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LP 35, CP 33, NDP 17, BQ 8, GP 7 - Harper leads as best PM (New Nanos Poll) (2008-08-29)

• Let me get this straight. Mr. Harper intends to cause an election in violation of his own law and even though he expects the same (minority government) resu...
• I don't have much time fot the misguided but let me try. I get The Citizen and like all Canwest newspapers, it is to the right of Ayn Rand. It has several ...
• It was General Hillier who got us into Afghanistan, promising Paul Martin there would still be sufficient troops for legitimate Canadian military interventio...
• Hillier's lies got us into the mess "to kill scumbags," n'est-ce pas? Harper wanted to send more troops to get killed or maimed, for nothing, true or not? ...
• k. I'm back from a month in France. I am more convinced than ever that Euiropeans know how to run countries! Mass transit galore, within and among citie...
• Paul Martin's decision to form the Gomery commission was probably the worst political blunder in recent Canadian history. He tried to do what was decent and...
• He did the honourable thing. And you have no proof otherwise. Shame on you! I am pretty sick of those who refuse to rise above their biases.
• MRM, I've been away for a while but I notice you are as disrespectful of others as always. You need a coach.
• Foxer, of all the contributers to this site, you rate among the lowest. Your prejudice bleeds. Your logic sucks. The Liberals and Mr. Dion have it right o...
• I love a good debate, Facts count. Mr. Harper's record is dismal in every area that matters to Canadians. If only we can get the electorate to focus on jo...
• This is nothing, No guilt of wrongdoing, Nothing.
• Twinkie? What kind of person are you? Not much of one, I gather. The Liberals would without doubt get us out of the Afghanistan quaqmire sooner. The Libe...
• k. I've slung impolite stuff at Foxer and you. I thought I had cured myself of that! I'm sorry. But I did back up my points. I reserve forever the right...
• Some talent, Foxer. Ask voters these questions and you get the picture very clearly. Mr4. Harper is yesterday's man. Leaving aside the NDP/Green/Bloc part...
• Lots of people care about the war, but they're not logged on! That we're essentially fighting for one side in a civil war is blind foolery. Afghanistan has...
• No. I stand by my position. Hillier lied and Canadians died. About the scope and duration of Canada's war-making, for starters. About reconstruction. Th...
• Far as I know, not a single Liberal PM or MP has been found guilty of anything in, well, decades. Am I wrong?
• There is nothing more contemptible than risking the lives of others for petty reasons. In pushing Canada into this fruitless war, General Hillier did that, ...
• I think in terms of who will make a differance. Harper scares me. On matters of war and peace, the environment, the economy, justice, etc. Mr. Harper is ...

Both Harper and Dion face greater risks than their rhetoric suggests (Nanos Sun Column) (2008-07-21)

• Voters are fickle and can be swayed during a campaign. A single event/issue can throw the match. The media can throw it on non-events! Mssrs. Harper and D...
• Foxer, we have been through this drivel about about Harper's alleged leadership qualities many times before. Harper is the last Bush poodle standing and all ...
• A very thoughtful reply. I am somewhat disarmed here in France and away from my desktop resources but let me try. Any reasonable person will agree to the M...
• Well, I am relaxing, except for the odd letter to the editor of The London Times, lol Subject: The Times in Review As a Canadian in France enjoying a month...
• larryl, I am so impressed with French trains. I took the TGV (train de grand vitesse) from Paris to Marseille. Phew. Dinky little Miramas gets more trains...

Liberal Green Shift - High Risk and Potentially High Reward (Video Blog Post) (2008-06-23)

