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Now that's staying on topic.

The senators were relying on and believing in Mr. Brown's resume. Unfortunately, there were some obvious descrepencies. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,...1103003,00.html What's next for Mr. Brown? Supreme Court nomination?

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And in fact Katrina was predicted by Scientific American (Oct. 2001) and National Georgraphic (Oct. 2004). Great analogy mirror.

Can we PLEASE say goodnite to this bloody Al Qaeda-Hussein rumour? It is here in black and white. ("We have no credible evidence that Iraq and al Qaeda cooperated on attacks against the United States.") http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2004Jun16.html

I notice B.Max you don't care to refute the Bush lies I posted. Facts are facts, and you provide yet again a Right maxim: "What a pile of garbage..."

B.Max, rather than respond to your whole litany of Clinton distortions, allow me to address the most important line of your argument "Bush never lied about anything." Please. I think it's time to put this puppy to bed once and for all. Enjoy ("Bush has lied about his time in the National Guard, and lied about his criminal history. He lied about his relationship with Ken Lay, he lied about who would benefit from his tax cuts, and he lied about stem cells. He lied about his visit to Bob Jones University, he lied about why he wouldn't meet with Log Cabin Republicans, and he lied about reading the EPA report on global warming. He lied about blaming the Clinton administration for the second intifada, he lies constantly about how he pays no attention to polls, he lied about how he loves New York, and he lied about moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. He lied about finding WMD in Iraq, he lied about making his decision to go to war, he lied about the CIA's dismissal of the yellowcake rumors, and he lied about the IAEA's assessment of Iraq's nuclear program. He lied about funding the fight against AIDS in Africa, he lied about when the recession started, and he lied about seeing the first plane hit the WTC. He lied about supporting the Patient Protection Act, and he lied about his deficit spending"), from http://www.thepoorman.net/archives/002849.html And more related links: http://www.failureisimpossible.com/needtoknow/lies.htm#war http://www.bushwatch.net/bushlies.htm#ari http://www.awolbush.com/ http://www.whodies.com/lies.html http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/03/27_lies.html Goodnite.

I'd like to see a link where Canada has the per capita problem. I don't think you'll find that up here.

I'll add my name to this as well. While I'm not a "regular" here, some of the poster's language and sarcasm are now beyond what I'm willing to respond to. Unfortunately,it's easy to get caught up in, and I'm just as guilty on occasion. At any rate, I do hope the moderation will increase.

Maybe not everyone, but there were 762 hate groups going strong in 2004. Here's a list: http://www.tolerance.org/maps/hate/

I don't think Democrats have a market on marital impropriety (if that's what you're referring to). http://www.americaheldhostile.com/cheating.html

Hmm, now let's see if I got this straight. Clinton came in after twelve years of Republican presidents who left him with record budget deficits, high unemployment, and increasing crime. So he initiates the Deficit Reduction Act of 1993, putting America on the road to fiscal responsibility leading to the end of perennial budget deficits. This on top of having inherited a $290 billion deficit in 1992, President Clinton's last budget was over $200 billion in surplus. Add to this the lowest level of unemployment in decades, and reducing crime to lowest levels in a generation. Pretty hard to top that B.Max. I don't like to compare, but how's Dubya stacking up: record deficits, illegal invasion of a country, lies to justify illegal invasion of a country, flys away when America faces disaster, a tad indecisive (comatose response to being told, "We're at war"), goes golfing when biggest natural disaster in America occurs... I don't know. To me it's obvious, but then I'm just a normal guy who leans a little to the left and relies more on logic and reason than on a party telling me what to think and who to hate. I'm afraid to tell you, but Mr. Clinton was not the worst president in history. That may very well be reserved to the man currently sitting behind the sign, "The buck stops here."

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Seems like everyone wants in on the action: "The State Department said offers of help had been received from: Australia, Austria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Greece, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, South Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela." (from CNN) Venezuela?? One for you Pat Robertson. And oh, apparently another one of them pesky axis of evil guys wants to help: "Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said Iran is ready to send its humanitarian aid to America via the Red Crescent especially when many of the needy survivors were not satisfied with the process of aid and believed that they were not helped as much as they deserved" (http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-6FX9MX?OpenDocument) But according to this source, Bush says thanks but no thanks. http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=mod...order=1&thold=0 Well, at least Condi could sell a pair of her shoes to help with the relief effort.

