Canada in the crosshairs: Media conservatives sling mud north of the border
Conservative media figures such as Fox News host Neil Cavuto, MSNBC host Tucker Carlson, and press secretary to former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) Douglas MacKinnon have attacked Canada with baseless accusations and derogatory comments.
Following Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's remarks criticizing U.S. global environmental policies, a number of conservative media figures have attacked Canada, hurling baseless accusations and derogatory comments at America's northern neighbor. Media Matters for America documented Fox News' host Neil Cavuto's December 14 attack on Canada. Cavuto asked: "[H]ave the Canadians gotten a little bit too big for their britches?" and "[C]ould our neighbors to the north soon be our enemies?" In the same vein, MSNBC host Tucker Carlson dismissed the entire country as "essentially a stalker," and "your retarded cousin you see at Thanksgiving." Also, Douglas MacKinnon, press secretary to former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS), alleged that "the Canadian government not only willingly allows Islamic terrorists into their country, but does nothing to stop them from entering our nation."
From the December 15 edition of MSNBC's The Situation with Tucker Carlson:
CARLSON: Here's the problem, [radio host] Max [Kellerman]. Here's the problem with telling Canada to stop criticizing the United States: It only eggs them on. Canada is essentially a stalker, stalking the United States, right? Canada has little pictures of us in its bedroom, right? Canada spends all of its time thinking about the United States, obsessing over the United States. It's unrequited love between Canada and the United States. We, meanwhile, don't even know Canada's name. We pay no attention at all.
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CARLSON: First of all, anybody with any ambition at all, or intelligence, has left Canada and is now living in New York. Second, anybody who sides with Canada internationally in a debate between the U.S. and Canada, say, Belgium, is somebody whose opinion we shouldn't care about in the first place. Third, Canada is a sweet country. It is like your retarded cousin you see at Thanksgiving and sort of pat him on the head. You know, he's nice, but you don't take him seriously. That's Canada.
Carlson's December 15 comments were not his first foray into Canada-bashing: On the November 30, 2004, edition of CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports, Carlson said: "Without the U.S., Canada is essentially Honduras, but colder and much less interesting." That same day, on Fox News' Hannity & Colmes, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter quipped: "They [Canada] better hope the United States doesn't roll over one night and crush them. They are lucky we allow them to exist on the same continent."
In a December 16 Washington Times op-ed, MacKinnon wrote of Canada:
Insulting and verbally attacking the United States has become such a national sport among liberal Canadian politicians that one conservative member of parliament said they displayed "a consistent attitude of anti-Americanism." As Mr. Wilkins stressed, "It may be smart election-year politics to thump your chest and constantly criticize your friend and your number one trading partner. But it is a slippery slope, and all of us should hope that it doesn't have a long-term impact on the relationship."
The ambassador's point raises a larger question: Can Canada really be considered our "friend" anymore? As someone whose family comes from Canada, a country I grew up loving as a child, it pains me to ask the question. That said, what other question can be asked when the Canadian government not only willingly allows Islamic terrorists into their country, but does nothing to stop them from entering our nation.
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People like Tucker Carlson are the reason why we have lost all respect in the world........comments like the ones he made are just sick, vile, and stupid to say to the masses.
Jonathon
With the right-wing in charge of the country, who does the right wing blame for everything that ails us? EVERYONE ELSE! The environmentalists, Democrats, liberals, civil rights activists, gays, judges, Canadians, Mexicans, the French, Arubans, Muslims.... They're to blame for whatever complaints you have about life in America today. Unemployment? They did it! Lack of health insurance? They did it! Federal search of your underwear drawer without your notification? They did it! Your son died in Iraq? They did it! No school lunch program to help you make ends meet? They did it! Can't breathe the air in your city? The did it! It's all their fault!
