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Tory senator hopes for long CBC lockout Congratulations to Marjory LeBreton for winning today's No Shit Sherlock™ award. In other news, researchers have concluded that the Artic is cold. Don't be so nice, Marjory. I hope it takes years. RIGHTWING FAUX NEWS-LOVING HATEMONGER!!!!

Liberal Party refuses to arm border guards This is so embarrassing. How much longer will the Liberal Party continue to make Canada the laughing stock of the world? Pepper spray versus bullets. Good grief!

Bush proven right again; tax cuts work.

That is absolutely fabulous. Maybe he continue down Japan's much-needed road to reform. Now, we await a similar result for that Angie chick in Germany. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I hope Angie Merkel wins. However, Schroeder is resorting to the tactics that won him the last election - anti-Americanism. I hope the Germans don't fall for this deplorable tactic again. Hopefully Germany's 12% unemployment rate will be the deciding factor this election. However, from what I have read from medienkritik.typepad.com, the leftist-controlled German media is doing everything in its power to make sure the right-of-center Merkel loses to Schroeder. Sounds like Canada's media, eh?

Muslim advisors to Blair: Screw Holocaust day, they're just Jooos Don't give in, Tony Blair. You are a moderate leftwinger; an admirable man. Don't give in to these radical Jew haters. Don't allow yourself to be pressured by the far-left's white-hot super nova Jew-hatred. Never again is the message of the Holocaust. Don't let these radicals subvert this. Europe is the continent that gave the world the murderous ideologies of Communism, Nazism and Fascism. Now much of the population is being cowed by Islam and Europe appears to be ready to change its name to EUnuchistan.

Capturing or whacking Osama would be nice but it is not as important as some seem to think. The naive seem to think that as soon as Osama is caught, the War on Terror ends, and the Islamofascists will immediately drop their arms and go out and get jobs as insurance adjustors or computer programmers. As President Bush has repeatedly said, this will be a long war against Radical Islam. Osama has made it clear that he wants to establish a worldwide Wahhabi version of Islam and kill everyone who won't knuckle under. And the appeasers who submit to Osama will live a life of Dhimmitude. He also named 5 countries on his hitlist; USA, UK, Spain, Australia and Canada. He does not seem to like countries like Canada supporting dictators for the blood money they take to prop up their vast social programs. The Bush administration correctly realized that Iraq was the key to the War on Terror. By toppling a dictator that had broken every law in the book, they knew they would have the support of the American public. They knew that a democratic Iraq would be a beacon of light in the Mid East. They also knew that Al Qaeda would be attracted to the US being in their old stomping grounds (Afghanistan and Iraq) like a moth to a bright light. They cannot resist the fact that the US is in Afghanistan and Iraq. Better to fight them gathered in the ME than on the streets of America. Indeed, Al Zarqawi has said that Iraq is the key to winning the War on Terror. If they lose Iraq, and they will/have, it is a terrible blow to their Wahhabi ideology. Sadly, the far-left has been steadfast against winning the War on Terror. Indeed, the first "anti-war" (actually pro-terrorist) crowd had their first protest on Sept 20/2001; nine days after 3000 innocents (including 24 Canadians) were murdered by Islamofascists. Sept 20, 2001: Anti-war/pro-terrorist rally in New York

PocketRocket: What the hell? I've typed loads of proof on this forum of Al Qaeda/Iraq links. There is simply no doubt that they were linked. This is just some examples of the links. Because I am tired of repeatedly typing out the evidence of Iraq/Al Qaeda links And there is more. Read Stephen Hayes' book. I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you have never seen any of my posts debunking the ludicrous "there was no link between Al Qaeda and Iraq" mantra. And the Bush administration never said they were "just stories"; they repeatedly talked about the links between the two.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> They just whacked another 156 terrorists who won't be planting any bombs anywhere. http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2005/09/10/1211143-ap.html <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How dare you refer to them as terrorists? They are insurgents, or militants, or activists (as Agent France Presse calls them), or Minute Men (as Michael Moore calls them). They are FREEDOM FIGHTERS!! I am outraged at your lack of moral bankruptcy.....er, I mean your lack of political correctness. :angry: How dare you call a spade a spade?

