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IS CANADA GOVERNABLE?

www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=0b0b74e8-4594-4ec3-93ac-d7cea58b0e19

"It should come as good news that in 2005 the teenage birth rate in the United States dropped to a 65-year low."

Should it?

www.alternet.org/sex/54534/

I'm probably 5 pounds lighter than I would be if fast food workers weren't so intolerable, so I have a hard time taking sides in this one:

Police: Man Upset Over Manners Punches Wendy's Worker In Face

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19490298/

A good article about the bogus Deseronto land claim:

Whose land is it? The facts aren't in

www.canada.com/nationalpost/columnists/story.html?id=7df81d91-524d-47f7-9bd2-125bba74579e

Canadians appear to be losing knowledge when it comes to the most basic questions about Canadian history, politics, culture and geography ... (they) performed abysmally on some questions," the firm said in a statement.

Only 4 percent knew the three requirements a citizen had to meet to be able to vote while only a third could correctly identify the number of provinces and territories. Just 8 percent knew that the Queen is the head of state.

uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2924580120070629?feedType=RSS&rpc=92

Who could ever vote for this guy, after this.

http://infidelsarecool.com/2007/06/27/voinovich-disgraces-himself-on-hannity-very-entertaining-audio

Mohawks vow armed violence:

http://www.caledoniawakeupcall.com/updates/070628cp4.html

" Thu Jun 28, 4:34 PM
Canadian Press

DESERONTO, Ont. (CP) - Mohawk protester Shawn Brant says his supporters will be armed to defend themselves if police try to keep them from blocking Highway 401 and the CN rail line near Deseronto, in eastern Ontario."

America: The Beautiful Again.
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A World in Flux

Immigration Implosion

The President never understood why so many Americans were furious about the bill—witness the administration’s condescension toward, and abuse of, its critics.

There is an elemental anger over the issue, even if poorly articulated and sometimes contradictory. But the furor arises from a weariness with 5-pound bilingual phone books or having to select English over the phone as the preferred language.

People were tired of being told by courts that we are a racist society unless we supply interpreters at great cost to those who do not enroll in English classes. There is rampant fraud in areas that Americans were warned since infancy were the third-wires of our legal system such as authentic Social Security numbers and legitimate names. And the most grating was the complete neglect of immigration laws by city- and local officials due to the sanctimoniousness of the race industry on the left and the profit-above-all of the corporate right.

The average, maligned as a racist, middle-class voter (note the bipartisan rejection of the bill) was tired of having to buy insurance, get a driver’s license, ensure his car registration—and then get on highways where thousands simply chose not to. That they did so, because many or perhaps even most were ill-paid and without apparent resources was ironically an argument against more illegal immigration.

In short—the days of ethnic pressures (remember a trembling Gray Davis in California) to issue driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, or the Orwellian effort itself to ban the use of “illegal alien” for “undocumented worker” are for now over....-
http://victordavishanson.pajamasmedia.com/

Do you know your Canada?

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=4f9e89c2-7fa3-45fc-9234-bdcbb7c54bab&k=88749&p=1

I got 57 out of 75 correct. But the funny part was how they got the answer to the first question wrong:

1) In 1535, which famous European explorer charted the St. Lawrence River, with assistance from Native peoples, and claimed the region for France?

Answer, according to Star-Phoenix
1) Samuel de Champlain

Which is odd, since Samuel de Champlain lived from 1567-1635. I think they mean Jacques Cartier.

BCE has just agreed to be taken over by a group of institutional investors whose lead particiant is the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan fund. There are also two U.S. private-equity forms in the takeover. The winning bid was an all-cash $42.25/share.

Teachers' has gotten the majority stake: 52%. That's who's going to have control over Maw Bell unless the deal falls apart.

We think we had problems with Kleptocrats "losing" cashup here...the US department of defense has a budget like a small country but it's accounting practices can only come up with 75% accountability..what's 25% of a trillion? ...check this out:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55332

" Engle confirmed the DOD is the major agency in the U.S. government experiencing material weaknesses in financial reporting. (...) "There's no way for DOD to 'lose' billions of dollars," Irving explained, "It's more like the DOD internal audit procedures don't know where billions are.
(...)
Maka noted DOD owns more than 600,000 buildings in 146 countries across the globe.