Unfortunately the surface stories like this are completely meaningless in the grand scheme of things. The relationship between these two nations is a lot stronger than what FNC & Tucker would have you, or anyone else, believe. Canada and the USA have one of the most comprehensive Intelligence gathering and sharing relationships in the world. As for the security of the border; Canada has reinforced screening at its borders and is now in the business of placing suspected terrorists behind bars without charge or access to legal counsel for indefinite periods. Both countries share military bases and enjoy an excellent relationship i.e. Canadian snipers in Afghanistan, extended participation in securing Afghanistan, CANFORCE & USAF North Atlantic patrols watching over commercial air traffic. Economic and social differences will always exist. Trade is never easy when one nation has a much larger economy than the other; will there be disputes, yes. Agenda driven political hacks like Tucker and Douglas MacKinnon would like to have the American population believe that there is no benefit from the relationship and that these two nations should be adversaries. So now that the news cycle is slowing for the holiday period and the "War on Xmas" is losing relevance we can only expect more of this type of low quality reporting. I personally do not believe that the American public is this naive. But I do find it troubling how much of this nonsense is making news while there are much bigger issues to be covered. Most of what I have mentioned here can be found by doing research; a skill that seems to be in short supply at MSNBC’s The Situation, FNC and the Washington Post.
It comes down to this? Attacking Canada? Don't you guys have anything left? Wow. These guys can't comment on the corruption that has strongly invaded the Republican party and the notion that more people from the White House are going to be indicted for leaking a name of a CIA operative. On top of that, the Republican party has no capital left. Torture is out and the Patriot Act ends. The privatization of Social Security was a bust as well. Iraq is still up in the air this is about the third or fourth time someone has claimed victory, and American soliders and innocent Iraqi civilians are still dying. I say 'wow' again. This is why many of these yahoos can't get their facts straight and are in a state of denial. They (Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Novak, Coulter, etc.) are sad little people. It's a shame that no one can take them seriously any more.
Give just a couple more dozen of taxpayer's billion dollars to KBR, Blackwater, and a few other of our friends, and it will all be over very soon...
Listening to Tucker for so long on Crossfire, his comments mean and count for nothing. As for the comments by MacKinnon, he is as clueless as he sounds. First of all, he rants about terrorists coming into the country and then says we do nothing to stop them from entering your country. In case he doesn't know the legalities at his own border, Canada does not allow anyone into your country. We have absolutely no say whatsoever. American border guards are the ones to decide who enters, not Canadians. As for these comments against us, they have been coming from those who have the least credibility of anyone. Ann Coulter? Please, she can't stand her own country most of the time. Bush never made an official visit here for over 4 years since he didn't like Chretien. We got blamed for allowing 5 terrorist into New York one Christmas, and that ended up being a lie. We got blamed for sending your 9/11 terrorists and that was a lie. We are an easy target but then I don't really care because I complain so much about your republican actions, I guess it evens out.
He sounds like a 12 year old adolescent who doesn't have a clue what he is talking about but it sure sounds good to him while it is coming out of his mouth.
Needless to say, he is another one of these "we make up our own reality" conservative crowd who really believes their own fantasies. Sick and sad all at the same time.
I am very offended by Mr. Tucker's comments regarding Canada during his recent show, but I am sure the Canadians really don't care. What I am really offended by is his attitude towards developmentally disabled or as he refers to them as "retarded" citizens. It sums up his hateful and spiteful speech that he chooses to use those most at risk in our society as a term of derision. Such a clown, and as we all know his tie indicates that he really is a clown.
It really is getting eerie with these talking-point puppets, they can't even make up the own weak, xenophobic jokes.
A couple of days ago a blogger made this same statement: that every Canadian worth a salt had already moved to New York.
It is a stupid sexist analogy ( probably inspired by events in his own life ). What a STATUS SEEKING BIMBO. Spoiled brat probably thinks having so many enemies is "cool".
Listen up, nutjob, quit dissing our number one ally just to get your rocks off.
As a Black man, Tucker Carlson reminds me of an ugly practice in America. Throughout the years, we have consistently been presented with White males presenting news, being in authority, and being the only class of human beings to hold the office of President of the US. Why is that so? I could understand if this was a phenomenon associated with the early years of this country, but this continues to be the case in the US. On a more personal level, I consider myself a well schooled individual, and if given the chance, would bare that out for anyone I work for. Yet, throughout my life, I have been face, over and over again, being supervised by young up and coming white males. I think we all know what its like to have to take underdeveloped orders from someone half your age. This dynamic is not exclusive to Black men; it is also been directed at women of all races, homosexuals, and the elderly. This is the "cord" struck by my viewing Carlson talk about Canada, I have come accustom viewing Carlson as a post adolescent smart butt who often gets things wrong; add to that, he's Republican. All things being said, next.
