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It's about time somebody in the MSM took a shot at that smarmy prick Mercer.

That was way funnier than any ten of Mercer's "reports".

But then I guess he's only doing what Mary tells him.

One wouldn't want to embarASS the lib saviour/power corp flunky. Afterall careers are riding on this.

Syncro

I don't know about you, but I don't find Mercer at all funny.

Maybe I'm too old and have seen too many real comics perform.

Stop the Music: Mick Stoned has a sore throat.

No worry; Will/Hill have a birthday chair package:

golf, cocktails with Bill, brunch, Stones,... wha? no Stones? nada with the brunch?

what'll ya bid? Where's guru Carville? In TO. ...-

Americans snub invitation to pay $500,000 for Clinton birthday party
The Daily Mail ^ | 10/28/2006 | SHARON CHURCHER

When America's liberal elite were offered the chance to pay up to $500,000 each (about £260,000) to attend Bill Clinton's 60th birthday extravaganza tonight - with the added promise of a private Rolling Stones concert - a packed house was expected.

Wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea sent out about 10,000 invitations to Hollywood tycoons, movie stars, captains of industry and Wall Street - with all proceeds to go to the former President's charitable foundation.

Those who pledged the top price were promised the 'Birthday Chair Package', with the best seating for the concert as well as a chance to have photographs taken with Mr Clinton during a round of golf and a three-day series of cocktail, brunch and dinner parties.

The minimum price, with inferior concert seats and no brunch, was set at $60,000 (£31,000). But with many rich Democrats sending their regrets, The Mail on Sunday can reveal that last Wednesday the Clintons drastically slashed prices to $12,500 (£6,500) for one reception and the concert, or $5,000 (£2,600) for just the Stones.

With the looming possibility of Bill and his long-suffering wife and daughter finding themselves amid a sea of empty chairs at the 2,900-seat Manhattan venue, tickets then went on sale to the public for as little as $1,710 (£900).

And there is a danger that the Clintons' plans may end in a total fiasco, after the Stones cancelled Friday's show in Atlantic City when Mick Jagger complained of a sore throat and was ordered to rest by a doctor.

The supergroup has flown to New York in preparation for today's concert but an insider said it was too soon to know whether Jagger will be fit enough to perform.

A friend of the Clintons said last night: "It is all highly embarrassing for Bill and Hillary. When they created the idea, they thought it would go like wildfire. What's not going to please some who did come up with $500,000 is finding regular Stones fans there who got last-minute tickets on the internet." ...-
free republic

The Cannonball Press story following on the post about '"gotcha" journalism' that Kate linked to:

"New planes for Air Force: Critics take aim at media and politicians"
www.damianpenny.com/archived/007994.html

Mark
Ottawa

...merry #%$#$T Jihad Christmas...

Charlie Brown Goes on Jihad

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/185144.php

It'd be funny if it was so true...

I sent this to Mr. Goldstein.It encapulates my own thoughts on the matter.

Mr. Goldstein, you have outdone yourself again. I laughed threw the whole article. I always though Rick Mercer was a poser if not part of the liberal gang.

The fact he's the only Canadian comic not living in the States these days, making millions is perhaps a reason he so detests Americans.

Good advice by the way. As regarding taking a check from the devil. Be that a Liberal or Conservative demon.

I would say to him. Never let politics come between you & your job. G-D Bless & keep em a comin.

Michelle has 2 announcements : STOPIGGY; DEAD CAT.

She is delighted: like the frog which jumped up on the lily pad, and said:

Friday, October 27, 2006
Kadis and Oliel to Rae

After careful consideration, I am delighted to announce that I, along with MP Susan Kadis, will be supporting Bob Rae for Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Thank you,

Michelle

posted by Michelle Oliel @ 10:09 AM 12 comments

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Saturday, October 28, 2006
R.I.P. Jersey

I am overcome with great sadness over the loss of my 2-month old kitten, Jersey. Jersey was unfortunately born with both liver and heart abnormalities. While, she was only in my life for one short week, she will be missed very much.

posted by Michelle Oliel @ 2:30 AM

Buying Hercs is the ultimate no-brainer. They are one of the great aircraft of all time, certainly the best medium transport of all time. From the aviation literature, I gather that the 130J model is a worthwhile continuation of this great line, and the only aircraft which could beat the earlier models of Herc.

