The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. DO YOU HAVE AN IRRATIONAL FEAR OF FIREARMS? THEN YOU ARE "Hoplophobic" HERE
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Ms. Maryantonett Flumian: Again, if the question is whether we reported to all the appropriate officials on our undertakings, we did. My comment was to point to the fact that most of our relationships were at the working level with officials from Treasury Board. Mr. Garry Breitkreuz: Where are those reports now? Ms. Maryantonett Flumian: It's been almost two years since I left the centre, but I'm sure they're available. Manitoba holsters federal gun law Winnipeg — The Manitoba government said Tuesday it won't prosecute gun owners charged with firearm registration offences. Instead, when police lay charges under the Criminal Code they will request that the federal government prosecute them, the province's Attorney-General Gord Mackintosh said. If Ottawa declines, Manitoba will stay the charges on the basis that prosecution by the province is contrary to the public interest. As well, conservation officers will not enforce or administer long gun registration laws. Mr. Mackintosh said there is no benefit in making criminals out of hunters and farmers. Alberta and Saskatchewan have also said they won't prosecute charges under Canada's controversial firearms law..(If a left of left wing NDP government can provincially dump the gun law, perhaps all the other provinces should stand-up and be 'officially' counted. The conservation officers in Ontario that I have spoken to, are (personally) not asking for anything other than a valid hunting licence, unless an offence has occurred. Don't break the game laws, don't make an ass out of yourself, and/or commit a criminal offence and it's highly unlikely you will be charged in Ontario either. Perhaps the Liberals should take a hint.. Nahh their just too thick and paranoid!) Upbeat PM 'not ready' for retirement Jean Chrétien has put to rest suspicions that he may opt for an early retirement, waxing nostalgic yesterday about his achievements as prime minister, of which Monday's election of a federalist government in Quebec was "the cherry on the sundae." Unbowed by criticism that his refusal to join the war on Iraq has soured Canada's relations with the U.S., Mr. Chrétien also said he's "very proud" of his determination to pursue an independent foreign policy. He went further down that path yesterday, declaring that Canada has no plans to impose economic sanctions on Syria as the U.S. is threatening to do. The U.S. alleges Syria is stockpiling chemical weapons and harbouring members of Saddam Hussein's former regime. "If the Americans decide to do that, they have the privilege to do that. For us, we're not planning to do anything like that," he told reporters as he wrapped up a three-day state visit to this Caribbean nation.(Oh Great! this doddling old fart plans on embarrassing Canadians for a while yet! What kind of embarrassment? If the U.S. puts sanctions on Syria, and 'Canada' continues to sell technology to Syria (we have no weapons worthwhile) I'm sure the U.S. will have a few 'sanctions' for Canada as well.. This man HAS to go, and quite frankly, there are many questioning his mental stability. He's already 'babbling', I think drooling is the next step! Powell says Bush will reschedule his visit to the Fall! Are you holding your breath? I'm not! Bush will wait until this clown has wandered back to shawinigan before setting foot in Canada. ) CFC POLICY SAYS “PROTECTION OF LIFE” IS A VALID REASON FOR OWNING AND CARRYING A FIREARM REMEMBER WHEN JUSTICE MINISTER ALLAN ROCK SAID: "... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!" SOURCE: Justice Minister Allan Rock "Canadian justice issues, a town hall meeting" - Producer - Joanne Levy, Shaw cable, Calgary (403) 250-2885 - Taped at the Triwood Community Centre in Calgary Dec.1994 (I'm sure that people who train people in 'use of force', also belong to gun clubs.. Why not get this hurdle out of the way and take the training.. Also A Authorization to Carry, may not even be needed, or legal! ) Canada's gun laws will continue to be a cost-'inefficient' way to save lives As surprising as it may seem, a few supporters of the gun registry have claimed that firearm registration has somehow caused Canadian gun deaths to decrease (see Professor Neil Boyd's op ed in The Globe and Mail, Jan. 20). This claim is surprising because gun deaths began to decline in the early 1990s, but the gun registry wasn't even started until 1997, and most gun owners still haven't registered their guns. Boyd argued that rifles and shotguns account for the majority of gun murders. That is no longer true. Statistics Canada data indicate that the period 19751979, the homicide rate per 100,000 population for long guns was 0.70 compared to 0.28 for handguns. For the period 1980-1984, the two rates were 0.53 and 0.28 respectively, and for the period 1985-1989, the rates were 0.43 and 0.20 respectively. The rates were nearly identical for the period 1990-1994 (0.36 for handguns versus 0.37 for long guns). Then the rates for long guns (0.26) fell below that for handguns (0.31) between 1995 and 1999. The gap increased for 2000-2001: 0.19 for long guns vs. 0.35 for handguns. But the key point is that this drop in the homicide rate for long guns occurred entirely before long guns had to be registered per Bill C-68. Further, it is also erroneous to claim that the number of recovered guns indicates what is used in homicides. Recovered guns include firearms turned over to the police by elderly people who want to get rid of them.