National Politics - 2016

Scott Walker Wants A Canadian Border Wall, Too

IS WISCONSIN’S GOVERNOR LOOKING TO TRUMP “THE DONALD?” || By FITSNEWS || “Republican” presidential candidate Scott Walker wants to build a wall on the Mexican border.   Which is just fine with us.  Enhanced border security should absolutely be part of a comprehensive immigration reform … which is something we’ve…

IS WISCONSIN’S GOVERNOR LOOKING TO TRUMP “THE DONALD?”

|| By FITSNEWS || “Republican” presidential candidate Scott Walker wants to build a wall on the Mexican border.   Which is just fine with us.  Enhanced border security should absolutely be part of a comprehensive immigration reform … which is something we’ve been saying for years.

“Why not stop subsidizing millions of things government shouldn’t  be doing and start spending tax dollars on one of the handful of things it should  do?” we wrote last summer.

So far, the candidate with the most detailed, most ambitious immigration reform agenda is Donald Trump.

Although Walker may be looking to one-up him …

During an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd, Walker said the creation of a northern border wall – spanning the United States 5,525-mile border with Canada – was a “legitimate idea.”

“Some people have asked me about that in New Hampshire,” he said.  “They’ve raised some legitimate concerns, including some law enforcement folks, that brought that up to me at one of our town hall meetings about a week and a half ago. So that is a legitimate issue for us to look at.”

Wait … what?

A “legitimate issue?”

“That’s fine if you’re in Wisconsin, but who will be the first candidate to call for a coastal wall?” Reason.com’s Jesse Walker joked.  “Can the homeland truly be secure when any terrorist can wash up on our Atlantic and Pacific beaches? WHO WILL PROTECT US FROM THE ISIS SHARKS?”

LOlz.

Sources close to the Wisconsin governor say the “legitimate issue” Walker was referring to was the broader issue of northern border security – not necessarily the construction of a northern border wall – but it’s clear the flagging GOP candidate is having some (additional) problems articulating his message.

Such as it is …

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142 comments

No Journalistic Experience August 31, 2015 at 12:59 pm

Walker says: legitimate issue

FITSNews says: Scott Walker Wants A Canadian Border Wall, Too

Anyone following FITSNews as legitimate is just fucking STUPID.

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:02 pm

No I saw it yesterday. Legitimate issue is just code speak for a wall with Canada. Just like Obama’s Birth Certificate was a legit issue, was code speak for Kenyan black man. Now I don’t want none of that maply syrup around here. It’s healthy for you and is a natural anti-oxident. I want the corn-based Mrs. Buttersworth that clogs my viens and puts excess belly fat on my tummy. You keep them Canucks out of my Amerika. They don’t even speak American, they speak some Elgish crap. They are our enemy – just look how they block our way to Alaska.

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Conspiracy Nutjob August 31, 2015 at 1:09 pm

When you have screwed up America, as you have, it’s nice to be able to create a truly nutjob world of your own, to escape reality.

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:19 pm

5.3% unemployment, 400,000 manufacturing jobs, Bin Laden dead – seems like the only really screwed up American is- well – you!!!

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Talking To Himself August 31, 2015 at 1:44 pm

This guy is so oblivious…

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Nölff August 31, 2015 at 1:13 pm

I suppose SC Political Digest is better, amirite BigTango?

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B Careful what you wish for August 31, 2015 at 1:20 pm

When GT -or BigT – had that up, I read it religiously. Journalistically, and intellectually, it was impeccable. It was pretty fucking entertaining, too. He’s a GREAT, and creative, writer. Brilliant.

FITSNews bans NO ONE, or anything, but it banned links to his site (after bitching about Haley doing that to him) and FITSNews banned Big T.

BigT has the balls to slap Liberals upside the head, whereas FITSNews is a fucking coward.

I’ve PMed BigT a couple times, asking him to put up a website again. His hit count was big considering, and he says now he has put the infrastructure in place to fully monetize a site. He learned a lot, fast. It took 5 years for FITSNews to get off the ground, and that’s with Sanford paying the freight to prpmote it.

