Americans will only start caring when they lose some coastal cities. The sad thing is, that global warming is a relatively slow effect, it doesnt give the big bang that a hurricane or earthquake does... so it slowly creeps in and over time will do much more damage that what most quick natural disasters could do, and the effects will be permanent. The entire time ignorance will be the key to keeping the population in the dark about the threats to their lovely house with a coastal view. But as usual, the loss of life have been given a price, cause afterall, it would be more expensive to do something about it than to sit there and wait for it to happen.
Yeah, spiral staircase would be better. Double floor library inside a 'pillar' structure part of the house.... think 'small grain silo' off of one of the corners of the house... and the library would be using all the space... want sun from East and West corners. I love reading in natural light... Big skylight windows that can open upon voice command... btw, everything in this house is voice activated, for luxury as well as emergency...
Damn... i gotta get me about 4 or 5 million dollars:)
Gotta be oval, HUGE shelves... with those sliding ladders (with the wheels on rails on top)... broken into sections... fireplace, comfy chair... love seats places at N,W,E,S of the room...
Archs on the room entrances also a good idea... as well as the pond... water fowl of various sorts enjoying the peace and quiet... the helicopter would be for emergency as well as travel. Nearest airport to get to my jet ya know?;)
Would have an astronomy room, with big-ass telescope (hey, its a fantasy right!:)...
Sports Den... pool table and poker tables... bar and stools (cliche, but they are for a reason... damn kool:)... another big ass HD TV... memorbilia galore!
So many ideas... so little money to even make the drawings let alone the actual house!
Been using a PDA for years. Read books, play games, keeps photos, my emails, phone numbers, personal notes, date reminders... It is a part of my life really. Use it everyday. One thing it doesnt need it a damn phone. Im already around too many phones (most times i dont even bother answering my phone @ home. more bother than what it is worth.)
I will be upgrading when im inclined (to a model around $500-$600 CAD), and i guess with HP going out, that is one less model i need to be concerned with researching when i do decide to purchase. I highly recommend a PDA to anyone who enjoys any of what i mentioned above, cept for the phone thing, if you *must* have a phone, then you will have to sacrifice some things in the name of communication.
So i could just shoot myself rather than be onslaughted with ever present Ads?
I cant even begin to imagine how much spyware or crappy Ads would be installed. How much information would be passing between my computer and the rest of the net without me knowing it.
I shudder to think of a day when i turn my computer on, and it tells me of a great way to save money buying penis enlargements, or breast reductions, or how i should buy some other kind of propriatory p.o.s.
All this combined with the marketing and programming genius of Microsoft? Wow, the end of the civilized world as we know it.
I think the comparison you just made between Harper and GW is one of the reasons why the Conservative party just cant seem to make up any ground on the Liberals, despite what some might consider one of the worse abuses of public funds in Canadian history.
GW is not well liked here. Last poll i read Canada was 24% in favor, 76% against. Those are serious numbers. People here see Republican and Conservative as something of equals (thought, thankfully, Harper isnt quite as far right as GW).
The US has always had an effect on Canada via its political and social actions. The US is like Canada's guinie pig. When something works there, we adopt it, when it fails or lets the US down, we come up with legislation to prevent it from happening here.
With GW, in Canadian eyes, going so far over the top, it reflects against the Conservatives here. So, the worse he is, the worse it seems to be for the Cons here in Canada to catch a break (And most political parties in any democratic country would beg for something to happen to their opponents like what is going on with the Liberals right now... but it doesnt seem to be able to enable the Cons to get over the top)
The court also said "The appeal will be dismissed without prejudice to the plaintiffs' right to commence a further application for disclosure of the identity of the `users' taking into account these reasons,''
The CRIA was told, if they wanted too, to come back "with stronger, and more current, evidence".
It might be interesting to see how they come back and how the Canadian courts view their new case.
Lets hope privacy wins the day!
Now, back to watching my government possibly lose a confidence vote:(
how can you say that videotron "did not refuse" the initial request, that they were "complying with what the CRIA has requested", and that "Videotron giving up personal client info voluntarily is old news" - but then agree that no information was ever given out?
Cause Videotron didnt refuse (which isnt the same as giving up info), they did say they were going to comply (again, doesnt mean they actually gave up anything, just that they were willing, unlike the rest of the ISPs) and that last statement is, as i said from the beginning, 'old news'.
