pinko

Thanks for offering your opinion. As a point of clarification I am a Canadian. Would you please elaborate on "the eastern way".

Not at all but the potential for harm is exponentially greater when a deranged person has unfettered access to a rapid fire weapon and ammunition.

No one in America, not even the mentally unbalanced, is shielded by government from hateful invective. In this country, Bill O'Reilly gets to call Kathleen Sebelius pro-murder and left-wingers get to call George W. Bush a war criminal. Limbaugh gets to call liberals sick and twisted, and they get to call him a Nazi. The right gets to wave around guns and threaten the government with armed rebellion and fundamental Christians from Topeka, Kansas, get to picket funerals of fallen soldiers, hoisting placards thanking God for their deaths. (Somehow, that church's congregation has managed to link U.S. soldiers dying with America's tolerance of homosexuality.) Actually, that church's members intend to picket the funeral of the nine-year-old girl killed by the maniac who shot down Gabrielle Giffords. This country's much criticized discourse is more than uncivil. It's nasty, bigoted, ugly, extreme and full of incitement. And free. For better or worse, it's free. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/11/f-vp-macdonald.html#ixzz1AuvClBrK

Free to hate In many democracies, including Canada, ranters like O'Reilly would probably at least be looked at by legal authorities or human rights commissions. So might some of his colleagues. That's because most other democracies have anti-incitement or hate speech laws. They don't work very well, and free speech advocates despise them. But they are on the books and they serve as an acknowledgement that words have consequences. Israel, for example, embarked on a series of hate speech investigations after then prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was gunned down by a right-wing fanatic in 1995. Many European nations forbid hateful rhetoric that appears to target certain classes of individuals. So does Canada. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/11/f-vp-macdonald.html#ixzz1AuufOsCz

I don't see the Harper led CPC gaining a majority under the current circumstances. Their support is eroding in B.C., Quebec, and the Maritimes and Ontario provides very limited opportunity for the growth required to bring the Haperites to a majority. I am looking forward to casting my vote and you can be assured it won't be for a conservative candidate.

Boys talking about their toys and the goofy system created in the land of fear where lunatics are allowed to buy lethal weapons and cause carnage in the streets. These monkeys seem to take pride in this highly dysfunctional system in place south of us here in Canada.

The dancer may have attention deficit disorder.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/post_1548_b_807713.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=011211&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily+Brief

I think I will do the two step on your head yankee.

When will the lockout start?

Brighter than you chump.

I am not a fan of American folklore. I guess you could say I have a fair amount of contempt for what your society represents. How's that yankee?

Anytime. Have you bought a comb yet?

Why do you have to rely on the thoughts of an American from a bygone era?

Spreading your stupidity I see.

I suspect God's country is in Wisconsin. What are you pledging allegiance to?

No. When I was young I lived in the south end of the City. I currently live in the northeast quadrant of the city. I believe Burton Cummings now has homes in British Columbia and California. Randy Bachman lives on Vancouver Island I think.

Could the Jets beat the Patriots?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june11/mental_01-11.html

"This is a very difficult time for us. We ask the media to respect our privacy. There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were, so we could make you feel better. We don't understand why this happened. It may not make any difference, but we wish that we could change the heinous events of Saturday. We care very deeply about the victims and their families. We are so very sorry for their loss. Thank you. The Loughner family." http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-jared-loughner-parents-20110112,0,33356.story

BTO...Where are the cheese heads?

Such an enlightened man...not

He used to live in the North End of Winnipeg. It was and still is a tough area of the city.

That was a good game. Burton Cummings wrote a song about American Woman.

Did you want to dance?