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Meaningless symbolism. The future of energy will be a result of new technology. As for the present and near future, I'm with T. Boone, drill for natural gas, drill off-shore, drill in ANWR, as well as nuclear, wind and solar.

It never ceases to amaze me how Democrats take a year they should be able to walk into the White House, and make big gains in Congress, and turn it into the complete opposite. How exactly does one propose that a tax hike on gasoline is a good idea in this political and economic environment? Oh, and I guess they don't think much of Hillary Clinton's gas tax holiday idea either.

Once again, more good news from Iraq. Sunni bloc rejoins Iraqi cabinet The main Sunni Muslim bloc in Iraq has rejoined the Shia-led government, in what correspondents called an important step for national reconciliation BBC

Polls are absolutely meaningless until September. Please, nobody post a poll until then. Thanks.

Global Security And The U.S. Election Toronto, May 26, 2008: New York Post report: "Before the debate, only 21 percent of the audience agreed with the motion that "the world is a safer place with a Republican in the White House." Two hours later, the mostly liberal, anti-George Bush crowd had a profound change of heart: 43 percent ended up voting for the motion." Listen to the debate. It's fabulous! Debate

Ahh, a very nice picture of the Messiah! Here's another one that begs for a caption. Pic

I'm almost positive that the first WTC bombing occured on U.S. soil, and was a product of Muslims terrorism. Link I'm sure some of you will recognize one of the names involved, Kaled Shaikh Mohammed. He'd turn out to have a much bigger role in a much larger attack down the road. I guess the convictions and jailings of some of his peers, wasn't quite the deterent the Clinton Administration's law enforcement approach to the problem had hoped for. Go figure.

Hmm, I'm gonna guess a reconstituted nuclear weapons program, after sanctions were coming to an end. One thing that kind of tipped me off, was the centrifuge/centrifuge plans buried around the country. But that's just me.

Yes, but every country that mines uranium, hasn't signed a cease-fire agreement pertaining to a war they started and lost, as well as 14 United Nations resolutions forbidding it to possess such material.

Bingo! And those facts cannot be disputed.

Nope. Not Carlyle, read the article. Not Haliburton, read the article. Not even the ghost of Prescott Bush, read the article. How was the Afghanistan war not just? Al Qaeda was based in Afghanistan. They conducted major terrorist operations out of Afghanistan. They were given a safe haven under the former government of Afghanistan. They were messed up before any military action took place. No, but you'll reach your goal sooner. No they're not. Any objective person could see that. Here's a couple of examples for you. Thousands plan Shiite pilgrimage NAJAF, Iraq — Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims are descending on this city south of Baghdad this weekend for the sect's first free pilgrimage in more than 25 years. "Saddam killed everyone who did this procedure previously. But now this procedure is being done freely, and the Iraqi people are very happy to do this," said Haider Nomman, 22 Link Girls’ attendance doubles in Afghan schools AFGHANISTAN, May 2006 - Girls’ school attendance has doubled in Afghan schools supported by World Vision and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), according to statistics collected by World Vision school monitors. Using baseline numbers from 2004 when World Vision began its school enhancement programming, 8,522 girls were attending schools under the USDA-supported Food-for-Education programme. Two years later, in March 2006, records show attendance at 16,909. Tim Pylate, World Vision’s USDA Food-for-Education programme manager, was ecstatic when he saw the figures, “A 98 per cent increase: it’s incredible. Attendance has doubled!” Link It's not a fact to ignore. FU and your lies.

You've tried this attempt as misinformation in other threads as well. No ethnicity has been cleansed from Iraq or Baghdad. There are still millions of Shia and Sunni living in the Capital. Your attempt to downplay the success over the last year or so, just doesn't jive with reality. More good news: Iraqis lead final purge of Al-Qaeda American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular victories of the war on terror. After being forced from its strongholds in the west and centre of Iraq in the past two years, Al-Qaeda’s dwindling band of fighters has made a defiant “last stand” in the northern city of Mosul. A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10. Operation Lion’s Roar, in which the Iraqi army combined forces with the Americans’ 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment, has already resulted in the death of Abu Khalaf, the Al-Qaeda leader, and the capture of more than 1,000 suspects. Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister, who has also led a crackdown on the Shi’ite Mahdi Army in Basra and Baghdad in recent months, claimed yesterday that his government had “defeated” terrorism Times Online This is a monumental step in progress. Because, as most people know, the sectarian violence was being fueled by Al Qaeda in Iraq, starting most significantly with their bombing of the Golden Dome Mosque in Samarra, which started the violent downward spiral. With Al Qaeda being purged from Iraq, it leaves great opportunity to meet the last 3 of 18 benchmarks left in Iraq.

