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I already explained why I thought Trump's base voted for him. The alternative was worse in their minds. Fro all we know Trump may have repented for his past sins and been forgiven. I don't know his personal beliefs. You can concentrate on those kinds of things if it will ease your conscience but I think his alleged past has nothing much to do with governing the country and the promises he made to build a wall and take action to make America great again. Saving unborn babies is like saving the Jews being sent to the holocaust. If you don't think that is important there isn't much I can say. If you think Trump's alleged groping is a more important consideration than saving America, we can't possibly agree on much. Hillary would not stop the illegal immigration and in fact probably bring in many more and not deport criminals. America is in a mess with drugs and crime and a lot from undocumented illegals. Obama was hurting the energy industry, blocking Keystone XL, and planning to spend billions on climate change. Hillary was no saint, neither was her husband. She wasn't kind to Clinton's women victims who came forward either. For that matter, nobody is perfect. The Bible says all are sinners and need to be born again. Politics is not made of saints; it has people of all types and kinds. Christians must support their country as well as anyone else and make what they see is the best choice from what there is available.

You are mixing political decisions by government with what Jesus taught to individuals. Government has a responsibility to protect it's country and citizens. Protecting borders and controlling immigration is necessary to protect a nation. All countries do this in some way or another. Jesus did not go into politics of nations. He said his kingdom is not of this world. Communists and liberals love to take verses and try to use them to back up their Communist or liberal ideology of state control or immigration policy. But Jesus was no Communist and did not advocate how the Roman Empire should be run. Jesus said nothing about a border wall. A wall is a legitimate tool to keep illegal aliens and criminals out.

"15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." 1 John 2:15-17 King James Bible

That's your own definition of things which is not correct. Everyone should be treated with respect regardless of what they do. Unfortunately Trudeau doesn't do that when he puts his own spin on who get funding for student summer jobs and stuffs his personal immigration views down everyone's throat. He goes on twitter and says any and all are welcome to come in to Canada and thousands answered his call to come in illegally, including many with criminal records or security risk who we can't get rid of now because their home countries won't take them back. But many in the left believe in open borders and that the world should be invited in. Pointless to get into the abortion debate now.

Yes. Much like globalists and leftists vote to impose their ideology on everyone in the country.

I think many people who like to use Trump to throw dirt at Christians fail to understand Trump's base's point of view. I think the reason why many evangelicals reportedly supported Trump is quite simple. Obviously they don't support the immoral things he may have said and done in his past. But they heard his promises and saw some merit in that. There were only two choices with any chance of winning, Clinton and Trump. Hillary being a vocal supporter of pro choice or pro abortion rights would automatically disqualify her there in the minds of those who believe in the sanctity of life of the unborn particularly. There have been millions of abortions in the U.S. in the last number of decades. Trump said in the campaign he would oppose abortion rights. Evangelicals also see Democrats and liberals as supporting an thinly veiled bigotry against Christianity in the U.S. Examples are the ACLU taking schools or government institutions to court for having prayer in public schools and or Bible readings. They also see pushing same-sex marriage and LGBT rights as a further assault on traditional family values. Trump opposes trans people in the Armed Forces. Democrats push all this stuff. Trump's promise to build a wall is a winning one because many right of centre voters see the large scale illegal immigration as a threat and want something done about it. The Democrats want to keep open borders and would not deport illegal aliens involved in crime. In fact they create sanctuary cities. Stopping the flow of middle eastern and African who might be a security risk or hostile to American culture is another issue the appeals to Trump's base. The fact is we live in a system where there is not much choice of who to vote for. So it is often a matter of choosing the least of evils. Many saw Trump as the least of evils. His promises and policies are what would make a difference, not his personal life in the past. Democrats want to focus on that because it diverts from the real issues and hides their own dark agenda. Trump seems to be making an effort to fulfil his promises, although he is hampered or slowed down by some of the elite establishment people.

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The drug problem is out of control. Liberals are incapable of dealing with it. It's not in their thinking to eliminate.

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..I don't think you as a liberal have any idea of the problem or how to solve it. But the left/liberals are the same. This country is sunk on this issue along with many other issues.

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Are you advocating free hard drugs for all?

One concern about providing free heroine to addicts is the question about how long will this be done and how much will it cost? Will it $50, $100 or $200 a day and how much a year? Society could end up supporting thousands of addicts at a cost hundreds of millions of dollars (or billions?) for their lifetime. This could break the public health care system if it was excessive. There are many pressures on the health care system for various kinds of treatments.

What provincial governments do is add increases for permits for all kinds of things in order to hide the taxes. Also, the provincial government has done things that have driven up the cost of electricity to one of the highest in north America. This is not called a tax either but is still the result of provincial government actions. They may also add carbon taxes, increasing the cost of gasoline and other things. If auto insurance is run by the province, they may also increase the cost of auto insurance. This is also not called a tax but ends up as an additional increasing cost. They also charge high monthly charges for people in old folks or care homes than Manitoba for example. They want to seem like they are charging the least amount of actual income taxes, but they can increase the cost of other services which amounts to a form of taxation. The idea is to fool the voter into thinking they are paying less taxes by disguising the taxes in costs for other services. If voters are too dumb to realize that on election day, what can one say? They get what they vote for. Politics is such a dishonest business.

It wouldn't be the first time the Canadian government has acted as anti-Semites. They turned back a ship of Jewish refugees around 1939 that resulted in hundreds more Jews being exterminated in the death camps. The so-called two-state solution or Palestinian cause is a non-solution. These people are at this moment on their massive protests in the west bank. They will never be satisfied and hate Jews. Thinking that Palestinians will be placated and accept Israel is a very naïve way of thinking.

