reaction to Canadians as you. Every Canadian I have ever met has been very relaxed, cool, easy-going folk.

If someone's got a twig in their tail, I strongly doubt it's the Canadians here.

Ditto...the canadian dollar is tied to its resource base economy. If it was tied to the US $ why has it been reaching record marks. Right scholarly of you suggest otherwise. lol

The Canadian dollar only floats when it's value is respective of the U.S. Dollar, and the exchange rate is pegged with the American dollar at 1.1 CAN to 1 USD. This is a historic standard. Read your history and learn some more about economics. Canada's government knows that the Canadian dollar should not exceed the value of the U.S. Dollar by more than 1.25 times, as exports from the U.S. will become scarce.

On Sept 10th 1939, the Parliament of Canada declare war on Germany. This was the first independent declaration of war by Canada. Now if your talking WW one, Canada was called upon as a dominion of Great Britain to join the war-It was considered automatic. Additionally, it was the Governor General who declared war not parliament. There were many who disapproved including and most notably the province of Quebec. Not very scholarly of you to suggest otherwise.lol

Hey, next time you steal verbatim quotes from Wikipedia, you need to provide credit, and it would be even better to read the whole thing. The government of Canada delayed a vote by parliament to declare war against Germany by more than a week, all the while pronouncing reasons why Canada was not required to enter the war by virtue of relationship to the commonwealth of nations. What you also missed is that though Canada was at the time considered a sovereign, the King of England was the reigning monarch of Canada, and his declarations of war under the rules of the old dominion demanded participation by Canada.

Anyways, you've missed the point for the second time. As a member of the Commonwealth, WWII was Canada's war, but it was never the war of the United States and likely never would have been.

Personally I believe the people that are condemning a 16 yr old for a comment jokingly made are being silly and have a certain penis envy as well. Plus to suggest that he should show more respect to Americans as a whole is more convenient than necessary.

If he's old enough to perform in front of millions, he's old enough to be taught that criticizing a nation you are currently and regularly a guest in, is totally inappropriate. Dear god...even Ozzy Osbourne understands how important it is to be a gracious guest, I think a 16 year old with his full faculties should know as much as Ozzy.

What in the world would make you think that only a American producer could represent him any better than a Canadian. My god man your full of yourself and your country. I bet you s hit red, white and blue. Should I assume that you are a scholar of the American music industry as well?lol

I said label...can you read? It's a matter of fact, pure and simple. You name me one Canadian label that is the size of Island/Universal or even has remotely the same level of influence, and I will concede that point.

You know, you've brought to light a big reason why Canadians are so bitter toward Americans...you just don't like it when we're bigger or better at something. You can't simply be humble and accept the truth, it's incensing to you that I would even put it into words that we are clearly better at something. Well guess what, there's just one No.1 position in anything, and that's life. There's nothing imperialistic about being in that position, or acknowledging it. Get used to it.

Don't forget that good-natured criticism is not limited to a southward direction. ("Blame Canada" - South Park)

Looks like buttzie hit the nail on the head.

One song written by two jackasses, and you think you've uncovered a raging American hard on for anything anti-Canadian?

Pathetic. Find some real examples.

The Canadian dollar only floats when it's value is respective of the U.S. Dollar, and the exchange rate is pegged with the American dollar at 1.1 CAN to 1 USD

Meant "and the exchange rate is pegged with the American dollar at 1.1 CAN to 1 USD when the Canadian dollar loses enough value."

My, you ARE paranoid, aren't you.

I'm not paranoid in any way shape nor form, just telling the truth.

badchess--

Nah most run, and knock up the next girl to come along.

But hey Bieber also said regarding rape and abortion he thinks its really sad "but everything happens for a reason...."

What a guy.

The way I see it, hey, he can take his rear end back to Canada if he doesn't like it here.

No one asked you to come on over, Biebs... Feel free to mosey on back to your lovely homeland.

Truthseeker, I was not addressing you. You are not the person who unjustly called me hateful.

I must say, however, how surprised I am to see the bitterness arising from some Americans. I cannot believe the majority of Americans feel the same way about Canadians. Would you rather share the longest unguarded border in the world with Iran or North Korea?

