Obama’s Face-Off With Canada

2/6/08 -- Arriving in the early afternoon, members of the 2007 Ducks took a tour of the historic building that originated in the East Wing and ran through much of The White House. Following the tour, President George W. Bush held a ceremony for the Ducks in the East Room where he honored the team and their accomplishments during a nine-minute speech.I guess it’s comforting knowing that the American people and the institutions we hold dear aren’t the only things President Obama has deemed it his mission to mess with. Now he’s taking on Canada and hockey…

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Canada’s six NHL teams are scrambling to find alternative travel arrangements south of the border after the U.S. Department of Transportation banned Air Canada’s charter fleet from flying between U.S. cities.

In a furious exchange with the Obama administration over the mid-August ruling, Canada has launched its own investigation and will soon close its skies to U.S. sports team charters in retaliation, warns Transport Minister John Baird. Hockey players and their staff aren’t terrorists. Who in their right mind would try and hijack an aircraft with athletes who punch out opponents for a living?

George W. Bush was smart enough to know this, as well as how important sports is for the morale of our country: something Barack Obama seemingly could give a damn about. More...