Monday, July 14, 2008

Daily Digest July 14, 2008


The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
ARCHIVED at http://cdndailydigest.blogspot.com/

EDITORIALs

CAPE BRETON POST -
Crown share deal sets the table
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=152743&sc=151

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Moratorium still needed
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1067520.html

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
Pugwash still relevant today
http://www.amherstdaily.com/index.cfm?sid=152737&sc=61

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
It's better to smoke dope than to multitask
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=4f043b80-ffe0-4905-baa7-32fbd88de58c

Computer polluters should pay for their waste
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=df501473-b9b0-4105-b9a0-0ec2c972578b

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Life and death decisions
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=6383fa24-0015-400f-9347-8da75b91c068

BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER -
Government should protect us from rip-offs;
http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1112621

GLOBE & MAIL -
Wishful thinking does not help in Afghanistan
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.wENATYNCZYK15/BNStory/specialComment/home

Putting the cart before horse with offshore oil
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.wEResources15/BNStory/specialComment/home

Time to up the ante in Sudan
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.weSudan15/BNStory/specialComment/home

NATIONAL POST -
Born unto hate
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=652568

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
Khadr's rights being abused
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/402331

K-W RECORD -
Tougher rules make better drivers
http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/382953

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Words that need saying
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4198574p-4790194c.html

WINNIPEG SUN
Green Shift gives life to Dion
http://www.winnipegsun.com/Comment/Editorial/2008/07/14/6148026.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
Ignoring Khadr hurts Canada's reputation
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=a98811c8-b5fd-4c1f-8ab4-6be9a6ba45d8

LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
New laws won't stop e-bullies
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/article_11375.php

VANCOUVER SUN -
Money ties China, U.S. together
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=d7ab411a-e5af-42e7-98e1-1b675dd44eaf

VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
What took so long?
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/editorial/story.html?id=8d3fc5a9-ab0c-457a-a137-8e9b0c3df8b1

NANAIMO DAILY NEWS -
No need for a new law on cyber-bullying
http://www.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/opinion/story.html?id=0b543f23-894a-4242-8258-aba9a81daa46


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
AFN's Fontaine says funding needed to bridge gap between natives, Canadians
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080714/national/first_nations_meeting

Native blockade raises fears of new Caledonia
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=654424

Substandard schools fail natives
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/459028


AFGHANISTAN -
Ottawa opens bidding to repair 'signature' dam in Kandahar province
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080714/national/afghan_dam_bids

Afghan dam builders must hire own protection: Canada
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=654420

Political underdog tackles Karzai, corruption
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Opinion/1067496.html

Pakistan fears over US air raids
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7505760.stm

Five weddings and many funerals
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JG15Df01.html

 Obama and McCain camps clash over Afghanistan
The International Herald Tribune (07/14/2008)
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Deadly attack on US base sends worrying signal
The Associated Press (07/14/2008)
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Political underdog tackles Karzai, corruption
The Chronicle Herald (07/14/2008)
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Outpost attack in Afghanistan shows major boost in militant strength
The Christian Science Monitor (07/14/2008)
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Scores die in wave of attacks in Afghanistan
CNN (07/14/2008)
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Afghanistan: state of siege
Open Democracy (07/14/2008)
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War in Afghanistan - from bad to worse
Miami Herald (07/14/2008)
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Losing ground in Afghanistan
The Times-Record (07/14/2008)
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New Attack Adds to Afghans' Woes
TIME (07/14/2008)
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Afghanistan pulls out of Pakistan meets to protest attacks
ABC News (07/14/2008)
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Obama would send 2 more brigades to Afghanistan
The Associated Press (07/14/2008)
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Five weddings and many funerals
Asia Times (07/14/2008)
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Karzai opposes U.S. use of Afghan soil against Iran
Reuters (07/14/2008)
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High birth rate killing mothers, infants - UNFPA expert
IRIN (07/14/2008)
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Karzai says Pakistan behind Indian embassy bomb
Reuters (07/14/2008)
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Futility in Afghanistan
Indianapolis Star (07/14/2008)
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They had tip-off but did not prevent it
Hasht-e Sobh (07/14/2008)
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24 killed in Afghan suicide blast
The Associated Press (07/14/2008)
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Tragic wedding
BBC (07/14/2008)
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Six Afghan guards killed in blast
BBC (07/14/2008)
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Hundreds stormed US Afghan base in brutal raid
AFP (07/14/2008)
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Afghan women shot dead by Taleban
BBC (07/14/2008)
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15 killed in suicide blast
The Associated Press (07/14/2008)
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Taliban claim kidnap of Afghan senator
AFP (07/14/2008)