The Bush administration has toppled two dictatorships; liberated 50 million people; the first ever free elections in Afghanistan and Iraq; no terrorist attack on US soil in 4 years; Libya gave up its WMD program; Syria bounced out of the formerly occupied Lebanon; Pakistan's Dr. Khan out of the nuclear weapon-selling business; a former enemy has become a US ally (although I am not sure if I entirely trust Pakistan); Kuwaiti women can now vote; Egypt's Mubarak saying that he would allow opposition in elections; Al Qaeda hurting and Osama hiding in fear only to make an annual video appearance; Saddam in jail and his two Spawns of Satan dead, and the world now knows (despite the liberal media trying to bury the story) how thoroughly corrupt the UN is. Yep, nothing good has happened since 9-11.

Theloniusfleabag, I think you are referring to electronicintifada.net, not dot com. I don't trust anything they report, except for maybe "and" and "the". It's a radical pro-Palestinian, terror-enabling website. I have faith that you can do better than that.

PocketRocket: I don't know why you call him a former-nobody. Jalal Talabani is one of the longest serving figures in contemporary Iraqi Kurdish politics Are you serious? There were protests in Canada, the US, and Europe, millions who demanded that Saddam be left in power. I saw the protesters with their Support Palestine (even though there is no such country) banners; they wanted Saddam to stay in power so he could continue to issue $25,000 cheques to the families of displaced Arab suicide bombers. They called the war illegal (a lie) and immoral (twisted morally bankrupt thinking). They wanted Saddam to continue to ignore the ceasefire he signed; they wanted him to continue to ignore the 17 Chapter VII binding UN resolutions; they wanted him to continue to try and assassinate US presidents; they wanted him to continue to harbor terrorists, they wanted Saddam to continue to fill up mass graves (over 300 in total found so far), and they wanted him to continue to allow Al Qaeda to train at the Salman Pak terrorism training camp. The message was clear: They wanted Saddam to stay in power, i.e., they wanted the Iraqi people to continue to live under the boot of a brutal massmurdering dictator and his two Spawns of Satan. And don't forget that Code Pink (the Marxist organization behind Cindy Sheehan) raised $600,000 for the terrorists in Fallujah to support them against the US Marines who were going in to clean up the city. I sense an I'm Glad Saddam Is Gone And The Iraqs Finally Have Democracy....But I sensed correctly. I don't think anyone is asking for every headline to read "things are alright". Just a little balance. There are lots of feel-good stories in the press. However, the old mainstream media cliche, "if it bleeds, it leads," has been almost completely replaced with, "if it hurts Bush, it leads." I still remember the headlines and top stories about the great economy/job numbers under Clinton. Yet, Bush has helped to make a remarkable turnaround in the economy, indeed, better than Clinton, and the media is silent. Er, Talabani was elected by the Iraqi Parliament. America did not put him in power.

theloniusfleabag: Arabs are granted full citizenship and have the right to vote in Israel, even Arab women.

Classic example of a rabid anti-Bush loonie. Thank you for proving my point. You're offically deemed irrelevant as are your "opinions", not to be mistaken from Moveon.org talking points. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A classic case of Bush Derangement Syndrome. Bush wears cowboy boots. Oh, the horror! Did you notice he never said what channel broke the Bush DUI story days before the 2000 election? The *cough* Fox *cough* News *cough* Channel.

Iraqi President Thanks 'Heroes Who Came to Liberate Us' Freedom of expression, political parties, a free media - everything that the far-left didn't want them to have. After all, they are just brown people. They didn't deserve anything like that. 50 million liberated under Bush's watch. But he has a ways to go to match Reagan's liberation of 110 million eastern Europeans. But he has still has 3 years to go. Talabani wins today's No Shit Sherlock™ award. But but but, I thought the Iraqis hated America.

Blacks fault lack of local leadership I used the word Blacks in the title, because I don't like using the N word like some do on this forum. Louisiana officials spent less than one-tenth of 1% on levees Investor's Business Daily is a business magazine that concentrates heavily on stocks. Stocks. Business. I think you get the picture. Undoubtedly a Rich White Republican Rag that believes in exploiting poor people. Ergo, we can dismiss these biased rabid rightwingers. Only the Toronto Star and the CBC offer fair and balanced reporting!!!! Halliburton!!!! Obviously this is a lie. They actually only had a $2 million budget and they spent 99% of it on improving the levees. I read this at the always credible, unbiased impeachbush.org website. There go the neocons again with their "Democrats are the Party of Graft and Corruption" meme again. There go the Republicans again; oppressing the poor. I can't wait until Michael Moore addresses this issue in his next book or movie.

