Your tired 1980s propaganda ignores the 1990s Roy Romanow government of Saskatchewan that ran a tight budget repaying down a crippling debt caused by 9 years of corrupt Conservatives (12 charged in all) feeding like hogs at the trough (not to mention force-privatizing PCS, a crippling loss to the provincial coffers when comparing the one-time payout versus the company's global strategic importance and stock price today).
The NDP are the party that would follow the Dutch lead on compassionate governance, and I'm proud to back that.
The only people who should care who Harper {..etc is..} are those who live in their ridings.
I wish he would come ring my bell with a tv camera behind him. I would likely be the first to ask him on camera how he can explain the transformation from a party platform of transparency and accountability (archived here) to becoming the first Government in Canada's history defeated for being in contempt of Parliament for refusal to disclose information to the House. Please, just explain it to me Steve. I'm your constituent you self-serving d-bag. Mr In and Out./one can dream
The public financing laws in Canada are responsible for this, not the politicians. Any donation over $20 is a matter of public record (and can't be anonymous), politicians are not allowed to accept more than the personal contribution limit ($1184 last time I checked), and it's illegal for a corporate entity to make a campaign contribution.
And these laws are what tripped up Mulroney when he saw the end was near and looked around the table at how much his friends in America had raked in, and realized he would be going back to a meager lawyer's salary because really, who in their right mind would want to pay that man for a speaking engaement?, that dear old Brian he he took that $100,000, oops I mean $300,000, from the creepy German. Without the declaration of financing laws in our country Lying Brian would have taken the payoff straight in as campaign financing and washed it out the party's doors in consultation fees.
I too spoiled my ballot recently, although it was a Municipal election. Not one of them deserved the job.
I've long supported the idea that we should be able to vote for None of the Above (thank you Richard Pryor, Brewster's Millions (1986)) and if None of the Above wins not a single one of those bastards should be allowed to run for that seat again. No thank you, don't come again.
Harper shouldn't be allowed to run for PM. Period. We need new blood.
No one runs for Prime Minister in Canada. Harper is running as a Member of Parliament, and as the head of his party if he wins his own seat and his party garners the majority of seats and is given permission by the Governor General to form the Government then he (Harper) will be granted the title of Prime Minister. No one runs for PM in Canada.
If you're going to speak about Canadian federal politics have the self-respect to learn how the system functions first. Your opinion would have more merit and sound less like adolescent bawwww hatery too.
I agree with your sentiment and general analysis of the discussions on slashdot regarding Fukushima, but I do take issue with your characterization of the nuclear industry as being entirely profit-motive driven and acting without regard for the "wellbeing of human society".
The Candu SLOWPOKE is just such an example of nuclear science designed to meet our needs for power and radioactive isotopes while operating with an extreme degree of safety and respect for the environment. While greed and need have motivated nuclear industry to select designs of higher output and lower inherent safety there are alternatives, and many fine people who have dedicated their lives to the dream of a world where energy is free to all (RIP Dad).
Maybe the Japanese government just thinks the Japanese public's attention would be better directed toward...
You've got that backwards. The responsibility of government is to serve the public, not manipulate their attention (whatever the current state of governments to the contrary). When we lower our expectations of institutions like governments we permit them to fail to live up to their responsibilities. The Japanese Government has responsibilities to its citizens and the rest of the world in the event of a nuclear accident.
What I find more disappointing is that the US Government has not made the footage publicly available to their own citizens. American citizens paid for that drone and its operator, for the base from which it launched, and for digital video recorded during the flight. The footage should belong to the people who paid for it, but then transparency is lacking is most of our democracies.
I realize a lot of anti-copyright idiots like to pretend that copyright infringement doesn't actually hurt anyone (mostly because it makes them feel better about themselves), but in fact it does harm the economy.
Yep, it happens almost as much as the pro-fascism idiots like to pretend we should all be as alienated from our property rights as the average American. Thankfully some of us still live in functional democracies that do more than funnel public dollars in to the pockets of private monopolies. Hyperbole sure is fun isn't it?
Socialism works great in the autistic's imaginary paper world. It fails in the real world that in run by non-autistics.
I do so love broad generalizations made by people too ignorant to open their eyes to the world around them.
Up here in Canada we have this little thing called Socialized Healthcare where everyone is given care regardless of their ability to pay. I'm sure it'll shock you to discover this system has better health outcomes across the board and lower costs per user than the convoluted for-profit system south of the border in the US where either you're rich and can afford care, you're middle-class and will go bankrupt should you need care, or you're poor and you get what little you can wherever you can and suffer for it. I know, I know, citation required.. try the WHO's reports on healthcare for a starter.