CANADIAN FORCES
Are Canadians getting the truth about Afghanistan?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.wcosimp15/BNStory/specialComment/home

Canada's defence chief sees hope
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/459603


CANUSA/USACAN
Our Grand Ayatollah
d'Aquino: Building 'fortress North America.'
Tom d'Aquino rules Canada's fate. What does he want?
http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/09/12/Ayatollah/

Prime Minister Harper is complicit in this injustice
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.wcokhadr15/BNStory/specialComment/home

Khadr a 'broken down young man'
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=d58f75b7-df5c-43c8-addf-550d89cffbe9

Canada minister says U.S. depends on two-way trade
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080714/canada/canada_trade_fortier_col


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Canada's Role In Oil Crisis Seen As Crucial
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=652557

Analysts predict Bombardier's new CSeries jet to sell like hotcakes
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080713/national/bombardier_regional_jet

Canadian hopes, global risks
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.wplane14/BNStory/Business/home

Renewed inflation looms for Canadians
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=1dc006ab-b7f1-4699-b015-768b1de09f99


FOREIGN AFFAIRS


What's a rational American foreign policy?

Why does US need military bases around the world?

Is the US 'encircling' China?

Canada: This is the dirtiest oil in the world

Carnage in Kabul

Iraq wants troop withdrawal deadline


HEALTH CARE RELATED
Pathologists press for national testing standards
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/07/14/pathologists-standards.html

Disturbing, any way you slice it
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/viewpoints/story.html?id=3ce8d5c2-93f5-46c3-80ec-d9af9a2e7f5e

Food aimed at kids has poor nutrition value: study
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080714/canada/canada_food_children_col


JUSTICE SYSTEM
Judges routinely waive fines meant to help support victims
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e5e39494-df9f-427a-a64a-a5522f921363


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
It's time Canada's premiers had a little talk about power
An east-west electricity corridor would suit the needs of a number of provinces.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=b9ce754a-1708-418f-8a75-bf1dd5e57607

Canada's 13 provincial and territorial leaders to gather in Quebec City
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080714/national/premiers_meeting

Pelletier sees nothing improper in the absence of consensus on the AIT
http://translate.google.ca/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.branchez-vous.com%2FNationales%2F080714%2FN0714118AU.html&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Ont. premier pledges to preserve giant swath of northern boreal forest
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080714/national/ont_boreal_forest

McGuinty agrees parents should li       mit children's cellphone usage
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080714/national/cellphones_kids

Stelmach disappoints
Tories move backwards rather than forwards on promises of democratic reform
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=780cbf5d-f002-440b-aa7f-5be736e355be


PARTY POLITICS
Chief electoral officer to kick off hearings into Tory in-and-out controversy
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080714/national/tories_in_and_out

Cowboy hat clad PM blasts away at Liberals during Stampede BBQ
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080714/national/harper_stampede

PM's new chief of staff Giorno to shake up Cabinet's chiefs of staff, too
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/july/14/hillclimbers/&c=2

Harper ridicules Dion proposal as 'green shaft'
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=eee1c74d-dc70-40b6-9c43-a731970930a1

Tories tally $3B in funding on cross-country tour
MPs announce, re-announce, take credit for cash as party looks to boost fortunes at the polls
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=ff2feae6-6117-47a4-9a23-5f8ed0858000

Tory MP Anders forced to remove 'pro-life' from East Block window
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/july/14/anders/&c=2

Invest in public transit now
 http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=838c7b8b-f9dc-4d18-9697-f6d63523c61c


POLITICAL OPINION -
Time to engage in a little election speculation
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/july/14/jordan/&c=2

Candidates girding for byelection calls
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/july/14/byelection_calls/&c=2

Tories have had a '20-year' head start on smaller fundraising, says Liberal
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2008/july/14/fundraising/&c=2

