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The money and energy that would be saved on lights are more then a little offset by the money i'm still spending on heat,it's still winter here,remember. The extension proposed is not really worth it based on that alone. Unless you can move summer to coincide with it ;}

There is big money to be made going BOO on enviromental issues, I can't see it translating into anything concrete for them, Lord help us all if they ever attain any kind of power beyond what the Media sheep give them, who are like Linda Lovelace and swallow anything they're fed. How long before Al Gore,and David Suzuki and others of their ilk implode from their self righteous indignation?

One Question Baylee,Has there ever being a war without civilan casualties? This is a rhetorical question. People die,men,women,children, innocent or guilty,all the time-get over it. It is regrettable when innocent people die,the split second decisions a soldier has to make as to whether somebody is a friend or enemy, is not something i would wish on anybody,the wrong decision will most likely haunt them for the remainder of their days. Are you incapable of putting yourself in a soldiers shoes and seeing that? It is easier to criticise,but what punishment would you mete out in your opinion?

Is it the deceased or the surviving relatives who decide what type of picture,if any is put in the Obituary? I for one,would like to be remembered as a young man,at the height of my physical and mental powers, in my salad days,so to speak,but that's just me

I'm going to have to rethink my political leanings, I'm a smack dab in the middle Libertarian,here i thought i was Conservative,Who knew? I scored 70 per cent on both scales . That is a interesting little test,not comprehensive but quick,it took me less then a minute to answer the questions.

The only way to bring these folks up is to cut the special treatment, all that crap. When all Canadians, regardless of race, have an equal amount of rights and freedoms, then we'll be progressing here. Coddling minorities will only lead to their further reliance on the state (and therefore they become more engrained in block voting with political parties). Exactly,the sooner potential immigrants to Canada realize that the gravy train is not going to be there when they cross our border, the less likely we will have moochers and freeloaders coming to our country and putting additional strains on our social safety net. Those that come will be the ones who realize that they will have to work to make a life for themselves will be the ones we want,to make a positive contribution to society. Lest anybody think me heartless, i have no objection to helping recent immigrants make the transition to Canada easier, finding housing,educational training and such, but i would put a moratorium on any type of financial aid after a certain amount of time,in effect saying,if you can't stand on your feet,you're out of here. One more thing ,be convicted of a felony...you're out of here.

I suppose you would rather have the Liberals Lies that we have been burdened with for years...better the devil you know,eh.

Did you just insult everybody on this thread save for the three who voted for Bush?

Canada quietly makes contact with Libya Senators sign agreement with Gadhafi calling for closer ties between countries BILL CURRY OTTAWA Deep in the Libyan desert, four Canadian senators sat around a bonfire last week chatting global politics with their host, Moammar Gadhafi. The former international pariah regularly ordered his officials to toss another log on the fire as he outlined his plans for improved relations with Canada. The unusual and unpublicized meeting marked the first official contact between the two countries since Stephen Harper's Conservative government took office a little over a year ago. The Conservative Speaker of the Senate, Noel Kinsella, led the Canadian delegation, which also included Liberal David Smith, Progressive Conservative Nancy Ruth and Independent Marcel Prud'homme. After two days of meetings with Libyan cabinet ministers and parliamentarians in Tripoli, the senators were driven by motorcade three hours outside of the capital. When the road ended, they switched to jeeps and slowly crossed the desert after dark. "You're just out in the middle of nowhere," Mr. Smith recalled. "You then come over this hill and there's just a couple of trees -- it wasn't exactly an oasis -- a bonfire and a tent. And sitting in the tent was 'the leader' as he is always referred to." The senators, who were accompanied by Canada's ambassador to Libya and Alhussein Elzawawi, Libya's deputy chief of mission in Ottawa, chatted for two hours and ultimately signed an agreement with Colonel Gadhafi calling for closer ties between the two countries. The agreement called for more frequent visits between Canadian and Libyan politicians and private-sector exchanges of officials working in areas such as oil, agriculture and ports. "I've been on dozens of these things going back to when I was an MP 25 years ago, and this was as fascinating as any," Mr. Smith said. Libya has been eagerly seeking to improve its relations with the West since 2003, when the North African nation renounced terrorism, accepted responsibility for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and paid $2.7-billion in compensation to the victims' families. Former prime minister Paul Martin had a brief visit with Col. Gaddafi in December of 2004 en route to a family holiday in Morocco. The Libyan leader's son, Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, visited Canada a year later, meeting briefing with Mr. Martin and then-foreign-affairs minister Pierre Pettigrew. The Senate Speaker's Office said last week's three-day visit was purely parliamentary and did not represent the Canadian government. A spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay stressed the same point. "This is a parliament to parliament trip," Dan Dugas said. In an interview at the Libyan embassy in Ottawa, Mr. Elzawawi said Libya had invited the Canadian Parliament to send a delegation for a visit and the Senate Speaker responded. "We are very seriously looking to improve our relationship between our two countries," he said. "This was a very successful visit." Col. Gadhafi greets visitors in a tent far from government offices because he wants to display his ties to the common people, Mr. Elzawawi said. "He has always been close to nature and he's not the kind of person who enjoys staying in closed doors in palaces or villas," he said. Mr. Prud'homme, who has long advocated the pursuit of closer communication with Arab leaders regardless of whether they are on the outs with the Western world, said Canada is missing out on an opportunity. Britain and the United States have rushed over the past three years to capitalize on the Libyan market, the senator said. "Sadly, as usual, we always come late," he said yesterday. "The British are there massively sending delegation after delegation after delegation, but for reasons that are typically Canadian, our business community is very slow and our political level." This is something i just came across,the article is from a Toronto newspaper,originally,can't post a link because it came to my attention via an email. I'd like to get some opinions on this,i'm not sure what to make of it,quiet diplomacy and an attempt to normalize relations or something else? It just seems so uncanadian,this kind of governmental cloak and dagger stuff.