(A favourite thing the gun control groups like to say is: "Sources have shown...Blah..blah.." but 'never' identify those 'sources' ! When in fact the 'only' sources that have shown 'anything' that can be backed with REAL, not contrived facts, have shown that gun bans and registration simply don't work. As a matter of fact, they have never worked anywhere in the free world! Have a look at Jamaica, The U.K., South Africa, Washington D.C., and the list goes on. It's been proven over and over again, Gun bans don't stop criminals, gun bans attract them. U.K. London is now experiencing that very phenomenon, and will never be the same again) Que. Liberals trounce PQ Charest, 44, born to a bilingual household and previously leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party, will be the province's 29th premier and the first to come of age in Quebec's modern era."We're extremely happy tonight," Charest said as he left his father's home in Sherbrooke to greet supporters. Charest, meanwhile, kept his campaign focused on improved health care and fiscal management, saying the election choice was between change in that direction and a return to the constitutional strife of past years under a government bent on dragging Quebec into another sovereignty referendum.(Seeing that Charest was once leader of the 'federal' Conservatives, and campaigned on 'fiscal management', it will be interesting to see what he does with the horribly mismanaged Quebec registry. With Cauchon saying that he will be following 'the plan' everything will be consolidated outside Quebec anyway. Charest would be doing all Quebecers a favour if he just dumps it like the B.C. Liberals did. After all, its hard to campaign on good fiscal management while continuing to support funding to a program the 'Auditor General' identified as a 'black hole' of fiscal incompetence.. Hell a good IPSIC competition in P.Q. might become a reality after all!) Flow of illegal weapons north has police worried The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Seattle suspects the gun-smuggling operation stopped that night is just the tip of the iceberg. Now, in an attempt to stem the flow of illegal weapons destined for the B.C. underworld, it has opened an office in Blaine and assigned an ATF agent to the U.S. Consulate in Vancouver. "My experience tells me that when you have a bag of guns, a bag of diamonds and a bag of cash going across the border, this is not a firearms collector," said ATF supervisory special agent Doug Krogh in Seattle. (Unfortunately for the gun-o-phobic liberals, putting a Billion and a half dollars into policing and border security was not as high up on the list as harassing law abiding hunters and target shooters. Wasting this much, on legal firearms, and their owners, while in comparison, ignoring the REAL problem is incomprehensible to most voters, and the Liberals are going to learn this soon! Perhaps if the Police would tell their 'Kiss-Ass' Canadian Police Association, to stop lobbying for more money to a useless legal gun registry, they might be able to re-direct those funds to where they will actually do some good, and save some lives in the process. Until they do this, they should stop their hypocritical whining for more police funds, and look at what is being wasted.) 13 CHARGED IN SWEEP FOR ILLEGAL GUNS "They came into possession of (the gun club); they've gone out onto the streets through the conspirators. Serial numbers have been removed and silencers have been put on some of them ... No gun thefts were involved. "How (the guns) got in there (the club), we will be tracking that down," Det.-Insp. Bush said. Police have ruled out any connection with a cache of vintage weapons discovered by a roadside near Barrie and the violent robbery of a Vaughan gun shop last year. And no connection with organized crime has yet been established, but the investigation continues. The Ontario Provincial Police's Organized Crime Section was involved with the searches, according to information released after the raids. (More on the United Sports Raid!) Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit - Undercover Operation Identifies Gun Traffickers TORONTO, April 10 /CNW/ - A 14-month undercover operation resulted today in the arrest of 13 persons in the Greater Toronto area for trafficking and conspiracy to traffic in firearms and other related firearms offenses. Project PUN, conducted by the combined forces of the Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit (PWEU), uncovered a network of individuals who worked with a licensed establishment to divert legally possessed firearms into illegal crime guns. In conjunction with this investigation 16 search warrants were executed this morning in Toronto, Hamilton, Oshawa, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Gormley, Aurora and Apsley. Over 100 officers from PWEU, Toronto Police Service, Peel Regional Police Service, Durham Regional Police Service, Halton Regional Police Service, York Regional Police Service, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Hamilton Police Service, Waterloo Regional Police, and the OPP Organized Crime Section were involved with these searches.(This included United Sports Shooting Ranges!!! What happens now, to all the poor unfortunate gun owners that had 'prohibited class' guns on consignment with them and are no longer legally able to have possession of them due to not being 'grand fathered' into that class? Does the government get to confiscate them with the rest of United's inventory? This grand fathering is a lot of crap anyway! Why are 'some' people in this country 'more' privileged than others? Why are 'some' people and their descendants endowed with 'the safety gene' while other are not? What makes a 2 inch barrelled .38 'snub nose' more dangerous than a .44 magnum? As they say, it doesn't 'have' to make sense, it's government policy! ) Your help is Needed Garry Breitkreuz needs your help to expose another lie: Through Access to Information we have obtained a Question Period Briefing Note dated May 28, 2002 prepared for the Justice Minister that states: "Reference and background checks are done on each Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) applicant." Garry needs written confirmation from PAL applicants that know for a fact that their references were never contacted before their PAL was issued. Thanks, Garry Breitkreuz, MP House of Commons Room 452D - Centre Block Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Phone: 992-4394 Fax: 992-8676 www.garrybreitkreuz.combreitg2@sk.sasktel.net breitg@parl.gc.ca Privacy Commissioner: Liberal Plans: For any 'Good and sufficient Reason' These initiatives, in and of themselves, violate our privacy. But they are even more disturbing because of the thresholds they cross and the doors they open.They redefine privacy, and redraw the lines of what’s an acceptable invasion of privacy. Mandatory self-identification to the police;monitoring of our communications activities and reading habits; the removal of our right to anonymity; systematic police observation of law-abiding citizens on public streets—on all of these counts, what has long been unthinkable in a free society threatens to become, not just thinkable, but a fait accompli. It’s because of their potential to transform our society that I’ve had to take such a strong stand against these measures. (Should it be 'normal' in a democracy, to have to continuously fight the government in order to prevent them from removing your 'rights' and 'Freedoms' ? When ever a liberal government comes to power, or worse, has been in power far too long. Canadians must spend a ridiculous amount of time, energy, and money in preventing them from passing more and more socialist legislation geared to citizen information collection, under the guise of "keeping you safe". FREEDOM = Safety, Safety DOES NOT = FREEDOM. No other political party, in the entire history of our nation has spent more of your tax dollars in the quest for eliminating your personal privacy. Do YOU think the Liberals have the RIGHT to monitor your private life in a 'democracy'? They seem to think so. After all, we 'have' been witness to the democratic process called 'VOTE YES OR YOUR FIRED' Chairman Jean used to pass the bill that funned even more money to the liberal's failed gun registry! What amazes me the most, is that he has yet to force a yes vote, that would make him 'Canadian President for life' or one that at least outlaws all opposing parties. Certainly looks as if were headed that way!) WeLoveTheIraqiInformationMinister.com(Yes it's a real site!!) *"It has been rumored that we have fired scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait." *"Iraqi fighters in Umm Qasr are giving the hordes of American and British mercenaries the taste of definite death. We have drawn them into a quagmire and they will never get out of it." *"What they say about a breakthrough [in Najaf] is completely an illusion. They are sending their warplanes to fly very low in order to have vibrations on these sacred places . . . they are trying to crack the buildings by flying low over them." *"Listen, this explosion does not frighten us any longer. The cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river. I mean here that over the past two days we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target." * "You can go and visit those places. Nothing there, nothing at all. There are Iraqi checkpoints. Everything is okay." *I just would like to say that it is a valid and important tool for our Canadian society, and that again we must bear in mind as well that we are talking about public safety. * The hon. member should recognize that the policy of gun control is a good and valid policy that works in this country and elsewhere. * “Revocations of licences are about 32 times higher than in the last five years of the previous program…” *The gun registry is, “...worth proceeding with such a fantastic value as protecting our society.”