I am willing to bet that when the 130J is replaced, 15 or 20 years from now, it will be with -- a C-130K?

EADS are going to take years to dig themselves out of the A380 mess, if they ever do. Buying a new aircraft from them that hasn't even flown is the ultimate in moonbat cluelessness.

Small wonder people don't find Mercer funny. He isn't a comic - just a jerk with a smirk. His schtick is strictly ridicule.

Yup, Mercer is a has been.

I know, because up until three years ago, I used to watch television.

If he's still around now, whew! his material must REALLY stink.

John Lewis: The "K" Herc already exists--it's the designation for the UK version of the old "E" (which Canada still operates and which urgently needs replacing).
www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/c-130k.htm

Mark
Ottawa

Global warming has hit southern alberta. It is snowing.

I find it amusing that the NDP is attacking the conservatives over buying an airplane that the U.S. turned down. You can be sure that if the U.S. had the same plane they would be howling about Harper being just like Bush.

fly mercer and layton in a sea king to afghani...put them in an iltis jeep....give them bright green cam uniforms.....have them wear issue black boots....and send them off to make love to the taliban man.....arseholes......GO ARMY

Airbus is in crisis over the A380 (super jumbo) as the French and Germans are trading barbs as to who is repsonible for the delays. They only have roughly half the orders booked to break-even.

Add to that none of Japan's international carriers want to buy them ... perhaps because Japan's export market to the US is too large to jeopardize by buying French.

In Canada's case it makes sense (unless you are a Liberal) to buy from the US ,as 80-90% of our exports go to the US , so why on earth would we jeopardize that.

In addition the US military uses the same aircraft , so in a pinch one could get spare parts or a spare plane in an emergency.

wallyj,

You got to follow the links - the US has these planes. They just didn't suit, and were proposed, for a particular requirement.

At least Dawn Black and Taliban Jack aren't arguing for us to buy some Russian scrap. Maybe the Dippers learned their lesson with the hydro electric turbines Schreyer bought back in the day.

Over the last year I've been impressed by what the A400 should be able to do. The A400 appears to be the -clearly- superior plane.

We should buy A400's and lease newer Hercs in the interim.

I believe the govt. has had more than one offer to lease more modern Hercs in the last 24 months or so.

Rick Mercer is to comedy what the Barenaked Ladies are to music and what Jack Layton is to politics. Uniquely Canadian and an absolute embarrassment.

Problems that may only be corrected with the overhaul of the CRTC, selling the CBC to FOX and fumigating Liberals from the Canadian cultural fabric.

Caption This Picture!

(Bill Clinton Plays Guitar At His Birthday Bash)

Look where his thumb is; gotta be a Taylor?

Freddy Fender will be missed. ...-

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This just in on FOX:

The Taliban conducted a major offensive against a NATO base in southern Afghanistan. Seventy of the little rats are dead and still counting.

Their religious insanity is working against them.

CP, aka Canadian TassNewsAgency, singles out American lawyers: "it[lawyer's fees] was a boon to American lawyers".

CP does not mention that Bob Rae,

wannabe Liberal leader/PM of Canada,

was a partner with the Toronto office of Goodman LLP,

slaving on the "softwood files" for how many years? 20 Years?

Rae was Canadian counsel for the Free Trade Lumber Council; slaving away without fee$?

Most of this was done while the Librano$ under AdScam Chretien-Martin governed Ottawa.

Rae is not named in the report, nor is his partner, Goodman LLP named. Wny not?

How many million$ of fee$ did Bob Rae take home from the softwood lumber boondoggle? 1,2,3,4,...?

Headline:

Federal tab for softwood legal fees tops $40 million, internal documents show

OTTAWA (CP) - The softwood lumber dispute with the United States may have delivered a hard blow to the Canadian forest industry

but it was a boon to American lawyers,

according to internal federal documents. ...-
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Calgary Rob: I've got an even better design for a medium transport than even the A-400. All I need is an order and I'll build the thing. My plane actually has more of a chance of being delivered and performing than the A-400.

