Lugnut - As to your point about the rise in popularity of CD's in the 80's, I believe that your assertion that they sounded worse than LP's is somewhat incorrect. For 90% of the music listeners, the CD player represented an enormous advance in audio quality over the inexpensive, typical turntable systems of the day. The convenience of the format and the obvious improvement of audio quality made their success a no brainier in the marketplace. From an audiophile perspective, the move was a giant step backwards, but then as now, we make up such a small percentage of the consumer market that our needs aren't likely to be addressed by the majority of manufacturers.
As for the rest of your post, the comments you made at the end are appalling, and completely uncalled for. I'm sure that whatever problems you might be personally experiencing are not being created by our neighbors to the north, and that neither the Canadians nor anyone else are responsible for your apparent unhappiness. I agree with Jeffloistarca - please try to keep your posts to something related to audio. In that context, they're worth reading and responding to.
As for the rest of your post, the comments you made at the end are appalling, and completely uncalled for. I'm sure that whatever problems you might be personally experiencing are not being created by our neighbors to the north, and that neither the Canadians nor anyone else are responsible for your apparent unhappiness. I agree with Jeffloistarca - please try to keep your posts to something related to audio. In that context, they're worth reading and responding to.