M.Dancer

I love it. Israel has completely withdrawn from Southern Lebanon. Except for that place in Syria..... What was the phrase that Lenin used about his supporters in the west?

Alright, this is the last time I'll correct you. If you don't know what your are talking about, keep your yap shut. Israel has never completely withdrawn its forces from South Lebanon. It's unfortunate that people like you are allowed to use computers to spread lies. If only people like you would research your opinions before spouting off, it would truly be a better world. And I'd like to emphasize this link from Reuters of all places. I don't know....I might faint if I hear another flame......but given that Sheba farms is Syrian, as recognised by the UN, do you have a point? One that isn't so...hysterical and yap filled?

While they were chatting, Hezbollah was attacking. You think Israel should allow their citizens to be murdered so they could chat forever amongst themselves? No they weren't. Had they thet wouldn't have been attacked. You seem confused. 446 has nothing to do with lebanon. Nice. Real Nice. Murdering civilians, cross border incursions andmissile attacks are minor. Is it only Israel that isn't allowed to defend itself or is that your position with every nation?

You mean like...ummm...here?

That is not a reasonable fear because we already have private daycares and private schools. Whatever regulations govern their safety now can govern them without public funding. I support that. No it is reasonable becasue we have lots of unregulated daycares....

Lets look at some terrorists over the past 50 or so years......I admit before hand my list is incomplete FLQ Symbanese Liberation Army Aum Shinrikyo ETA New People's Army 17 November Kurdistan Workers Party ELN Real IRA Shining PAth Armenian Secret Army Japanese Red Army GRAPO Kahane Chai Red Army Faction Red HAnd Defenders Tupac Amaru Army of God God's Army Lord's resistance Army Action Directe and dozens more. For every terrorist group that finds it's way into the mainstream there are dozen that fail

Am I? I asked how they benefited the people....and did they force a political solution.... Your goal posts are I assume

I thought mercantilism triumphed over feudalism?

There was a debate. It was a good one. There was also a vote. The motion carried. What some want now is another debate....to show off their wondeful powers of rhetoric before the next election.....some think their are votes to be had on the backs of Canadian soldiers.....

Okay...how about the Mujahhedeen? Did they establish an afghan national gov't? Did the negotiate with the Soviets?

I would say a couple of examples, a few which I consider dodgy does little to prove that it isn't a rare instance.

No. I am suggesting handing out the FULL cost to parents and cancelling handing out money to the daycare/schools. You can not point to the $100 and counter my argument. The $100 is just a fraction of the cost. As you mentioned, it is to buy votes. Do they need different bureaucracy? No. They just need different ink on paper. For example, local building codes are a book with subsections. Some subsections deal with electrical, some subsections deal with plumbing, some deal with ventilation. Some subsections deal with bungalows and some deal with double story houses while others deal with multi-household dwellings. Either way, safety regulations are a side issue compared to the market of "public" schools and funding. I wish I knew how you formatted your reply...I bow to your l33tn3ss.... Well, I for one don't need the cash...But I wouldn't sniff at it either. I am not sure how I feel about a universal solution. When I spoke of gov't regulation, I meant that I wouldn't want a crop of unregulated baby minders in rat infested fire traps springing up just because need couple with gov't funding created an impetis....I would want the gov't's input on curriculum and programme, as well as a "Trustee" to ensure compliance with heath and safety issues. Whether that is through an existing department or not only depends on who can best effect the goal

I disagree. If that was the only driver, it could be solved in a flash: reduce taxes and increase tax credits. However, I believe the true reason is that over time Canadians want more and more. Decades of Trudeaumania have created people who think that money grows on trees and all we have to do is order the government to pick it for us and hand it out. Canadians commonly do not want to pay their own way but rather they want their neighbors to pay. Therefore, we must maintain a higher tax base otherwise we will not be able to steal from Peter to give to Paul. I think those same arguments against public schools are equally valid. I think the "literate society" deal is a mask. Our public schooling is a make-work program for people who call themselves teachers but can not make a living in the private sector. If public schooling is truly "necessary" the government would hand out school vouchers/coupons to everybody who wants to go to school. I do not think tax-payers should pay for daycare either. However, if we are going to do that, I insist that it be done by minimizing how much money you have to take from the tax-payers. Safety: daycares are just buildings. They can follow the same safety regulations as shopping malls or restaurants. No need for extra bureaucracy. Historically, I understand our previous governments may have been complete cereal-box-prize-winning economists but there is no excuse today. If it costs $X to send a kid to a school/daycare, give the parent $X TOWARDS school/daycare either in the form of a coupon or cash. Do not give the $X directly to the school/daycare and force the kids to attend. The market mechanics of giving the money directly to the school/daycare permits waste and competes with private school/daycare schools -- making them more expensive. And thats how we have come to have an extra $100 in every parents hands.....which does not address the problems BTW....schools are not just buildings, they aren't malls...nor are they condos...they are places where we educate our children, as such their building codes are a little more stringent than the average building.

