Hezbollah’s reluctant human shields (via Jeff);
Roadblocks have been set up outside some of the villages to prevent residents from leaving, while in other villages Hizbullah is preventing UN representatives from entering, who are trying to help residents leave. In two villages, exchanges of fire between residents and Hizbullah have broken out.
Meanwhile, in Canada, criticism of the Harper government’s sole-source contract to purchase heavy-lift air transport for the Canadian Forces has been replaced by criticism of the Harper government’s efforts in extracting thousands of Canadian citizens wanting to leave Lebanon.
Graham is the guy in the middle with the feathers in his mouth. Garbage in; nuanced garbage out. …-
Quote of the Campaign:
“Mr. Harper is proud of the fact he wasn’t nuanced about this,” Graham said. “Nuance has kept us in a position where we could help. Lose the nuance and you lose your capacity to act and help others … .we lose our position to work with moderates.”
voy forums
Does anyone know if there is a requirement to actually come to Canada to get a passport, to actually set for on Canadian soil, or do we just mail them over?
Crackerjack boxes.
maybe scratch and wins.
whatever it is it aint enough. how could the “mop and pail” say the reason is “canada welcomes Lebanase immigrants” when they havent even immigrated.
as always the social benefits of the Canadian Looney Bin exceed the minisule costs for those that want to exploit them. Immigration lawyers must cause this.
@ George:
East Prussia in 1945 was the
largest civil evacuation on record.
From the Prime Minister’s Web Site (http://www.pm.gc.ca/)
Statement by the Prime Minister on Cyprus airlift
July 19, 2006
Paris, France
Excerpt:
“As you know, I was originally scheduled to return to Ottawa from Paris tonight.
“Because of the seriousness of the situation – and our relative proximity to Cyprus – I have decided to take the Canadian forces aircraft we have been traveling on to help airlift evacuees back home.
“The aircraft will be stripped down to only a skeleton staff, including Laureen and myself, to free up the maximum number of seats for evacuees.”
(The Parliamentary Press Gallery,aka PPG, Paris sub-Branch, has been convened in an extraordinary session to consider retaliatory measures. The bar closes at 5:00 AM Parisian; beware of the rush at last call.)
Skill testing question for anyone with an idea, Ok, we fly over here 30k “Canadian Citizens” that have no residence here in the great white north, what the heck do we do with them when they get here. Why do I foresee a whole lot of single military guys sleeping in tents on a sun baked parade square as their barracks are taken over by these evacuees or will these fine upstanding citizens all be claiming they “stayed in a holiday express last nite” at govt expense, second skill testing question, when this all dies time again, and it will, does the Canadian Taxpayer then fork out again to fly these “Canadian Citizens” back to the ME
I’d be interested to hear the liberal solution for the evacuation. Would it be a la tsunami: 1. stay on vacation; 2. rent a helicopter in the area and fly around with a press entourage saying “Tsk, tsk, oh my goodness”; 3. determine which ethnic demographic you most want to court favour with in Canada; 4. three weeks after the fact dispatch the “rapid response team”; 5. insult George Bush?
I find it amazing that the libs are howling about the pace of evacuating tens of thousands of people when they sneered at the “aircraft carriers” (in fact amphibious mother ships capable of accessing and egressing trouble spots) in a previous election, got rid of the heavy lift helicopters, and failed to procure a strategic aerial heavy lift capability for the CF long after the need became blatantly apparent.
Finally, once these twenty to forty thousand “Canadians” are evacuated, it is reassuring to know that they won’t need any government arranged accomodation in Canada once they land up here since they’ll be staying in their own permanent homes, or with the close family they left while they were temporarily in Lebanon. Or might this be the acid test of their Canadian bona fides?
…good post ET.
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Wonder how many MSM will be at the airport fight for position and demanding pictures and interviews with the rescued passengers?
You know, like the zeal they portray when the body bags and coffins come over from Afg.
ET: Thank you for being so eloquent. You have said it exactly how many are feeling. Great post.
Here is the scenario that will unfold when Mr. Harper goes to Cyprus to pick up evacuees.
( My prediction…I hope it does not happen but I bet it will having seen the antics of the liberal rubbish generating machine, the ndp airheads, and the MSM lampreys.)
This quote has already appeared as part of an article.
“Only Harper’s wife, Laureen, a couple of his communications staff and his official photographer, will join him on the 3 1/2-hour flight to Cyprus where the first boatload of Canadian evacuees from Beirut was expected to arrive”.
