Justin Bieber Uninterested in Citizenship Because U.S. Doesn't Have Socialized Medicine
Justin Bieber, who regularly tells anyone who will listen to never say never, has done just that. In the latest issue of Rolling Stone, the singer asserted that he never plans on becoming an American citizen. The reason? Apparently the U.S. health care system, which leads the world in the creation of cutting edge medical technology and the invention of life-saving drugs, simply doesn't measure up to "free" (but compassionate) Canadian mediocrity.
The unseen costs of liberal policies never enters the young singer's mind. It's not because his famous hair is impenetrable to basic economics, either. It's because he's lucky enough to not have required highly specialized medical care on a moment’s notice. He's fortunate to be a millionaire who can charter a private jet to whatever world-renowned U.S. hospital has a crack staff of seasoned surgeons ready to put him back together, while the average Canadian gets to pray they're treated before bureaucratic red tape literally leads to their demise.
Maybe if Bieber weren’t so “evil,” he’d shell out some of his millions to fly a few fellow Canadians south of the border for some desperately needed heart surgeries.
Like any celebrity worth his salt, an interview with Rolling Stone demands brandishing some liberal credentials. It's just odd that he would make his stand on Canadian Exceptionalism by citing its track record on health care:
The Canadian-born Bieber never plans on becoming an American citizen. "You guys are evil," he jokes. "Canada's the best country in the world." He adds, "We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard's baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby's premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home."
Why is Bieber letting his bodyguard suffer like that? Haven’t we already established that it’s “evil” to not pay for others’ health care? Bieber certainly has the means. But I digress.
By Bieber's logic – shared, sadly, by the hoards of Washington’s medical socialists – the treatment offered in a pseudo-socialist Eastern Bloc nation would qualify as less "evil" than the services provided on the American market. Like most liberals, the pop star fails to realize that guaranteed treatment is not synonymous with quality. Americans would rather have the next wonder drug provided by an “evil” pharmaceutical company that actually eases their symptoms than an army of nurses with wet towelettes who only succeed in making foreheads damp. We never miss the next generation pacemaker that never was, or the pill that couldn’t cure because federal regulations discouraged innovation. The task becomes even more difficult when quixotic kids with megaphones convince impressionable fans to accept the status quo.
American's don't go "broke" because of medical bills; Americans go broke because employer mandates mean "lower profits for many businesses, lower wages for millions of workers, increased unemployment, and higher prices for many goods and services." Americans aren't "evil" because premature babies aren't taken care of for "free", just as Canadians aren't evil because they favor the kind of massive tax increases on hard working families only liberalism adores:
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) imposes numerous tax hikes that transfer more than $500 billion over 10 years—and more in the future—from hardworking American families and businesses to Congress for spending on new entitlements and subsidies. In addition, higher tax rates on working and investing will discourage economic growth both now and in the future, further lowering the standard of living.
It's been said that Justin Bieber is looking for somebody to love. Let's just hope that somebody never needs a hip replacement. Perhaps someday a famous, bowl-haircutted Canadian will make the first successful case for "Canadian Exceptionalism." After his performance in Rolling Stone, it's highly unlikely that person will be Justin Bieber.
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He's a 16 yr old kid
Submitted by SouthJersey1953 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 10:59am.
He is just a kid. What would he know about anything?
Bad enough the MSM thinks we care what celebrities think, now they expect us to care what 16 yr old kids think?
And haven't we already heard
Submitted by Franksam on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:44am.
And haven't we already heard enough about health care from a young, inexperienced guy that wasn't born here?
Uh
Submitted by StarAZ on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:52am.
Want to run over again why I should care what this youngster thinks about anything? I have seen him interviewed and he is a smarmy little dude and does not seem blindingly bright.
His abortion stance will change by nine-o'clock.
Submitted by Texndoc on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:02am.
Seems the boy considers abortion murder of a baby, even in the case of rape. He's taking hell for it in celebrity blog circles.
Shame on Rolling Stone. Listen, there are 4 and 5 year olds who love this kid, and the interview was a hatchet job. It should have ended with what is his favorite breed of dog.
I'm more than just a little tired of Canadians
Submitted by Calypso Jones on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:01am.
coming here, getting rich and criticizing this country.