Must have accidently hit some key. Oh I see the button on the bottom right I must have hit (insert other media).

I have re-thought this one and am willing to give it a try. Someone said the drugs are not that expensive, which is good news. Only concern is that this might discourage some from quitting altogether. I hope they can find a way to use this system to also get people into treatment to quit completely. That's the best solution but might not work for everyone. It seems like society is plagued by one big problem after another. Insert other media.url

I have thought on this one and will have to concede, this may be worth a try. The government will have to keep an eye on the cost and if it is going to have serious impact on the costs of the medical system, they may have to re-consider how it is run. But I'm all for saving lives and would certainly give it a try. Good to hear the drugs are not that expensive. Maybe it will work.

I see there are a couple die-hard anti-Semites on this thread with the usual propaganda. Waste of time.

Now the federal government is approving giving prescription drugs to addicts. How's that going to work or get people off drugs? How much will it eventually cost. This is will be another chunk of money taken out of the medical system which could be used to treat people with serious illnesses. There is only so much money available.

Then why is the UN sending a "peacekeeping" force? I agree with you and the war on terrorism. What we are seeing is a UN which thinks they can just go and occupy a place which is at war with terrorists and terrorists are expected to follow the UN rules and just quit fighting. The UN is sending forces there which are sitting ducks. Is the UN going to be on the offensive against the terrorist groups or just waiting to be attacked? Why is it called a "peacekeeping force" and do they have a mandate to attack the terrorists? We have seen so-called UN peacekeeping efforts in other countries in the world where they did not go after the aggressors.

The Canadian government just announced they are going to send a limited peacekeeping contingent to Mali in West Africa but no ground troops. The UN said this is a very dangerous place and about 162 UN peacekeeping troops have already been killed there. It is a place harbouring Islamist militants, ISIS, and al Qaeda fighters. I believe this is a bad idea. The reason is because there are an unlimited number of Islamist militants in various countries who are quite willing to go to wherever they can get into a jihad. What is the point of sacrificing Canadian forces and money in a place like that?

I don't claim to be an expert on the reasons why. You can read some of it on this link if you wish. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007167 Quote Antisemitism in History: Nazi Antisemitism Related Articles Related Links Comments How to cite this article Within the context of the economic depression of the 1930s and using not only racist but also older social, economic, and religious imagery, the Nazi party gained popularity and, after seizing power, legitimacy, in part by presenting "Jews" as the source for a variety of political, social, economic, and ethical problems facing the German people. Inspired by Adolf Hitler's theories of racial struggle and the "intent" of the Jews to survive and expand at the expense of Germans, the Nazis, as a governing party from 1933-1938, ordered anti-Jewish boycotts, staged book burnings, and enacted anti-Jewish legislation. In 1935, the Nuremberg Laws defined Jews by race and mandated the total separation of "Aryans" and "non-Aryans." On November 9, 1938, the Nazis destroyed synagogues and the shop windows of Jewish-owned stores throughout Germany and Austria (Kristallnacht). These measures aimed at both legal and social segregation of Jews from Germans and Austrians. Kristallnacht, the initiation of World War II in 1939, and the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 marked the transition to the era of destruction, in which genocide would become the key focus of Nazi antisemitism. To justify the murder of the Jews both to the perpetrators and to bystanders in Germany and Europe, the Nazis used not only racist arguments but also arguments derived from older negative stereotypes, including Jews as communist subversives, as war profiteers and hoarders, and as a danger to internal security because of their inherent disloyalty and opposition to Germany. Unquote

Yes, I agree with what you're saying. The final solution was the plan or objective to get rid of all Jews in Europe starting with Germany, Austria and Poland. They ran into a big problem when trying to decide who was a Jew. These people were German Jews. The problem was who would be identified as a Jew? Someone with 1/16 Jewish blood, 1/8, 1/4/ 1/2 etc. They finally decided that someone who had three grandparents who were Jews would be considered as a Jew. But I'm not sure what they did if some of the grandparents were only 1/8 or 1/4 Jewish. I heard there are a huge number of people being murdered in South Africa continually. Yes I saw the CBC news reports about the water shortage in Capetown. Looks like a fairly nice city except for the poor areas. It doesn't seem the government is doing much to prepare for the water shortage. I don't understand why the central government doesn't build some large water de-salination plants along the ocean. They are located right on the ocean. It would probably cost a fair amount of money but they should do it anyway. It's looks like people are being left to figure out hhow to solve the water shortage problems themselves, which doesn't make any sense. Water treatment plans are very expensive in Canada. Typically it can cost a couple million dollars to build for a small native community in Canada plus the cost of employing someone to be trained and maintain the plant. Even a small plant is expensive. I know the CBC is biased and only broadcasts certain things and avoids other things.

Notley probably won't get re-elected. Notley and the NDP are a mixture of good and bad. The pipeline is necessary to ship Alberta's oil to international markets. Trudeau already blocked the Energy East project and killed the Northern Gateway pipeline project. The problem with the Alberta NDP it is an environmental party and put carbon taxes and carbon pricing and lots of regulations on Albertans. So it is trying to compensate for that by trying to get the KM pipeline built. Not sure where that is going. I support pipelines and believe they are not that big a risk. There are thousands of kilometers of pipelines in north America with very little problem. The BC NDP is anti industry and bad for our economy in BC.