Speculation on what Videotron did it for, and who they did it for and why they did it is just that, speculation. The only real thing I know about this situation (with regards to Videotron) is that they agreed to co-operate to what the CRIA requested. Which is the very next step to giving up info, but not actually giving up any. Was any info given out? Unlikely due to the court process that was going on, the CRIA would not have wanted to invite any lawsuits from people who's info was given up counter to the court's decision. But, we may never know either way if any was volunteered.
But, as the point was with my original statement, and i will break it down to avoid any miscommunication (which is something i must have done with my initial statement, otherwise i wouldnt be still trying to convey it). This all happened one year ago. To myself, that makes this 'old news'. Getting irate now about what Videotron did or would have done seems somewhat after-the-fact to me. Though, i admit, if i was one of their customers, i think i would be irate no matter when i learned about this situation.
people should know that ISPs can't and don't just voluntarily give out information without a court order. reports to the contrary are misinformation.
If you speaking from the Canadian perspective, i think your right. If your speaking from the US perspective, then it isnt so correct. Unless i missed something about the US situation, information was given over quite readily, save a few ISP's here and there. One major ISP went to court over it if i remember correctly, but i dont know what the outcome of that effort was.
Sorry for the late-ness of this reply, went through some comp issues, had to do 'brain surgery' on it. BTW, I didnt know what the acronym FUD meant, but i had assumed it was something with a negative connotation.
when the CRIA first decided to get information from ISP's, they didnt do it through court initially. They first gave requests to each of the major Canadian ISP's. When every ISP save Videotron refused, then it was brought into court.
I never said that any information was given out, but that Videotron was the only ISP that was complying with what the CRIA has requested. I was making it somewhat dramatic by claiming they "folded under the weight of the CRIA", but the essential fact remains, they were willing to comply with any information request that the CRIA wanted, while every other ISP was not.
If you want to look into some type of conspiracy because of parent ownership, then there might be a link there as to why. I was merely stating that Videotron giving up personal client info voluntarily is old news. And it is still old news as it took place prior to last years initial lawsuit.
And i think this is interesting news as far as what happened yesteday. Sure, it isnt some landmark decision, or some court event drama, but it still a step in the process to see what the Canadian courts think about the CRIA's ISP request. I follow things like this closely as i dont want to have anything occur under my tiny news radar. But i guess news worthyness is in the eye of the reader or writer at times.
Videotron was one of the first ISP's (And the only one out of Canada) to fold under the weight of the CRIA. They did that last year when the CRIA asked, so this is only current news because of the latest appeal the CRIA put into Canadian courts this week.
h**p://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVN ew s/1114005667906_9
You should wonder what Videotron has done in the past year to undermine your privacy rather than be annoyed about it now.
that link, also on the site that first reported this rumor, also denies the cancellation of the show.
Are people so hoping for its demise that they will beleive anything without properly looking around for collaboration?
I for one, love the show, i think its probably the best trek there ever was. Production quality blows all the other shows away, good writing, and generally interesting over arching plots.
Excellent article! Fun to read and learn just how its nearly impossible for the industry to stop. Time to reinvent the wheel!
But, it also illuminates how the RIAA's lawsuit happy lawyers are targetting the wrong group of people. They are killing the end user, and after reading this article, that is about as effective as taking water out of the ocean a bucket at a time!
Thanks for posting this!
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If i pay for my tv cable connection, why shouldnt i be able to download my favorite episodes w/o the stupid crap i dont want?
If im allowed to tape them, TiVo them, why cant i download them?
This reeks, as usual, of corporations wanting more and more money and not caring about the people they step on to get it.
Firstly, your post shows me yet another reason why i can never read anything with faith in your country if it has a political ring to it. Whether it be for one of your two political canidates. Anything you spout out of your pie hole, is almost ALWAYS skewed into whatever they want to make it look like. Its really disheartening to think about all the political spins that come out of the US, and how every article i read, or interview i hear, or program i watch, i have to take with massive grains of salt because i can never beleive any statistic or 'fact' you speak about. But then again, the problem with that is most politicians or political based organizations have nothing to worry about from the US media because research is a concept not used to correct or backup statements such as those. Your politicians can say what they want, however they want, and rarely are their words asked to be verified. [John Stewart is right].
