Why
I don’t like Japan: China
“I
have read about the Nanjing genocide in the newspaper. I haven't thought that
much about it, but because of what I have read about that massacre I do not like
Japan.” Han,
21, student
in China
“Japan
has not faced up to its history. Chinese people don't have a good feeling for
Japan. There are many reasons - but I don't like Japan because I feel that
Japanese people look down on other Asian people. I have never been willing to
buy anything Japanese. Japanese technology is good, but I will not buy it.”
Zhao,
35, taxi driver
in China
“I
don’t understand the Japanese. I don’t know why they don’t just admit what
they did. I don’t boycott their products because their products are good. If
they used their economic might against China then I would boycott, but they
don't do that.” Sun,
35, working for UK firm
in China 4/18/05
_______________________________________________
Betting
On Who’d Be Next Pope? Older for shorter reign
The
bookies claim no inside knowledge; they say they are simply responding to the
bets being placed by punters. A lot of money is now being placed on older
cardinals, in line with a theory that says that after a lengthy papacy, the
Church would like a Pope who does not live too long. 4/17/05
_______________________________________________
Shame,
Shame, Shame
Seal
Hunt Report Was Bogus
"The
author's (Barbara
Stewart)
failure to accurately report the status of the hunt and her fabrication of
details at the scene are clear violations of the Globe's journalistic standards.
Because the freelancer was not reporting from the scene, Globe editors should
have demanded attribution for any details she provided about the hunt
itself." The Boston Globe, Boston, Mass, company owned by the New York
Times Co. (CP File Photo) 4/16/05
_______________________________________________
GIVE
ME A BREAK!
And,
we are not in the Republic of Quebec yet!.
Jacques
Corriveau
He
won’t remember or he cannot remember? Sick or real con? But, he was a lucky
man with connection.
AT
THE SPONSORSHIP SCANDAL HEARING
"Forgive
me commissioner,. Sometimes it's easier to remember things that happened a long
time ago more than recent events." Jacques
Corriveau, former president of Pluri-Design, tesifies at the Gomery commission,
Thursday. (CP photo) 4/15/05
_______________________________________________
“Early
election won’t spell Conservative Government. Fat Chance…The shadow of Brian
Mulroney still shrouds the party.” Miguel Lewis
"Obviously
if Stephen Harper and the Bloc Québécois are going to come together to force
an election, then there's going to be an election."
The recent revelations from the inquiry into the federal Sponsorship
Scandal
have hurt me and our party, but Canadians need to hear the conclusions reached
by Justice John Gomery, the inquiry's commissioner, before an election is
called.” Prime Minister Paul
Martin, said on Wednesday, after a Liberal caucus meeting.
4/14/05
The
Anglo that blew the whistle
_______________________________________________
More
on the Sponsorship
Scandal
SO,
WHAT’S NEW?
"The
Sponsorship
Scandal
has it's vulnerability for abuse and should not be construed that it only
occurred due to a corrupt Liberal Party administration. Changing party is not
the solution. Let's get Paul Martin continue. He didn't do the crime so let's
not get him do the time." Charles McM 4/13/05
The
Anglo that blew the whistle
_______________________________________________
More
on the Sponsorship
Scandal
He
created the Inquiry, didn't he?
"NO
NEED FOR EARLY ELECTION …FINISH THE SCANDAL INQUIRY" cdb
"I
was offended as any other Canadian for the allegations. Even if that testimony
is contested, I was personally offended by what I heard. That is not the way
that politics is done in Quebec. It is not the way that politics should be done
in Canada and it is certainly not the way I believe politics should be done. I
understand calling the inquiry would have political consequences but it's the
right thing to do." Prime Minister Paul Martin
The
Anglo that blew the whistle
_______________________________________________
He
could try is luck but not enough to bring down government
"The
question is, does the government still have the confidence of the population? In
Quebec, it's very clear it's not the case, so we'll see if it is the case in the
rest of Canada." Gilles
Duceppe, Bloc Québécois leader, a political party promoting separation of
Quebec from Canada.
“Our
party would not help the Liberals vote down motion. We're not going to let the
separatists control the timing of the next election."
Jason Kenney, Conservative MP..
The
Anglo that blew the whistle
_______________________________________________
The
Media on the Scandal, Paul Martin and the Opposition Parties
“The
media may have got carried away and become a victim of its own hype. You've got
to wonder whether journalists' imagination were going a little crazy as they
imagined colour photos of Paul Martin handing over big bags with dollar signs on
them to Groupaction. While there's definitely a lot of meat there and new things
we didn't know before, the testimony generally supports what we've heard
already. The opposition parties did not get the one piece of evidence they were
looking for. If they thought there was a smoking gun linking the current prime
minister, they were probably disappointed."
Kady O'Malley, a journalist for the Ottawa parliamentary newspaper The
Hill Times, Ottawa, Canada 4/10/05
The
Anglo that blew the whistle
_______________________________________________
More
on the Sponsorship
Scandal
“It’s
just how it works”
"Getting
close to the party in power was a necessity to win contracts in sponsorship and
advertising. It's just the way the world works.” Alain Renaud, former
political contact man for an advertising company involved in the Sponsorship
Scandal The
Anglo that blew the whistle 4/09/05
_______________________________________________
More
on the Sponsorship
Scandal
"It's
as sleazy as we feared. Canadians just have to wake up and, at the next
opportunity, remove this pack of gold-diggers from office."
Alex McKinnon, Ottawa
"The
Liberals have trounced on democracy and shouldn't be allowed to get away with it
or hide the issue under murky waters. Let's vote again."
Sue Wurtz, Ottawa
"Call
a new election. Time for these Liberals to pay." Blake Johnston of Toronto.
"Taxpayers
are being ripped off by this Liberal government at every turn. Absolutely
disgusting!" A. Dunville, of St. Lazare, Quebec
"It
really does not matter how much money was squandered on the sponsorship scandal.
The Canadian people will accept whatever rationalization the Liberals offer up
for this criminal behaviour. Why would the people accept this behaviour? They
always have in the past."
Kevin Mulcair, Ottawa
"Of
the small percentage of Canadian citizens who take the trouble to vote, a
sufficiently large part will still vote Liberal. We are so inured to Liberal
corruption and so morally bankrupt ourselves that we are unable to discern
integrity in any guise." Norman Willoughby, Saanichton, B.C. 4/08/09
_______________________________________________
"OH
NO! YOU CAN'T STICK THAT COCAINE CHARGE ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS?"
The
US says its military is helping Colombia combat drug smuggling
A
group of US soldiers arrested for alleged cocaine smuggling cannot be allowed to
stand trial in Colombia, Washington's envoy to Bogota has said. Colombian
senators have been calling for the men, who were based in the country, to be
extradited from the US. But US ambassador William Wood said the soldiers are
immune from prosecution. More than 200 Colombian citizens have been extradited
to the US to face trial for drug trafficking, under a bilateral deal between the
two countries. Colombian politicians have asked the government to push for the
US to hand over the men, arguing that the extradition agreement works both ways.
BBC 4/07/05
_______________________________________________
'GEEK
SPEAK' CONFUSES NET USERS
The
average home computer user is bamboozled by technology jargon which is used to
warn people about the most serious security threats online. Many are often left
vulnerable because they have no idea what they are supposed to be protecting
themselves against, a survey for AOL UK has found. Confusing
"geek speak" used by experts and media included "phishing",
"rogue dialler", "Trojan" and "spyware".
Eighty-four percent did not know that phishing describes faked e-mail scams. The
most common phishing scam is one used to con people into handing over bank
account details online. BBC
PC
USERS: HERE’S WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW IF YOU ARE SURFING THE NET (AOL
UK)
Virus:
Malicious program designed to damage data; usually spread via infected e-mail
attachments
Trojan:
Malicious software disguised as harmless program
Firewall:
Software to protect computers against hackers
Keylogging:
Software/hardware to track keystrokes on a computer to gather passwords, credit
card numbers
Pharming:
When fraudsters redirect net users from legitimate to fake sites
Phishing:
Fraudulent e-mails and pop-ups to fool you into revealing personal information
for criminal gain
Rogue
dialler:
Software that installs itself on computers and changes settings to dial a
premium rate number instead of usual dial-up account
Spam:
Unsolicited e-mails, often offering products or services in which you have no
interest
Spyware:
Small programs that secretly monitor sites visited, potentially violating
privacy and slowing computers 4/06/05
_______________________________________________
HANOI
JANE DON’T REGRET '72 VIETNAM VISIT
Jane
Fonda has written her autobiography
US
film star and activist Jane Fonda has spoken of her regret over a visit she made
to a North Vietnamese gun site during the Vietnam War in 1972. Fonda said the
incident - which earned her the nickname "Hanoi Jane" - was a
"betrayal" of the US military. But she said she did not regret going
to the country being photographed with American prisoners-of-war (PoWs). Fonda
made the comments in an interview with CBS television show 60 Minutes, which
aired in the US last Sunday. BBC
4/05/05
_______________________________________________
50
YEARS AFTER: GHANA COMPARED TO MALAYSIA
Today,
annual average income: Ghanaians $300, Malaysians earn over $3,000
Ghanians:
"Oh,
this country! Nothing works in Ghana! Why are our politicians so useless? Why
are we so poor?" Hey! don't do yourselves down! You've got peace and
democracy. You're miles better off than most other Africans. What's more, this
country is full of really friendly people! Come off it, you can't eat democracy
or friendly people! Anyway, why should we compare ourselves with other African
failures? We want to compare ourselves with the best! We won independence in the
same year as Malaysia, in 1957! How come we're not as rich as them?" 4/04/05
_______________________________________________
The
list of things you cannot talk about in China
"We
can't talk about police or military corruption. And of course we can't say
anything about workers or farmer demonstrations. All that's taboo.”
Cai Chongguo, a Chinese dissident, as per dispatch from Reporters Sans
Frontières, China Bureau 4/03/05
_______________________________________________
IRAQ’S
WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION: US SPIES LIED
Report
from the nine member Commission on Intelligence Capabilities and Weapons of Mass
Destruction
"They
got wrong the critical judgments with respect to nuclear weapons, with respect
to biological weapons and with respect to chemical weapons."