(Well, those last few were actually from Martin Cauchon! Pretty hard to tell the difference eh!.. All based on the theory that if you repeat a lie often enough, 'some' people, particularly the very gullible, will begin to believe it! The Liberal government of Canada, places an awful lot of faith in this theory. Just as if , Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf has personally instructed them in the art!! ) "The Americans got it right. Goddamn, they got it right. And it is to Canada's eternal shame that we wanted no part of this." It was a symbolic, transcendent moment. It was history in the making. "This is our Iwo Jima," Sutherland crowed, as Baghdadis nearly smothered him to death with gratitude. "Man, I'm loving it." "I cannot express to you my happiness at this moment," said a tearful Shakir Ali Skhil Al Dilam. "This is like a dream come true. Almost all my life, I have waited for my country to be free of this bastard Saddam Hussein. I am 47 years old, but I feel like today I have been reborn. "Please, please, tell the Americans how thankful we are. I love America! And I think America must love us, too, to have done this. I am just sorry that so many American and British had to die in my country, so that we could be free. I hope, for all these martyrs, a place in paradise." But what of the Iraqi civilians, the women and children and elderly, who've been killed in the past three weeks? Al Dilam bows his head. "I am sorry for them. I feel pain in my heart for all these innocents who were killed. But they died because of Saddam Hussein. "This is the shame of Iraq. That so many people had to die, not just civilians but soldiers who had no choice but to fight. And for what? This is how it had to end. Iraq was never going to win this war." The Americans got it right. Goddamn, they got it right. And it is to Canada's eternal shame that we wanted no part of this. (And ALL Canadians should remember this shame come voting day. A great Liberal purge will will do much to bring back the Canadian pride our fathers and grandfathers felt for this country. Jean Chrétien: A Legacy of Shame, a Legacy of Embarrassment, and A Legacy of Waste...) 'Big brother' travel database restricted OTTAWA - Canadians have won a historic victory with the federal government's decision to rein in its "Big Brother" database, the privacy commissioner said Wednesday. "It would of course be preferable from a privacy perspective not to have this database at all, or to have it absolutely restricted to anti-terrorism purposes," George Radwanski said in a news release. (Isn't it 'sad' that in Canada, a "Historic Victory" is a 'celebration' of "Victory" by ordinary Canadians, over their Government! When you have a government that is closer to a 'dictatorship' than a democracy, Canadians need all the "Historic Victories" they can get.. At least until the next election!) Place the blame for gun violence where it belongs One thing that has been shown to impact upon the use of illegal firearms is the enforcement of tough, longstanding federal laws that guarantee jail time in federal facilities for criminals caught with illegal firearms. In the cities where this zero tolerance approach has been tested, the prospect of serving time in a federal facility has formed a powerful enough deterrent to actually alter criminal behavior. One such program, Project Exile, mandates an automatic five-year sentence in a federal prison for anyone caught carrying an illegal handgun. While offering recent testimony on the effectiveness of Project Exile, the assistant director of field operations for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Andrew Vita, told the story of a criminal who they caught with a substantial quantity of drugs. "Surprisingly," recalls Vita, "no guns were recovered during the search. It was the first time officers could remember a defendant with such large quantities of drugs not being armed in any way. Later, the prosecutor questioned the defendant extensively about where the guns were, the defendant finally stated, 'haven't you heard, man? Five years!'"