I’m hoping BigT’ll be up and running for Campaign 2016.

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mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 1:23 pm

Ha ha!! You kill me, GT.

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UR Nervous Giggle August 31, 2015 at 1:24 pm

No be honest. I scare the FUCK out of you. You Dumbasses are not used to seeing the TRUTH.

When people out you, for what you are, you shit all over yourselves.

John Boy August 31, 2015 at 1:25 pm

Lol! You’re killing me too!

UR a Cop Killer August 31, 2015 at 1:26 pm

No, you kill police officers. Not yourself.

John Boy August 31, 2015 at 1:38 pm

That comback was so bad…I had to laugh anyway.

mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 1:27 pm

Apparently, he has absolutely no shame.

mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 1:25 pm

Yes. I am incredibly frightened of an out of work blogger who spends all day replying to his own posts & talking about himself in the third person.

Nölff August 31, 2015 at 2:31 pm

As they say in Mexico “Jajajajajajaja Eso es divertido”

Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:26 pm

You couldn’t scare a little girl.

The Buzzman August 31, 2015 at 3:25 pm

Sure he could, when he rolls up in his van at the playground, and offers her his “candy cane.”

Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:28 pm

Oops, that’s gotta be Little Member – now we have the fecal talk. Gay sex coming in five, four, three, two……

flip August 31, 2015 at 2:08 pm

Really beneath you Rocky.

flip August 31, 2015 at 2:07 pm

You ought to be thanking GT.This blog went to hell when he left.
I think I was the only one that noticed when you left,Smirks. :)

The Buzzman August 31, 2015 at 2:34 pm

flip is not GT. GT cannot bring himself to really cuss. A sure “tell.” flip cusses like a sailor.

flip August 31, 2015 at 2:40 pm

Golden oldie time!

A local critic of Myrtle Beach’s government took his concerns to the City Council Tuesday and asked the mayor to resign.

William “Boz” Martin addressed the council during the public comment period of Tuesday’s meeting, criticizing a host of issues, including the city’s actions that drastically toned down the bike rallies, funding of Coastal Uncorked and a February wreck that Mayor John Rhodes was involved in in Aynor.

“For the good of this community, why don’t you put yourself out of our misery and resign immediately,” Martin told the mayor at the closing of his speech.

Rhodes said after the meeting that he wasn’t going anywhere.

“No, I’m not resigning,” Rhodes said. “I really have no comment on Mr. Martin’s State of the Boz address.”

Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/incoming/article16615442.html#storylink=cpy

LMAO!!Like Mayor Rhodes, ‘I really have NO comment on Mr.Martin’s State of the Boz address”!!!

The Buzzman August 31, 2015 at 2:47 pm

That was a good one. I liked John before I didn’t like him. When he became mayor, I was in an ongoing murder mystery dinner theatre show, playing a despicable character named Jack Rhodes. I tried to get the producers to change the character’s surname, so it would not seem that we were making fun of the mayor. They refused to do so. But that was how much I thought of him at the time, having known him for almost 50 years.

A few years later, I shaply disagreed with him on certain policies and actions. That is what led to my call for him to resign. Since that time, I’ve publicly apologized. We get along just fine now. Yet you continue to flog this particular dead horse of a “story.”

Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:26 pm

He’s changed his name to Small Member.

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U no troll good August 31, 2015 at 1:43 pm

Of course you read it religiously. You wrote it, you were the only one to read it.

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 12:59 pm

Let’s get the ball rolling. Hey, we can make it out of snow and it will last six months out of the year? We can top it with Maple Syrup and hand out lollipop sticks. Canada, our secret enemy. How many of them Snow Socialists are here illegally. You can’t trust them. Pretty soon they’ll be here demanding pedestrians have right of way at all cross walks. Just watch the movie Canadian Bacon and you’ll see why we need this fence. Walker Wisconsin Ranger – he’s right. We need a Canuck Barrier. Keep out the Canucks. They talk wierd. It’s about, not abooot. And them ones over at the top of NY and Vermont – speaking that illegal French language.

