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Forum: Canada

Dec 3rd 2005, 2:39 am

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

Nothing aimed at dbd33 whatsoever, nothing personal meant, no abuse intended. I express my views in this tiny part of cyberspace, others agree disagree whatever, no problem. :D

Snake oil...

Forum: Canada

Dec 3rd 2005, 2:23 am

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

Ooh so grateful are we ? No. Never, ever, ever.

Canada came to the aid of the whole of free Europe from the start of WW2 (or almost the very start).

US very conveniently joined in when Pearl...

Forum: Canada

Dec 3rd 2005, 2:03 am

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

Supposedly so but IIRC they dilly-dallied and thumb-twiddled etc and while they did thousands more civvies died in the bombing, and Clinton told the story in his autobiography and he carries a burden...

Forum: Canada

Dec 2nd 2005, 4:27 pm

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

Basically my eyes closed after the first couple of paragraphs.

> Ermintrude did it for me way back. :rolleyes:

Rich.

Forum: Canada

Dec 2nd 2005, 3:49 pm

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

Link: What a long winded blather of nothingness. :zzz:

Rich.

Forum: Canada

Dec 2nd 2005, 1:40 am

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

2000 - UNICEF research / 14 developed countries.
2000 - UN Report on Human Development / 24 developed countries...Canada 19th (US bottom)

etc etc

Rich.

Forum: Canada

Dec 2nd 2005, 12:44 am

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

Harper et all hate the poor and disenfranchised too. Hate is inclusive too ;)

NB Canada's child poverty rates are second only to the US in terms of the developed nations. :mad: and have been...

Forum: Canada

Nov 26th 2005, 12:36 am

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

Generally speaking and varying with different polls, anything 65 to 75% of the general population are against joining with the US in any way....however (and not surprisingly) almost the same % of...

Forum: Canada

Nov 25th 2005, 11:51 pm

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

That may be your impression but how do you explain that 80% of Albertans polled wouldn't want to join the US ?

It just doesn't stack up. The social values either side of the border are different....

Forum: Canada

Nov 25th 2005, 3:12 pm

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

Views: 5,261

Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

Flipper,

If the country is so completely pants, why does it have one of the highest return on capital ratio's in G8 ? Surely, that's THE most important business ratio.

Sure there are issues,...

Forum: Canada

Nov 25th 2005, 3:08 pm

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

Ah yes, the mythical future concept of a nation-state of "Olympia" ?

Cool, dude, with a centralised socialist government located atop Mount Olympus, built from sustainably harvested logs,...

Forum: Canada

Nov 24th 2005, 8:10 pm

Replies: 124

Election's 'a comin'

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Posted By Rich_007

Re: Election's 'a comin'

There's no way a civilised electorate would allow such people to head up a G8 nation.

:eek: :scared:

Rich

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