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Was that directed at myself or Jdobbin? Depends, if you look at how the military was before Trudeau we were much stronger in terms of defence spending. This can especially be seen under the guardianship of Louis St Laurent. First things first, we have seen an increase in troop levels due to lobbying. As well we should stay until 2011 as we have promised our NATO allies. I do believe that some countries should do more, however once again I will not support retreat simply because of it. The Canadian Forces is currently recruiting alot of new members. As well I'm sure with current government we'll see an increase in the amount of defence spending to the CF in order to sustain the mission.

That was directly refuting the insinuation that a strong military is always for combat and will eventually go to war. I simply pointed out that the Canadian Military was once stronger and had a large presence in Germany during the Cold War. We've got the support of the majority of NATO, not to mention the recent major contributions by the French. Their is no point in abandoning a nation to the wolves simply to appease those who for one reason or another believe the conflict can be ended within a few months.

I vote to get rid of the prayer altogether, why add religion to a secular institution.

Speaking of insults, whatever happened to ScottSA? If he was banned what was the straw that finally broke the camels back?

Sorry, but that's comparing apples to oranges. We fought the Nazi's for around six years, however when Dieppe was a failure we didn't bail because some people were afraid that Canada's reputation as a peacekeeper would forever be tarnished. As well fighting insurgents is much different from fighting a conventional army, while we may be there for another couple of years it will be worth it if the Taliban never come to power.

Speak softly and carry a big stick. If you want peace prepare for war. We sat the military in Germany for a while. We already cooperate alot with NATO countries, my current base trains the British Army, my former one had personnel that was 1/4 American, and I've been involved in Maple Flag where we have over a dozen nations taking part. Recruitment, and perhaps reforming the Canadian Forces to make it a more palatable career. Doubt it, as much as I'd like to see National Service [one year in either the military, the VSO, or social services] become a requirement I doubt we'll ever see Canadians being forced to join the military. I'm sure many Green Party supporters will be happy to know that they can continue to sit around a campfire and talk about how the world would be a better place if we only hugged the Taliban.

Sounds like alot of the people at PETA who keep on sprouting bullshit about "animal liberation." Any person who gets into an uproar over a dead donkey in the middle east while thousands are dying deserve absolutely no respect.

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I blame those goddamn white rednecks who were not in the vicinity of the shooting. Now if you'll excuse me I've gotta put my head in the sand.

Why not have a system similar to what the Netherlands and Switzerland has. Get the best benefits of the free market along with universal coverage. http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/Switzerland.pdf http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/dutch.pdf

Can you back up any of your statements?

I hope we can all at the very least agree that Paul Watson is a massive wacko. Any group of people who believe the death of some seals is more tragic than actual humans dying are idiots.

Adolf Hitler was improved the quality of life for many Germans, shall we ask whether he was a hero or villain. Any person who asks such a question should give their heads a shake. Exactly how many people did Stalin kill??? Read Animal Farm.

First of all, I'm a Conservative and I actually support what Black Dog is stating. The current situation in Alberta isn't healthy for democracy, especially when the current premier so flippantly doesn't care that the voter turnout was at 40%. Preston Manning has recently begun writing on how to get more Albertan's involved in democracy, and in a sense about how to bring back a little bit of accountability to the electorate. PS: I think the oppositions biggest downfall was those ads by the public unions [No Plan] which may have in fact given the PC's a boost. Perhaps if both parties had not run terrible campaigns as well we'd be in a different situation. However I'm sure eight years from now we'll see a new premier in power coming from a party which came out of the blue. That is if Alberta's history is any indicator of future electoral results.

I'd argue in favour of getting rid of the HRC. Even though I find the opinions of some hate mongers [aryan nations, KKK, nation of islam, etc] to be sickening, I have no right to restrict their speech. The best that can be done is to confront such people with their bullshit, like we usually do with any creationist or conspiracy theorist.

So far the Tories are leading in Saskatchewan. However I think that if anything this might show that people don't appreciate Stephane Dion meddling in the nomination battles, especially when the original candidate helped him win the leadership.

Islam is not a race it's a religion. Oddly enough when I attack Christianity I never get labelled a racist. Once again the hypocrisy of the PC left is shining through.

No thanks, I am currently a member of the NDP however I will be voting Conservative federally and NDP provincially. The reason more or less is because at the federal level they are completely innept when it comes to the war on terrorism, criminal justice, and cultural issues.

I'd be more concerned about those who identify more with the Muslim world, or for that matter the large amount which are sympathetic towards the 9/11 hijackers. This is not to say that a muslim could never adopt western civilization, but the failed cult of multiculturalism fails to recognize that western culture is in fact superior to that of Saudi Arabia.

Well atheists really don't care about religion, but they do start to care when it effects the society as a whole and government policy.

Name one good thing someone does soley because they are religious, and then ask yourself if an atheist is just as capable of doing the same thing. Then attempt to name one bad thing about religion and one can come up with an answer within a second. The idea that our civilization is crumbling because we are no longer "Christian" is absolutely wrong. First of all one only has to look at the Enlightenment which was driven be reason, humanism, and rationality, not religion. Second is that our neighbours to the south were lucky to have a country built on the fundamental notion of a seperation between church and state, perhaps the first nation to do so in the western world. So in my view religion does not necessarily help, or hurt us as a society.

Great to hear that with your wide social circle you met a girl online. Why are you friends with all of these immigrants you despise so much? For the love of god just answer that basic question. So the black immigrants we have here in Medicine Hat are different from the ones in Toronto. So do you dislike immigrants from Toronto, and only Toronto? By the way stop playing the "I live here" card because most of us have come into contact with immigrants as well.

Multiculturalism, the god that failed in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. I wonder how long it will be until Canada follows suit.

Well assuming god does exist, which I highly doubt, why would he allow all of those people who have never heard the gospel to suffer the torments of hell. If someone has never heard the gospel they are then doomed correct? As for Jesus, I don't quite get why god would need to send his son down to earth for us. Why wouldn't god just do it. It seems to me that Jesus if anything went against most things that god said.

I doubt we'll see a majority government next time around, it'll be a minority. Even then I'd hope the Liberals would lose, depose Dion, and then elect someone like Michael Ignatieff so we have a real choice next time around.