Pretty bland stuff right, and evidence that he is stripping the aircraft to get a load of evacuees on board.? He is to be applauded right?
Surely you jest….this is a photo-op….Mr. Harper is being a crass, heartless S.O.B. by not booting the photographer off the plane as his/her presence is clear evidence of a public relations effort, staged at the expense of an (one) evacuee….that bastard PM.
Imagine, a poor child left alone on the runway because the PM wants a photo-op. Down with the cruel despotic Busharperhitler!
Anyone want to bet it won’t happen?
Any variation on this theme is subject to the whimsy of the local cretin who relates it to you.
Ahmed from Kuwait throws freshly minted camel-patties at Nasrallah (cursed be his memory),Hezbollah and its stooges in Lebanon. …-
By Ahmed Al-Jarallah
Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times
THE Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is supposed to be more frank and forthright, and talk about everything without any reservations. He should call spade a spade and declare that it is the adventurists who have destroyed his beautiful country. Siniora should have been frank from the beginning. Now the situation has become unbearable and unacceptable after Hezbollah became a state within the state of Lebanon.
With his uncalculated and reckless adventures Hassan Nasrallah has led the people of Lebanon and the Arab world into disaster. He has exposed Lebanon to unnecessary risks under the orders of outsiders, who are telling him what to do. These outsiders are instructing Nasrallah to play political games, which are not in the interest of Lebanon or people of Arab countries.
In this situation remaining silent is not an option. …-
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/opinion/view.asp?msgID=1245
Right, Rich. Here is one of the cretins left behind by Chretien; Arbour, ex-Supremo is spouting nuance, also. It’s Cretin’s revenge.
See, PM Harper knows this and is flying scared of Arbour. Cretin’s revenge is worser than Montezuma’s revenge as is widely known by Paul Martin, Jr., and Warren Kinsella. …-
UN rights head sees possible Mideast war crimes (By Israel of Course)
Reuters ^ | July 19, 2006 | Richard Waddington and Robert Evans
GENEVA (Reuters) – The scale of killing and maiming of civilians in Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territory of Gaza could constitute war crimes, the United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said international humanitarian law was clear on the need to protect non-combatants in any conflict. …-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668697/posts
Merde. Zee camel and zee chantecler/rooster are conflabbing a Paris. Watch for zee perfidy and zee back-stabbing and zee treacheree.
Who will come out on top? The camel wins, right? …-
Saudi, France to seek common stance on conflict
AFP/Expatica ^ | July 19, 2006
RIYADH, July 19, 2006 (AFP) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was due in Paris Wednesday for talks with French President Jacques Chirac aimed at finding a joint stance on the conflict in Lebanon, press reports said …
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668683/posts
The US appears to have about 6,000 to evacuate as opposed to our 30-40,000.”
“I would like a job with your company”
Really ? Thats Great!
“O.K. We will hire you”
“Excuse me you haven’t been coming to work”
“I am keeping my old job”
I thought you wanted to work for my company?”
” I might, but I am keeping my old job and i will come and work for you only if I need to”
Why did you apply to my company when you didn’t want my job?”
“Because I can!”
when are we going to get on with the war on the MSM , the weapons of mass delusion??
when will the Isrealis say they captured South Lebanon—LOONEY BIN LADEN?
Just wondering, since they are ‘Canadians’ weren’t they expected to pay for their return fare anyway?
So why should we, the taxpayers, not on six month long vacation, pay for this?
The US and Canada had better screen these evacuees very, very thoroughly, especially in light of Hezbollah stating today that they had 2000 volunteers trained and ready “take aim at” the US. In place here? On their way? What are we to infer by that comment? What a better way to insert them than in the pandemonium of a mass evacuation.
I don’t know how true this is, but because I would have guessed that the majority would be Lebanese Christians:
Most of them are Shi’ite Muslims, many of whom hold dual U.S. and Lebanese citizenship. Many are anchor babies born here to Muslims in the U.S. illegally. Some are illegal aliens who became citizens through rubber-stamping Citizenship and Immigration Services (and its INS predecessor) coupled with political pressure by spineless politicians.
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/07/most_americans.html
It’s time to put an end to dual citizenship and anchor baby citizenship. Five years after 9/11, why haven’t the gutless wonders in Congress cleaned up these loose edges?