I don't profess to have more than a cursory knowledge of economics, but I always thought that the dollar being pegged meant that it rose and fell in lockstep with another currency. In my lifetime I have seen the Canadian dollar rise and fall against the American dollar from a value of around US$1.25 to around US$0.75, and it had to do with various economic conditions such as import/export that prevented it from a more extreme spread.

Truthseeker, I was not addressing you. You are not the person who unjustly called me hateful.

Okay no problem, my bad, I guess I jumped the gun because your post was directly below mine, sorry about that!

As for the bitterness, you know, Justin Beiber is a 16 year old kid who's making millions and millions of dollars off this country. Perhaps he should be thanking the record company, the fans who go to his concerts and buy his lil records instead of dissing this country over health care or simply keep his juvenile mouth shut.

Buzz, we Americans love Canada. Of course we are going to have our differences of opinion from time to time. However, we have more is common than differences.

However, it is one thing for an American to say negative things about our systems but it is another thing when Canadians or any other non-US citizen say bad things about our systems. I really don't like Pres. Obama or his policies, but I still get pissed when people from outside the US say negative things about him. He may be a bad president in my view, but he is still my president. Does that make sense.

The majority of Americans are very proud of the flag and everything it represents and I for one wouldn't want to live any other place. I'm sure you feel the same way about Canada (I hear is a pretty place).

The fact is the US is an easy target for everybody in the world to attack. We can take it, we are big boy nation. But as a citizen of the US sometimes enough is enough. We know who we are. We know that the world looks to us to take the lead in any conflict or natural disaster. It is tough being the big kid on the block.

No worries. Canada is among the UK, Poland and Australia as one of our best allies.

My disdain for the young man came when he laughingly dumped a full, large cup of soda on a State Trooper from a balcony above him, and his publicist talked the State Patrolman's supervisor out of citing him. That is a construct that does not occur in a vacuum, and I have trouble believing his juvenile delinquence is limited to that one event. So he can sing and prance around on stage. It was a WHOLE lot of marketing and promotion by others to make him famous, so what is his true value and contribution? And as Madonna sang and pranced around in her underwear and impacted a whole generation of young women, so Justin Bieber is the latest influence on a generation looking for the meaning of it all.

As for the bitterness, you know, Justin Beiber is a 16 year old kid who's making millions and millions of dollars off this country. Perhaps he should be thanking the record company, the fans who go to his concerts and buy his lil records instead of dissing this country over health care or simply keep his juvenile mouth shut.

Did you read the article - he was asked a question and he answered. It's called an interview. Or should everyone just keep their mouths shut if truthseekerin10 disagrees with them...LOL.

I said label...can you read? It's a matter of fact, pure and simple. You name me one Canadian label that is the size of Island/Universal or even has remotely the same level of influence, and I will concede that point.

That would be the Warner Music Group- CEO Edgar Bronfman jr.

You know, you've brought to light a big reason why Canadians are so bitter toward Americans...you just don't like it when we're bigger or better at something. You can't simply be humble and accept the truth,

That's not how the rest of the world views Canadians.

Hey, next time you steal verbatim quotes from Wikipedia,

Try that again-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Canada_during_the_Second_World_War

If you were read further down, you would have seen that then Prime Minister did not want Canada to automatically enter into the war by commonwealth proclamation. He wanted it to be a Canadian decision, so he put it to Parliament. Hence the declaration of war one week later by the Parliamentof Canada. That is why the Governor General -the kings representative did not. It had nothing to do with being sovereign-to which we still are today. If this was the case, why did we not join Great Britian in Iraq?(second go around) To sum it up for you, your comment was true if we were speaking of the first world war. As I stated...

Canada's government knows that the Canadian dollar should not exceed the value of the U.S. Dollar by more than 1.25 times, as exports from the U.S. will become scarce.

The Canadian govt. can only use interest rates(for the most part)to deter the dollar from rising. The 1.25 times is not set by the govt.- it is a educated guess on the part of Canadian economists. Since Canada and the US are the largest trading partners in the world, and since the US imports mainly resources (Can. being your largest importer of oil as an example). The majority of our exporting is resources, therefore our dollar is paired with those exports.

If he's old enough to perform in front of millions, he's old enough to be taught that criticizing a nation you are currently and regularly a guest in, is totally inappropriate. Dear god...even Ozzy Osbourne understands how important it is to be a gracious guest, I think a 16 year old with his full faculties should know as much as Ozzy.