Former Democratic Senator Chuck Robb of Virginia
"They
had very little evidence collected. What little evidence they had they pushed
into assumptions based on the past behavior of Saddam Hussein." Judge
Laurence Silberman 4/02/05
_______________________________________________
What a Wacko Man from Quebec can say on
Radio
Canada
radio Tell Sikhs "You're Gang Of Bozos"
Psychiatrist
Pierre Mailloux said immigrants should abandon cultural
traditions
“The Sikhs are a ‘gang of bozos’.
Immigrants to Canada should abandon their traditions. You cultural communities
come from a wacko country. You live a wacko culture. Don't bring it with you.
That's the message to convey." Psychiatrist
Pierre Mailloux, host of the Doc Mailloux phone-in show on Montreal's CKAC-AM
station. Note: A
Canadian radio station has been censured for broadcasting "abusive"
remarks about the Sikh community broadcast in December 2003. The Canadian Broadcast
Standards Council (CBSC) was responding to a listener who complained it was
"racism of the first order". The
station has been ordered to make a full apology.
BBC 3/31/05
_______________________________________________
Scammers
steal at least $2.5 billion yearly from seniors
"Whatever
figures we report and we think we're dealing with, it's the tip of the iceberg
because people are ashamed and embarrassed to report it. This is a huge
problem." Judy Cutler, spokeswoman, Canadian Association of Retired Persons
3/30/05
_______________________________________________
LIKE
KYRGYZTAN WE TOO WANT NEW VOTES IN MONGOLIA
Protesters
wore yellow scarves and chanted slogans
"Let's
congratulate our Kyrgyz brothers for their revolutionary spirit. Let's free
Mongolia of corruption.
We
will gather more people and we will hold more street demonstrations."
J. Batzandan, a 30-year-old lawyer and university lecturer., Ulan Bator,
Mongolia 3/29/05
_______________________________________________
Syria
should not be blamed?
The
assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February
"The
Lebanese investigation process suffers from serious flaws and has neither the
capacity nor the commitment to reach a satisfactory and credible conclusion. It
is unsatisfactory. To find the
truth it would be necessary to entrust the investigation to an international
independent commission." UN
report 3/28/05
If
Syrian’s gets out totally from Lebanon it will burst again. It's money or
force that could only put them together. Their young democratic system is too
fragile to once again become anarchical and a gung ho country where every
village leader is a kingpin. Tara Baldwin 3/28/05
_______________________________________________
It's
A Simple Question of Law And Stupidity: Terry’s Days In this World Ticks
"Terri
passed where physically she would be able to recover. It appears that time has
finally run out." David
Gibbs, lead lawyer for the Schindlers, Terri’s parent (St. Petersburg Times
3/27/05)
_______________________________________________
Taking
Advantage of the Nannies
Just
scrap this nanny program
On
the recent complaints about the Live-in Caregiver Program prompted the
Philippines Congress to launch its own investigation.
"Deep
inside they don't want to be in their employers' home because they feel jailed,
or in prison, because they just want to get out after their eight hours of work.
But because of the mandatory live in [requirement] they can't. So for me, it's a
violation of [their] human rights. They need to have mobility. They want to live
where they want to live. I'm still jobless, so I'm wondering what is happening
to my children, because I was the only one who supports them." Lettie
Capinpin, Filipino caregiver
"Whether
the [Live-in Care Program] would stay as it is, or with minor or major
considerations, or overhaul it or eliminate the program all together, we haven't
come to a final analysis yet." Canadian Immigration Minister Joe
Volpe
_______________________________________________
UN
PEACEKEEPERS SEXUAL ABUSE IN CONGO
"There
are at least some people in peacekeeping who perceive it as almost a form of
camping. You can forget how wounded and traumatized the people you're working
with are. You can make assumptions that you're entering into a normal consensual
relationship if you're a civilian staff member and often those assumptions may
be misguided. There is a need to try to ensure that the fathers, who can be
identified, perhaps through blood or DNA testing, bear some financial
responsibility for their actions." Prince
Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan, Ambassador to UN, former UN Peacekeeper
_______________________________________________
Bobby
Fisher Goes 'home' to Iceland
Bobby
Fischer waves at New Tokyo International Airport in Narita. (AP Photo/Katsumi
Kasahara)
"This
was not an arrest. It was a kidnapping cooked up by U.S. President George W.
Bush and Japanese President Junichiro] Koizumi. They are war criminals and
should be hung. Japan have a gangster government and the U.S. is Jew-controlled
country." Bobby Fisher, shouted to reporters as he left the Japanese
detention cener on his way to Iceland. 3/24.05
_______________________________________________
It’s
time to disband the NAFTA – It just doesn’t work
"Both
Paul Martin and Vicente Fox are in the dog house with the Bush administration.
Chris Sands, Center for Strategic and International Studies. 3/23/05
_______________________________________________
Legal
issues spook China investors
Steve
Chu, Taiwanese lawyer say’s doing business in China can be risky
"No
one knows how many laws there are in China that central and regional governments
often pass bills that completely contradict one another. A municipal or local
congress is supposed to inform the central government within five days of
passing a law. But there's no penalty for not doing so and many choose not
to." Taiwanese lawyer Steve Chu 3/23/05
SAVING
THE US DOLLARS
“Paul
Wolfowitz, one of the main brains behind the Iraq war have been nominated by US
President George W. Bush to head the World Bank. Can he miraculously save the
greenbacks from falling?” Marc MacKnight
_______________________________________________
Here’s
what you can do with the U.N.
“Get
them out from N.Y. or U.S. territory so they (Americans) won’t have any
control of who’s getting in who’s getting out. Canada should offer to donate
the 67’s World Exposition Site to build their headquarters. The site is an
Island big enough to have it’s own airstrip for planes to land. And, give all
jurisdictions of the island to UN Security, including issuance of visas… the
bottom line, Montreal will be great again, economically speaking.” Pete Samran
3/21/05
_______________________________________________
IF
ONLY MOHAMED KNEW WHAT HIS FOLLOWERS ARE DOING NOW
“The
Moslems are killing each other, and that's what Christians used to do when
church people were in control. So what’s new?" Ansari Kilapawan 3/20/05
_______________
Romancing
The Stone
This
Did Not Happen At The Conservative Convention In Montreal Between March 17th
and 19th
Conservative
Deputy Leader Peter McKay
Conservative
deputy leader Peter MacKay was enraged when some delegates moved to overturn a
founding principle that gave ridings an equal voice at conventions. (CP
file photo)
A
reporter covering the convention shouted at Conservative Deputy Leader Peter
McKay, and here are the exchanges of the Q & A.
Reporter:
Mr. McKay, is there any problem between you and Mr. Harper?
McKay:
Not really, but everything is just fine between me and Stephen.
Reporter:
Okay Mr. McKay, but is it true that you are Romancing a Stone?”
McKay:
What? Romancing what?
Reporter:
You got a stone in your hands, Mr. Mckay?
Still
Mackay, didn’t understand what the reporter was asking, and thought it’s a
very important question, so he looked towards where the reported was standing
from.
McKay:
Sir! (pointed his right finger to the reporter)
what do you mean 'stone'?
Reporter:
Sir, remember? It’s a real blonde stone?
McKay,
look embarrassed: “Oh! That
stone? I guess I am… so, what’s it to you, sir?”
Reporter:
“Well”, it’s a good stone sir.”
(cdb)
And,
here’s the stone
Belinda
Stronach, MP
EAST INDIANS NOT GUILTY OF AIR INDIA
BOMBING! SO, WHO DID IT?
"My
question is that if they are not guilty, then who did it?" Sadhu Samra, VP
of Punjabi Guru Nanak Gurdwara 3/18/05
Changing
Times
Olha, 19, student
Given what is going on in Russia, I am far from adoring Putin as a
politician and as a person. Russia has always been putting pressure on Ukraine
as hard as it could. But I think things have changed, and Yushchenko will not
allow anyone to pressurise Ukraine.
3/17/05
_______________________________________________
CHINA'S
ANTI-SECESSION LAW IS NOT TO WAR TAIWAN?
"This
is a law to strengthen and promote cross-Strait relations, for peaceful
reunification, not targeted at the people of Taiwan, nor is it a law of war.
But,
the state shall employ non-peaceful means and other necessary measures to
protect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity." Wen
Jiabao, Chinese Prime Minister 3/16/05
Full text of
law
_______________________________________________
Da
Vinci Code Is A Lie
Cardinal
Bertone will host a seminar to rebut the book's claims
"Shameful
and unfounded lies. The
book is everywhere. There is a very real risk that many people who read it will
believe that the fables it contains are true. Its
story about the Church suppressing the "truth" that Jesus had a child
with Mary Magdalene is not true. It astonishes and worries me that so many
people believe these lies." Vatican
Spokesman Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Archbishop of Genoa 3/15/05
_______________________________________________
Hello
Taiwan! You’re Toast.
"There
is only one China in the world. Both the mainland and Taiwan belong to one
China." China’s Anti-secession,, article 2 of the law. 3/14/05 Taiwan
blasts China “Provocation’
_______________________________________________
HE’S
GONNA BE POPE UNTIL HE'S TICKING … LOOKS LIKE A LONG TIME
Until
now, the Pope has only waved to pilgrims
Pope
John Paul II is to leave hospital on Sunday evening, more than two weeks after
undergoing throat surgery. The announcement came as he spoke directly to
pilgrims for the first time since his operation on 24 February. The
84-year-old pontiff had undergone an emergency tracheotomy after suffering
breathing difficulties. The Vatican said earlier this week that the Pope would
be discharged from hospital in time for Easter week. BBC 3/13/05
_______________________________________________
THE
FATWA ON OSAMA
Osama,
the son of Laden still hides around Afghan & Pakistan are
“Osama
bin Laden is apostate, Muslims should denounce him. The terrorist acts of Osama
bin Laden and his organization al-Qaeda ... are totally banned and must be
roundly condemned as part of Islam. What I want is that they say so publicly.