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Your party's in BIG trouble August 31, 2015 at 1:00 pm

You support killing cops, gunning them down in the streets….

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:03 pm

No, you do that. All the time. And you support deporting and tazing unarmed American born citizens. You know you do. You like it. You call ’em Mexican Jumping Beans. You like they way the really little ones get all sparky eyes when you taze ’em a second time.

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Create enemies from ignorance August 31, 2015 at 1:11 pm

Nice little bubble of ignorance you’ve invented for yourself.

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:18 pm

How many beaners you run over today. Enough for your Trump quota?

flip August 31, 2015 at 1:45 pm

No amnesty-No path to citizenship-No Democrat Party! Sorry Rocky.

Jeb's Anchor Whatsits August 31, 2015 at 1:45 pm

Birthright citizenship.

flip August 31, 2015 at 1:46 pm

Won’t happen after 2016 elections. Bye bye!

Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:47 pm

Birthright citizenship already exists Flip.

flip August 31, 2015 at 1:51 pm

Europe should be a lesson for us.Germany and France deserve destruction. The majority of them have become atheists and will soon see what life looks like when the favor of God is removed from them. Overwhelming your tiny continent with muslims is the perfect way to destroy Europe. The only country I hope gets saved is Britain. I hope they vote to leave the EU and then start removing illegal aliens the way America is about to with President Trump or Carson or Rubio. America and Britain need to reaffirm our submission to Christ Jesus and pray He saves us from the barbaric muslim world.

Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:53 pm

You realize Rubito is against the deportation thing right? And Europe has absorbed millions and millions of immigrants for thousands of years. Romans accepted Jews from Palastine, Arabs immigrated to Spain in the 700s, Asians have been immigrating for years, as have Africans from former colonies. And yet strangly, German beer is still good, their schnitzle hasn’t changed.

flip August 31, 2015 at 2:00 pm

Rubio will be on board if he wants nomination.He is already getting his mind right.isis is here too. Obama and Kerry sold out USA to Iran, who supports Isis. With open borders, Isis has been coming in and setting up fighting camps, using Muslim-cultists as their army of thugs, to eventually attack citizens in various parts of the country. All supported by Obama policies for “change” in USA society. USA will be a wild nation if this keeps up; controlled by thugs and criminals. Head thug is Obama, with criminals-Black Lives Matter and illegals- as his army.

Mallory Lunn is watching you August 31, 2015 at 2:31 pm

Mal looks with favor upon you o Godly patriot.

The Buzzman August 31, 2015 at 4:19 pm

It’s Malcolm C. Lunn, and he’s not on this blog. Sorry. What, you think he’ll cut you a check for being a good troll?

mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 1:05 pm

Let’s get Mexico to pay for this one, too.

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UR as fucking stupid as him August 31, 2015 at 1:13 pm

Obama has pissed $9 Trillion down the drain, paying Food Stamps and Welfare, after he Fucked Up the economy…So we sho’ can’t afford it, until we dump that stupid asshole.

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:17 pm

Hey, let’s add up that 9 trillion. OK, 1 trillion for Bush TARP. 1 trillion stimulus – 1 trillion Iraq, 1 trillion Afgahnistan. So that’s 4 trillion on GOP initiatives. Yeah, UR truly more stupid. See ya’ stupid.

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Why U think Hillary's Crashing August 31, 2015 at 1:22 pm

No one buys that Bullshit any more.

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:49 pm

You mean Bush-shit?

shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 1:22 pm

STUPID FOOLS — Canada will cut off our supply of MAPLE SYRUP! — damn..!!

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mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 1:24 pm

Take off you hoser.

