AND IT ISN'T JUST BRITAIN - AT 8:46 A.M. ET:  Silvio Canto Jr. alerts us to a marvelous column in the Canadian press, chiding President Obama for his attitude toward Canada.  Do you think the president has a problem with these Western-type countries, like Britain, Canada...and the U.S.?

Dear President Obama, Like most Canadians I rooted for you madly and cried when you were elected President-of-The-World. So far, I think you've been a great leader, reaching out to the whole planet.

But you've forgotten one nation - Canada.

On June 1, you will officially defend the "world's longest undefended border," a border I've crossed hundreds of times. From now on, we Canadians need passports to enter the U.S., a major hassle for truckdrivers, boaters and shmoes like me who can no longer cross to buy cheap Polo shirts without remembering to pack passports for the whole family.

Yeah.  It's get-tough-with-Canada week.  Who said this president hasn't got a spine?

This will also end a long U.S.-Canada tradition - the army of under- 21 U.S. college students who pour into Canada for their first legal drinking binge. Many won't bother to get the passports they'll need to get back into the States - so we may have to keep them.

Why the change? Our nations always boasted "the world's friendliest border," but now you Americans see us as Afghanistanada, a terrorist haven with porous borders guarded by Frosty the Snowman. Your politicians rant about our supposedly lax security. Last week, even Hillary Clinton talked about "hardening" the U.S.-Canada "water borders" with more patrols, as if the Great Lakes were filled with Somali pirates.

COMMENT:  We wait to see what insults are in store for Australia.  And can the New Zealanders be far behind?  We know the Kiwis are a threat to our national survival.  There are midnight meetings at the White House. 

May 28, 2009