• hollinm, you attack Mr. Dion's "mangled English." Is that the best you can do?
• hollinm, you call Dion "feckless" and state that Canadians "can't stomach the guy" trying to "screw ordinary hardworking Canadians out of their hard earned m...
• parnel, you are not lonely. Many of us support your vision of a truly free and democratic country. Free from American and corporate domination. Free to pa...
• Well, if the USA/Israel attack Iran, look out. Because Iran is no Iraq or Afghanistan. Its ability to disrupt oil supplies alone could send shock waves tha...
• The debate is over on PR. Only a few "Anglo" and 3rd world countries refuse to recognize the inherent anti-democratic nature of the "first-past-the-post" el...
• You didn't! You'll have to change your handle! BTW, I've voted NDP just about every time since whenever.
• That's what I said, I think. PR is the ONLY truly democratic option.
• larryl, I disagree, As if this complicated world can be be governed by either Tweedle-Dee or Tweedle-Dum. I present the USA as the best example of a failed...
• Tom, I don't think Mr. Dion's proposals are "panic." First, look at the satelite pictures of the melting Arctic over the past 20 years. This is called evid...
• Election technology sucks. Totally unaccountable. Easy to defraud. Give me back the paper ballot, capable of recounts. It's worse than that. In the USA,...
• Tom, we are, next to the USA, the most prolific users and wasters of energy, water, food and any other resource you want to name. It's a fact. As a society...
• We (Canadians) are environmental brutes. Simple as that. The facts are there, beyond dispute.. Government regulation could fix it but that's not in vogue ...
• You are entitled to believe American belligerence towards Iran is warranted. Such entitlement does not equate to logical thought, asborne out by your own wo...
• Your incessant, indecent attacks on the integrity and competence of Mr. Dion, a good man superior to Mr. Harper in any human quality you want to name, may no...
• Uh, excuse, me. Didn't that latest Decima-Harris poll place the Libs at 44% and the Cons at 37%. Or am I dreaming?
• MRM, 44%-37% in the Libs favour over the Cons, straight up, have no meaning to you? I think I'm on to something here. Blind loyalty is no virtue, my frie...
• MRM, Iran may sponsor what you call terrorism but is has not invaded, bombed, murdered, maimed, destroyed, overthrown, subverted or stolen a hill of beans co...
• hollinm, you grasp at straws. Mr. Dion's English is easily understandable 99% of the time. If you want to criticize a leader, make valid points. Like thei...
• Thank you for the insult, hollinm. Don't worry for me though, I'm used to it. What it is about is, absent other choices, who do Canadians want to lead th...
• MRM, how do I put this to you kindly and understandably: 1. The USA is the most powerful country the world has ever seen, by far. 2. George Bush is the m...
• MRM, "most" means 50%+. How misguided can you be?
• lol. I leave people with no idea what I'm talking about with some frequency. I was referring to your previous post where you stated "most Canadians won't v...
• hollinm, you're batting 1000 with your insults. I respectfully request that you read my post finding attacks on Mr. Dion's English skills trivial in the big...
• Mr. Harper apparently drew cheers on Parliament Hill yesterday, and good for him. I'm sure he's trying his best to do what is "right" for the country. That...
• MRM, no man is a mountain. A leader needs a good team to reach the promised land. I'll take Mr. Dion's team over Mr. Harper's, anyday, anyhow. Yes, I've v...
• MRM, you give only two reasons to vote against Mr. Dion: his allegedly poor English and his new Green Shift policy. Not much of a case. Dion is easily und...
• You might be right. I can't think of the last candidate to run on higher taxes who won. It's one big gamble. But if properly reported by our "free" press,...
• hollinrm, your grasp is slipping. Mr. Dion's plan is progressice, plain and simple, meaning advantage to the poor. Do you have a problem with that? As fo...

Nanos-Policy Options Poll - Immigration as Nation-building (Video Blog Post) (2008-06-06)

