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ooooooo, and you told me it was Boom Chukka Chukka...... :-)

I've googled my real name for a lark once, and came up with over 500 others with the same name in its natural shortened form, that number dropped dramatically when I tossed in my middle name. Personally I would not have a problem posting using my real name if such precautions such as having my IP address and service provider hidden. Of course there is always the risk that you could offend someone who happens to know in which area you live in and takes it upon themselves to hunt your down, but I think that risk is rather small.

Not one Black, Asian, East Indian, Brown, First Nations, or Polynesian face in the entire lot. Makes you go hmmmm even more.....Ah hell, where is Jimmy Jones when we really need him? That lot could really do with a deep drink of his style of Kool-Aid.

The only good thing about Alberta? Highway One West LOL

You mean last year? I was doing some contract work in Calgary during last years final...........I swear the Calgary radio stations were jumping for joy when the Oilers blew it.

Here is something to consider. The Vancouver Canucks joined the expansion NHL in the '70-'71 season, and have made it to the finals every twelfth season since. There first run was doing the '81-'82 season where they lost to an Islanders 4 game sweep in the final. Their second run was during the '93-'94 season where they took the Rangers to game 7 and only lost by one point. If you discount the lost '04-'05 season, this is the 12th season since losing to the Rangers in the cup final. So my prediction: The final will consist of Vancouver vs Buffalo (another NY based team).....the outcome I will not say for fear of jinxing it.

All of the talk about 'nuclear bomb production' and all that sort of stuff is just a sleight of hand. If everyone is looking at anything that *could* be a nuclear facility (The quality of United States intelligence data...), they won't look any further into other motivations. Think about it - attacking a country because they have an assault weapon - not only is it awfully presumptious, it's asking for trouble. No, Weapons of Mass Destruction is that phrase that everyone loves to hate - it gets the blood boiling while corporations rub their greedy little hands together. The United States is an economic giant, but it is on the decline - it does not posess the resources to sustain itself, and it is expensive to constantly import them at prices set by another country. What, may I ask, are Iran's chief exports? Oil, however it chiefly exports to Europe and China. Now ask me which currency is priced in and can only be bought with.

HUH? I thought the possible attack was for stopping the Iranian nuclear bomb production. Bombing Iran serves Americas economic needs? Please explain this claim. I take you haven't heard of the Iran Oil Bourse and the threat it poses to the US Dollar Hegemony. Here's are links to a copy of articles to bring you up to speed. US Dollar Hegomony, The soft underbelly of an Empire Iran Oil Bourse

Where does one get calcium? From a not so little pill?

Ah yes, the dreaded and much feared, "Wait till you father get home" routine, very effective. The waiting was the worst. The actually spanking itself was usually very minor compared to the waiting. Some of the anti-spanking aka anti-discipline aka "let Little Johnny express himself, even though little Johnny is a right little bastard needing swift kick up the arse" crowd seem to feel that any form of corporal punishment is evil and abusive. But that is not the case most times. You see your child about to put something in his mouth that they shouldn't, you automatically shout NO! and slap their hands to make them drop it. How is that abusive? I had a nephew who went around biting people, including his baby brother, because he thought it was funny. One day he bit me, so I bit him back, not hard, not enough to break the skin or even make an indention, but enough to get his attention. He learned that biting people is wrong, and that it hurts, and since then he has stopped biting people. Negative reinforcement applied without anger is tool that every parent needs to use at one time or another. However, beating a kid in anger or just because you had a bad day is abusive and those that do it should be given a taste of their own medicine.

Most spankings are administered by mom's more often then not and consist of a quick swat across the backside. The lesson kids learn without being disciplined is, it alright to behave like total little shits, to scream and throw temper tantrums when they don't get their way and that they have a right to whatever they want, whenever they want and however they want, all because they are "special". They also learn that there is no punishment or repercussions to be feared from such behavior. And that my fine friend is a worse form of child abuse then an occasional and well deserved swat across the backside.

hitting children is criminal - children need good models - brutality breeds only more brutality, that much is certain - people who beat children harm those children and harm society at large if you suggest hitting children is good discipline you are a 'criminal' Having dealt with and seen the results of your thinking and approach, I would argue that you yourself are the one who is abusing and harming kids. Kids need boundaries and discipline, otherwise they grow up to be spoiled, self-centred little bastard who think only about the immediate gratification of their wants. There is a fine line between discipline and abuse true, but abuse comes in many forms and one of the most insidious in my opinion it allowing kids to run wild and getting away with all manner of crap without any repercussions. Later in life when they become adults, they are shocked to learn that is ain't always about them and they really aren't all that special. If a kid acts up and refuses to behave, then it is time to apply ones open palm to their backside. It called negative reinforcement and it works.

