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Good News,
We have a solution to global warmnig...
gun control is going to slow down the solution and cost of 350 trillion dollars may be a bit of a problem

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/globalwarming/4839985/Scientists-to-stop-global-warming-with-100000-square-mile-sun-shade.html

Joke related by Mark Steyn on Hugh Hewitt's show today:

Q: What's the difference between Obama and Jesus?

A: Jesus knew how to build a cabinet.

"...a good reminder to everyone to always be careful where you dig, obviously in the concrete, but also, I would postulate, in the abstract."

Obama might soon be having his own lake peigneur incident with the way he handles the economy.

The US economy will be disapearing in a small hole before our very eyes if he keeps this up...

Uhmmm.... that solution to global warming might not work the way they want. They projected a scenario for the next 100 years based on climate change continuing at the current rate. Let's see, let me think a bit....since the current climate change rate is a rather steep cooling trend, it would be damned cold in 100 years. And they want to cool it more?

Some comments by Harper is a speech today:

"Conservatives don't believe big government - the welfare state - is the solution to all problems. We didn't believe it before the recession. We're not about to start believing it now. But neither can conservatives believe today that the marketplace - that which I call Wall Street - is the solution to all problems."

Harper told the group that his version of conservatism is summed up "in three Fs:freedom, family and faith."

He said individual freedom is vital but it must be tempered by family and faith.

In Mr. Harper's mind, faith has less to do with a particular religion and more to do with morals, he said.

"Faith in all its forms teaches . . . that there is a right and wrong beyond mere opinion or desire. Most importantly, it teaches us that freedom is not an end in itself, that how freedom is exercised matters as much as freedom itself."

Exactly. We're lucky to have him as PM.

Here's a suggestion I hope you run with Kate. Fairly soon now, it will be time once again for "Earth Hour". where the econuts demand that we all turn off our lights for one hour to demonstrate our concern over global warming.

I would like someone influential (that would be you Kate) to promote a counter-protest. That we turn ON all our lights (including Christmas lights if they;'re still up)during that hour to demonstrate our opposition to global warming lunacy. Spread this across all blogs, around the country and around the world.

OK, it's almost midnight Eastern; those of you in western time zones can catch it in your regular time slot, eastern, try time delay on CTV.

But the Jon Stewart/Jim Cramer tete-a-tete is not to be missed. The Daily Show - be there!

Dirtman, I love the term "econuts". The first time I glanced at it, I saw "coconuts" instead.

Another term I like, which I just heard yesterday was: Obamunists

One has to wonder if this term will become a [sad] historical fact!

ET...where was he speaking? Any links. AI love that declaration of conservatism.

As for the earth DAy eco fad:
I would prefer to not run up my hydro bill. My declaration of libertarianism will be more along the line of saying 'no' and explaining why not.

Run up your hydro bill?

Run up your hydro bill?

Dude. Think.

Besides, we're burning tires.

A tip to those Brits Going up north to measure the ice. Turn around, go home before something bad happens and you die. I spent 15 years hauling on the ice roads up north and that place is not the place for your pretty snow suits, skis and sleighs. You global warming freaks should stay in your cities where you are aware of the local dangers like muggings etc. You are way out of your element.

yeah dirtman - i saw that too, 'econuts', as i was just scanning it registered as coconuts. Made me do a doubletake. Like it. If you came up with it better get a patent.

PMSH made a speech at the Manning Center, ETs quotes are near end of article:

http://www.canada.com/business/fp/story.html?id=1382932

Oh My God Tim, Please, please don't ever post anything like "Good News, We have a solution to global warming" again.

I can't bear it. I actually watched that drivel and was alarmed to find the source of the idiocy is coming from the University of Victoria. I am half of a mind am to throw my life away and duct tape that professor naked to a telephone pole in the dead of this March 12th night. I would surely go to jail for murder because he would be frozen solid by morning from the COLD!!!!! The Ice Road Truckers hae nothing on March in Victoria this year.

Gawd what a load of s**t.

Ahem...
some of us can't afford an to run up the hydro bill.
We burn bush to smoke up the 'hood occasionally.
I'm not one to follow the crowd either.
Hey...have fun with the tires!

What goes up must come down.

Syncro

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re: helicopter crash off newfoundland and tragic loss of life.

say... isn't 16 dead just about how many soldiers we've
lost in af'stan on a yearly (statistical) basis?

so why isn't the leftosphere demanding we shut down the oil rigs
and withdraw to the mainland?

are newfie rig roustabouts... or avalanche victims for that
matter... somehow a lesser species?

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I am NOT impressed by Stephen Harper's comments (which I am seeing for the first time here).

1. "Conservatives don't believe big government - the welfare state - is the solution to all problems. We didn't believe it before the recession. We're not about to start believing it now. But neither can conservatives believe today that the marketplace - that which I call Wall Street - is the solution to all problems."