I just booked a ticket to LebaLiberalnon. One way! Its the cheapest way to fry.
Reuters ^ | July 19, 2006 | Richard Waddington and Robert Evans
GENEVA (Reuters) – The scale of killing and maiming of civilians in Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territory of Gaza could constitute war crimes, the United Nations human rights chief said on Wednesday. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said international humanitarian law was clear on the need to protect non-combatants in any conflict. …-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668697/posts
Well in that case, Madam Arbour will be sure to indict the Hezbollah and Hamas leadership and “fighters” who deliberatly target civilians as policy, as well as the Government of Syria for providing logistical support to the Hezbollah and the Government of Iran who raised trained and sponsored the Hezbollah in the first place.
She will, no doubt, be reeling off the indictments on the front lawn of Parliament hill first thing tomorrow…….
I give 3 months till the Lebanon ?refugees get organized back here in Canuckistan and begin the Religion Of Peace, Hizbollacks terrorist campaign that is orchestrated by Irans mullah-muckers!
Date 19 July 2006…..counting…
Actually,maybe we should be approaching these’Canadians of convenience’from a completely different angle.
If we can get them to recruit their friends and neighbors who are not already Canadian,we will have a completely new province in no time!…can’t recommend the neighborhood though…
Incredible howler on CTV news tonight.
Murray Oliver is doing a report.
He says “But Israel is ignoring public opinion.”
Then they immediately cut to a Hamas(!) spokes-terrorist.
Is there no editorial overview of this crap?
CTV tass is just as bad as CBCpravda , same opinions but just not funded the same.
Lloyd Robertson was CBC replacing the old drunk Harvey Kirk.
Since these “poor” souls would have been flying “home” to the country they love anyways, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind chipping in around 1600.00 bucks a head at tax time for their flight.
Seems fair to me.
Check Cheadle’s mantra… nuanced, eh, Willy? Balanced and moderate, eh, Willy? …-
All, repeat, all 21 Canadian MSM hacks left behind: Boag, Copps, not Cheadle, Messley, Peter Pan, Duffy from PEI,
Margolis, VD, Janey, and Addled, and Mr. Magoo/CTVOliver, and, not Zolf (too old), MacDonald, ….?
Excerpts snipped: (not in numerical order).
“All this activity on what was supposed to be the final day of Harper’s overseas mission provided a counterweight to Harper’s pro-Israel mantra over the past week.”
“That’s in part because all 21 Canadian media travelling with the prime minister were left behind in Paris”.
Harper’s (Canadian PM) First Major Diplomatic Foray Ends with Dramatic Flight to Cyprus
cnews.canoe.ca ^ | July 19, 2006 | Bruce Cheadle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668801/posts
Agreed – CTV is as bad as CBC. Both are pure Liberal hacks, which means, both are pure propaganda. Not a shred of fact, analysis, question. Just propaganda.
Saw, for the 30 seconds I could bear to watch it, a CTV ‘expert’ claiming that, guess what, Bush is ‘behind it all’; that Israel is the toady of the US, is funded by the US and is currently, doing what the US wants it to do. AND, that if the US wanted this current war to stop, all it would have to do, is tell Israel, and zip, Israel would instantly come to a screeching stop.
So much for Israel as a sovereign nation. And so much for any understanding and analysis of Islamic fascism.
Andrew Coyne has an excellent article about Harper’s ‘lack of nuance’, mocking the Liberal/NDP sophists who decry this ‘lack’, who moan for the noble sanctity of dithering and fence-sitting. Coyne is stating that Harper’s position is exactly right.
andrewcoyne. dot. com…”Harper knows the game has changed”. Really a very good column.
I just got this terrible picture of Stephen Harper , dressed in camp clothes with 300 refugees singing “kumbuya” and “99 bottles of beer on the wall” with refugees that dont speak english in the airplane.
the craft is stripped down.
its a CBCpravda broadcast, Kneel McDonald comes on and says, “critics say -beer is non-muslim,and kumbaya is considered dishonouring Allah yet the prime minister persists”
Kneel McDonald SEEBEESEEpravda somewhere over the north atlantic.
Part One: Points to consider in the days and weeks ahead as the issue of ‘Dual Citizenship’ is debated:
3w. voyage.gc.ca/main/pubs/retirement_abroad-en.asp
“Canadian citizenship can be relinquished only through a specific act of renunciation. An individual has to apply to Citizenship and Immigration Canada ….specifically for this purpose to begin the process of terminating Canadian citizenship.”
