Not only is Canada one of our oldest allies, whose soldiers have done some of the heavy fighting in Afghanistan, but aren’t they America’s biggest supplier of oil? So why piss on them? Especially since, like majority Americans, Canadians were swept up by the siren song of “Hope” and “Change”. Well….“change” is certainly what they are getting:
Canada’s six NHL teams are scrambling to find alternative travel arrangements south of the border after the U.S. Department of Transportation banned Air Canada’s charter fleet from flying between U.S. cities.
In a furious exchange with the Obama administration over the mid-August ruling, Canada has launched its own investigation and will soon close its skies to U.S. sports team charters in retaliation, warns Transport Minister John Baird.
The sticking point is an eight-year-old exemption that had allowed sports and celebrity charters to make several pit stops in American cities. Under existing open skies agreements, regular Canadian airline flights can only visit one U.S. city before returning.
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly warns the charter ban will create a complicated “patchwork” of travel that could “wreck havoc” with the oncoming hockey schedule, including early league games in Europe, as teams scramble to book flights under the new rules.
“It’s potentially a very significant impact,” Mr. Daly said Friday. “It’s crazy and very destabilizing to our business. We’re operating on a long-standing interpretation and for it to change overnight on the eve of our season is creating a huge problem for us.”
Air Canada executive vice president Duncan Dee predicted the ruling will create “chaos” for teams shuttling across the border. “It’s extremely messy for both American and Canadian teams,” he said. It was a unilateral action imposed without consultation or Air Canada being able to defend itself. It’s obvious the U.S. Department of Transportation doesn’t watch hockey.”
Does Team Obama simply enjoy pissing off our allies? Or is he exacting revenge upon hockey moms? I wonder if this would have happened if it were Hugo’s Venezuela sharing our northern border with us.
What the Puck?
Screw Canada… But you can bet Obama will do everything he can to make sure Libya’s Quaddafi is treated royally when he visits later this month.
It’s all part of Obama’s plan to make us respected and admired around the world by pissing on our lifelong allies and friends and sucking up to every crazed dictator on the planet.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see North Korean charter airlines brought in to fill the gap in the Canadian service.
Mike — please review and make any corrections to your #1 that are necessary -I think youu stated something you do not mean
Obama is nothing but deceit.
He has been one of the many projects in works for the president and for many years. He has been handpicked off the shelf at precisely the right time and by no other than the likes of Z. Brzezinski.
You are dealing with a true lair, a deceitful man.
People wake up. The world’s becoming ever more dangerous every second you snooze. Because of our governments actions sooner or later we wont be able to look at the world from our “safe” and quiet computers, laying down on our couches having a cup of coffee and listening to CNN and FoxNews.
Wake up!
http://lookfromabove.com
Obama is nothing but deceit.
He has been one of the many projects in works for the president and for many years. He has been handpicked off the shelf at precisely the right time and by no other than the likes of Z. Brzezinski.
You are dealing with a true lair, a deceitful man.
People wake up. The world’s becoming ever more dangerous every second you snooze. Because of our governments actions sooner or later we wont be able to look at the world from our “safe” and quiet computers, laying down on our couches having a cup of coffee and watching the B.S on CNN and/or FoxNews.
Wake up!
@budvarakbar: You’re not mistaking my “screw Canada” for anything else but sarcasm are you?
Mike — yeah I guess so — maybe a ? or sarc tag woulda helped me
@budvarakbar: Though I do think that “screw Canada” is the attitude that the Obamatons have.
…proving once again that there is a great need for a sarcasm font.
Mike @ #7 — agreed
I may live in Texas, but I’m from Michigan originally. Grew up on the ice. Dems can screw with the banks, the car companies, the TARP, but the DAMN WELL better not start screwing with my hockey!
How do you say it politely Obama doens’t nkow what he is doing. Evrything about him is ideology and tit for tat. Like a banana republic tin-pot dictator.