
masterkush
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lincoln syndrome please the bush syndrom is rip the country apart at all cosrts
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your minds are now being controlled do not adjust your set comercial 10 days huricane 24/7 comercial reps and demos arguing comercial nintendo ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ sleep ! work repeat BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ! Do I understand your question man,is it hopeless and forlorn RIP
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Canada's Emerging Politics Of Destruction By John Chuckman 5-5-5 What would Pierre Trudeau say? He stopped the FLQ dead in its tracks only to have the nation's future now toyed with by selfish, angry children. This is a terrible time to force an election. I don't say this because it's only been a year since an election. I don't say this because another election will cost as much or more than the sponsorship scandal. And I don't say this because an election can only give us another minority government. The forces of separatism are more buoyant than they have been for years. Jean Charest's conservative policies have made the Quebec Liberals very unpopular, and the Parti Québécois waits to resume power. The backlash in Quebec against the federal Liberals means the nihilistic Bloc Québécois will take even more seats. One hopes Stephen Harper will show statesmanship in not forcing a new election, but the hope is slim. His party, though it has virtually no chance of winning a seat in Quebec, naturally wants to be christened by even a brief assumption of power. Peter MacKay, number-two man in the party, answers questions about his past broken promises with a description of politics as a "blood sport," and judging from the language he uses during Question Period, he very much means it. The Conservatives have no critical priorities, no desperately wished-for program, but they have the opportunity to exploit an unpleasant situation for a possible minority government. In doing this they would be upsetting a lot of important initiatives now underway. They would be appealing to people's unhappiness over a scandal where all the information has not yet even been collected. They would be trying to remove a government that has done everything anyone could expect from government in setting things right. Judge the meaning of an election called under those circumstances. And judge, too, the fact that Stephen Harper's Quebec lieutenant effectively must be Gilles Duceppe. Duceppe is an almost asinine figure, a man with such a checkered political history that words about principles sound bizarre coming from his mouth. The Bloc Québécois, a bizarre separatist party acting in the federal arena where it can never achieve its objectives, basically serves as a place to park votes when people in Quebec are angry or frustrated as they are now. That is, except for the genuine opportunity a Conservative minority government would offer the Bloc to extract serious favours for its support. Now there's a principled arrangement: the Conservatives assisting separatism in order to gain power. I do love the Conservative claim to moral high ground in the current scandal. This is, after all, the party of Grant Devine, a premier who had ministers sent to prison for fraud and who to this day sounds like a weasel trying to explain away what happened. This is the party of wife-murderer Colin Thatcher. This is the party of Brian Mulroney, whose immense Airbus scandal remains successfully buried. This is the party of Stockwell Day whose unique blend of ignorance and mouth cost a provincial government the best part of a million dollars defending him before he had the grace to apologize. This is the party of Peter MacKay, a man whose word goes about as far as the tiny distance between his eyes. Danny Williams set a fine example for Canadians by taking down the nation's flag all over the Newfoundland because he didn't get quite the deal on revenue-sharing he thought he deserved. What else could you compare Danny's behaviour to except a child who bawls in the store to embarrass its mother into buying something? Taking down the flag of course has more serious implications than just bawling or holding your breath until you turn blue. It is damaging to people's sense of national identity and purpose. I am not a defender of America's civic religion around its flag, something closer in spirit to brown-shirt demonstrations than pride in rights and freedoms, but, still, flags do mean something. Perhaps rather I should say Canada means something, something a bit more than getting just the financial deal you want. Canada is a genuinely decent country, a peaceful place, a place that does not make enemies in the world, a place where discrimination and hatred are about as minimal as you will find anywhere. The flag is a symbol for these qualities, not a symbol for a particular federal party or a particular financial arrangement. A political leader who uses it for a stunt deserves contempt and owes the nation an apology. Danny largely escaped the price of his ridiculous and destructive behaviour because people do have a certain expectation and tolerance for quaint ways in Newfoundland. Ironically, and some would hold with considerable justice, an election would prevent Danny's special concession from being legislated. If that were the only consequence of an election at this time, it might not be bad. Danny's stupid behaviour quickly drew the attention of Dalton McGuinty sniffing around for money. Dalton then stumbled upon the existence of a mysterious and monstrous gap in Ontario's financial arrangements with Ottawa. Evidently, Dalton was unaware of the fact that Ontario pays out more than it receives over the course of his considerable political career, just as he was unaware that Ontario was running a substantial deficit during the last election campaign. Dalton's slogans about a "$23 billion gap" and a "$5 billion down payment" are as insidious, and potentially as destructive, as the poorly-defined promises of separatist leaders in Quebec. Not that Dalton is as effective a speaker. He is not, coming off rather like a gangly door-to-door salesman in love with the sound of his adenoidal voice. No reasonable person would argue with Dalton's raising focused issues with the national government over aspects of equalization financing. There may well be aspects of immigration or transportation or other areas where Ontario is today short-changed because the variables in any established formula become stressed by changing circumstances over time. Discussing such matters would simply be part of his job as premier. But that is not what Dalton is doing. Instead he keeps repeating cheap slogans that question the basic idea of sharing in the