” Taxation Issues & Severing Canadian Residency
You cannot terminate your Canadian citizenship or residency simply by living in another country.
To terminate your residency, you have to leave Canada on a permanent basis, sever your residential ties with Canada and establish residential ties in the country you are moving to.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) determines non-resident status on a case-by-case basis, so consult a tax advisor about the necessary steps you should take.
Retaining Canadian residency does not necessarily put you at a disadvantage.
Depending on your situation, your actual tax liability could be lower than the non-resident withholding taxes imposed on your Canadian pensions and investment income.”
“A regular pattern of visits to Canada can be regarded as evidence of continued residency, especially if you have family connections in the country. If you retain ownership of your home, you should lease it on a non-revocable basis; if you have ongoing access to it, it may still be regarded as your residence.”
Part Two: Points to consider re: Dual Citizenship
Pension Benefits:
“CPP/QPP benefits are paid outside Canada as long as all conditions of eligibility continue to be met. OAS is paid outside Canada if the pensioner lived in Canada for at least 20 years after age 18.
…. Canada’s OAS system is intended to guarantee a minimum income to retirees, and benefits are subject to an income test. You can receive OAS benefits outside Canada, but generally you must file an annual return reporting your worldwide income.”
“Canada imposes a withholding tax on “passive” income paid to nonresidents from Canadian sources. Canadian-source income subject to non-resident withholding tax includes interest, dividends, rental income, registered retirement savings plan income, registered retirement income fund income, and pension income….
The rate of non-resident withholding tax is 25 percent. This tax may be reduced according to the terms of tax treaties between Canada and other countries.”
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/main/pubs/retirement_abroad-en.asp
“What if I lived or worked in another country?
Canada has international social security agreements with many countries. These agreements can help you get pensions or benefits from either country.”
***nOTE THIS:*
If you did not live or work long enough in another country to qualify under its rules, the time you spent there may be added to your time in Canada to enable you to meet eligibility requirements.”
3w. fin.gc.ca/news99/data/99-007_1e.html
“The Government of Canada and the Government of the Lebanese Republic, desiring to conclude a Convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, have agreed……
…”This Convention shall apply to persons who are residents of one or both of the Contracting States.”
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Health Care Guidelines:
“Provincial health care programs terminate eligibility after periods of prolonged absence from Canada, typically six months. In most cases, you must be physically present in your Canadian province of residence for 183 days of each calendar year to maintain your health care coverage. The rationale for this requirement is that, when you are out of the country, you are not paying provincial sales tax or the Goods and Services Tax, both of which help to pay for medical care.”
….” In some provinces, you can avoid the requalification period by waiving your right to coverage while you are out of the country. This way, you will be covered immediately upon your return, even though you were out of the country for more than six months.”
Andrew Coyne is doing a good job of keeping the looney left at bay. the nuance thing has been a good one.He was laughing at peter pansbridge two nights ago.
The left never figure out that somewhere, sometime in this eroded society someone has to draw a line in the muskeg.
I agree Cal. I’ve never heard such a venemous tone from old Mansbridge when he was ‘grilling’ Peter Mackay about the ‘delays’ in getting Canadians out of Lebanon. He lost any shred of journalistic objectivity that he might have had.
It was fun to hear Coyne tell Mansbridge that ‘this obviously upsets you’, to which Mansbridge squeeked out ‘Me?’ as if he’s just reflecting what everybody else believes…
It’s been interesting to watch CTV/CBC/Globe and Mail fall all over themselves to try to make some of this stick to Harper. They think they’ve finally got a stumble they can ‘work with’. They’ll do their best to give this story some legs, but I don’t think it’s gonna work – Harper just out maneuvers them with logic..Luv it!
IRAN: LEFTIST WEBSITE CLAIMS U.S. PLANES FLEW OVER TEHRAN
ADNKI ^ | 7/19/06
Tehran, 19 July (AKI) – The Farsi-language leftist website Peyknet has claimed in an unconfirmed report that US aircrafts flew over Tehran at dawn on Tuesday, citing anonymous Western sources. Edited by former members of the Iranian Communist party, the online paper alleged that the Iranian government kept the news a secret so as not to alarm the population. The website also quoted the same unnamed sources as claiming that some European embassies were studying plans to evacuate their citizens from Tehran in case of a US attack.