A working plane with an open manufacturing line is a much better option than a plane that isn't finished the design phase. You need around 100% or more improvement to justify going for a paper airplane over a working one. The massive numbers of Hercs in existence, and our own experience with them, ups the relative performance. Being able to cadge parts off of the Brits and the Yanks, the 2 powers that we are absolutley guaranteed to be working with on every deployment, and who have bases EVERYWHERE that can be used for repairs... Well I think we're more in the realm of 200-300% performance improvement being required before looking at a paper plane. Then there's the wild success that multinational planes have had. Typhoon, A380, A350, Eurocopter, A400... they are all late (some ridiculously so), have had massive design changes, partners and customers bailing out, those that have been delivered have all been down specced, they all cost more than projected, are hard to maintain, and very expensive ongoing projects as there is so little volume to keep the factories going so the costs of replacement parts and trainers must cover what should be coming through in new orders!

Other than that, the A400 is a great plane!

QUEBEC NATION DEBATE HEATING UP GRIT LEADERSHIP RACE
Whether Quebec should be recognized as a nation is fast becoming a divisive issue among Liberals, weeks before they hope to unify the party under a new leader at a December convention. (national news)

Over here, via calgarygrit, scrolling down below Ted Morton's platform (who is Ted Morton?) is M. Dirty Landry's platform. Grit mocks it as "Iggmentum":

Nation québécoise : Landry appelle Harper à s'inspirer de la position d'Ignatieff
Denis Lessard
La Presse
Québec

Bernard Landy salue la position de Michael Ignatieff, qui reconnaît au Québec le statut de « nation », à la différence de Bob Rae et de Stéphane Dion, ses adversaires dans la course au leadership du Parti libéral du Canada.

« Je ne me prononcerai surtout pas sur cette course, mais sur la nation, Ignatieff a raison, c'est une évidence! » a soutenu hier l'ex-premier ministre du Québec, invité à commenter la lettre qu'il a adressée au premier ministre conservateur, Stephen Harper, publiée aujourd'hui dans les pages Forum de La Presse.

Pour Bernard Landry, Michael Ignatieff démontre sa qualité d'intellectuel quand, en gardant ses distances du combat politique, il reconnaît cette réalité simple: le Québec forme une nation. L'ancien chef du PQ qualifie cette position de « revirement spectaculaire » pour les libéraux fédéraux. ...-
cyberpresse.ca

Translation, loose:

Vote Iggy; Iggy will send beaucoup $$$$ to mois Quebecoises. Fourrez 'arper. Vive le Librano$$$$$

Talk about David Akin's "gotcha" report being journalism at it's worst is for sure.
Hope everyone clicks on Mark Collins for that story.

What are we going to do with such clearly blatant manipulation of facts?
He should lose his job if he has a boss with any scruples.
I for one am sick of it. Anyone else?

In regard to the Joe Volpe Halloween donation boxes, I've posted this at Stephen Taylor's blog:

"Well, these little dandies (thanks, frog-lady!) might stand out like a sore thumb--isn't that Joe Volpe to a "T"?--as there are no UNICEF boxes this year.

"The school kids ALL got spiffy, big, UNICEF pumpkin bags of some synthetic (I think) material, with reflector strips--who PAID? And, with various incentives as a carrot, the tricksy treaters have to canvas for money from their donors, to put in a special envelope, NOT while collecting candy. (Methinks UNICEF will get many fewer $$ this way. Good thing.)

"If Vople's his usual crafty self, he'll move on this one while people still expect an orange UNICEF box at the door. (Remember, it's dark and no one's going to be watching too closely as the unsuspecting toss their $$ into the box. Just the way the Librano$ like it.) Go, Joe!"

I completely agree that Rick Mercer is taking himself real serious these days. His rants seem more like hatchet jobs than comedy.

Mary Walsh fell into the same trap. Her Princess Warrier routine was funny for a while, but then it took on a cruel edge as Mary took herself too seriously. She began humiliating conservative politicians in an increasingly aggressive manner.

"Youths".

What multiculturalism/political correctness hath wrought.

The French cannot use the words: Muslim youths.
Dhimmis to Islam the French have become; The proud nation, aka Chanteclerc, the rooster, has surrendered, again.
Will Napoleon Bonaparte, the Corsican, return from Elba with the "whiff of grapeshot"?