The 'New' in New Democrats no longer cuts it
 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080714.COMARTIN14/TPStory/TPComment/Politics/


PROGRAMMES
Ottawa releases rules on trust conversions
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.wtrusts0714/BNStory/Business/home

Uneven enforcement of ban on drug ads creates double standard: medical journal
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080714/national/canada_drug_ads

We still await the scientific proof of harm reduction's success
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.wcowent15/BNStory/specialComment/home


PRESSURE POINTS
Will Canadians support a hard-nosed approach to climate change?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080714.COSPECTOR14/TPStory/specialComment/columnists

Hot and bothered over climate
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Worthington_Peter/2008/07/14/6148091.php


OPINION AND INFORMATION
We're not so different, are we?
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=652590

The West's latest weapon
Eco-imperialism is the most recent method of subjugating and impoverishing millions of people in the Third World
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=6dddd132-bf6e-4ed2-98c2-5c43d437876b

Burning Dinner
Government's scheme to fill gas tanks leaves stomachs empty.
http://www.amconmag.com/2008/2008_06_30/article2.html

Pay for schools or hospitals?
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/MacDonald_Moira/2008/07/14/6148106.php

Secret chamber may solve Mexican pyramid mystery
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/2299796/Secret-chamber-may-solve-Mexican-pyramid-mystery.html

Canada missing in action in new war on world hunger
Despite 100 million more hungry people, Ottawa's response has been almost negligible
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/459030

The case for year-round schooling
http://www.thestar.com/Opinion/article/459031

When sludge disposal rules are broken
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/459606

Summer school limits cause child care woes 
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=a087d744-eaa7-4e7d-9678-3a09da0cba79

Oilsands image requires action
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/forum/story.html?id=1d94b82c-5ba0-43d1-ae99-338b138cc080

Public opinion research helps government
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=aa138812-7eb0-4153-9ae4-6cd9fe0e4393

If we're so lazy, why are we rich?
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/subscriber/westview/story/4198596p-4790218c.html

Oil is NOT a fossil fuel and AGW is non-science
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/3952


INFOS 
Pelletier ne voit rien d'irrégulier dans l'absence de consensus sur l'ACI
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080714/N0714118AU.html

Les Communes tiennent des audiences sur les dépenses électorales
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080714/N0714159AU.html

Stephen Harper lance des salves aux libéraux lors du Stampede de Calgary
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080714/N0714153AU.html

Des protestataires autochtones promettent d'occuper des terrains de Brantford
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080714/N0714157AU.html

Fontaine réclame l'appui des provinces pour qu'Ottawa finance Kelowna
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080714/N0714130AU.html

McGuinty s'engage à préserver une vaste portion de forêt boréale
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080714/N071489AU.html

Turbulences à prévoir pour la CSeries
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Economie-Affaires/2008/07/14/002-bombardier-subvention.shtml

Les provinces veulent plus d'argent
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2008/07/14/002-Langue-officielle.shtml

Traverser sans passeport
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Quebec/2008/07/14/003-permis_ameliore_n.shtml

Une interdiction symboliquement levée
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/International/2008/07/14/005-bush-forages.shtml

Harper promet plus d'actions pour la loi et l'ordre
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080714/CPACTUALITES/80714197/1025/CPACTUALITES

Le PC contre-attaque
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080714/CPACTUALITES/807140480/1025/CPACTUALITES

Un petit pot-de-vin pour traverser la frontière Afghanistan-Pakistan
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080714/CPACTUALITES/80714182/5846/CPACTUALITES

Le général Natynczyk est optimiste
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/07/14/197618.html

Affaire Cadman-Harper: contradiction
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/07/14/197622.html

La Teoria Conspiratoria
 North American Union Imminent- NWO Around the Corner


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B.S.,  M.A., PHD.

B.S. is an abbreviation for more than one set of words.        

When I read of the "American concerns " below it was not      
those followed by Master of Art, Doctor of Philosophy that      
came immediately into my mind.                                          
I've no idea whether you read the articles on Afghanistan        
posted on the Digest every day they are available.                  

Should you be doing so you will be aware that reality is not      
being stated by our new chief of defence staff.  It may be he     
has accepted a role prescribed for him by those to whom he     
reports.                                                                                 

Jeffrey Simpson asked in his article to-day this question "Are     
Canadians getting the truth about Afghanistan?"                        

