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> Maimed in Iraq, then mistreated, neglected, and hidden in America

28 October 2004, 16:27

It is sounds like McCarthyism is alive and well in the U.S.A. You accuse someone of being a Communist or Socialist with no knowledge of that person’s political beliefs. I began my involvement in politics in Canada at the age of 18 when I voluntarily distributed pamphlets door-to-door on behalf of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. This is the equivalent of the Republican Party in the U.S.A. So much for your accusation that I must be a Communist or Socialist. I majored in history at the prestigious McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and have a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Journalism obtained at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. In each course, we had a weekly class in politics with occasional lectures by major Canadian politicians. I am not anti-American. I just do not like what has happened to the Republican Party in the U.S.A. It has drifted too far to the right for my liking. I preferred the style of Republican administration shown when ’Ike’ Eisenhower was President. Most Canadians are against the Bush style of politics, but we do not hate Americans. I have relatives in the States in Baltimore, Woodland Hills. La Jolla, Oakland and San Francisco in California, Miami Beach, and other cities. I am related to Morley Safer of ’60 Minutes’ and none of my American relatives are Democrats. No one insults Canadians who has been here. We are not all French-Canadians. Less than one-third of our citizens are French-speaking. Perhaps you should come and visit us here and see what Canadians are like. I’ll bet you’ve never been to Canada. I’ve traveled through half of the U.S.A., on business as an executive V-P with a Canadian corporation doing business in Manhattan in the 1950’s and on holidays and speaking at conventions in later years. I love Americans in general. It’s too bad that some extremists like yourself give Americans a bad reputation in Canada. I do not like John Kerry’s background for President, but, given a choice between him and Bush, I’d vote for Kerry. Bush is really a puppet run by Cheney. Bush is not responsible for his actions. Oil, money and greed for more of it have warped what little good judgment and intelligence he has shown. That’s not saying much. His IQ of less than normal places him at the lowest intelligence quotient among all American Presidents in history. God save America from Bush, Cheney and Ridge!