Canada a haven for terrorists? Man, give your head a shake. I can honestly say I would rather try to live in harmony with the rest of the planet, than to ostrasize them and live in constant fear of attacks. And guess what? I dont fear ANY attack from ANY country. Not because I live in Canada [which is something I am proud to say to anyone, anywhere], but because i dont live in a society that is managed, maintained, and enforced with fear around every corner.
Now, when you speak about justice, i find that somewhat ironic. You want justice, how about to try to locate and eliminate Bin Ladin instead of pursuing your goal of total destruction of a country that had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. You call us cowardly? What about in WWII when the only reason you came into the war was because of Pearl Harbor? How the planet had begged you for help, and you choose not to. As with many of your conservative followers have people beleiving, your more interested in getting everyone to beleive in what your preaching rather than actually accomplishing justice. If this is a backwards country, then im all good with that. Call it what you want, Canada constantly in in the top 10 lists for all sorts of reasons. Economic climate, care for its citizens, civil rights [something those of you in the US seem to have forgotten about. In order to preserve freedom, you seem to think elminating civil rights and liberties is the method to go with. Micheal Foucault would be yelling for you to stop before its too late, if he was still alive] This country tries to balance its relationship with its bully to the south and the rest of the world. It isnt easy to do, and a lot of the reasons we arent hated, dispite our similarities, is because we arent regarded as 'bulls in china shops'.
I can guarantee, if your ok with civil rights abuses, then you are heading towards a world, that once it starts in motion, you will NEVER stop it or undo it. If you start saying its ok to curb liberties here and there, then you will, in time, curb whatever liberty you see fit to attain your goal. The ends do not justify the means, rarely ever.
Someone has to protect America from the terrorists, drug dealers, and criminals that are tolerated and encouraged in Canadian society
This statement is so asinine it is hardly even worth bothering. We are talking about civil liberty abuses, and your talking about something you saw in CNN. If you lived here, you will find we are very intolerate of criminals and the like. We just dont justify burning a building full of people just to kill one 'suspected' terrorist.
I have one last thing to say, what are you doing about your coastal boarders? You say that Canada is a haven for people to flock to the US, well, what about your East and West coast? You protecting those? Your not, and you cant. If a terrorist truly wants to come into the US, it is a simple matter of just walking into your country in the dead of night from a ship parked off the shore. You want to protect yo
This is something we should all, in Canada, fight to prevent. In the case of US firms or US citizens, Canadians shouldnt have a right to tell the US how to dictact its policy, but when it comes to Canadian citizens, the US should keep its nose out of where its not wanted.
Another thing that irks me, is that this sort of information sharing between countries has been going on for a long long time. Most countries do not have a 'patriot act' to allow blantant civil rights abuses [ie: No privacy for John and Jane Doe.. irregarless if they bear reason for investigation or not.] Counrties frequently monitor other countries information transactions, and then sell them back to the country of origin. Its a way for them to circumnavigate around privacy laws and legislation.
If you are outraged about this, then do something about it. But remember, this is WAY deeper than what you think, and I can bet that if you have ever had a phone conversation where your speaking about a game that includes the words bomb, kill, or president, your name has come up in a database and your calls monitored... just long enough to verify if your a legitimate threat, or just some gamer with an over-active imagination.
First: Thanks for the torrent link. I gobbled that up as soon as I saw it.
Secondly: Why isnt this on the/. politics page? I tried looking for this, but it wasnt there. Not political enough?
Thirdly: Jon Stewart. Bless his heart. He really tried to grill those guys on their lack of integrity and their ignorance of their duty to call people on the crap they have done. I think Jon brought a sense of reality to that show that probably wont be allowed to be there again [are you even allowed to call someone a dick on CNN?]. I think Jon is right, and he is trying to call people on a higher moral standard that somehow, the media has forgotten. This pre-dates 9/11 imo, it only got MASSIVELY worse after 9/11./rant on
Why is it, when people do wrong in politics, its never truly scrutinized in a critical fashion as it should be. Our political leaders should not be held to the mere levels of the common [sheep] citizen, but should exemplify a higher standard. Yes, they are human, but they are supposedly human representatitives. They are supposed to support and express an ideal. Instead, at one point you had the PRESIDENT receiving sexual favors with his intern, you have another president who went to WAR, killing 100's of his own troops, and 1000's of the citizens of the invaded country, based on false intelligence [that apparently, on paper w/o fact checking is good enough to go to war], and the entire time spinning everything for political gain. People's lives should NEVER be a tool for political gain!. And these presidents should be exemplifing the ideal representative. I dont know about you, but a quality I want in a leader of my country is moral standards. If he isnt able to be that way, then he has NO REASON to be a rep for me or my country. The leader of a country has to LEAD... not just "be one of the boys". Thats BS that we, the people, have tolerated for far too long imo.
