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Canadian Government Weary of Patriot Act
IllogicalStudent writes "An article on canoe discusses how the Canadian government is moving to counter worries surrounding Canadian citizens' privacy being compromised by the United States' Patriot act. Apparently the FBI currently has the right, through Patriot, to search documents which may contain Canadian information sent to US firms carrying out work under contract. Thankfully, privacy still means something up here."
... and the USA's isn't???
All those bombs dropping on cities in Iraq have ensured that the US will be loathed, featured, and especially distrusted by third and even some first world countries for at least the next four years.
It's also heartening to know that we have removed the torturous murderers who ran the country previously and have installed our own torturers. It's about damn time we stopped pretending to be civilized and resorted to the tactics everyone despises the most.
Lastly, it helps me sleep at night knowing that our nation's military, the largest, most expensive military in the world, is under the control of a good ol' American redneck who will lie to us to ensure that he can do what he's gotta do to further his own, righteous agenda.
Oh, I guess it's also good to know that all those bombs that we paid so much for didn't go to waste.
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden
"Actually the US has just as good a safety net for the poor (I've read a number of articles that the say $ quantity of support is even more),"
...Or atleast he may aslong as it doesn't effect Texas Social Security Corporation's profit margin!
I'm sorry, but that is just absolute, total, utter c^@p!
Most international surveys rate Canada right up there with the levels of social welfare of West & Nothern Europe (which are generally accepted to have the highest levels in the world).
I doubt there has ever been a survey - not counting the ones issued by the Whitehouse and other right-wing rednecks (and I'm sure they REALLY cary about the welfare of the poor) - that places USA welfare anywhere near Canadian levels over the past 50 years! Trying to claim any sort of viable financial assistance is given to the poor in the USA that anywhere approaches Canada is just absolutly absurd and a plain lie.
I suppose with the privitisation of social security, America's poor will be given an even higher standard of living will they?
Yea, and after retiring from office, George Bush will leave his multi-million dollar texas ranch and start delivering the help himself to the ghettos full of mexican immigrants simply left to rot in nearby cities.