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Last night, Rick Mercer had an excellent rant, I've transcribed it to the best of my ability.
http://www.cbc.ca/mondayreport/
"There's no doubt about it, after the tsunami, Canadians desparately wanted to help out. So they dug deep. They gave money in record numbers, but they wanted to do more. So, as always in this country when bad things happen, we look to the armed forces, with the idea being, of course, that once again, they could travel to one of the most desparate places on earth, and do the hard work on our behalf. Which, ya know, sounds like a plan, after all, that's one of the reasons that they exist. But then we found out that, in fact the armed forces, they already had a plan: its called DART, Disaster Assistance Response Team. Military professionals trained and ready to go at a moments notice, and provide disaster relief and clean water. Which, ya gotta hand it to the armed forces, that's pretty smart thinking on their behalf. But they didn't go right away. Instead, we got to watch the defence minister, Bill Graham, yammering on in press conferences about 'maybe this isn't the time to send DART' or 'maybe we won't send DART at all.' But ya know, never once did he mention 'oh by the way, we've cut DART's budget to $250 000 a year'. $250 000, what the hell is the army supposed to do with that, buy a bungalow in Calgary!? That's not a real budget! That's a pretend budget, and the defence minister knows it. Because in Ottawa, $250 000 would barely cover the cost of the sandwiches that the people eat when they sit around in meetings and figure out new ways to screw over the armed forces. Disaster relief is exactly the type of work that Canadians want their armed forces to be able to do, and they'll do it, just give them the word. They'll go, they'll drop everything, they'll fly halfway around the world, they'll risk their lives if they've got to. And who gets the credit? We all get the credit. And a grateful nation treats them like crap in return. So c'mon Liberals, it's time to fix the armed forces, cause come hell or high water, its what Canadians want and its what Canadians need"
http://www.cbc.ca/mondayreport/
"There's no doubt about it, after the tsunami, Canadians desparately wanted to help out. So they dug deep. They gave money in record numbers, but they wanted to do more. So, as always in this country when bad things happen, we look to the armed forces, with the idea being, of course, that once again, they could travel to one of the most desparate places on earth, and do the hard work on our behalf. Which, ya know, sounds like a plan, after all, that's one of the reasons that they exist. But then we found out that, in fact the armed forces, they already had a plan: its called DART, Disaster Assistance Response Team. Military professionals trained and ready to go at a moments notice, and provide disaster relief and clean water. Which, ya gotta hand it to the armed forces, that's pretty smart thinking on their behalf. But they didn't go right away. Instead, we got to watch the defence minister, Bill Graham, yammering on in press conferences about 'maybe this isn't the time to send DART' or 'maybe we won't send DART at all.' But ya know, never once did he mention 'oh by the way, we've cut DART's budget to $250 000 a year'. $250 000, what the hell is the army supposed to do with that, buy a bungalow in Calgary!? That's not a real budget! That's a pretend budget, and the defence minister knows it. Because in Ottawa, $250 000 would barely cover the cost of the sandwiches that the people eat when they sit around in meetings and figure out new ways to screw over the armed forces. Disaster relief is exactly the type of work that Canadians want their armed forces to be able to do, and they'll do it, just give them the word. They'll go, they'll drop everything, they'll fly halfway around the world, they'll risk their lives if they've got to. And who gets the credit? We all get the credit. And a grateful nation treats them like crap in return. So c'mon Liberals, it's time to fix the armed forces, cause come hell or high water, its what Canadians want and its what Canadians need"