This is but just a tad taste of the amount of crap that is going on out there, that the media covers, but never criticizes, and that is what Stewart was hoping the Crossfire people could answer for him. Why? Why repeat the same political machine and rhetoric that the political parties engage in? Why not actually tell these people that they are wrong? Its all part of a Marxist thought i bet. If you do something to piss the 'boss' off, he wont invite you to any more press conferences. The Party's have the media right where they want the media, as lapdogs and agenda toters.
I hope Jon goes onto every show he can, and call every single one of those supposed reporters a phone, a shill, and if need be, a dick./clap
Good showing Jon!/rant off
Some old woman, like 98 or something like that is voting for her first time. she is the oldest "first time voter" ever. guess who she is voting for? Bush.... guess her reason for voting? cause 'she likes his wife'...
Is democracy dead yet or what?:p
I wasnt really complaining about lack of options as i was fretting over a company being so blantant about price increases and their reasoning behind it.
I bet this statement is more of a show-off to the government and those that fined MS than anything. I dont think MS gives too much care about what we are saying or thinking. But, if they make the statement, "Fine us, and we are just going to make it up elsewhere, and your constituents are the real people who will pay for your fines". Then i bet we are closer to the real reason for this proclamation.
Im getting SO tired of us paying for their mistakes?
There outta be a law to prevent companies making people pay for them getting pasted with fines due to their own law breaking policies...
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Americans will only start caring when they lose some coastal cities. The sad thing is, that global warming is a relatively slow effect, it doesnt give the big bang that a hurricane or earthquake does ... so it slowly creeps in and over time will do much more damage that what most quick natural disasters could do, and the effects will be permanent. The entire time ignorance will be the key to keeping the population in the dark about the threats to their lovely house with a coastal view. But as usual, the loss of life have been given a price, cause afterall, it would be more expensive to do something about it than to sit there and wait for it to happen.
Yeah, spiral staircase would be better. Double floor library inside a 'pillar' structure part of the house. ... think 'small grain silo' off of one of the corners of the house ... and the library would be using all the space ... want sun from East and West corners. I love reading in natural light ... Big skylight windows that can open upon voice command ... btw, everything in this house is voice activated, for luxury as well as emergency ...
... i gotta get me about 4 or 5 million dollars :)
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The dream lives on
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Gah!! How could i forget the library!
... with those sliding ladders (with the wheels on rails on top) ... broken into sections ... fireplace, comfy chair ... love seats places at N,W,E,S of the room ...
... as well as the pond ... water fowl of various sorts enjoying the peace and quiet ... the helicopter would be for emergency as well as travel. Nearest airport to get to my jet ya know? ;)
:) ...
... pool table and poker tables ... bar and stools (cliche, but they are for a reason ... damn kool :) ... another big ass HD TV ... memorbilia galore!
... so little money to even make the drawings let alone the actual house!
Gotta be oval, HUGE shelves
Archs on the room entrances also a good idea
Would have an astronomy room, with big-ass telescope (hey, its a fantasy right!
Sports Den
So many ideas
Thanks for adding the dream!
Windows that let sun in, but keep nosy people out.
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... and has automated curtains
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:)
Hidden passages throughout the house, including a tunnel or two!
An entertainment room that would put Imax to shame.
underground garage - - kinda like the old batman TV show, only without the bats and crimefighting tech
an open flow/feel to every common area (kitchen, living room, dining room, balcony, patio, etc )
BIG back yard with all the fixin's -- pool, play ground
Small race track for bikes or minicars around said BIG yard (10+ acres)
helicopter pad (and helicopter of course)
just about every form of anti-spying technology possible. If you want to peek, ya gotta come to the front door.
gates encompassing the entire front yard to keep people out from asking about my house. w/cameras, electrified fence, dogs, etc
elevated lake side view
Gotta have a sun room
Bed room that has nearly 360 degrees of windows (see ideal window above)
voice activated everything. Stove, TV, stereo, computer, doors
im sure there is more, but that is just off the top of my head
Been using a PDA for years. Read books, play games, keeps photos, my emails, phone numbers, personal notes, date reminders ... It is a part of my life really. Use it everyday. One thing it doesnt need it a damn phone. Im already around too many phones (most times i dont even bother answering my phone @ home. more bother than what it is worth.)