I don't think things are all that rosey in Bushland. The following information speaks for itself: http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.as...JRJ8OVF&b=34039 http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/26/budget.deficits.ap/

To answer the thread question, Canada is in Iraq according to the International Policy Statement: "In Iraq, Canada will continue to play a major role in reconstruction and development, chairing the international donors’ committee for that country." Plus I think we're spread a little thin what with our efforts in other countries.

If you feel that uncomfortable here, there is a country to the South more to your liking perhaps.

Christ, what I wouldn't give to see a reliable poll done to guage seperatists sentiment. Because in the pols that matter (that is: elections) support for western separation is a non-entity. I actually am starting to think that every single person in favour of western separation is posting to this board. Both of 'em. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hear hear Black Dog. What a mindless lot of drivel.

Actually, Bush really didn't want our help. He said (to paraphrase) "We appreciate the help, but we look after our own." This is when we had planes, ships, and supplies ready to go. You talk about accountability. Think back. How long did it take for Bush to respond to this tragedy, not to mention his comatose reaction to 911. Perhaps you haven't notice but this Bush love-in you seem to have isn't working on this forum.

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Excellent post. Kinda shows the twisted mentality of the Bush administration.

I guess little things like housing and environment don't affect you. Well, they affect tens of thousands of people. And Martin, unlike Harper, was willing to cooperate with party leaders. Seems to me to be the essence of a democratic system.