/begin sarcasm
You know with regards to the GOP/Conservatives (and probably some liberals too) All we are good for is either being athletes (and some hate that too), entertainers and criminals. We don't even want to do the jobs "they" get immigrants (in particular Mexicans - To recall Pres. Fox's comment) to do for dirt wages... They hate it when we criticize our own, when our own support policies detrimental to us.
/end sarcasm
I don't understand why they get so bent out of shape when criticized.
I completely agree. Just look at what happens when our (black American) leaders criticize our government. We are called complainers and "race-baiters" and then the problems that face the black community get thrown in our face (I so love the blacks are more predisposed to violence than whites argument). There is not difference here, it's just not about race. Whenever anyone criticizes our government the first thought of some white American male is to belittle and demean them. I am not shocked at these comments at all. I'm used to them.
I don't like to ident myself as American anymore, so now I'm a Californian, so let's get that out of the way. Now, America has this great need to push democracy all around the world or a sense of a free government, but when any democraticish country uses it powers of, let's say, FREE SPEECH and criticize the U.S., boy howdy do Americans hate that. That our own core values of freedom and democracy and free speech and press are used against us seems to stump most Americans. "How can others talk that way about us? Only we can criticize others and their societies and cultures." America needs to wake up and realize Freedom of speech isn't limited to America only.
What a pile of adolescent xenophobic garbage. I suspect many Canadians listen to what is passed off as discussion and commentary in our media and shake their head in amazement at how pitiful much of it is. Rather than a "retarded cousin", Canada is more like a harder working, low-key, stay at home cousin to America's Paris Hilton. I doubt very many folks up there care too much about what the brainless talking heads say about them. And didn't the guys from South Park already tackle this subject?
I love the way conservatives set up straw men to knock them down.
Either that, or they really feel offended or threatened by Canada.
Either way it shows how pathetic they really are.
--was it mahr that said "i like canada...they're like america without all the bs"
-it is funny, though, that canada is about the last friend we have left, and these loonies start trying to diss them as well.
One of the characteristics of fascism is a cult of masculinity, and you sure see that in the religious right today. Pick on Canada because it's not macho enough. I, for one, believe that we in the USA need Canada to set us an example of civilized behavior (or as the Canadians call it, civilized behaviour).
As for Canadians thinking of us more than we think of Canada, why not? The USA is the 800-lb. gorilla, both politically and culturally. And environmentally as well.
And with all the intelligent Canadians who have become Americans, there are still some who have remained Canadians even if some of them have lived in "the states to the south": Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Christopher Plummer, Lynn Johnston (the cartoonist who draws "For Better or for Worse"), Mordecai Richler, Robertson Davies, and the wonderful folks who created SCTV. (There's also Margaret Atwood but she's already a bugbear to the Right.)
I bet For Better or for Worse fans pay attention to Canada.
As of 12/17/05, the Canadian dollar trades at $1 USD = $1.15433 CAD, or $1 CAD = $0.86630 USD. That means it costs to Americans is almost 87 cents to get ONE Canadian dollar. When Clinton left office it was 66 cents. On 3/19/03, as the Iraq War began it was 67 cents. For the entire year 2005 it has hovered at or above 80 cents. You can all thank #43 for this. The runaway borrowing, the trade deficit. Give the Republicans 2 more years of rubberstamp government and the currency translation ratio will be equal, or perhaps in favor of the Canadian dollar. We'll be asking to have our paychecks paid in CAD's, or immigrating to Canada for work.
I'm certain most Americans don't know it, but the U.S. imports more oil from Canada than any other country. Track the rise of the Canadian dollar and the rise in the price of a barrel of oil. No coincidence, they coincide.
One of the things that I have liked about the left is that writers on the left normally refrain from making the type of idiotic, asinine, insulting comments that the right-wing pundits said about Canada. In fact, I've handed people copies of the National Review or other right-wing rags simply to show them the hateful and insulting nature of the right. It's often been effective at turning sincerely honest and good people away from the right. After reading comments on this page - and unfortunately on many other discussion groups - there is no absence of derogatory and asinine comments among left-leaning participants in discussion groups. Too Bad!