I will be upgrading when im inclined (to a model around $500-$600 CAD), and i guess with HP going out, that is one less model i need to be concerned with researching when i do decide to purchase. I highly recommend a PDA to anyone who enjoys any of what i mentioned above, cept for the phone thing, if you *must* have a phone, then you will have to sacrifice some things in the name of communication.
So i could just shoot myself rather than be onslaughted with ever present Ads?
I cant even begin to imagine how much spyware or crappy Ads would be installed. How much information would be passing between my computer and the rest of the net without me knowing it.
I shudder to think of a day when i turn my computer on, and it tells me of a great way to save money buying penis enlargements, or breast reductions, or how i should buy some other kind of propriatory p.o.s.
All this combined with the marketing and programming genius of Microsoft? Wow, the end of the civilized world as we know it.
I think the comparison you just made between Harper and GW is one of the reasons why the Conservative party just cant seem to make up any ground on the Liberals, despite what some might consider one of the worse abuses of public funds in Canadian history.
... but it doesnt seem to be able to enable the Cons to get over the top)
GW is not well liked here. Last poll i read Canada was 24% in favor, 76% against. Those are serious numbers. People here see Republican and Conservative as something of equals (thought, thankfully, Harper isnt quite as far right as GW).
The US has always had an effect on Canada via its political and social actions. The US is like Canada's guinie pig. When something works there, we adopt it, when it fails or lets the US down, we come up with legislation to prevent it from happening here.
With GW, in Canadian eyes, going so far over the top, it reflects against the Conservatives here. So, the worse he is, the worse it seems to be for the Cons here in Canada to catch a break (And most political parties in any democratic country would beg for something to happen to their opponents like what is going on with the Liberals right now
The court also said "The appeal will be dismissed without prejudice to the plaintiffs' right to commence a further application for disclosure of the identity of the `users' taking into account these reasons,''
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The CRIA was told, if they wanted too, to come back "with stronger, and more current, evidence".
It might be interesting to see how they come back and how the Canadian courts view their new case.
Lets hope privacy wins the day!
Now, back to watching my government possibly lose a confidence vote
Cause Videotron didnt refuse (which isnt the same as giving up info), they did say they were going to comply (again, doesnt mean they actually gave up anything, just that they were willing, unlike the rest of the ISPs) and that last statement is, as i said from the beginning, 'old news'.
Speculation on what Videotron did it for, and who they did it for and why they did it is just that, speculation. The only real thing I know about this situation (with regards to Videotron) is that they agreed to co-operate to what the CRIA requested. Which is the very next step to giving up info, but not actually giving up any. Was any info given out? Unlikely due to the court process that was going on, the CRIA would not have wanted to invite any lawsuits from people who's info was given up counter to the court's decision. But, we may never know either way if any was volunteered.
But, as the point was with my original statement, and i will break it down to avoid any miscommunication (which is something i must have done with my initial statement, otherwise i wouldnt be still trying to convey it). This all happened one year ago. To myself, that makes this 'old news'. Getting irate now about what Videotron did or would have done seems somewhat after-the-fact to me. Though, i admit, if i was one of their customers, i think i would be irate no matter when i learned about this situation.
If you speaking from the Canadian perspective, i think your right. If your speaking from the US perspective, then it isnt so correct. Unless i missed something about the US situation, information was given over quite readily, save a few ISP's here and there. One major ISP went to court over it if i remember correctly, but i dont know what the outcome of that effort was.
Sorry for the late-ness of this reply, went through some comp issues, had to do 'brain surgery' on it. BTW, I didnt know what the acronym FUD meant, but i had assumed it was something with a negative connotation.
when the CRIA first decided to get information from ISP's, they didnt do it through court initially. They first gave requests to each of the major Canadian ISP's. When every ISP save Videotron refused, then it was brought into court.
I never said that any information was given out, but that Videotron was the only ISP that was complying with what the CRIA has requested. I was making it somewhat dramatic by claiming they "folded under the weight of the CRIA", but the essential fact remains, they were willing to comply with any information request that the CRIA wanted, while every other ISP was not.
