BubberMiley

There's an interesting racism test at this link (though I just found it confusing): https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/canada/

Sounds like they were being secretive to me, which is fine. They even seem to realize that they can't be as secretive as they were anymore. The Canadian Press report said: "An Ottawa Citizen reporter at the hospital on Thursday evening was told by Harper's staff: "This is a private matter. You shouldn't be here." By the next morning, Harper's team was more forthcoming. "I understand there have to be questions about the prime minister-designate that normally we would say: 'It's none of your business,' " said Stewart Olsen. "We're cognizant that once you're prime minister, things change. We will follow the same rules and guidelines of previous prime ministries for the most part."

They make a poster of the 10 hottest republican women and Laura Bush is on it? That says a lot.

I don't think it's anti-semitic to disagree with Israel's policies, just as I don't think it's anti-American to disagree with Bush. These "anti-" labels are too easily slapped on anyone who questions anything (at least that's what I've been told at the "Minorities and Polling Stations" thread).

Maybe they didn't act so secretive when there was nothing to hide.

I know what a neocon is, and it's not an attack word. To suggest that it is gives the impression you don't have a clue what it means.

The prime minister-designate shows up at a hospital and acts all secretive about it, and you don't think they should ask questions? You think it's a left-wing CBC conspiracy to even report about it? It's probably exactly what they say it is--nipping a chest cold in the bud--but because Harper isn't used to the attention a PM gets, he acted too secretive and made it into the story it was. He's just got to get used to the spotlight.

Or the Republicans in the states?

I find it hilarious that, no matter how wacko people on this post are, they all consider themselves centrists.

What if it was a chinese restaurant?

If he's anti-semitic, he must be filled with self-hatred.

It bears repeating.

And they're too busy busting pot-smokers.

I don't think anyone disagrees with Chomsky's theory on generative grammar.

Making them illegal hasn't done anything but create another source of income for the Hell's Angels and keep the whole business beyond the reach of regulation.

Then I think you could find a home in today's NDP.

Also, we can legalize and regulate prostitution in this country to eliminate the black market and avoid having 14-year-old hookers on street corners of what once were pleasant, family neighbourhoods.

Yeah, but I thought you might find the "...I despise the Republicans. the G.O.P and their base may be fascists in waiting..." unfair to the warmongers. You're more moderate than I thought.

No, that supports exactly what I've been saying. They're on the same page. In fact, Jack Layton's first chief of staff was (ta-da) Gary Doer's first chief of staff.

How do you suppose they should do that? Shotgun?

Word. That's why I loathe he average American "liberal" almost more than I despise the Republicans. the G.O.P and their base may be fascists in waiting, but with them, at least you know where you stand. "Liberals" in the States like to prattle on about "illegal war " this and "civilian casualties" that, but at the end of the day, they can't help but get a raging hard-on at the thought of America exercising its power at the expense of the "other" (for example, if the President is a Democrat who's illegally bombing Serbians or Iraqis). American exceptionalism and its right to do whatever the hell it pleases is a truism for many on both sides of the political debate: the only disagreement is the context. Can't disagree with you there. You agree?

Yeah, of course. And CTV and Global too. What's your point?

So was I wrong in my summation?

I mean HNIC is one of the most watched shows in this country and CBC was pulling out all the Liberal ads on the twenty-first of January. I mean if I was a Canadiens fan with no interest in politics who just decided to watch the game that night, I might have believed that Harper was a Fascist who ate babies, wanted to pollute our cities, was obsessed with guns and pollution, hated the environment, wanted to cut taxes, supported government so small he was going to move the capital to some little caribbean island in the Turks that Canada may obtain after we close our borders to immigrants because he was anti-union and pro-outsourcing. Didn't see one pro-CPC ad though... :angry: I can't believe you think the network just decides to run political ads on its own. Do you have any idea how election laws work in this country? They can't run unpaid political advertisements during an election, and when they do, they have to give equal time to each party.

Conservatives since Reagan have been moving increasingly right (and taking "progressive" out of the PC name was quite deliberate). The NDP however has been in power in Manitoba for six years and have balanced the budget every year (even despite one of the worst farm crises since the 1930s). The federal NDP are on the same page--social programs, but affordable ones. They've also given up the ghost on any big new public ventures (NAFTA necessitated that), even though they were generally very successful (see Manitoba Public Insurance). So I'd say the left is moving right, at least economically. I would also say that the vast majority of people in this country vote left. And during the election campaign, Harper made every effort to appear moderate and mainstream by telling the socon/neocon wingnuts in the party to shut up, and by reminding the American conservatives that any support from them wouldn't be helpful. So the CPC hasn't moved left (and they even haven't "evolved" that much from Reform); they just did what they had to do to get elected.