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Well, if you kill 'em off we wouldn't have to pay for them anymore.

Good post DOP I give the Japs a lot of credit and props for their bravery! Even when they hit the US they had the cajones to hit a military base. Terrorism that targets defenseless men, women, and children is as cowardly as it gets. EDIT: These "Honor killings" have no place in Canadian society and they need to screen out this type of belief for people coming to OUR country.

Not to mention Miller accomplished nothing with this strike.

Just as outrageous as Miller and his ilk getting a month separation pay for every year of service.

Well there is one sure way for a mission to fail, let the congress know about it. It wouldn't be an hr later and the whole world would know about the plans.

oops, wrong thread. lol

Agreed, and therein lies the root problem with our political system.

Does it really matter? I don't think too many people with their feet planted in reality see much difference between any of the mainstream parties, unfortunately. IMO a significant factor in the pathetic voter turnouts over the past decade.

1) Agreed, I would only add that it has also made it impossible for her administration to do their work in Alaska because of all the time being spent defending her from these frivolous lawsuits. 2)She can, and will, bring in big money for the party for 2012 and beyond. I think it will turn out to be a good move for her. Her Admin can now get to work without the burden of the Dems wanting to destroy her, and really hurting the state in the process. She also has the opportunity to go out and make some big money for her family. Her future in politics? I don't know, she's a young women that has a lot to offer so I wouldn't rule it out. She has the political elite pooping their pants and is the only reason they and their media are pulling out all the stops to ruin her.

Stuttering Stimulus By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, July 06, 2009 4:20 PM PT Stimulus: "The truth is, there was a misreading of just how bad an economy we inherited," Vice President Joe Biden told ABC News. Really? What about the "worst economy since the Great Depression"? Investors.com - Stuttering Stimulus Those who pushed through this year's $787 billion fiscal "stimulus" seem to be counting on the American people's short memory. Wasn't it just last year that we were told, repeatedly and with stark emphasis, that this economy was the "worst" since the Great Depression? That was the pretense for not only the stimulus, but for the federal takeover of the U.S. auto industry and the quasi-takeover of the U.S. financial industry. It's also the underlying premise for both nationalized health care and massive new taxes to cut CO2 emissions. If the stimulus passed, the White House vowed, unemployment would peak at 8%. Today, it's 9.5% — and rising. "The truth is, we and everyone else misread the economy," said Biden. He used that phrase — "the truth is," or something similar — at least three times in a talk with ABC's George Stephanopolous. But the "truth is" something quite different. Many voices — including ours — were raised in opposition to the stimulus when it was debated. We didn't "misread" the economy. We knew from history that, left alone, it would get better without government meddling. Instead, Americans were promised "shovel ready" projects would put stimulus money to work right away creating jobs. For the record, since February, the month the stimulus was passed, the U.S. has lost 2 million jobs. The stimulus is clearly a failure. Yet, says Biden: "The truth of the matter was, no one anticipated, no one expected that the recovery package would in fact be in a position at this point of having to distribute the bulk of the money." But that's not the "truth of the matter" at all. Many economists and conservative politicians warned explicitly about this very problem. So did IBD. And so did numerous other media outlets. The notion that no one brought it up is simply false. Of $157.8 billion "made available" under the stimulus, only $56.3 billion has been paid out — or 7% of the total $787 billion. And according to ex-Treasury Department economist Bruce Bartlett, "just 11% of the the discretionary spending on highways, mass transit, energy efficiency and other programs involving direct government purchases will have been spent by the end of this fiscal year." Based on this, there are only two possible conclusions: One, the stimulus has been the most inept public waste of money in history. Or two, it was a cynical attempt by the Democrats to vastly expand the scope of government during a time of crisis. Or maybe it's both. After all, how else could a government seize major parts of a once-private economy with nary a peep? How else could it boost spending to record levels, then blame earlier administrations for their fiscal incontinence? And how else could they add $10 trillion to the nation's debt in just 10 years and still claim fiscal prudence? Yet, faced with this, economist Paul Krugman and others on the left argue that a second stimulus is needed. Asked about it, Biden — who oversees the stimulus, by the way — refused to reject it. This is a little like a medieval barber bleeding his patients to improve their health, then bleeding them again when they fail to improve. At some point we'll all wake up and use modern medicine. Until then, why double-down on failure? Those who argue doing nothing wasn't an option are wrong. We would now be emerging from this recession if the government had left well enough alone. The Fed's interest-rate cuts to zero last December would have been plenty. Instead, we're facing the worst recovery since the Depression, and the entrepreneurs who fuel job growth are hunkering down to weather planned tax hikes in the trillions of dollars.

Political jokes aside, it's an awful broad brush to paint all immigrants as criminals, never mind one that aspires to, and achieves public office in a foreign land.

No, but they do get involved in the ridiculous political "games", which this is about.

CAMP- I checked out your website and you might want to get them to at least name the homepage,(the one people bookmark). If you are going to have a platform of computer voting with security and efficiency, you shouldn't look like a total amateur at the first click of the mouse!

So they found a way to use the system to their advantage, like forming a "coalition" is using it to get what you want. It's a BS game that ALL parties are well versed in.

I don't agree with the bailout of GM, the way it was done. My agreement with smallc was that responsible government has to make unpopular decisions, and the people we elected made this one. I can only hope it does turn out to be the right move, and I'm wrong, if not I will hold them accountable next time I cast a vote. I should have bolded the last half of the post I was quoting, my bad.

More troops will certainly help in Afghanistan, and is needed, but many/most military experts/strategists don't think an Iraq style "surge" will work nearly as effective here. It's a completely different animal than Iraq. Along with the massive increase in troops in Iraq, it was also a change in strategy, in that the soldiers started living in and amongst the people, rather than commuting a significant distance from the bases, to the "fighting zone". Doing this they were able to make the people feel much safer than when the troops would arrive, strike, then leave the people there practically undefended. This was much easier to accomplish in Iraq because it is mainly an "urban" country, whereas in Afghanistan it's mainly small villages all over the place. This would require small groups of troops spread out all over, rather than a massive force in one city. It's not an easy task over there, and like most Canadians, I'm proud as heck of the job our finest boys are doing!! I just pray we have the political resolve to finish the job so that the lives we have given up for the cause weren't for nothing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31745563/ns/po...house?GT1=43001 All they had to do was LISTEN to what most respected economists were saying about where it was heading.

Couldn't agree more TB

Will wonders never cease!! I actually agree with you on something!

But why is Soft Maple considered a hardwood?

Was the congress not a left-wing majority for the last 2yrs of Mr Busch's presidency? They bare as much responsibility as the President as they have to(in most cases) pass a bill before it even gets to the President for signing.

And they never will, he has hardly anything in common with Canadians that are grounded in reality. The few supporters he does have are very loyal in their support, but most of them are "out there" as well.

I too agree that EI needs an overhauling, but like you, Jerry, what I have heard doesn't sound like a very good "overhaul". I sure don't envy those involved because it will be a very difficult task to come up with a real solution. The political grandstanding we have seen won't help though, it will require a truly bi-partisan effort to accomplish it.

Hard to believe eh? I can't imagine how anyone thinks another federal Fiberal government will be any less crooked than the last, or current provincials.

Can't do that, the do-gooders living comfortably in their safe lives have the hands tied of the people in harms way.