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Career_radio-checker - I know...I had a good laugh too. Problem is for institutions that are supposed to generate critical thinkers, many university students succomb to the simplest of fallacies.

I stumbled on their website a few days ago, and decided to read their pam. Basically, they seem to think the CF is the USMC, that Canada is the US, etc. Or maybe they just cut-and-past their parent American organization's stuff. I remember reading a piece on terrorism in Algeria. Turns out...

Well, this guy is done. He refuses to adhere to his oath , and has even publically renounced it. As an officer, he only has one option - resignation. That's it, that's all. He can't lead any soldiers from now on as he has repudiated his legal authority to do so.

Doesn't this make him non-deployable - ei his G and O factors go to 3? They must in order to protect his comrades and himself (he needs medical attention). You don't always have time in the field to put on your gloves and avoid exposure to blood... I'd refer the soldier to the Medical system...

The newspaper's assessment makes no sense: if you were concerned about the security situation, you'd pull line troops out as they are more likely to be wounded/killed, and are more prone to media attention. These guys are probably going on standby for the Lebanon committment. Once again, AP...

That's what mt DFAIT friends calla "calculated snub".

While not a big fan of Jason Kenney, he delivered a good throat punch to Taliban Jack in the House today: From: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060922.w2karzai09221/BNStory/National/home During Question Period, meanwhile, NDP Leader Jack Layton questioned the government's...

Not having read the report myself, I cannot really comment on his number-crunching. Suffice it to say though Mr. Staples has never let the facts get in the way of a political argument, and I have my doubts. That being said, has Mr. Staples changed shops? I thought he was with the Polaris...

Last week, when drinking with a friend, I was asked "have we been so feminized as a society that when someone attacks us, we have to constanly second-guess ourselves about striking back?" Here's an idea for a memorial - an eagle devouring a snake in its claws.

Conspirators? Pardon me, but which conspiracy? The Zionist-crusader one? The "Conservative Hidden agenda" one? I'm sick and tired of hearing of conspiracies. The cry of conspiracy is usually the last desperate word supporting a fallacious argument.

Not being a Roman Catholic, I decided to look the speech up and found it on the BBC. I thought it was pretty good and well-balanced. Too bad fundamentalist Islamists are using it to fuel misinformation in order to garner support on "Arab street" for their murderous campaign, like they did with...

I was merely pointing out he has NO legitimacy on military matters, yet somehow the media give him face time. He is no more qualified to produce a valid opinion than the "average Canadian". Kinda like Stephen Staples, another less-than "expert". As for his parentage, I think that's a bit too far!

The CBC may be a tad paranoid after the Blogging Tories slapped them down for pointing out Christine Lawand used speech clips of the PM out of context to portray him as insensitive to Lebanese people. What better revenge than disciplining a reporter who happened to express a pro-military...

So wait a second...why does this guy matter? What has he accomplished up to this point in his life? His legitimacy in this matter is entirely predicated on that, and from what I know about him he's no different than some film-student bum on the street. Oh yes, I forgot - he's a Trudeau...

Peaches, Some advice - leave your rank out of all public postings. While I agree with your letter, you could technically get smacked under some rules in the QR&Os. Awhile back I wrote a letter to the National Post and Liberal Party for the "Soldiers Ad", and was pretty much left alone because I...

Lol...he just doesn't like the fact that the world has changed. He should retire to an old-folks home and blather on about the "good old days" under Trudeau and Chretien, before their utopianism came crashing down with the Berlin Wall and the Twin Towers. Sorry, but a new generation's in. Get...

Did we expect anything else from the NDP? BTW, the CAW and Buzz "I Support Paul Martin - and want a Senate Seat" Hargrove think they're too right-wing.

Keeping the R22ieme from doing its tour may win some Quebecois lefties to vote Bolc, but will piss off the troops from that regiment to no end. Having a tour yanked is hard enough - having a combat tour yanked when your anglo peers have accrued combat experience is even worse.

Quag - Just a question. If judges are accountable, who are they accountable to and how can a judge be removed from the bench? Can regular Joes within a community do it via petition to Parliament, a higher courty, etc? I've often wondered this seeing as lots of them seem to constantly forget...

OK: 1) Right for Gays to Marry - Done quickly and cheaply without building consensus. May have ended up threatening the Right to Practice Religion and has now opened up questions as to Polygamy and the Tax Exemptions of Churches. 2) Charter of Rights and Freedoms - How come everyone forgets...