Moonlight Graham

How exactly does Insite "enable" drug users??? The logic is very simple for this facility. The drug users bring their own drugs to the facility. Insite provides clean needles to prevent the spread of disease, and medical supervision so they don't OD etc. If Insite did not exist, these drug users would still do the drugs, only with dirty needles they get from other homeless people, or simply find a dirty needle on the ground. Many dirty needles litter the sidewalks of that drug-infested area, and Insite regularly cleans/sweeps up the dirty needles that are in front of their facility so drug users don't use them while waiting for the sight to open in the morning. Does anyone really think these drug users would not be using these drugs if Insite didn't exist? Insite also has people the users can talk to for rehab if they voluntarily decide they want to try to quit.

I spit venom at Harper all the time? When? I can say that to me it seems Harper can do no wrong for you in this case. Question your government, friend.

I believe the people of Afghanistan need help too. A lot of help. The UN ranks Afghanistan the 2nd least-developed country in the world in 2009. It's basically a horrible place to live (though no doubt the war has really brought them down in ranking). I just don't think the way we are trying to help them is the right way to go about things.

I think the gov't should pick up a some of the bill in airport security. It is a matter of national security, and the Canadian gov't also owns all major airports to my knowledge so has a responsibility there as well. If the gov keeps upping the security measures eventually more airlines are going to have trouble staying in business.

Some good points. The question isn't "why do Muslims hate us?". A lot of people don't like us, Americans most of all, including many countries the U.S./West has mucked around with but which has not resulted in the militant blowback Islamists have resorted to in recent decades. The question is rather then "Why do they hate us and attack us?" Certainly, U.S./West fudging in the affairs in Muslim countries has fueled the fire. The Iran coup. The U.S. military occupying holy Muslim land in Saudi Arabia near Mecca and Medina during the 1991 Gulf War. But underlying all of this, as you mentioned, is fundamentalist Muslim ideology. The Muslim fundamentalist beliefs of Qutbism has been a massive inspiration to Islamists. The violent, intolerant, and anti-American fundamentalist writings and beliefs of Sayyid Qubt is the most prominent factor in inciting jihad among modern Muslim radicals since the 1970's, including al-Qaeda leaders bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. It is clear that fundamental/radical Muslim beliefs is the difference in why Muslims have gone on such a violent terror assault on the West compared to the many other people/countries across the globe that have been similarly occupied and mucked with by West/U.S. foreign policy but haven't resorted to such persistent and violent retribution. To all, here's a fantastic peer-reviewed academic journal article on the subject(even though i hate the term "Islamic-Fascism"/"Islamofascism"), from the journal "Parameters": Qutbism: an ideology of Islamic-Fascism

It might get on the news, as the page has already. It delivers a message of protest. That's the function it serves. It's basically an online petition.

You just said Harper had a good reason for doing it, then you fire back that you have no idea why he did it. You want the reason? The Afghan torture investigation. If Harper was so valid for proroguing parliament this time, why did he do it on a day where the public and the media would be extremely pre-occupied with holiday celebrations? Many Canadian journalists don't even work on Dec. 31st, and many newspapers such as the Ottawa Citizen do not release a newspaper on Jan. 1. How convenient. This is the political behaviour of someone who has something to hide. Proroguing Parliament is fine, but doing so for selfish political gain is B.S.

Muslim rage is my favorite kind of rage.

Adults, say early 20's+ who get into the workforce buy highend TV. I agree many can't afford it, but that's what credit card debt is for. Huh? It's dark for everybody. Nothing to do with eye weakness What gets me is...why don't they just make the picture brighter to compensate?

We get some of those commercials in Canada too. They want you to ask your doctor about it! If your doc prescribes a drug, whether you, private insurance companies, or gov't drug plans pay for it they don't care. it's money in their pocket.

Obama got elected didn't he? As for Cheney, in many ways he's very intelligent, in others he's a complete moron, and overall he lives up to his first name.

If anyone would like to see something technologically amazing, especially if you're a fan of videogames and the Wii especially, check this out. 3D is may be coming to you're TV faster than you think. This has been on youtube for awhile so who knows how far they've come with it now:

You're right. Obama, Mr. Nice Guy, would definately benefit from a "bad cop" type figure high in the admin, preferebly VP. Cheney is a corrupt and heartless SOB, but i'll give him big credit for playing that role well. He had no Presidential asperations, so he could afford to get the electorate (and others) PO'd with him.

I, for one, can't wait to see my front package displayed in all its glory on a scanner screen. i hope to smash a hole right through the damn screen, 3D-style. YAH!!! But seriously, yes i see the concern for women. How about women only being scanned/analyzed by women security workers? They need to implement proper security precautions before these terror incidents happen/are attempted. Right now airports/gov'ts are reacting after the fact. It was "take off your shoes, potential shoebomber", then is was "no liquids!", now it's "i need to scan your underwear". Why are we reacting to, and not preventing, these terrorist airplane incidents?

Roeper hated Lord of the Rings too. But if you add up all the critics opinions, like rottentomatoes.com does, they are usually pretty accurate as a whole.

The only thing wrong with what he said was the part about Buddhism. Maybe he should have kept his mouth shut about that, considering i doubt he is an expert of Buddhism.

You aren't an expert either, you just regurgitated what was written in the news article.

That's really reaching a bit too far.

I'm certainly no law expert, but i do understand the case was thrown out. So unless different charges are laid, them boys got off.

No, no. Have you seen Dances with Wolves? It's the EXACT same plot.

No, i mean the actual mech battle is extremely similar to Aliens, as director James Cameron also used a similar mech in the final big battle: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z4-I2c8peEQ/RdHKlwoAu_I/AAAAAAAABGA/PGGYJgxwrS4/s400/aliens01.jpg

Finally went a/*nd saw this flick on Sunday. Wouldn't have gone if i didn't get to see it in 3D IMAX, which i did. Visually, the movie is certainly stunning from a technical and special f/x point of view. In 3D the movie is pretty awesome to watch. Storywise, it's very very predictable. This is no Terminator 2 for James Cameron, that's for sure. If i were a 10 year-old boy again, i'd probably go nuts over this film. But the simplistic plot has been done before a dozen times, and much better. It's basically Dances With Wolves in CG as others have also compared it, but Dances With Wolves (one of my fav all-time films) does it much better and in much more subtle ways story-wise. And what's with the fight at the end vs that army prick in the mech suit? Didn't Cameron already do the exact same scene at the end of "Aliens"? The story also incorporates an angle of anti-U.S. foreign policy, which comes off lame. Terms like "terrorism", "shock and awe", and "preemptive strike" are used to yawn-inducing effect. 3 out of 5 stars, not bad not great.

If they don't bring these men back to trial, which is as likely as me farting bars of gold, then you lose since it's your justice system which has failed.

I don't like tabs. Also, many programs like Microsoft Word, Powerpoint etc. (at least in my version of Office) don't use tabs. So if you want to open multiple windows of the same program its more of a hassle now IMO.

In my eyes they are, and so is OJ. But i wouldn't actually send either of them to jail without a fair trail. The question is whether these Blackwater dopes get a fair trial.