I'm Canadian, so I've been following this quite closely. First, we may be "known" for being super nice, but it's no more true or false than it is for any other nation. Trust me, we have assholes here, big ones!

On to Lisa. The news business, insofar as tv news has always been ageist in terms of female anchors. I remember being young and there was an uproar about CBS firing Connie Chung. Sadly we haven't come very far, have we. Have you seen some of our male news anchors. Peter Mansbridge doesn't exactly look like a fresh-faced kid and Lloyd Roberston was so old when he finally retired he looked like a wax figure of himself. Not to be mean, my words are for illustrative purposes.

Should we start standing up? Fuck yes! I'm not a senior yet, I'm 51, but it's coming. And I will not be ignored. I'll take a page from my mother's book. We weren't close, but I'll give the woman this, she never, NEVER allowed anyone to ignore her, talk over her or talk about her in her presence.