I don't know if it's lowered my IQ,but it has certainly contributed to my waistline.

Economic Left/Right 1.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian 1.64 This is a cool test,I'm pretty well where i expected to be. The second test puts me right in downtown Centerville,almost Bullseye,Who knew?

how to deal with a so-called "enemy of the people" during the Cultural Revolution I've just read this and all i can say is wow,the scale of the brutality,the complete absence of humanity is breathtaking,probably not a surprise to most here on this forum,why is it the more i read of history,the less i think that we can solve todays' problems,sorry my cynical side is coming through. They are right in one respect,if they want to maintain their hold over the people,they will have to continue the brutal treatment of their own countrymen,because the moment the regime loosens the grip of power,retribution will be swift and probably even more brutal.

Too bad they didn't have a song called ''Goodbye George''

She used and abused her body like it was a red-headed step-child...= one dead bimbo. Hey ! Be careful with statements like that one. I was a redheaded stepchild, I just might take offence at that.

OOPS Didn't look before i posted this sorry about that.How do i delete this post?

http://news.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/TopStorie...showbyline=True Looks like Turner either got tired of being the lone wolf ,or the temptation to stick it to Harper was too much,probably a little bit of both, I wonder who called who?

Gee,I wonder if there were any polls when the Liberals used their scary ads against the Conservatives,just asking? I'm thinking it's a matter of timing, we're not in an election now,and we have a low tolerance for ads at the best of times.

Genetic testing is in itself,a neutral entity. We ascribe all sorts of horrible possibilites of what might happen if we misuse any sort of technological or medical advances. The truth I see is that we will have people who will see it in an opportunity to make it easier to make choices whether to have a baby,based on medical evidence and that can only be a good thing,no? Abortion,already a difficult dilemna for many women,can be made a little easier if they have a basis for their decision that they can live with. How many women base their decision to abort on the possibilty of genetic abnormalities?. The earlier the testing can be done the better,to sidestep arguements about when life begins.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid...icle%2FShowFull I guess I really can't be surprised this has happened, is it that have we not being paying too much heed to that particular part of the world lately and perhaps they wanted to get our attention? Do they really want to provoke Israel into retaliating after what happened last year,not likely, as I can't see that particular course of events unfolding as Israel is not going to fall into that trap. I see this as a ploy to divert attention away from their own infighting.

This is political satire at it's best,Canadian style

The person who voted for Bush needs a serious reality check,seriously!

Here in Ottawa,home of The Ottawa Senators,GO SENS GO, first we had The Palladium,then The Corel Center,now we're Scotia Bank Place,Those who have the money get the game, the name and the fame..eh

Thanks,That's hilarious,I'm passing that on to my friends.

I read about this in the local newspaper last week and was discouraged by it. It seems that the transitional government is trying to flex its' muscles to see if anyone is going to take them seriously and the radio station makes an easy target. It's hard to see what kind of threat the radio station poses,hopefully cooler heads will prevail and they'll back down when they realize that. One question though,would there be any kind of resentment among the people about those who left for a better life coming back to be part of the ruling class?

Who cares about how much knowledge of Canadian history he has? That is completely erroneous to this topic. How much knowledge of Mexico do you think our Mexican ambassador has? I care,but i was just trying to convey my visceral dislike of the guy.I watched a couple of interviews of the guy and i just noticed a supercilious attitude that seemed to emanate from him. He should,otherwise you as dissing the country.Why should i listen to him if he can't be bothered to know us? It is part of an Ambassadors job description to know his adopted Country inside and out,backwards and forwards,at least it should be