Of course, there is always Robespierre, the Jacobin, and Dr. Guillotine. Marechal Petain is not dead enough. ...-

France to hold emergency riot meeting

Herald Sun ^ | 30 October 2006
THE French government is to hold an emergency meeting on boosting transport security, after an arson attack on a bus left a woman on the verge of death, the prime minister's office said today. The attack by youths ...-
free republic

Rick needs to come up with some new show ideas;
I suggest Talking to Talibans.

Fighting grain farmers? Thas news? Toowetdryhotsnowymuchcashnocash.... Throw the Wheat Board out. Bury it. Get on with it. ...-

Grain farmers still fighting
Edmonton Sun - 23 hours ago
By MICHELLE MARK, Staff writer. A coalition of Alberta grain farmers convicted 10 years ago for illegally moving their product south of the border without a permit from the Canadian Wheat Board are continuing their fight for change.
Wheat board monopoly nears end Globe and Mail

Somehow reason is being discarded for faith, dogma, and nonsense.

http://tinyurl.com/yc2u8b

maz2 youths and vandals
French President Jacques Chirac condemned on Sunday an attack by vandals
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals

Rick Mercer is all about crass Political Satire.
His jokes are all about poking fun at politicians.
His time is about up.
Mary Walsh was another example of activist political satire which got tiresome and predictable.

It's one format where some people are entertained while others are being offended.

speaking of bad humour.
when the forces needed aircraft a few years ago the Libs couldnt afford them but did buy PMJC a plane , Airfarce One I think it was dubbed.

speaking of Bad Humour.

a number of years ago the military in dire need of aircraft were told we couldnt afford it. however the Libs bought PMJC an airplane, I think it was dubbed Airfarce One.

sorry for the double post , seem to be having transmission problems.

I see CBC says Australia has a mostly Christian background. who says they're not observant.

The CIBC is spending my monthly bank charges $$ to bring, of all people, Willy Clinton, to Kelowna. In November.

#1 Why would ANY Canadian bank spend money to bring ANY US past President to Canada to shoot-the-breeze ??

#2 Well, the CIBC can do what it wants.

#3 I opened my first account with CIBC in 1963. Have been with them ever since.

#4 I am now in the process of transfering all my banking business to the Royal. Enough, already.

BC, on our streets. Loose on our streets, because a Canadian bank brought him here.

I'll preface this by stating that I worked and flew on the venerable Herky Birds for many of the years of my military service.

Technically, the biggest problem of the C-130 is that it is too old and has way too many hours on the old frame. The fact that the beasts are still flying is a testaement to both the quality of the aircraft and the canucks who maintain them. What better to replace it than an updated version of a proven design or would you prefer something that hasn't flown?

What the US Army is looking for is a smaller tactical lift aircraft. They are in need of the Buffalo or Caribou from DeHavilland (or the newer versions of them).

The report by Akin is at best poor journalism, at worst spin of the worst kind. Perhaps he should go back to writing speaches for Taliban Jack.

Cherniak, aka The Voice Of The Liberal Party:

I'm at the OLP [Ontario Liberal Party] Convention.

Kathleen Wynn is introducing James Carville. I've never heard her speak before, but she is quite good. I think Tory might actually lose his own seat in the next election.

Note how we Liberals are proud of our connections to American politicians. This is in stark contrast to the way that the Tories fly in their Republican friends under stealth of night. ...-

First Comment:

At 9:27 PM, PlaidShirt said...

Dude,

You're proud of James Carville?

You just gave the PCs an ad for the next election.

He's the Warren Kinsella of Democratic politics. : )

Oh yeah, you're proud of him too. ...-

I'll preface this by stating that I worked and flew on the venerable Herky Birds for many of the years of my military service.

Technically, the biggest problem of the C-130 is that it is too old and has way too many hours on the old frame. The fact that the beasts are still flying is a testaement to both the quality of the aircraft and the canucks who maintain them. What better to replace it than an updated version of a proven design or would you prefer something that hasn't flown?

What the US Army is looking for is a smaller tactical lift aircraft. They are in need of the Buffalo or Caribou from DeHavilland (or the newer versions of them).

The report by Akin is at best poor journalism, at worst spin of the worst kind. Perhaps he should go back to writing speaches for Taliban Jack.

Appologies for the DP. Been having server problems all day down here.

Mercer Who?