Not only that, but British Intelligence still stands by the information they gathered. And since Iraq has gone to Niger in the past to purchase uranium or yellowcake, one doesn't have to be a rocket scientist, or nuclear scientist for that matter, to connect the dots as to why they'd be going there again.

But wait? There was no Iraqi nuclear program, right? Cda company snatches up last remnants of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program MONTREAL - A Canadian company that has acquired a massive amount of concentrated natural uranium from Iraq says the U.S. military was behind the secrecy surrounding the transaction. Saskatoon-based Cameco Corp. (TSX:CCO) purchased the reported 550 tonnes of "yellowcake", the seed material for higher-grade nuclear enrichment, in a deal reported to be in the tens of millions of dollars. Cameco spokesman Lyle Krahn said the hush-hush nature of the transaction was at the request of the U.S. military, who supervised the transport of the raw material out of the volatile region. "We were following the request of the U.S. government," Krahn said of the clandestine route the material took to get out of Baghdad and to Canada. Krahn confirmed the yellowcake uranium shipment arrived in Montreal by ship Saturday and is scheduled to be transported by truck to the company's facilities in Ontario The stockpile has been described as the last major remnant of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's nuclear program. Link Remember the uproar from President Bush's State of the Union speech, involving Iraq and yellowcake from Niger? Intelligence the British still stand by, by the way. Well, maybe they didn't need to buy any yellowcake from Africa, because they had a crap load of it already. Oh, and btw, does this qualify as WMD?

Exactly. Reminds me of a famous political alliteration, the nattering nabobs of negativity. Suits them well.

Leave it to Canadians to flame someone who simply stated happy holiday, we're lucky to live where we do. So far, the list of retards consists of g_bambino, HisSelf, follwed closely by August1991. Way to make us all proud, retards! I really didn't want to comment this way, considering the theme of the thread. But some of you are head-shakingly stupid.

More good news from Iraq! New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory Link

You're absolutely right. I just wish we (Canada) had a better name for our holiday. Independence Day, and Bastille Day sound so much better.

Nancy Pelosi and her "energy independence day", from a year ago. Way to go Dems!

Jokes and fantasy aside, the main difference between Mugabe and Cheney, is that Mugabe is a dictator, and Cheney is the VP of a democratically elected government. However, I'll submit the next question for you guys to post. What's the difference between Adolf Hitler and George W Bush? Discuss.

No. His lasting legacy will be a free and democratic Iraq, and possibly Afghanistan. As well as 8 years free of terrorist attacks since 9/11. His short-term legacy associated to him by leftwingers will have little lasting significance.

New Obama flip-flp, this time on gun control. Suprise, suprise, I know all of you are shocked and appalled. It came as a result of the recent Supreme Court ruling on the 2nd amendment.

I propose a novel idea. How about, as Canadians (including the Federal Government), we come up with solutions to problems that doesn't involve some kind of new tax. Why does it seem that every remedy in our Country, revolves around a new tax on someone or something? Talk about beating a dead horse. In Canada, problem/issue = tax, everytime, all the time.

You mean empty sloganeering like this yours? Now, it's true that sectarian violence is pretty much over with, but no ethnicity has been cleansed from Iraq. Unless of course you consider Al Qaeda an ethnicity, because it definitely has been cleansed, especially from Anbar province.

US military to hand back Sunni bastion of Anbar to Iraq BAGHDAD (AFP) — The US military is to hand over security control of the former Sunni insurgent bastion of Anbar province to Iraqi forces in the next 10 days, a US military spokesman announced on Monday. "The handover of Anbar is expected to take place in the next 10 days," Lieutenant David Russell told AFP, declining to provide an exact date. Anbar would be the tenth of Iraq's 18 provinces to be handed back to Iraqi forces by the US-led coalition amid a push to transfer security control of the entire country back to Baghdad. Link