The article ends with this sentence "Mr. Harper was right to        
say the situation needs to be turned around, but he did not         
suggest how. It would be instructive to know what he might         
have in mind. "                                                                        

It's always easy to be a critic.  Making a suggestion means        
sticking your neck out to have your head chopped off and             
so is too often avoided.                                                              

What follows ends with a suggested course of action based on       
the views of some closer the intricacies of the games being played. 

Disagreement is anticipated, but as well are accompanying actions
that will have our men and women home for New Years Day 2012.  

Joe                                                                      

In that Implementation of government policy is now his duty are Gen. Natynczyk's statements his views or is he dutifully mouthing government policy?

In either case ought not consideration be given to adopting a policy of encouraging the Afghanistan's 'sons of the soil' and the Afghan Government negotiating an end to their internal conflict?

Without successfully following this course of action achieving the goal of Canadian Forces being out of Kandahar in 2011 is viewed as improbable by Canada's allies.


Articles from which views expressed were drawn:
        
Pakistan fears over US air raids
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7505760.stm

Are Canadians getting the truth about Afghanistan?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080714.wcosimp15/BNStory/specialComment/home

Canada will be out of Kandahar in 2011: Natynczyk
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080702/Hillier_retire_080702/20080702/

Growing violence in Kandahar 'insignificant,' top soldier says
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080713.wafghan14/BNStory/Afghanistan/home

Harper hints new chief of defence will be on shorter leash
Implementation of government policy now Natynczyk's duty
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=c70157d5-3013-4e8d-88d3-409244b0962f

Afghanistan struggle will last a 'generation'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/frontline/2287412/Des-Browne-warns-Afghanistan-struggle-will-last-a-%27generation%27.html
        
Afghanistan's 'sons of the soil' rise up
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JG12Df01.html


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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: [DD

Joe--to read about law abiding people being deported from Canada read about
the latest ones to be deported
http://www.lfpress.com/perl-bin/publish.cgi?x=articles&p=238083&s=societe

"Actively depriving people of sleep"--do you mean that people who are unable
to sleep or eat and lose their homes are not in distress because of
government policies? The CPC government actively campaigned AGAINST
implementing Kyoto when they were in Opposition, now we are being told that
we will have to cut back on fuel and get smaller vehicles(with fat cheques
from the taxpayer as a reward) because of CO2! People in Ontario are losing
their jobs directly in response to this double-speak! People in Alberta are
paying more and more for energy because the Oil Companies are being
manipulated due to Kyoto. Across Canada we are told to expect to pay 45%
more for heating fuel. How many Canadians cannot afford this? We will be
freezing in the dark and our leaders have NO response. Is this not
deprivation? Mexico pays a subsidy for their fuel and Americans are going
down there to fill up!

As for the uproar re Khadr--the consensus on Roy Green's program yesterday
was LEAVE HIM THERE!!! Letter writing re Sampson's release was phenomenal
but no one listened to that. We wanted him freed but our msm didn't report
that because it was the Liberals that were doing NOTHING!
YES, the 'war' in Afghanistan IS about oil. The need for a pipeline from
the Caspian Sea to Israel goes directly through Afghanistan. That is the
'reason' for this 'war'. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with 'democracy or
kids going to school. Remember the angst over the dastardly Taliban
destroying those statues? Well, where was the angst when the US looted the
museum in Iraq? As per usual, those things we in the West decry the loudest
become the norm for us.

How soon we forget that al Qaida was a creation of the CIA, the Taliban
fought alongside the US to remove Russian troops from Afghanistan, the
Americans armed the Taliban, Karzai is an American stooge who formerly was a
bigwig at Haliburton, and the US is bombing the schools, you know the
schools that we are there to facilitate the girls attending? What about the
Palestinian children that are threatened by Israelis while they are going
to school? Oh, I forgot. We are not allowed to say that. Our PM has
stated that we are anti-semitic if we tell the truth about Israel.
Democracy, you say?

There is no way anyone from outside the US/israeli cabal bombed the WTCs.
Experienced pilots with many years of flying experience state there is no
way someone with 6 weeks of flight training could perform those twists and
turns and low flying stunts. The more we are lied to the bigger the lies
get and it seems the easier some swallow the garbage spouted.