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Tazmaniac August 31, 2015 at 2:08 pm

First joke I ever told when I was 5: When I started kindergarten, my Mother showed me the way to my Canadian Immigrant Grandmother’s house 2 blocks away rather than have me walk the 3 miles out of town to our farm. (I know, this was the mid 60s before all the crazy stuff.) So anyhow, the first day I made it to Grandmother’s where she had a glass of milk and some graham crackers waiting on me. As I ate she asked me if I learned anything today. I replied that we learned the American alphabet and we started learning the Canadian alphabet but ran out of time. She looked sideways at me and asked me to demonstrate the Canadian alphabet I did learn. I told her “A, eh, B, eh, C, eh” about “D” she smacked me out of my chair and told me “your a wicked boy today, eh!”.

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 2:36 pm

10+ ….. I’m saving this one!

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 2:42 pm

You Might Be Canadian If —

Your municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.

You understand the Labatt Blue commercials.

You dismiss all beers under 6% as “for children and the elderly.”

You know more than 3 guys named Gordon.

You have worn shorts and a parka at the same time

You know which leaves make for good toilet paper.

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 3:24 pm

All beers under 6% are for weaklings, and anyone from Wisconsin knows that. Then again, Wisconsin was originally settled by Canadians. I don’t know 3 guys named Gordon but I have guy cousins named Claude and Michel and Julian. I have worn shorts with a winter jacket, and maple leaves will usually work best in the Fall and early Winter because of their width, however birch leaves hold up better to the brittle Canadian cold.

shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 3:40 pm

—– and I thought those were jokes! [ – saved and filed – ]

Mike at the Beach August 31, 2015 at 2:10 pm

Eh…

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mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 2:12 pm

Loved The Mackenzie Brothers :)

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:25 pm

What’s the food they have, fries with gravy and cheese curds on it – poontange?

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 1:37 pm

Ya’ just brought up a question in my mind. Why aren’t there any food franchises in the US that sell Canadian food?

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:38 pm

Street food you can get on the corner – called – Beaver Tail.

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 1:40 pm

Rocky, do ya’ want a great story I haven’t posted here yet?

Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:42 pm

Yeah, yeah, please, please!!!!

shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 1:45 pm

Ole and Lars, two Norwegian hunters from Minnesota, got a pilot to fly them to Canada to hunt moose. They bagged six. As they started loading the plane for the return trip, the pilot said the plane could take only four moose. The two men objected strongly, “Last year we shot six and the pilot let us put them all on board and he had the same plane as yours.” Reluctantly, the pilot gave in
and all six were loaded. However, even on full power, the little plane couldn’t handle the load and went down a few moments after takeoff. Climbing out of the wreck Lars asked Ole, “Any idea where we are?”
“Yaaah, I tink we’s pretty close to where we crashed last year.”

Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:47 pm

Priceless.

shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 2:35 pm

I came across those about three months ago — they are all clean and cleverly done….

Tazmaniac August 31, 2015 at 1:53 pm

+10!!

mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 1:31 pm

Could keep out Justin Bieber, though. Just a thought.

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 1:35 pm

I’m ok with that, but…… please don’t let me lose my maple syrup !

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Mike at the Beach August 31, 2015 at 2:09 pm

That would be a diplomatic coup, to be sure, but what if they cut off the Moosehead Lager?!

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Tazmaniac August 31, 2015 at 2:13 pm

I would want to declare war for that and Molson Ice, eh!

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Manray9 August 31, 2015 at 3:53 pm

Do we get to send back Ted Cruz?

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 4:04 pm

Uuuuuh, I’m still on the fence with that question…

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 4:15 pm

( Did Ted Cruz make this call?)
—————————————

A Canadian calls the RCMP “Hello is the the RCMP?? I’m calling about my
neighbor Antoine Smith. He is hiding marijuana in his firewood!”

The next day the RCMP descends on Antoine’s house and search the shed where the firewood is kept.

They bust open every piece of firewood, but find no marijuana. They apologize to Antoine and leave.

The phone rings at Antoine’s.

“Hey Antoine, did the RCMP come to your house?”

“Yep”

“Did they chop all your firewood?”