I couldn't agree more. It's like watching a bunch of gradeschoolers on a playground making fun of each other, trying to get as many laughs at someone else's expense as they can. Not exactly the Lincoln / Douglas debates. Respect everyone's opinion and their right to express it and we'll all be more enlightened for it. If Ann Coulter shouts fire in a crowded theater, she should be taken to task. But if she isn't allowed to speak in a public forum where she was invited to do so, where many people were seated to hear said speech, then you're looking at the beginning of the end of a truly free society. As much as I don't agree with much of anything that Jesse Jackson has to say, I certainly respect his right to do so at a forum where he was invited without being shouted down. If everyone respects everyone's opinion (read opinion, not mean spirited tirade) then we all might be able to have a healthy debate, something that people who saw the Lincoln/Douglas debates might be able to recognize.
I take issue with the concept that Ann Coulter is capable of contributing to healthy debate, but I agree she should have had her say, however vile and destructive to our national discourse.
If you take the things he's saying seriously, you need to ligthen up. Usually, I can't stand conservative whackos like O'Reilly and Hannity, but Tucker is his own brand of humor and current events. If you watched regularly, you'd understand that this wasn't serious at all.
I'm not really all that offended by Tucker's remarks,in fact I kinda got a kick out of the retarded cousin crack.That said,I wonder if he and some of the more strident defenders of American pride at this forum even know what it is Mr Martin said that was apparently so offensive to these rightwing pundits.He didn't even mention America by name but rather,made a fairly vague statement about the need for some countries to develop more of a "global conscience" concerning the environment and energy usage.I guess maybe some of these guys have a guilty conscience?Also it should be said that most Canadians truely like Americans and really only have a problem with the neo-cons in Washington.I would also like to remind folks that Canada(on America's behalf)is still in Afghanistan keeping the peace to this day.
Wow, a friend emailed me this weblink and I thought it was a joke at first. This is unbelievable you guys - Canada and the United States are just like any other two countries that border each other; we share certain characteristics such as language and some culture and we agree sometimes and disagree others. What I don't understand is how come when Canada disagree's with something the United States does the media actually gives air time to people who say things such as 'Canada better hope [the U.S.] doesn't roll over and crush them...'! We could reply in the same fashion and start quoting all sorts of ridiculous facts about obesity and how Americans WOULD simply have to roll over but we don't. I don't agree with Bush doll-stomping, however, I would hope the US and the citizens there would have better things to do with their time and resources than mud-sling at Canada. My best friend lives in Indiana and thank goodness they do because she reminds me that not everyone in the US shares these sentiments. I'm quite sad that politics and the media allow this type of speech to happen and worse still that it promotes it for the purpose of shock-value and ratings. Cheers.
I find it fascinating that certain American journalists are always on the lookout for "America's Next Enemy." It's like some weird, paranoid reality series. Will it be China? Or Mexico? Hey, what about Canada? Our Prime Minister's comments were directed at the Bush Administration's sad record on the environment and its' refusal to sign on to the Kyoto protocol. He was right to say so and shame on anyone who would seek to distract from a serious conversation about protecting our environment with the usual idiotic insults and enemy talk.
P.S. Carlson is a journalist in much the same way that Jenny McCarthy is an actress.
As a fellow Canadian I agree with what the other Canucks have said, as well as the genuine Americans, but I do think we have to watch that we don't get caught up with the stereotypes by saying "you Americans", when we recognize it is just a particular administration right now that is causing so many problems. As far as Tucker is concerned, please keep him on the air somewhere! It's good for some humor in such serious times, and it's also powerful in highlighting the utterly ridiculous position of the far right. I'm sure that characters such as him and O'Reilly actually cause more people to move to the liberal side than serious attempts by the left do. Also, the comments about shutting off the oil taps or holding back fresh water are correct in demonstrating the importance of the relationship between our two countries, but let's be honest, if Canada ever did that, we would be the next Iraq.
.........who can't even come up with a coherent metaphor. I can't believe anyone would take him seriously. His bizarre over reaction to Martin's mild and generic criticism makes it pretty clear who the obsessed one really is. By the way, anyone suckered in by Carlson's absurd statement that any Canadian with ambition has already moved to New York should have a look at Martin's career. He managed to become wildly successful and filthy rich as a shipping magnate without ever moving from Canada. If that does not convince you have a look at what an apartment condo on the waterfront in downtown Vancouver goes for these days. Yikes!! Obviously there must be some ambitious people left here, or who would be buying them?
