Who You Going To Call?

Nope, it's not the Ghostbusters, or even Santa, although this is a nice story at Christmas.

After all the American bashing that gets done by Canadians, and other countries, who gets called when someone is in trouble? Yup, you guessed it, the US military.

Navy saves teen.

SAN DIEGO - A teenager whose appendix ruptured at sea, hundreds of miles from help, got safely to shore Tuesday after an unusual rescue in which the Navy airlifted her from a cruise ship for emergency surgery.

So, next time you are yapping about those "nasty" Americans, think about how often they are the first to respond to people who need help.

Another happy note, seeing as I'm in the Christmas mood, Christmas packages for troops flood Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- With Christmas just a week away, Canadian Forces postal workers at Kandahar Airfield have their hands full.

In the last two weeks alone, they've received some 43,000 kilograms worth of letters and packages for the troops. That's nearly a third of the total volume of mail received since August when the current batch of soldiers first arrived in Afghanistan.

Don't forget our troops this Christmas, they have one of the toughest jobs in the world. While you sit around with your family, sipping eggnog, at least raise your glass to our men and women proudly serving our country.