Inasmuch as Osama bin Laden and his organization defend terrorism as legal and
try to base it on the Qur'an (Koran) ... they are committing the crime of 'istihlal'
(making up one's own laws) and thus become apostates that should not be
considered Muslims or treated as such." Mansur Escudero, Secretary General,
Islamic Commission of Spain, which represents about 70 per cent of the
approximately 300 mosques in the country. 3/12/05
_______________________________________________
Germany’s
neo-Nazi rock group leader gets 3 years on hate crime against non-white
What
they say of blacks in Germany
"They
have a choice between a noose around their necks or a bullet in their
bellies." Michael Regener,
leader of Germany’s Landser Band 3/11/05
_______________________________________________
NO
CONFIDENCE VOTE IF WE LIKE WHAT THEY DO
"We
are going to continue to act responsibly. We don't want to force confidence
measures, crises, every week." Jay Hill, MP, the Tory House leader
Note:
The Liberals hold 133 of the 308 seats in the Commons, with the Conservatives
holding 99, the Bloc 54 and the NDP 19. There are two Independents and one
vacant seat.
_______________________________________________
THE AGE OF CONSENT
“Canada's low age of
consent – 14 – is a magnet for internet lurers. The age of consent is 17 in
Texas. No wonder they come to Canada. We have set the Canadian children up to be
targets for predators, sexual predators. Our law has given permission." Dolita
Smith, president of the Toronto-based Canadians Addressing Sexual Exploitation
3/09/05
“At
14 years old, you can consent to sexual activity, but without your parents'
permission you can't consent to go with an adult like that." police Staff Sgt.
Monique Ackland, Ottawa Police
_______________________________________________
DEMOCRATIZING
THE MID-EAST
"The
whole region is shaking up. It is a dangerous game but it is very exciting and
the biggest losers will be the regimes." Rosemary Hollis head of the Middle
East programme at the Royal Institute for International Affairs in London.
3/08/05
_______________________________________________
“Well, you got it wrong
Mr. Cellucci"
Paul Cellucci (File
Photo)
“Washington had been
led to believe Canada was ready to take part.” Outgoing U.S. Ambassador Paul
Celucci, commenting on Canada’s participation in the US led Star Wars II Missile
Defense Program 3/07/05
_______________________________________________
The Rapists Will
Kill Me.
Mukhtar Mai's is one
of many such cases on rape in Pakistan
"There's a lot of danger now for me, even though I have policemen protecting me.
But I am going to go back to my village I have to go back there. The decision
that's been taken by the court saddens me. God willing, I am going to appeal in
the Supreme Court, for which I need you people as well." Mukhtar Mai, victim of
gang rape in Pakistan, told a news conference in the Pakistani capital of
Islamabad, after an appeal court overturned the five rapists conviction late
this week. 3/06/05
_______________________________________________
NO ABUSE OF
PRISONERS?
Donald Rumsfeld
strongly disputes the claims
"There have been multiple investigations into the various aspects of detainee
abuse. None have concluded there was a policy of abuse." The Pentagon
3/05/05
_______________________________________________
She did the time but
still contest the crime. Martha's Day Out
"My heart is filled with joy at the prospect of the warm embraces of my family,
friends and colleagues. Certainly, there is no place like home." Martha Stewart,
said in a statement after released from prison
3/04/05
_______________________________________________
Quebec Premier Jean Charest's Popularity
"I
think it the attitude that the premier have been showing since he was elected
that made him too unpopular in the Quebec" Vince McKnight 3/03/095
_______________________________________________
One less potential
beneficiary of old age pension and guaranteed supplementary income.
Ernst Zundel left
Canada on Tuesday morning. (CP file photo -2003)
“In
Canada, just don’t fight the Jews, if you don’t have enough clout. Otherwise,
you’ll end up like Ernst Zundel, finally ousted from Canada, back to where he
came from, accused of denying the Holocaust and had written a book titled The
Hitler We Love and Why.” Freedom of expression doesn’t exempt those who don’t
believe Hitler’s drive to annihilate the Jews on the face of the earth but could
say anything about Jesus or Mohammed.” Mike W. Bonafita 3/02/05
_______________________________________________
The Mid-East And
Iraq Peace Accord: The only solution?
For
years Syria survived. Nobody in Washington much liked it, but successive US
presidents felt they needed to keep open the channels to Damascus.
How much real power does President Bashar Assad wield?
"Sooner
or later (the Americans) will realise that we are the key to the solution. We
are essential for the peace process, for Iraq. Look perhaps one day the
Americans will come and knock on our door." President Bashar Assad, said in an
interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
“This
regime has shown that throughout the last five years, at times of crisis, it
always falls on hard-line positions. The lack of vision in this regime, and the
inability to carry out a clear process of reform always ends up creating
crisis.” Haitham al-Malih, Syrian dissident
We have
a really bad regime here, really stupid. They can't see what's going on in the
rest of the world.” Amman Abdulhamid, the most vocal of the Syrian dissidents
3/01/05
_______________________________________________
Oscar
Twice A Winner “Million Dollar Baby”
Hilary Swank won her first Oscar for
Boys Don't Cry in 2000
"I'm just a girl
from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever
happen." 2/28/05
_______________________________________________
"The challenges are still great.”
Peter Benenson died last Friday evening
"Only when the last
prisoner of conscience has been freed, when the last torture chamber has been
closed, when the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a
reality for the world's people, will our work be done." Peter Benenson,
founder of Amnesty International 2/27/05
_______________________________________________
PROVING
TO COUSIN GEORGE!
Ljube
Boskovski is remembered as a hardline nationalist interior minister of Macedonia
“This
idiot orchestrated and carried out the murder of seven economic immigrants, six
Pakistanis, and one Indian in a "stage" encounter in order to prove to
the US that Macedonia was participating in the international war on
terrorism.” cdb 2/26/05
_______________________________________________
Canada
won't join missile defense plan, period
"Let
me be clear: we respect the right of the United States to defend itself and its
people. Canada will continue to work with the U.S. for the common defence of
North America, but our efforts won't be concentrated on missile defence. Canada
remains steadfast in its support of Norad." Prime Minister Paul Martin
2/25/05
_______________________________________________
The
Budget For All
Stephen
Harper gives his reaction to the federal budget.
"There's
nothing in this budget that would justify an election at this time. I'm a lot
happier than I thought I'd be. The major priorities in this budget are
Conservative priorities." Stephen
Harper, MP Conservative Party Leader 2/24/05
_______________________________________________
Partners
But Not All The Way
STAR
WARS TWO – MISSILE DEFENSE
PROGRAM
“Canada
already 'part of' missile defense. I believe that we've given in large measure
what the Americans want, which is the ability to use NORAD and their intercept
information in order to be able to target weaponry. The question is, how much
more can we give?" Frank
McKenna, in-coming Canadian Ambassador to U.S.
Note:
Canada agreed last August to allow NORAD, the joint Canada-U.S. air defense
command, to share information it gathers with the people running the U.S.
missile defense program. 2/23/05
_______________________________________________
"What
happens when a killer and conman dominate a country, the after effect is
endless." jrb 2/22/05
ON
THIS DAY IN1986: Filipino coup leaders tell Marcos to go
_______________________________________________
FORGIVING
THIRD COUNTRY DEBTS
"As
the money slowly filtered through the country's complex local government
structure, some disappear into the pockets of officials who connived with
contractors." Third Country Government Official 2/21/05
_______________________________________________
UN
refugee chief resigns over sex scandal
Ruud
Lubbers denies the allegations. (AP Photo)
"To
be frank, and despite all my loyalty, insult has now been added to injury and
therefore I resign as high commissioner." Ruud
Lubbers, United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 2/20/05
_______________________________________________
The
NHL Story
“Who
really cares if those idiots gets back to business, I am not going back to watch
them again anywhere except on TV, if ever they decided to play again. Carol W.
Langley, 2/19/05
_______________________________________________
Don’t
Adapt Same Sex Marriage Because”
"We
will be classed as traitors in God's eyes, and we will live the darkest day in
all of Canada's history. Two men living together is not right: we are totally
against that," Paul Hofer, an elder at the Arm River Hutterite Colony in
Saskatchewan
These
women belong to the Hutterian Brethren Church of Canada, which sent the letter
to Paul Martin.
"There's
only going to be one judge over that one ... and that's our dear Lord up in
heaven. The Bible forbids same-sex relationships. It's a terrible sin. If all
the people on the earth would turn that way, the people in the world would die
out." Joseph Wollman,
Hillcrest Hutterite Colony near Saskatoon
Note:
Hutterian Brethren Church of Canada, which represents about 50,000 Hutterites in
British Columbia and the Prairies, urged Paul Martin not to adopt the proposed
legislation. Same-sex
bill change requires notwithstanding clause: Cotler
2/18/05
_______________________________________________
The
Same Sex Marriage Without invoking the Notwithstanding Clause of the
Constitution
"Put
simply, we must always remember that separate but equal is not equal. The
country could revert to the traditional definition of marriage without invoking
the notwithstanding clause. They are insincere, they are disingenuous and they
are wrong." Prime Minister
Paul Martin says at the Parliament yesterday 2/17/05
_______________________________________________
'Forming
an alliance against attack’
"We
are ready to help Syria on all grounds to confront threats." Iranian
Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref said after meeting Syrian PM Naji al-Otari.
2/16/05
_______________________________________________
'Forming
an alliance against attack’
"We
are ready to help Syria on all grounds to confront threats." Iranian
Vice-President Mohammad Reza Aref said after meeting Syrian PM Naji al-Otari
_______________________________________________
ONLY
HOMOS WATCH THE OSCAR
Rock
hosted the MTV Video Music Awards last year
“It’s
a fashion show, only homosexuals watched it on TV.”
Comedian Chris Rock, New Oscar MC 2/15/05
_______________________________________________
CARIB
INDIANS DON’T EAT HUMANS THEN
"Our
ancestors stood up against early European conquerors and because they stood
up...we were labeled savages and cannibals up to today." Carib Chief
Charles Williams, from Dominica, stated
in a letter to Disney Studios 2/14/05 DISNEY’S
SEQUEL TO PIRATES SHOWS CANNIBALISM
_______________________________________________
To
Jewish Extremists
"Wake
up before it is too late" to avoid "the horrible spectacle of the
murder of another prime minister." Dalia Rabin, Daughter of former Israeli
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, wrote in an Israeli newspaper recently. 2/13/05 Israeli
ministers threatened by Jewish extremists
_______________________________________________
They
Need Us
"The
separatists still don't realize we could only be their solution to preserving
something which is bound to end in the next maybe two generations. They need the
cooperation of the English speaking Quebec residents for their dreams to come
true without suppressing their equal rights to live in the language they
conveniently exist. The wrong attitude should change. Jeff Mancuso 2/12/05
_______________________________________________
Prince
Charles and Camilla
"Who
really cares if these two middle age people get married or not? After the
marriage maybe the Queen abdicates and make Camilla the Queen of Canada, so we
can get rid of our very expensive governor general." Jim Minota 2/11/05
_______________________________________________
The
Parliamentary Vote On Same Sex Marriage
"They're
phoning, they're sending e-mails and they're faxing. It doesn't concern me,
because I'm just going to listen, certainly just listen, to people in Canada and
hopefully just listen to people in my riding. I tell them it won't make a
difference in my vote." Liberal MP Beth Phinney.