• Mobility rights are near the top of any list of universal rights and freedoms. We trumpet free trade but that covers capital, not labour. In Europe, there ...
• Geesh. You guys are hard on Canadian youth. I have more faith. Our education system and curricula are what you make of it. The ability to excel is there ...
• So, unions are the root problem with both our educational system and the auto industry. Why stop there? Almost the entire public service is unionized. Tha...
• hollinm, your post was definitely an anti-union tirade. My point was simply that unions don't dictate the direction taken by the auto industry or our educat...
• I don't understand. The Tories scuttled Mr. Martin's day care plans, despite agreement with all the provinces. So how did Mr. Martin cause harm to your fri...
• Good question larryl. I'm a Johnny-come-lately to this site and I never see anything from these people either. Who are they? Leaders have to be around to l...
• Are all bloggers on this site independent? Do any actually work (or volunteer or contribute) for/to a particular party? Should they declare their potential...
• I have never voted Liberal in my life. But I am get tired of voting for parties that have no chance of winning. We are so overdue for proportional represen...
• I crashed the leadership convention when PET took home the prize. The whiff of grass in the stairwells was "breathtaking." The Mounties must have been on o...
• This site isn't run my RW pollsters, but it is dominated by RW posters. They spew tired and failed neocon absurdities, support and vote for each other, etc....
• MRM, "slimy," "twisted" and "moron." These are very disrespectful, regardless of the other person's opinions.
• It is amazing how biased polls can sway public opinion. And, in Canada, most pollsters are decidedly pro-Harper, pro-America, pro-Israel, pro-business, etc. ...
• All quiet on the Western front. I am frustrated, too. I think we need to help Nik design a new poll concerning which party and which leader would be best fo...
• I always liked the NEP. Conservation and recycling? Trudeau was 30-odd years ahead of his time. Nationalizing an oil company to get a window on these croo...
• I think Nik shows zero bias. He wants to ID the next PM before anyone else. That's all. And he's done it going back several elections now. As for Mr. Dion...
• Nelson Skalbania said, "Never fight with a pig." I think he used to own the Canucks. The point is, walk away from those with whom you have no potential to ...
• larryl. I keep defending Nik because, to me, he has no bias.
• The point is well-taken, regardless of origin. I think he was in a legal squabble. When you fight with pigs, you get soiled. Your personal hygiene becom...
• Love that shot at the media. But then they're a big target. They run in a pack, don't you think? And the print/electronic "journalists" I read and see lar...
• Well, maybe they have a life and they are out with their dear ones on a Friday night. I'm a widow. so to speak. My partner works a lot.
• We are indeed the only ones left. At least, in my brief time on this site, I've never witnessed such "disquiet." But then, the slogan, "Tory times are toug...
• Capitalism is the way it is. The hope is that we can derive sufficient benefit from this given. Governments can tax and regulate corporate activity. Clear...
• I have never voted Liberal in my life. But I have always lived in Ottawa-Vanier and Gatineau where the Liberals have always won. Since Confederation! So, ...
• We're close to facsim. Meaning a marriage of government and business to oppress us. But most Canadians, including the traveling public, don't see it that w...
• Hey Nik, this is to suggest your next political poll: 1. Correct sample size, etc, with the right questions. Our job here is to eliminate those who will vo...
• k. So Parliament is gone and the political theater is over for a few months, save a H of C committee bent on investigating alleged Tory election spending mi...
• Yes I did and I am dumbfounded by the balance in this bill: The following summary is provided by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan ...

The Bernier Resignation - Is it more than political "eye candy"? (Video Blog Post) (2008-05-30)

• The Bernier scandal is the beginning of the end for Mr. Harper's claims to leadership superiority over Mr. Dion. Harper appointed this light-weight in a hap...
• For the past year I have fumed at the mainstream media's buy-on to Harper's attacks on Dion's so-called "leadership," including the CBC and the Toronto Star....
• parnel, Harper can't wait for the summer recess and he will again waste huge amounts of tax dollars by proroguing Parliament in the fall. He's on death row....
• calmecam, you are several breaths of fresh air. I am perhaps somewhat guilty in my anti-Harper positions, when he has many redeeming qualities. He's smart....
• The Bernier scandal is anything but "eye candy," according to the Toronto Star's editorial today. It calls for the House of Commons public safety committee ...
• Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven (which doesn't exist). Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted (but not ...
• MRM, all calmecam is asking is that we respect differences of opinions instead of name calling. Hey, I'm as guilty as the next guy. Attacking the credibili...
• k. What can they do to us? 1. Tax us, or not. 2. Send is to war, or not. 3. Take measures to enhance prosperity, or not. 4. Provide for the disadvan...
• I am warming to this discourse.
• If the Tories win the next election, the world will not come to an end. Canada will benefit or suffer the consequences but the rest of the world will hardly...
• "Detente." Reeks of the Nixon/Kissinger..... wait..... uncalled for. I'm in, for sure. Smokers often can't quit the first time they try. Doesn't mean t...
• The Liberal "tax and spend" line from the Conservatives has served them well for decades. I think the Liberals can counter, this time, given the success of ...
• Who knows. Not me. But the MSM has definitely turned up the heat on Mr. Harper. His free ride is over. I suspect the media wolfpack has been waiting fo...
• Rex Murphy just spent his entire show on the Bernier scandal, and the audience was mixed as to whether this was a major issue or not. I suggested he was pre...
• MRM, I don't think it's fair to call Mr. Dion "spineless" because his party choses not to bring down the government. If Mr. Harper was in his shoes and, kno...
• I have had occasion to witness self-inflicted harm. I know of federal prisoners who went in on relatively minor charges but never got out, because they held...
• Latimer!!! Darn. I hate looking stupid.
• I love the mud analogy. Some guy in Vancouver (Skalbania) said it best, "Never fight with a pig." But, in Canada, the spelling would be "flavour" and "hono...
• CBC Radio One, Sunday afternoon's, 16:00 hours, ET. He draws things out and together like few can.
• MRM has a point with many Canadians. What are the Libs doing, voting with the Cons with such regularity? What they're doing is reading the polls. Canadi...
• calmecam, I trust that the truth will out before we again get to vote in a federal election. But, what say you about the mainstream media? CanWest, the Sun...
• Thanks calmecam. To me, the corporate media (pro-business, pro-Conservative, pro-USA/Israel) are so dominant, you have to forgo the lot not to be indoctrina...
• My honour is in tact for at least three or four days now. Of course, I've been busy working, golfing, etc. Isn't it grand the life we are so lucky to live....
• k. calmecam, there is a groundswell of interest in your "credentials." You've made your mark and people want to know. You are bound to answer the followin...
• hollinm, I plead guilty to your accusation that I am "way out in left field." Meaning I promote peace, help for the disadvantaged, environmental, worker an...
• How? What did Mr. Martin do wrong?
• parnel, do you have a real job? How do you stay on top of all this stuff? Wait. You're in Dubai. With 16 hours a day to kill. Right? Jealous
• Vandaphil1, yours is a huge leap in logic. We have no idea when CSIS checked this woman out, how thorough it was and what concerns were passed on to Mr. Har...

