Why Do You Hate Your Country?
March 15, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
The Diachronic Barber Pole Observations of a Recovering Hockey Exile
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Me either! Love my country. Some of the weather can take a hike but otherwise, love my country.
Hope all’s well.
All is well, yes. I don’t hate my country but it isn’t getting my unconditional love, either.