(The results of programs such as this, are lost on the Canadian Liberal ideals, that seem to be rooted in the falicy that: 'If every one we can control is unarmed, then crime will some how vanish'. And, 'there is no such thing as a criminal. Kindness, education, social acceptance, and rehabilitation is the answer' Ya, remember that while you are attending your childs funeral!) Crime is rampant in England The crazy part of this story is not only the increases in crime across the board, but the fact that "police have been ordered not to bother investigating crimes such as burglary, vandalism and assaults unless evidence pointing to the culprits is easily available" (news.telegraph.co.uk, Jan. 12, 2003). The police have new guidelines ordering them to focus on "serious" crimes such as murder, rape or hate crimes. Oliver Letwin, Conservative home affairs spokesman stated, "This news will be regarded as the final nail in the coffin of this Government's policy on crime. Instead of zero tolerance it seems that we are to be faced with total tolerance" (news.telegraph.co.uk, Dec. 12, 2002). What is interesting about all of this is that England has such strict gun laws, that a person is not allowed to own any kind of gun, they are even considering outlawing airguns. One would think that guns are the cause of crime. In other words, more guns equals more crime, the fact is just the opposite. According to the United Nations, England and Wales have the highest crime rate among the world's leading economies. The report shows that people are more likely to be mugged, houses burglarized, robbed and assaulted in England than in the United States, Germany, Russia, South Africa, or any of the world's 20 largest countries (The U.K. Has become a 'Nation of Victims' and all it took was the "Sensible first step" which lead to citizen disarmament, and criminal safety. This is a society where you can be thrown in prison for brandishing a cap pistol which results in 'causing fear' to a home invader! And, as stupid as that seems, it's true. Welcome to the Liberal Socialist Utopia!) Gun Laws 'Down Under' Start to look very Familiar HORDES of pre-1900 firearms held by some Midlands landowners would have to be registered under new gun legislation, the Tasmanian Firearm Owners Association said yesterday. Meanwhile, the National Coalition for Gun Control said the bill was a "spectacular failure" because gun-owners would simply swap one class of lethal semi-automatic handguns for another. National Coalition for Gun Control chairman Roland Browne said the amendments were a spectacular failure in removing handguns from the hands of civilians. The group wants all high-powered, semi-automatic handguns banned. "In the short term there will be 1000 fewer handguns in Tasmania because short-barrelled handguns and those with a magazine capacity of more than 10 rounds will be prohibited," Mr Browne said. He said owners compensated in the buyback scheme would simply buy another semi-automatic handgun. "We will substitute longer-barrelled, high-powered, semi-automatic handguns having 10-round magazines for shorter-barrelled, high-powered, semi-automatic handguns with magazines of more than 10 rounds," he said. He said the longer barrel to be made legal was even more lethal because it was more accurate. (The only thing "spectacular" about this, is a classic example of 'Group Paranoia'! A paranoid is a paranoid, and there is no level of control over the object of their fear that will satisfy a classic paranoid! But, they 'should' rejoice that there is finally 'real' proof of something in their organization! Unfortunately for them it's 'classic' and common among the Wendy's of the world!!) Perth-Middlesex byelection May 12 Though MP candidates have been gearing up for weeks, the Perth-Middlesex race officially began Sunday as Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced a May 12 byelection. It's been six months since the riding's Liberal MP John Richardson resigned from Parliament due to health problems, and Chretien had until the end of this week to set this vote's date. While some candidates are pointing to the long wait as a sign of Liberal weakness. (The only 'real' fly in the ointment of course, is the Conservative Candidate buzzing around like a fly on a turd accomplishing nothing but splitting the 'right' vote, and giving the Liberal a better chance than should be available) Gun registry set to come under fire in Wallaceburg (Canoe link- will vanish in 24 hours or less) Outspoken Canadian Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz will take aim at the Liberal government's gun registry at a public meeting in Wallaceburg tonight. The controversial issue was thrust back into the spotlight last month when the Liberal government pushed through an additional $59 million for the program. Breitkreuz, a long-time registry opponent, has dubbed the gun-registration system "a billion-dollar boondoggle." It's a charged issue in many rural areas of Canada. "One of the biggest (activities here) is wildlife hunting and fishing," said Brian Richardson, a member of the Alliance executive for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex riding. "There are a lot of law-abiding gun owners who find this very invasive." (Boy! The word "invasive" is a understatement if I ever heard one!.. Go get-em Garry.. ) WHY VOTE FOR LIBERALS IF THEY WON’T VOTE FOR YOU? On Tuesday, March 25th, we saw a clear demonstration of a