The Economy - Political Opportunity and Minefield (2008-05-26)

• larryl, your numbers are accurate; the attacks from MRM and Jan unfounded. The Tories have been the "tax and spend" party since "Lyin' Brian." Same thing ...
• There are a lot of undecided voters out there, and I think the "personality" contest between Mssrs. Harper and Dion will be the true test. Right now, Mr. Ha...
• Tom, proportional representation is the only way to go, democratically- speaking. To address your concern about fringe parties, all one needs to is set a th...
• The Tories as economic stewards have been dismal failues. Just off the cuff.... They blew the federal budget surplus gift-horse from the Liberals on nonsen...
• But what if the two parties are the same, as in the "greatest" democracy of all time, the land of the free. A Republican or Democratic victory won't change ...
• Thanks for the totally unsupported stab, holinrm. My heart breaks.
• I can see 50% +1 as a proper criterion for head of state, but not for state or provincial representation. The number of voters disenfranchised by our first-...
• holinm, you may not have noticed that Harper's leadership abilities have taken a major hit the past while. His judgment in selecting a sex-crazed buffoon as...
• larryl, hollinm (and MRM) are rabid Tories, who will defend the indefensible until the cows come home. That the former was a banker for so long perhaps give...
• MRM, you typical name-calling replies betray your stripes. Of which you have few.
• Tom, answer the simple question. Why disenfranchise 10-20% of the electorate by the FPTP system? Why not design a system where every vote counts? Also,...
• Is that the best you can do, MRM? Pitiful.
• Another holinm and MRM lovefest. You two are a shame on the concept of free speech. Now, think for a minute. Try real hard. Mr. Harper may suffer a mi...
• MRM, you are rarely worthy of a response. We need more military/security spending like a hole in the head. If you believe otherwise, you are in a category ...
• Your constant personal attacks on Dion are tiring. Get a life.
• But Tom, if a party receives 5% or 12% of the national vote and gets zero or only a handful of MPs from the exercise, how fair is that? The disenfranchise...
• MRM, do you have a life beyond Nik? Your insistence on always getting the last word leads me to conclude......
• LEDA, your mother would wash your mouth out with soap!
• I live in Gatineau and. before that, Ottawa-Vanier. Both have been Liberal forever. All my life, my vote had counted for nothing. I think Dion is startin...
• I object to your use of the term, "spineless" opposition. The vast majority of Canadians haven't wanted and still don't want an election. Might the opposit...
• You know what, larryl, you just might be right. It's the free ride he'd give to the US and Big Business that I worry about. I mean. these guys rule the world.
• MRM, how hypocritical you can be. My criticisms of Mr. Harper are entirely warranted. He is an outrageously incompetent PM and no replacement in sight. Pi...
• None? Mr. Dion has intelligence, judgment, compassion and humility. The best policies and the best team, which he empowers and supports. Mr. Harper has no...
• calmecam, from a philosophical point of view, how do Canadians decide for whom to cast their vote? Morally. Patriotically. Personally. Financially. Do...
• Yeah buddy, that's how I feel. Harper is that much of a danger to the future of Canada. He is dragging us into the American morass. He has got to go.