“Yep”

“Happy Birthday Buddy!”

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Antione Smith August 31, 2015 at 4:18 pm

Yeah, now that’s what I’m talking about.

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John Boy August 31, 2015 at 1:28 pm

As nutty as Americans are gettng, Canada may want to keep us out.

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Running cover for Democrats August 31, 2015 at 1:29 pm

Hey FITSNews: What did Hillary say about the Keystone Pipeline from Canada?

Is that more damaging to America that what you claim Walker said.

And why do you IGNORE Hillary, and pounce on a Bullshit claim to attack Walker?

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:31 pm

Because Walker is a looser – or in the words of Trumpito – loooza!!!

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 7:57 pm

Q: How do Canadian environmental groups plan on using Hilary Clinton to stop the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes?
A: By having her go skinny dipping in Lake Michigan
———————–

Q: Why did Bill Clinton choose Canada as the site for his summit with Yeltsin?
A: So he could look up some college buddies who moved up there during the Vietnam war.

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 1:33 pm

Totally off-subject but the answer will help me make a point later:
Wasn’t there a pitcher from Mexico who helped the Dodgers win the World Series maybe around 1956? or 1959? …..

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Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 1:38 pm

Yes, Sergio Cinqo – they named the Sinker after him – originally called the Cinq’er because he always threw it on his fifth pitch.

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 2:53 pm

Damn! You slipped that one right by me — another saver for me! I did catch it on the second read – hah!

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erneba August 31, 2015 at 1:59 pm

The only Mexican pitcher that I can think of for the Dodgers was Fernando Valenzuela. But, he was with the Dodgers in the eighties to early nineties.
I do know that “Speedy Gonzales” attended most of the games in the sixties, but no one could ever catch him to sign him up.

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flip August 31, 2015 at 2:02 pm

Fernando was a ‘lefty’ that threw a nasty ‘screwball’.

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erneba August 31, 2015 at 2:11 pm

Yeah, I always thought he was good pitcher, never had gaudy stats, one twenty win season(1980-1997) with a 53 percent wining percentage.

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flip August 31, 2015 at 2:15 pm

That pitch was an arm destroyer.

Tazmaniac August 31, 2015 at 2:15 pm

I never got Baseball. More about the stats than the game.

shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 2:51 pm

The guy had a Hispanic name and his first cousin was one of the civilians who was cagey about his job with Naval Intelligence. He and his cousin were from California, which is why I thought Mexican.

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Ted Cruz August 31, 2015 at 1:41 pm

But how will I sneak across the border then?

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erneba August 31, 2015 at 1:48 pm

Frankly, How many Canadians would want to sneak across the border with the way we have been governed for the last seven years. Walker would not have to build a wall, the Canadians would build one first.

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Bible Thumper August 31, 2015 at 3:06 pm

In 2013, there were 317,000 American immigrants to Canada, while 867,000 Canadians were American immigrants.
See interactive map:
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/international-migrant-population-country-origin-and-destination

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A Canadian August 31, 2015 at 2:10 pm

Hey, you guys pay three times per capita what we pay for health care and you don’t even have universal health care; you pay two times what we do for drugs; we live longer than you do; the average Canadian makes more than the average American and has less debt; and Forbes Magazine has said we are a better country for business than the US. Don’t worry about us sneaking over the border anytime soon..

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flip August 31, 2015 at 2:13 pm

Canada wouldn’t exist without the USA. FACT! You are to us what Kuwait is to Saudi Arabia-our BITCH!

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A Canadian August 31, 2015 at 2:33 pm

If as you say Canada benefits from the US; but the US does not benefit from Canada, it begs the question. Who is whose bitch?

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mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 2:34 pm

touche

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flip August 31, 2015 at 2:42 pm

Canadians are hated in Myrtle Beach by those in the service industry. Tight ass crazies that don’t tip and uglier women than the Democrat Party women in this country.

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Bible Thumper August 31, 2015 at 2:52 pm

too much glare on the beach and speedos.

flip August 31, 2015 at 3:14 pm

+10!

