I
did not intend to write about Canada again, but I live in Minnesota. Or am
trying to. If you are rolling your eyes reading this, you don’t live in
Minnesota. The toxic smoke from the never-ending Canadian wildfires has, yet
again, settled over the North Star State, so thick it is smothering. Visibility
is reduced. The horizon is a whitish-gray. At times the smoke makes it all the
way to the ground and becomes impossible not to inhale and consume directly.
From
where I sit, Canada may as well be one giant, well-used ashtray.
Canada’s
flames appear to be eternal, like its government’s idiocy. The toxic smoke they
are producing repeatedly sits over Minnesota, as well as several other
northern-tier states. This is causing many Americans to stay inside, cancel
vacation plans, get sick, and in some cases die. You would think such a hyper-woke
country would give a crap about the human cost its refusal to put out its fires
is taking on its neighbors, but you would be wrong. If there were outdoor smoke
detectors across Minnesota, every single one of them would be going off right
now-- and possibly in perpetuity, in keeping with the everlasting Canadian
wildfires.
This
is akin to your next-door neighbor burning massive piles of wet leaves 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week…with the prevailing wind direction blowing the heavy smoke
right into your yard, windows, and home. And that neighbor knowing that you
have an asthmatic child and an elderly relative on oxygen residing in your home
with you. (And so much for the rest of your family coming to visit.)
I
have had fish fries in my home when my smoke detectors went off due to far less
visible and obnoxious smoke then is outdoors over Minnesota right now. Either
we have to go up there and put out the fires ourselves, or we should light
everything on fire up there that isn't currently burning, so that-- at
least eventually-- there could be an end to the madness when there is nothing
left to burn.
What
about equity? “Unfair” Doesn't begin to describe this travesty. Maybe we could
reciprocate and send them something to repay the favor. Or perhaps we should
simply annex Canada, put out the damn fires, and keep Alberta and Saskatchewan
while returning the rest of the provinces after the fires are finally
extinguished.
I
have heard more than one Canuck authority say that sometimes the “right thing
to do” is let natural fires burn themselves out. (Easy for them to say, when
many of these conflagrations occur where no one lives.) My response? First off,
many of these fires aren’t “natural,” but were set deliberately. That means
they were man-caused! Gasp! But Canada seems just as uninterested in
dealing with these arsonists as it is with punishing any other criminal…with
the exception of those who criticize its government or preach the Christian
gospel, of course. Death is natural, too, but no moral person would let their
fellow human beings die unnecessarily.
Canada
may be woke, but it needs to wake up. Once again, the smoke level in Minnesota
is considered “unhealthy for all groups.” Unhealthy for everyone. And it
is predicted to be at this level for four
consecutive days. Just like it has been several times already
this summer. (And likely will be again and again until late fall.) Like it was
in the summer of 2024. And the summer of 2023. Detecting a pattern?
Certain
acts committed by one nation that cause misery and death to those in other
nations may be considered acts of war. What to make of Canada’s deliberate inactions
in this case? (As Rush Limbaugh might say, “for those of you in Rio
Linda” I am not advocating going to war with Canada. I would,
however, like the American government to take this more seriously.)
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