I concur. When my sister dropped her first, she swore and cursed that she would never swat her darling little angel on the backside for misbehaving, opting instead to "rationalize" with the obviously intelligent small person. I think that lasted for all of five minute after the rotten little monster entered into it terrible twos. The kid has actually reached the age of 16 and apart from being into the punk Gothic style, if pretty well rounded and responsible. His step-dad ever taught him how to hunt and handle a rifle responsibly. Guess the odd spanking didn't really damage his tender young psyche too badly.

Like I said, a greasy combination of Televangelist and Used Car Salesman. If any of the current crop who are filling out the ranks of the CPC shakes your hand in the near future, be sure to count your fingers afterwards and check to see that your watch is still on your wrist. Can't wait to hear the Harperite apologist try to explain this one away.

Here's proof beyond the shadow of a doubt (link) that he can and did. Katrina was aimed at blacks; Rita was named at ex-French-Canadians a/k/a Cajuns. Ooooooooookay.........................psst....someone want to call the men in white coats please? Ever heard of "pulling your leg"? LOL. Of course. Ever heard of "tit for tat"?

Here's proof beyond the shadow of a doubt (link) that he can and did. Katrina was aimed at blacks; Rita was named at ex-French-Canadians a/k/a Cajuns. Ooooooooookay.........................psst....someone want to call the men in white coats please?

Hmmm, very interesting. Kinda reminds of the person who told me they thought Stephen Harper looked like a Nazi. Then tried to excuse themselves because they wren't calling him a Nazi, just saying he looked like one... Saying Harper looks like a Nazi is an insult..............too Nazi's :-) I am more of the Nazi/Ayran ideal, blue eyes, blonde hairs and 6'3".

You began this line of reasoning by saying that Alberta could become a have-not province if oil dropped below $40 US a barrel. According to the Institue for the Analysis of Global Security China's oil consumption is growing 7.5% annually and is expected to keep doing so until 2020 at least. Link The price of oil dropping below $40 a barrel in the near future is extremely unlikely. 2020 is only 13 years away, not all that far in the distance. China is just one factor that has to be considered, other factors include increased supply from either OPEC or non-OPEC producers, new reserves in the South China Sea being tapped, the continuing slow melt down of the US economy. A lot of factors can come into play. Funnily enough, one of the factors that could kill the tar sands project is the price of Natural Gas. Unlike sweet crude with is fairly easy to pump out of the ground, heavy oil from the tar sands requires heat and energy to crack it. Currently that energy comes from Natural Gas, if the demand for Natural Gas increases or its supply becomes limited either of which would cause its price to climb, then the cost of freeing the oil from the tar sands could become too high. Indeed, this is the rational used last year when the Albertan Government and Oil Industry proposed building a nuclear generating plant up in the patch. (Funny thing is, that is what the Iranians say they want their nuclear plant for as well, but that is another topic in itself) Oil is a commodity and like all commodities, it is subject to market forces and cycles. Right now it is at the high end of its positive cycle and just assuredly as the coming of winter after summer, oil's cycle will start to decline. Will the decline come? Of course, it is just a matter of time, when it will happen is pretty much anyones guess, could happen in twenty years or it could happen tomorrow. That is why Provinces with diverse economies such as BC, Ontario and Quebec are in a better position to weather a financial crisis. Alberta has pretty much bet its entire future on the oil and gas industry even to the detriment of its traditional agricultural industries.

Lucky she isn't on my board, or she'd be out on her ass right quick.

So attacks on a person's physical appearance are ok if it is a Conservative? Only on ex-Reformers and other neo-cons :-) Hell, I always thought that Cretian looks like a startled chicken.

