It never ceases to amaze me how some folk will pervert the meanings of words, and project their own thoughts onto other folks words. We saw this recently with Captain Liar, who posts in one of his comments, “Ian’s gone crazy. In his latest post he’s proclaiming his support for Ernst Zundel. He better be
It’s amazing the logic of some folks, especially whoever wrote today’s editorial in the Star. First, the writer tries to draw some comparison between fleeing slaves on the Underground Railway to a train from Florida pulling into Toronto’s Union Station seeking “emancipation from astronomical prescription drug prices in the United States.” Then the writer talks
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“The fight against terrorism will only be won if the rights of individuals are respected” ~ Prime Minister Paul Martin According to The Star, that’s what Paul says. But the same article states Paul is heading off “to Budapest, Hungary, to attend the Progressive Governance Summit, a gathering of left-of-centre world leaders.” I wonder if
At least one judge in the United States has his “values” in the right order. On September 29, 2004 U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero showed a great deal of wisdom in striking down a part of the so called “Patriot Act” in the US. In his ruling, the wise judge “declared that personal security is
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“I can tell you one thing. We came here to work, we didn’t come here to play games. That means getting on with the job of voting on bills, legislation, the spending of the taxpayers’ money and holding the government to account.” ~ Jack Layton See that? He wants to spend taxpayers’ money. And of
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A Press Release From The Lanark Landowners Association: Contrary to the Minister of Natural Resources (David Ramsay) assertions, four Lanark Landowners Association (LLA) members have been charged under the fish and game act relating to their actions on June 19 2004. In a Canwest News article (Ottawa Citizen September 25, 2004) David Ramsay is quoted
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Back to our regular programming… Most have probably heard the tune, “Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier.” What some don’t know is that not only was David Crockett a king of the wild frontier in Tennessee as well as one of the fighters that lost his life while fighting for Texas independence at
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Randolph BOURNE on war “War is the health of the State.” — Randolph Bourne, The State (1918), available at http://www.slip.net/~knabb/CF/bourne.htm. Richard CARTWRIGHT on the rights of individuals in Canada “I think that every true reformer, every real friend of liberty, will agree with me in saying that if we must erect safeguards, they should be
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First, I’d like to offer my respects to Kate of Small Dead Animals. I visit her blog daily, and sometimes several times a day. On most points we agree. Not only does she offer witty and intelligent commentary (something we don’t see to often from the Province of Saskatchewan ;} ), I really enjoy her
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The London Fog cuts through the mist of illogical reporting in the city of London with some great fisking of an article which asks the wrong “why” questions. I wonder “why” these nincompoops continue to ask the wrong “why” questions. Why am I still alive at 41 (give or take another week or two), played
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