Alright boys and girls, here is a little lesson in the English language. When you speak of someone who has a title such as “The President of the United States” you should always qualify it by keeping the “of the United States” part in tact. If you are speaking in reference to the leader of your country it’s OK to use “The Prime Minister”, “The President”, “The Czar” or whatever your leader chooses for a title but please make sure to ALWAYS qualify where said person is from if you are referring to someone that is not local. By omitting the qualifier you are essentially making this person your own. And that is WRONG.

In case you haven’t clued in yet, I am referring to the way people here in Canada refer to the American President. I’m especially concerned when the Canadian media does this. The US President is not “The President” he is “The President OF The Unites States of America”. All too often people in Canada refer to this President person in a manner that implies he is our president.

I really hope that most people are just speaking this way because they are making a gramatical error and not because they actually believe The US President is the Canadian leader. In Canada we have a Prime Minister who’s name happens to be Stephen Harper. One could say that our “true” head of state is the Governor General but I’ll lay off that arguement for not.

I just don’t like being placed in the same boat as Americans. Don’t get me wrong, they are good people, but they aren’t Canadians nor are we Americans. There are many differences in the way we think, act, and interact with people. I can attest to this because I work closely with Americans and they are great to work with but it does pose a challenge because of the above mentioned differences.

One other thing that I don’t understand is why Canadians are so politically horny for Obama. I am happy to see that a black man is now US President but why all the fuss here in Canada. Wouldn’t it benefit the African Canadian population more if there were a black Prime Minister? How does the American President give so much hope to Canadians? I just can’t fathom this one bit. My complaints have nothing to do with race but rather the way some Canadians salivate just at the mention of his name.

Canadians need to get a grip and start worrying about what’s happening here at home. As you will see in the near future, the election of a new US President will have very little effect on the way of life in Canada. Stop watching all that CNN propaganda and turn on CTV NewsNet (or another Canadian channel). There’s too much American stuff on TV that we sometimes lose sight of the fact that we actually have our own issues to worry about.

One final thing… It sickens me to listen to Americans when they say that their president is the “Leader of the Free World” that is a crock of shit and is completely insane. There are more citizens in countries outside of the US, in the “free world”, than there are in America so please stop saying this. It makes it sound like you want to take away our freedom and take over this so called “free world”.