And God help you when you find out about all our evil communist institutions like Credit Unions and Co-Ops. Oooooooh... scary! Co-operative unions working for the benefit of their members? Yep, it's Stalin-ism run amok up here.. just think of all profits lost to the evils of giving a damn about others and recognizing all human beings are worthy of dignity and respect.
The seeds of yet another encroachment on human rights by the UK
Kids are not adults.
It's a good thing they are called "Human Rights", not "Adult Rights" then, isn't it?
Kids do not have the same rights as adults. It's okay to tell kids what to do and force the issue on certain things whether they like it or not.
Indeed, Minors have fewer rights and fewer responsibilities, but you're glossing over rights to privacy and property as well as the potential for abuse in this case by authority figures. We should not allow the State or their agents to condition our children to expect diminished rights, it's pre-conditioning for their expectations as adults.
Um... if there's a law against something, then you, by very definition, do not have the unalienable right to do that thing, regardless of what your contradictory social ideals claim.
So MLK should have just shut up and sat down at the back of the bus then because, hey, it's a law and there's no inalienable rights. Right?
Rationalization much?
Children.. are starving, or alternatively working in factories making mobiles devices like your shiny iPhone for mere pennies a day.
Do you know how easy it is for reporters to track individual deaths in a war zone?
Slighter harder than in Egypt I'm sure, but if you weren't paying attention the last round of leaks contained more government-sponsored deaths than the leaks themselves could ever possibly cause.
American lives are worth no more than any others, yet your government bullies the world and supports brutal dictatorships that slaughter their own people and you would seek to blame the messenger for delivering you the news?
Stay classy.
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For once the annoying bot is +1 insightful.
Your tired 1980s propaganda ignores the 1990s Roy Romanow government of Saskatchewan that ran a tight budget repaying down a crippling debt caused by 9 years of corrupt Conservatives (12 charged in all) feeding like hogs at the trough (not to mention force-privatizing PCS, a crippling loss to the provincial coffers when comparing the one-time payout versus the company's global strategic importance and stock price today). The NDP are the party that would follow the Dutch lead on compassionate governance, and I'm proud to back that.
The only people who should care who Harper {..etc is..} are those who live in their ridings.
I wish he would come ring my bell with a tv camera behind him. I would likely be the first to ask him on camera how he can explain the transformation from a party platform of transparency and accountability (archived here) to becoming the first Government in Canada's history defeated for being in contempt of Parliament for refusal to disclose information to the House. Please, just explain it to me Steve. I'm your constituent you self-serving d-bag. Mr In and Out. /one can dream
The public financing laws in Canada are responsible for this, not the politicians. Any donation over $20 is a matter of public record (and can't be anonymous), politicians are not allowed to accept more than the personal contribution limit ($1184 last time I checked), and it's illegal for a corporate entity to make a campaign contribution.
And these laws are what tripped up Mulroney when he saw the end was near and looked around the table at how much his friends in America had raked in, and realized he would be going back to a meager lawyer's salary because really, who in their right mind would want to pay that man for a speaking engaement?, that dear old Brian he he took that $100,000, oops I mean $300,000, from the creepy German. Without the declaration of financing laws in our country Lying Brian would have taken the payoff straight in as campaign financing and washed it out the party's doors in consultation fees.
I too spoiled my ballot recently, although it was a Municipal election. Not one of them deserved the job. I've long supported the idea that we should be able to vote for None of the Above (thank you Richard Pryor, Brewster's Millions (1986)) and if None of the Above wins not a single one of those bastards should be allowed to run for that seat again. No thank you, don't come again.
Harper shouldn't be allowed to run for PM. Period. We need new blood.
No one runs for Prime Minister in Canada. Harper is running as a Member of Parliament, and as the head of his party if he wins his own seat and his party garners the majority of seats and is given permission by the Governor General to form the Government then he (Harper) will be granted the title of Prime Minister. No one runs for PM in Canada.
If you're going to speak about Canadian federal politics have the self-respect to learn how the system functions first. Your opinion would have more merit and sound less like adolescent bawwww hatery too.