serious flaw in our democratic system: Many Liberal MPs put Jean Chrétien’s wishes ahead of their constituents’ wishes, by voting to pour another $59 million into the failed firearms registry. Two days later, an editorial in a major national paper said it all: “So when backbenchers claim they have no influence, remember: People without spines rarely stand tall.” Even on the day before the vote, newspapers trumpeted that a revolt was in the works – that as many as 20 Liberal MPs were considering defying the Prime Minister, despite his threat to expel them from caucus if they voted against the new registry money. It was reported that more than one Liberal MP was in tears at the thought of flouting the express wishes of constituents one more time, simply because Jean Chrétien told the Liberal caucus how to vote. (Chances are very good that you live in an area that has voted a 'Spineless Liberal M.P.' into office. A Liberal M.P. that's under the impression that 'One Billion dollars and climbing' is not an important issue. A Liberal M.P. that is quick to discard the democratic process and bow to the demands of a lame duck prime minister, simply to save his or her job and the perks that go along with it. A Liberal M.P. that thinks registering duck guns is vastly more important than supplying your local hospital with a MRI unit. A Liberal M.P. that promotes more funding to a fantasy gun registry, aimed squarely at the law abiding, than increased funding to Cancer research. A Liberal M.P. that thinks YOUR NOT THAT IMPORTANT!! Perhaps they should be taught once and for all just how important the 'ordinary' voter is.. The Ontario riding of Perth-Middlesex is about to have that chance in a by-election May 12, 2003 . It's time to send the message to Ottawa. We're Mad as Hell, and Were not Going To Take It Anymore!!) Boiling lobsters could be prosecuted under C-10B: Senator Furey OTTAWA--It could be a crime to boil lobsters if the government's cruelty to animals bill is proclaimed in its current form, says the chair of the Senate's Rules and Constitutional Affairs Committee Grit Senator George Furey, who declares that the legislation is so vague it could open the door to a host of new offences. Liberal Senator George Furey (Newfoundland and Labrador), whose committee is in the final days of its study of Bill C-10B, said expert testimony convinced him that the legislation must be amended because the wording is so vague it could include cephalopods, or molluscs with distinct tentacled heads, such as octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish. "There was no definitive evidence on that but there was enough to show that if we didn't tidy that up there could be some vagueness there that could create problems," Sen. Furey told The Hill Times. (Another group of 'wack-o' lobbyists is supporting this bill, and doing their best to force it through without thought. If allowed to pass as is, Fishing for example, would or 'could' be outlawed because the fringe groups tend to ignore scientific data and continue to think fish feel pain. If ridiculous groups such as PETA get their way, we will all be out on the front lawn grazing.. Oh wait, better not try that either! Scientist have discovered that Plants Scream. ) Gun sales stop at California Wal-Marts Sacramento -- Wal-Mart, the nation's largest seller of guns, agreed Friday to immediately halt the sale of firearms at its 118 California stores after an investigation by Attorney General Bill Lockyer found numerous violations of state gun laws. Lockyer said six Wal-Mart stores inspected by his office in the Central Valley and Sacramento had violated state laws 490 times, including two incidents where guns were sold to convicted felons. Along with numerous paperwork errors, some guns were released before background checks were finished or fingerprints were taken. (One of the absurdities of the Canadian F.A. is that although YOU need a licence to obtain a simple box of .22 cal., The pimply faced adolescent at WalMark/Cdn Tire/Et. Al, that has the keys to a cabinet containing thousands of rounds of various types of ammunition, does not!) Liberals... I Hate those Bastards! Two-thirds of Canadian corporate leaders say their business is already being hurt by strains in Canada-U.S. relations, a new poll has found. "The strength of opinion is that it's beginning to hurt Canadian business," said Conrad Winn, chief executive of COMPAS Inc., which conducted the poll for the National Post. "An overwhelming majority are saying that if we didn't pay a price for this today, we certainly will tomorrow." Up to 87% of business leaders believe Americans are especially resentful of anti-U.S. comments made by senior Canadian politicians. About 65% say that strain is beginning to affect or has already hurt Canadian access to the giant U.S. market. The poll is based on a survey of 168 chief executives of small- to medium-sized Canadian companies, as well as executives of local and national chambers of commerce from April 1 to April 3. "I am terribly worried. There is definitely some damage that has been done," Thomas D'Aquino, head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, which represents more than 100 of the country's most influential companies, said yesterday.