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Ian @ November 29, 2006 # No Comment Yet
For me, to do otherwise is to simply not just wrong, but we might as well surrender now and pledge our allegiance to the United States. Because that is how I see it. To deny any citizen the same rights, the same protection under our human made laws, is to be simply an American or some other dictatorship like Iran, Syria or China.
Ian @ November 29, 2006 # No Comment Yet
I do have a problem though with blanket banning a word. I know that many are upset with Huck Finn because of the depiction of slaves and the language used. Thing is, it is a historical piece that depicts the time when slavery did exist. To ban words that were common then destroys the historical view or accuracy of any literature. To ban the book as well as the words used is not the answer. The answer lies in education, not removing education tools. Huck Finn is a book that shows what it was like, that depicts the time accurately and yet without the words it would be meaningless.
Ian @ November 28, 2006 # No Comment Yet
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Ian @ November 27, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Seems to me its politics as usual. I somehow don’t believe that it doesn’t give an edge, because then it wouldn’t have mattered so much. While it might, operative word there being might, not carry any legal weight. It just could be possible that it would carry bargaining weight within future negotiations. Franky I hate all this because you know, it doesn’t matter to me what happened a hundred plus years ago. What matters is who we are today as a nation, as a people and I see the same divisive shit coming into play that has been going on in the United States since they became independent.
Ian @ November 26, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The war in Iraq it seems is not a war on terror, nor is it a war of Islam vs Christianity. It is simple cave man warfare. There are no rules and for the USA to continue to think it can impose rules, is simply crazy and dangerous. If they lose there, where will it be next? Iran? North Korea? or Mainstreet USA? This is what Bush’s actions have cost us. They have raised the stakes to where we are all in danger now. This isn’t working and someone in authority in the States has to deal honestly with this. Right now it seems John McCain is the closest to it.
Ian @ November 25, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Somehow I think the notion that the cold war is over is a mistake. Seems to me it is still alive and kicking and now there are more players than before. I mean think about it, you have China flexing its muscles, and Russia hoping to hold onto its limited world influence. Then there is the whole Islamic movement that is sort of worse than any red tide ever was. Iran with its attempt to join the Nucleur group along with North Korea. I mean are we all going insane or what?
Ian @ November 24, 2006 # No Comment Yet
It took until the 1960’s before African Americans were able to enjoy the same eating space as whites. Is this the type of fracture we want in Canada? Is this how Canada wants to deal with contentious issues, by passing the buck so nothing gets done, and what does get done is a total crapout?
Ian @ November 21, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The world sure is suddenly getting interesting, and while I can understand the move to Tehran, it is also frightening. To think of them having the bomb, and having influence in all corners of the region, I can see a Nucleur nightmare coming that we just might not elude this time around. What is perhaps the most frightening of this is simply, there is nothing that can be done. America has shot its bolt and is no longer the superpower it thinks it is. The world has changed, and not for the better. Certainly isn’t a safer world.
Ian @ November 19, 2006 # No Comment Yet
So I too would add my voice and demand that he honor his campaign pledge and bring this matter to a head in Parliament. After all, he is the one who claims to be willing to operate as campaigned on open government, on making it a transparent government, and we can now see just how transparent he is. He is on a mission, one that bodes ill for all of Canada and it is time, end his racism and let us get on with being Canada.
Ian @ November 17, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Either those pointed heads at the Pentagon don’t get it, or it is by design. After all even the RC Church (see “Reaching Out To Gays”) things we should put our money in the church coffers, but not let anyone know we are gay, because it is ‘disordered’. Guess it is just the Military showing its homophobia.
Ian @ November 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
There is a court challenge in the works, well an appeal actually, because the lower court thought the case was frivilous and without merit. So let me see, we are allowed to serve, to die if need be, but hey if they find out we queer we get the boot sans all benefits? Frivilous? No Merit? Somebody needs to give that judge a shake, but then this is what happens when politicians keep harping on Judges being Activists (see ‘Activism or Rule of Law’) instead of calling them Jurists. You browbeat them into submission and so get your way, the racist way.
Ian @ November 12, 2006 # No Comment Yet
News calls the current government, US Backed, and so one has to wonder, is it failed USA policy that has led to this apparent break down or is it the latest round of Israeli attacks? I suppose you can go around this forever, but Hezbollah is a force to be reckoned with, not because it has popular support in its areas, but because of how it has gained that influence. Something the Democrats and other Americans should perhaps take heed of.
Ian @ November 11, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Then too, the Democrats don’t like Free Trade, but then what the Republicans have called Free Trade sure isn’t that either. So I don’t know, but somehow I see even more debacles like the softwood lumber issues happening with the Democrats in charge. That doesn’t bode well for our industries and then too, we have Harper.
Ian @ November 8, 2006 # One Comment
Don’t think you can blame the troops, their commanders and leadership you can, but how many of these newly elected Democrats have expressed any interest in cleaning up that mess? Any? Sure they are targetting Rumsfeld, but lets face it, they sure didn’t do much when they were in the minority, nor did they offer any real plans on how to win but now they will? After how many are dead?
Ian @ November 5, 2006 # No Comment Yet
This was never a trial, but a justification for hanging a tyrant. The verdict was never in doubt, and all that has happened this year has been a sham to justify an already pre determined verdict. No question he deserves it, but even the worst criminal deserves a fair and impartial hearing, otherwise we are no different than those we label as Terrorists. I suppose it makes it easier for Bush to sleep at night, though how I don’t know. After all over 100 Iraqis die daily because he invaded Irag, and for what? Oil? Bragging Rights?
