A Third Way

Rather than get hung up on the horns of a dilemma...seek truth in the tension of the paradox.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Mr Harper's Brilliant Senate Appointments

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Assuming the people accusing Mr. Harper of hypocrisy are not partisan shills mouthing talking points, consider this. Like a game of chess...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

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I live in BC.  Over 95%+ of the province is crown lands.  First nations almost to a village have access to it from their boundaries.  The re...
Monday, December 13, 2010

The "Carn" age.

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R E S P E C T. Canadians should be respected by the BOC and our governments. It was according to their plan that Canadians stepped up, b...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

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If consumer debt is such a problem. Stop the Banks/CCards from raping us like they do. I would rather see 15% of my payment boosted on deb...

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I actually appreciated your article sir, would love to hear/read the transcript of the speech Dawkins tried to heckle. I suppose the diatr...

O Canada the Deficit!

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O come on!  Canada got what all the parties demanded: Stimulus spending even if it caused a deficit.  Do you guys think Canadians don't...
Friday, December 3, 2010

A welfare bum speaks:

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Please allow this contrarin position:  I have 4 kids who are now late teens to early 20s.  I have a crippling disability for the past 10 yea...
Monday, November 22, 2010

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I am an ignorant person.  I have worked with poor folks for 30 years.  My kids watched as heroin addicts to come down crashed on our couch. ...

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I criticize that atrocity.  It is very concerning to see that sort of racism or religious intolerance in a democratic society.  And I consid...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

The Poor

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I am an ignorant person.  I have worked with poor folks for 30 years.  My kids watched as heroin addicts to come down crashed on our couch. ...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Harper's Genius

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I respect that. I think the Conservatives displayed brilliant strategy this week. They have been on the record for Senate reform for ever...

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Don't be ridiculous.  Are you so ignorant to not know the way the Senate has worked since confederation? The party in power if it stays...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

As copyright legislation looms...

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This legislation is nothing but a rip-off of the rights of the citizens of this country. Copyright law was originally established to prot...

Chaos the Stuff of Creation

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Owen Abrey May I suggest Margaret Wheatly's book "Leadership and the New Science?" I came away from her thinking believing...

The Senate and Minority Governments

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What Canada witnessed here was a legitimate lever of this democracy.  It is  has come to light because we have had a minority government for...

Bill Bennet and Mr. Campbell

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For 6 months I have been saying this is Campbell's opportunity to bow out gracefully--with his reputation more-or-less intact.  The prob...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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This is more a reflection of a government that has been in a minority for a long time. More common in our histories have been majorities,...

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Meh, this is merely one of the ways senates can deal with legislation.  Anyone who has any education in political science would know that th...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Actually Hugh Wood, as painful as this is, according to parliamentary law, the mission extension or new mission is within his discretion, ...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Editorial: Harper's speech on the new anti-semitism.

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Thank you for this editorial.  It seems a stark contrast to the madness of the world.  Hatred drives a continuum of insanity the extremes of...
Saturday, November 13, 2010

Canada's-Nato Commitment in Afghanistan

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I am going to try to say the thing no one wants to say.  Today Nato has 150,000 troops in the war, 3,000 are Canadians.  After WWII, Canada ...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Re: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/lest-we-forget-just-10-mps-have-military-experience/article1795706/comments/

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The insinuation the Minister of Defense is/was a general's lacky is so crass it raises the integrity and reputation of this rag to new l...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Racism or Anti-Zionism

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The problem is that the evil lies in what people think-and their motive. These are intangibles. So if you have a prejudicial hatred to a ...
Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Campbell resigns

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The province was run into the ground at the hands of the NDP. It was a basket case when the Libs took over. How quickly we forget. When ...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The Galileo Connection

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http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/OTeSources/01-Genesis/Text/Articles-Books/Hummel_Gen1_JASA.htm

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Recent wargames with Canada's CF-18s and US F-22s and 35s, resulted in the Canadians being entirely wiped out. Not only did we not mak...
Monday, November 1, 2010

F-35 argument tightened up.

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What a pile of poo. There is no other gen 5 plane in the world. What will compete with it? The Russians have 2 they "claim" in...

Will the Feds allow the BHP Potash deal to go through?

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If the myth of right & left wings exists and apparently it does in some form or other, Canada's right wing rests somewhat left of ce...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

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@tominvictoria:  Sorry for breaking into your habitual rant, but this is a story maybe you should pay attention to. The DND is dysfunctiona...
Friday, October 29, 2010

The Man the Boy and A Donkey in 1000 Charactures

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The Man the Boy and the Donkey. Once upon a time there was a man and his son who owned a donkey.  The man and his son decided it was best t...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

On the Liberals Vow to Cancel the F-35 upon Election.

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What a pile of poo.  There is no other class 5 plane in the world.  The Russians have 2 they claim in the same class, and that is dubious, b...

On Mr. Campbell's Income Tax Cut.

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Bill Bennet is our MLA and we like our politicians plains speaking-just eloquent enough to call a spade a spade. I don't agree with th...

Banter about Peter McKay, the Widow and her Military Son's Suicide.

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I am trying to imagine the one or two things I would have to give my attention to the morning after I became the Minister of Defense.  I am ...

Margaret Wente's article on a Retrospective of the Iraqi wars.

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Well, if only to be a contrarian today, it isn't hard to find speeches by the Liberals in the lead up to the gulf war. For this group ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Auditor General Assesses Good and Bad

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So it turns out the 56 billion dollar deficit was accrued in appropriate prudent fair and honest way. Wow that is saying a lot. A dark clo...

Interpreting the after math of Ford's electoral victory.

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What played out was the concept of no taxation without representation. The taxpayers wanted representation that will address what they pe...
Monday, October 25, 2010

On mayoralty successs and the Right Wing

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Has anyone else noticed the Right understands the plans of the left: More government, more "services" More regulations, and the ge...

The horns of a Dilemma Truth vs Justice. Conrad Black

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It is unfortunately telling right and wrong can be obfuscated by the high towers of a legal system. Line upon line, brick upon brick, the...
Sunday, October 24, 2010

China and Sovereignty

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Alethia Report Comment October 24th 2010, 3:01pm Zambia crisis arises out its loss of sovereignty over its resources. In Canada the real ...
Friday, October 22, 2010

H1N1 Review, the Implications of the Vaccine Strategy.

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The point that is missed in all this, is that Canada has a socialized medical care for all its citizens.  A lot of us are pretty proud of it...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Around the idea of elitism...

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Like the white race saw nothing wrong with their life in Texas or Alabama of the 1950s, so it is "elitists" cannot understand wh...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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It is interesting the process of global realignment continues to evolve.  It is interesting that it is terrorism that has been the catalyst....
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

A stab at philosophical truth

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  You might be familiar with standardizing an argument.  I am having a lot of difficulty with this passage and just thought you could offe...
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

Israel, Canada and the Rebuff at the UN.

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In the long trajectory that is the direction of Canada, a government of what ever political stripe can change its trajectory but not it'...

An excellent article by David Frum. Diplomacy and the Candian SC bid.

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David Frum   October 16, 2010 – 8:10 am Canada needs a new national sport: solo boxing. What could be more Canadian than beati...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Comment to a sensical comment in the NP

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Amen Stepp, so the new bully on the playground of the UN, the 57 vote block: Organization of Islamic Conference gave Canada a black eye.  It...

Chris Selly makes some good points in his article

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http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/10/13/chris-selleys-full-pundit-now-the-un-cant-come-to-our-birthday-party/ Good point Mr. Selley...
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