Ditto
Submitted by Gothampc on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:37am.
I agree with that! I'm looking at you Celine Dion!!!
I agree
Submitted by Bass_Man on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:52am.
...and I'm a Canadian. Please don't assume Justin Bieber speaks for all Canadians.
America IS an exceptional country. It's too bad there are those out there that, for whatever reason, fail to see that.
I don't know who this kid is,
Submitted by Joe C Camel on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:02am.
I don't know who this kid is, nor do I care. Let him stay in Canada, play or what he does to his own people, leave the rest of the world alone. One can not be too safe, as something may happen to him whilst on the road, have to fly him home so he can be treated in his own country for free of course. People need to not support these so called icons and let them see where they end up.
I am just shaking my head.
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:02am.
I'd like to see him argue this point with Brock Lesner.
This punk kid doesn't know jack about adult life. This is an influence attempt going after the young. Mainstream media, Rolling Stone Included, are just child predators.
The bit about his body guard is dripping with irony. I am left to wonder why this is lost on him. Oh, maybe it has something to do with the punk kid factor. Or, maybe it has something to do with being taught what to think instead of how to think.
Yet another in the long
Submitted by Kylerk on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:04am.
Yet another in the long list of agruments to repeal.
Sigh
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:08am.
I don't agree with Bieber, but here come the plethora of the bashing of our biggest trading partner comments.
nobody is bashing Canada...
Submitted by SouthJersey1953 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:31am.
...just the Rolling Stone for exploiting the youth.
We will see SJ
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:45am.
Whenever a Canadian on this site says he or she does not agree with American policy, comments like Canada is not a real country, or how inferior they are start coming out. Canadians are Passionate about their healthcare and the same goes for many Americans.Most of my relatives are from Alberta
Submitted by JLin on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:57am.
... so I'm partial to Canada. That said, every Canadian I ever knew who had to undergo serious surgery had it done in the States. By comparison Canada's system is a MASH unit. Tolerable in an emergency but still a MASH unit nonetheless.
It's NOT a real country.
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:07pm.
shawn, it's NOT a real country! Canada is actually a lose collection of French rejects who happen to think, because they live so close to America, that they are a real country. But, in actually, they are the cast-offs of a failed Empire who, without us, would soon be frozen bones and rotting flesh. Without America, and the trade we provide, (never mind the HUNDREDS of BILLIONS of dollars we've pumped into your economy as a member of NATO for the last 50 years) you would be NOTHING! You would be the tundra's version of Mexico.
Ok, there's your expected Canadian bashing. Feel better now?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Can I say something?
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:21pm.
Sure, socialized medicine has it's benefits... for a 16 year-old. How many 16 year-olds do you know in need of medical care? Sure there are a few, but c'mon... generally speaking now?
One thing Beiber has to realize is that social medical care is NOT FREE! Most kids don't even realize this because they don't pay taxes. I'm not sure if Justin even considers this fact, because of his situation:
-He probably garners income from outside Canada, and if he doesn't,...
- Most of his income could very well be held in trust, and that will continue until he reaches the age of the majority.
I'm considerably older than 16, and although I must admit that it's "nice" not to worry about paying for a doctor's visit, it sure hurts when I pay more than 55% of my wages in taxes -- to all three levels of government: Federal, Provincial, and Municipal.
Fortunately for me, I'm still in reasonably good health, but if ever comes a day when I need real medical care, I would hope that it would be the best that's available, and not wait in line for 12 to 18 months for a hip transplant.
People DIE up here waiting for medical care. The supreme court recently decided that health care is a right, and that provincial governments are reneging on their responsibilities for providing health care services, and they blame the federal government for not providing enough funding. Typically Canadian decision, typically Canadian politics. I'd rather pay for my own health insurance. I'd probably come out ahead.
As for Cobra Man' reply... Your ignorance is almost bigotted. Don't tell me that the US hasn't benefitted with their relationship with Canada. Trade is a two-way streed. Where would you guys be without our oil and gas pipelines, or our hydro-electricity?
Canada not a real country because of it's dependance on it's trading relationship with the U.S? Ok, I'm a conservative canuck (which is why some people up here call me "Dumb Canuck") but your comments border on insanity. By your logic, Japan is not a real country, nor is England, France... need I go on?