Like Cromulent, I am much more concerned about MacKinnon's outright lying that Carlson's weak attempts at humour. To say that Canada "makes no effort" to prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. is a complete fabrication that seems calculated to provoke hatred against a closely allied country. No responsible American official who actually works in the area of cross border security would ever agree with such a statement, and it is in need of an immediate and forceful debunking.
This is my second attempt at posting this. It is possible to criticize a country without getting down to calling people names, especially names that have been used recklessly to hurt people. Mr. Carlson's use to the work "retarded" (which doesn't seem to bother the people overseeing this board "Please try to express your views without using profanity.") is as offensive as the "N" word. It has been used for years to denigrate and dismiss a whole class of people simply because to the accident of their birth. Mr. Carlson's "retarded cousin" remark sounds like statements made in recent history by Southern Whites against minorities and is reminiscent of Taft's "Little Brown Brother" condescending remarks. For people on this board to find it 'cute' or even to start calling each other names using the word 'retarded' is even worse. I'm certain that if they had called each other 'N's or other 'profanity', it would not be tolerated. But using the 'R' word is sooo approvable. Being the father of two children who have disabilities of various kinds AND being aligned with Advocacy Groups, I can tell you that Names do hurt just as bad as sticks and stones, maybe even worse.
I was unaware of Tucker Carlson's offensive comments until it was reported on CBC tonight. I am shocked that he could say something so offensive about a whole country. I realize that most Americans don't think that way.
Regarding Ambassador Wilkins statements: Most Canadians see this as an unprecedented American interference into the Canadian federal election. He was criticizing Paul Martin's professed tough stance in defence of Canada in the softwood lumber dispute. Many Canadians have felt that the Paul Martin government has not done enough for Canadians in this regard so that is why Paul Martin is trying to come across as tough on the Americans. With the Ambassador's comments the ironic thing is that Paul Martin appears to the Canadian public as being tough on America. The Ambassador has inadvertently helped the Paul Martin campaign. It is quite disturbing that the Ambassador would decide to get involved in the Canadian election debate--Canada deserves to hold an election without American interference--besides we're better at holding elections than America is.
And just for the benefit of American readers who likely don't know much if anything about the softwood lumber dispute because it doesn't get as much media attention down there:
The US govermnet has violated the NAFTA agreement by placing a duty on Canadian lumber. They claim that Canadian lumber producers are unfairly subsidized because unlike in America, most Canadian loggers log Crown land (i.e. land owned on the public's behalf by the state) and must pay stumpage rates to the provincial governments (i.e. a small fee for each tree they cut). According to the Americans, the stumpage is too cheap and gives Canadian loggers an unfair advantage. NAFTA and the WTO have ruled on this several times over the years and each time they rule in Canada's favour. However, the duties keep continuing. The last ruling stated that the Americans have to pay back the $5 billion US in illegal duties. The Bush administration refuses and is flagrantly violating international trade law. Until the duties stop and we get the $5 billion back relations between our countries will not be ideal. Canadians are really expecting to get that money back. That is why it is an election issue. Incidently, the US imposed duties are passed on to American consumers. That means Americans are paying more for Canadian lumber. If the duties were abolished the reconstruction effort in Louisiana would be cheaper. You're hurting yourselves! There have also been lumber mills in Washington State that have been forced to close as most of their business is in processing of Canadian logs. George Bush has said that if America were to pull out of Iraq it would give the international community the impression that America does not live up to it's international agreements. Here's a news flash: America already has the reputation of a country that does not live up to it's international agreements. The softwood lumber dispute is a perfect example.
Once again, the neocons show that there will be 100% support of the freedom, free speech and democracy of a soverign nation, just as long as all their views fall in line with ours.
It make me wonder about the future. What happens the first time the newly soverign Iraq diasagrees with US policy. Will Ann Coulter, Carlson, Hannity, etc. go on the air, frothing at the mouth, screaming, "How dare you? We created you!"
Thankfully, I'm sure that our neighbors to the north know to dismiss this kind of garbage as lunacy, and not the opinions of the US people.
Remember that we shut down Muqtada Al-Sadr's paper when we didn't like what they were publishing - that action led directly to bloody violence.
We also have bombed Al-Jazeera twice and there is plenty of evidence to suggest that assasination attempts have been made on individual western journalists who had information we didn't want to get out.