"The
United States, including the American government, I think is quite concerned at
the drift that this country has taken in what I view as the wrong direction, and
what millions of Canadians view as the wrong direction." Liberal MP Pat
O'Brien.
"The
Americans seem to feel everybody should look at life the way they do. More guns,
no same-sex marriage, all that sort of thing. Our group just can't compete with
a campaign funded by American dollars. "
Alex Munter, Canadians for Equal Marriage 2/10/05
_______________________________________________
We
Agree to Disagree
"We
agreed with [Mahmoud Abbas] that any truce that should take place must be
according to the result of an inter-Palestinian dialogue. The resistance is not
committed to what has been agreed at the summit... since the Palestinian
conditions were not achieved. We consider that there is no truce and there is no
deal to stop the resistance." Osama
Hamdan, Hamas representative, Lebanon 2/09/05
_______________________________________________
The
Agreement is On Again but no mention of “ceasefire!”
"We
agreed the Palestinians would stop all acts of violence against Israelis
everywhere, and in parallel, Israel would cease its military activity against
the Palestinians everywhere." Israel Prime Minister General Ariel Sharon.
"We
have agreed on halting all violent actions against Palestinians and Israelis
wherever they are." Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas (Click Picture to read BBC report) 2/08/05
_______________________________________________
JEAN
CHRETIEN’S REPUTATION (SPONSORSHIP SCANDAL)
"After
40 years in politics I've seen everything, and you know what, 11 times we were
elected in St-Maurice. Every time they said we were going to be defeated. What
is said, every time you have to take some, you have to leave some. So I'm not
worried at all." Aline
Chretien, Former Prime Minister’s wife 2/07/05
_______________________________________________
To
Think For A Moment
Quebec
Premier Jean Charest, should think for a moment, "should I go down like what
happened to my former master? Most people in Quebec think very low of me, for
what I have been doing after the election. Should I listen to advisers to tell
me what I am missing? If I were to retire now, it won't be like my former
mentor who became one of the wealthiest men in Canada, that I cannot do." Jean
Francois McMichael 2/06/05
_______________________________________________
Back to Sponsorship Scandal – Canadian Style
"If this were a drug
deal, it would be called money-laundering." Justice John Gomery
"You're not wrong. I felt it was a benefit for the bank to get an extra $125,000
in advertising without having to pay (its own money). I did not do this in bad
faith. We were kind of a transmission belt."
Jean Carle, former aide
to then prime minister Jean Chrétien, later appointed Bank VP(BDC)
_______________________________________________
It's Time To Set Them
Free
"In
this new century, millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain
imprisoned, enslaved and in chains. They are trapped in the prison of poverty.
It is time to set them free. "Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not
natural," said the Nobel Peace Prize winner, who is 87. "It is man-made and it
can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.'' Nelson Mandela,
spent 27 years in jail for fighting his country's systemized discrimination
against blacks. 2/04/05
_______________________________________________
Hoping
Israel & Palestine Will Live in Peace
"The
goal of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in
peace, is within reach, and America will help them achieve that goal."
President George W. Bush, said in his State of the Nation speech last night at
the US Congress Joint Session 2/03/05
_______________________________________________
Of
Course, They Are Staying!
Ghazi
Yawer
“It
is complete nonsense to ask coalition troops to leave Iraq in the midst of this
chaos and this vacuum of power". Iraqi
Interim President Ghazi Yawer 2/02/05
_______________________________________________
PIZZA
FOR IMMIGRATION: CHEAP, HUH?
"I
told her my whole situation and she assured me that if I helped out in her
election campaign she would get me immigration in Canada. All I have to do is
supply "15 or 16" pizza to volunteers for her campaign office.”
Harjit Singh, overstaying illegal immigrant now in jail for unrelated criminal
case. Singh was referring to promise made by former Federal Immigration Minister
Judy
Sgro, during the last federal election. 2/01/05
_______________________________________________
Life
"It's
given, let it live until it last." cdb 1/31/05
_______________________________________________
The
Bad News in American Broadcasting
Bill
O'Reilly posing on the roof of the Fox building in New York City, Oct. 13, 2003.
(AP File Photo)
"Vicious
attack on Fox News by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, totally out of any
kind of bounds. How low will they
go? We'll show you the tape and you won't believe it! The Fifth Estate's website
says the documentary examines the "war of words that's pitting conservative
against liberal. It's loud, it's raucous, but does it have anything to do with
the truth?" the site asks about the new kind of hard-hitting political
debate on U.S. television. The Canadian government gives them a billion dollars
to put this sort of stuff on the air, and the Canadian government is really at
fault here, isn't it?" Bill O'Reilly, Fox News Commentator 1/30/05
_______________________________________________
What
Cops Can Do In The States, Cannot Be Done Here
David
Laing Texas Ranger Highway Patrol Badge
"In
a very thick American accent from the southern states, he advised me it was a
British Columbia road check. And he asked me for my driver's license and my
vehicle registration. I'm being pulled over and given directions by an American
who won't identify himself. And I was concerned about it. As a policeman myself
I know that under Canadian law, police officers don't have the right to perform
that kind of search." David
Laing, A Vancouver Police Officer, who was stopped by a Joint Patrol at the
border by US' Texas
state trooper
and Canadian Police (RCMP) 1/29/05
_______________________________________________
Bad
Company Could Be Bad To Your Health
And
Basically, it's now all about money....So, sue the US not Canada for sending you
instead back to Syria" cdb
Maher
Arar (File photo)
“It
basically confirms my suspicions and my lawyer's suspicions about the
involvement of Canadian officials in all of this." Maher Arar
"Mr.
Arar's name was placed on a terrorist lookout list based on information received
from Canada. The decision to remove Mr. Arar ... was made by U.S. government
officials based on our own assessment of the security threat. He was detained at
JFK Airport in New York in September 2002. U.S. authorities then deported him to
his native Syria instead of back to Canada. " "It is my responsibility
to ensure that the collective security is not called into question or undermined
by any process." Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Anne McLellan. 1/28/05
_______________________________________________
"Another
world is possible."
A
global economy that is seen as putting profits ahead of people.
The
World Social Forum is five years old in 2005
"We
live in a world that's submitted to the interests of capital. Everything
functions to make money - without thinking about people, unemployment and
poverty. At Davos (Switzerland), politicians and bankers do lots of good
business. But they do nothing for the poor of the world."
Chico Whitaker, a founder member of the WSF.
Unite
People on Earth
"I
would like to say to all the people on the Earth: Unite and do not permit this
evil that was committed. This should never be repeated, ever." Maj. Anatoly
Shapiro, Unit commander to free the Holocaust survivors at Auschwitz 1/27/05
_______________________________________________
CONVICTED
FOR INSULTING THE POPE
“Pope
John Paul II is the Brezhnev of the Vatican" and an "impotent old
man." (Walking Sadomasochism) Poland's
former communist-era government spokesman Jerzy Urban listens to the verdict at
a court in Warsaw 1/26/05
_______________________________________________
ACEH
REBELLION IS ABOUT HISTORY NOT RELIGION
Gam
rebels are fighting for Acehnese independence
“When
the Republic of Indonesia was formed in 1949, the Kingdom of Aceh should not
have been included in the package, since, unlike the rest of the territory, it
was never formally under Dutch colonial rule.
The Acehnese people were not consulted about the decision to become part
of Indonesia, and are therefore fighting for a return of its province's
sovereignty. That’s the same thing when the British included a territory
leased from the Sultan of Sulu, now known as Sabah (formerly North Borneo), to
the Federation of Malaysia which was formed in 1956. ” GAM 1/24/05
_______________________________________________
JAN.
24 WORST DAY OF YEAR, SAYS PROFESSOR
Jan.
24 is the worst day of the year, with bad weather, debt, fading Christmas
memories, failed resolutions and a lack of motivation combining to depress
people. 1/23/05
_______________________________________________
What's
With The Mayonnaise?
"They
just love mayonnaise, these people. Mayonnaise and Taco chips. They also like
caffeine pills. The coyotes, the people smugglers, give 'em these to speed them
up. Trouble is, it kills 'em. Dehydrates 'em real fast!" Garrett Neubauer,
ex-marine turned border patrol agent, stationed in Arizona 1/22/05
_______________________________________________
In
memory of Zhao
Ziyang (Opposed
Tiananmen Square Massacre)
"I'm
proud to have been the first Westerner here. I hope that other foreigners do
something symbolic to show the underground democracy movement here [that] there
is support for them outside of China. I think it's important for these people to
know that." Canadian
Conservative MP Jason Kenney 1/21/05
_______________________________________________
The
Speech
"The
survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty
in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom
in all the world." President George W. Bush 1/20/05
_______________________________________________
KING
GEORGE?
Have
US presidents acquired the powers of a monarch?
Bush
is not the only president author criticized
The
US president is now as powerful as a monarch, according to a new book by an
American professor published to coincide with the start of George W Bush's
second term. Even powerful mid-century presidents such as Franklin Delano
Roosevelt recognised checks on their authority, says Stephen Graubard, who is
old enough to have attended Roosevelt's last inauguration in 1945. But since
Ronald Reagan, the powers of a president and his "courtiers" have
become increasingly untrammelled, Professor Graubard told BBC News. "He is
not totally unchecked but his power is immense," he says of recent
presidents, several of whose closest advisers - including Donald Rumsfeld, Henry
Kissinger, McGeorge Bundy and Zbigniew Brzezinski - he has known personally. BBC
_______________________________________________
The
Pizza Man in the life of former immigration minister Judy Sgro
All
Politicians Would Say The Same
"She
said, as long as you [Singh] bring in the volunteers and do the volunteer work
we'll see how much we can do for you to solve your immigration problems."
