Wouldn't this be an accurate representation of the views of intelligence officials at the time the statement was made? Maybe, maybe not, I'm not disputing everything he says. You may find a coherent quote or two in Bush's ramblings, like a blind squirrel fi
For many years I struggled with the ideas of emotion and thought. I am, by nature, more emotional than most guys. And I do like to use the grey matter that I do have. Both characteristics have their good and bad points. Are emotions bad things? I don't think so, they are so human and the very essence of feeling. Should we try to control our emotions? There is a
Baloney: President Bush made 55 misleading statements about the threat posed by Iraq in 27 separate public statements or appearances. Of the 55 misleading statements by President Bush, 4 claimed that Iraq posed an urgent threat ; 14 exaggerated Iraq’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons; 18 overstated Iraq’s chemical or biological weapons capacity; and 19 misrepresented Iraq’s links to al Qaeda. On O
"On February 5, 2004, Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet categorically stated that the U.S. intelligence community “never said there was an ‘imminent’ threat.”7 Yet this was not the impression conveyed by President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary Powell, and National Security Advisor Rice in their public statements
But thanks for sharing the Canadian view on things. I wasn't aware Canada was involved in Iraq in any way. There are 32 countries in the Bribealition - sorry, coalition, representing about a billion people, a small percentage of the world's population of 6 billion+. Public opinion across the world is g
I've posted my feelings on this in other threads. I do believe it's backwards to say the anti war people think the war was unjustified because of the lack of WMD. The truth is that WMD was the stated reason for going in. A subtle difference. Anyhoo, as I've posted in other threads: we've seen the UN speeches, the State of Union and British dossier, it's there for all to see that the stated reasons for going into Iraq had nothing to do with
There's a big difference between saying that pre-war Iraq was a nice place and saying that Iraq now is not better off than it was before, BakerStreet. I think he thinks a whopper like this is more of an accepted literary device than what it is: deceptive rhetoric that rapidly deteriorates civilized
Revisionism better describes people that like to present Hussein's regime as a happy, comfortable place I've never seen anyone here or anywhere make the above claim, so why even mention it? It's a strawman argument, and why we end up arguing so much. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=cent
When Bush asked other countries to join the coalition, the stated reasons were that Iraq was an imminent threat and they posessed massive stockpiles of WMDs including a nuclear program. This despite a decade of sanctions and no-fly zones within their own borders and intense inspections. Bush did not say "He's a tyrant, let's change the regime". He misled not only the American people but the rest of the world. So did Blair and they are both backtra
Great post, thanks for the link. I'm going to have to read up on some of these: 1. Kant (100%) 2. Aquinas (94%) 3. Jeremy Bentham (86%) 4. John Stuart Mill (84%) 5. St. Augustine (63%) 6. Prescriptivism (61%) 7. Plato (61%) 8. Ockham (59%) 9. Epicureans (53%) 10. Aristotle (52%) 11. Ayn Rand (48%) 12. Spinoza (35%) 13. Jea
When did it become ok to view 13 year old pubescent girls as sexual objects? I remember the exact moment. Britney posing inappropriately on the cover of Rolling Stone Link ; it was a few years ago and I think she was 16 or so but that's the moment I thought "OK, this is going too far". i'm trying to find a parallel to when I was growing up. Girls wore tube tops and shor
My dad thinks that woman in Canada have bigger racks. It's true, Canadian women do have larger racks, largely due to the metric system. We are talking gunracks here, aren't we? Or spiceracks? In any case, Vive la difference, et vive le Canada!/I]
I think Iraq is better off today than it was before the invasion and the average Iraqi has better prospects for the future. That's good. But invading a sovereign nation (already under sovereignty-defying sanctions) over bogus allegations regarding intent and ability to attack other countries represents a substantial shift in just war doctrine. Canada was there in Gulf War I because it was within generally accepted just war doctrine that Iraq wa
Mad - Not my article. I was doing research for a blog article I hoped would express many of the ideas expressed above. When I saw this I realized it was better than anything I could write so I posted it. You're right, I'm not much of an artist, and the economist in me says it's inefficient to even try to write an article as good as the one above. Others get paid to do that and frankly they're much better at it than me. So I give credit wher
Public spending is the most quanitfiable and useful method of determining how active governments are. The chart below compares public spending (federal, state, and local spending) for 2002. Canada is at 40.1%, USA is at 35.3%, Australia is a little higher than USA while UK is a little higher than Canada. The standard deviation is ~8; the difference between Canada a
This is an editorial I found interesting, it was originally Published on Saturday, June 7, 2003 by the Toronto Star Bush's Credibility Founders on Iraq Editorial Saddam Hussein was no garden-variety despot, U.S. President George Bush told Americans earlier this year in his State of the Union address. He was a mass murderer, a terror master
Great article. Maybe we spend too much time discussing stuff that doesn't matter rather than the really important issues our societies face.
Welcome to the madness that is bilingualism. We see silly stuff like this every day in Canada and don't even blink.
You always did your best. Didn't study for the test? That was your best. Stayed out late the night before a big game? That was your best. That's how I see it, anyhoo.
man with name of saint deep river belied by still of thinking Some of my co-workers have expressed this sentiment to me, so you are spot on I think. Thanks for the kind words and inspiration.
1/ fell in love ? I was in university, we were together for 2 years, it was on the whole intense, fun, innocent. 2/ got drunk ? I was 13 and split a mickey of vodka with some other neighbourhood kids down by the river. When I got home my mom and her future husband announced they were getting married. I don't know how they didn't notice I was drunk. 3/ drove a car ? My parents had a strict 'no fun' policy so they didn't let me near t
He claims he was just teasing the girl. People today think a possible explanation is just as good as a plausible one. I the standard of truth in our society has been deprecated to the point that if you can raise a remote suggestion of doubt, that's enough to counter overwhelming evidence to the contrar
I am inspired to write the following Migku: enigmatic oz writes like warm sweet wind even dave digs it.
Canada's recent federal election had our lowest turnout ever, 60.5%. The previous low was 62.8% in 2000. One analysis: “Canada will never have a very high turnout relative to some other countries...as long as the divisions in society are not stark working class versus the bourgeoisie,” he said, “I think a lot of Canadians value the fact that they are not living in a society which is particularly polarized.” Voter turnout has de
Take a look at a map. Notice how North Korea, Iran, and Afghanistan surround China. What happens when the USA invades Iran, China says "Ummm, we'd prefer you didn't invade another country so close to us; your ability to build air bases and missle silos there threatens our national security and is really starting to piss us off?" (See Cuban Missle Crisis). Sorry if this seems hypothetical, I'm just trying to avoid WWIII scenarios and stuff. Ju
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