sharkman

Like I said, whatever floats your boat, g. Just don't expect everyone to be manipulated by Gore's thinly veiled attempt at fearmongering.

Chavez, not satisfied to seize the assets of corporations, has now decided that media outlets who disagree with his dictatorial style will be shut down.

You seriously underrepresent the side that opposes the U.S. in Iraq. Who do you think is doing all of the bombing of innocent Iraqis? Terrorists from many Arab nations who hate America, that's who. They gotta get their weapons from somewhere, don't they?

Yes, Harper would love to have soliders in Iraq and soldiers on the streets of Canada. He is the anti-christ and wants to boil your children in oil from Alberta, before eating them with fava beans. Hmmmmmm, fava beans.

So, if this is the solution to the Iran problem, it's not half bad. Military action would be undoable for many reasons and this option doesn't take a huge amount of cash as Iraq does. It's about time they did something.

I'm not sure what you are asking with your first question. When you over represent certain facts, you give them more weight than what they should have. This is what Gore is saying, it's okay to accenuate certain facts that the evidence doesn't support to that level. To exaggerate, in an attempt to manipulate people, scare them, and get them to do what Gore thinks they should do. To state something that the facts don't support is lying. Sounds a lot like a politician, doesn't it? He has done this throughout his movie as many scientists have stated.

see above Don't you know double speak when you see it? An over rep of factual presentation is a misrepresentation of the facts and therefore the truth. Hey, whatever floats your boat.

What exactly is your criticism here? A lot of people post in federal politics. Some of them are Liberals, and some of them are Conservatives. If anything, the Conservatives outnumber the Liberals. So, if you have no problem with people posting anti-Liberal comments, why should it be a problem to post anti-Conservative comments? Can you not see what my concern is here? No, it's not that I have a problem with people posting their opinions. If I make 5 posts in this category, 4 times I will be corrected by Jdobbin. He's monopolizing the topic.

gc, here's the quote where Gore said it's okay to lie about Global Warming: I think the answer to that depends on where your audience's head is. In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis. It comes from this link and is about 1/3 down the page. Edit: Whups Bmax beat me to it.

Woman writers are one of my pet peeves. I avoid reading any novels written by women, way too much feelings and relationship content to be interesting.

Here's the way I see it. You do post an awful lot on Canadian Political Polls. Even to the point of monopolizing certain threads with your strong pro Liberal or anti Tory commentary. You average 22 posts a day at this, and personally I have found if I ever make a comment on this particular board, I am more than likely to have you disagree with me. It's obvious you do this to others as well. This is not in and of itself wrong, it's just that you do so much of it, it becomes a form of attack in and of itself. So some posters here get a little tired of having you correct them every time they post a pro Tory or Anti liberal comment. It therefore rings a little hollow to hear you complain of a little similar treatment. You do keep it pretty respectful, and you're probably a nice fella, but in my opinion you do occasionally overdo things. (Like I don't go over the top sometimes!)

What a load of, of, uh... never mind.

It makes me shudder to think of what disasters awaited the Western world had Gore gotten into the White House and been faced with 9/11. At least we can be thankful for that.

I think you are one of the other posters people talk about for their rabid attacks styles. You should learn to relax and stop attacking people personally if you disagree with their politics. As far as attacking goes, you just attacked Michael with a stalker claim, so why don't you practice your own preaching.

Hey, isn't Al Gore the guy who when campaigning said he had always supported abortion rights? Of course, he forgot that in 1977, as a member of the House of Representatives, he voted for an amendment that stated abortion takes the life of a living human being. Oops! He claimed Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a homeless woman. He claimed he had 3000 town hall meetings in his home state of Tennesse over a 16 year period. Impossible, that would have meant one every other day including weekends. Duh! When asked about his illegal fundraising at a Californian Buddist Temple, he claimed he didn't realize it was a temple. No doubt the bald men in orange robes were servers at a theme park restaurant. Yikes! He claimed the union song, Look For the Union Label, was sung to him as a baby when the song wasn't released until in a 1975 commercial as a jingle. OMG! Gore stated that he accompanied Federal Emergency Management Agency Director James Lee Witt to Texas to assess the 1996 Parker County fires. Actually he didn't, the record shows he went 2 years later for different fires and Witt wasn't there. He also said it's okay to lie about Global Warming, which he obviously does every time he steps in front of a microphone. For more giggles and chuckles, see the link.

Yes, as opposed to your promotion of hatred and oppression towards Christians? Give it a rest already.

What is this shite? You've been here less than one year, and you have amassed over 7000 posts. You are everywhere on the Canadian Politics board. Everytime I walk into a thread I bump shoulders with you walking out. If anyone needs to get a grip it's you, poster boy.

I don't know that he really has had a stalker that PMs him or attacks him personally in each thread to the point that it is better to put them on ignore. Even after all that, it is constant stalking. It is the reason that someone like Ricki was banned. Hey dude, you've done your own 'stalking' around here. Anytime I slam the Libs you're right in there with responses. You've done tons of it, don't tell me you're getting sensitive now!

Oh, they used them plenty. As they built up their arsenal and aimed it everywhere, menacing the free world and using it as an unspoken threat as they spread communism to various satellite countries.

Yes, expect Liberal supporters to berate the government for not cutting income taxes when they knock a cent off the GST, and berate the government for not keeping a promise if they cut income taxes instead. We may get both, which will momentarily confuse Liberals supporters until they get their talking points from Liberal INC.

If you'll notice riverwind, I am also saying the right has its conspiracy theories, the above is in my original comments. However, the left is teaming with them. I've never heard this caliphate theory, but in regards to Saddam, you seem to deny that he had them and used them. Perhaps that is another theory from the left, I don't know.

This just in: Rosie will not be completing her contract with The View. She has asked for a leave of absense for the last 3 weeks, and after her latest performance, the show was only too happy to give it to her. What is it with this woman and temper tantrums? After her last appearance, she trashed her dressing room and her writer was found writing moustaches on elizabeth pictures in the hall. Good riddance, maybe they can get some balance on that show now.

The right has its own conspiracy theories. The one about Osama establishing a new Caliphate is a real knee-slapper. Or the one about Saddam Hussain and WMDs. Not the same, Saddam used such weapons on the kurds and In the Iran war. Osama built a an organization to carry out attacks years before 9/11. Therefore both of your references are not the figment of imagination.

Okay, jdobbin, it looks like I was incorrect in saying you never used statistical tie. I am surprised and slightly sheepish. But I still contend that your strong anti Tory bias keeps a part of the whole picture out of your grasp.

You are being overbilled because the nation of Canada has a massive debt that needs to be paid off.