Why are we now so afraid of Uncle Sam? (Canada)

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With the exception of Chretien's refusal to put Canadian boots on the ground in Iraq, Canada's unspoken attitude toward the U.S. in recent years can be summed up in three words: defer, equivocate, apologize.

Last week, a report done for the Fraser Institute, a conservative think tank not soon to be mistaken for a VW van full of tie-dyed hippies, presented a convincing argument for the legalization of marijuana. A CBC-TV report balanced the study's sober advocacy with the familiar qualms of police, health officials and so on, and then played the final trump card: the U.S. is against it. End of discussion.

The least persuasive objection is the one that carries the most weight. No one seems capable of articulating the obvious rejoinder: "This is Canada. We make the laws here."

Come on, say it. You'll get my vote.

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Oh how I wish Minnesota would secede!

Was the Fraser institute when decriminalization was on the table. Nowhere.
Anything from that government subsidized right wing bastion...