I can barely see straight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcJn5XlbSFk

Now, I'd be the first to point out that no intelligent person should take Fox News all that seriously. I know, I know. But wow. Just wow.

My first reaction to this was to go through this segment point and point and go bat shit insane by the end, hoarse with rage and tired from shaking my fist. But no. That's ridiculous. It's a lot easier to just point out that the overarching premise of this kind of commentary is so completely opposite to the way I look at the world, that trying to dissect it would be a waste.

These people stand behind an idea of American identity, one that is not only perverse, but inaccurate. I won't get into the bit about how Canada has joined the lazy Europeans in their cowering behind the might of America, because I think someone else covered their flawed ideology much better.

Somewhere near the top, one of these fine conveyors of factual information made light of the mounties - and sir, while we do in fact have police officers here in the savage north, I'll grant you that assumption since it doesn't hurt my argument - and boasts that in America, cops wear bullet-proof vests and drive around in heavily armoured cars.

Well, you know what, man? Thank god! It's bloody lucky for your cops, and really for all of you, to be living in a nation where law enforcement officers have to behave as cautiously as the military. Yes, that's something to be proud of. I'll bet the mounties wish they could get off their horses and get shot at just like your boys in blue, right?

I choose to believe that people like this don't represent the greater identity of your country, Americans. Up here, there's obviously going to be some blowback - but what I really hope is that there's some down there, too. It might show some sentiments that are a bit more neighbourly.