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I am talking about my personal life, my acquaintances and family and friends...and the unknown millions of conversations I"ve been a part of, actively or as listener. I have not heard a single disparaging word about Alberta or Albertans that I can remember. I'm talking zero. None whatsoever. Now, Quebec and Ontario is another kettle of fish. I'm informing you of the facts, not expressing an opinion. That's the single difference between us on this particular part of this larger discussion. I know what I know about my own life; and you think you do. Your opinion on my life is that I've been wilfully deaf and blind...and you expect me to, I dunno, accept this assessment? Most Canadians don't give a rat's ass about Alberta or about Albertans. And that's not an insult, either, because it extrapolates. Again...with the exception of Quebec and Ontario, who really are continually insulted. And most of us are indifferent to their whining on this subject, as well.

I didn't like it? In my defense, I was a mere spright of -191 years old.

You'd have to ask Ontarians. The Federal issue is more prominent for me, and for most people, obviously.

It's both.

That's about right, I think. You believe that only 90% of the population are "pukes" who aren't pulling their weight.

Since we're talking about McDonalds...that's not really how it works. Same with Walmart. You get a token raise once a year...usually even if you don't deserve it...which also means that those who definitely deserve more, are treated the same as the layabouts. It's practically a communist system in terms of merit and motivation.

Almost every employee is hired by a relatively low-wage worker, usuially in a support-manager role.

Perhaps you could expand upon this, taking it out of the realm of partisan conjecture ("The Left!" some folks keep screeching, apropos of nothing, ironically pronouncing about a "left-wing media" that is nothing of the sort.....) How does "the Left" undermine parental authority in ways that others not of "the Left" do not?; simultaneously, how does the Left "defer to the power of the state"...in ways that conservatives and (self-described) "centrists" avoid? I've noted well that suich claims are often made, and that little evidence is ever presented, nor usually even attempted. As if doctrinal surety is sufficient...and nothing is more deferntial-to-power than that.

Nope.

The OP informs us that not only "liberals" but "hordes of Democrats" are among the enemies of the United States. So no rational person takes it seriously. Eh, Peeves? Must have posted as a little joke, a self-effacing poke at those pantywaists terrified of "the Left's" anti-American Grand conspiracy.......("the Left" hovering somewhere around half, give or take.)

I'm not certain that the wolf pack is the ideal that we should strive for. At any rate, the Left has had quite a history with Order and with authoritarianism. The Left is growing up out of such destructive Daddy issues, fortunately.

For personal reasons, I completely adore this review. But even aside from my love of it, it's very sharp observational satire. Kimmy is plainly not an "Asian."

EDITED. Kimmy answered all this (and so many other review posts, going back quite some distance) much better in the "Prometheus" thread, and I don't wish to dilute it with my own remarks.

Holy moly. This isn't quite unprecedented, but it's more absurd than is usual.

Yes, well...if the choice is between his assertions, and admitting that he's a war criminal...why, that ain't no choice at all!

Exactly. These "humanitarians" sometimes get a bit confused, as when their humanitarianism gets politicized beyond recognition.

If they were to become the majority? Not a chance in hell they'd "gut the military." Power never works that way. Never. I can't think of a single case.

Harper jumped the gun, yes indeed.

There are no doubt exceptions...but you're right. We see it again and again. That's why the "why don't you support the Iraqis' liberation from Saddam?" rhetoricians have slinked away on that particular argument.

Maybe not, but I'm a generous sort.

I personally believe it is more #2 than #1. The idea that we are "good guys" fooled into violence by crafty third-worlders....seems a little...over the line, you might say. I think a good deal of public support is generated honestly...from the lies. Yes, certainly. But listening to Colin Powell recently on "The Daily Show" blaming his self-evident descent into lies and bone-deep trickery at the UN on intelligence agencies--and on Congress! (an easy target) was fascinating. He knew he was lying. Cheney knew it. Wolfowitz knew it. Blair knew it. Bush...probably knew it. Chretien knew it. The East European "coalition of the willing" (all going in direct opposition to the will of their peoples) knew it was garbage. Knew it full well. The (distinct global minority) of the civilians in the world who supported the war...yes, they presumably genuinely believed the lies. At heart, they're Romantics.

I disagree. I think that the more the Conservatives succeeded, the louder the tantrums and greater the victim-complexes of the political Right have become. It's an odd phenomenon, I have to say.

In a case like this, I think it's a point worth keeping in mind.

Victoria Day. Hell, it's too Anglo even for the British!

I can't argue with that.