Black Dog: Cheney did not deliberately go on the airwaves and say that publically, and Bush erred by saying that when he thought the microphone was off. However Nagin went on the air and deliberately hurled a bunch of cuss words, much like John Kerry deliberately went to a reporter and said, "I don't fall over; the son-of-a-bitch knocked me over" - when a Secret Service man (whose job is put his life on the line for Kerry, apparently collided with him while Kerry was snowboarding). Uh...yes I do. Dr. Kelton Rhoads, PhD's conclusion: Fahrenheit 9-11 energized the Republicans Michael Moore denies he hurt Kerry's campaign Please, Michael Moore. Make another "fact-filled" documentary.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> You "forgot" to mention that Michael Brown was appointed when the Democrats controlled Congress.

Mopek, the US supports Israel because it is the only democracy in the Mid East (except for Iraq now). Democracies tend to stick together. The US knows that the Arabic countries in the ME would like nothing better than to commit another Hitlerian genocide on the Israeli people. The Arab dictators need the Israeli distraction so their citizens are occupied with Jew-hatred instead of questioning why their countries are poor and contribute little, if anything, to the world. That's why the Saddams of the world were issuing $25,000 cheques to the families of dead displaced Arabs from Jordan (Palestinians) who committed homicide bombings; the murderous deathcult that commits atrocity after atrocity on Israeli men, women, and children (some Americans have been killed too). Additionally, the US has to use its veto power in the corrupt UN to halt the UN resolutions that the dictator-laden UN constantly imposes on Israel.

Israel didn't locate Saddam. Have you been visiting Michael Moore's site again?

Within a hair of 5 million jobs created since Bush cut taxes 27 months ago Nearly 5 million jobs in 27 months; unemployment rate has dropped to 4.9%; GDP growth has been fantastic; govt taking in record tax revenues. Why won't Canada's Liberal Party cut taxes? No, I don't count dropping the EI rate from 1.98% to 1.95% a tax cut, nor do I call raising the inflation-indexed personal exemption $100 (resulting in a saving of $16 annually) a "tax cut" - like the liberal media dutifully called it. Btw, one has to wonder if the liberal media in the US would be so silent if Clinton had achieved numbers like this. I think we all know the answer. I wish we had a leader who says, "Doggone it. It's the people's money and they deserve to keep more of it." I'm paraphrasing, but I saw Bush say something similar on TV a couple of years back - in response to a question from the always hostile liberal press. Instead we get billions wasted on a gun registry, Kyoto junk science, national govt-run, unionized worker-staffed daycare centres, a billion dollars annually to a state-run TV station that churns out hard-left state propaganda on a daily basis, a refusal to legalize private healthcare which results in even more spending on the failed socialized healthcare system, and an expansion of unionized govt workers with bloated benefits which costs taxpayers more and more money. Sensible Canadians demand to be given more of our money back!

Lockout blogs written by CBC employees reveals their true colors 1) Name:J.T. Location:Toronto, Canada Writer and producer living in Parkdale (Toronto) 2) CBC radio reporter Jennifer Quesnel from Regina: Who's Bill Doskoch? At his site he has "News sites i can't live without" which included the hard-left: Rabble.ca http://www.rabble.ca Global Beat http://www.nyu.edu/globalbeat/ Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/ Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/ Truthout http://www.truthout.org/index.htm 3) Tania in Toronto actually led off her blog with a link to propagandist and icon of the loony fringe of the left in the U.S., Michael Moore. 4) Mark, a researcher in Halifax, linked to a Hurricane Katrina Bush-bashing article by columnist and cartoonist Ted Rall. Not familiar with Ted Rall? You must have missed his cartoon where Condoleezza Rice proclaims herself Bush's "HOUSE NIGGA." A black man demands that Rice "HAND OVER HER HAIR STRAIGHTENER." The man's t-shirt reads "YOU'RE NOT WHITE, STUPID." The caption reads "SENT TO INNER-CITY RACIAL RE-EDUCATION CAMP." It was a real knee-slapper among the Michael Moore crowd. After Ronald Reagan's death, Rall wrote that Reagan was in hell ""turning crispy brown right about now." He also called the war in Afghanistan "genocide" perpetrated to build an imaginary oil pipeline. Music to a true CBC'ers ears. 5) John, a contract producer in Vancouver, had this to say about health care: 6) And CBC DRONE from Toronto had this to say: Now, let's see: Anti-American/President Bush? Check Anti-business? Check Anti-Conservative/Rightwing? Check Would you expect fair and balanced reporting from this bunch? Yet, on cbcunlocked.com, we see this statement at the top of the page: Honest journalism? There's more at the link I posted. It's a fascinating look at the mindset of the CBC. Check out their hiliarious take on the Globe and Mail poll asking if Canada needs the CBC. They refer to the people who voted no as Conservative Party members and encouraged their readers to "Vote yes for public broadcasting!!!!!!" (6 exclamation marks means it's very important) Is it any wonder that Canadian conservatives resent being forced to pay for this state-run Soviet-style propaganda machine?