If you want to look into some type of conspiracy because of parent ownership, then there might be a link there as to why. I was merely stating that Videotron giving up personal client info voluntarily is old news. And it is still old news as it took place prior to last years initial lawsuit.
And i think this is interesting news as far as what happened yesteday. Sure, it isnt some landmark decision, or some court event drama, but it still a step in the process to see what the Canadian courts think about the CRIA's ISP request. I follow things like this closely as i dont want to have anything occur under my tiny news radar. But i guess news worthyness is in the eye of the reader or writer at times.
Videotron was one of the first ISP's (And the only one out of Canada) to fold under the weight of the CRIA. They did that last year when the CRIA asked, so this is only current news because of the latest appeal the CRIA put into Canadian courts this week.
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You should wonder what Videotron has done in the past year to undermine your privacy rather than be annoyed about it now.
Might not make a difference, but i have to try at any opportunity im presented.
I have more to say, but most of you all have said it already to some degree or another.
Go Canada!
http://www.saveenterprise.com/sfxrumor.htm
that link, also on the site that first reported this rumor, also denies the cancellation of the show.
Are people so hoping for its demise that they will beleive anything without properly looking around for collaboration?
I for one, love the show, i think its probably the best trek there ever was. Production quality blows all the other shows away, good writing, and generally interesting over arching plots.
boo-urns to those of you that wish its demise.
Excellent article! Fun to read and learn just how its nearly impossible for the industry to stop. Time to reinvent the wheel!
But, it also illuminates how the RIAA's lawsuit happy lawyers are targetting the wrong group of people. They are killing the end user, and after reading this article, that is about as effective as taking water out of the ocean a bucket at a time!
Thanks for posting this!
If i pay for my tv cable connection, why shouldnt i be able to download my favorite episodes w/o the stupid crap i dont want?
If im allowed to tape them, TiVo them, why cant i download them?
This reeks, as usual, of corporations wanting more and more money and not caring about the people they step on to get it.
From the last statistic i read, marjiuana brought it more to the BC economy than lumber.
Firstly, your post shows me yet another reason why i can never read anything with faith in your country if it has a political ring to it. Whether it be for one of your two political canidates. Anything you spout out of your pie hole, is almost ALWAYS skewed into whatever they want to make it look like. Its really disheartening to think about all the political spins that come out of the US, and how every article i read, or interview i hear, or program i watch, i have to take with massive grains of salt because i can never beleive any statistic or 'fact' you speak about. But then again, the problem with that is most politicians or political based organizations have nothing to worry about from the US media because research is a concept not used to correct or backup statements such as those. Your politicians can say what they want, however they want, and rarely are their words asked to be verified. [John Stewart is right].
Canada a haven for terrorists? Man, give your head a shake. I can honestly say I would rather try to live in harmony with the rest of the planet, than to ostrasize them and live in constant fear of attacks. And guess what? I dont fear ANY attack from ANY country. Not because I live in Canada [which is something I am proud to say to anyone, anywhere], but because i dont live in a society that is managed, maintained, and enforced with fear around every corner.
Now, when you speak about justice, i find that somewhat ironic. You want justice, how about to try to locate and eliminate Bin Ladin instead of pursuing your goal of total destruction of a country that had nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks. You call us cowardly? What about in WWII when the only reason you came into the war was because of Pearl Harbor? How the planet had begged you for help, and you choose not to. As with many of your conservative followers have people beleiving, your more interested in getting everyone to beleive in what your preaching rather than actually accomplishing justice. If this is a backwards country, then im all good with that. Call it what you want, Canada constantly in in the top 10 lists for all sorts of reasons. Economic climate, care for its citizens, civil rights [something those of you in the US seem to have forgotten about. In order to preserve freedom, you seem to think elminating civil rights and liberties is the method to go with. Micheal Foucault would be yelling for you to stop before its too late, if he was still alive] This country tries to balance its relationship with its bully to the south and the rest of the world. It isnt easy to do, and a lot of the reasons we arent hated, dispite our similarities, is because we arent regarded as 'bulls in china shops'.
I can guarantee, if your ok with civil rights abuses, then you are heading towards a world, that once it starts in motion, you will NEVER stop it or undo it. If you start saying its ok to curb liberties here and there, then you will, in time, curb whatever liberty you see fit to attain your goal. The ends do not justify the means, rarely ever.
