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Have you read the news today...oh boy... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Art...onal/TopStories "The problem is that too many leaders have committed to things that are a decade away knowing that they may not be around when the time comes to fulfill that commitment," Mr. Martin said. "I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that to Canadians, I'm not going to do that to people in the rest of the world who are hoping." -Paul Martin http://www1.pm.gc.ca/eng/news.asp?id=515 The External Advisory Committee on Cities and Communities, created by Prime Minister Paul Martin and chaired by the Honourable Mike Harcourt, former mayor of Vancouver and Premier of British Columbia, was assigned the mandate to develop a 30-year vision for Canadian cities and communities. http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive...5/02/c0436.html "Yes, Canada commits itself - more than ever - to the fight so that we can also bequeath to our children a healthier environment and a more prosperous economy. It will take more than one budget to win this battle. It will require a truly long-term effort", Mr. Dion concluded. http://www.acpd.ca/acpd.cfm/en/section/canaid/articleID/219 Our foreign aid budget has been so severely cut over the last decade that, according to the Canadian Council for International Cooperation, to double it over the next 8 years will only bring it, as a percentage of GNI, to 0.35% by 2010. Canada's ranking among OECD countries with respect to ODA as a percentage of GNI has merely gone from a dismal 18th place among 22 countries in 2001 to a somewhat less than mediocre 12th place in 2002. Canada still trails Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, France, Finland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Looking at the 2005 Federal Budget sure has a lot of long term stuff for 2010-11 and 2015. These are way beyond the mandate for the government, including foreign aid. Paul isn't any better than anyone else and should think before he makes statements like he did today about not making commitments decades into the future.

For the Paul Martin test go to this link(it works) http://www.torsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists...105189-sun.html

Two Liberal MPs board a flight out of Ottawa to Montreal. One sits in the window seat, the other in the middle seat. Just before take-off, a Bloc MP sits in the seat by the aisle. The BLOC MP kicks off his shoes, wiggle his toes, and starts to settle in, when the Liberal in the window seat says, "I think I'll get up and get a coke." "No problem," says the BLOC MP, "I'm by the aisle. I'll get it for you." While he's gone, one of the Liberals picks up the BLOC MP's shoe and spits in it. When he returns with the coke, the other Liberal says, "That looks good, I think I'll have one too." Again, the BLOC MP obligingly fetches the drink. While he's gone, the other Liberal picks up the other shoe and spits in it. The BLOC MP comes back and they all sit back and enjoy the flight. As the plane is landing, however, the BLOC MP slips his feet into his shoes and realizes immediately what has happened. "How long must this go on?" he asks the Liberals. "This fighting between our parties? This hatred? This animosity? This spitting in shoes and pissing in cokes?"

Here's a Paul Martin Test to try. http://www.torsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists...105189-sun.html

A group of terrorists hijacked a plane full of Members of Parliament on their way to Ottawa. They called down to ground control with their list of demands and added that if their demands weren't met, they would release one MP every hour.

Elections are influenced not so much by what the candidate stands for as what the voter falls for. The trouble with political jokes is that sometimes they get elected.

A MP who had changed his views rather radically was congratulated by a colleague."I'm glad youv'e seen the light," he said. I didn't see the light," came a terse reply."I felt the heat."

"Okay,okay,Mr.Harper,so I lies about Same sex marriage and my mistake about the gun registry cost the taxpayers 2 Billion dollars. For goodness sake, I said I was sorry."

Canadian Scientists stopped using mice for experiments and started using Ottawa Federal Politicians.Turns out its quite easy to get attatched to a rodent.

Your sitting on a bench in Ottawa reading a newspaper while eating a sandwich when you notice that there are Five Members of Parliament drowning and there is only enough time to save Three. What do you do? Finish you sandwich or read your newspaper?

The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from the Maple Leaf to a Condom because it more accurately reflects the government's political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually being screwed.

The Four Canadian political leaders had a series of political arguments, and three were always in accord against the fourth. One day,Stephen, the odd leader out, after the usual "3 to 1, majority rules" statement that signified that he had lost again, decided to appeal to a higher authority. "Oh, God!" he cried. "I know in my heart that I am right and they are wrong! Please give me a sign to prove it to them!" It was a beautiful, sunny day. As soon as Stephen finished his prayer, a storm cloud moved across the sky above the four. It rumbled once and dissolved. "A sign from God! See, I'm right, I knew it!" But the other three disagreed, pointing out that storm clouds form on hot days. So Stephen prayed again: "Oh, God, I need a bigger sign to show that I am right and they are wrong. So please, God, a bigger sign!" This time four storm clouds appeared, rushed toward each other to form one big cloud, and a bolt of lightning slammed into a tree on a nearby hill."I told you I was right!" cried Stephen, but his friends insisted that nothing had happened that could not be explained by natural causes. Stephen was getting ready to ask for a VERY big sign, but just as he said, "Oh God...," the sky turned pitch black, the earth shook, and a deep, booming voice intoned, "HEEEEEEEE'S RIIIIIIIGHT!" Stephen put his hands on his hips, turned to the other three, and said, "Well?" "So," shrugged one of the other leaders, "now it's 3 to 2."