C'mon. Are you serious? Maybe because: 1. It is not Soviet and not true. Therefore, it is meant as an insult to those who enjoy the CBC. It is inappropriate to call anything communist, fascist, Nazi like etc., except communists, fascists and Nazis. It is that simple. 2. It is sarcastic. 3. It lowers the overall intelligence of the board and its contributors. 4. It is against the rules. Argus said he could see others using this reference or thinking of African-Americans in such a racist fashion. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1. I said Soviet-style. And this is true. It is funded by the state and it promotes the Party who runs the state; it's former chairman resigned to run for the Liberal Party in BC; the state gets its Governor Generals from the CBC; it is anti-business, anti-Bush, and anti-rightwing. 2. It is not sarcastic; it is the truth. 3. It raises the intelligence of the board and its contributors by accurately pointing out the truth about the CBC. 4. No it isn't. It appears that anything that differs with your views is against the rules.....except when posters say things like, "I can just see President Bush sitting around with his southern friends and saying, in effect, "There ain't nothin' in New Orleans but niggers and nigger lovers", to a round of appreciative chuckles, and then purposely doing nothing. I bet that's how it happened." You had no problems with that and your above attempt to whitewash it is weak. Indeed, you admitted that it crossed your mind that this was true.

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MB - Having read what you have posted over the last few days, I hesitated to even respond to this post, as you seem to be very set in your opinion and unlikely to consider differing viewpoints. I'll offer one anyway, in the spirit of informed discussion. The midterms will definitely be impacted by Katrina, but not in the way you have predicted. I don't think the Democrats as a national party are going to be disadvantaged by a mayor's and a governor's actions, even if they are held accountable for the majority of the problems in New Orleans (and I doubt they will be). The Republicans, however, will see damage to their party as a result of Bush's ineffectual response, delayed as it was by party priorities (the event in California). The FEMA response will be held up as an example of Bush's inability to pick the correct person to see a job done well. Bush and the Republicans will also be taken to task over the budget adjustments that saw money diverted from shoring up the levees to the Iraq war effort; the project had been underway for some time, but was brought to a virtual standstill when the federal money stopped coming. Even more unfortunate, in my opinion, is the fact that we are even beginning to shift the focus from the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people impacted by the storm, to the political ramifications of government action (or inaction, as the case may be). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I disagree, Melanie. Look at the difference in response between the Mississippi Republican Governor and Louisiana's governor. And Mississippi was hit much harder by Katrina than LA was. Look at how Jeb Bush handled the 4 hurricanes in Florida last year. Or Rudy Guiliani's response to 9/11. Who would a reasonable person trust to protect them and take charge when something goes wrong? A Democrat leader or a Republican leader? And let's not forget that FEMA's Mike Brown was appointed by a Democrat-controlled Congress. And the fact that during the 5 years of the Bush administration, LA has received more funding for Civil Corps Projects ($1.9 billion) than any other state in the Union. Indeed, California was second at $1.4 billion and it has 7 times the population of LA.

Europe wanted the sanctions lifted so they could continue to sell Saddam weapons, just like before. After all, Europe armed Saddam to the teeth. They only wanted some of that blood money that jean Chretien was getting from Saddam. Europe wanted the sanctions lifted because they were wrong and immoral. They also wanted the contracts for Saddam's oil to go forward as they should have.And WHO armed Saddam to the teeth... and did Saddam hide them with his invisible WMDs ?? Well, his army didn't have weapons.. and couldn't put up a fight because he didn't have any weapons... did he ?? ... All of the weapons that the USA gave them to use on Iran were destroyed in or after the first Gulf War.... The old clunker Soviet weaponry they had was also destroyed during and after the first war... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Europe wanted the sanctions lifted, despite Saddam violating the ceasefire and UN resolutions, so they could continue to sell him arms, nuclear reactors, and get their greedy hands on Iraqi oil. They didn't care that Saddam killed 1.5 million of his own people in his 25 years of rule. Swedish Peace Institute: Russia (57%), China (13%), France (12%), Czechoslovakia (7%) USA? One percent - 9th on the list. And this is from a Swedish Peace Institute, an organization that would hardly be biased for the USA.