This statement is so asinine it is hardly even worth bothering. We are talking about civil liberty abuses, and your talking about something you saw in CNN. If you lived here, you will find we are very intolerate of criminals and the like. We just dont justify burning a building full of people just to kill one 'suspected' terrorist.
I have one last thing to say, what are you doing about your coastal boarders? You say that Canada is a haven for people to flock to the US, well, what about your East and West coast? You protecting those? Your not, and you cant. If a terrorist truly wants to come into the US, it is a simple matter of just walking into your country in the dead of night from a ship parked off the shore. You want to protect yo
This is something we should all, in Canada, fight to prevent. In the case of US firms or US citizens, Canadians shouldnt have a right to tell the US how to dictact its policy, but when it comes to Canadian citizens, the US should keep its nose out of where its not wanted. Another thing that irks me, is that this sort of information sharing between countries has been going on for a long long time. Most countries do not have a 'patriot act' to allow blantant civil rights abuses [ie: No privacy for John and Jane Doe .. irregarless if they bear reason for investigation or not.] Counrties frequently monitor other countries information transactions, and then sell them back to the country of origin. Its a way for them to circumnavigate around privacy laws and legislation.
If you are outraged about this, then do something about it. But remember, this is WAY deeper than what you think, and I can bet that if you have ever had a phone conversation where your speaking about a game that includes the words bomb, kill, or president, your name has come up in a database and your calls monitored ... just long enough to verify if your a legitimate threat, or just some gamer with an over-active imagination.
First: Thanks for the torrent link. I gobbled that up as soon as I saw it. Secondly: Why isnt this on the /. politics page? I tried looking for this, but it wasnt there. Not political enough?
Thirdly: Jon Stewart. Bless his heart. He really tried to grill those guys on their lack of integrity and their ignorance of their duty to call people on the crap they have done. I think Jon brought a sense of reality to that show that probably wont be allowed to be there again [are you even allowed to call someone a dick on CNN?]. I think Jon is right, and he is trying to call people on a higher moral standard that somehow, the media has forgotten. This pre-dates 9/11 imo, it only got MASSIVELY worse after 9/11. /rant on
Why is it, when people do wrong in politics, its never truly scrutinized in a critical fashion as it should be. Our political leaders should not be held to the mere levels of the common [sheep] citizen, but should exemplify a higher standard. Yes, they are human, but they are supposedly human representatitives. They are supposed to support and express an ideal. Instead, at one point you had the PRESIDENT receiving sexual favors with his intern, you have another president who went to WAR, killing 100's of his own troops, and 1000's of the citizens of the invaded country, based on false intelligence [that apparently, on paper w/o fact checking is good enough to go to war], and the entire time spinning everything for political gain. People's lives should NEVER be a tool for political gain!. And these presidents should be exemplifing the ideal representative. I dont know about you, but a quality I want in a leader of my country is moral standards. If he isnt able to be that way, then he has NO REASON to be a rep for me or my country. The leader of a country has to LEAD ... not just "be one of the boys". Thats BS that we, the people, have tolerated for far too long imo.
This is but just a tad taste of the amount of crap that is going on out there, that the media covers, but never criticizes, and that is what Stewart was hoping the Crossfire people could answer for him. Why? Why repeat the same political machine and rhetoric that the political parties engage in? Why not actually tell these people that they are wrong? Its all part of a Marxist thought i bet. If you do something to piss the 'boss' off, he wont invite you to any more press conferences. The Party's have the media right where they want the media, as lapdogs and agenda toters.
I hope Jon goes onto every show he can, and call every single one of those supposed reporters a phone, a shill, and if need be, a dick. /clap
Good showing Jon! /rant off
Some old woman, like 98 or something like that is voting for her first time. she is the oldest "first time voter" ever. guess who she is voting for? Bush .... guess her reason for voting? cause 'she likes his wife' ...
Is democracy dead yet or what? :p
I wasnt really complaining about lack of options as i was fretting over a company being so blantant about price increases and their reasoning behind it. I bet this statement is more of a show-off to the government and those that fined MS than anything. I dont think MS gives too much care about what we are saying or thinking. But, if they make the statement, "Fine us, and we are just going to make it up elsewhere, and your constituents are the real people who will pay for your fines". Then i bet we are closer to the real reason for this proclamation.
Im getting SO tired of us paying for their mistakes? There outta be a law to prevent companies making people pay for them getting pasted with fines due to their own law breaking policies ...