Moonbox

Nope sorry! 40% vote for him as PM. and what...you're a shining bastion of intellect? Excuse me while I go flush the toilet....

Um...with that comment I'm not really sure you understand what an analogy even is. My reference wasn't really even an analogy. Using rhetoric =/ 'analogy'. All I did was explain why your analogy was bad by supporting what jbg was trying to say. The fact that you missed all that, and the meaning of analogy, is troubling to me.

Actually they'd probably be better off.....

Topaz you're getting pathetic man...get it together already.

A matter of opinion fortunately! One that ~40% of Canadians, unfortunately for you, disagree with.

I don't really think it matters what you consider yourself. You're one of the most die-hard Harper critics on this forum. If Harper dived in front of a train to save a dozen orphan children you'd still find an angle to criticize him for it.

Well if you don't say. A CBC article supports my viewpoint. Amazing. What possible environmental benefit is there to outsourcing our pollution in the grand scheme of things?

Analogies are bad arguments, particularly this one. Saddam was a murderous mad man who had the authority and the power to utterly suppress his people. In his case only outside force could remove him. Gadhafi, on the other hand, is a travelling road clown and his army is the joke of Africa. His people have the power, and will, to get rid of him themselves and that's exactly what's happening.

No it's just a really special ability that the Harper haters have to make up bad news wherever they can, and transform good news into bad news with whatever mental magic they have.

Carbon taxation is a dumb sell, not a hard sell. That's why it's not flying. It's almost impossible to justify imposing taxes and increased costs to manufacturers in Canada when they account for barely a fraction of the world's emissions, when the world's largest emitters have no similar restrictions. All you'd be doing is moving your manufacturers to China/India, where with the cost of labour they don't exactly need any other competitive advantages. Sounds like a great idea to me!!!

Wait was I supposed to take WIP's post seriously? That environmental issues are the #1 most important issue in all of Canadian politics, surpassing health care, taxes, the economy etc etc etc? How do you respond to that other than with laughter? Dumb posts get dumb answers.

Maybe in another 3-4 years. It's hilarious that you think it might be soon. Is that what they're saying at rabble Topaz? LoL.

It's not exactly remarkable that a third world country known for nothing other than apartheid and HIV/AIDS gets a publicity boost when someone sees something other than that. As for Harper's international reputation, I'm proud of what he's done. SHAME ON US for being net energy producers and for clubbing baby seals. SHAAAAME.

Your experience of what other countries think of us is totally relevant to the discussion. Other countries (and the polls) are enlightened by it.....

Chretien wasn't responsible for the 62 cent dollar, nor is Harper fully responsible for Canada's international reputation. All the hacks here tend to forget that politics are almost always GREY.

Is that so? It's ALL because of the Olympics? What are you basing that on?

It's an anecdotal article written by a member of the Liberal Party. It's completely biased. As for what's not true, let's instead look at the balogna in the article. First, he says the Liberals like to cut corporate taxes only when the government is running surpluses. That's fine and dandy, but what happens when they are running deficits? Do you raise corporate taxes when you run deficits, or stick to tax cuts previously made? The idiot goes so far to suggest that it was smart to support tax cuts in 2007 because we were still running a surplus, but that was right before the recession (and subsequent deficits) so I can't understand how this clown's logic could be so selective. As for the F-35, I'm kind of in agreement with him, but that's another story altogether.

Hahahahahahahahaha **gasps for air** Hahahahahahahahaha

Is it wrong for me to judge May on her slob appearance? Who wants that leading their country?

LoL Topaz you would be lurking around rabble.ca

Everything within reason. Moderation is a really nice thing. I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish here man.

Madmax asserted that the NDP has a better record running balanced budgets provincially. Bob Rae was M.Dancer's refutation of that and it was fairly apt. madmax has decided that Bob Rae doesn't count, but I'm having trouble understanding why. Sounds like he's cherry picking the sample.

Why do people even respond to these threads? That's the more intriguing topic to discuss....

Topaz you're so out of touch. Harper is polling better in Ontario than he ever has at 44%. Dalton the mistake has p'd off so many people here that it's going to be a completely blue province again by the end of the year. Check your facts again.

Do you think the Liberals would have done any better sending planes to Libya to "buy votes"? Topaz your posting here has become pretty sad lately.