LonJowett
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Yeah. That you hate Jews.
I'm Jewish, once lived on a kibbutz, and love Israel. I just see no future for our people in provoking fights with muslims, and find those who try to twist that into a hatred of jews to be pathetic and very, very counter-productive.
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Those are facts.
Aren't all your facts like the one about Obama donating 1% of his income to charity--that is, already discredited talking points?
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Aren't they perfectly obvious?
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Back to the scarf melee
I agree. Enough with everyone else's prejudices! Let's focus on jbg's prejudices!
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The problem with Newt is he will say anything the rabid, angry right-wing base want to hear in order to get elected. At least there's hope that, when not in politician mode, he has a grip on reality.
But I guess so much for having "convictions."
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Raising the middle class tax rate to where it was before Bush would gain you the most money by a huge margin.
But they've already been hit to the point of extinction.
But weren't you the fellow who spewed lies about Obama's charitable donations and then scurried away when caught?
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Should I really take stock in Gingrich's debating ability on the authority of the fellow who thinks "derangement syndrome" is an effective rebuttal?
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The best part about a liberal arts education is it gives you the tools to actually criticize an argument, and not resort to remedial rants against the liberal arts.
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Can't see that from Quebec, but a TV personality should be aware of it ya think?
Which TV personality (who represents all of Quebec) are you referring to?
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Have you noticed the huge amount of selective outrage at Israeli retaliations, yet none at the barbarous attacks on buses, pizzerias and discos?
Nope. Not at all. Couldn't be imagining things, could you?
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What was once a thriving Jewish community has become aged and shriveled in number.
You haven't been to Outremont.
But those who would like to portray Quebec as anti-semite usually start by quoting Lionel Groulx.
But personally I don't see the point of trying to divide peoples who have lived peacefully together for years by accusing one of disliking the other.
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But everyone loves Mordecai Richler.
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The maple leaf is considered very non-partisan in Canada. The CPC even has it in its own logo. The only place it has a political connotation is in Quebec.
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Why should they? You are right.
No, you're wrong because they aren't even looking at expansion as an option now. The only cities that could get teams right now are Quebec, Kansas, Seattle, and longshots Milwaukee and Las Vegas. They could easily fill those with existing underperformers if only to avoid contraction.
I can dream of Regina getting a team, but I agree it ain't happening.
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I find it odd that someone from the U.S. would find Canada getting its own flag "deplorable". So much so, I don't even believe it. Sometimes on the net you find these people who just make stuff up to get a rise out of people. I guess one should expect as much from a right-winger who tries to pretend he's a "radical left-winger".
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Everyone is an environmentalist. Some just take longer to realize they are than others.
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And that gets to the crux, all the owners want expansion, not contraction or move a team, because the real money is buying the rights to own.All the onwers share that , what is essentially free money, and none of them want to give that up.
Not really. They can add a relocation fee that is just as much a blank cheque as an expansion fee. Look at what the Atlanta Thrashers owners got to keep of the $170 million purchase price.
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I am from the U.S. I am not a Republican. I am a liberal Democrat.
And as for the flag, yes I know those "accomplishments" are similar, and deplorable.
In Canada, we love our flag. We were happy to ditch the British version.
You indicated in a recent post you are a registered Republican. Your posts clearly indicate you are neither liberal nor a Democrat.
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A team can't draw Province-wide for long. THere will always be a trickle of some fans from afar, but not the bulk of fans. Right now the Jets are a novelty and draw from great distances I'm sure.
Have you been to the Prairies? There's nothing to draw from. I've done the drive from Winnipeg to Regina many, many times. Cows don't attend hockey games.
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Pearson's "accomplishments":
[*]Shredding Canada's flag;
[*]Ditching the Red Ensign for the Liberal Party banner;
Aren't one and two the same thing? But I don't think there's a living soul in Canada who opposes that change. I guess it's only a concern among Republicans from the U.S.
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I don't think so....some Canadian teams suck just as bad...
Just to help you out, the discussion is about revenue.
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I'm guessing I was correct on the latter. But you contributed more than anyone, trying to change the subject to McGuinty. I guess when that fails, you criticize the thread's very existence.
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Why's that?
I think whenever anybody uses that lamest and most unoriginal right-wing debating tactic "the derangement syndrome" as an argument, they would be embarrassed for themselves.
Unless, of course, they were too foolish to understand their own idiocy.
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I figure Regina could split a team with Saskatoon. Though we'd need two new arenas then.
Old age security reform
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I guess he could have done that in the election campaign, but that would have been too upfront and honest.