Prickly City by Scott Stantis for January 16, 2025

A lady in Canada has written to her newspaper the following letter:

Many Americans oppose bullying Canada

The thought of becoming a part of the most politically corrupt, socially backward, amoral Western country in the world is too abhorrent to imagine.

My sane, well-educated online American friends feel ashamed, embarrassed and horrified at the thought of their country bullying Canada into submission.

Those who fully support that mentally unbalanced buffoon seem to lack an even elementary school level of education.

For reasons which perhaps only Fox News could explain, they seriously believe our country doesn’t have a military, air force or navy. They also have the delusional idea their country has been completely and totally responsible for protecting us from the big bad Russians for decades.

Recently, one of these clever geniuses suggested the U.S. should simply nuke all of our major cities, which would then force us become a part of their cesspool of astounding ignorance.

My genuinely intelligent American friends are angry, heartbroken and terrified for Canada and for themselves.

They are very much hoping their election in 2028 will turn the majority of states blue and remain that way for decades. All is not lost!"

O wad some Power the giftie gie usTo see oursels as ithers see us! – Robert Burns