Leadership Tracking - Harper personal image untouched by controversy (Analysis with video) (2008-05-09)

• I will. Mr. Harper is a disingenuous, vindictive control freak. He has a hidden agenda (vision), which he will spring on us should he ever get his coveted ...
• How about balancing the federal budget, left in ruins by the Cons. How about signing on to Kyoto, along with 150 or so other countries. How about credible ...
• MRM, are you for real? Chretien took over from Mulroney, not Trudeau. Neither PM Chretien nor Martin made any personal gain from their stewardship and I de...
• MRM, are you for real? Are you a paid CON hack? Dion has it all over Harper in terms of vision (policies) and a team to deliver the goods. Harper wins on ...
• MRM, are you for real? Am I a communist? Are you crazy or just nasty? Read what I say and, instead of calling me names (a la Stephen Harper), deal with ...
• MRM, did Paul Martin act dishonestly in any way for personal gain as PM? When and what? If you can't prove your smear, retract it. If you won't retract it...
• MRM, I keep challenging you because you accuse Mr. Martin of dishonest conduct when there isn't a shred of evidence. He's not even under investigation. Do...
• Hollinm, the CONs' vicious, personal attack ads against a fair and decent man who refuses to play gutter politics is not a winning strategy in Canada. Harper...
• You and MRM are a tag team whose buffoonery needs leashing. It is the CONs who have blown the budget, not the LIBs. It is the CONs who stand alone in the w...
• Whoops. I forgot. Australia recently had an election and the pro-environment party won. So it's the Bush administration and us, all alone. Isn't that a clue?.
• It is Harper's defence "strategy" that gets me going. We haven't been attacked in almost 200 years. The only time we go to war is to defend out allies from...
• Mr. Transparency pulls another fast one. This "man" is the most secretive PM since WW !!, when at least there was an excuse. I don't even want to talk abou...
• MRM, when you accuse another man of dishonesty w/o proof, you dishonest yourself. When the man you accuse is as squeaky-clean as PM Martin, you only look foo...
• That's why I put the the word "stategy" in quotation marks. It's little more than a shopping list, and largely for killing machines of which we should have ...
• I am a free-thinker, unconstrained by party lines. I believe in freedom and democracy, peace, environmental protection, social justice, help for the disadva...
• I invite you to read this. http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/14762
• MRM, you state that Suzuki is a "kook." You win the name-calling award, hands down. If I was to bother to troll thru your posts, I could pull out a hundred...
• It is clear to me that Mr. Harper is a control freak. The antithesis of the modern-day manager. One who gathers a good team, delegates to, empowers and suppo...
• I can site you a hundred polls showing profound public ignorance.... just ask Americans about Saddam's involvement with WMDs and his buddy bin Laden. With a...
• holinm, Mr. Dion hasn't had his shot yet. And you ignored my points regarding the fallacy of polls and regarding the question of leadership. I'm sorry I em...
• I'm sorry you find me pathetic. What I'm trying to explain is that, when the chips are down, Canadians will vote for the party with the best policies, the b...
• What improper, dishonest or criminal act did Mr Martin commit? Else, forever hold your peace. Fat chance of that, to "He who always must get the Last Shot ...
• I am sorry you find me to be a vile hypocrite. Yet, I ask again, name a single dishonest or criminal act committed by Paul Martin? That his former compan...
• k. What was dishonest or criminal about any of that by Mr. Martin? You don't seem to get it?
• I read these numbers with disbelief, because they defy logical analysis. The Tory vision for Canada is virtually identical to the failed Bush doctrine. Sup...
• Excuse me? What total nonsense you spew.
• MRM, you appear incapable of intelligent commentary. Take a break. Leave us in peace. Ir is entirely predictable that you will respond. You always, alw...
• MRM, your comments are unworthy of a response beyond this.
• Hi parnel. Good post. I, too, question the one-on-one comparisons between Harper and Dion that favour the former. What criteria are being applied? Is "le...
• MRM, you again misrepresent the facts. Bear said we (don't) need Harper like we (don't) need a bunch of other "leaders," including Bush who is indeed Mr. Ha...
• hey westerner, where have you been? Sowing oats? While Mr. Harper is strangling Crown corporations, agencies and programs for "special interests" he disagr...
• Well, I don't hear too many clamoring to get rid of milk and egg marketing agencies. This is a classic case of Conservative ideological nonsense, regardless...
• hey westerner, why is anyone who disagrees with Harper a communist? Do you really consider the Toronto Star a communist newspaper? Seeking the greatest g...

