gerryhatrick

And as a parent, how would you feel knowing that your religious leaders had been instructed to withold evidence of sexual abuse against children?

It is less descriptive of the act though. A better term would be "terrorist suicide bomber", which explains not only who was specifically targetted (civilians) but also how the bomb was delivered. If you had to choose between suicide bomber and homicide bomber though suicide bomber would be better, since it can usually be assumed the goal of a suicide bomber is to kill others.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...1600504_pf.html It's a very long read but excellent IMO. I call it a "synopsis" because it touches upon so many different dynamics of Bush and his Presidency and his comments and relationships. Quite fascinating.

That is your argument against Global Warming, that computer models are not perfect? But wait, you're hedging your bets in saying that Harper hasn't "denied the existance" of Global Warming. So what then, is he playing cynical politics? Does he honestly not believe in it, in your opinion? If you agree that Global Warming is happening then it's hard to imagine a more "pressing issue". And if you agree that Global Warming is happening then it's hard to understand your argument against a system of credits. It's an excellent way of making it a global issue. In either event, I love this story. It points to where Harper truely stands on the issue, which is something Canadians need to know.

Skinny dipping precludes someone from being Prime Minister? Be an alcoholic coke snorter and you can be POTUS, but do some skinny dipping and woah nelly!

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonis...6e-021b2d0f8065 In my view, Harper has absconded his right to lead Canada with this kind of comment. He is not leading on the issue of Global Warming, he is delaying. To equate the science of Global Warming with that of predicting what the weather will be in a week is so stunningly dishonest and so obviously playing to the industry denial croud that he must go. If he cannot look out for the interests of Canadians he should not be PM.

"Equally inane" implies that the idea of associating the Liberals with fraud is just as absurd as the idea of associating the Conservatives with child molestation. What you seem oblivious to is the fact that the association between Liberals and fraud/corruption is based on a series of actual events, whereas the association between Conservatives and child molesting is based on absolutely nothing. Sorry, but these comparisons are not equal in any sense of the word. Actually, we're talking about a BLANKET accusation of fraud against Liberals, which is equally inane as a BLANKET accusation of child molestation against Conservatives. In the last election we were treated to just such dishonest BLANKET accusations of corruption against Liberals, in spite of the fact that not a SINGLE Liberal running in that election was in any way even considered negligent in the adscam affair. Did you pull out your crying towel then? Betsy plays this game all the time. Broad accusations against all Muslims wanting to kill all Jews. A fraud label for all Liberals. She's not willing to condemn the Pope for a letter instructing Bishops to keep evidence of child molestation secret....something that is an established fact...but she's willing to invent accusations against Muslims and Liberals easily enough.

Liberals are not brought to mind anymore than the CPC is with the words fraud, corruption, thieves, ect... You are aware of a little problem they currently have with not declaring 1.7 million in donations? Slander is slander. I've never heard of any boy lover of Graham or sexual predation of Sven Robinson. Feel free to enlighten me if you so wish.

Actually, no, it doesn't. The request was based on your usage of the adverb "equally", not my misreading of the adjective you used to describe it. If it is equally inane/insane/preposterous/outrageous - call it whatever you want - then it stands to reason that there should be an equal number of child molestation accusations levied against the Conservatives as there have been fraud accusations levied against the Liberals. Since you have repeatedly claimed this to be case, you shouldn't have any difficulty substantiating it, so let's see that evidence. I don't think you understand what a parody is. But in either case, if something is equally as stupid (inane) as something else, then it does not logically follow that the two things must occur in equal numbers. My portrayal of all Conservatives as child molesters/sexual predators is equally as stupid as betsy's portrayal of all Liberals as comitters of fraud. If you're still lost on the matter, PM me. I doubt the rest of the board is interested in your interpretations and my efforts to correct them.

You deserve a fuller answer than I gave you before. Further, one of the partners of my firm is a Jamaican black female. We work with her with total disregard for color, gender or nationality. What minority and/or disadvantaged people have you worked with or helped? I removed your personal accounts of helping the disadvantaged strictly to save a little space. I left the most interesting comment...your point that you work with a black female (a Jamaican one, no less) without regard for color. The very fact that you would find it worth mentioning in your defense of your ideology tells me that you don't understand of what you speak. A right of center individual is not necessarily racist. Nor are they precluded from helping the poor. I have done a great deal of work for the disadvantaged. In keeping with your anecdote, I work with an aboriginal, Chinese, and several black people. The Chinese lady reports to me and has a very difficult time with pronounciation, so I tutor her. I've done a host of other work as part of organizations that help the hungry and the sick. I have also worked for Amnesty International, an organization that champions the oppressed around the world. I know how married to the truth Amnesty is, regardless of politics or approval. Regardless of how well Israel has investigated itself in the past, an accusation of war crimes by Amnesty is credible.

Israel is well-known for prosecuting their own war crimes. If these "two major human rights groups" have such evidence they should turn it over to the IDF. If proven, it will be dealt with, against the offending soldiers, harshly. That is a non-answer. If you were truely left of center you would value the truth and you would be able to answer a question such as that.

