Canada, land of the free.

I only live a couple of hours away from the beautiful country of Canada and thought I should fill you in on how much better they run things in the Great White North.
The Canadians have their own National health care, many of us Americans have none. The Canadians don't have preachers of hate like us Americans, IE.. Phelps, Frist, Bush. The Canadian Women will be able to have an abortion if they choose to, in 2008 the Americans will not. The Canadians have a money surplus in their Government, the Americans are a trillion dollars in the hole. Our American Government feels the need to invade a country to give it freedom, Canada stands neutral and invades no one.
Being next door neighbors how can our countries be total opposite? The religious right in our Country has turned ninety percent of the World against us. I think Why am I here when true freedom is only three hours away.

keeps looking better and better

It is beautiful in the summer, a real school City. We have one of the best Universities in Canada: Queen's University. I happen to go there. Also there is St. Lawrence College and RMC...so lots of youth!!

Great things about Canada:
- FREE health care. And I mean FREE. Well...we pay taxes for it. But its worth it NOT to be scared about not affording healthcare!!!
- Tuition is subsidized by the government... ex. my tuition at a top Canadian university is only bout $5,000 Canadian.
- you can smoke pot in public and no one really cares.

Theres lots more...

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We've had two straight weeks of cold gray weather, high winds, and heavy rain. The whole South Shore of Nova Scotia is under a state of emergency due to flooding--they got the whole month's worth of rain over the Victoria Day weekend. Ask anyone about the weather and you'll get an embittered snort followed by something to the effect of, "Nice spring, eh? Can't friggin wait for the rest of it...", usually followed by sneezing and coughing.

Feh. Also fap. You'd think this was New Brunswick (Province of Swine) or something... :grr:

Keep in mind that we're expected to "only" get up to 90 today, and our HI is "only" supposed to be 96. I say only because we've already hit 100. I'd trade weather (and governments) with you any day of the week. :)

on edit- And we're in a drought, which for the rest of Texas doesn't mean much. But SE Texas usually gets 60 inches of rain a year, and we're already more than 12 inches below normal. People are hoping for a "nice" tropical system, if that tells you anything!

immigration program. And many Americans summer there. The coastal water can be cold. But dam that place is wonderful.

and it was really nice. It was a wet and rainy day though but you can feel it's different there in the air. Not so tense and everything. Something I thought was cool was where we went in one area was a swimming place and it was hot springs. I thought that was pretty neat. I wouldn't mind having a summer house there. Only a dream of course. ;)

the cost, but a short drive to the coast..it would be affordable. But much in the way of summer cottages for rent. So try it sometime and zoom around NS & PEI and see what part you fall in love with. Or rent a camping spot (they go early). Try Risser's Beach. Campground right near a beach & a French Bakery. Water cold there until August. Actually cold most of the summer - but there are lagoons at some nearby beaches (hurtles). Water much warmer in the Gulf of the St Laurence by PEI and also Pictou County. Bay of Fundie (no relation to fundamentalists) very, very cold. But gorgeous too. And NS is so small. A day's drive will get you anywhere and back almost. Lots of lakes too. You can take tow ferries from Maine. They talk to of ferries from Boston..but not so far.

The government is on a push to up the populaton of Halifax. It is now around 300,000 and that is not enough to have a booming economy all the time(since it is the only big city within a full day's drive). So they are hoping for immigration and the like to increase their population in this next decade. And with Satellite TV and the Internet..one can live and work in the countryside easily. So the housing prices (down the road from the coasts) will just go up in price. But there are many, many lakes and such. And pieces of land. And it would be better to buy now than later. Cape Breton which is stunning in the fall and has lots of lakes is also a great spot.

People who like the coast, like character and are not so hot on hot weather or swimming are buying places in Newfoundland. Again gorgeous.

Very un-corporate as civilizations go.

I was born in California, and that's what it says on my Canadian passport. Once when I was clearing Customs into the States, the Customs guy asked me, "Born in Santa Monica, and now you live in Halifax???? How'd that happen?"

"Well, I can afford to live in Halifax..."

"Har har! Yer cleared!"
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It's STILL pouring rain... MAY let up by Tuesday. :puke:

It's worse here.

It's the second coldest national capital in the world--ahead of, e.g., Moscow, Stockholm, and whatever-the-hell-the-capital-is, Finland... but behind Ulan Baator, Mongolia. :wow:

Helsinki.

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Welcome to DU!! :toast:

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cocaine.

It's real snow everywhere else.

and winters can be painful.. BUT...

For now, I'd still rather stay in US and fight.:grr:

and I learn how to speak Canadian, I'm so there!

in "socialist" Canada.

Of course, they get their info from Limbaugh, not Canadians.

Which I consider to be ESSENTIAL recommended reading for any Democrat or Patriot or thinking Person in this country...i.e. eveyone should read it.

And even in 1935, Canada was the place Free Thinkers and Fee People fled and found refuge when this country threw it's own freedom down the crapper.

I pray it remains so, because many of us may one day meet there if things do not turn around.