12-01-2004, 06:07 PM | #41 (permalink) |
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George W. Bush has been elected the President of the United States of America. He is the President of U.S.A. For tis alone he deserves the respect of the people of the world. I can only imagine what accomplishments had to be made and how much work was involved to get to the position he holds today. It seems to me that he has many convictions that he is determined to fight for. Whether these convictions come from outside influences or within, most of us can only speculate. And as far as I'm concerned, irrelevant. At least he has the balls to be doing something, rather than just talking about it. Sure, he is pissing some people off in the process but you will never be able to appease the entire population with a single course of action. He was elected by a clear majority of the American population to make the tough decisions for the citizens of the U.S. His tactics and policies may not always be well liked but the changes are evident and the benifits are clear.
I spent the early part of Wednesday afternoon walking throughout the downtown area of Halifax and I have to say it was quite a sight.The preperation, execution and protests were evident througout the downtown core. From excitement to indifference, and everything in between. Even the protesters had a little party on Spring Garden Road, after they performed a mock trial putting President Bush on trial for war crimes (which for some reason there was no representative for the defense).but hey it was "better than sitting in class all day".(heard it with my own ears) Bottom line a presidential state visit to Halifax is a good thing for Halifax.
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12-01-2004, 06:43 PM | #42 (permalink) | |
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Shitty Charlatan, then you missed Carolyn Parrish on CNN with Wolf Blitzer and that asshole Tucker Carlson. Carolyn gave it to Carlson again another brow beating for that little idiot, I wish she would have chocked the shit out of him. Its been a rough few weeksa for Carlson first Jon Stewart makes him his bitch on Crossfire and calls him a dick and then he gets brow beaten by an independant Canadian MP. Good job Mrs. Parrish, the woman alone is reinstalling my confidence in Canadian Politicians.
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12-02-2004, 07:40 AM | #44 (permalink) |
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Anyone have transcripts of Parrish taking it to Tucker? That would be good for a laugh.
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12-02-2004, 08:58 AM | #47 (permalink) | ||||
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Having the balls to kill someone is a good thing if the person needed killing. Having the balls to go to war is a good thing if the war needed doing. Bush will do what he will do. Reason, logic, changing circumstances, hell, nor high water will get in his way. Quote:
Appeasing the radical right with tax cuts, justified first by a large surplus -- when that reason became bumpkus, then as a short-term economic stimulus -- when that reason became bumpkus, then as a long-term economic stimulus. Appeasing the radical right with a war, first to attack a state that supports Al'Queda -- when that reason became bumpkus, then to attack a state working on nuclear weapons -- when that reason became bumpkus, and then to overthrow an evil dictator. Putting forestry company executives in charge of a plan to make healthier forests by having forestry companies cut down more forests. Putting oil executives in charge of a plan to move to alternative energy sources, by drilling for more oil. Again and again and again, the radical right in the USA has lied about why it is doing what it is doing. It has also told the truth. The war in Iraq is in order to generate an American miltitary empire. http://www.newamericancentury.org/ This project is signed off by the vice president, the secritary of defence, and if I remember correctly, the current secritary of state. They knew Iraq didn't have nukes and wasn't conntected to Al'Queda, but they where convienient excuses. The only thing that stayed constant was 'we will attack Iraq'. And this has been on the agenda since 1992. The tax cuts exist as a step to completely dismatle the american welfare state. Taxes on capital investments and inheritance will be completely removed -- it is an explicit attempt to increase the divide between the ownership caste and the worker caste. If you aren't rich, you should either join a church or political party which will feed you, or starve. The radical right is open in its wish to dismantle social security, welfare, and unemployment insurance. The excuses put forward at any one time are but excuses -- they want tax cut on the rich for the sake of tax cuts, not to stimulate the economy, return surplusses, or anything else. The radical right doesn't hold with the structures of American Democracy. People who politely disagree with them are called traitors. Political checks and balances that get in their way are to be dismantled. Elections that are riggable should be rigged, because they believe they are on a holy mission. The radical right is a revolutionary force. If you disagree with them, they'll attack you -- even to the point of threatening your life, as with the CIA operative whose cover they blew. Their objectives aren't limited. They aren't aiming for a reduction welfare, they aren't trying to reduce environmental requirements -- they want to completely rebuild the government. I believe the radical right now. Not what they say on a day to day basis, but their core beliefs. They aren't aiming for limited success. Kissinger: "It is the essence of a revolutionary power that it possesses the courage of its convictions, that it is willing, indeed eager, to push its principles to their ultimate conclusion." Fuck appeasement. If you know that voting machines can be hacked, don't just whine about it. Hack the god damn machines so your side will win. If your opponents are hacking them, they sure as hell won't fix the machines, and they can accuse of you having a tin foil hat on. Prove that it can be done. If your opponents are willing to spend the country into debt, call them on it, and then play chicken. Put forward a bill to increase military baseline salaries by 20%-50% -- after all, they are putting their lives on the line. If your opponents are appointing judges without senate approval by using the 'emergency recess appointment' provisions, use loopholes back. The radical right isn't "playing politics". They mean war, and they fight dirty. Quote:
A war with 100,000 people dead? Higher levels of terrorism than the world has ever seen? A uniter who has managed to polarize the American people like never before? (ok, Lincon and the American Civil War divided the American people more) Government balance books that look like a teenager with her first credit card? A military facing a manpower shortage? A huge trade deficit? A currency with nowhere to go but down? Squandering the largest outpouring of goodwill towards America since WWII with a preemptive attack on Iraq, whose official justification turned out to be a pack of lies? Don't get me wrong. I'm far to afraid of the American radical right to seriously propose a nuclear weapons program in Canada, so the earlier posts I made on the subject where actually in jest. But don't expect me to respect the US president. He has earned my fear. He has not earned my respect. edit: my seplling is terrible
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12-02-2004, 09:11 AM | #48 (permalink) |
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[QUOTE=silent_jay]I think by Janey's location he lives in Toronto, unless you meant the West end of Toronto then disregard what I just typed.
