NO CANADA!

It appears that 95% of New York state would
be perfectly happy if the other 5% took a hike.

 As the results of the recent US elections continue to sink in, many office holders continue to figure out how to right the good ship S.S. Democrat before it sinks completely out of sight.

Then there's New York State Senator Liz Krueger, who seems to be giving up entirely. She's spit-balling the harebrained idea of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont of seceding from America and becoming a Canadian province.

Either Sen. Krueger -- whose districts include Manhattan, naturally -- thinks this is a fun way to troll Donald Trump or assumes that the rest of us are ready to apply for citizenship in another country. Whatever "good" reasons there are for hightailing it to the Great White North, there are plenty more that aren't:

French fries with poutine -- a fancy word for cheese curds and gravy. That's right up there with another Canadian delicacy, sushi pizza. 

Americans don't even know their own history. You expect them to learn someone else's? 

The Stars and Stripes remind you of strength, opportunity, the right to speak one's mind and worship as you please. The maple leaf? Syrup.

The American $1 coin was nicknamed Lady Liberty, symbolizing freedom on the march. The Canadian $1 coin is called the Loonie, because... well, take your pick.

America proudly offered Laurel & Hardy, Martin & Lewis, and Abbott & Costello to the world. In return, Canada foisted these guys on us whether we liked it or not. And we didn't.

To give you an idea of the country's technology, its longest-lasting TV series, Hockey Night in Canada, started airing in the US first -- by 14 years -- because Canada didn't have its own networks at the time. In Quebec, that's what they call metre le chariot avant le cheval. 

And while we're on the subject, is it English or French up there? Make up your mind!

Well, look what country lost its right to feel morally superior to the USA! "Canadian Nazi Party" even has its own Wikipedia page. Sieg heil, eh? 

Guess what Jim Carrey, Lorne Michaels, Rachel McAdams, Mary Pickford, Christopher Plummer, the entire cast of SCTV, Sandra Oh, Louis B. Mayer, the Warner Brothers, Michael J. Fox, Lorne Green, Alex Trebek, Donald Sutherland, Keanu Reeves, Kim Cattrall, Seth Rogen, Ryan Reynolds, Pamela Anderson, Neil Young, Dwayne "The Rock Johnson", Matthew Perry, Fay Wray, Carrie-Ann Moss, and William Shatner have in common? They're all from Canada! You know what else they have in common? They all left Canada!

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