Friday, November 21, 2008

Daily Digest November 21, 2008


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

EDITORIAL PAGEs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Playing chicken or playing ostrich?

CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN -
A show of disrespect to the Opposition
Government needs a reminder of the legitimate role of the official Opposition.

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Throne speech lights bumpy ride ahead

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Charest's mean-spirited cultural proposals

If Harper really wants to avoid rancour, he'll drop elected Senate

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Preventing youth violence

BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER -
Grandparents need politicians to care, to act

TORONTO STAR -
The cost of ignoring poverty

Talking past the Taliban

GLOBE & MAIL -
Actual, bearable accommodations
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081120.wedisability21/BNStory/specialComment/home

A vivid alternative
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081120.weRae21/BNStory/politics/home

Sign of desperation
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081120.weAlqaeda21/BNStory/specialComment/home

NATIONAL POST -
Beware the campus thought police
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=974741

Quebec's incredible shrinking man
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=979514

Enter Bob Rae
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=979516

TORONTO SUN -
Never wish for good old days

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
No changes, no bailout

K-W RECORD -
Tory pragmatism suits tough times

Auto industry has to change

LONDON FREE PRESS -
It's not a bailout; it's an investment

WINDSOR STAR -
Big Three

SUDBURY STAR -
Time to address real problems in health care

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
Throne speech, reaction provide cause for concern

Let women jump

CALGARY HERALD -
Stop ignoring the Heritage Fund

Canada must lose muzzle, condemn honour killings

EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Old Grits young at heart?


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -
AFGHANISTAN -

CANADIAN FORCES
Tanks, troops pound Taliban stronghold  

Canada to investigate claims of sex abuse by Afghan soldiers

CANUSA/USACAN
Oilsands foe wins U.S. energy chair

NAFTA foes have Obama wish list


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Economic trouble keeps piling up

Biggest inflation rate fall since 1959 raises deflation concerns

BIG THREE PROBLEMS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HEALTH CARE RELATED
Leave prescribing to us: MDs


JUSTICE SYSTEM
POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
PARTY POLITICS
POLITICAL OPINION -
PROGRAMMES
PRESSURE POINTS
OPINION AND INFORMATION
INFOS 
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QUESTIONS on which you may have an opinion?
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Will other NATO countries be shamed into doing more?
Some NATO countries slacking in Afghanistan: MacKay
"Other countries should be under no illusion. We're still asking for them to pick up the slack and share the burden," said MacKay, who didn't specify which NATO nations he was referring to. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081121/mackay_meeting_081121/20081121?hub=TopStories
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Is or is not Gates in denial by denying the situation is sliding?
Defense secretary denies situation there is 'sliding toward a disaster'
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27845601/

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Charles Tupper
Subject: Today's NEWS - CARBON TAXES

Thursday, 20 November 2008
Obama Pushes Carbon Tax Proposal That Would Inflict New Great Depression

Cow Tax Proposal Would Threaten Agriculture Viability

Protests As Carbon Permits Auction Raises £54m

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From: "Wendy Forrest"
Subject: Garbage dump to be allowed on top of a pristine aquifer... help stop the madness...

Is it just me… or is the world becoming more insane every single day?  In the middle of a time when clean drinking water is on the table and conservation and protection are key issues… guess what we're attempting to do in our own backyard?  I hope you'll take a moment to sign the petition and help to put a stop to this madness.

URGENT!
Please add your name to save the world-renowned Alliston Aquifer!

We are seeking your immediate support to help preserve one of the world's most pristine aquifers, the Alliston Aquifer and groundwaters in Tiny Township, Simcoe County, northwest of Barrie, Ontario, Canada.

Would you kindly respond to this email saying, yes, you will add your name to the eminent list of Canadians and citizens from around the world who want to stop Dump Site 41? Please include your name and whatever title(s) or affiliation(s) you think will help the Simcoe County Council change its decision, and influence the Ontario government to help stop the dump.
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From: Ron Thornton
Subject: Just a few thoughts...

Hi Joe:

Just a few comments.

1. A huge tub of guts gets two seats for the price of one, thanks to the Supreme Court, to fly their fat asses across the friendly skies. Nothing like empowering the gluttonous to play the victim card to their own lack of self control and self discipline. Now, should some BBW group decide to ride the skies as a group, I'm thinking some airline is going to take a financial bath.  I can just imagine being in the aisle seat sitting beside the two-seat ass parked by the window. By the way, a dozen years ago I weighed 300 pounds myself, but I just couldn't fill my pie hole enough to keep the weight on. I guess some try harder.

2. I tour the Internet a lot, but it was only when I discovered that Barrack Obama had half-siblings by his daddy's first wife both before and after the President-Elects birth did I realize that he was the product of a polygamous marriage. Heck, his daddy had 3 wives in 1963/1964 before Obama's mother divorced him. The point I'm getting at is not that poppa had a lot of wives at the same time, but that I did not hear about it from the supposed regular news sources. Now, if Mormon Mitt Romney had been one of the candidates, something tells me we would have heard a lot about his ancestors. I wonder why the media was so quiet in Obama's case.

3. Last September, Obama put the blame for the stock market crash on capitalists who thought like John McCain. Meanwhile, as a community organizer in the 1990's, he worked with ACORN in applying such intimidation tactics as having activists crowd bank lobbies, block drive-up teller lanes and demonstrate at the homes of bankers to browbeat risky lending in poor and minority communities. Those who resisted were accused of racism to the media and government officials. After the crash, I wonder who lives in those homes now?

4. Giving everyone a crack at owning their own house, regardless as to race, is a laudable goal. To give everyone a crack at it regardless as to whether they could afford to pay the mortgage and not default on it is another thing. To not hand out risky mortgages was made equivalent to racial discrimination by Bill Clinton. In June, 1994, Attorney General Janet Reno, with a number of bank lending discrimination settlements already, announced, "We will tackle lending discrimination wherever it appears." With the new policy in full force, "No loan is exempt; no bank is immune." "For those who thumb their nose at us, I promise vigorous enforcement," reiterated Reno.*

5. In April 1998, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a $2.1 billion settlement with AccuBanc Mortgage Corp. for alleged discrimination against minority loan applicants. The funds would provide poor families with down payments and low interest mortgages. HUD Sec. Andrew Cuomo admitted the mandate amounted to "affirmative action" lending that would result in a "higher default rate." The institution would "take a greater risk on these mortgages, yes; to give families mortgages who they would not have given otherwise, yes; they would not have qualified but for this affirmative action on the part of the bank, yes."* I wonder how many of these folks managed to pay off their mortgage over these past ten years, and how many are still in those homes? < http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/what_really_happened_in_the_mo.html>5 . There are so many things about Obama that make him an attractive leader. Unfortunately, being a younger version of Bob Rae isn't one of them.

*For the full article, you can turn to http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/what_really_happened_in_the_mo.html

Ron.
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