Yada, Yada, Yada...

Mr Natural · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070821/ap_on_re_ca/bush

Duh !?!?!
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Mr Natural · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

....they hung Saddam Hussein! So, maybe that's "mission accomplished"...how many lives have been lost since then ?
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agate · Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:44 am Post subject:

The article you linked to contains this:

Mr Natural · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

Well, they're following dumbya's lead...remember Katrina ? Now, mother nature shoulda known better than to interrupt one of his many vacations.

Now, the imbecile finally draws a comparison to Vietnam (which, although a travesty, was not started on a LIE!). Only 519 (or so) days left.
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Mr Natural · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

And if the Bush administation hasn't been hard enough on us...foreclosures are at an all time high, as are gas prices and while our young men & women die everyday in this ludicrous war he started in Iraq (over a LIE), our (the American) economy sucks. Any half-way intelligent person would've learned from that clusterfuck in Vietnam 30 years ago. Not dumbya, he was too busy smoking dope and guzzling whisky when he deserted the ANG!
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cricket52 · Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 343 Location: northern Ontario

I couldn't link to the article, but I gather the Iraq parliament shut down for a month.

Our government prorouged going back to the House of Commons until mid-October. They finished in June. 3 1/2 months? The bureaucrats are running the country.

Canadians have lost faith in the political system and politicians. I am currently working for Elections Ontario and the voter apathy is evident.
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agate · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 8:40 am Post subject:

cricket52, the link that Mr Natural gave has expired, unfortunately. Lots of news links just don't last very long. Maybe he has access to it and can copy it here but probably not.

That's a nice long vacation for the Canadian government--surely things aren't going along so well in Canada that they can have that much time off, but maybe I'm just cynical...

cricket52 · Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 343 Location: northern Ontario

You've got that right Agate! It may force an election because some of the current bills on the table have now expired and the Throne Speech will be touchy enough with Afghanistan and the environment on the minds of Canadian voters.

What bugs me is that most of the work of our elected members is done in committee, made up of all parties. By delaying the opening of Parliament Harper is keeping people from doing their jobs. He is waiting to see what happens in a few Quebec by-elections and in the Ontario election. The Liberals will probably win a majority in Ontario again, the Conservative leader came out with a platform that isn't sitting well - he wants provincial funding for faith based schools.

This is JMO and I am ranting, but I don't believe in segregation. I strongly support Canada's policy of separation of church and state. For example, the Muslim community has spoken out against it. The Jewish community would like to see it happen because their kids go to public school and then Hebrew school which makes for a tough course load. Anyone could start a 'religion' and open a school. Back when there was just Upper Canada, Quebec and Ontario came to an agreement to have Catholic and public schools, which are still funded by the province to this day. There are private schools if parents can afford them, afford being the operative word.

He says it should work as long as they have teachers who follow the provincial curriculum. How can you 'police' dozens of 'faith-based' schools scattered across such a big province? Our school board district covers 15,000 sq. km. It's very difficult to manage.

I liked having my children exposed to different cultures.

I have no use for Harper at all, and the Conservative candidate in our provincial election seems to be just like him.

OK - off my soapbox for a bit. angry9

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agate · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject:

If Canadians are ever tempted to imitate the US, they might be taking a page from Bush's agenda here because under Bush, there's been a proliferation of "faith-based"/charter schools.

I agree with you. I think these faith-based schools have a divisive effect--and I have questions about the quality of the education in them.

Mr Natural · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

Mr Natural · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

Only 477 days left of the Bush presidency!!! I hope we all get through it.
Brighter days ARE ahead.
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agate · Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:35 am Post subject:

This must be the darkness before the dawn? Or maybe there's nowhere to go from here but up?

By the way, do they pick these generals for their looks? Seems to me every general in charge of a war starting with Westmoreland (Vietnam) has been photogenic enough to be at least an understudy for a major movie star....

Mr Natural · Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 37

According to my "countdown" calendar, we only have 271 days left of dumbya's rule (what an embarrassment that was). Good riddance! Don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out.
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agate · Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject:

Considerable damage could be done in 271 days. Too bad there doesn't seem to be any way he and his friends can be persuaded to make an earlier exit.
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