G Huxley

A. I don't believe in the death penalty. B. I believe in the rule of law provided that it is in accord with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (Rules out 'Free Trade')

You see it how it is. "Free Trade" is just Orwellian news speak for getting away with murder.

If being chained up to a sewing machine all day being paid 2 cents an hour and have the place burn down with no fire exits in Bangladesh means free to you then by all means. I'm sure the people in Tianjin are enjoying their freedom right now. Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone is the largest free trade zone in northern China.

"The freer the trade the freer the people." Tell that to the people who live and work in "Free Trade Zones" Arbeit Macht Frei right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_trade_zone

You can call selling out the country's resources and companies to foreign interests such as totalitarian/communist China as 'business as usual' 'commerce' if you want. More accurately it's called betraying Canada by selling off it's companies/resources.

The government has to decide whether or not they can be sold to foreign interests. They sold out Canada to foreign interests including totalitarian/communist China.

Harper could continue to sell Canadian companies and resources to foreign owned country like he has been doing left right and center. Talisman and Nexen which he sold to communist China are only a couple names among many. Utterly traitorous.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/former-quebec-ndp-mp-to-run-for-green-party/article25979604/

If you don't believe other parties should have a fair chance in their run for government then you don't believe in Democracy plain and simple. No surprise here you are one of many Canadians who don't know the meaning of the word Democracy or believe in it. At least most Canadians according to the poll in fact the overwhelming number of Canadians about 8 out of 10 do and believe that May should be in the debate. So if it was a Democracy the Demos would have their day here, but as it's an oligarchy they aren't. Also polls show that more Canadians approve of Elizabeth May than they do the actual Prime Minister. So how on earth can you refer to her as fringe? Maybe we should refer to the Anti-Democratic current Prime Minister as a fringe extremist since the vast majority of Canadians do not approve of him.

Vancouver King incidentally that pickup seat would most likely be across the water in my riding.

May has lived most of her life here and been a citizen of Canada for most of her life. It's a moot point.

It's not about whether or not May will or will not become the next prime minister, it's about the voices of all Canadians being heard and represented in a Democratic process, and there being an actual visible choice for Canadians to decide on. We either believe in Democracy and have the election process be Democratic or we forgo Democracy and go down the road of authoritarian oligarchy. Harper and the NDP have shown that they are happy with the latter so far as it is to their own political benefit. The other parties should have just continued the old debate and if Harper didn't show it would have been clear to the Canadian electorate what an anti-Democratic weasel/stooge he is. Instead Mulcair chose the low road which is to go along with Harper's anti-Democratic political hijinx. It should not be forgotten that the Globe and Munks helped deraill real Democracy from appearing in Canada.

It's shocking to see how many Canadians don't know the meaning of the word Democracy and clearly don't believe in it.

"Canadians want Greens' Elizabeth May at future debates: poll" http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/canadians-want-greens-elizabeth-may-at-future-debates-poll Canadians overwhelmingly believe in Democracy, while the Globe and Mail, The Munk Debates, Harper and his defender Mulcair have shown that they do not. Mulcair can forget my vote for this just like when his predecessor Jack Layton tried to keep May out of the debates. The NDP should take the word Democratic out of their name. As for Harper with his Bushite loyalty oaths to attend his campaign ralleys and anti-democratic authoritarian antics to sideline the other parties from the debates, he never had my vote to begin with. It is a shame because I was hoping anybody even Mulcair would end one of the worst governments in Canadian history, but now he's lost my support. We are either a democratic country or an authoritarian oligarchy. Harper, Mulcair, The Globe and Munks are clearly in favour of the latter.

Canada is supposed to be a democracy, not a corrupt business for an elite group of cronies selling the property of Canada for as much short term profit as possible to foreigners/investors and with bribes in the processes and no care for the long term interests of Canada and its citizens who pay for this duplicity with their tax dollars.

As he courts them over the recent free trade agreement, which Germany has showed cold feat over concerns of sovereignty and environmental integrity. (Something Harper cares nothing about). This recently followed Harper making a massive possibly unconstitutional free trade agreement with China, which allows Chinese companies to grab what's left of our resources that haven't already been acquired by foreign companies. http://www.timescolonist.com/life/harper-gives-eu-leaders-free-plane-ride-cbc-report-pegs-tab-at-over-300-000-1.1396622

You spent most of the thread arguing that the US shouldn't intervene because Erdogan was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and other such nonsense.

My exact quote was this: Yes it appears that not all of them were saved and that that was premature, but the one thing I got right in that post is that you're still an asshole. You were arguing that they shouldn't be protected at all. So while I was a bit overly optimistic in the moment, they did receive some protection enough to allow the majority to escape, and if it was up to you they wouldn't have received any protection at all.

The really sad thing is that Sinjar was the most populous Yazidi city, and now they seem to have all been driven out of it so far as I gather. I have a Yazidi friend from Sinjar and I haven't heard from him. I'm quite worried for him and his family. The Yazidi around Sinjar wear a characteristic red and white dotted headdress that makes them stand out from other Yazidi. They are like a Yazidi culture within the Yazidi. Its very sad.

The Yazidi still seem to be in trouble on Mt. Sinjar, contrary to claims that everything is now OK. It seems the declaration of the situation being solved has been premature. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/27/-sp-yazidis-mount-sinjar-isis-satellite-images

I rest my case: You Rue are a complete idiot. Replace the word Muslim Brotherhood with the Communist party and you are Joe Mccarthy's Ghost, except you make even Mccarthy look honest in comparison. You offer the perfect example of the Big Lie.

Rue: You didn't say Erdogan had connections to the Muslim Brotherhood. You said specifically that Erdogan was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Now its time to retract your lie.

No Rue I remain fixated on the fact that you are a liar with not even the character to admit your lie. What's the point on having further discussion with such a person who not only lies, but then won't even admit he was wrong when he can't put forth any evidence confirming his absurd claim 'the big lie.' The Big Lie for anyone unfamiliar with it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_lie

So Rue let's get this straight: Erdogan is not a member of the Muslim Brotherhood contrary to your previous statement that he was.

Rue neither of your links showed Erdogan to be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. I consider that an unintentional admission that you were wrong, but can't admit it. Don't worry everyone else here sees it how it is.