The House Returns - Ethics, Accountability and the Big Picture (Nanos Sun Column) (2008-04-28)

• The Big Picture is one that ties all the loose ends together. What Canadians face is a single right wing government devoted to the failed Bush administratio...
• Geez, I should check my spelling before I post!
• I call the Bush admin. "murderers, liars and thieves" with great regularity. I call Mr. Harper and co. "warmongers" and like names, truly deserving descript...
• I stand behind every one of your quoted excerpts from my comments. There is not an offensive word, anywhere. What are you talking about?
• I like that. Good on you, parnel. The Tories' laissez-faire approach to governing is so wrong when we face crises on several fronts. These guys don't have ...
• This speaks volumes for the pundits. Obviously, they're not into investigative journalism. Journalism period. But parnel has a larger point. The Harper g...
• k. You have libeled both Mssrs. Chretien and Martin, accusing both of illegal personal gains while elected officials. I defy you to name a single instance....
• The Liberal party's finances are a mess, no doubt. But their poll numbers remain respectable. When an election is called, the Tories' financial advantage d...
• LEDA, may I suggest you do a bit more research before making such claims. What the Tories did was apparently illegal. No other party is accused of anything...
• My. My. I guess you like a secretive, vindictive bully over a democratic and inclusive leader. Speaks volumes for you.
• parnel is right. Mr, Harper is history. He is simply too mean for Canadians.
• MRM, you missed my point, again. LEDA cited perfectly legal donations by unions as an indication that the NDP was somehow tainted by the same brush as the T...
• Governments in power get in trouble, not necessarily earned. It's all about ther ability to cause harm and piss off groups with like minds. That is why I d...
• MRM, get real. The Tories are guilty as sin on the "in and out" scandal. Their own people are owning up. The best lawyers in the land won't get them off. ...

Federal Tories and Grits Tied - Are NDP voters in Ontario strategically parking with the Grits? (Nanos Poll completed April 9) (2008-04-11)