This is good. Baldy and Baldier. ...-

At 8:36 PM, Anonymous said...

Overheard backstage...

Carville: Ok. Whooza bad gah?

Smitherman: Harris.

Carville: Ok. 'an the good gah?

Smitherman: McGuinty

Carville: MaGinny! Gotit!

Carville: Ahm reddy. By 'th way. How you keep yo head so shahny George?

Smitherman: You're on, Mr. Carville.

Carville: He ah go! Make that check out to cash, George.

Impressive Clearspeak . .

This is 5 years old. Recent history however can be the most interesting and easily overlooked . . .

Now that Pakistan is suddenly *live* in connection with Iran and China, this information is all the more valuable.

=== Letters to the editor by experts ==
============================================

India’s strong military ties with the former Soviet Union turned its non-alignment policy into a slogan. It signed a 30-year treaty in 1971 with the USSR, and has just renewed it with Russia for another 30 years. It has recently entered into a $3 billion military agreement with the Russians for the joint production and marketing of sophisticated military hardware including T-90 main-battle tanks and SU-30 MKI long-range fighters.1 Its airforce already contains hundreds of MiG-21 and MiG-27 fighters produce under Soviet licence.

Russia is also providing the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov free of charge to India, since it is buying the MiG-29 fighters that will go with it and paying for the carriers’ refurbishment. India is also considering the acquisition and potential production of nuclear submarines from Russia.

Pakistan is painfully aware that the Indian Strike Corps, heavily armed with Russian weapons, remains poised to cut the narrow Pakistani landmass into two.

Prithvi surface-to-surface missiles, deployed with Indian army units along the Punjab border, can cause havoc among Pakistani forces further north. Neither can Pakistan ignore the political signal contained in the location of India’s nuclear weapons testing site at Pokhran, less than 100 miles from the border. Thus, it is not surprising that Pakistanis live in fear of India.

Unfortunately, nuclear weapons have not improved the security of either Pakistan or India, since both countries now live in mortal dread of each other.

As noted by Stephen Van Evera, the greatest threat to many countries comes from their exaggerated perceptions of insecurity that often cause them to respond with counterproductive belligerence.2

Both countries would be better off by reducing their military expenditures, and diverting their resources to human development. Spending a billion dollars on an Agosta-class submarine or $40 million on a SU-30 fighter makes it that much more difficult to reduce poverty and illiteracy, much bigger threats to the long-term security of a subcontinent that is prone to ethnic, sectarian, religious and ideological violence.3

Ahmad Faruqui
Economist
29 Tyson Court
Danville, CA 94526
==================== and other experts ===

w.w.defencejournal.com/2001/jan/letter.htm

More letters of *Clear speak *.

Working towards a Conservative majority = TG

LGF reports:

Ambulance Rushes to Rape Sheikh's Mosque

Odd developments at the Lakemba Mosque tonight: Ambulance rushes to Lakemba Mosque. (Hat tip: Paul.)

An ambulance has been called to the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney’s south-west.

The ambulance service says someone has collapsed inside the mosque.

The incident happened at the same time a meeting between controversial Sydney Muslim cleric Sheikh Taj El-Din Al Hilaly and the president of the Lebanese Muslim Association, Tom Zreika, was meant to take place to discuss the Sheikh’s future.

The ambulance officers have entered the Sheik’s office, but it is not known if the Sheik himself has collapsed.

Stay in bed; cover up your head. It's over. Park your kayak. ...-

End of the world as we know it

Last week in this paper, Bryan Zandberg interviewed Professor William Rees from UBC, who said, "This year is the first time in tens of thousands of years you could take a kayak to the North Pole. That's the evidence. So don't give me optimism about technology moving us forward, because it isn't."

James Lovelock, in the same story, the man who wrote The Revenge of the Gaia, said there's nothing to stop the earth from slouching towards a "coma" now, taking billions of us along with her.

Several more renowned scientists, like Dr. Dan Pauly, director of the Fisheries Centre at UBC, an outspoken critic of fish farms and author of The Sea Around Us, related that, in view of the situation, he sometimes has trouble getting out of bed in the morning! ...-
thetyee.ca

Aunty-Americanism:

In the second sentence.

It's the "white trash".

Which Amurican rose out of the white trash to become Prez? His nickname: W.

