Thank you all for your support of Chris. It is a sad day for Chris but Chris appreciated the support from across the country and his friends, supporters and coworkers at the potluck tonight. Chris thanked all of his supporters, local and otherwise and expressed his appreciation of the welcome he has received from Canadians.
My last shot at this right now has been the appeal to Prime Minister Harper. Tomorrow, I will be tied up driving Chris over two mountain passes to a border crossing that is about five hours away from where I live. ...
While Chris was shocked by the decision, he is holding up well considering the circumstance and he is now in a frame of mind to do everything he can to return to Canada as soon as possible. ...
It's so frustrating, so endlessly maddening, that these IRB decisions, and now this federal court decision, is so out of step with the wishes of the majority of Canadians. All indications show that two-thirds of Canadians believe war resisters should be allowed to stay in Canada. And yet here we are: Canada being the enforcement arm of the US military.
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I have other things to blog about, but I'm too upset about this to focus on anything else. I'm going to try to get some of my own work done and wait for more information.
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Believe it or not, the USA / Canada / Mexico are quickly merging in to a "North American Union". Last November, the US Army / Canadian Army started doing military exercises together and either army could go in to each other's country for emergency purposes.. at least for now. See link: http://www.progressive.org/mag/wx111708.html
why is canada a lackey for the u.s. military?
Because the Tories, and now the Liberals, have been far more concerned with ingratiating themselves to Bush's White House than to Canadians.
If Obama actually manages to roll back the militarism coming out of the US, maybe we'll start to see a shift in behaviour.
Please no North American Union posts here! Thank you.
Because the Tories, and now the Liberals, have been far more concerned with ingratiating themselves to Bush's White House than to Canadians.
Yes indeed.
If Obama actually manages to roll back the militarism coming out of the US, maybe we'll start to see a shift in behaviour.
Obama has no intentions of doing that. He has pledged an increase in troops, and has spoken on many occasions on the need to increase military spending.
The US's militarism comes from both parties. There's virtually no difference between the Republicans and the Democrats when it comes to that, only a difference in public perception.
There's virtually no difference between the Republicans and the Democrats when it comes to that, only a difference in public perception.
OTOH, a difference in perception may be what's needed to change the attitudes in Parliament. In politics, perception is nine tenths of the law.
We'll see how things work out... If Obama manages to only invade one country in his first term, he'll be ahead of Bush.
In politics, perception is nine tenths of the law.
Only in the sense that people vote Democrat vs Republican based on perceptions. If, in reality, the two parties have almost identical actions re foreign policy, then the public's mistaken perception is very harmful.
The same goes for the mistaken percpetion of conservatives being "good fiscal managers". If people vote based on that very flawed perception, they are voting against their own interests.
If Obama manages to only invade one country in his first term, he'll be ahead of Bush.
I guess you're somewhat kidding, but that's setting the bar far too low. Obama has already talked about increasing the troop presence in Afghanistan, which will make it that much harder to get Canada out of there, too.
After Obama's first term, perhaps a 3rd party candidate will have a shot at the next election, when America still hasn't dug out. I can only hope that it won't be a racist who is next in line.
After Obama's first term, perhaps a 3rd party candidate will have a shot at the next election, when America still hasn't dug out.
A third-party candidate will never have a shot at the US presidency unless the entire system is remade. It's not in the realm of possibility.
I guess you're somewhat kidding, but that's setting the bar far too low.
That was just some snark on my part to comment on just how low Bush has set the bar -- I was only talking about what it would take to be "better than Bush", not to be actualy "good".
Right. My sense of humour was deported last night. Hopefully it will come back, although it might be declared a security risk and stopped in Buffalo.
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