Jean Claude Retourde August 31, 2015 at 3:39 pm

Les belles de Quebec – are mooch niceer que les “bitches” of how you say, Mertle Beech. Our women, zey have, you you say, bigger boobs.

Tazmaniac August 31, 2015 at 4:26 pm

Once you shave them and wash them they aren’t so bad with their face in the pillow as long as they haven’t eaten recently.

shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 7:54 pm

now cut that out..!!

shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 7:53 pm

” … zey have, you you say, bigger boobs.”
Are those the guys sitting next to them?”

You Have To Ask? August 31, 2015 at 2:48 pm

Flip’s always the bitch. GrandTango’s the butch.

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Jean Paul Consteraud Quebec August 31, 2015 at 3:33 pm

Piiiissss on yu, matha phoooker. Je sais que yu sooooka moose. Yu bastardousiese que live in yu stinky United States, you know zat we in Quebec were here long before you’re pathetic little Pilgremese arrivada in Plymouth. Yu sink daz you make lobster bisque, but you make crap. It’s is crap. Everyone knows that true bisque de homard is green, and is made with fresh cream and pressed lobter. Your oysters task like poop, and your women are skinny and have big ears. Stay away. Tabernaque. Et stay away – we have zee best strip clubs in America Nord.

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flip August 31, 2015 at 3:51 pm

You bastards suck in ALL sports as well.

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Jacque Queer Sto August 31, 2015 at 3:59 pm

Eat me, zu man from woman with foul odoor. Yu come allez here and we will stick a hockey puck up you derriere. What coloor medale you have from last years Winter Olympics, eh? We have ze gold one.

flip August 31, 2015 at 4:16 pm

Olympics? They still have those?

mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 2:31 pm

Can you take Justin Bieber back?

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A Canadian August 31, 2015 at 2:32 pm

Deport him. We will take it from there.

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mamatiger92 August 31, 2015 at 2:33 pm

We’ll trade him for a few mountie hats and a couple of cases of Molson.

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Jack August 31, 2015 at 2:39 pm

Hey, we took Ted Cruz that was payment enough.

Central American Migrants August 31, 2015 at 2:47 pm

Pretty soon we’ll just be illegally entering the US just to get to your border.

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TroubleBaby August 31, 2015 at 3:02 pm

“Hey, you guys pay three times per capita what we pay for health care and you don’t even have universal health care”

That’s true, but before our healthcare system became one giant bene check to large/crony health insurance companies you didn’t have to wait six hours in an emergency room to get your kid treated for a cold “for free”.

Also, Canadians live longer because food is way more expensive there while the masses of poor people here eat more at deep discounts/free.

Eating is an American hobby for much of the population here because it’s cheap compared to Canada.

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Starving Canadian Children August 31, 2015 at 3:25 pm

I think if you compare the number of starving Canadians to the number of Americans who go broke getting healthcare or get refused healthcare, it would be pretty one sided.

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TroubleBaby August 31, 2015 at 3:26 pm

Starving Americans?

lol, do you ever come down here bro?

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Didn't Read My Comment? August 31, 2015 at 3:33 pm

I said starving Canadians, not Americans.

If Canada’s food prices suck and our health care costs suck, I say compare the amount of misery they create.

One country has to be more miserable than the other. I wonder which one?

flip August 31, 2015 at 3:38 pm

Met many Canadians when along the Grand Strand and Lake Okeechobee.

I think one of them smiled and the French Canadians in south Florida are real ass holes.

A Canadian August 31, 2015 at 3:35 pm

Thats not me. My mom has a condo just north of Boca. I am down there several times a year.

TroubleBaby August 31, 2015 at 3:38 pm

Ah, it’s just flip “doing his thing” I guess.

Look, the healthcare system is fairly fooked in different ways in both countries.

No question that the healthcare system here bankrupted people, but the why’s/how’s are much more complicated than “socialist healthcare is the answer!”.