• The gap in Ontario is really startling and shortchanging the province by ten federal ridings didn't help Mr. Harper's cause either. But, if Mr. Martin dropp...
• Those attack ads have worked. Not on policies. On personalities. I wrote this a while back but no newspaper would publish the sucker. Hmm. Is it that ba...
• Here is why the mainstream media have got it wrong about Mr. Dion.: 1. Restoration of Trust and Unity within the Liberal Party: Mr. Dion won the Liberal le...
• I think Libveral volunteers and voters will come out in droves to vote against the most right wind PM in living memory or longer. And, isn't money off the ta...
• Let me give you an example. Start your questions with, who is a better leader, Mr. Harper and Dion? Given the (false) bias in the perceptions of Canadians ...
• Not the CBC I watch. Chantal Hebert loathes Mr. Dion. Andrew Coyne. Don Martin. All the Tory, NDP and other political reps who get equal time. To which ...
• Well then, hollinm, the debate is over. But let me reply to the few points you chose to make. Mr. Dion knows that 80% of Canadians don't want another elect...
• k. You got me on this one.
• I am biased. Against organized religion, for sure. If there is a Christian, Muslim, Jewish or any other god, (s)he is doing one heck of a lousy job. Again...
• No. The Golden Rule is to "Do unto others as you have done unto yourself." Jesus would be overturning tables all over Wall and Bay Street, were he around t...
• In which newspaper? The Torstar. which is even-haned as you can get? On which network. Look around, my man. The MSM is owned, lock, stock and barrel by,...
• Well now, for once you have judged me correctly. Nothing confusing about it. Jesus was some kind of a prophet, I guess, and his teachings are wonderful. O...
• You are quite a trio, MRM, hollinm and westerner. I've observed you for some time now. You are like trained poodles. Independent thought? Never. Party L...
• I feel for Parnel. The pack he's against use words like "vile." Why are they excluded from reproach?
• Suggestion. Let's talk about the next election. When. Why. And who will win!
• Let me reply to myself. I think that many Tories and Liberals are itching for one. Those in safe seats. Otherwise, humm. Don't think so. Safe seats? My...
• 1. I didn't call Harper any names (this time). 2. I am not far left (I am left of that). 3. I am not railing or spouting (I speak with a great calm in my ...
• Well, I even numbered my issues to simplify the debate. Let's try again: 1. War and peace 2. The environment 3. Health care and education 4. The eco...
• US defence spending at $84 billion for 08/09. How wildly inaccurate can you be. The Iraq war. alone, is heading ror three trillion dollars. Last I looked,...
• So what does "procurement," a line item from the USA's $650 billion annual military "budget," have to do with the price of eggs? The topic is war and peace....
• I do. More serious still are the constant insults hurled at parnel by you and your gang (hollinm and westerner). Watch out. The Moderator is at the door.
• I lived in the Ottawa-Vanier riding for several decades. It includes blue-nose Rockcliffe but it has voted solidly Liberal since Confederation. Now I live ...
• I'm a beer drinker. My mouth goes down hill from there. lol
• Chantal Hebert doesn't deserve her job. She is parochial and, as I've said many times, patently anti-Dion. Someone so consistently biased should be fired. ...
• Dead wrong, MRM. Throw in "one-offs" like the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan. Nuclear weapons. The security-industrial complex (the CIA and 100+ other ...
• If you believe the "party line" that ONLY 80-90 thousand Iraqis have been killed as a result of this unnecessary war, may you go in peace. I assume you belie...
• parnel, you have the Tory gang on the run. With cause. Mr. Harper's so--called leadership is falling apart at the seams. Funny thing about dictators. Th...
• Some "independent" assessment. The total number of innocent civillians killed is more like one million. Many millions more maimed for life. Many millions ...
• k. By my estimation, it's 1-0 for the peaceniks over the warmongers. Do you really want to argue Harper's environmental record next? Let me see, the USA ...
• MRM, do you not know that Iraq Body Count only counts deaths reported in newspapers and on TV? It's simply not a credible organization. Johns Hopkins Schoo...
• My. My. The Tories must be a bit blue. The latest Canadian Press Harris/Decima survey shows mounting challenges for the Conservative Party. • Nationally, ...
• Against a man who precedes both the Dion and Martin eras. I don't think so. As parnel stated, not a single elected Liberal has been found guilty of any ill...
• I take offense to your name-calling. What do you mean by effete? Too much of his feminine side showing for you? Wimpy? Homosexual? Of course, maybe you ...
• On Friday, September 14, 2007, ORB (Opinion Research Business), an independent polling agency located in London, published estimates of the total war casualt...
• MRM, get real. The point is, every Iraqi and American death was unnecessary from the start. The war was and remains illegal, unjustified, horrible, etc. A...
• Well, the Clinton camp, for sure, but aided and abetted. What do you think about a Dem or Rep president? Does McCain have a chance? Will whomever make a d...
• Protectionist of what? Free trade? Sure, the Americans are going to shut down the gift of Canadian oil, extracted at huge cost. Not. Canada has lost more...
• I do not and would not speak to the Liberal position. I'm not one. Your beloved Tories want to treat the developed and developing world alike, as if we hav...
• Last I looked, our per capita income was about $38k, and the USA's was $46k. This compares to China ($5.3k) and India ($2.7k). My, they are "very wealthy" ...
• Sorry. The numbers I gave above are "purchasing power parity" per capita, an even better statistic on relative income. By the way, you harp on China and ...
• I am most offended by your slurs. Can't you respond without calling me loony or wildly whatever? It's funny how those who support the troops want them to s...
