pinko

Would you please provide a reliable source for the allegation you have made with respect your South African example. As you should know the vast majority of Canadians live in urban areas. Most have the same concerns I do with respect to the gun violence. It isn't a matter of being self righteous but rather a concern for public safety.

One need only look to the south of us to see the results of this love for guns and the consequences of that to society as a whole.

My view is taken from an urban perspective and yours from a rural perspective. That we may differ on the issues is no surprise. By the way many of the wild animals in an urban setting are of a human kind.

If Congress fails to increase the nation's $14.3-trillion debt ceiling, countries who hold America's debt could seriously question the US' ability to make good on its debts while economists predict the US could slip back into recession. But how will we know if financial markets think that crisis is imminent? The Washington Post's Neil Irwin breaks down five tell-tale signs. Among them: ■Discontinuities in the Treasury bill market. If the prices of bonds maturing around the Aug. 2 debt limit deadline begins to fall, that means investors are demanding higher interest rates for holding on to them. Right now, the rate for bills maturing on August 4 is .01 percent, which is the same as those maturing on August 18th or 25th. "Get nervous if that changes," Irwin writes. ■Spikes in the credit default swaps market. If the price of credit default swaps—insurance against the US government debt—begins to rise, look out. "US swaps imply only a 4.6 percent chance of a default within five years. This is the indicator that is flashing warning signs — it is up substantially since early April," says Irwin. ■A narrower spread between Treasurys and near substitutes. If US government bonds become a riskier bet, investors could look elsewhere. Like Canada, or other credit-worthy countries like Switzerland or Germany. http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/whats-happening-debt-ceiling-explained#5

Why the need for such an activity? I submit there is no need for anyone except perhaps for the police to be armed.

Of course I am making a link to the easy access to guns down south and gun crime here. That should be obvious.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/on-experts-and-global-warming/

Explain to me how that works when there is a homicide on a reserve. Are you suggesting the Crown has no right of seizure of a weapon?

I am with you on your point about evil.

You will have to excuse Saipan. He brought his fascism with him from the old country when he moved here from Europe.

Without the technology and interrconnection on a global level as is currently the case. Here is an article of why taxes are going to eventually rise in the USA in relation to budgeting. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/business/economy/why-taxes-will-rise-in-the-end-david-leonhardt.html?hp What are your thoughts on the article?

As I had indicated previously the registry is a tool for the police and provides a data base upon which the police have the capacity to trace weapons. The majority of the public accepts this point of view and in addition consider it reasoanble for gun owners to register their weapons. Your reference to government corruption is just plain silly. As for weapons in the hands of criminals the problem lies not in the laws here but in the access to weapons from the USA.

It is nice to see some here acknowledge the role of the Treasury in ensuring the flow of funds post August 2, 2011. The circumstances in this case and the consequence of failure is far more dire than anytime in American history.

Shady has boxed himself in. I am glad you won't let him off the hook.

You really are a fool.

You are just another hick who came to the big city for a few years and thought you knew the city. Not so. Back to the boondocks hayseed.

I would suggest you read the analysis to its conclusion. You really are out of your league. Punked has it right.

Maybe you should head back to your rural roots. You certainly don't know the city very well.

The gang wars as well as the wannabee gangster in the youth community are conducted with guns. You haven't got a clue about the conditions here in Winnipeg.

Have you read the policy analysis yet?

McConnell is attempting this to save face for he and his party. Read the bipartisanpolicy.org analysis. See pages 13&14.

You also seem to lack the most basic of skills to sift through my previous posts.

Anytime

http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Debt%20Ceiling%20Analysis%20report.pdf

July 12, 2011 at 5:01 PM EDT McConnell Presents Plan to Put Debt Limit Hike Burden on Obama By: Quinn Bowman Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., laid out a surprise alternative in the debt limit negotiations Tuesday that would essentially leave it up to President Obama to raise the debt ceiling and allow Republicans to vote against the increase. In a move intended to assure financial markets that the United States will not default on its debt, McConnell proposed that Congress pass a law that would authorize President Obama to increase the debt limit. McConnell said he was increasingly pessimistic about reaching any deal with the White House on a way to cut spending in exchange for raising the debt limit. Here are the main provisions of McConnell's proposal: -President Obama would make three separate requests to increase the debt limit. Once now, once in the fall and once in summer 2012. The total would be the $2.5 trillion needed to increase the debt limit until the end of President Obama's first term. The first request would be for $700 billion, followed by two requests of $900 billion. -Each request would have to be accompanied by spending reduction requests greater than the amount of the debt limit increase, but these would not be binding on Congress. -Each request would also be subject to a "resolution of disapproval," which President Obama would presumably veto. McConnell said he thinks both chambers would pass resolution. A veto can only be overridden by two-thirds of both chambers of Congress. McConnell said this option is not his first choice for how to deal with the debt limit debate. "I had hoped all year long that the opportunities presented by his request of us to raise the debt ceiling would generate a bipartisan agreement that would begin to get our house in order by reducing spending. That may still happen, I hope it will. But we aren't going to send a signal to the markets and the American people that default is an option," McConnell said. One Republican presidential hopeful immediately rejected McConnell's approach: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/07/mcconnell-presents-plan-to- put-debt-limit-hike-burden-on-obama.html