QUOTE] as i look down at my burgundy blouse, and black skirt, and not badly formed figure for a little chinee person, I'm glad that I'm not a 'he'. just razzing you jay... maybe your fingers mistyped. I do live in Toronto, but settled in the Beaches area. reminds me a bit of Kitsilano. Pierre, I was mortified when I read your post and apologized profusely for having a pickle up my ass (and I don't mean in a good way...). so yes, definitely friends, pLease |
12-02-2004, 11:47 AM | #50 (permalink) | |
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I did, ohwever have th elocation wrong. I thought you lived in Vancouver, and maybe I got that misconception from the "beaches" thing. So know I understand more completely why my little barb stung as it did. Still, it was only in fun, and I do apologize. And, yes, friends of course. I was failrly cedrtain that you were not referring to me, but having recently graduated from university, I am acutely aware of sentences possessing misplaced modifiers, and sometimes I find them interesting and funny. Anyway, if you ever want to "barb" me back, don't forget that I live in Calgary Alberta, that should be fodder enough for the lampoon mill to work with. Sometimes I just wake up mortified to live here. I wish it wasn't so beautiful and so close to the mountians, it would make it easier to say good-bye to Ralphie, but I digress. Take care, Peace, Pierre
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12-02-2004, 01:36 PM | #51 (permalink) | |
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as a race, we are inscrutable aren't we? even so, there's a thread in here (I think inmembers playground) where people post ids for those members for whom they've mistaken their gender... So to you and vox, I am currently living in toronto (which i love) but grew up in Vancouver. I went to Queen's so I know Kingston, and have had many intimate moments in Montreal and Ottawa (mckill mcgill, and what the fuck is a Gee Gee?). So that's my brief geographical bio. vox, you would have loved my barb in a (much ) earlier post, comparing Ralph Klein to Mel Lastman..... :> |
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12-03-2004, 06:33 AM | #53 (permalink) | ||
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The Canadian and American beef industries are interrelated on so many levels it's not really accurate or meaningful to separate the two and attempt to distinguish between them. Prior to the border closing the wide-spread and standard operation involved American cattle being shipped to Canada for "finishing" (6 months to 2 years of growth) and then shipped back for processing (due again primarily to economic reasons, ie: cheaper over-all labour costs when proximity to market factors are taken into consideration). There are few Americans actually in favour of the border closing, those that are being the producers directly benefiting from it, but it is hurting the American packers substantially as you've got nearly two year's worth of cattle sitting up here they won't be receiving to process. As someone living on the prairies I can tell you that you won't hear of another BSE case in Canda again, not if anyone in the industry has any chance of covering it up.. no one can afford the economic realities it would bring to bear, far easier just to dig a hole and bury it. Quote:
But the point I wanted to bring up is that Iraq has been a target far longer than since 1992. If you consider George H. W. Bush was director of the CIA during the period in the 1970s in which America began moving weapons back to his dictatorship, obstensively under the guise of fighting the Iranians, I think a more clear picture of the agenda develops: stage 1) install/support a puppet dictatorship in an oil-rich country, 2) create a situation in which said dictator is now a "threat" and must be removed, 3) remove dictator and keep troops in country for as long as possible to protect "democracy", and you've got the basic vision.. and really, it didn't take that long, a mere 25 years from having no easily controllable oil-source in the middle-east (the Saudis are anything but easily controlled, as Osama and his 9/11 buddies have shown) to having what might as well be described as a domestic supply-chain. I'm sure the history books of the 2500s will write it this way at least.. Hey splck, thanks for the transcript.. I hate Tucker Carson. He always seems to me to suffering from a gross case of over-compensation brought on by an inferiority complex (never ceases to amaze me how many people in the "greatest" country and lone super-power suffer from this problem, see: America & Guns, America & SUVs, America & <insert random item here>). Anyways, nice to see him bitchslapped again (I'll have to search the torrents for an AVI.. the Jon Stewart one was hilarious, especially when he called him to task on being a corporate/media troll ). Good posts all, nice discussion.. keep it up. Last edited by hiro-acid; 12-03-2004 at 06:34 AM.. Reason: stupid broken smiley |
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12-03-2004, 03:43 PM | #54 (permalink) |
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I tried finding a clip of the show, but haven't been able too so far, tried all the usual avenues, hopefully a site has it somewhere, I want to see it again.
Have I mentioned I love Carolyn Parrish yet?
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