Sunday, November 23, 2008

Daily Digest November 23, 2008


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

EDITORIAL PAGEs

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Warships not the answer to piracy problem

TORONTO STAR -
Time to address pension issues

Obama's change agents

TORONTO SUN -

Shades of grey on auto bailout

CALGARY HERALD -
A legacy for generation Z

If it takes deficits to get us through, so be it. Deficits today are seen as a source of economic stimulus

VANCOUVER PROVINCE -
Thought cops on campus

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Grandstanding Layton should grow up


ISSUES

ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS -          
Three minutes of tape, seven years in the courts; Ahenakew faces second hate trial

'Narco-culture' destroys a First Nations dream


AFGHANISTAN -
CANADIAN FORCES
Canada plans to exploit Taliban's winter weakness


CANUSA/USACAN
New U.S. air security rules create turbulence in Canada


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Look to the Indian navy to solve this problem


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
PARTY POLITICS
POLITICAL OPINION -
PROGRAMMES
Flaherty targets public sector wages


OPINION AND INFORMATION
INFOS 
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From: Charles Tupper
Subject: Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen?

Civics Quiz (USA)
Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

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I got 21 out of 33 correctly ­ 63.64 % -- not bad for a Canadian 

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Give it a shot and report your results, eh?
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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: Ford and GM in Brazil

A three minute video that shows where our tax dollars will be heading if we
bail them out.
http://info.detnews.com/video/index.cfm?id=1189

General Motors to Invest $1 Billion in Brazil Operations --
Money to Come from U.S. Rescue Program
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=320909&CategoryId=12396

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From: Ray Strachan
Subject: Todays Digest  ":The Truth about the Ukranian Starvation"

Joe

Thank God for the    NATIONAL POST AND THE ASPERS.    (all caps, guess Im
pissed ,off,,,,,,again   or still.)

It coming from them,    so its pretty well compulsory to be a believer.

Yep it was all   Joe Stalin,   no help from Lazar Gaganovich or his associates.

Oh and also they discovered a GERMAN collective farm in the midst of the starving,
who now that I know the TRUTH,   were laughing and drinking German Beer and
Wine while they watched the Ukrainians drop dead or be shot.     It's so good that
 the real truth comes out,  thanks again to the National Post and The Asper Family.      

GEEZUS KRIST.

Ray

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From: Rubie
Subject: Obama by Ralph Nader

Changing With Retreads
The Third Clinton Administration
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21297.htm

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From: "Claudia Hudson" <hudcom@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Afghanisatn link

Kabul 30 years ago, and Kabul today.
Have We Learned Nothing?
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21299.htm

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To: NATIONAL MEDIA <joe.hueglin@bellnet.ca>
From: Joe Hueglin <joe.hueglin@bellnet.ca>
Subject: Gates and MacKay statements disingenuous
Cc:

Neither Defence Minister Peter MacKay nor U. S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates  were straightforward or candid in their statements regarding Friday's day-long meeting of defence ministers from the U.S., Britain, Holland, Australia, Estonia, Denmark and Romania.

MacKay called upon NATO countries he considers slackers because they have placed caveats on their forces that prevent them from being deployed in combat areas to remove them. He knows their decisions are based on public opinion just as was his government's decision to be out of combat in 2011.  Why would Germany, Italy and France alter their positions because of Obama when he says we won't?

Gates must consider the media to be naive (another meaning of disingenuous) in saying "that despite the violence, coalition forces remain in control of the country." and that "the Taliban do not hold any land"..

A year ago the Senlis Council reported "Taliban in Control of 54 Percent of Afghanistan". Conditions have worsened since then when it was concluded that "The Taliban are the de facto governing authority in significant portions of territory in the south and east, and are starting to control parts of the local economy and key infrastructure such as roads and energy supply."

An Aug. 6, 2008 (AP) article stated " Sometimes villagers go to the Taliban because their courts move faster and appear less corrupt, experts said. But at other times, in Taliban strongholds, people are afraid to turn anywhere else.".

Gates is down playing Taliban strength because in his words "The most important objective for us for 2009 in Afghanistan is a successful election," Mr. Gates said. "One of the things we talked about his morning was trying to surge as many forces as we can prior to the election, to try and provide a secure environment for the election."

"Many politicians and party leaders of the country are concerned by the fact that the instability in Afghanistan will negatively affect the election process.The experts say that holding elections in the country is impossible under the situation, when the security is not ensured, and serious measures are not undertaken with regards to the opposition, who speak against the power."

The election is proceeding. Gates aim is it be seen as a being successful. Whether his "spin" that the Taliban is weaker than it is will be an assist is yet to be determined.
 
Joe Hueglin
905-356-3901

INFORMATION DRAWN FROM:
(1)disingenuous
     http://www.thefreedictionary.com/disingenuous

(2) Obama must knock on 'other doors' for Afghanistan: MacKay
     http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/11/21/afghan-mackay.html

(3) U.S. troop surge for Afghanistan to start January
     http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=981592

(4) Insurgent Group Demonstrates Control Over Areas Of Afghanistan
     http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/06/world/main4325567.shtml

(5) Taliban in Control of 54 Percent of Afghanistan: Senlis Council
     http://www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2007/11/taliban-in-cont.html

(6) Poor Security Imperils Afghan Vote, Report Warns \
     http://www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2008/11/poor-security-imperils-afghan-vote-report-warns.html

(7) Young Afghan democracy facing its first major test
     http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=fd31d1a3-a59d-4e1b-b9e4-233466268f16

Related posts:
' NATO denies Afghan election claim', 5 November 2008
' Worsening security threatens Afghan elections', 7 October 2008
' Afghanistan's readiness to vote debated', 25 July 2008
' Afghanistan to hold separate presidential, parliamentary elections', 9 April 2008

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