If you have any doubts about the French (which you SHOULD), please take a moment out of your day, and hop on over to JunkYardBlog and read this:

DO THE FRENCH KNOW SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT TELLING US?

It's well worth the time…

A new animal-rights campaign compares the murder of Jews in Nazi death camps to the killing of chickens and pigs in slaughterhouses – enraging Jewish groups and Holocaust survivors.

I sure liked PETA.ORG better when it was owned by this guy.

If war comes to Iraq, the Kurds of Kifri will be right in the line of fire. Iraqi officials have threatened that the moment the first American bomb lands, they will reply with a chemical assault on the town.

Funny. They will use chemicals that don't exist in missiles they don't possess, right?

If you have been following along recently you might have noticed my recent entry about MP Carolyn Parrish's remarks about Americans.

Well, I wanted to quote some information from another article appearing today, and then follow up with one last comment on the incident.

"Who came to the rescue of thousands of displaced Americans on Sept. 11, when airspace was closed over the U.S.? Answer: the Canadians," wrote Debbie Burton.

"Whose troops were sent to Afghanistan to support your War on Terror? Answer: the Canadians. Whose troops were killed and maimed by 'friendly fire' when American pilots disregarded the rules of engagement? Answer: the Canadians."

Of course, as an American, I was very happy that all "displaced Americans" made their way home eventually, after September 11th. Of course, I still do not see how Canadians "came to their rescue". The fact is, there were thousands of displaced Canadians stranded here too, but we do not claim to have "rescued" them. They were taken care of, as were our citizens in Canada, as it should have been.

Of course your troops were with us in Afghanistan, and it was a tragic mistake that took the lives of your soldiers. We DO appreciate your friendship, and a majority of us do NOT think that your country knowingly provides a haven for terrorists.

You see, as an average American (with Canadian relatives, heck my mom was born in Canada), I view the Canadians as friends of the Americans. In no way, shape or form, have I (or anyone I know) ever thought of the Canadian people (as a whole) as anything less than friends of the United States, until now.

Why, in a little over three months would the communications director for the Canadian Prime Minister call our President a moron and then have an MP call ALL OF US bastards?

You do not see Ari Fleischer referring to world leaders by anything than their name, and you do not hear our other elected officials muttering derrogatory names about Canadians under their breath. (Of course, I have no way of knowing what they might be thinking though, nor do I claim to be able to hear them muttering anyway).

I think the following quote says it best:

A writer from Pennsylvania, however, doesn't even believe Parrish ought to have apologized. "If she hates us, I'd rather her say it and at least have the guts to stick to it," wrote David J. Crook. "I'd rather be aware of honest hate rather than the smarmy lies of a pretended friend."

Friends tell friends the truth, and the truth is, you have not been acting like a friend lately.

Members of the Maine National Guard, called up to prepare for an attack on Iraq, have asserted that their children are being harassed at school by teachers who oppose the war.

"What we're hearing is that some of the educators are talking about the possible war in Iraq being unethical and that those who would fight it are unethical," Maj. Rogers said.

If this had happened after Pearl Harbor before we entered the war, the teachers would be branded as TRAITORS.

What is unethical is the total lack of respect for these children and their parents who have chosen to STAND UP and SERVE to protect the rights of the very teachers that choose to IGNORE the fact that these children deserve better.

Shame on you.