There are some now criticizing Harper

Let me share some quotes from Harper’s speech:

“It may not be true, but it’s legendary that if you’re like all Americans, you know almost nothing except for your own country. Which makes you probably knowledgeable about one more country than most Canadians.”

“First, facts about Canada. Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the term, and very proud of it. “

In terms of the unemployed, of which we have over a million-and-a-half, don’t feel particularly bad for many of these people. They don’t feel bad about it themselves, as long as they’re receiving generous social assistance and unemployment insurance.”

“…the NDP is kind of proof that the Devil lives and interferes in the affairs of men.”
- this is actually a really good line, speaking as a humorist.

There’s an episode of Seinfeld when Jerry’s dentist Tim Whately converts to Judaism and Jerry suspects he did it so he could tell the jokes…Jerry goes to see a Priest. The Priest asks if this offends Jerry as a Jew and he says, “No, it offends me as a comedian”.
Am I offended by Harper’s sentiments about the country that he would eventually lead, ….

Or am I offended by his attempts to be funny?…..

Are these things Harper said even TRUE?

Doesn’t Canada rank considerably higher than the US in areas such as literacy and mathematics? Don’t more of our children attend post-secondary education? Aren’t American companies actively recruiting Canadians because of our high-calibre educational system? (otherwise referred to as the Great Canadian Brian Drain?)

So where does Stephen Harper get off saying most Canadians know nothing?….don’t believe me….read it again.

European Welfare State? Proud of it?…