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
Can you recognize sarcasm?
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:26pm.
Are you able to recognize sarcasm? shawn was expecting someone to bash Canada, and I fulfilled that expectation with sarcasm. I, mean, really, get a clue!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Oh, and by the way...
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:36pm.
Oh, and by the way, France , England, and even Japan all fought, at one time, for independence, just as America did. Granted, Japan LOST their war, but at least they fought! Canada, on the other hand, is what was left behind when pre-revolutionary France lost their Empire. You guys never fought for independence, you were left behind! You were rejected, unwanted, so much so that not even France, you're own Country, wanted to ship you back home. (And, yes, that's more sarcasm.)
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Geez
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:54pm.
Canada has fought with us in Normandy, the first Desert Sterm and has committed troops to Afghanistan and has been a loyal ally I am not saying Canada is better, just that they are a real country and a great ally. Thanks fir the sarcasm and Canada bashing. No wonder Noel wants nothing to do with you.Oh, I hurt your feelings!
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:58pm.
shawn, I was just being sarcastic. You expected bashing, and I sarcastically fulfilled that expectation. If that bothers you, well, learn to deal with it.
As far as Noel is concerned, I don't live for his approval, so why should I care if he'll have "anything to do with" me or not?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
You didn't hurt my feelings
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 4:10pm.
I also understand sarcasm and talking about how Canada would be nothing without the USA is not sarcasm because you clearly believe what you say I don't care what you do with Noel. I just know he is a patient standup guy and I am point out that somebody must have said something really idiotic for him to say adieu to a conservative. That is usually only reserved for liberal trolls. Just pointing something out CM. Help me out with some reptile trivia here, cobras are blind and venemous right?Better re-read your post, Cobra Man.
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:27pm.
Doesn't look like sarcasm to me. Looked pretty darn serious!
Anyway, the very statement "Canada is not a real country" is irrational. Don't try to cover it up now by claiming it was all just sarcasm.
As for getting left behind... Have you checked the currency exchange rates recently between U.S. and Can $$$?
Never thought I'd be arguing on the same side as Shawn.
To quote a fellow NB'er byline... "What a revoltin' development this is!"
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
Cobraman is a small man in every which way
Submitted by shawn. on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:38pm.
He is petty, he is arrogant and mentally challenged. Oops what? Why am I using personal attacks. Geez I was not serious, anyone that does not recognize that as sarcasm is an idiot btw fellow Canadian there are worse things than agreeing with me ;-)Name one
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:43pm.
;-)
Hmmm
Submitted by shawn. on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:45pm.
Agreeing with ADK? ;-)How did I know you were going to say that?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:49pm.
.
Okay okay how about this?
Submitted by shawn. on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 4:07pm.
Being on a road trip and running out of gas with Frank J Wilson and 007memo with nothing for music except for Barbara Streisand and Shery Crowe CDs?Canada Sucks
Submitted by sentry_99 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:48pm.
Especially the juniors. Shawn knows whats up. :)
Now that is the sarcasm
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:56pm.
.......I enjoy :-).Damn Right
Submitted by sentry_99 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:59pm.
So to keep us from derailing another thread I will say...I know I know. 3-2 OT. Canada Gold.What are the "Juniors"? What are you talkin' about???
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 3:39pm.
You see, CM? THAT"S Sarcasm!!!
Right, Shawn?
"There... Are... Four... Lights!"
Lol Dumb Canuck
Submitted by shawn. on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 4:00pm.
I am pretty sure Sentry meant Canadas bad outing at the juniors this year. Sentry is a good egg even though he is misguided about his Red Wings. Speaking of the Red Wings. Cobraman thinks he debates like he is Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman rolled into one, but is is more like an older Bob Probert after a binge session.and how old is this child?
Submitted by ripper58 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:12am.
and we should listen to him why?
It's not just him
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:37am.
You're right, he IS just a child, even if he's 16. But his "appreciation" of health care in Canada is so woefully ignorant, it makes sense why he appeals to the rabid fan base that he has, they don't have an ounce of sense either.(they are so nutty they threatened his parents and friends!)