Harminder Singh Brar, friend of jailed illegal immigrant Harjit Singh
_______________________________________________
"Exotic
dancing" is one the 140 potential careers taught in California school
“You
could earn a good living as strippers earning $250,000 or more a year by
stripping and exotic dancing, that’s depending on your bust size.” William
Fried, California Management consultant, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Ca.
1/15/05
_______________________________________________
Clarification:
I didn't say to kill them all - Alberta Premier Ralph Klein
Alberta
Premier Ralph Klein wants some older cattle killed and sold as hamburger.
"Cull"
to kill only some of the 1.76 million animals born before Canada's 1997. It's
perfectly good meat, as long as you don't use spines and ganglia and brains and
eyeballs, those specified-risk materials that are outlawed. I'll leave it
entirely up to the industry as to how they would go about culling older cows and
bulls.” 1/14/05
_______________________________________________
MONSANTO
FINED $1.5 MILLION FOR BRIBERY
How
can you expect them to change when they are kept being corrupted by the west?
1/9/05
Bribes
were falsely entered in the books as "consultancy fees"
The
US agrochemical giant Monsanto has agreed to pay a $1.5m (£799,000) fine for
bribing an Indonesian official. Monsanto admitted one of its employees paid the
senior official two years ago in a bid to avoid environmental impact studies
being conducted on its cotton. In
addition to the penalty, Monsanto also agreed to three years' close monitoring
of its business practices by the American authorities. It said it accepted full
responsibility for what it called improper activities. A former senior manager
at Monsanto directed an Indonesian consulting firm to give a $50,000 bribe to a
high-level official in Indonesia's environment ministry in 2002. BBC
_______________________________________________
Praying
for the Living
"It's
the living we have to pray for. They need to be strong enough emotionally and
physically to stand up to their losses. I will say a few words of sympathy for
the victims while all we have is the human spirit to sustain us." Abdul
Rashid of the Ottawa Muslim community on the Tsunami Victims 1/08/05
_______________________________________________
What
can the court do with this woman? Maybe, send her to Zimbabwe?
Dar
Heatherington
“She
is high maintenance and ill-tempered and became enraged and foul-mouthed when
confronted about breaking the rules. “ Testified in Court last Friday by
Parole officer of convicted former municipal politician Dar Heatherington of
Lethbridge, Alberta
_______________________________________________
They
too should join the U.S. military (The Bushes children)
"If
the U.S. president really believe that the "coalition of the Idiots' as
described by MP Carolyn Parish, should go on, he should make sure his and
his siblings children should join the military, and ship to Iraq as their first
assignment." Scott McFord 11/18/04
_______________________________________________
BUY
NOTHING YEAR?
Nova
Scotia man halfway through buy-nothing pledge
Almost
six months into a year-long pledge to live without spending any money, a man in
Nova Scotia says he's busily crafting Christmas gifts for friends and family. On
his birthday in July, Matt Watkins decided to spend the year without using any
money. He calls it his "buy nothing year" – a quiet protest against
poverty and the waste of resources. "If I want to make these changes in
society around me, then it's got to begin with me," said the 25-year-old.
So, a year out of art college, Watkins closed his bank account, paid off his
bills and gave away his pocket change. 12/17/04
_______________________________________________
Life
"The
worst thing that man could waste is life. Those with power seems to waste those
that follows them." Charles McKeenang 12/15/04
_______________________________________________
Attention: Canadian Gays “Have you heard of Meningitis?”
Vancouver's gay
community is being advised by health authorities to stop kissing on the lips
because of a deadly meningococcal C outbreak. It has already killed three gay
men since October and left four others seriously ill. Meningitis is inflammation
of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. It causes fever,
headaches and in severe cases paralysis or death.
"The
gay community is like a family group, so gay people hang out together, and
because meningitis spreads through saliva – kissing, sharing cigarettes – people
who hang out together will be at risk to transmit this bacteria to one another."
Dr. Joss De Wett, Vancouver, B.C. 12/14/04
_______________________________________________
LET
CANADIANS DECIDE SAME SEX MARRIAGE LAW BY REFERENDUM
"The
people of Canada must have a say. The time has come that we will restore
democracy across Canada." Gwen Landolt with Real Women of Canada
I
believed the majority of Canadians don't want same-sex marriage and that Liberal
elites and their appointees are driving policy. This is a small elite of people
and Canadians do not have to accept that." Richard Bastien, Catholic Civil
Rights League member.
I
am saddened and shocked by the decision, despite the court opinion that churches
opposed to gay marriage won't have to perform the ceremonies. If the definition
of marriage is redefined to two persons, what is to stop a father and a son, or
two brothers from marrying? Pastor
Doug Young of St. John's, Nfld.,
_______________________________________________
ANYONE
FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON?
"The
changes to the salmon's gene structure are mino It's kinda like tuning up
a car," he said. "The only thing that we've done is taken a car that
gets maybe 20 kilometres or 10 kilometres to the litre and now it gets 40
kilometres to the litre." Elliot Entis of Aqua Bounty, company that produce
the freak salmons
"If
those fish were to escape and reproductively or ecologically interact with wild
populations, then there could be some severe detrimental effects to those wild
populations. We want to uphold the precautionary principle, which is: When in
doubt, show us proof that it's not harmful. The consumers do not have the burden
of proof here. The industry does. consumers will never accept genetically
modified salmon." Nadege Adam of the Council of Canadians. 12/08/04
_______________________________________________
RUSSIA
ON THE UKRAINE ELECTION
"Russia
would not interfere with Ukraine’s political crisis. One can play the role of
a mediator but one must not meddle and apply pressure." Russian President
Vladimir Putin told reporters during a state visit to Turkey, yesterday.
12/07/04
_______________________________________________
LIVE
ON CNN: WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT FIGHTING TROOPS, BUT
We
will send election observers but we cannot for love of peace on earth send
fighting troops to Iraq, and that’s actually what I was trying to tell your
President George W. Bush. 12/06/04
_______________________________________________
What
Al-Qeeeedaaa said on the U.S. past presidential election
"You
have to choose between one of two methods to deal with Muslims: either on mutual
respect and exchange of interests, or to deal with them as if they are spoils of
war. This is your problem and you have to choose yourself. You have to realize
that we are a nation of patience and endurance. We will stand firm to fight you
with God's help until doomsday." Ayman al-Zawahri, Bin Laden's second in
command (11/30/04)
_______________________________________________
In
Vancouver, Restaurants are not allowed to cook Smelly Food
"How
are we going to measure this smell, the odor? Which nose is going to tell me
which smell is good or bad?" Ali Bakhtiari, restaurant owner, West
Vancovuer 11/24/04
_______________________________________________
Strippergate
huh? It's Stephen Harper's Delight!
Immigration
Minister Judy Sgro (CP Photo - file)
"So,
what's wrong with giving a good-looking Romanian woman another two years to
strip?" 11/23/04
_______________________________________________
Once
again, hear this, "I am not one of the Wise-guys"!
Alfonso
Gagliano
"I
wasn't ever a member of any family, neither the Bonanno family or any other
family. What really bothers me is that everybody can believe the word of a
gangster after all these things that he's been accused of doing. Alfonso
Gagliano, former Liberal Cabinet Minister 11/22/04
_______________________________________________
It's A
Matter Of What You Do With Them, Makes You Part Of The Family.
“I
Will Sue Anyone That Say’s I Am A Wise-Guy”
Alfonso
Gagliano
Caption:
The Daily News report cited secret FBI documents the newspaper had obtained,
claiming Gagliano was identified in the papers as a "made" member of
the Bonanno crime family. Frank Lino, a former Mafia capo-turned-informer,
identified Gagliano as a longtime soldier in the organization, the New York
report said. Gagliano says he "never met those people, so [the allegations
are] totally false." "That's false," he said. "I was never a
member of the Bonanno family, or any other family, as a matter of fact. I will
prove ... that the story is not true." 11/19/04
_______________________________________________
In
Canada, it’s called Theft
"Well
I don't know in Montana what they call it when they take something from you ...
but around here it's theft." B.C. Forest Minister Mike Dejong, referring to
Montana Senator Max Baucus, plans to introduce a bill that will allow U.S.
lumber companies to keep an estimated $3.6 billion in duties paid on Canadian
imports which the international trade regulators have repeatedly ruled against
it. 11/13/04
_______________________________________________
Are
we still on this case?
Is
this hate propaganda or this is what an idiot can say?
David
Ahenakew
The
Holocaust: “Hitler was justified when he "fried" six million Jews to
clean up the world." David Ahenakew, former aboriginal leader, Saskatchewan
And
he said he's sorry, so why is the government pursuing this case? Read the story
_______________________________________________
Settle
Differences Without War, Yes---Indeed!
“My
dad was against anything to do with the war. So I said, 'I know, I'll shut him
up and enlist. I was shot… it was just a flesh wound, nothing wrong with
me. And now I agree with my father’s pacifist ideas… that the world should
settle its differences without war.'"
Clare Laking, 105, is the last surviving Canadian veteran, Canadian
Veterans Hospital Toronto 11/11/
_______________________________________________
George
W. Bush’s Canadian Uncle Speaks Not About His son Ben's Next Four Years
"It's
time to wipe the slate clean and start anew. It's important as the president, as
the biggest kid on the block, to initiate that process with Canada, with France,
with Germany, and so on around the world. What can we do to be of assistance to
the United States and the United Nations? There are probably dozens of ways for
that to take place." Brian Mulroney, Former Canadian prime minister
(1983-93) speaking in Halifax 11/09/04
_______________________________________________
Monitor
what?
Chuck
Guité (CP file photo)
"We
issued a sponsorship for X dollars. There was a contract in place, I got an
invoice ... I signed the invoice, it was paid." 11/09/04
_______________________________________________
Wait
A Minute, My Husband is Not Dead Yet!
“They
are trying to bury Yasser Arafat while he is still alive.” Suha Arafat, told
Arabic TV station al-Jazeera by phone 11/08/04
_______________________________________________
Bush
is a war-like man
Carolyn
Parrish
“Bush
is a "war-like" man, and his re-election demonstrates that Americans
are out of step with the rest of the world for voting him back into office.”