…- free republic
Yes, from the Canadian pespective it’s bizarre to see the eagerness to try and blame Harper while ignoring why there are so many Canadians in Lebanon.
How much taxpayer money flows out to these “Canadians”?
Did they fill out their census forms???
Lebanon – 10,400 sq.km 3.8 million people
Israel – 20,770 sq. km 6.3 million.
So at half the size of Israel, Lebanon refuses to execise control over all of its territory.
You do have to wonder why so many Canadians would be in such a small country which can’t even control its territory. Sounds dangerous to me.
Lebanon’s territory is equivalent to 14.4 Calgarys
(and I think the number on the city website is out of date so the number would be even smaller now)
thank gawd the friggin liberals arent calling the shots right now.
One good thing can come from all the Liberal and National Socialist… opps sorry I mean the NDP, critism of the current government. How now can they object to the purchase of heavy lift aircraft and new ships for the forces? Double whammy on them seeing as the dippers oppose every military purchase and the Libs turned their back on every major purchase in the last thirteen years. As well the whole subject of dual citizen ship has been exposed to the light of day and from what I heard, today, most of the phone ins on addled, thought the forty thousand was a farce. Good on Harper. A man the msm continues to underestimate.
robert…
i’ll second that.
Markpeters, there will be plenty of Hezbollah posing as evacuees leaving that country. No country could have 50,000 people vacationing at one time – in the same place. Didn’t the Hez leaders say they will be in every corner of the earth and will be ready for the call. WOW! They even get a free ride back to this country. I hope our PM does not let just anyone travel with him. Canada sure is stupid if it think we aren’t going to be overwhelmed with these terrorists. It’s high time we get rid of dual citizenship. These guys come here and stay a few years – then go back to the good old mother country and have their CPP and OAS sent to them. Canada is the nearest thing to heaven on earth.
Oh yes- they return when they are sick and you and I are paying through the nose.
All this talk about dual citizenship has me wondering. As a Canuck living and working in the US (hence the handle), I have often thought about being a dual citizen. After all, in reality there is not that much difference between one side of the 49th and the other. It would also get rid of a heck of a lot of paperwork and red tape I have to handle every year. Canada is most likely not to invade the US so loyalties in bearing arms would not be a problem. This seems to be very different from situation in Lebanon where being a Canadian is akin to belonging to the CAA. Unless your car/country breaks down you don’t realize how handy your membership/citizenship is.
Big bravo to PMSH. When will the left/MSM ever acknowledge that PM Harper’s actions speak louder than Lieberal “perfectly clear” photo ops.
To the whiners who complain about the delays in getting people evacuated, stop everything right now, gather all the workers in your company/office or classroom and try to arrange to move all of them to Moose Jaw. And you can’t fit them all on one bus or plane either. Oh yes, try to organize this from say Mahone Bay Nova Scotia. Too tough for you? Now try a few thousand. Do get my point?
“40,000 Canadians in Lebanon”
Canada is just a life boat for them.
Or a good place to get an education for their children.
Knew a nice Iraqi couple while living in the UAE. Bright, hard working, two very smart kids.
They got their landed immigrant status, flew to Canada got their kids set up in good universities. Drove across the border to the States, so there is no record of them leaving Canada, and flew back to the UAE. They will return in a couple of years and pick up their citizenships.
They are just playing the system set up by the government.
If they ever do reside and contribute in Canada it will only be because their options are worse elsewhere or it’s time to retire and collect their benefits.
We’re being played for suckers.
Absolutely nothing makes me angrier than this dual citizenship sh96 we have in this country. I can say it because I also have dual citizenship. Born in the U.S of Canadian parents. Just picture one of these immigrants becoming Prime Minister of Canada. That possibility is not that far fetched. In the States unless you are born there you cannot become the President. This has the possiblity of really weakening our country. The guy can make a mess of Canada and then run back to his homeland. It is the one thing we have to get rid of. That along with multiculturalism is destroying us.
Just when you heard it all let me tell you that there 100,000 Chinese-Canadians living permanently in China. How do we evacuate them if China attacks Taiwan?
more about dual citizenship, my parents and grandparents are British so I am eligible for a dual citizenship(my sister has one)huge amount of paperwork, but I don’t have to live in England to get it or even step foot there.
