Don't quite agree on your outcome. You almost got it right. Instead of another Liberal minority, nothing's changed, I see a new Conservative minority, nothing's changed. I don't know, I think you underestimate Stephen Harper's talent for idiocy and the NDPers that vote Liberal to keep the great satan o
I haven't said anything about the Plame case. Basically, to me it isn't a real important issue. I'm not big on "scandal of the day" politics anyway. But if Karl Rove, or anyone else for that matter, did something wrong, gve them a fair trial and let the truth come out.
and yet he speaks the truth,speaks from the heart, and knows what he is talking about. I find it refreshing to see a person latours' age that has a functioning brain and cares about his fellow man... young people like him are the hope of the future, not only in the Great White North, but in the southern regions, north of Mexico.<
But I thought that the CIA's secrets were sacred and to expose even the tiniest of them was tantamount to treason? If there are agents out there who do engage in torture, wouldn't it be a violation of national security to expose them? Or does that only count for Valerie Plame? When the hell did I say th
In America, they know when the election is, and wonder who will win. In Canada, we wonder when the election is, but know who will win. Looking at what's going on with Ottawa, I'm convinced that we need an election to sort this out, and the sooner the better. We have a government that cannot govern, and only deals with one issue: when the election is going
Ah, the CIA, that wonderful beacon of democracy. They protect us from evil people like Jacobo Arbenz, the democratically elected President of Guatemala until 1954, Salvador Allende, the martyred defender of democracy in Chile, and Hugo Chavez, another one of those damn democratically elected Presidents. So it's only natural to allow them to use torture. I mean, they k
Communist China does have a veto in the UNSC, if I recall correctly. I think they switched it from ROC to PRC in the 70s
Ehh... I don't, If china is given a veto, then they have 'TOO' much power IMO... Best Regards, Lucas Well, I don't believe in vetoes at the UN anyway. It allows one of a select few countries to basically overrule a consensus of all the others. It basically makes a few countries have "Too mu
And Taiwan isn't mainland... I agree, Taiwan should be independant, however, if I were the kind of guy who believed in veto power, I would say that the PRC should get the veto.
So was Hitler. You want to call him a saviour for Germany, go right ahead. (Disclaimer: Hitler was only elected once - but that was all it took), So Godwin's rule only applies to liberals? And Chavez is like Hitler because he was elected and isn't out of office yet? And Bush, Paul Martin, Tony Blair, John Howard, Jacques Chirac, Vicent
Yes, indeed. I am curious as to the 'issues' that would lead you to 'support' a communist tyranny [China] over one of Asia's youngest democracies [Taiwan] ... This is one I tend to be the most neutral on. Taiwan deserves independance, but I have to say that at this time, the PRC is the legitimate gover
Also, I have to assume that I have a few thousand dollars kicking around to invest, and that I make enough off my investments to account for the increase in my const of living due to more expensive gas.
Chavez, unfortunately, is ruler of a "tinpot" regime with a lot of oil. What a lucky break: You have a state with an abundance of oil and a dictator with grandiose pretensions of his worth. Chavez is a dictator now? Uh, he has been democratically elected twice and survived a recall, with large margins
Not so... I never said anywhere, that you *had* to answer it black and white... Well, the way it is laid out, I could either go for real black and white, or a LOT of writing. And since I'm lazy, that eliminates one of the options. If you want to discuss a specific issue, that would be much easier, as
I like most of this, but I'm not big on the idea of life without parole, because you never know what things are going to be like 15, 20, 25 years down the road. Parole isn't automatic; if the parole boards do their jobs, the dangerous people wouldn't be let out.
latour, My point was (and IS) that the government gets FAR more out of a gallon of gas than the oil companies. And since the oil companies are publicly traded, their shareholders receive most of the profits. And guess what? ANYONE can be a shareholder. In theory, anyone can be a shareholde
This is really asking in very black and white terms some pretty grey questions and demanding black and white answers. Support for what? Say I pick Israel for the fourth one. Does that mean I support Israel to contain just Israel, or the West Bank and Gaza too? What about the Sinai? And Golan Heights? Do I have to support them even in their atrocities in the occupied territories? What about the Palestinians? And what sort of problem is this anyw
I got somewhere in the 8-9 range
Arguably, these gas taxes are put to good use. Nowhere in this article do I intend to imply that they do not. But the fact remains, if you're going to call for someone's head over the post-Katrina gas hikes, it should be the politicians, NOT the oil barons. Did they increase the tax around the time
I have no clue on the Bog one. He said Harding (I figured with Teapot Dome, he spent a lot of time on it! ) was wrong. You wanna take a stab at it? LBJ?
I think that, according to the odds (how many trillions of planets out there), there is probably life out there, but it's gonna be hard for us to see it. I mean, at the speed of light it would take us over 4 years to get to Alpha Centauri, and in the grand scheme of things, that ain't that far away. Even if we do find aliens, it would be practically impossible to carry on any meaningful dialogue with them, as they would have a completely different an
I wonder if we could get an A between the three of us...
When I had surgury in an Israeli hospital 5 years ago I needed a blood transfusion. They did not have my blood type in stock, but a Palestinian doctor gave me a unit of his own blood which matched. Yhese things you speak of are not uncommon... and yes... it does show that peace is possible. The thing th
*Damn you Nebraska* 98%, 207 secs, avg. error 4 miles. Not bad for a canuck that just got home from the bar
You and your FPSs...(shakes fist)... I'm more of an RTSer, but my friend recently bought Battlefield 2...now if only my video card didn't suck...
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