No, not that W. The other W: Willy the Clinton. ...-

How Globalization Is Creating a New European Underclass
Spiegel online International ^

In the West, gradual de-industrialization has created a new underclass of the unproductive and intellectually depraved. The spiritual cousin of the American phenomenon of "white trash," these strangers in their own land have become a serious threat to democracy.

The modern-day member of the underclass is not hungry. He has a roof over his head, he is not disproportionately vulnerable to illness and he even has a bit of cash in his pocketbook. In every Western European country, he is both a citizen and a beneficiary of the welfare state, even if the state's services are no longer as generous as they once were.

Such luxuries, bare bones though they may be, are relatively new for the Western proletariat. The best lodging his pauper predecessor could have hoped for was a homeless shelter or a men's hostel.....

Rather, what stand out are the symptoms of intellectual neglect. The poor of today watch television for half the day. These days, television producers even refer to what they call "Underclass TV." ...-
free republic

Muslims killing Muslims: The Islamic genocide.

Inshallah. ...-

Somalia faces 'all-out war' as neighbours intervene

Chris Tomlinson in Nairobi
Saturday October 28, 2006
The Guardian

An "all-out war" between Somalia's government and Islamists who control much of the country is brewing due to the presence of thousands of foreign troops, according to the UN.

A confidential report obtained by the Associated Press cites diplomatic sources and says that Ethiopia, Uganda and Yemen are supporting the government, while Iran, Libya, Saudi Arabia and Gulf states are supporting the Islamic movement. The report was written to help top UN officials work out how to provide aid to the impoverished country, without an effective central government since 1991

Just for the pleasure of piling on. Rick Mercer is a smug, sanctimonious twit.

AP, Associated Press, has a poll; and, the results confirm AP's propaganda:

"they ["Net surfers"] tend to be more liberal than conservative."

Net surfers looking for political news

AP ^ | 10/30/6 | Will Lester
WASHINGTON -- The number of people who go online for political news is rising, with more than one-third saying they check the Internet for such information. This group is more likely to be younger, better educated and male than the population in general, an Associated Press-AOL News poll found. While 35 percent say they check the Internet for political updates about campaigns and candidates, that number grows to 43 percent of likely voters -- and they tend to be more liberal than conservative. With the Nov. 7 elections nearing, the online audience is getting deluged with e-mail and election updates...

Comment:

Bravo! Just as our Founders were pamphleteers who put their words to paper to persuade those around them about what they felt passionate about, we see that the Internet is the world's biggest printing press. No longer are we poor prisoners, kept hungry and blind by the High Gatekeepers of the Evening News, we are set free to learn, to be fed, to breathe free!

Goodnight, Chet. Goodnight, David. Goodbye, Dan. The marketplace of free ideas has thrown off the yoke of tyranny. ...-

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STOPIGGY. STOPCODERRE.

The Liberal Party prides/preens itself as the party of: tolerance, inclusivity, blah, blah.

The Liberal Party is nothing of the sort. The Liberal Party is anti-Israel, anti-American; pro-Hezbollah.

The Liberal Party is a divisive force in Canada. Their policies would tear Canada apart.

Fear the Liberal Party. Fear Iggy-Coderre. ...-

Globe | Lysiane Gagnon::Mr. Ignatieff’s lose-lose Quebec proposition

Under the erratic guidance of Michael Ignatieff, the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party of Canada has happily gone down the road to political suicide. This, in itself, is unimportant. In politics, as in life, suicide, assisted or not, should be tolerated. The problem is that the Liberals are bringing the rest of the country along with them.

In the foolish hope that a veiled promise of recognizing Quebec’s national character in the Constitution would give them back the lost votes of Quebec francophones, the Liberals are unleashing a process that will inevitably lead to division and resentment throughout the land, and end in abject failure.

The first victims will be Quebeckers who are offered something that cannot be delivered. It is beyond cynicism to exploit their visceral desire for official recognition by false promises. Mr. Ignatieff could be excused for not realizing that a revisiting of the Meech and Charlottetown sagas should be off the agenda of any sensible politician. He waded into the constitutional quagmire without charting the territory, without knowing where it would lead him. Whether by naiveté or hubris, Mr. Ignatieff seems to believe that he can succeed where everybody has failed for the past 30 years. ...-