Maybe the world would be a better place if we thought about the lies we are
swallowing and actually think for ourselves. Maybe we could have averted
the mess our children are dying for if we said NO to the lies and
manipulation? How much easier it is to point fingers at the Taliban than
admit that we have not yet reached the Bronze Age? After all, it is us that
have started every war in recent memory. It is our compliance with our
'leaders' spin and lies. It is other countries that we have decimated. And
then you wonder why they hate us. I hate us for what we have become. We
are the evil. We have the ability to say no and all we worry about is
Khadr--and that is just another spin our 'leaders' have devised to keep our
puny minds off of reality. It is us that have had our children, parents and
grandparents killed 'fighting' for our 'leaders'. What if we said NO! Let
the 'leaders' do their own dirty work. Our country is falling into economic
and moral depression and we tell others how to live? How wonderful of us!

Becky

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From: "Anne Dickinson"

Regarding the Khadr case, I agree with Peter Robertson.. Of course the Canadian Government should have taken measures to move this former child soldier back to Canada before now.
 
. The Khadr Clan has  shown itself to be so hateful in so many ways in taking advantage of the safety and health services of Canada  while working for Al Qaeda, that it makes it easy for the government to stonewall. However. a  citizen is a citizen no matter who he is and how obnoxious his family;  he was a child when captured and he has been tortured. No other western  country has left their nationals in Guantanamo. The lack of action  makes  Canada look petty and unsure of its own independence. 
 
Anne Dickinson

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From: Henry Atkinson
Subject: Knives not the problem either

The U.K., like our Liberals, got over excited about guns a while back. Now, they are noticing that knives are even worse. The notion that neither are guilty, and its a social problem they'll have to solve, just doesn't occur to them. Sad.

Henry 

Knife crime claims 60 victims a day
More than 20,000 serious knife crimes were committed last year, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/2298646/Knife-crime-claims-60-victims-a-day.html

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From: Benji, Regina

That "joke" about the old man and the Marine at the White House is funny. Your comments are even funnier however how true they might be.

Indeed I am sure The President of the United States and even our Prime Minister dear Stephen Harper take everything these days as a slam. It might be a slam however they and many of us still forget we do have a right to our opinion (I think).

You see even I question my own remarks for fear today either one would not just take offence and have their storm troopers keeping eyes on me.

Today, we not only live in fear of terrorism from beyond our borders it seems we live in fear of those we elect as well.

What has happened to us in a few short years. Seems as if our opinion means nothing. I'm afraid if this keeps up we wont even have to vote. The decision will be made long before we get to the ballot box. Gee.. has this not happened in other countries and we thump our chests in defiance?
 
Benji

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From: "Efstratios Psarianos"
Subject: The US Treasury stares into the abyss ...

Just when one thinks that things can't get worse in the US ...
Stratos

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
The muddle-through approach
Jul 14th 2008
From Economist.com
America's government tries a quick fix for the intractable problems of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11735141

(Things are NEVER so bad they can't get worse!)
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From: "Suan H.Booiman"
Subject: Bombardier

Sunday night news; (when no one is watching)
 
Bombardier's building a new airplane using 20% less fuel "They Say".
 
Ottawa is donating 375 million and Charest 117 million, guess from the
equalization fund.
 
Will Bombardier ever work without hand outs? Ontario and Quebec's
economy is build on federal donations, so we see that reflection of
years of political patronage for Central Canada when the time turns
on them.

Suan
 
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From: "Claudia Hudson"
Subject: NAU, SPP and the Conservatives

Conservatives in Denial about North American Union and Canadian Sovereignty
http://www.realitycheck.typepad.com/

Canadian Government Colludes with 'Big Pharma' to Remove Individual Freedoms
http://realitycheck.typepad.com/commentary_news/2008/05/canadian-govern.html

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Benji, Regina

The Khadar lad… IF he is guilty should be punished. We seem to forget he is accused by the very people who arrested him. Talk about a Police State. I wondered a while back about an Oregon Commissioner commenting "the Police only arrest the guilty.." (re Colton Calhoun in Oregon)

Seems to me the USA has started to economize and where the dear old Justice system! No need for a trial, Judge and heck why even a Jury!