So the scary thing is, that same rabid fan base would take his words as doctrine/gospel and give their parents holy hell over whatever he espouses "because Justin says so! Isn't he dreamy??" *gag*
And his statement about his bodyguard? Screw you, punk. You deserve whatever grief and malice you get. There are a LOT of other singers and performers with tons more class than you ever wish you had. One example I remember is Beyonce. Some of her fans accidentally got injured at one of her shows and she visited with them in the emergency room.
http://www.accesshollywood.com/jessica-alba/beyonce-visits-fans-injured-...
Or that time she gave Taylor Swift her moment after that moron Kanye West screwed it up for her. There are other things, but Beyonce is a very classy lady.
Bieber? Not so much. Thanks to South Park, I hear that name and I think of their depiction and that scene where Cthulu does a number on him. Fits him perfect.
-Jon
Thank you so much....
Submitted by Kitsapbass on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:13pm.
for reminding me of the South Park episode....
~So, Kitsapbass
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 6:14pm.
Does your tag serve any purpose other than demeaning your wife? Perhaps you're out to irritate women in general?
→ Exactly, Ripper
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:43pm.
He's a kid, and we're acting like it's a crime that he loves his home country.
He says abortion is "like killing somebody" but he hasn't quite yet figured out the intricacies of American Health Care? Well, who the hell has?
So, the kid is proud of being a Canadian
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:21am.
There's nothing wrong with being a patriot, regardless of your nationality.
And Canada certainly is a great democratic country.
Not a question of patriotism
Submitted by Reaver on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 9:23pm.
Not a question of patriotism Galvanic, if the kid had simply said "Canada's the best country in the world." And left it at that I would have thought “kid loves his country, that’s nice” but he had to follow with “…but here, your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills.” Yea kid, we’re all broke, that’s why we can’t afford to buy your songs. Oh, wait… Ya know the old line about opening your mouth and removing all doubt? Shoulda quit when he was ahead.
Is this kid a media creation?
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:21am.
Don't see the talent of an Elvis or the Beatles, Wayne Newton or any talented performer.
He has a nice smile.
Give-A-Sh!t checklist
Submitted by DanOinOhio on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:31am.
Celebrity: check
Punk kid : check
Canadian: check
Rolling Stone Ragazine: check
G-A-S meter = zero
i didn't even know this punk wasn't from the U.S. That shows how much I pay attention. (read: give-a-sh!t)
The truth is.....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:33am.
The first time he needs real health care, he'll come the the States to get it....just like all rich Canadians and most of the upper-middle class do.
And, puh-leeze, NewsBusters! Spare us any more twaddle from anyone and everyone under 21 years of age. PLEEEEEEZE?????
Actually, could you make that 35?
What is the big surprise
Submitted by Smartypants on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:35am.
What is the big surprise about this? The kid grew up being indoctrinated in a country that has socialized medicine; that's all he knows. You get sick, you go to the doctor or hospital and it's taken care of. For him, I'm sure there's no thought about who is paying for it or the impact on quality of care provided; it's just free, that's all he knows.
"you get sick you go to the
Submitted by TruthMonger on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:54am.
"you get sick you go to the doctor or hospital and its taken care of" - just like in the US - its called medicare/medicaid - plus your own state, county, and city programs already in place - plus any local charitites such as churches or the Ronald McDonald house, etc...
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
Good!
Submitted by Patriot II on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:43am.
We don't need this ignorant non citizen anymore than we need the one in the white house...send them both home!!! imo
Biber as the Guard's employer...
Submitted by AMR1960 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:46am.
He's so concerned about the guard's lack of health-care, why not offer insurance coverage as his employer?
_____________________
Long Live...THE REPUBLIC !
Don't worry...
Submitted by JLin on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:51am.
If the little Canuck needs some serious care beyond a pedicure, his mommy will bring him to Emory or Mayo at lightning speed.
Hay, Biber, you rick punk...
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:59am.
Hay, Biber, you rich punk, pay for your own damned health care! It's not like you can't afford it! QUIT living of the mercy of others when you're as far from poor as someone can get, and especially quit demanding that mercy as a right!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
I'm looking forward to him
Submitted by Kitsapbass on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:17pm.