Try saying "Senate" and see if maybe we could then more democratic in our one horse political system

You guys are good at this "deal making"but all in your own mind. Keep jusifying the sneaky deals, like all the deals the Libs make.

"Why for this when it was justifiable in the interests of democratic process." Justify the sleazy late night hop into bed with the the Bloc deal by calling it "in the interest of democratic process" I knew you Libs would find a good reason for doing it with the Bloc. How much did they charge?

...And how many times in all the threads did the Liberal posters smack the Tories on their "joining" with the Bloc without consideration to "national unity." Yes, now joining with the Bloc will most likely be called a sacrifice for "national unity". But only if you are a Liberal. Ah,what a wonderful democratic deficient country we live in. Chretin's legacy was Paul Martin. Paul"Let's Make A Deal" Martin's legacy will be retaining power at any cost.

"The Liberals had forged a deal with the NDP and the Bloc Québécois to get the motion carried."-CBC Amazing how the media,the Liberals and the NDP, made the Conservatives the bad guys but a month ago for the same thing,but it's ok for the Libs to do it. What happened to "for the sake of national unity"? Go figure.

A Federal government employee sits in his Ottawa office and out of boredom, decides to see what's in his old filing cabinet. He pokes through the contents and comes across an old brass lamp. "This will look nice on my mantlepiece," he decides, and takes it home with him. While polishing the lamp, a genie appears. "For setting me free, I am granting you three wishes. So tell me what are they?" Genie asks. "I wish for an ice cold Molson right now!" He gets his beer and drinks it. Now that he can think more clearly, he states his second wish. "I wish the NHL hockey strike was over, and the final game for the Stanley Cup was being played ." Suddenly he is rinkside watching the Stanley cup final game. He tells the genie his third and last wish, "I wish I'd never have to work ever again." POOF! He's back in Ottawa sitting in his government office.

A man walked into a Calgary bar and ordered a beer just as Prime Minister Paul Martin appeared on the television. After a few sips, he looked up at the television and mumbled, "Now, there's the biggest horse's ass I've ever seen." A customer at the end of the bar quickly stood up, walked over to him, and decked him. A few minutes later, as the man was finishing his beer, Belinda Stronach appeared on the television. "She's a horse's ass too," the man. This time, a customer at the other end of the bar quickly stood up, walked over to him, and knocked him off his stool. "Damn it!" the man said, bewildered as he climbs back up to the bar. "This must be Liberal country!" "Nope," the bartender replied. "Horse country!"

Same sex marriage...old hat.....let's get to the fun stuff, "plural" marriage as those who do it call it, now that's what marriage is all about. Who's in favour?

And I will always vote for the person who I feel is the BEST candidate for the position regardless of gender,race, or religion. Looking beyond the Federal level, there are plenty of diverse people who represent you at the provincial and municipal level. If you have an ideal person who would make a good Federal candidate in your area then urge them to run, and get your political party of choice to get them as a candidate in the next election. The issues are the important factor not gender,race or religion.

A man was walking along when he spotted a small boy busily constructing something. He approached the boy and was shocked to see him playing with cow manure! For lack of anything better to say, he asked, "Little boy, what are you doing?" The boy replied, "I am making Jack Layton with this manure, Mister." Now thoroughly taken aback, the man asked, "Why are you making Jack Layton? Why not make, er, Paul Martin?" The boy answered, "Oh no Mister, I can't make Paul Martin." "But why not?" asked the man. The boy replied "Well, Mister, there isn't enough here to make Paul Martin."

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. CBC, CTV, and Global show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. Canada is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so? Kermit the Frog appears on the National with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, "It's Not Easy Being Green." Shirley Douglas and her son come from the US and stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, "O Canada." Shirley then has the group kneel down to pray for the grasshopper's health. Buzz Hargrove & Judy Rebick exclaim in an interview with Peter Mansbridge that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his "fair share." Meanwhile, Lloyd Robertson sketches the whole thing in the sand. Finally, the Government drafts the "Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act," retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government. Chretin gets his old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Martin appointed from a list of friends of friends. The ant loses the case. The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a developer who plans to convert it into a halfway house. MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote!

Two candidates for political office inadvertently scheduled simultaneous campaign rallies in the same park of a small Ontario town. After a lengthy round of speeches, the candidates worked their way through the crowd--shaking hands, kissing babies and beaming mightily. Suddenly, the skies opened and it began to rain. One of the candidates fled to take shelter in a nearby restaurant along with half a dozen regulars. The other candidate, however, continued to move through the crowd--shaking hands, kissing babies, etc. "That man's persistence," observed one of the residents, "sure makes it easy to know who to vote for." "Yep," another resident agreed. "Sure can't see myself voting for an asshole who hasn't the brains to come in out of the rain."

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