IF the kid did what he is accused of yes he should be punished. I am afraid the way things are going "justice" is but a word and far too many of us forget an individual is entitled to a fair trial.

Oh remember too… one is presumed INNOCENT until proven guilty, right? Is that a part of the "great" American way too?

The way the US has it the kid is guilty because he was arrested. This mentality coupled with "convenient" changes to some laws finds far to many US citizens in prison today. What happened to the great US of A earning the right to their opinion by taking their case to an impartial Court of law?

Khadr is Canadian and in my opinion has the right to a fair and impartial trial. In my opinion and given the circumstances he should be tried in Canada. Will that happen NEVER… not as long as Harper continues to kiss the Presidents backside AND the fact\fear the US needs our oil!

I am sorry to say Canada is in lock-step with its US neighbour. Do not fear however we too will soon return to instant justice too. Instant justice.. a horse, a tall oak tree and a dude hanging from a noose!

Look at the money we could save and no more pesky lawyers to contend with too. We should not forget that was the American method to addressing crime many many years ago. Seems while things change the end result is nestled in history, right?

Benji

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From: Charles Tupper
Subject: HOW STUPID HAVE WE BECOME

READER: SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2007

Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack 's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack ..
2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark . Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy 's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy 's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy 's mom has affair with psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock.
2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2007 - Pedro 's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro 's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2007 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny 's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary . Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

This should hit every e-mail to show how STUPID we have become !!!

WRH: I am old enough to remember that this is all true! You could even buy dynamite at the hardware store to get stumps out of your farm fields! If you blew yourself up, that was the price for being stupid!

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From: John Kruithof
Subject: Afghanistan

Joe,
Whenever I am asked if Canadians ought to consider being in Afghanistan, picture me as a kid in Holland being handed candy by Canadian soldiers after WWII.  Anyone interested in what that entails, there is a recently published book I highly recommend.  The Probus Club of Ottawa Alta Vista printed my review in its most recent newsletter and can be viewed at http://www.probus.org/8ottwanw.pdf

For those who prefer the text up front, here it is:

"The story of why the Dutch respect Canada, and Canadians, is widely known.  The liberation of Holland by Canadian soldiers is forever remembered.  The sanctuary in Ottawa of the future Queen Juliana and the birth of her daughter Margriet at the Civic Hospital is often told.  Large-scale migration of Dutch residents to Canada after the war impacts our landscape to this day.  Think tulips, but not exclusively. Now a book has been published that ties these factors together in cohesive fashion.

"The Occupied Garden – Recovering the Story of a Family in the War-torn Netherlands" is written by sisters Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski, Canadian granddaughters of Dutch origin.  The authors traveled back in time to uncover the character of their grandparents before the war, the grim determination to survive the atrocities inflicted on them during the war, and conditions leading to the fateful decision to move to Canada after the war.  The story is lovingly told.  While centered on family history, the story is infused with the impact that national, and international, events had on the family.
From a purely personal perspective, the story closely parallels that of my family, including family configuration, area of origin, profession, mode of travel (same year, same ship, and same original destination).  Readers, with other perspectives such as war service, war brides, etc., or no connection, are bound to form an even clearer appreciation of why things are the way they are between the Dutch and Canadians now, and for generations to come."

John Kruithof
Ottawa South
 
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From: Rubie Britton
Subject: Please watch.
 
British MP : George Galloway Telling It Like It Is
 This Is Must Listen - Audio
 George Galloway talking about the consequences of an attack on Iran.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20281.htm
 
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From: "Derek Skinner"
Subject: Fw: The End of the Anglo-American Empire? By Richard C. Cook

This pretty much summarizes our present predicament.
Our biggest Canadian problem right now is 'How to mitigate the damage that will be caused by our economic integration into the U.S. economy'.
One can only assume that our current Canadian and American leaders believe that Canada's resources in an N.A.U. may somehow rescue the sinking U.S. ship which has been deliberately scuttled through financial bubbles.
Or are they so beholden to the bankers and lobbyists that they can't change course?
They definitely need to be replaced by any possible means including mutiny.
Derek

The End of the Anglo-American Empire?
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