China *fail to increase* oil consumption? China's oil consumption is sky rocketing and the Chinese have been signing deals regularly to ensure their growth can continue in the future. Harsh carbon caps initiated? hmmm, harsh is the acurate term. Harsh meaning killing the econmies of those key nations. How far are battery and hydrogen technologies away from having a significant impact on the need for oil? A decade? China is well aware of its dependency on imported oil and has begun to enact major policy changes to lessen that demand. At the same time, she is penning not only oil deals with exporting nations, but also defense and investment deals with them. Some of those deals include trading state of the art military hardware for oil. Both China and India are two nations to watch. As for taking a decade or two. Think about how fast a decade actually goes by. I remember Expo 86 in Vancouver like it was yesterday, yet it was 21 years ago

Looks like you might have an older Reformer in your area. http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/pe...=E&query=75&s=M Christ, he looks like one of the lead ghouls from The Night of the Living Dead.

Correct about the price. Do explain the conditions under which oil would drop so much? Alberta a have-not province? Hmmm, oil prices were in the teens in the Getty years. Despite large budget deficits we were still a have province in terms of equalization. Alberta hasn't been a have-not province in terms of equalization for over 50 years. How could it drop that much? A number of supply and demand factors could come into play. Let say OPEC for some reason known only to them decided to increase production and if you will excuse the pun, flood the market with oil. This would drive down the price of oil. Or some other non-OPEC producer does it. Or demand could fall due to the emergence of new technologies are greater national conservation efforts. As we speak, China is embarking on a massive programme of improving the efficiencies of its factories and power plants. Old energy hungry and heavily polluting steel plants are being shut down and replaced. Nuclear generated power plants are either coming on line or in the planning stages. Again, this could drive down the world demand and lower the price of oil. India is expected to follow suit as well and those two nations are the fastest growing importers of oil. Both here in North America and in Europe, there is a strong push towards making bio-diesel the fuel of choice for ground transport, not only in big rigs but also buses and cars. Again the goal is to lessen both demand and dependency on oil imports. On the marine transport side of things, there are some interesting projects and designs being tested out using air-foils as sails for freighters and tankers. These of course are still a couple of decades away from being adopted, but if implemented, marine transporters will only need to use their fuel burning engines when traveling in confined waters such as straights and harbours. Increased development and implementation of wind farms, especially off short farms again will lead to a decrease demand in oil and further drive down the price per barrel. Will all this happen over night? Of course not, but it could and most likely will happen within the next ten to twenty years. As it is, the oil from the tar sands is not the cheapest to extract and will be the first to feel the pinch when the price drops. And it has drop quite a bit lately. The only other real commodity that Alberta has to fall back on is it agricultural industries and those are currently in a battle with the oil industry over water. Albertan grain farmers and ranchers are none too happy at the amount of water that the oil industry is consuming. During the Getty years and pre-oil years, Alberta a fairly small population. However, since the latest oil boom, its population has almost doubled or more. Along with the oil boom, there has been a real estate boom which has seen prices of homes skyrocket. If or rather when the boom bust, there are going to be a lot of people out of work who will be holding huge mortgages. You can expect the default rate to climb as prices drop. Alberta has basically set itself up for a huge fall by pretty much banking on one industry. When the current cycle falls, there is going to be a lot of pain felt in that Province.

Thoughts? I think its time you upped your meds to be honest. Yeah, the response was sadly lacking and people suffered and died because if it and yeah, I wouldn't put it past Bush and Co to screw over those that don't support him and his twisted ideology, I cannot even for a moment think that they have the power and ability to channel a storm such as Katrina on a vector. That type of power is still decades away.

Well put. Oil is just what Alberta has... just as Ontario has market proximity and Quebec has waterfalls. How you use what you get to generate wealth is the difference. Alberta is 35% richer than Ontario, and 40% richer than the rest of Canada. That's more than oil wealth. It's the result of effective economic policy and hard work. Don't pin your hopes on Alberta Oil too much. If the price of crude drops below US$40 a barrel, then the tar sands oil projects become economically unsustainable. Also, drilling rigs are currently making an exodus out of Province and into greener pastures, namely Mexico, Central and South America. If Alberta's oil industry does a nose dive, the Alberta will once again become a have-not Province with its hands out begging to Ottawa. In the trucking industry, Alberta is called the black hole, trucks go in with loads, but there is SFA coming out of the Province, a lot of the carriers I deal with on a daily basis refuse to go in there unless they get "rounder" rates.