Canadian Confederation. Dalton has said he is not questioning the general principle, but the effect upon the public of his advertising slogans can only reduce public respect for traditional Canadian arrangements. That's precisely how advertising and propaganda work. I won't dwell on Ralph Klein's being re-elected a while back in Alberta, his lifetime political achievement being holding office when oil prices exploded. For some mysterious reason people in Alberta are comfortable with this argumentative, unpleasant man who all too often behaves as though he'd just emptied a pitcher of martinis at the Petroleum club. I'll only mention that in looking at the Alberta government Internet site recently, I discovered Klein listing himself under the heading, the Executive Branch. I think that pretty much sums up his understanding of parliamentary government and perhaps says a word about his dreams. Which brings us back to Stephen Harper. Can he rise above Ralph Klein's bar-room vision of Canada? Can he show the statesmanship and decency we knew from Joe Clark? Can he contribute genuinely to Canada's precious integrity? Few of our contemporary politicians seem even slightly capable of passing such a test. http://www.rense.com/general65/cana.htm
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---- I knew Canada's left wing was anti-American but I didn't realize to what extent it was so ignorant of basic economics. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> this canadian knows america on the brink 7,000+billion in debt and racking up 500+ billion each year it works out to 26,000 per person 1/3 cant pay their share they are destitute 1/3 the elite rich have their money offshore and dont pay taxes on it the last 1/3 is the middle class which is dwindling fast due to outsourcing and plant closings leaving the rest of the middle class with a burden in excess of 90.000$ us natl debt add to that their personal debt like mrotgages ,car loans, etc... their personal debt is staggering alone what you end up with is the rich elite are insulated in off shore banks america slipping into third world status and no where to turn but to seek foriegn oil wells to try and fix the problems while americans buy from the walmart / consortium to build chinese economy so elite rich class gets more money every thing is broken broken levees broken homes broken teeth and broken bones every thing is broken
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Will any one be fooled
masterkush replied to B. Max's topic in Federal Politics in the United States
with all the corruption,moving left and right, scoipathic behaviour of american politicians why do you american nitwits not get it yet the both parties are puppets of the elite rich class there is no more freedom let freedom ring now means ring the cash in the pockets of the rich the poor imbeciles on the ground are headed for third world status and the asses and the elphants are trying to win to see who can piladge the most to give it to the rich wake up morons america is slipping fast your current take on freedom with its electronically rigged polling stations is nothing but comunism in disguise tragic end to so promising a start -
How do Canadians buy guns in a foreign country thats my question you think you can get a handle on that wilkens old boy
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The garbage on American news sources is astounding someone said they call it freedom america your donkeys and your elephants are puppets for your ELITE rich class there is no more" by the people for the people" no its by the rich and for the rich now the rest of you Americans are destined for third world status Comprende you will be eating tacos in the streets with your illegal aliens soon and all the americans desreve it. your apathy. and pompous behahavour make you look silly when you say freedom ,you dont know what it means anymore.
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We dont push imperialism anymore we dont have terroist attacking us and we sure dont want america's idea of what freedom is look for another pusher MR BUTCH Canada is a free nation and we dont want others to push their idea on us what freedom is why would we want that for others America's freedom entails too much oil grubbing for our tastes All hail Chretien the best prime minister ever he stood toe to toe with the American bush man and said no america keep your electronic polling station freedom to yourself
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US Dumping Corn in Canada?
masterkush replied to August1991's topic in Canada / United States Relations
My Fellow Canadians a time is approaching when we must PULL the plug on our American neighbor they owe too much money they are dumping garbage on us the 76% of there exports that come here must stop and we must make the lights go out in america by pulling the plug on electricity they are in a position now that THEY can hardly pay their debts and they dont abide by international trade agreements they are like babbies with candy we must teach them restraint they walk around like they are their arab masters when they are poor and destitute pull the light switch , stop buying rusty fords ,and gm vehicles. stop the consumerism. they are no longer the good neighbor they have become insane with lust and greed -
that America faces bankruptcy should china and japan call in the debts is without a doubt correct 100% america owes now get this more then 7,000 billion dollars and tacks an extrar 1/2 trillion per annum on to it that makes a debt of more than 26,000$ u.s. per person considering that 1/3 of americans cant pay their share because they are destitute and 1/3 wont pay they are the elite and dont pay taxes in most cases it leaves the dwindling middleclass with the tab which equals 80,000$ us each not counting their personal debts like mortgage ,car payments ,personal loans indeed Japan wouldnt call in the debt because their currency is tied to the US $ the only way America could pay was to lower the $ to a level where it would be worth a tooth pick and a bubblegum 1/2 trillion $ added to american debt each year while Walmart peddles chinese goods by the tonage America has to borrow to stay afloat No wonder they need iraq oil wells
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The invasion begins...
masterkush replied to I Miss Trudeau's topic in Canada / United States Relations
Canda's lax on justice ,as you put it, saved the tax payers from having to build 500 prisons to hold all the potheads. what does pot smoking have to do with justice cigarette smoking is next lock all nic addits up booze too lock them up while your at it people that make statements like jail the pot heads are lucky we have some rational people in the govt. otherwise you would be screaming taxes taxes taxes