January 4th, 2005:

Please someone tell me that “this”:http://mediamatters.org/items/200412010011 (excerpts from commentary regarding Canada by Ann Coulter and Tucker Carlson) isn’t the common line of thought that goes through the minds of right-winged radicals when they think of Canada.

bq. COULTER: They 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.

bq. COULTER: We could have taken them [Canada] over so easily.

bq. COULTER: We like the English-speaking Canadians.

bq. CARLSON: Without the U.S., Canada is essentially Honduras, but colder and much less interesting.

bq. CARLSON: Canada needs the United States. The United States does not need Canada.

bq. CARLSON: … the average Canadian is busy dogsledding.

While I respect their right to an opinion, it makes me cringe to think that there may actually be *more* Americans that feel this way.

I’ve been told that one of the signs of an insane individual is someone who continues to perform the same action while expecting a different result. I do this on just about every work day.

We have a soda machine (that’s a “Coke Machine” for my fellow Texans). It takes dollar bills, sometimes. I feed it my dollar. It spits it back out. I feed it my dollar again, in the exact same fashion as before, it spits it back out. I feed it again. It spits it back out, again. Eventually, usually, it gives in to my persistence and takes my dollar.

This morning’s soda took 11 attempts. I think that’s a record. I should keep track of these things.