The welfare state hasn't been the solution to any problems as far as I know. Most people, including those on welfare, want to be productive but they easily become victimized by the economic tides that are mostly caused by big government: taxation, regulation, wasteful spending, and the welfare state itself. Capitalism is the solution to any and all economic problems, including poverty.

2. "He said individual freedom is vital but it must be tempered by family and faith."

Family responsibilities can certainly lessen one's absolute freedom, but that's not political freedom we're talking about. One should NEVER accept any interference with one's freedom on faith; mysticism is how the totalitarians operate! Actually, faith has no place in human life at all.

3. "Faith in all its forms teaches ... that there is a right and wrong beyond mere opinion or desire. Most importantly, it teaches us that freedom is not an end in itself, that how freedom is exercised matters as much as freedom itself."

REASON teaches us right and wrong; it is man's only tool for acquiring knowledge. Freedom is not an end in itself. The individual human life is an end in itself. Freedom allows us to prolong and support that end.

The longer Harper goes on, the worse he looks to me. Not that the alternatives are any better, mind you.

nv53...I won't ask if you are insecure in your athistic faith, but why would you be threatened by the statement that in conservatism you are free to believe in atheism?

Poll:

Do you tust Michael Ignatieff"

http://pollshare.myisay.com/index.php/show/poll/id/2216

"Not that the alternatives are any better, mind you."

That's the understatement of the year.

nv53..also wondering:
Your point#1
You actually confirm PMSH's statement WRT big government(welfare state). Is it possible you misunderstood the text?

NV53:

1. The welfare state is known by many other names most dramatically "the war on poverty" a war that has cost the US ten trillion since it was first declared and has done nothing but prolong misery. It was and continues to be proposed as a solution by many.

2. You believe that I am not going to come over to your house and beat the snot out of you. Faith is everywhere. Rights exist for lots of things : individual property and family they are not designed exclusive from one another and there are times when idiividual rights take secondary status unless you are some kind of aclu freakazoid.

3. Reason is a method of thought it in and of itself teaches you nothing. "faith" as harper is using the term provide the ethical basis of right and wrong.

RW and Agent Smith.....at least you can get something useful out of a coconut...econut? Not a hope.

Wait for it Syncro...the lefties will be bitching that the chopper is polluting the Atlantic.

NV53 - you twist words good enough to be a CBC reporter.

Iggy lies so you cant get your EI.

apparently the house of sober second thought hadnt got around to reading the bill after two weeks. and neither had Igmcmuffin the egghead leader.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090312/liberals_budget_090312/20090312?hub=TopStories

oh Iggy, Danny Whine Williams will be some mad 'bout you bye.

what has happened to Borat Dion?

he has been very scarce in the house of commons.

scarce enough to be a senator.

"A tip to those Brits Going up north to measure the ice. ..... You are way out of your element."

But go ahead and pet the nice cudly polar bears. That will make a nice story for the survivors to tell the folks back home!

Drudge called this one a "shocker":

"Citi doesn't need more government capital: Parsons"

A brief description of Jon Stewart's interview of Jim Cramer:

"Stewart hammers Cramer on `The Daily Show'"

Help make a lefty blogging confab go disasterously wrong and nominate Kate to blog the G20 in London. Details here.

http://www.thesurlybeaver.ca/index.php?itemid=753

Help make a lefty blogging confab go disasterously wrong and nominate Kate to blog the G20 in London. Details here.

http://www.thesurlybeaver.ca/index.php?itemid=753

Help make a lefty blogging confab go disasterously wrong and nominate Kate to blog the G20 in London. Details here.

http://www.thesurlybeaver.ca/index.php?itemid=753

Help make a lefty blogging confab go disasterously wrong and nominate Kate to blog the G20 in London. Details here.

http://www.thesurlybeaver.ca/index.php?itemid=753

Oops sorry about the multiple posts.

Harper talking about conservatism?

It is to cry that this abomination even uses the word. If he ever understood its meaning he long ago forgot it, when votes overcame principle.

Harper talking about conservatism?

It is to cry that this abomination even uses the word. If he ever understood its meaning he long ago forgot it, when votes overcame principle.

Last night on David Letterman opening monologue, he brought up subj of Sarah Palin's daughter and boyfriend breaking up. He said the Russians could see it coming for miles away. And Sarah's out in a helicopter with a rifle looking for him.

Question: Am I too sensitive and Palin's daughter's relationship is fair game or it's should be out-of-bounds and Letterman's a lefist idiot taking jabs at a republican?

Phil - no you are not too sensitive on this issue. Letterman's dilema is that of all the late-night shows. They all love Obby and will not go after him in any negative way. What does that leave them? Most any Republican and those close to them.

Expect to see and hear alot more of that kind of stuff as time goes on and Obby falls farther into failure. They will do it to deflect attention from the annointed one.