"The department's assets and liabilities exceed those of WalMart, Exxon, Ford and IBM combined," he wrote. "Add to that an employment roster than includes 1.4 million active duty men and women; 740,000 civilians; 860,000 Guard and Reserve; 2 million retirees and families; and an operating budget in excess of $400 billion." If the department were a country, he said, it would have the world's 23rd largest economy."

"By Fiscal Year 2010, the department expects to have an unqualified opinion on 72 percent of its assets and 79 percent of its liabilities," Maka wrote WND. "The department has made considerable progress."

So I go check out the website of this Nicole Demers broad who wants to make criticizing women a hate crime:

http://www.nicoledemers.com/files/

Prominently displayed on the front page of this Blocquiste battle-axe MP's website is a petition banning fake boobs:

"Pour dénoncer la décision de Santé Canada et du ministre de la Santé, TONY CLEMENT, de permettre de nouveau la commercialisation des implants mammaires au gel de silicone."

My own view is that fake boobs are a human right. If skanks want to stuff their chests then more power to 'em, as long as I don't have to pay for it. En tous cas, Mme. Demers wants a legislature comprised of 79% men to legislate what women can and cannot put in their bodies.

This is progressive? Don't think so. Fight anti-fake boobism!

Speaking of aliens? Please forward this to Paul Hellyer.
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Roswell officer's amazing deathbed admission raises possibility that aliens DID visit ...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858837/posts

What's wrong with this picture.

BCE. Largest take-over in Canadian history. By a group that, in part, earns it's money by teaching our kids falsehoods, if not outright lies.

Exhibit A; An Inconvenient Truth

Rex Murphy nails it.

Society is in social decay because the media, especially TV, 'Dumbs-Down' everything.

Ironicaly, Albert Gore points this out. lol :)

[ Al Gore has been making the case lately that television, in particular, is one of the main agents of our social decay, that TV and the rush for ratings have pushed aside serious matters, deflected the intellect of North America toward the trivial and the inconsequential and away from the enduring and profound: "The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton.] Rex

[ He says this as he travels the world making sure that all the "top acts" and A-list celebrities are solidly booked for his great global warming Live Earth concerts next week. In fact the very quote above comes from a newspaper interview following a special trip to London, England, for a "one-on-one meeting," some "face time" I believe it's called in these circles, with ... Madonna!] Rex

http://www.rbcinvest.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/LAC/20070630/COREX30/Headlines/headdex/headdexComment/14/14/22/

I ran across this little gem a few days ago but because of the server that didn't serve it was lost. The link is (I hope),http://www.reuters.com/article/enviromentNews/idUSL2692468820070626 ,or google reuters carbon offset.Look for peasants may benefit. The article describes how well the current carbon offset market is working. China is recieving 60% of the cash,peasants may trade thier only light bulb for a more efficient one ,maybe. Must reading for those who believe Kyoto will save our planet,and the rest of us who think Mayton should be negotiating with the taliban.

Actually, ron in kelowna, people have been saying for thousands of years that mass media 'dumb down' the intellect. When literacy developed - and it only develops in massively large populations - the small numbers of literate tried to prevent mass literacy. For the same reason- it would have to be dumbed down for the unwashed minds.

It's called 'entropy' - the averaging out to the LCD - lowest common denominator. Nothing wrong with that, frankly - and entropy is a basic law of the universe. Even among our species.

In gratitude on Canada Day
By SALIM MANSUR

...My experience is common with most immigrants in Canada....

...It has been a long time since I stopped seeing myself as a hyphenated Canadian and did what others have done before me in making my unequivocal emotional investment in the country that took me in without any reservation, and gave me a home to be proud of...

torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Mansur_Salim/2007/06/30/pf-4302630.html

254 solitudes, and counting
Diversity makes life more interesting, no doubt. But it isn't enough to build a society on
By MARGARET WENTE

...Canada is divided in more ways than it's ever been before - not only between French and English, or between aboriginal and those of us who aren't...

tinyurl.com/2rr5hs

Kelowna Ron,

Excellent comment.. Scratching the surface..

**[ ........ has been making the case lately that television, in particular, is one of the main agents of our social decay, that TV and the rush for ratings have pushed aside serious matters, deflected the intellect of North America toward the trivial and the inconsequential and away from the enduring and profound: **The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton.**] Rex Murphy**

Consider:

Larry King & Anna Nicole Smith [ad neaseum]

Larry King & Paris Hilton [**]

CNN..[ditto]

These diversions while al Qaeda declares intent to spead conflict to our back yard.

