Master-de-bating opponent of mine, The OutlawTorn (why do I hear a guitar twang every time I read that name) has often put down my great country Canada. It is his belief that we Canadians have NEVER done anything to help the United States, and so therefore our opinions aren’t worth anything.

I have never countered his claim with proof because, well, it is simply stupid. Many examples exist, even if limit history to the post 9/11 world that he only cares about. On 9/11 itself, it was Canadian airports that took in all flights that could no longer land in the states, providing room and board to stranded Americans. We fought alongside them in Afghanistan, and picked up the slack there as part of NATO. The list goes on, but it isn’t worth my time to recount everything …

Except when a beauty like the article below comes across the wires.

BATON ROUGE, La., Sept 7 (Reuters) - A Canadian search-and-rescue team reached a flooded New Orleans suburb to help save trapped residents five days before the U.S. military, a Louisiana state senator said on Wednesday.

The Canadians beat both the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. disaster response department, to St. Bernard Parish east of New Orleans, where flood waters are still 8 feet (2.4 metres) deep in places, Sen. Walter Boasso said.

“Fabulous, fabulous guys,” Boasso said. “They started rolling with us and got in boats to save people.”

“We’ve got Canadian flags flying everywhere.”

The stricken parish of 68,000 people was largely ignored by U.S. authorities who scrambled to get aid to New Orleans, a few miles (km) away. Boasso said residents of the outlying parishes had to mount their own rescue and relief efforts when Hurricane Katrina roared ashore on Aug. 29.

EAT IT!!!

Oh and in addition, we be’s helping you out with that Katrina bitch something fierce.

[Via Dvorak Uncensored]