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I agree with your sentiment and general analysis of the discussions on slashdot regarding Fukushima, but I do take issue with your characterization of the nuclear industry as being entirely profit-motive driven and acting without regard for the "wellbeing of human society". The Candu SLOWPOKE is just such an example of nuclear science designed to meet our needs for power and radioactive isotopes while operating with an extreme degree of safety and respect for the environment. While greed and need have motivated nuclear industry to select designs of higher output and lower inherent safety there are alternatives, and many fine people who have dedicated their lives to the dream of a world where energy is free to all (RIP Dad).
The Eames' Powers of Ten is better, even if it is 40 years older...
My question is what were they hoping to get out of it?
Most likely a black guy for a President.
Maybe the Japanese government just thinks the Japanese public's attention would be better directed toward ...
You've got that backwards. The responsibility of government is to serve the public, not manipulate their attention (whatever the current state of governments to the contrary). When we lower our expectations of institutions like governments we permit them to fail to live up to their responsibilities. The Japanese Government has responsibilities to its citizens and the rest of the world in the event of a nuclear accident. What I find more disappointing is that the US Government has not made the footage publicly available to their own citizens. American citizens paid for that drone and its operator, for the base from which it launched, and for digital video recorded during the flight. The footage should belong to the people who paid for it, but then transparency is lacking is most of our democracies.
Ah yes, the last defense of tyrants: Only history shall rightly judge!
I realize a lot of anti-copyright idiots like to pretend that copyright infringement doesn't actually hurt anyone (mostly because it makes them feel better about themselves), but in fact it does harm the economy.
Yep, it happens almost as much as the pro-fascism idiots like to pretend we should all be as alienated from our property rights as the average American. Thankfully some of us still live in functional democracies that do more than funnel public dollars in to the pockets of private monopolies. Hyperbole sure is fun isn't it?
Aaah, harro prease, what are the plans to take over BoA again? I forgot, hahaha.
Socialism works great in the autistic's imaginary paper world. It fails in the real world that in run by non-autistics.
I do so love broad generalizations made by people too ignorant to open their eyes to the world around them. Up here in Canada we have this little thing called Socialized Healthcare where everyone is given care regardless of their ability to pay. I'm sure it'll shock you to discover this system has better health outcomes across the board and lower costs per user than the convoluted for-profit system south of the border in the US where either you're rich and can afford care, you're middle-class and will go bankrupt should you need care, or you're poor and you get what little you can wherever you can and suffer for it. I know, I know, citation required.. try the WHO's reports on healthcare for a starter. And God help you when you find out about all our evil communist institutions like Credit Unions and Co-Ops. Oooooooh... scary! Co-operative unions working for the benefit of their members? Yep, it's Stalin-ism run amok up here.. just think of all profits lost to the evils of giving a damn about others and recognizing all human beings are worthy of dignity and respect.
+1, Funny
The seeds of yet another encroachment on human rights by the UK
Kids are not adults.
It's a good thing they are called "Human Rights", not "Adult Rights" then, isn't it?
Kids do not have the same rights as adults. It's okay to tell kids what to do and force the issue on certain things whether they like it or not.
Indeed, Minors have fewer rights and fewer responsibilities, but you're glossing over rights to privacy and property as well as the potential for abuse in this case by authority figures. We should not allow the State or their agents to condition our children to expect diminished rights, it's pre-conditioning for their expectations as adults.
Just because it's not officially a declaration of war doesn't mean it isn't a war.
Uh, no, that's exactly what it means.
In fact, the US Congress has approved what is effectively a war on several occasions
In fact, "effectively" is a nice weasel word. No declaration, no war, no rules of war. Now who's being retarded about this again? Oh yes, you.
Um... if there's a law against something, then you, by very definition, do not have the unalienable right to do that thing, regardless of what your contradictory social ideals claim.
So MLK should have just shut up and sat down at the back of the bus then because, hey, it's a law and there's no inalienable rights. Right?
When websites are illegal only webadmins will be free.
And I don't see how it's a status symbol at all.
Rationalization much? Children.. are starving, or alternatively working in factories making mobiles devices like your shiny iPhone for mere pennies a day.
...willful infrigement.
You forgot to put on your sunglasses.... yeeeeeeeaaaaaah!
She only objects to you putting the cash on the nightstand for her to take in the morning.
Where-as a wife will kick your ass if it's not there for her to take.
Do you know how easy it is for reporters to track individual deaths in a war zone?
Slighter harder than in Egypt I'm sure, but if you weren't paying attention the last round of leaks contained more government-sponsored deaths than the leaks themselves could ever possibly cause. American lives are worth no more than any others, yet your government bullies the world and supports brutal dictatorships that slaughter their own people and you would seek to blame the messenger for delivering you the news? Stay classy.