Recent UK attempts and fire car charging Scot airport.

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Sanity prevails as Preston Manning gets the Order of Canada before Don Cherry.

Sanity prevails? Gimme a break. Jean Chretien gets the order of Canada before Don Cherry and that's sanity? Who decides who "merits" and who doesn't? Chretien was the boss when Adscam happened, knowing nothing is no excuse when your in charge.

It appears if anyone hangs around in the news long enough, good, bad or indifferent they qualify.
Looks like the Lefties are on the board of nose pickers.

They tossed in Preston Manning to make it look good. Preston does deserve it, he's a decent human being and was instrumental in the maneuvering Reform to Alliance, which led to the Conservative Party which went from good Opposition to good government.

Looks like Paul Martin is still working on his, he's going to bat for the Indians. It may be a posthumous award for him, anything to do with Indians could take a century.

Michael "A convenient falsehood" Moore's movie "Sicko" opened in Toronto this week. In the movie, he claims that waiting times at London, Ontario's emergency rooms are never more than 45 minutes.

After feeling some chest pain yesterday (Friday), I went to the Emergency room at York Central hospital (in Richmond Hill, just north of Toronto.) I arrived at 6:30 am, and was told there was only one person in front of me. Now I understand triage means you can get bumped if someone with a seriously life threatening problem comes in. In the event, I didn't get called in until 9:30, and even after I changed into the ridiculous gown (why do they make us wear those things?!), I waited another hour before I was seen.

After that, I had some blood taken, vital signs, etc., and had an EKG done. When there were some irregularities in the blood work and the EKG, I was told to rest for a couple of hours while they applied some medications by jabbing an enormous hole in my vein. Then they repeated the blood work and the EKG, and when the results came back clear, I was sent home around 5:00. Total cost: $0

I think this is the tradeoff we're making in Canada; if you really need urgent care when you come in, you get it pretty quickly; if you're there for a broken finger, you're going to wait. But everyone gets looked after eventually. And no one has to worry about going broke.

I truly think the US's problem is the vultures we call malpractice lawyers. Since they generally get 2/3 of the settlement, their incentive is to push every case to make it seem like the doctor was lazy, negligent, and incompetent. Therefore, the doctor, to cover his butt, orders every test imaginable. Of course, this puts an unnecessary load on the hospital's facilities, and slows every one's treatment. In addition, it puts a load on the insurance companies that have to pay for it, so they can't afford to offer affordable health insurance to low income people.

John Edwards is the poster boy for these trial lawyers; no wonder I hate the guy.

The rapture of the Islamic martyr.
Allah made me do it.
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Video: Eyewitness on Flaming Jihadi

Here’s an interview with the woman who described one of the Glasgow terrorists as “enjoying the flames:”
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/

No one said Chretien deserves the Order of Canada. Neither does Elizabeth May, who already has one for some reason.

I still think this country owes Preston Manning a much larger debt than it owes Don Cherry.

FBI: Don't Open DOJ Emails
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**According to an advisory issue this week by the FBI, the Department of Justice has recently become aware of fraudulent spam e-mail messages claiming to be from the Department of Justice, or DOJ.

Based upon complaints from the public, it is believed that the fraudulent messages are addressed *Dear Citizen,* says the agency.
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= TG

Anyone catch the CBC doc on Sikh Extremists partying with some really stupid Canadian politicians- that won't be coming to celebrate Christmas with YOU by the way.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/sikh-politics-canada/index.html

Lolita* in Canada:

Tehran = Indian reservations.

Humbert Humbert = Chretien-Martin-Fontaine-Chiefs (the pedophile).

Lolita = the Indians (the "nymphet").
(*H/T V. Nabokov)
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Reading (and Misreading) Lolita in Tehran
[...]

hrough the memoir, Nafisi extends the questions of perspective and interpretation as she ponders how a nation accepted Ayatollah Khomeini and submitted to him uncritically as the vanguard of freedom and independence. Nafisi’s critics must grapple with this central argument of her book: by choosing Reading Lolita in Tehran as her title, thereby invoking Lolita and Humbert Humbert’s relationship, Nafisi is asking us to consider by analogy the dynamics of the relationship between Ayatollah Khomeini and the people of Iran. In considering this relationship, Nafisi argues that she was able to escape the debilitating power of the theocratic state through reading the great authors such as Nabokov. Nafisi attests to the ordeals that Nabokov’s characters undergo in order to appropriate imagination itself as a vital defense against social and psychological totalitarian institutions. [...]
A most unsettling novel among these selections was Nabokov’s famous story of a pedophile and his “nymphet,” the preteen Lolita. In 1954, when Nabokov attempted to publish the manuscript of Lolita in America, he was declined several times on the grounds that his story was immoral and pornographic. The book was published in France the next year, but it remained banned in both Europe and the United States for many years afterward.