A litlle background on Robert Novak: (from wikipedia) Controversies and scandals Novak has been frequently criticized as acting as a political operative of the Republican Party while posing as a journalist; his controversial public comments and actions both on and off the air have provoked critics from many groups. Novak also has been implicated in a number of political scandals and violations of journalistic ethics and standards, the most famous of which is the Plame affair. * 1972 George McGovern After a published anonymous quote from a Democratic senator calling 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern as being for "acid, amnesty, and abortion" was contested as fabricated, critics began deriding Evans and Novak's work as "Errors and No Facts." * 1980 and 1992 Karl Rove, Novak connections Twice Novak was reportedly involved in situations leading to Karl Rove being fired from political campaigns: first in 1980 from George H.W. Bush's vice-presidential campaign, and second in 1992, while working for Bush's reelection campaign. Both times Rove was fired from the staff for leaking campaign information to Novak. Rove and Novak both deny that Rove was the source.[5] * 1996 and 2001 Robert Hanssen Novak's loyalty to his sources was called into question after he revealed Robert Hanssen as the confidential source for some of his articles. Hanssen had served as the source for a column which attacked Janet Reno's role in an alleged cover-up of a campaign finance scandal in 1996.(New York Observer, August 6, 2001) Ironically, Novak indicated at the time that he felt justified in 'burning' his source because Hanssen was a traitor — he had been found guilty of selling state secrets, including the identities of covert operatives, to the Soviet Union. Novak also wondered whether he had been "set up" by Hanssen. * 2003, Plame Affair In 2003, he disclosed the identity of CIA covert agent Valerie Plame in his newspaper column. Novak reported the information was provided to him by "senior administration officials." The leak and allegations of a possible cover-up are currently being investigated. During 2005, there have been questions in the press regarding the apparent absence of focus on Novak by the special prosecutor Fitzgerald and the grand jury, specifically questions suggesting he may have already testified about his sources despite insisting publicly that he would not do so. Alternatively, it has been speculated, Fitzgerald is ultimately planning to target Novak for possibly colluding with his White House sources to tell the same story regarding the leak, which if true would constitute obstruction of justice. * Main articles at: Plame affair, Plame scandal timeline * 2004, Killian documents Critics complain that Novak has been inconsistent as he insists it would violate journalistic ethics to reveal the source of the Plame leak, but later called on CBS to reveal the source of the memos where were part of the larger news story dealing with the president's evasion of National Guard service. * March, 2004 race baiting of Richard Clarke In March 2004, Novak insinuated on CNN's Crossfire that Richard Clarke had revealed government mistakes in his book dealing with the war against terrorism because he resented Condoleezza Rice's position as a black woman on the cabinet. [6] * August, 2004 Swift Boat Veterans publisher also Novak's In August 2004, after other journalists had reported on it, Novak admitted that his son, Alex Novak, is the Director of Marketing for the Swift Boat Veterans' publisher, Regnery Publishing. At the time he said that he didn't "think it relevant." Two months later Salon.com reported that Regnery's owner is also the publisher of Novak's own US$297 (annual rate) newsletter and that Novak is on the board of a foundation whose chief holdings are the stock of Regnery's parent company. [7] * May, 2005, Senate filibuster debate In May 2005, Novak raised a stir when he used a Holocaust analogy to attack the negotiations between several Democratic and Republican Senators to reach a compromise in an ongoing debate over the filibustering of judicial nominations. The compromise would reportedly involve several Democrats agreeing to support the confirmation of some, but not all, of the nominees that they had previously filibustered, in return for several Republicans agreeing to vote against a proposed rules change that would remove the filibuster entirely (the "nuclear option"). Novak said agreeing to confirm some of the judges but not others was "...like going to a concentration camp and picking out which people go to the death chamber", a comparison the Anti-Defamation League termed "abhorrent" in demanding an apology. [8] [edit] 2005 Inside Politics incident On August 4, 2005, Novak walked off the set during a live broadcast of the CNN show Inside Politics, on which he appeared along with Democratic strategist and analyst James Carville (whom Novak had debated with for years on Crossfire), and moderator Ed Henry. During a discussion of Republican representative Katherine Harris's just-announced 2006 campaign for the U.S. Senate and her claim that newspapers tried to tarnish her image by manipulating photos of her, Novak claimed he had experienced the same thing leading to a skeptical response from Carville. Novak responded by saying "don't be too sure she's going to lose...all the establishment's against her and I've seen these Republican – anti-establishment candidates who do pretty well." Novak mentioned Ronald Reagan and Tom Coburn before seeing Carville preparing to talk. Novak cut into his comments and said "Just let me finish what I'm going to say, James. Please, I know you hate to hear me, but you have..." Carville cut in and said that Novak "got to show these right-wingers that he's got backbone, you know. It's why The Wall Street Journal editorial page is watching you. Show 'em you're tough." Novak responded "Well, I think that's bullshit. And I hate that." Novak then removed his microphone and walked off the set. Novak later denied that the CIA leak case was the reason for his walkout. However, Novak had avoided comment on the Plame affair in previous interviews by claiming that his lawyers had advised him not to speak. Reporters interviewing Novak were warned that any attempt to raise his role in the Plame affair would cause the interview to be imediately terminated [9]. On August 1st however, Novak wrote a column on the affair in his Chicago Sun-Times column (“Ex-CIA official’s remark is wrong”). The fact that Novak had addressed the affair in print meant that CNN could not allow his previous "legal advice" excuse to stand without comment. In response to the incident, CNN suspended Novak indefinitely, calling the outburst "inexcusable and unacceptable," and apologized to its viewers. A prime candidate for FOX news. Should fit right in.

Unlike James Carville (who - along with Paul Begala were campaign advisors for Kerry at the same time as they were hosting CNN's Crossfire - a blatant conflict of interest) who put on one of the most disgusting displays of rude behaviour against O'Neill from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth - screaming at him until Carville's face was red as a tomato. I thought Carville's head was going to explode. Simply disgraceful. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Or Novak's walkout when some commentators got a little too close to the Plame for him.

A couple of examples For the first three years of the First World War, enlistment in Canadian military service was voluntary and approximately 300,000 men joined up. Conscription, or compulsory military service, divided the nation in the Second World War and threatened the survival of political leaders. In 1939 Prime Minister Mackenzie King, conscious of the opposition of French-speaking Quebec to conscription in the First World War, promised that there would be no conscription for overseas service. By mid-1940, however, there was enormous pressure from English Canada for total mobilization of manpower. King introduced the National Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA), which called for a national registration of eligible men and authorized conscription for home defence. From April 1941 the young men called up were required to serve for the rest of the war on home defence duties.