I'm looking forward to him refusing medical care in the United States...after all, wouldn't benefitting from our system (which is evil, according to him), possibly contaminate him, making him part evil as well? By that logic, I also hope he is not using any medication made by any of our evil pharmaceutical companies, because that would be using part of our "evil health care system", so to speak...
What an absolute fricking moron. My left testicle has more brain power in it.
She's not interested in
Submitted by wiwf on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:31pm.
She's not interested in puberty either!
Dang
Submitted by Sigman on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:31pm.
My little girl is in love with this clown :-(
→ Sigman
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:44pm.
So far, she could do much worse.
He looks like Donny Osmond back in the day.
Really?
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 2:27pm.
I wouldn't go that far. However, and in my defense, I blame this on one of my part time workers with a wicked sense of humor showing me this, there's this website.
http://lesbianswholooklikejustinbieber.tumblr.com/
After seeing that Best Buy commercial they did with Ozzy(with some odd TRON Legacy outfits) and where Beiber was poorly made to look one of the crew saying "kinda looks like a girl," this makes this website all the more funny to check out.
Some of those pictures are kinda freaky.
-Jon
Dustbin Beaver
Submitted by ripper58 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:37pm.
great name for someone who comes from a country which can't decide on being French or English! They really have no national identity other than the sport of hockey!
I just can't count the
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:48pm.
I just can't count the Billions of People racing to get to Canada to experience the wonders of socialized medicine.
Perhaps the child can enlighten us as to how many People race North when they get a runny nose?
Maybe the little uneducated, ignornat piece of garbage will stay home until he developes at least one functional brain cell......
This is just more proof that we need to close BOTH BORDERS to keep the trash out.
Dear Justin:
Stay home and wait for the engraved invitation instead of just popping in for a visit.
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
Who Cares
Submitted by HopeChangeInAZ on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 12:59pm.
I don't even like the way this kid looks....I certainly could give a rip what he thinks.
Someone needs to tell Justin
Submitted by talkradio55 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 1:42pm.
Someone needs to tell Justin Bieber to keep his Canadian friends out of our country when they need an operation. There's a compromise, Canada, you can bash our health system, but by doing so, you forego the opportunity to come here for healthcare.
Who Cares What A Lipgloss Wearing Punk Thinks!
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 2:37pm.
I can't stand this kid. I watched him perform at the Grammys and kept asking myself; why is he famous? He can't sing, he can't dance and he is certainly not even good looking.
No one will remember his name or what his music was all about years from now. Hopefully, he will fly his sorry *&%$#SS back to Canada and stay there for good.
Bieber reminds me of a sermon...
Submitted by UltraC on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 2:57pm.
... I heard on Father's Days many years ago: The priest relayed how, when he was 16 years old, he considered his father one of the dumbest men on the planet. The priest said when he turned 21, it was amazing how much his dad had learned in just five years!
Justin Bieber, from what little I know of him, sounds like pretty much the stereotypical U.S. teenager: A belief in his own superior intelligence, but not yet mature enough to acknowledge his own ignorance.
Stunning
Submitted by Rush to Judgement on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 2:59pm.
Or more correctly, unbelievable - that even one person's blood pressure raised by the smallest margin over what a 16 pop star has to say. It's not like he used the f*** word.
I can't wait.
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 3:00pm.
I look forward to when the huge money stops flowing in and this kid gets a load of the TAXES he has to pay. It is then he will realize WHO is paying for all that "FREE" healthcare.
Notice how he said "we" don't need to worry about paying them[doctors]? We are not that far from him understanding that he is no longer part of that "we" he so touts.
What's a
Submitted by nutty on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 3:28pm.
What's a Bieber?
...never mind...don't care. Thankfully, my kids don't either.
I think it's a reference to
Submitted by Willis_Leon_Johnson on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 3:55pm.
I think it's a reference to the smell of a semi tire that has been run flat for a few hundred miles.....
End 'gun violence in America' - Require training and MANDATORY "Shall Carry" by every Citizen.
If harry reid is the best person to lead the senate, what does that say about the other 99 senators?
nutty,
Submitted by Ashrak on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 6:40pm.
I know "beiber" has been the butt of a joke over at FreeRepublic since this Justin was just out of diapers.......history must be repeating itself.