Carolyn Parrish, Liberal MP 11/05/04
_______________________________________________
Hello
Mr. President? Congratulations! We are still not sending troops to Iraq
Paul
Martin talks on the phone with US president George Bush, to congratulate him
following his election win. (CP Photo)
P.S.
The Star War 2 Project... well, you can put that thing in the burner (for
awhile) since I am still balancing my act with the three pit bulls barking at me
everyday in our parliament. You have a majority government there that I
don't have and probably 'will have another election by next summer. So, until
then... but make sure you don't escalate the war other than Iraq.. (Susan
Malachon 11/04/04)
_______________________________________________
IT'S
ALL OVER... JOHN KERRY CONCEDES AT 11:00 EST
George
W. Bush Is Re-Elected - Four More Yers
Democratic Senator John
Kerry has called President George W. Bush to concede the U.S. election. White
House Chief of Staff Andrew Card had earlier declared that Bush had won
re-election Wednesday, claiming it was highly unlikely that challenges to the
swing state of Ohio could still put Democrat John Kerry in the Oval Office.Card
said Ohio's secretary of state told the Bush camp that he has won the crucial
state of Ohio, giving him 274 electoral college votes, four over the 270 needed.
The results haven't been confirmed. Bush has a 140,000 vote lead in Ohio, which
is "statistically insurmountable" by Kerry even after the provisional
ballots are counted, said Card. "We are convinced that President Bush has
won re-election...with a margin of more than 3.5 million popular votes,"
said Card. 11/03/04
Need
270 Electoral Votes to Win Check
results as they come in
_______________________________________________
U.S.
Foreign Policy
"American
Foreign Country Relation Policy should be scrutinized by the next
administration, for sure it's done some good but made a lot of mistakes. Look
what it did around the world for the past 50 years... civilize process were
interrupted in both Central and South America...it disrupted growth in Asia,
killed millions of people and unknowingly established corruptions and
stupidities amongst those they teach democracy based on what they think was
good. The blind support on the State of Israel due to politics and economics
which precipitated agitation of the Arab people that escalated to
Muslim Asia. Osama Bin Laden's movement was born of this foreign policy and
should at this time the U.S. reconsider it's stance on power control of the
world? " Mark Stanstead 11/02/04
_______________________________________________
TRAN
SY TUAN, THE MURDERER IS DEAD
MONTREAL
- A man convicted of slitting two men's throats while robbing a Harvey's
restaurant in Montreal eight years ago has killed himself, prison officials say.
Tran Sy Tuan, who shocked the city when he killed two former co-workers in the
fast-food restaurant, was found hanged in his cell Friday, officials at the
Port-Cartier prison said. Tran was transferred last summer to the
maximum-security penitentiary 700 kilometers northeast of Montreal, after he
tried to escape from another prison.
_______________________________________________
Avril
Lavigne, speaks of fake and pathetic referring to lip-synching
Boo-boo
of Ashlee Simpson on Saturday Night Live
"You
know what? There are a lot of people out there today, who have become stars or
famous musicians -- I wouldn't really define them as a star -- with a record
only because they have connections and only because they have money and for the
wrong reasons. And it sucks. Actually, I know for a fact there are some young
female artists who don't even sing on their own records and who don't sing live.
And that is pathetic. I got signed because of my voice. That's what [then-Arista
head Antonio] 'L.A.' Reid signed me on. He said, 'Wow, you are only 15 and you
can really sing. I'm going to sign you.' And I've never lip-synced once. I sang
the theme song but did my own version for the movie. I had never done anything
like that before so I said that would be kind of cool. You know, a good
experience. I just did a rockier version -- a me version of it." Avril
Lavigne, 20 (Billboard.com.)
10/31/04
_______________________________________________
Don’t
Scare Yourselves To Death
This
Is Just Another propaganda, Americans Should Not Panic
"No,
my fellow countrymen, you are guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty. You are as guilty
as Bush and Cheney. You're as guilty as Rumsfeld and Ashcroft and Powell. After
decades of American tyranny and oppression, now it's your turn to die. Allah
willing, the streets of America will run red with blood, matching drop for drop
the blood of America's victims. Allah willing, the magnitude and ferocity of
what is coming your way will make you forget all about Sept. 11."
Intelligence officials suspect several American citizens are involved with al-Qaeda.”
Azzam the American, al-Qaeda member 10/29/04 Read
the story
_______________________________________________
350
Tons of Explosive Question? Here’s The Answer: Hogwash
350
tonnes of explosives looted in Iraq, UN says
“We
have the explosives that’s missing from a munitions depot near Baghdad. We
will use them against foreign troops threatening
Iraqi cities. We got the missing
explosives by coordinating with officers and soldiers ‘of the American
intelligence’." Al-Islam's
Army Brigades, Al-Karar Brigade. 10/28/04
_______________________________________________
Tunisia’s
Democracy is A Joke! They'll Vote on Monday, against no one..
Ben
Ali wants to be president for life but he is no Saddam Hussein, not yet..
"This
is a one-party state with a facade of democracy. And if we take part in the
elections we will be legitimizing this false process." Democratic
Progressive Party leader Najib Chebbi. 10/24/04
_______________________________________________
Nauru:
Once World’s Highest Per Capita Income Now Bankrupt
The
world's smallest independent country, the South Pacific republic of Nauru, goes
to the polls on Saturday. President Ludwig Scotty declared a state of emergency
three weeks ago when a minister refused to leave office. The
tiny country of 13,000 people once enjoyed one of the world's highest per-capita
incomes. But years of alleged corruption and mismanagement have seen Nauru slide
into bankruptcy, and come to depend on aid from Australia. Nauru's sad decline
reads like a Hollywood movie: the island's glory days were built on phosphate
mining, and made its people some of the richest in the world. BBC
_______________________________________________
And,
they say they are not preaching their Moslem followers the art of killing the
Jews?
"Then
what will happen? Listen to the good news after that. The prophet ... says that
the stone and the tree will say, 'Oh Muslim, oh slave of Allah, that verily
behind me is a Jew. Then come and kill him'." Sheik
Younus Kathrada
In his lecture in a Vancouver Mosque 10/22/04
_______________________________________________
Mr.
Prime Minister, who made the call?
Sponsorship
Scandal: Half a mill to former
hockey star Serge Savard
"I'll
tell you why I think the prime minister doesn't want to answer about who made
these calls. I think the prime minister made these calls him self. He’s
(Martin) using the inquiry as a cover for answering his own questions. He
should be accountable for his own behavior in the House of Commons."
Stephen Harper, MP - Opposition Leader 10/19/04 at the Parliament
yesterday. 10/20/04 Related
story: Sponsorship
manager an alcoholic, inquiry hears
_______________________________________________
The
Mid-East Conflict
A
Simple Solution Could Become Too Complicated To Understand 10/18/04
_______________________________________________
"Here
Comes Quebec Independence Again… or Maybe,
Just A New Quebec National Anthem Is Needed." Jean Guy Martin 10/17/04
Bernard
Landry at a party meeting in 2003 (CP photo
“We
should commit ourselves to holding a referendum on Quebec separation the next
time the party wins an election. It would be in our platform for the first time.
It will be written, and it's better to have transparency and frankness than
anything else. Quebec would send official observers to forums like the United
Nations and the World Trade Organization and Quebec athletes should appear at
international competitions under the Quebec flag.” Bernard Landry, Quebec PQ
Provincial Opposition Leader
"Will
we table a proposed budget for a sovereign Quebec? Will it be concrete? What are
we proposing? We should focus more on the economics and
tax implications of independence. Landry's plan concentrates on identity issues
such as the promise of a new national anthem.” PQ Opposition Finance
critic Francoise Legault
_______________________________________________
For
Such A (Very) Wealthy Country!
The
"HungerCount" Report - 65,000 more people used food banks than last
year.
"The
picture is frightening for Canada. For such a wealthy country ... we have never
seen numbers like this before. Food banks were already struggling to meet the
demand, add to that a population the size of a small city and you've got a major
problem Charles Seiden,
executive director, Canadian Association of Food Banks (CFAB). About 777,869
people use food banks every month, that's up 8.5 per cent from 2003.
13.3 per cent of users are people with jobs, up from 12.9 per cent from
the previous year. 2.72 million
meals are served in one month; compared to 2.29 million back in 2003.
_______________________________________________
US
Congress Passed Bill To Monitor World-Wide Eye On Anti-Jews
US Diplomats Say Not
Necessary
“US
Bill is unnecessary, the government already have an impressive record in
tracking anti-Semitism and have proved it is not a priority. Anti-Semitism is
already covered in their general reports on human rights and religious freedoms.
Our feeling was that the issue of anti-Semitism is something that has been
important to us, that we have been active on and is adequately covered by our
efforts and by all the other reporting that we do." State
Department spokesman Richard Boucher BBC 10/13/04
_______________________________________________
THEY
WANT MORE MONEY WHILE THE REST ARE STARVING
"Check
it out, just knowing that Canada have been doing well, making lots of money on
natural resources, adding the best and more expensive diamonds...and now,
having found out that it got the largest deposit of oil in the world…
organized union workers of the federal government wants a share of the
harvest…. Putting aside what their counterparts in the private sector are
making. Economic imbalance is not in the picture and maybe, all what we have to
do is let them (all those government workers), from municipal, provincial to
federal just work for us… no more private sector, just grocery and departments
stores to serve a daily needs. And all we should do is watch them serve us.
Don't have to worry the system will take care of our of our welfare." Tom
McBite 10/12/04
_______________________________________________
On
the Afghan Vote, No Need To Nullify
“The
candidates' demand to nullify the election is unjustified and would not do
service to the people of Afghanistan who came out yesterday, at great personal
risk, to vote." Ambassador
Robert Barry, (OSCE) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
10/10/04
_______________________________________________
"We
have produced the most genius of mankind, and why up to now the Mid-East
Conflict is not solved? Gerry McBride 10/08/04
_______________________________________________
THE
UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF DICK CHENEY
"If
CBC’s Fifth State investigative report on U.S. VP Dick Cheney is right, he
could be in jail after the election and even if not, still probably he’ll
resign, just like Richard Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew in the late 60s. Kelly Ouerback
10/07/04
_______________________________________________
THE
NEW $1.99 U.S. ELECTION SCAM BY E-MAIL
"Fellow
Citizen: The extremely jubilant crowds in Baghdad appeared to vindicate
President George Bush's belief that the military action in Iraq was the right
move. But many questions still remain over the lack of hard evidence of Saddam's
weapons of mass destruction. With these tough times before us, let us know. If
you support President Bush, dial this 900 premium rate number. Your vote will be
sent to the Bush and Kerry campaigns. This call will cost $1.99, a little price
to pay for a better democracy.” 10/06/04
_______________________________________________
No
Early Election On Sight
“Nothing
to worry of early Federal Election. The opposition parties actually hates each
other’s guts and any of the three won’t support the other. A complete four
year term is on the menu, not unless Prime Minister Paul Martin calls it
himself, and that’s a big possibility especially when the polls says he’s
got approval from majority of the Canadians.” Tom Burlough 10/05/04
_______________________________________________
If
not for Dick Cheney
"Our
family would vote for George W. Bush, giving him another fours years but since
Dick Cheney is still with him in the ticket, we will go for John Kerry."