Thus it should be emphasized that for a group of women choosing to read such a book in a country ruled by the Ayatollah, the choice was an extraordinarily brave one. Does it need to be pointed out to critics such as Dabashi that the participants in this underground group knew that they could be arrested if they were discovered and charged with reading such a book? Apparently it does. ...-
http://www.thecommonreview.org/spotlight.html

Gun Facts 4.2 now available!

From the website:

Gun Facts is a free e-book that debunks common myths about gun control. It is intended as a reference guide for journalists, activists, politicians, and other people interested in restoring honesty to the debate about guns, crime, and the 2nd Amendment.

Gun Facts has 89 pages of information. Divided into chapters based on gun control topics (assault weapons, ballistic finger printing, firearm availability, etc.), finding information is quick and easy.

Each chapter lists common gun control myths, then lists a number of documented and cited facts that directly dispute the gun control claim. Thus when a neighbor, editor, or politician repeats some slogan propagated by gun control advocacy groups, you can quickly find that myth, then rebuke.

Just in time for the 4th of July, Guy Smith has just announced his latest edition of "Gun Facts", an absolute must-have resource for the pro-gun community. While those sad individuals who either hate or fear freedom must rely in the emotion of fear, the pro-gun community has the truth, history, human rights and the very laws of nature on our side.

Get your copy today -- it's in PDF format and free. The rights you save will be your own....-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859123/posts

Media Promote Al Qaeda Propaganda, Spinning Fake Beheading Story
NewsBusters.org

Reuters admits they were taken in by false beheaded Iraqis story but refuses to accept responsibility for their error

Remember when you were a kid and got caught telling a lie, but your excuse was that a pal "made you do it" and it was so hard to tell the truth anyway because of this reason or that? It didn't matter to your parents then, did it? Well, here we have Reuters revealing that they fell for a false story about 20 beheaded Iraqis that was planted by insurgents, but do they just admit it and take responsibility? No, they whine that it is "very hard" to get stories in Iraq because it is so dangerous for journalists there.

I can tell we are all rolling our eyes, aren't we?

On the 28th Reuters and the AP along with most major news sources recklessly reported that 20 beheaded bodies were found by "Iraqi Policemen" on the banks of the Tigris River near Salmon Pak, 19 miles south of Baghdad.

I say recklessly because not one of these supposed professional news sources substantiated the story but merely accepted the "news" as fact with no corroboration. This is something we have seen dozens of times since we entered Iraq with these news services explaining away this breach of professional standards by saying that it is just too dangerous for journalists to be in those areas to do the leg work to make sure their stories are true before they publish them.

Rueters found out on the 30th that they'd been had.

BAGHDAD, June 30 (Reuters) - Media reports attributed to Iraqi police of 20 decapitated bodies found south of Baghdad this week were untrue and may have been planted by insurgents to provoke revenge attacks, the U.S. military said on Saturday.

Well, it's nice to see them admit they were made fools of... again. But the rest of this report is a litany of excuse making that befits the proverbial 10-year-old caught lying and blaming everyone and everything else for the lapse. ...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859116/posts

Who is Stephen Harper? It's well known that Eva Avila is the Prime Ministeress of Canada. Who is Stephen Harper?
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Canada Celebrates its 140th Birthday
[...]

Among those in attendance will be Stephen Harper [sic] and a performance by Eva Avila. ...-
http://cfra.com/headlines/index.asp

Petro-Canada proceeding on new $25B oil-sands project

Petro-Canada and their partners in Fort Hills Energy L.P. are moving ahead with engineering and design work on a new oil-sands development in northern Alberta that could ultimately cost $25 billion.

If construction of the new facility is approved next year, production is scheduled to start in late 2011 with 140,000 barrels per day of synthetic crude oil. Once all the phases of the new project are finished in 2015 capacity will be about 280,000 barrels per day.

Just imagine the progress that could be made on batteries, cellulosic biofuels, fuel cells and overall efficiency with the $25 billion!
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Not to mention downstream water shortages. = TG

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