Consider yourself lucky. I have a young daughter right in the thick of that punk celebrity creation. Fun it is not.
Justin Bieber? Are you serious?
Submitted by Morganfrost on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 3:31pm.
What, I'm supposed to be distressed that America won't have Justin Bieber as a citizen? Because our health care system doesn't meet with his approval? What next, am I going to hear that the actor who played Harry Potter isn't keen on our fish and wildlife laws?
Bieber doesn't want to become an American? I'm crushed!
Submitted by PrairieSky on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 7:23pm.
Who really gives a tinker's damn what this kid thinks? He's a snot-nosed 16 year old who doesn't have the first freakin clue about anything, and is likely parroting the liberal, anti-US bs that his idiot parents and handlers spew.
It's amazing that this wet-behind-the-ears boy has no compunction about dissing the US and any possibility of becoming a citizen (like we give a damn anyway), but is more than happy to come here and tour, and sell his merchandise, and market himself, his music and his movie to Americans. Funny...Bieber doesn't seem to have any trouble doing that, does he? I'd love to see how much money this kid could make if he confined himself to Canada? As far as I'm concerned, he can remain north of the border...Canada can keep him.
Bieber is merely the current flavor of the month, and once his voice finally changes, his popularity will likely diminish, and five years from now, people will be asking whatever happened to Justin Bieber?
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
I wonder
Submitted by ckc1227 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 7:08pm.
What are the odds Bieber's business entity is set up so that he pays as little in Canadian taxes as possible?
My thoughts exactly ckc. At
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 7:10pm.
My thoughts exactly ckc. At some point, if he keeps making money, he'll become an American to hold onto his wealth.
Just wait until Justin catches something he can't get rid of...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 10:29pm.
...and has to receive immediate treatment if he is to survive.
He'll be on the next plane to America so fast you won't believe it.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
But If Kanye Had Attacked Beiber...
Submitted by TheReal7Sticks on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:02pm.
I don't get it. Here is a blithering attack against a sixteen-year-old boy by people who readily denounced Kanye West hogging the spotlight away from Taylor Swift, even though she was nineteen and not seventeen. Have we gotten to the point that we now attack kids based on their opinions rather than simply teaching them the facts about what is and what isn't? Oh, but if Kanye had hogged the spotlight away from Beiber, or God forbid, his naked backside was running down the street in an episode of Skins, you'd be screaming bloody murder for the adults that did that stuff to him.
And last time I checked, he also said he doesn't believe in abortion, so get that through your head: sixteen-year-olds don't have enough life experience to know enough about politics unless they were some sort of child prodigy that could run circles around Karl Rove and James Carville.
Trolls coming out of the woodwork
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:15pm.
A few differences 7, no one took away Beiber's moment in the sun when he was receiving an award. Swift was trying to thank people for an award she had won. Bieber was making ignorant comments against our country, and they are being responded to.
And we are allowed to respond to people's opinions.
I disagree sticks
Submitted by shawn. on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:34pm.
I am also very proud of being Canadian, if I said I love Canada that is one thing, I I said I love Canada better than the US, I would deserve to be questioned. He should no bite the hand that is feeding hin tens of millions of dollarsIt's pretty sad
Submitted by BikerHoop on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:40am.
... that an article would be written about a kid who has no effect on the lives of the populace, by a journalist who should be focusing on important issues.
Who cares what Bieber thinks? Why would any sane adult allow the ideology of a kid barely through puberty (if in fact he even is) affect their lives. "Oh my God, Justin doesn't like this. I guess I'd better re-examine my thoughts!"
Whatta buncha crap!
→ Biker
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:49am.
Many of us have expressed the same sentiment.
The problem is that Rolling Stone is suffering an identity crisis - whether it is a serious music mag or a cheap knockoff of "Tiger Beat".
Liberal America imputes a lot of credibility to whichever persona "RS" presents.
I wonder in about 10
Submitted by USA4freedom on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:25am.
I wonder in about 10 years how will the star rehab centers in Canada will be paid for..
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, the Republican party.
C'mon. We all know Canada is a nation of boring white people
Submitted by Dave. on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 4:07pm.
LOL - Why do you think so many of them move down here?
-Because they're bored out of their flippin' minds!
:-^)
-Dave
Vote for the American in November