Bull s hit excuse to rail on about your arrogance. At least this 16 yr old has not been arrested in the US. Can't say the same for Ozzy. Now that he is older I'm sure he is much more gracious.

And by the way have any of you offended Americans considered why the hell was a 16 yr.old kid ask such questions?? Why don't you show your displeasure at the adult reporter for asking adult questions?? F.Y.I.- He was also asked about pre-marital sex, abortion, rape related to abortion. If anyone should be ashamed of what they've done, it should be Rolling Stone mag. Gees, you people are blinded by your arrogance.

My disdain for the young man

...as stated...is based on a fallacy!!

In typical Glenn Beck/Michael Moore facts-be-damned style, you take an actual story or fact...mix in a bit conjecture and fantasy...then twist it ALL THE @!$%# AROUND...and used the new-improved-fake story to retroactively justify your disdain.

he laughingly dumped a full, large cup of soda on a State Trooper from a balcony above him, and his publicist talked the State Patrolman's supervisor out of citing him.

That's not even close to what happened. The REAL underlying story bears almost no resemblance to the version your promoting!

He threw some water balloons at people standing backstage. One balloon soaked a state trooper, Mr. Beiber's body guard talked the trooper out of citing him.

No balcony...no full, large cup of soda being dumped on anyone...no publicist... no trooper supervisor intervening.

That is a construct that does not occur in a vacuum,

Neither does the practiced art of twisting the real facts & stories around to align with a person's pre-existing world view.

If a throwing a few water balloons is a sure sign of his budding juvenile delinquency...what is repeatedly being throwing around false stories and promoting opinions based on falsified events a sure sign of??

Most of Hollywood is liberal and feel the same way as Beiber.

I didn't know that Hollywood is anti-abortion!

In the video above, AJ Hammer from HLN's Showbiz Tonight reports that Justin Bieber is turning heads following a Rolling Stone article in which he talked about his opposition to abortion, even in cases of rape.

That would be the Warner Music Group- CEO Edgar Bronfman jr.

Warner Music Group is an American company...I'm not even going to bother asking how you got that one wrong...but I'd have thought you'd have been clued in by the name...Warner, as in Time Warner/Warner Brothers.

If you were read further down, you would have seen that then Prime Minister did not want Canada to automatically enter into the war by commonwealth proclamation. He wanted it to be a Canadian decision, so he put it to Parliament. Hence the declaration of war one week later by the Parliamentof Canada. That is why the Governor General -the kings representative did not. It had nothing to do with being sovereign-to which we still are today. If this was the case, why did we not join Great Britian in Iraq?(second go around) To sum it up for you, your comment was true if we were speaking of the first world war. As I stated...

You just made my point. The Governor General should have followed the King's orders, as Canada only had limited autonomy under the laws of the "old dominion." I'm seriously starting to question your reading skills.

The Canadian govt. can only use interest rates(for the most part)to deter the dollar from rising. The 1.25 times is not set by the govt.- it is a educated guess on the part of Canadian economists. Since Canada and the US are the largest trading partners in the world, and since the US imports mainly resources (Can. being your largest importer of oil as an example). The majority of our exporting is resources, therefore our dollar is paired with those exports.

That was the absolute worst interpretation of economics I have ever seen in my life! The 1.25 barrier is not a "set" thing, but a maximum mark for which inflation against the USD is generally allowed, to which point the value of the CAN dollar would be frozen. It would create a trade gap otherwise. Further, Canada isn't one of the biggest trading partners, not even close...think Asia as a whole, and the United States. We do not source oil or resources from Canada on a large scale...our oil comes from the middle east, south america, and Alaska. Canada holds most of it's oil as reserves, like we do. We don't even get natural gas from Canada. You couldn't understand economics if you tried.

Bull s hit excuse to rail on about your arrogance. At least this 16 yr old has not been arrested in the US. Can't say the same for Ozzy. Now that he is older I'm sure he is much more gracious.

What a mature and centered response. Ozzy Osbourne has always been known for his respect toward host nations, even when he was being investigated by the FBI. What's bull is that you're so arrogant, you think it impossible for an old rocker to be more polite than a kid.

Dustin,

I don't mean to step into the middle of your guys...discussion...but I'm confused by what you mean when you say:

We do not source oil or resources from Canada on a large scale...our oil comes from the middle east, south america, and Alaska. Canada holds most of it's oil as reserves, like we do. We don't even get natural gas from Canada.