• MRM, you are a [DELETED BY MODERATOR], as predictable as Fox News. Your support for Harper's war and occupation of a far away land that never did us any har...
• MRM, where do you get this "500 million starving" Chinese from? And how many Chinese are dying from "treatable diseases" that the government chooses to igno...
• Nik, maybe I'm not right for this site. I accuse MRM of being a "trained poodle," a totally supportable statement (he even quotes straight from the Tory pla...
• No. If I or my ideas can be called loony, effete, wacky, wild and worse, why should I apologize for calling MRM a "trained poodle?" If you choose to take a...
• You are wrong again, MRM. China has "achieved" a 10+% growth rate, for the past 15 years. And your own stats show that those living in poverty has been red...
• k. What's your point? That China is evil, period? Is it due no credit for its gains over the past two decades? I'm no expert, but I think I'd rather be p...
• Whatever the $40 mililon. That was Chretien, n'est-ce pas? Since then, we've had two Liberal leaders. A slight disconnect, methnks. If you want to talk ab...
• My. My. I'm missing a debate here. I think I'll hang my hat with a squeaky-clean politician who wants to serve us. That would be Stephane Dion. Harper? ...
• k. You are calling parnel a liar and a fool. For the first time, I am going to report your comment as inappropriate. You need to be reigned in.
• It's Richard. And I liked what you had to say. My Mom keeps telling me to "Grow up," too!
• No. This is perhaps the battleground of the next century. It's you or me! I stand for caring and sharing. You? I stand for peace. You? I stand for my c...
• Ditto. I wonder if Nik has a "three strikes and you're out" rule. lol
• The greater our disconnect, the more pliable we are. But, to my knowledge, Mssrs. Dion, Ignatieff, Rae, Goodale, etc. are untarnished by long-ago events tha...
• So you accuse Mr. Dion on being "in on the take," without a shred of evidence. You equate the war in Afghanistan with "defending our country." You are fine...
• Vandaphil, I am struggling to understand your logic, or lack thereof. It is clear as day to most of us that we in North America are dominated by extreme rig...
• No. Progressive taxation means those who can afford to pay, pay more, pay more. The GST is inherently regressive. Everyone pays the same, rich or poor. N...
• Well, I most certainly would have cut income taxes for the poor before cutting the GST. What amazes me is the percentage of tax collections from individuals...
• In 1953, Canadian corporations and individuals payed almost exactly the same to federal coffers. By 1975, individuals we're paying more than twice as much a...
• MRM, please, think about what you write. The number of corporations in Canada has increased in tandem with the number of Canadians. We are in a race for th...
• Last I looked, the Tories have wasted $10-15 billion on offensive military equipment. etc., when we haven't been attacked since 1812. To support Bush's wars...
• I'm not so sure, hollinm. The Libs are on the right side of the Afghan war.... less attacking and killing and more aid and reconstruction. They're also the...
• Ottawa lost 1600 jobs today, due to the closing of a Dell and another company's call centre. Probably to India or Pakistan. The high Canadian dollar is the...
• MRM, there is nothing inconsistent in what I said. The Liberals would extricate us from the "killing scumbags" approach brought to us by Mssrs. Hillier and ...
• No need to get hostile. General Hillier pushed and pushed for this war and the Liberal government reluctantly agreed for a set period of time, on General Hi...
• I buy it, and I think I'm on Bernie's list. lol
• There is nothing in the UN mandate that authorizes the use of military force. Nothing. And the USA has its own armed forces in Afghanistan totally outside ...
• The Nuremberg Principles define war crimes as: a. Crimes against peace: i. Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression ...
• MRM, you haven't disproved anything. The UN Security Council did no such thing. Resolution 1368 spoke to bringing justice to the perpetrators within the pu...
• So is is the resolution you are hanging your hat on? The use of the word "combat" is conditional on it being in accordance with the UN Charter, i.e., in sel...
• MRM, let's agree we are of two opinions. Here's a third by Michael Mandel, professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He specializes in intern...
• As I have proven, the October 2001 American bombing and invasion of Afghanistan was NOT authorized the UN Secuirity Council, and therefore a violation of the...
• MRM and vandaphil, your repeated name-calling defines you.
• MRM, do you have to ridicule, name-call or otherwise insult me in every reply? Do you always have to have the last word? Are you not capable of admitting mis...
• MRM, the 6.5 year war in Afghanistan isn't even close to being won, and never will be, short of genocide of Iraq proportions. We're fighting way more than t...

Last week should have been a good week for the PM - he was sideswiped (Video Blog Post) (2008-04-07)

• Geez, I have to say, give the guy a break. Sixteen years ago?? Now, a good number of Canadians harbour the belief that the Tories, should they ever win a m...
• I am so disappointed that the Liberals caved on Afghanistan. Sure they won a few conditions, but we should have been "outta there" by early 2009. This war ...
• I don't remember when I came to accept gays as equals. Heck, I used to hitchhike in my late teens in a baby blue and white sweater to get them to pick me up...
• k. This is too lively too resist. 1. The MSM in Canada is so RW it compares only to the the land of the free, the good old USA. 2. In Europe, there is r...
• Hmm. My presumed total domination of this site by three or four rabid Tories appears to be not quite true. There are others out here who think straight and...
• parnel, there are some pretty nasty things said about me that remain posted on this site. I'm not happy about it. But I accept my fate. Free speech is enti...
• I've read, "let the voters decide," and, given the 16-year space between action and exposure, I tend to agree.
• Hey Nik. You are getting challenged, these days. Wonder why? lol Keep up your good work!