When we are good we are very very good, but when we are bad . . . .
It seems lately that on even-numberd days I am proud to be a Canadian because of our work in peace keeping, our work to better people's lives through such agencies as CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) and even the fact that we produce some of the greater writers of the English language.
On odd-numbered days I see that we sell asbestos to 'third world countries' (and thus allow their people to develop lung disorders), and then I read the paper to find that much of the world sees us as two-faced bastards who want to talk the talk but not walk the walk on the Kyoto Accord. Frankly, I don't give a rat's ass who did not sign the Accord; I know it gives me great discomfort that we DID sign it and we have done NOTHING to live up to that agreement.