Moonlight Graham

Hey now don't flatter yourself. This thread is obviously done in spite & is just a lame attempt to try to stir some poop and stick his tongue out at people. I was beating on him that the WHO ranks Canada as having a better healthcare system than the U.S., and i guess that's added to the chapped butt he's got lately. I don't know why anyone bothered to respond to this thread, but now that its 5 pages long why not join the trainwreck & then say "adios". BC is some old cranky dude with too much time on his hands, and a thread like this just makes his day a wee bit more interesting.

Well, i mostly agree, but what he "could" do is much different than what he would like to do if he had his way, so i think that's what scared the public. I disagree that going from gay marriage to civil unions wouldn't be a huge deal. A move like that would sure hit the front page and cause a stink, most of the people who would be most angry likely don't vote for the CPC anyways. We know Obama's political stance on gay marriage, but we don't know what his true "beliefs" are on it. Knowing he's a liberal but also a practicing Christian it's hard to say.

A very typical Oleg post. Lots of vague Bourgeoisie-exploitation comments, but not much behind it. Can you please expand on this? Why do you think the PM is a puppet? Controlled by whom exactly? And why/how? Got any links?

Not a bad analysis. However, it's my opinion that if the Liberals had a solid leader they would likely vote the Liberals back in, or at least make it a darn close race. If Martin was the Liberal leader now and didn't have all that sponsorship scandal fallout on the party's back i think he would have a very good chance to win a minority gov in an election. Canadians don't love harper, but they are somewhat satisfied with the job he's doing, as he's better than the other horrible leadership options that have been out there for the past couple elections. But IMO most Canadians certainly would not like to see the CPC and Harper have a a majority gov, but are comfortable with him running a minority gov because of the check on his power.

You don't think there's a chance that, if he had a majority, Harper would try to reverse laws on same-sex marriage and abortion? I certainly wouldn't put it past him and the CPC.

The link is from a site that has been closed since Jan. 2009, but the article is actually one from Radio Free Europe. I also found an article about the whole "There was a light around me!" thing from The Times and there is apparently a video of Ahmadinejad saying these things, so the article/story seems legit. Your article also says this: That's just one analysis from from journalist, but maybe its true. More likely, Ahmadinejad is a bit of a nutjob. Well, even though he's a bit whacked in the brain, in his defense this isn't that much worse than many of the politicians in the West who are evangelical Christian nutjobs, or even your typical Christian follower who thinks Jesus will come again, or praying for salvation etc. etc. Heck, even Canada's own Stockwell Day thinks the earth is only about 6000 years old and that there's scientific proof that humans once walked the earth at the same time as dinosaurs! So basically, Ahmedinejad is a religious nutter like so many others. And yes its scary this guy could have access to nukes, though the man isn't a total idiot and i doubt he would be insane enough to launch a nuke at Israel or give one to a terror group at the risk of it being traced back to Iran and knowing full well that he & Iran would be nuked completely off the face of the planet in retaliation.

You would believe anything coming from Iran's state-owned broadcaster? Severe conflict of interest from that media source too. Ahmadinejad could be writing half the articles himself for all we know!

That's been the stated plan all along. It would obviously be irresponsible for Canada to completely abandon the area after our combat mission "ends". I fully support helping the development/reconstruction of the country, if the Afghans want us to stay that is.

Hmmm, you seem much more concerned about the Obama admin possibly getting bad fallout from this than actually giving a crap that innocent civilians could be getting popped in face with a bullet. Typical. :angry:

LOL. But really, if this is indeed a real story, i'd hope some proof comes to be. Maybe Hersh should actually write an article about it instead of just stating it at a conference.

"Most of the time"? I'm pretty sure that's an inaccurate statement.

Canada has been has had boots on the ground in the war in Afghanistan about as long as any other country. Not widely known, but we sent in about 40 special troops from Canada's Joint Task Force 2 in late 2001, before the ISAF mission began, to operate with the USASOC and SAS etc. in super-secret-stealthy missions. Then Harper upped the troop levels when he first took office, when victory still wasn't guaranteed. There was no victory guarantee when Canada entered WWII and Korea either. So i would say no, an "ironclad guarantee of victory" isn't mandatory. I think the interests of Canada should be priority #1, and getting out of combat soon is in that interest (unless some kind of negotiations with the Taliban are imminent and NATO needs to project strength). But i suppose international promises/commitments must also be factored in. I'm pretty sure if several years ago Canada committed to staying in until 2015, that commitment almost certainly be broken and troops brought home sooner. Or in words you might say: Canada will do whatever the heck it wants with it's military and there ain't a damn thing you can do about it.

I also find it odd. I can't find this story or the quote or coverage of it in any mainstream media. When i clicked on Mr. Canada's link of this so-called "quote", it was an article from "The Jerusalem Post: Israel's Best-Selling English Daily and Most-Read English Website". So uhhm big conflict of interest there (to say the least!), and the credibility of the story and the translation of the quote itself flies completely out the window. Don't believe a word of it folks. Find a more independent news source.

This is unbelievable. Or maybe not. But it is quite disturbing. Seymour Hersh, the U.S. "Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist" who "helped break the story that detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq were being tortured by their US jailers", dropped this bombshell while speaking at a recent journalism conference: Link Here's Hersh actually saying the above (very short video): Disgusting. :angry: This should be all over the news. It's much worse than Abu Ghraib.

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I just don't understand how someone can go crazy on their credit cards and rack up so much debt. It's really quite stupid, since in the end you will lose money bigtime on the interest and destroy your credit rating if not your entire financial situation. If so many online merchants didn't require the use of credit cards i would never have even applied for one in the first place.

Holy poop it's warm outside today.

Agree or disagree with this PSA, its just really damn entertaining:

BAHA! Oops, sorry for the outburts. Best PM ever? Very hard to claim that since he's never even had a majority government, so obviously many if not most Canadians easily disagree with you. Harper's ok, i disagree with him on a bunch of key issues and would probably despise him were he and his party to have a majority and some the policies that would follow from that. But as a PM with a minority gov, he's doing an ok job considering the alternatives...but that's not saying much at all.

I agree. There's always a motive when top brass criticize the success of a military operation. Usually they are in ultra spin mode with the usual doublespeak and optimistic rhetoric.

Well, i'd ideally like Canada to be out ASAP, but there is certainly something to be said about making commitments to your NATO allies and sticking to them. If Canada promised a 2011 pullout and decided to leave now, what good is our word?

I guess things are pretty much status quo for the operation in Afghanistan, more than 8.5 years after it began. A really good article from The Independent on the basic situation happening there now, worth a full reading. About Karzai: About the "surge", and the 'clear-hold-build' strategy: So much for "Taliban on the ropes". Karzai is continuing to show what a rat he is. It's unfortunate but i just don't see democracy shining in this country until they are ready for it, if that ever happens. Hopefully, no matter what happens in the war, it can be concluded with favourable results for Western/global security and the Afghan people (if that's even possible at this point ).

This is a fantasy. Zionism isn't going bye-bye anytime in the foreseeable future.

That;s a pretty awesome quote. You gotta wonder what else they have disagreed on LOL. I`ve always liked her, she seems like a smart, calm lady.

I think there's a flaw in your theory. As someone else mentioned, you are comparing mostly "lone gunmen" to terrorist organizations. What about comparing terrorist orgs through the years? Like the FLQ, IRA etc.? While i see your point, i don't think this is an improvement in human civilization simply because i'd rather see one leader and a couple of bodyguards die than hundreds of people blown up in an airplane or hotel bombing. I think more people getting murdered is not good.