I listened to the national tonight, (shower now required) and as usual their stats don’t jive with my stats. It was stated that there were over five hundred thousand Lebanese Canadians and yet Stats Can can only account for 135725 in all provinces and territories. I e-mailed this.
“On your newscast tonight it was stated that there were over 500,000 Lebanese Canadians in Canada Yet a careful study of the Stats Can web site gives a total of only 135725 people who identified themselves as being of Lebanese origin.Last modified 2005-01-25. Can you please explain this huge discrepancy in figures and give me your source for your information. Thank-you.”
Waiting for a reply. I have to go shower now.
This blog is unfortunately typical of what passes for discussion in the right wing echo chamber. As long as everyone who posts here agrees that KILL KILL KILL ALL THE BROWN PEOPLE ESPECIALLY THE MUSLIMS is the appropriate response for any problem, then you get to say what you want, as often as you want, and misrepresent the other side as much as you want without fear of approbation by the blog’s “moderator”.
However, if you try to counter the endless repetition of mythemes and hate speech presented here with the citation of facts, you are either: a.) censored by having your post “disappeared” or b.) called a “troll” and lectured about posting “unrelated facts” (according to you). If it weren’t obvious to everyone by now, right-wingers are afraid of facts, because facts don’t respond to sloganeering and hyperbole, which is what Small Dead Minds is really all about. Only irrational fear ensures conservative victory at the polls.
I guess I must have crossed a line by creatively misspelling your name, for which I apologize, but anybody who proudly links to the racist traitor Michelle Malkin shouldn’t feign such sensitivity, either. I guess my civility lapsed as a result of watching post after post of mine be disappeared or responded to by some variation on “Unh — Me think you DUMB LEFTIE huh, huh…”. Not one of the Small Dead Minds has ever tried to honestly refute any challenge to your right-wing talking points I have brought forward in any my posts (that is, the ones that weren’t censored). That’s because you are typical right wingers: basically cowards, except when you can get cops or somebody else’s kids to do your fighting for you.
This blog isn’t about discussion OR debate. It’s an exercise in rhetorical masturbation. And a waste of time.
Let the lying commence….
Flush the troll.
On evacuations I have read that the French evacuted 900,000 from Algeria in three months with others reports stating a total of 1,500,000. I am not sure of either of these stats. Can someone confirm or repudiate these numbers? Links are greatly appreciated. Ignore the troll. It is hairy and has warts as well as bad breath. Trolls are also stupid and prone to posting non-factual data.
“They are just playing the system set up by the government.”
Playing??? Their rubbing it in our faces and CBC is the medium by which they get away with it.
Fat sweaty Lebanese man with Canadian passport.
Screaming insults at the Canadian Ambassador.
In Beruit.
On CBC.
I wish I was making this up.
CBC’s coverage tonight was priceless. Mansbridge starts by reading the total-to-date death count as if it were the Canadian women’s hockey team running up the score on Switzerland, – and does his best to downplay this country’s outrage to come at having 50,000 “Canadians” in Lebanon.
In speaking with Mansbridge, the contrived sneering spite towards Harper’s leadership by Boag and the blonde in Larnaca was disgusting.
Juxtapositioning Harper’s leaving Paris into the footage to imply the PM is grand-standing to the cameras on his arrival to Cyprus and suggesting that somehow they thought Harper was going down to the docks to “greet” these angry “Canadians”, then, leaving the viewer wondering if he was afraid? embarrassed? uncaring? to meet the accidental tourists face-to-face.
Get rid of the CBC now. It wouldn’t be that hard to do considering the CTV is gunning for their spot in left field.
ET – referring to your earlier comments re fake Canadians. I heard on the radio in the last couple of days that if any “Canadians” in Lebanon had expired passports then the paperwork would be dealt with for them. Bear in mind that a passport is for 5 years so where have these “Canadians” been for the past 5+ years?
holy freholy “kill all brown people especially the muslims”, when all I said was “kill ’em all and let Allah figure it out”
Look, it’s just weird as hell if Canada has that many “citizens” in Lebanon. Are you sure the numbers are right? The only estimates I’ve seen of Americans in Lebanon is 25,000, with a population of roughly 300 million. Seriously, how many Canadian expats can there really be?
If you have that deep a proportion of Lebanese-Canadian citizens, I’d bet money you have more Canadian “citizens” living abroad than you do at home.
Are you SURE Canadian “citizens” living overseas cannot vote by absentee ballot? American citizens can.