Banjo's World

It's amazing what some people will publish in their magazines these days. As a Libertarian with some liberal and conservative tendencies, I am disgusted with Maclean's. It is a popular Canadian magazine, I used to read it years ago. This magazine is somewhere right-winged and often publishes articles bashing the Liberal party of both Federal and Provincial governments. I don't really have a preference when it comes to major news sources like CNN or FOX News. It varies for me; I like to get my news from a variety of websites and TV channels rather than just one channel. This way, it balances out and it's easier to spot the bias this way.

To read the cover story, 'How Bush became the new Saddam'.

I'm a little surprised that the people at Maclean's actually went ahead with the cover shown above. It's in bad taste. Even though I don't think George W. Bush is a great leader by any means. Is it really that easy to believe George W. Bush is a murderer? He is not a murderer to me, but a human being who is misguided whose mistakes has resulted in gravely consequences. Thousands of Americans soldiers sacrificed their lives fighting a lost cause. Tens of thousands of Iraqis lost their lives due to the near-daily terrorist attacks and car bombs in Iraq. They are still far from stabilizing the government of Iraq. It's not really my opinion of President Bush's leadership skills that matters here, it's about having class when it come to criticizing a politician. Especially when it come to comparing him to murderous dictators.

As expected, the magazine cover is now talked about over in the USA. Here it goes again, some Americans are taking the opportunity to trash us and call us all sort of names. What really bothers me is that quite a few Americans actually believe that we are "protected" by the USA. Just because we're their neighbours doesn't mean they are protecting us which they aren't.

We are very empathic to the Americans whether they want to believe it or not. People have forgotten everything but the tragedy that struck on 9/11. Do people truly remember what they all experienced on that day on a daily basis? What I remember the most about 9/11 is how all of us grieved together on a worldwide level and we did our best to offer a hand and hope to the people affected by the terrorist attacks. We even went with them to Afghanistan to fight the terrorists and the wicked government.

The sad truth is, the friendship between us didn't last. The politics got in the way. It was the war in Iraq that torn us apart. We didn't want to join them in the fight against the government of Iraq. We had our reasons. We were shunned and they turned their backs on us. I have never seen the people of America so divided over the war and all the politics associated with it.

Is it really worth destroying a friendship over a disagreement?

To me, it isn't worth it.

We're still their neighbours and we're always here to help them out when they need it. We hope for the same in return when we need the help.

I love America and I always will.