Recent poll: what do Americans think of Canada?

[mossrose]

They give fair treatment to some of their own........Alabama, for instance.

[mossrose]

Hey, rogue-y!

A lot of your pictures in that thread are missing!

I'd apologize, but I didn't do it.

[Reepicheep]

I remember the chain and anchor!

But I haven't been there since 2008 when my Mom passed away. So not familiar with the ball and chain.

It's interesting how it goes. My parents are both long dead, and after they died Lethbridge was no longer "home", so there was no longer a reason to visit. I can only recall going to Lethbridge once in the past ten years, and that was a brief stop on my way to "The Hat" ("Medicine Hat", for you non-Albertans) for a funeral.

I haven't seen the ball and chain, either. I did a google search so I could insert a photo of the anchor into my post, but the ball and chain images are the only photos that came up.

("Enough with the boring Alberta talk", say all Americans who are reading this thread...)

[shunyadragon]

Some of those statistics are of questionable value, but I agree with others.

The one thing I can say (as both a defense and an indictment) is that a majority of Americans think the civilized world ends at our borders, which is why we're kinda ignorant about everything outside of it. I wish it were otherwise...

Toronto Blue Jays, Raptors, Bears, Mounties, and Moose.

[shunyadragon]

Some of those statistics are of questionable value, but I agree with others.

The one thing I can say (as both a defense and an indictment) is that a majority of Americans think the civilized world ends at our borders, which is why we're kinda ignorant about everything outside of it. I wish it were otherwise...

Toronto Blue Jays, Raptors, Bears, Mounties, and Moose, and ah . . . American's National Park

[Sparko]

Because of Alberta's oil and gas sector.

Alberta's oil sands alone contain around 165 billion barrels of oil, as opposed to total US oil reserves of around 47 billion barrels.

Isn't your government trying to shut down the oil fields and put people out of work?

[Sparko]

The US is Canada's butt.

I'm SO sorry for this post!

The only reason the US doesn't slide down over Mexico is because Canada sucks.

Sorry, not sorry.

[Sparko]

Oh, man! A hundred and seventy nine pages of insults about Canadians? As Bugs Bunny would say:

S'OK. We have threads about Alabamastan too.

[mossrose]

Isn't your government trying to shut down the oil fields and put people out of work?

Yes.

But they also want the money that flows from here to the other provinces in transfer payments. Alberta has sent untold billions of dollars to Ottawa over decades, and they aren't going to get that money if the oil industry suffers much more than it already has.

[mossrose]

S'OK. We have threads about Alabamastan too.

I already said that.

And I can't believe you said that Canada sucks after meeting me!

[mossrose]

Toronto Blue Jays, Raptors, Bears, Mounties, and Moose, and ah . . . American's National Park

Yeah. It's been in the news lately that Americans are telling border security that they're passing through on their way to Alaska and ending up hanging around in Banff or Jasper.

Americans CAN pass through to Alaska, that's allowed by the covid rules of the country, but these nice folk are blatantly lying so they can come to the mountains.

Now we're supposed to report US plates in the parks to authorities.

[Sparko]

I already said that.

And I can't believe you said that Canada sucks after meeting me!

I consider you an honorary 'Merican.

[mossrose]

I consider you an honorary 'Merican.

Thanks.

I guess.

[Cow Poke]

Thanks.

I guess.

Better yet, you can be an ornery Texican!

[mossrose]

Better yet, you can be an ornery Texican!

Well, I am from the "south" (although not according to Reep's map........). And I certainly can be ornery!