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USA Busted Trying to Bug China's Presidential 767
morcheeba writes "A new Boeing 767-300ER was refitted to become China's presidental aircraft. What goes into a plane like this? Besides the bedroom, sitting room, bath with a shower, there was a 48" TV, satellite communications, anti-missile defense systems and advanced avionics. And oh yeah, numerous high-tech listening devices. Wonder how those got in. Read the article at washingtonpost.com." CD: The question is, what was the bug in the headboard for?
China doesn't give Communism a bad name, Communism gives Communism a bad name. Can you name a single Communist nation that you would hold up as a shining beacon to the rest of the world?
All so-called "Communist" nations are about as far from true Communism as you can get, and are nothing more than petty dictatorships that operate under the guise of being Communist. I find it amazing most people fail to realize this.
Actually that is exactly what makes a Communist country Communist. The fact that the government has to force you to live in such a system.
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Actually, she is the Queen of Canada, and the United Kingdom. There is no such person as the "Queen of England". That title died 300 years ago.
It boils down to tradition. The governor-general REPRESENTS the Queen, she does not answer to the Queen. There has been talk of instating a King or Queen in Canada, but that was shot down in favour of keeping the British ties... personally I'd like to see a purly Canadian (ie, non shared) monarchy in Canada.
What people don't know is that the Crown of Canada is a separate instution from the Crown of Britain. They just have the same figurehead at the top. The Crown represents all the people of their respective countries, not jus the people of Britain. That means that the Aussie Crown represents the Aussies, while the Canadian Crown represents the Canadians. Our Governors-General just happen to be the chosen Kings/Queens for five year periods of the country.
The Crown still has powers in Canada, called the Royal Perrogative. Originally (Until 1982) none of Canada's democratic institutions existed in Canada's constitution. They all existed by the Royal Perrogative. Our democracy is the result of years of democratic tradition that dates back to the original British Westminster Parliament system, where there are two houses (Commons and Lords). Lords (Senators in Canada) are appointed for life as a safeguard of power grabs by the commons. Of course this changed when they started being appointed by the Commons. Byt you must understand that it is by the existence of the Governor-General and Queen that Canada's government exists.
To get rid of them, we'd need to make a major constitutional ammendment. A major constitutional ammendment requires: The support of all ten provincial legislatures and a 70% majority in a federal referrendum, and a 2/3 majority in the Commons and Senate. It'll never happen. What we can do, though is appoint a Canadian to be King or Queen, without an ammendment. This has to be done when the Queen dies, or we could ask her to abdicate the throne of Canada (yes Canada has a throne).
God save our Queen, and Heaven bless The Maple Leaf Forever!