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Sounds like you'd do fine, judging from my own basic (it was officer basic, though, so it might be a little different). You'll get ribbing - from the instructors and your buddies - but I never found it to be too excessive. Some people tend to catch more s--- than others, but that's usually a...

Amen. The MkIII works fine for some people and doesn't work well at all for others. Unfortunately, I fall into the latter category. I was born with club feet (http://www.pediatric-orthopedics.com/Treatments/Feet/feet.html#club for anyone unfamiliar) but I had a good surgeon and I can...

Excellent piece by the Star. I was just about to post it.  ;D

Ahhhhhh, I thought you meant "prune" out socialism as an ideology, which I doubt could be achieved without coercion (and even then). Absolutely not, but if the populous feels that not enough self-restraint has been shown, they can elect someone else - as per the last election. Politicians and...

I seem to recall numerous instances of people making endless criticisms of the government, as often as not without providing meticulous evidence as to why. I don't see why it's suddenly a problem now that a Conservative government is in power. Heck, government-bashing is practically the official...

Oh boy, more conservative railing against the UN, how novel. Every governance organization has corruption, most are just better at hiding it than the UN.

Do you have any stats to support that?

Celebrities are such twits sometimes (or most/all of the time, depending on the celebrity)... they take up a cause, get all heated about it, then drop it a month or two later. Arguing against the hunt is pointless when the major complaint seems to be the means used to kill. I'm not sure I...

My respects to the soldier, his family, and those injured.

My best wishes and respects to Capt. Greene and his family. By all accounts, the troops involved did a stellar job of responding and deserve the highest praise. I'm sure Capt. Greene will be proud to hear of their performance upon his recovery.  :salute:

That goat has loose morals... I'm sure there are plenty of Albertans out there that would give it a warm, warm welcome.

Ahhh, thanks alot for the clarification.

Not to sound insulting (which I seriously am not trying to be) but it really doesn't make a lick of difference what YOU want, it's what they want. I won't speculate as to what "they" wanted prior to the invasion, after, or at any other point. It's dangerous to think that because you believe/want...

Indeed, I was just about to post that in response to Michael Dorosh's post. My sister went to see it while she was off travelling. If we were as religious a society as many Muslim countries, I wouldn't be surprised if we had the same reaction. During our own fundamentalist periods, we've done...

That's the problem - people throw around terms with a great deal of inaccuracy. I'm not sure if it's hyperbole or if they're just unaware of what "liberal" "conservative" and "socialist" actually constitute. What you're describing isn't a socialist. All the socialists I've known have no...

This seemed the best place for my question: I'll be finished my degree in May and heading to Gagetown (from Montreal) for CAP and PhIII/IV (infantry). Since I'll be there for a year or more, I expect I'll be posted. If actually posted, am I correct in assuming that the CF will pay the...

I don't think anyone's trying to argue that the Libs, if so inclined, could actually convince the populous that they weren't the ones to deploy the CF to Afghanistan. I think the point is that the Liberals could campaign on a "we'll get our troops home" ticket and the electorate would fail to...

Be sure to e-mail the NY Yankees telling them the offensiveness of their team name. Oh, and don't forget to lodge a grievance over the NATO phonetic alphabet's usage of the same term. A personal war against Connecticut for having Yankee Doodle as their state anthem is also advisable.  ::)...

Don't worry, I got it... and I agree. That being said, there are plenty of unflattering representations of Jesus made, but not generally by Muslims as they revere him as a prophet. All the "insulting" representations of Jesus I've seen have been made by Westerners. It's also not offensive to...

Who's moving goalposts? Fascism, as articulated and manifested by Mussolini and, with some tweaks, by Hitler was expressly NON-socialist. Private property was extant and there was no intention of abolishing the concept - in fact, it was the major industrialists and other upper-class, wealthy...