I just don’t have the energy for a big/long discussion on it right now.

A Canadian August 31, 2015 at 3:41 pm

Me either. I am totally happy with my health care, no problems yet; so nothing to discuss.

TroubleBaby August 31, 2015 at 3:47 pm

Well, the last time I was there, my story above was the EXACT situation with my brother-in-law’s kid.

He’s got a flu/cold and he’s trying to convince the ex-wife over the phone it isn’t life threatening because he doesn’t want to go down to the emergency room and sit around for six hours…

She’s a hypochondriac, and that’s exactly what happened…he went down there and sat with her in a waiting room for half the day.

In another instance my sister(dual citizen) couldn’t get in any sooner than six months intervals to see a doctor over some infertility issues…as her biological clock was ticking away and they were trying to figure out the problem. She eventually gave in and came down here. (from my understand it’s illegal in Canada to pay cash and move to the front of the line…you have to have a diagnoses that warrants it in someone’s opinion…aka rationed healthcare)

So it’s not all “peaches” up there either.

A Canadian August 31, 2015 at 4:04 pm

Well nothing is aways maple syrup and flapjacks; but for 1100 or 1200 a month of additional income I can put up with a little inconvenience. But I have never experienced the problem your family did.

You are wrong about paying however. We have private pay doctors and there is even private health insurance if you want to subsidize government care and get faster service. In the big cities there are even hospitals who take private pay. I have not had to use any of that.

TroubleBaby August 31, 2015 at 4:13 pm

It’s interesting you say I’m wrong about that…I’ll have to talk with the fam. again…I actually suggested they go pay a doc to get in and out and I got a big explanation that it was “illegal”; only cosmetic surgery and a few other circumstances allow for cash pay.

A Canadian August 31, 2015 at 5:10 pm

That may be province by province, but I did not think so. Not very many people do it. Most Canadians, just use the government funded health care.

A Canadian August 31, 2015 at 5:41 pm
TroubleBaby September 1, 2015 at 10:24 am

It’s interesting because they did mention this option to me, but notice you have to be a paying member. You can’t make an “on the spot” decision.

Tazmaniac August 31, 2015 at 8:13 pm

Would that be french or English Canadian?

TroubleBaby September 1, 2015 at 10:25 am

That’s a loaded question.

:)

Who/what are you asking about?

Tazmaniac September 1, 2015 at 11:37 am

You or your wife’s family in Canada. I’ll let you off the hook maybe, my family is English or more accurately, Scots/Irish Canadian. Even in the States my Grandmother always kept a picture of the Queen on display.

TroubleBaby September 1, 2015 at 2:33 pm

Ha! My sister is Canadian by marriage/application. But I live outside of Detroit for a long time and made frequent trips before she became dual.

I’m Heinz 57 ethnically, with the largest portion being Italian. So I don’t identify with ethnic cultural norms, mostly geographic- and there’s a lot of similarities between certain aspects of Michigan/bridge to Canada culture and Toronto.

That being said, it always freaks me a out a little when I’m driving on the QEW and I see references to “subjects”.

:)

Tazmaniac September 1, 2015 at 5:37 pm

What I was gently referring to was the French ones. I’m sure your aware that there is a division in Canada and that half of them don’t appreciate being called Canucks. My old man was arguing with my Grandmother one day when I was a kid and he called her a Canuck. She had to go to the ER to get her heart checked out and my folks nearly split up. I’m sure things have lighten up a bit, I don’t know.

TroubleBaby September 1, 2015 at 7:10 pm

Quebec is the trouble maker.

;)

Rocky Verdad August 31, 2015 at 3:27 pm

Actually food isn’t that expensive in Canada. My family and I had a great three course Chinese dinner in Toronto last month for like $38 US. And the Beaver Tails on the street were only $3.50 each. (That other beaver tail is sold on the internet)

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TroubleBaby August 31, 2015 at 3:29 pm

Well, let me put it to you this way-

I visit greater Toronto fairly regularly, especially Markham area. Then up into cottage country…

Everyplace in that area is substantially more in the cost of food, on the order of AT LEAST 33% versus down here.