Sure, we get a lot of oil from Alaska.

But Canada is...by FAR AND AWAY...the largest source for US crude, petroleum and natural gas imports!?

We actually import FAR MORE oil and natural gas from Canada than from any country in the middle east or South America.

And, Mexico is our second largest source of imported crude & petroleum...again, more than any middle eastern or South American country. Trinidad for natural gas.

Warner, as in Time Warner/Warner Brothers.

I thought you were a wiki user? It's no longer owned by Time Warner, it's owned by Bronfman...who along with other Canadian investors purchased it in 2004. Which makes Warner Music Group Canadian.

You just made my point.

Your point was the Governor General should have followed the king's order? really? I believe you've forgotten what you posted. Because that wasn't your point. Even so, your point is mute since the Parliament of Canada did. Which makes my point correct.

What a mature and centered response.

Your opinion and since you brought it up. How mature is it to get your panties in a bunch over comments of a 16 yr. old?? You look rather foolish to me. Additionally, Osborne was a hell raiser in the US as a young man. Did you find him respectful then? Perhaps, you can give Beiber the same indulgences and let him mature on his own.

Further, Canada isn't one of the biggest trading partners, not even close...think Asia as a whole, and the United States. We do not source oil or resources from Canada on a large scale

Weak, very weak. What's the point of having a discussion on economics with you when your not well informed. I believe you may have to hit wikipedia again. Hopefully you can get through it all. lol

Enjoy your studies.

Dustin appears to be a great source of misinformation. That's really no different than a lot of newsviners, especially those who argue politics or religion.

Maybe if he needs medical attention his body guard can drop him off at the Canadian border!

No need. Like most Canadians who travel to the States, we purchase insurance when we travel there to cover any shortages that may occur from any employers extra coverage if someone has it.

Sorry to the poster that had to drive around looking for an x-ray machine. When my 8 yr old daughter broke her leg at school and had to be driven to a hospital by ambulance, all of the ones in our city have several. She spent 1 month in traction in hospital following a 2 1/2 hour surgery and then follow up with physio in our home as well as follow up with the surgeon every few months etc(x-rays included each time). After a couple of months in a wheelchair I am happy to report that she is all better, and it cost us nothing. All the hospitals I have been to have all had x-ray machines, but I haven't been to small rural ones though. I have lived in several provinces and hadn't heard that about any hospital, but I don't know that it couldn't happen. Sorry.

I think every system has it's faults, or areas that it can improve, but I have to say that after that and given the fact that my daughter was also preemie and spent another month in the neo natal ICU when she was born....as well as my own treatments that would cost about $2000 a month to treat, not to mention specialist appointments etc....I am very happy that I live here and not in the States. That is not meant in any way to be disparaging. My sister who is a nurse living in Texas is happy that I do as well...and yes, we get along lol

I think the biggest problem facing our healthcare is Doctor and Nursing shortages.

Since this article wasn't written by a Canadian or an American, I thought it may be of some interest to some here concerning how others might view us in the world. A little dated but nevertheless.

Btw, I remember after 9/11. all the newspapers printing an American flag on the front page so everyone could place it in their window as remembrance and support. I also remember the trips planned here from the tourist bureau to bring money back into NYC afterwards to help rebuild. I personally know of forensic dentists that went down to help with identifying victims, as well as other support people. We have our @!$%#s too, that doesn't appear to be nationally specific.

Sorry, links don't appear to be posting for the article for some reason.

It was for an article called ......Salute to a Brave and Modest Nation -
Kevin Myers, The Sunday Telegraph LONDON....if anyone wanted to look it up. I know my friends in the states have not really heard much about Canada, given how many think I use snowshoes to get around lol

Cather

When you copy the link you wish to post remember to delete the:

http://

that way it becomes a link. Have a great day.

Thank you, I was wondering what the trouble was. I didn't realize that I had been doing it differently than I had before when they worked. :)

:) No Problem

I think it is more likely that 95% of the people don't read the seeded article.

I mean, if you are not a 14 year old girl would you click on the "read article" button?

Seriously, WHO CARES what a 16-yr-old pop flavor-of-the-month thinks, anyway???

14 year old girls and 45 year old gay males?