Ruby Red MotoCross? What's up, Doc? Iggy's Hog was left on the cutting room floor.
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"Indeed, it was suggested in the captions that only the motorcycle photos were fabrications, meaning that Ruby Dhalla did pose for the "girlie lineup" shot in the same outfit as in the allegedly doctored motorcycle photos."
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May be doctored? Ruby Dhalla is sounding less certain today

Yesterday news broke of an effort by Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla to prevent the DVD distribution of Kyon? Kis Liye?, a Bollywood-style movie she starred in, filmed in Hamilton in 2003.

The film has already seen theatrical release.

She alleges, among other things, that the promotional still photos were doctored, with her head being superimposed on another woman's body.

Today, though, she seems less certain."
http://stevejanke.com/archives/284239.php

Next up? Government made/recycled toilet paper. To be rolled/doled out next week. One sheet/single ply per capita.
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"Foaming controversy as socialized suds hit NB Liquor shelves (New Brunswick Gov't Made Beer!)

New Brunswick is rolling out its government-brand suds across the province on Thursday in a strategy to keep people from heading across the border in pursuit of discount beer.

The new brand is designed to staunch the bleeding of beer sales in border communities, but it is infuriating local brewers and at least one Quebec business owner."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205765/posts

Good grief, what next?

"*The account makes no mention of grief counsellors."

assumed = ass you and me.
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"GRIEF THERAPY
Is Talking about Loss Good for You?

For years, grief counselors have assumed that people need to talk about emotional loss and work through their trauma. But research suggest that, for many, such proactive grieving might be harmful."
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,612996,00.html
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*urlm.in/bxex

I for one will not be leaving my lights on Earth Hour, although I am for obvious reasons hoping for some global warming. Opened my power(+ eheat) bill today and found out it was $888.00!!!! After the guvm't gets their tax money of course.

"Photo Gallery: Atheists Take to the Streets"

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-40571.html

The agnostics stayed home.

Think I'll go down to the storage locker and get out some Christmas lights so I can be lit up outside as well as inside.

Nothing feels finer than pissing off a Greenie.

I'll also wear my "Earth First, We'll Log the Other Planets Later" T Shirt.

That really winds up the "my-shit-doesn't-stink-but-yours-does" crowd of smelly old hippies.

nv53 - I don't agree with you on a fair number of points.

1. I think Harper is right, rejecting the welfare state (as do you) but, accepting that the state has a role doesn't mean that one is denying the validity of capitalism. What Harper was saying, if I understand him, was that if you rely ONLY on the market place, you end up with a situation of 'might makes right' - a Hobbesian world where the bullies or mafia rule the market.

The state has a role in setting up laws, boundaries, within which the market place operates.

Capitalism is economic actions based on private property and isn't contradictory to 'the market place'.

2. You say that 'faith has no place in human life at all'. I'm an atheist and I say that faith has an extremely important role in human life.

I don't mean faith in a metaphysical agent who will look after me; I mean faith in the continuous expansion of knowledge, based on reason..over many many long years. AND, faith in the fallibility of man - we'll get it wrong many times and must be open to dissent and criticism.

After all, our current knowledge is based on faith; faith in the work of many previous generations, whose efforts we accept as valid.

3. And it is how freedom is exercised that is important. Is it vital to my freedom to insult and denigrate you?

And, although individual human life may be 'an end in itself', it cannot be a singular end, for no human lives as an isolate being but among a community - even if he doesn't ever speak to a sole person.

Harper's speech came rather close to Pope Benedict's Regensburg paper - a magnificent examination of faith and reason. But then, I'm an atheist..and a fan of Aristotle, so what can I say?

More about the caonima protests:

(NYT warning) Michael Wines, A Dirty Pun Tweaks China’s On[snip]ne Censors

Since its first unheralded appearance in January on a Chinese Web page, the grass-mud horse has become nothing less than a phenomenon...

The grass-mud horse is an example of something that, in China’s authoritarian system, passes as subversive behavior. Conceived as an impish protest against censorship, the foul-named little horse has not merely made government censors look ridiculous, although it has surely done that.

It has also raised real questions about China’s ability to stanch the flow of information over the Internet — a project on which the Chinese government already has expended untold riches, and written countless software algorithms to weed deviant thought from the world’s largest cyber-community...

Watching the news conference from St. John's about the S-92 crash.

If the news industry ever needs to see examples of why they are a dying industry, they need only watch a re-run of this conference.

"How did the one confirmed death get out of the helo?"

And that was one of the more sensible questions these morons are asking.

Makes a body want to wander into the room and just start kicking these idiots in the nads.

Thomas Crimmins, Buying Time with Iran: The F-22 Fighter

Military deployments and arms transfers have long been used by the United States to reassure nervous allies and to forestall undesirable actions. In keeping with this tradition, the United States should consider the forward deployment of the F-22 as a means of signaling its resolve on the Iranian nuclear issue. Washington should also consider rescinding the Obey amendment restrictions on F-22 export to pave the way for its eventual transfer [to Israel]. This action could buy policymakers much-needed breathing room, allowing nuclear diplomacy with Iran time to run its course and, hopefully, to succeed.

Hurricanes and such stuff:

http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/~maue/tropical/