Joe Gimlack, Virginia Beach 10/04/04
_______________________________________________
Back
To The $100 million Sponsorship Scandal.
The
audits do show that the three Quebec firms that received most of the sponsorship
contracts donated (just) nearly one-third of the $1.5 million.
"They
conclude that all donations received by the Liberal party and the Liberal Party
of Canada in Quebec were properly recorded, accounted for and receipted. They
don't identify any inappropriate transactions."
Michael Eizenga, Liberal Party national president
"The
way this appears on the surface, this is kickbacks by the advertising
agencies to the Liberal Party of Canada." Conservative MP John Williams
10/02/04
_______________________________________________
“THE
MOTHER LOAD OF THE “MUSLIM HATRED WAR” KEEPS ROLLING, ONLY TO STOP WHEN ALL
MEN ARE ALREADY WITH THE VIRGINS. AND ALL HUMAN KINDS ARE GONE IN ISRAEL..”
Ezra Boudine 10/01/04
_______________________________________________
James
Bond Is Bowing Out
Sir
Sean said the prospect of his book was "scary but exhilarating"
"It's
rather scary, but utterly exhilarating, and I'm looking forward to it. Having
always vowed never to write my autobiography, here I am standing on the runway
awaiting my journey into a new space." Sean
Connery
(BBC) 9/30/04
_______________________________________________
Cannot
Apologize For Getting Rid of Saddam
“The
view we took at the time and we take it now is that the war was justified
legally because he (Saddam Hussein) remained in breach of UN resolutions. I can
apologize for the information that we gave that has turned out subsequently to
be wrong - although I maintain very strongly it was given in good faith and
shared by other people. : But the trouble is I cannot apologize for getting rid
of Saddam Hussein or the basis that we went to war was wrong."
British Prime Minister Tony Blair in his speech at the British Labor
Party Conference yesterday. 9/29/04
_______________________________________________
Nothing could stop the Fanatic
Muslim War of Revenge
"The War of Hatred started with
Israel’s conflict with Palestine, 58 years ago, and this is what the U.S. and
the rest of the Western World should fix first before going anywhere else
for it’s the breeding ground of hate against the world. The U.S. is not the
center of the world anymore, politically and economically speaking. If nothing
is done to get the Jews, and the Moslems kiss and make up, this could be the
coffin that Americans never thought coming." Carlos Mendoza 9/27/04
_______________________________________________
The
Sound of Music Dame Can’t Sing No more
Dame
Julie Andrews "sung-spoke" in Princess Diaries 2
"I'm
not really going to be singing again, I don't think, sadly. I don't think I'll
be around by then. There's all kinds of talk, but if you think about it I have a
piece of chord missing and so can you imagine putting into a vocal chord exactly
vibrates correctly, what is smooth. “ British Dame Julie Andrews 9/25/04
_______________________________________________
Independence
will become an old idea
“Unless
the party moves beyond strict ideology, sovereignty will become an old idea.
Young sovereigntists are cynical about the PQ's plans, and want the party to
spell out the implications of a "yes" vote in a sovereignty
referendum.” PQ members Alexandre Bourdeau, Stéphan Tremblay and Jonathan
Valois 9/24/04
_______________________________________________
On the Welfare Cut
Hey
Sam, say that again please! Politicians should stop living in a dream world.
"We are not only taking this decision
because we have some financial difficulties. We are taking this decision because
[Quebec] enterprise has [manpower] needs. "That's
why we are only talking about people ... who are able to work. I think this is a
step that we want, a message that we want to give to him, and his parents."
Quebec Employment Minister, and partly to encourage 20,000 young people
to get a job. 9/23/04
_______________________________________________
The
Sudan Factor
“The
UN should have acted sooner in threatening sanctions against Sudan. People are
sick, they are homeless and they are dying. We should have intervened last June
when Canada called for it. We should be intervening now. Intervention should
depend on the human tragedy that is occurring, not on some legal definition. The
international community needs to act, regardless of what the inquiry
finds." Prime Minister Paul Martin
9/21/04
_______________________________________________
Shamelessly
Disregarding The Rule Of Law
"Today
the rule of law is at risk around the world. Again and again we see laws
shamelessly disregarded. I urged political leaders to sign treaties protecting
civilians, warning that those who ignore the rule of law risk the interests of
their people. They must "rigorously" uphold international law to
protect civilians from genocide and crimes against humanity. Or,
history will judge us very harshly." U.N.
Secretary General Kofi Annan
9/21/04
_______________________________________________
British
Reply on Two US and one British hostage Time Line
"Our response has
not got to be to weaken. Our response has got to be to stand firm. Whatever the
differences over the Iraq conflict, there is a clear right and wrong on these
issues, and that is to be with the democrats and against the terrorists."
British Prime Minister Tony Blair 9/19/04
_______________________________________________
But Americans will vote for George
W. Bush anyway, that’s what the polls say?
"The March To Freedom”
"In Iraq there's on going acts of
violence. This country's headed towards democracy; there's a strong prime
minister in place; they have a national council, and national elections are
scheduled for January." U.S.
President George W. Bush, said in his speech in Minnesota 9/17/04
_______________________________________________
Financing
Medicare
"Blah,
blah, blah, but, we are not begging them to pay for our health care.. The
government already have the money collected from al of us in advance from our
weekly pay checks. All they have to do is use all collections on medical health
deductions purely for the purpose, don't mix it up with the others." Celine
Diionysios 9/14/04
_______________________________________________
‘Will
Hunt Them Anywhere”
“As
for carrying out preventive strikes against terrorist bases, we will take all
measures to liquidate terrorist bases in any region of the world. It does not
mean that we are planning nuclear strikes. The forms and methods will depend on
the circumstances." Col.-Gen.
Yuri Baluyevsky, chief of the Russian General Staff 9/08/04
_______________________________________________
Is
this really true? The Economy Grown Faster or More taxes had been collected?
“The
federal government and the provinces will have more money than expected because
the economy has been growing faster than forecast.” Prime Minister Paul
Martin, said yesterday at the Liberal Cabinet meeting in Kelowna,
B.C. 9/08/04
_______________________________________________
On Dick Cheney’s Speech at the GOP
Convention
“Cheney
also did not delve into geo-strategic questions such as where the next front in
this war might be: Pakistan? Iran? Cheney indulged in some arguably unnecessary
biographical filigree: Does it make the voters more confident in Cheney’s
leadership to know that his grandfather “for many years ... worked as a cook
on the Union Pacific Railroad?” Tom Curry, National
affairs writer. MSNBC Sept. 1, 2004
_______________________________________________
It’s
Time to Kick Out Bernard Landry
“You
Really Think You Could Do Better?”
Outgoing
Premier Bernard Landry congratulates Pauline Marois.
(CP PHOTO)
"The
time has come for a race. We haven't had one for nearly 20 years. And if there
is one, I will be a candidate. I like to think I have what it takes."
Pauline Marois, former finance, health and education minister under the Quebec
Separatists administration.
8/27/04
_______________________________________________
"Keep
my mouth shut? That's not what 28,000 people in my riding elected me to do.”
"Coalition
of the idiots"
Carolyn
Parrish, Canadian MP
“I
don’t believe Canada should participate in U.S. President George W. Bush's
missile-defence program. We are not joining a coalition of the idiots," she
said. We are joining a coalition of the wise. I
have incredible respect for the prime minister, but my comments stand.
I gave it a lot of thought, but I won't be withdrawing." Carolyn
Parrish. MP 8/26/04
_______________________________________________
'Replace
Bush'
"But
this time I feel it's kind of urgent that we replace [President] Bush. Let's
just get [Democratic candidate John] Kerry in office and keep working on the
political system in the years to come." Kimberley Blaeser, university
professor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 8/24/04
_______________________________________________
"Dear
Visiting American Family, sorry that one of us stole your family van"
"No
doubt we have the best city in the world, but can you let the Americans and
overseas visitors know that we also have thieves that have nothing to do but steal?
This could be the result that we are getting poorer due to the geniuses of our politicians, bureaucrats
and organized labors that collecting more taxes is the best way to run the city, the
province and Canada as a whole (to cover higher salary, benefits and other
personal expenses, etc)? I don't think there's no way of gaining
back the economic glory that once we had, the sign of constructing more public
housing is the best proof that we are really getting poorer." James Berube
8/11/04
_______________________________________________
What
Lewinsky and the others can't do in Canada
"Never
Mind Bill Clinton as a Breast Man. Monica Lewinsky and the others doesn't bother
me, Clinton is still my favorite U.S. president. " Magnus Steinback 8/06/04
_______________________________________________
RUSSIA TURNED CAPITALIST OR
DICTATORSHIP?