Explain to me how the lebanese, the Tamils have benefited by Hezbollah or the Tigers. The Viet Minh are a special case, a national liberation army with vast popular support fighting against colonial occupation who refused to leave And Irgun? Irgun was the smallest of the guerilla groups. Haganah fits better with your question.

Well OK, if you insist. The missile attacks didn't start until after Israel started bombing Lebanon. I do insist..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_He...Border_Conflict The responsibility for the carnage in southern lebanon can fall easily between Hezbollah, whose activities sparked the conflagration, the lebanese gov't, who ignored security council resolutions to disarm hezbollah and to Israel, who had the audacity to not roll over and die as her enemies hoped.....

Yeah, you're right on August. My Norwegian grandparents had no choice but to learn the language as best they could and put their past behind them and merge totally into society. What a difference 100 years make. But I bet your bestapapa's herring still provokes mouth watering memories.....

Being a liberal, I must assume you are incorrect. Perhaps I should have used the capital L. I have voted for the Liberal Party every election since the late 80's. Support for Hezbollah is wide reaching, especially amongst the extreme right and left.

Well OK, if you insist. The missile attacks didn't start until after Israel started bombing Lebanon. Wow.....if only that were true and you had all the facts in front of you. Hezbollah have been using southern lebanon and particulary UNIFIL locations since 2004 to shell and launch missile attacks against northern Israel. Not to metion that there were Hezbollah incursions before this summer. But everyone has the memory of a hamster....it's only last weeks news that matters and has nothing to do with Israel putting up with years of Hezbollah activity. But i know, Israel bad Hezbollah cool........

Being a liberal, I must assume you are incorrect.

I'm glad you like it. I notice you omitted the random missile attacks, but never mind. So do you think Hezbollah and her bosses will have learned anything by this? ie. don't f*ck with Israel again? I hope so, I truly do

I believe it has become an economic reality where a sizable chunk of Canadian families feel they need two incomes to survive. At that point, the Feds feel that the welfare of children becomes an issue. Personally I see it as an evolution. At one time the same arguments against daycare (i don't feel daycare should be a handout) were used against creating public schools....but the reality of creating a literate society compelled local governments to step in. I don't think that governments should directly pay people to send kids to daycare, but I think they should be involved in creating the infrastructure necessary to increase the number of daycares available and to regulate to a degree the quality of daycares along with the relevant safety issues.

Generally, wars are to force political solutions...diplomacy by other means. Rarely is total war waged with the goal of unconditional surrender. Terrorists wage their war mainly becasue they are too stupid to realize they have lost the battle or don't have the popular support for political change and are unwilling to work peacxefuly for change or negotiate a peace. Killing woman and children substitutes as martial courage...but rarely forces a political solution. Shining path, bader mein hoff, Red Army come to mind......

Granted. However, who would imagine them arguing face to face about lowering taxes! That is an important point. In that context, the Liberal leadership race with such high-profile people who CAN NOT speak French makes them look completely ridiculous and out of touch. Worse yet, it makes them look like megalo-maniacs. As a long time liberal supporter.....there isn't anyone I would want to get behind....even my own MP, Dr Bennet leaves me cold..... Now if Pettigrew would have run and won the election and became PM....at least there was the possiblity of Bush mistaking him for John Larroquette...... Pettigrew Larroquette

Kinda like how Hezbollah has been defending Lebanon from Israeli invasion for the past 25 years? You mean the invasion that ended 6 years ago? The one where the respected gov'ts signed agreements that bound them to honour? The agreement that called for the disarmements of the private armies....the private army that caused the destruction of Lebanon? Yeah Hezbollah did a great job defending Lebanon...with defense like that, who needs demolition companies? So in short, yes the memory lapse of israel is exactly like hezbollah....except hezbollah haven't forgotten how to be terrorists.

There would be no draft becasue the military wouldn't stand for it. The quality of draftess is low. No professional soldier would want to have a draftee at his side, not when there are highly motivated, well trained volunteers....... That and there is zero need for a draft....