Coming in late here, several items leap to my attention after reading this thread.

1) I don't know Rick Mercer.
2) I don't expect I'll ever see Rick Mercer.
3) If he is who you say he is, why the hell would he post here?
4) The only Canadjun I know on TV is Steve Smith who has both my heart and hands becuase we share a mutual interest in possums and duct tape.
5) The other Canadians on TV moved here.
6) I don't get CBC.
7) Time-Warner hasn't mentioned adding CBC to my cable lineup.
8) Anything said about Dubya being dumb, insensitive, uncaring, a liar, or a generally complete fuckup has already been said.
9) Unlike Bruce O., I am not bothered being viewed as an "American." It's hard to improve an image through denial.
10) Why are we going on about this? Most of us like Canadians and US citizens as well. Personally though, "I don't give damn for the whole state of Michigan.".........known around here only as "the state up north."

Spaw