It's pretty clear that this government will not tolerate any dissent or free speech that doesn't agree with their views. If this government thought they could get away with bombing France and Canada they would have long ago.
This country acts like a teenager who still has to wear diapers, we can't control our poo, won't fix the problem and cry like a baby when someone tells us we stink.
Howard Coselle and Jimmy the Greek were fired for incidents no more disgusting than Carlson's "retarded cousin" smear. Their errors were all over every major news outlet. How ironic that the news world holds its sports journalists to a higher standard of accountability for extemporaneous insensitivity than it does the purportedly best and brightest. A search for "Tucker Carlson and 'retarded cousin' pulls up exactly one hit on ABC, NBC, CBS, ESPN and MSNBC: you guessed it - on the transcript of the piece at MSNBC.com. (No, of course I didn't even bother to check Fox!)
It is sad to see that blaming Canada has now emerged as a recurring topic in the American media. Although these right wight news syndicates are allowed to disagree with the views of the international community, it is evident that the comments made by individuals such as Tucker Carlson do nothing but diminish the intelligence of Americans everywhere. Instead of discussing the issues at hand, these unclever media pundits rely upon large generalizations and insulting comments to refute the views made by our friends and neighbors. Although Tucker claims that any Canadian with "ambition" has left for the United States, it could just as easily be said that any American with "half a brain" would go to Canada where there is universal health care and a constitution which does not entrench the "right to bare arms". Instead of spurring an insightful debate, American newscasters found on networks such as Fox simply insult the intelligence of others, without first examining their own.
For someone (Tucker) who doesn't care about us, he sure have a lots of things to say about us. Wow.
Americans have a real talent of ruining their reputation. Keep it up guys, you're really "winning our hearts".
On "The Fifth Estate", a CBC programme, Canadian journalist Bob McKeown showed exactly how ignorant and misinformed many American conservative pundits are about Canada. Ann Coulter was absolutley convinced that Canada had sent combat troops to fight in Viet Nam. She was incredulous when McKeown contradicted her and argued that he must be mistaken. [link to www.cbc.ca]
The main reason many of our most talented people have wound up in the US is because of its much bigger market.Lets remember for a moment that Canada's population is roughly one tenth that of America.At any rate,folks like Joni Mitchell and Neil Young have attained such a level of stardom that they really belong to the world rather than any one country,no matter where they choose to reside.
This characterization of an entire country as a "stalker" and a "retarded cousin" is entirely keeping with standard conservative mode of poltical discourse: the ad hominen attack. It's a very rare occasion when conservative pundritry actually engages in a discussion of the issues because that simply doesn't get their viewer's blood boiling hot enough or obfuscate the real issues as much as these anti-democratic provocateurs want.
If Canada is like our "retarded cousin", then to them we must resemble a heavily-armed crack-addicted uncle.......
I can't speak for all Canadians because that would be rude but I can say..what ? Most of my friends don't obsess or even talk about the states save for a few and most of them live in America themselves. So were the next scapegoats I imagine because thier "proud" nation is being run into the ground by mouthy arrogant peons like this guy..why is it our fault ? Simply because they maybe realize they are killing thier country from the inside out and are trying to find an outlet to take the blame no ..no I don't think so not this time.Canada is guilty of nothing except for opening a few eyes.It's no longer a war on terrorism it's a point and blame game and Canada won't go down on this . As for being a stalker well a stalker goes after someone who is trying to hide so makes me wonder what they are trying to hide for one and second how can it be stalking when all the dirt is right on the front lines for us to look at and mock and laugh at and critisize, perhaps they shouldn't run thier mouths and add fuel to the fire. Blame Canada that's just so funny to me. I'm really quite dumbfounded I just don't recall anyone I know obsessing over the states save for having family there who make the model American sitting on thier behinds and everytime they open thier mouth sewage comes forth..trying to sound intelligent and informed when all that comes out is the same useless and unfounded garbage that spills out day in and day out from American trash talking media like Tucker who knows nothing about what he speaks.Canada will stop critisizing when America grows up and learns to keep thier mouths shut about things they don't understand...they should really look in a mirror at who the real idiots are the media has just gone too far this time.For the record I'm laughing my ass off at his comments because he is so baseless and ignorant that it's commical.