That is a stunningly ignorant and slanderous statement. Do you have any idea how many Muslims live on this planet? I know several Muslims, and they have NEVER expressed anything even close to what you accuse them of. You have a nasty habit of attacking Muslims with pure bigotry.

The next time you have a question you feel is not being answered quickly enough you should PM me rather than become indignant in your belief that you've been ignored and start expressing your indignation on the forum. "GH doesn't like answering tough questions." you say? What utter bullsh@t. Your question is hardly tough, nor is it relavent to the question of you being left of center or not, which is where it bubbled up from. You were asked to explain what issues you take a left position on, and you dodged the question. And now you've mixed the contents of two topics. Tell you what, you go back to the topic your precious question pertains to and give it a bump and I'll answer.

If it's "equally insane", then you should have no problem providing one example of a Conservative molesting children for every one example of a Liberal involved in fraud. Let's see some of those examples. It's time to put up or shut up, Gerry. inane, not insane. Thus rendering your request moot.

Ahh so your conservative basing and rule-breaking is now a parody? Very interesting.... The Conservative bashing I did to betsy on page 1 was in direct response to her Liberal bashing. It was an obvious parody, actually. It is not against the rules to engage in such things Ricki.

Rae put a boot on Iggy's throat over his shifting positions on Israel. What was his comeback? "Absolutely untrue!" I know it's a superficial judgement, but in the cut-throat game of politics demonstrating an ability to verbally joust is important. Rae won on that count.

Who knows? What is it with Conservatives and sexual predation? They're all doing it, and the Pope wants to keep it a secret. Ypou are if nothing else consistant. You seem to be easily brought to claims of sex abuse. Do you have something you would like to share with us? It seems you must hav e had some bad experience as a child or something. Maybe under the new CPC government, they will ledgislate new laws where you will finally feel safe, or is that what you are afraid of. Maybe if you explain what you mean by your statement, and then we can debate that and maybe it will quell your issues. Also you have issues with the Pope as well? Now that may take devine intervention, but explaining what you mean exactly may help there as well. That way we all can get in on what you mean in the posts you made. I would have thought you would realize I was engaging in a parody of betsy's post by posting an equally inane accusation. Well, except for the characterization of the Pope, that is accurate. EDIT: No I've never been sexually abused, and I'd say your use of that as an attempted dig at me does not reflect well on your character. Are you having a "meltdown"?

You seem still hurt by my general comment against "baiters and trollers" in another thread. In that thread you were among them, calling me the "chicken little of this site" and claiming I "see the negative in everything and can not ever see the positive." I make no apologies. You assume to guess my age as younger than you, perhaps thinking an older person has more maturity and wisdom. I'm old enough to know that's not true. Sometimes age just makes people urmudgeonlyand foolish. About you, I cannot comment. I don't know enough. About me though you are completely wrong. I do not "fight to change" people. On the issue of Global Warming, for example, I do not expect change from people. I am of the opinion that there's a segment of society that cannot deal with the magnitude of Global Warming. They cannot face it, so they will never stop their denial. Even if they accept that it's happening, they can never accept that we are causing it because that frightens them to the core. Their minds protect them from the reality. My treatment of such people on this forum is dismissive exactly because I know nothing will change them.

Interesting cutting and pasting of my reply. Methinks you should quit the attacks. Your special status on this board can only last so long. There was a history to my post. It's a good place as long as everybody follows the rules. Sorry for the attack. If you don't want me to mock you then stop playing your little games, such as making references to me throughout the forum, as you did in this case. You complain about my "special status" and how you get the short end of the stick, but mods and admin aren't stupid Ricki. They can see who's doing the baiting...who's starting things. I ignore most of your snide little references to me. When I take the bait and gently mock you for your baiting it's YOU who's the victim of my "attacks". Don't tell me to follow the rules Ricki, just report me if you believe I'm ever not following them. Then all you have to do is not bait me as you did here and be polite and don't call me a "hater" anymore, and it will be a "good place", as you say.

It sounds like you want the board closed down.

Individual warnings are given as PM's Ricki, you know that. Why would you expect to be seeing any I might have received? One warning we both received in public was to "cut out the insults and off-topic personal banter", remember? Take a look at this topic, as an example. You and W&W appear to be writing a book of insults and off-topic personal banter together. You need to relax and stop taking my criticism of Harper so personally.

At least you aren't swearing shakey. Good on you for that. Oh yeah shakey, you're a GOOD little lefty! Goooood boy, you never swear. Not like that nasty Harper-hating GermanyHatRack!

Grehatrick here is another question you ignored. Please answer... Yip yip yip, the little doggie is pulling at my socks again! And still playing his little misspell my name game, a game only he understands. Here he is to save the day and secure another answer for a fellow poster, only the "question" he quotes is not even a question. Unless the question he needs answering is "what kind of answer is that?" To which I would answer "What kind of question is that?" Well Ricki? What kind of question is that? Please answer...

Sure B.Max. My credibility is discredited. That coming from someone who thinks Global Warming is a depopulation conspiracy. And learn how to edit your post so you quote correctly. If you need a lesson PM me.

[ There's a plan? That's the first I've heard of it.