Rocky August 31, 2015 at 3:35 pm

Agreed – groceries stores suck. Accept for Yellow Peas and Maple Syrup. Wine and beer are high.

Tazmaniac August 31, 2015 at 4:21 pm

You can do that by going to DC, Baltimore, or NYC. I’ve had family from Nova Scotia, Quebec, (I know, she was the black sheep), Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Camloops, and the islands of Vancouver. When they visited Florida they acted like they were in a third world country because everything seemed dirt cheap to them even at exchange rate. Most are passed away and I’m not in touch with my distant cousins.

TroubleBaby August 31, 2015 at 4:40 pm

My brother in law is from Nova Scotia…he tells me it’s filled with blue collar drunks that work the fishing industry.

:)

Too bad I didn’t take a job up there I was offered at 19(to run a hotel/spa)…I probably would have fit in.

I was paying $7 for a half gallon of milk(granted, US subsidies cloud the issue) up in greater Toronto and eggs & bacon were up there too.

Not to mention the gas prices…the cost of living up in Canada eats up a lot of their income.

Now all that being said, their gov’t has actually shrunk and they keep their budgets in line to their credit. They can more easily afford the inefficiencies of socialized healthcare(for now), plus their overall population is no where near ours(which exacerbates gov’t inefficiency).

Trump Is The Man August 31, 2015 at 2:15 pm

Difference between the two in the matter of border walls; Trump will build the wall, Walker is just dishing out BS talk to get votes.

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Mallory Lunn is watching you August 31, 2015 at 2:28 pm

He’s everywhere!
He’s everywhere!

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The Buzzman August 31, 2015 at 4:17 pm

It’s Malcolm C. Lunn, you idiot. Are you trying to scare people, with that name, pogo — or what?

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The Buzzman August 31, 2015 at 2:36 pm

Walker discovered that Red Green is really a “Red” … in the old-school sense of the term.

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mrbraindead12 . August 31, 2015 at 2:42 pm

A 60 foot high border between us and Mexico is counterproductive as shit, and I still don’t understand why we think Mexico would be willing to build it, and could actually afford to pay for it. What we really need to do is take out the cartels which are driving people to escape the nearly endless violence that has sprung up in the last few decades. Mexico is completely unsafe, and while I understand that our economy suffers when people don’t assimilate and become citizens (another issue, expediting citizenship/assimilating people faster) it’s pretty much our fault that there are so many undocumented illegals here. I get both sides of the story. They don’t pay taxes, yet they are allowed to use our welfare system, and get medicaid. Yet, our drug laws are the reason why Mexico sucks so badly, so why not bite the bullet and fix them? It would also solve our prison industrial complex issue too. You people are so full of it. FITS, you’ve lost me. You always talk about drug reform, and it’s a solution to many of our problems. Why do you not think it applies to this situation?

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Bible Thumper August 31, 2015 at 3:56 pm

Why is there a Canadian flag at the foot of Mt. McKinley? There was an American flag on the same pole earlier this morning. Did Obama sell it?

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 7:30 pm

A mama mole, a papa mole, and a baby mole all live in a little mole hole. One day the papa mole sticks his head out of the hole, sniffs the air and says,”Yum! I smell maple syrup!”

The mama mole sticks her head out of the hole, sniffs the air and says “Yum! I smell maple syrup!”

The baby mole tries to stick his head out of the hole to sniff the air, but can’t because the bigger moles are in the way so he says, “Geez, all I can smell is MOLASSES!”

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Bible Thumper August 31, 2015 at 10:11 pm

Is there a way for me to respond by just skating my head without saying anything?

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shifty henry August 31, 2015 at 10:51 pm

couldn’t help it …. that joke (which was old when I was a kid) has been sitting in a corner gathering dust…. maybe someone’s kids haven’t heard it (heh) (heh)

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