John Bolton - February 15, 2025


Flag Day and Canadians of Convenience

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John Bolton
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Length

4 minutes

Words per minute

149.59

Word count

704

Sentence count

98

Harmful content

Toxicity

6

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Hate speech

4

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On February 15th 1965, the Canadian Flag was unfurled for the first time. Today, it is 60 years old and so am I. It s no secret I d love to see my province of Alberta secede and go it alone, but with some of our neighbors, I think we d be better off without the anchor of Canada dragging us down. Having what I now call Canadians of convenience dragging us all down. And what is a Canadian of convenience? Smug, self-righteous, holier-than-thou Canadian? You feel there s a threat and you finally think there s something you can do. So you wrap yourself in a flag.

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00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John. It is 4.44 a.m. with the big blue mug of coffee on Saturday, February the 15th.
00:00:08.400 On February 15th, 1965, the Canadian flag, as you know it today, was unfurled for the first time.
00:00:15.640 Today, it is 60 years old. And so am I. It's my birthday today, and I am 60 years old.
00:00:23.140 As I peruse, search, and surf the Internet, I am bewildered that so many people have finally discovered Flag Day.
00:00:31.520 I've known about it for years, and until only recently, having Flag Day on my birthday made me proud.
00:00:38.620 Not anymore. It's no secret I'd love to see my province of Alberta secede and go it alone,
00:00:44.360 but with some of our neighbors, I think we'd be better off without the anchor of Canada dragging us down.
00:00:49.580 Having what I now call Canadians of convenience dragging us down. 1.00
00:00:55.660 And what is a Canadian of convenience? 0.97
00:00:59.060 Smug, self-righteous, holier-than-thou Canadian. 1.00
00:01:02.620 You feel there's a threat, and you finally think there might be something you can do. 0.98
00:01:06.960 So you wrap yourself in a flag, but it's too late.
00:01:10.640 The threat only exists because you've done nothing.
00:01:14.200 The threat has been on the inside for years.
00:01:17.140 The only reason there is a threat is because you've stayed on the sidelines and done nothing.
00:01:23.560 Your government, the Liberals, let you down as they embraced mediocrity.
00:01:28.540 Instead of striving to be the best, you wallowed.
00:01:31.660 Your standard of living dropped?
00:01:34.140 You did nothing.
00:01:35.560 Your taxes went up?
00:01:36.880 You did nothing.
00:01:38.140 Investment in this country withered?
00:01:40.680 You did nothing.
00:01:41.840 The dollar weakened?
00:01:43.620 You did nothing.
00:01:44.360 Your fellow Canadians struggled.
00:01:46.820 You did nothing.
00:01:47.760 You accepted it.
00:01:48.860 Allowed it.
00:01:49.700 Voted for it.
00:01:50.720 And voted for it again.
00:01:52.660 And did nothing.
00:01:54.000 And now you think waving a flag will make it all better,
00:01:56.880 because the architects of your destruction tell you it will.
00:02:00.200 We have a common threat.
00:02:02.200 We're all in this together.
00:02:04.200 Heard that one before?
00:02:05.640 We're all part of Team Canada now, says Trudeau.
00:02:08.660 Says Carney.
00:02:10.040 Uh-huh.
00:02:10.440 Oh, and don't forget to vote Liberal. 1.00
00:02:15.220 You're either too stupid or naive or both to realize you've been manipulated. 1.00
00:02:20.560 You're being propagandized. 1.00
00:02:22.560 Brainwashed.
00:02:23.520 You've learned nothing from a few years ago.
00:02:26.140 Stand on the dot.
00:02:27.300 Wear your mask.
00:02:28.180 Roll up your sleeve.
00:02:29.320 Social distance.
00:02:30.420 And while you're at it, decry people who resisted and believed in a true North, strong and free,
00:02:35.820 long before you did.
00:02:39.120 Do as you're told.
00:02:40.340 Put up a flag because there's a threat.
00:02:43.160 How convenient.
00:02:45.200 The threat is your faux-Canadian patriotism.
00:02:48.380 The threat is your self-righteousness.
00:02:50.140 The threat is your fake flag-waving.
00:02:52.380 Your belief in a manufactured Team Canada
00:02:54.720 that will crumble as soon as you cast your ballot for the Liberals
00:02:58.340 who aren't in it for you, who aren't in it for Canada, who are in it for themselves.
00:03:05.980 So while you hang your cheap Chinese flag emblazoned with a maple leaf today, 0.83
00:03:11.580 finally realizing Flag Day is on February the 15th,
00:03:14.800 don't blame Donald Trump for your predicament.
00:03:17.640 Look in the mirror.
00:03:19.880 Trump should be thanked.
00:03:22.060 He's freed you from your complacence.
00:03:24.300 We can only hope it's not too late.
00:03:27.700 For you.
00:03:29.960 For people like me who gave up on Canada,
00:03:32.540 who want Alberta independence,
00:03:34.400 who sees Alberta giving the finger to the rest of Canada,
00:03:37.600 whether it goes it alone or is the 51st state,
00:03:41.060 I see this as an opportunity to get out of this Canadian madhouse. 1.00
00:03:45.540 And as this newfound patriotism fades away 0.88
00:03:48.340 and you fall back into your typical Canadian slumber,
00:03:51.400 when the flags are packed away,
00:03:52.920 when you brag of Canada's superiority
00:03:54.780 and after you vote for the same incompetence
00:03:57.220 that put us all in this mess,
00:03:58.920 what will you do as the country continues
00:04:01.260 to slip farther into mediocrity?
00:04:04.180 Blame Donald Trump?
00:04:06.780 Flag Day.
00:04:08.780 Happy birthday to me.
00:04:11.120 Thanks for watching.
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