Mikhail Khodorkovsky says there is no
evidence
"I
have been accused of theft of shares of the Apatit [fertiliser] company and UIF
research institute, but I shall prove that attempts to put on me the blame for
mistakes made during the arrangement of privatization are absurd. In
essence, I have been accused of putting money from one of my pockets to another,
which is illogical, as both these enterprises factually belong to me. They are
accusing me of not paying taxes but I will prove this absurd." Russian
tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky
7/16/04
_______________________________________________
Not
'yet' easy for fashion models in Pakistan (BBC)
“I
set limits... because I know [my family] wouldn't like seeing me half-naked on a
magazine cover.” Pakistani model Amina
Shafat
"Modeling
is still associated with women of loose character and no matter what limits you
try to impose on yourself, you inevitably end up being slotted in the same
category." Pakistani photographer Faisal Farooqui (BBC)
7/15/04
_______________________________________________
The
Gate Keepers
The
arrogance of the U.S. starts at the gate. They should have known this a long
time ago. They strip searched a former Indian defense minister upon arrival in a
U.S. airport and deny it later? Give me a break! Sarah MacDaniella 7/14/04
_______________________________________________
Cuba
Libre
"The
U.S. should give up economic sanction on Cuba." Ben Bengalista 7/05/04
_______________________________________________
Let
Refugees stay
"What
the heck, let all those that are already here stay even most lies. They all came
to have a new beginning in life. Canada needs more people to work and get taxed
in order to maintain it's socialist's system." Martin Steinberger 6/28/04
_______________________________________________
Final
Vote Should Matter
"We
should vote for the party that could check the federal system syntax and that
could only be done through Paul Martin's government." Johnny Chan
Ming 6/27/04
_______________________________________________
Ten
Votes and counting for Mr. Paul Martin
"I
have gathered 10 votes for the Liberals and by Monday I will have more so as
those I have asked to get as much for I can't imagine going back to the time of
Brian Mulroney's regime that changed us for what we are now. We must not
forget... as they say, choosing the devil that we already know." Don
Midgetstein 6/26/04
_______________________________________________
“U.S. Supreme Court
put somebody in power"
When
a ruling it made in December 2000 settled the dispute over whether Bush had
defeated Al Gore.”
“In
a way that occurred before but is rare in the United States ... somebody came to
power as a result of the illegitimate acts of a legitimate institution that had
the right to put somebody in power. The reason I emphasize that is because that
is exactly what happened when Mussolini was put in by the king of Italy. The
King of Italy had the right to put Mussolini in, though he had not won an
election, and make him prime minister. That is what happened when Hindenburg put
Hitler in. I am not suggesting for a moment that Bush is Hitler. I want to be
clear on that, but it is a situation which is extremely unusual. That’s got
nothing to do with the politics of it. It’s got to do with the structural
reassertion of democracy.” U.S. Federal Judge Guido Calabresi, 71, of
the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, in his speech to lawyers
attending Saturday’s (June 19, 2004) convention of the American Constitution
Society in Washington.
The
New York Sun 6/21/04
The
Apology: “My remarks were
extemporaneous and, in hindsight, reasonably could be and indeed have been —
understood to do something which I did not intend, that is, take a partisan
position,” Calabresi wrote in a letter of apology to U.S. Federal Appeals
Court Chief Judge John Walker.
_______________________________________________
“Italy’s
Prime Minister’s Wife is not mute”
Veronica
Lario & Silvio Berlusconi
"I
had to do it (Veronica's Tendency, my biography) people were starting to think I
was mute". Veronica Lario, former glamorous blond actress and second wife
of business tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy (Click picture to
read story) 6/23/04
_______________________________________________
The
Health Care Meeting
"That
is how I believe that a nation achieves its great national objectives. Not
decision-making behind closed doors, away from the people. I believe that the
health-care issue and the issues of reducing wait times is simply too important
that these meetings be conducted behind closed doors." Prime Minister Paul
Martin 6/22/04
_______________________________________________
It’s
scary to be a star in India
“After
six years and 17 films in the business, I am getting a taste of what being a
film star in India is all about. It's a high that is higher than cloud nine. It
is the toughest job in the world, it's crazy and at times it is also scary. Fans
come in various shapes and sizes and people will do anything to come close to
their favourite star. Temples are built in our names. Fan letters flood our
mailboxes and the love is unconditional. Sometimes
the love and the adulation can make you feel so humble and close to God.”
Bollywood star PREITY ZINTA (BBC)
6/19/04
_______________________________________________
If
he insists just listen!
"The
reason I keep insisting that there was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam
and al-Qaeda is because there was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda. This
administration never said that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated between Saddam
and al-Qaeda. We did say there were numerous contacts between Saddam Hussein and
al-Qaeda. For example, Iraqi intelligence officers met with bin Laden, the head
of al-Qaeda, in the Sudan. There's numerous contacts between the two." U.S.
President George W. Bush.
_______________________________________________
With
Paul Martin We Have Better Chance of Checking The Eroding System
"I
don't think it's time to dump the Liberals and get the Conservatives back to
power. Let's not forget who made us changed...that everyone now owed $180
thousands plus each to run the system for numerous tax laws and agreements
during the past 20 years. It's not easy to undue the mistakes made by the
Conservatives and that of the government of Jean Chretien, who ignored his
promises once elected. Paul Martin is the best of the two front runners on this
June 28th election who will get things done right this time.." Maybeline
Munford 6/17/04
_______________________________________________
Ouch!
We each owe 180,421 dollars? Wait until after the election!
According
to the Fraser Institute a conservative think tank based in Vancouver, B.C., each
Canadian owed $180,421 toward federal, provincial and municipal liabilities
which as of last year totals to about $2.7 TRILLION, even when Canada’s debt
was down a fraction due to some payments made during the past years of Liberal
administration. The three branches of the government have accumulated $789
billion in direct debt and more than $2.7 trillion in total liabilities. 6/12/04
_______________________________________________
At
the end of the day
"What's
next to what we are getting from our genius politicians? Guess, what else?
Promises! Jean Chretien, when we listened to him he said he was getting rid of
Brian Mulroney's GST and forget about the Free Trade Agreement with the U.S.,
but what did we get? Both were fully implemented and even enhanced. So, what
now? I will get out of town on June 28, and pretend as if nothing is
happening." Jack Laithen 6/12/04
_______________________________________________
Immigration
“No
more $975 Head Tax for immigrants
if we are elected.". NDP Leader Jack Layton
_______________________________________________
In
company of the Keystone
Kops
Carolyn
Parrish
"The
campaign has been a comedy of errors. It was like the Keystone Kops running
around. I just wish in retrospect
we would have waited a little bit longer, because I have some very fine
colleagues in very shaky ridings that won't be coming back." Parrish.
Mississauga Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish 6/9/04
_______________________________________________
Staying
where we are.
"Whatever
it is...new Conservative or Old PC, still Brian Mulroney runs over it, the man
who changed us to becoming what we are now...and the bottom line is we are
bankrupt.. the Social welfare roll had risen to more than
double since then ...that's why Brian and his boys got thrown out. The
only good news out of the old PC is, Brian and his boys are very, very
rich. I will stay with the Liberals, just too scared to see them (the Conservatives)
once more in power.." Jessie Owenstein 6/09/04
_______________________________________________
The
Demolition Derby On The Gaza Strip
“Palestinians
say clearing the border amounts to ethnic cleansing.
(BBC)
Several
thousand Palestinians were made homeless last month
"If
there are houses used by the terrorists to conduct terror operations to dig
tunnels or shoot anti-tank missiles on my armored personnel carriers - it means
that I need to demolish some of the houses. Clearing
border is an act of self defense.” Israeli army commander in charge of Gaza,
Colonel Pinhas Zuaretz 6/07/04
_______________________________________________
$100
billion worth of promises - Really?
"I
think voters should take all of this with a grain of salt and say 'do I want to
go in this direction, that direction or the other direction,' but not to expect
that these promises are going to be kept by any party. Don't take them too
seriously, because the politicians aren't going to keep them. Bernie Wolf, York
University economics professor 6/05/04
_______________________________________________
Are we being treated
like idiots by politicians or it’s just we don’t care?
“All
major political parties are getting nuts promising more than what the government
could collect from taxes. Does this mean we are up to another tax hike should
anyone wins the race?” Mira Cyrbank 6/04/04
_______________________________________________
Let
The Green Party Join Debate
Jim
Harris
"I
challenge them to say, I will not participate in the debate unless the Greens
are included because I am a democrat and I believe in democracy," Green
party leader Jim Harris
6/03/04
_______________________________________________
Click
To Continue Reading The Tribune Quotes Archives
_______________________________________________
FOR
COMMENTS ON THIS PAGE PLEASE SEND FEEDBACK TO
EDITOR
WHOLESALE
COMPUTERS
- EXCLUSIVE DEALERS AND RETAIL STORES WANTED FOR FAMOUS BRANDS
Canadian
Fashion & Textile Buyers Guide
IF
YOU ARE IN THE TEXTILE AND GARMENT BUSINESS LOOKING FOR BUYERS IN CANADA Order
your copy NOW of the NEW 2004 up-dated version or current
listing of the Canadian
Garment and Textile Buyers Guide and Industry Textile Book
(fabric identification in dictionary form) are available at US$50 per copy.
Important
Notice To The Tribune Viewers! We Delete Thousands of Mails Everyday! If you
were to send us e-mails, please make sure your identity is properly shown
including the subject you are relaying.. It’s
our policy not to open attachments which also applies to all our
correspondents and contributors.
"Check
Our Advertising Rate Card"
It
is very important to note following the simple payment instruction at the bottom
of the rate card will facilitate posting your ad in The Montreal Tribune.
We are strictly not accepting ads on Dating Service, Multi-Level Marketing
known as MLM, Porno, and Gambling.
All
commercial ads found on and within this site are picked and selected by our
affiliates in the United States of America. For Canadian and Overseas
advertising, please refer your inquiry to our general agents for Canada,
_______________________________________
This
is a non profit, non religious, non political, & non racial online website
and here's how you can help us stay on line, advertise or be one of our sponsors.
Since we download
update news by the hour please view "Yesterday's Front Page".
Archives are only maintained 30 days. You may request copies beyond this time
line, if available. Thanks
In
cooperative Link Service with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Headline News
All Montreal Tribune
Correspondents including those from Overseas are issued Press IDs, and could
only be used on assignments, for verification purposes please contact the editor
This
site is best viewed on 800x600 display resolution
For
Optimal performance we recommend the use of Internet Explorer Version 5.0+, and Netscape
4.7+
Copyright
© 2004 All Rights Reserved.
The
Montreal Tribune ISSN 1186-2165 ® This is the Quotes & Comments section of the on-line pages of
www.montrealtribune.com
Staff
Business
Letters
Feedback
Links
Investment
Inq
Signed
articles are the responsibility of the writers and not those of the publisher
and editors of this publication.
Any
communication concerning this site should be addressed to the
webmaster.
This
is a family friendly website - No Porno and Gambling links Allowed
TRIBUNE
QUOTES NEXT
PAGE