(When 'Stupid' Liberals open their mouths and embarrass themselves, it's funny. But when Stupid Liberals open their mouths and embarrass the country it's disgraceful. Unfortunately, 'Stupid Liberals' make up the majority of our 'current' government. Perhaps it's now time for Canadian Business to start looking at the political alternative to the proliferation of 'Stupid Liberal Tricks' that are endangering our economy) Meet the BAGHDAD - The U.S. army fought its way into the heart of Baghdad on Monday morning, seized a presidential palace, blew up a pair of statues of Saddam Hussein, destroyed the Baath party headquarters, and surrounded the information ministry. The Iraqi information minister denied any of it had happened. Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf told a news conference that U.S. forces were not in Baghdad, that they had been killed trying to enter the city. (Word has it, that when the war is over, and Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf has immigrated to Canada, a job is waiting for him at the C.F.C. right next to David Austin. I am also told the 'only' requirement for the job, is to be able to bend over and stick your head up your ass in a moments notice!!) A 'Legacy of Shame': Thanks 'Jean' You have Done What No Other P.M. has done since Trudeau Americans have poured out expensive French wine and have boycotted the Bush-bashing Dixie Chicks in the name of patriotism. When France opposed in the United Nations America’s position on Iraq, “French” fries became “freedom” fries. After Canada aligned with France in the United Nation, Canucks also found themselves in the crosshairs of American anger. A Lawrenceville businessman has even taken his anti-Canada political statements to eBay, refusing to sell his wares to a Canadian man who was the high bidder for a laser printer. Sid Mitchell, owner of CompAtlanta in Lawrenceville, sells nearly $10,000 worth of computer equipment on eBay every month. He decided to use his business presence on eBay to make a pro-American political statement, after Canada and other countries in the United Nations voted against an invasion of Iraq.(For the first time in Canadian history, 'ordinary' people are taking out ads in U.S. newspapers and holding 'Pro American' Rallies to counter stories such as this. Ads to tell Americans we are ashamed of our government. Ashamed of a government that does not speak for the majority of Canadians, but speaks only for the cowardly liberal yuppies, that if under attack would be quick to hide behind the coat tails of the American Military! A government that has abandoned the democratic process by passing laws that directly, and continuously, undermine our constitution. A government that is so ripe with scandals, patronage, and waste, that they actually have to threaten their own members to pass and extend even more wasteful 'people control' spending. A government that buys 100 million dollar corporate jets for the use of top politicians, while watching our old decrepit military helicopters fall from the sky injuring their crews. A government that has been lined up at the trough for so long, that it can no longer comprehend what it actually takes for 'real' taxpayers to earn all that this government wastes. A government that will be quick to learn, come the next election, that Saddam's regime is not the only regime that has it's days numbered!) Conflicting Iraq motions dominate Parliament OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister John Manley said he regrets recent anti-American comments made by some Liberals, but that the government would not support an Opposition motion to apologize for the remarks.(Kind of says it all Doesn't it? Also See: Canada's war stance prompts U.S. backlash ) Media-Induced Gun Myths Lott's The Bias Against Guns Exposes Slanted Coverage Nunavimmiut press Cauchon on gun control Nunavik officials pressed Canada’s justice minister last weekend to explain why many of the region’s hunters have yet to receive gun licenses they applied for months ago. "We informed him that there were still some applicants that had taken the gun safety course that had not received their license and had been waiting for some time and we would like the minister to check into progress and see what the delay was," Gordon said. These delays have ranged from several months to years, he said. Gordon passed on concerns that some hunters in the region are now having difficulty purchasing ammunition or firearms. The delays, he said, are beginning to affect their ability to provide for their families. Cauchon reportedly made no promises but agreed to check on application delays and funding possibilities.(Ya, but the city political yuppies are so much safer now that northern sustenance hunters are not migrating southward with their guns to rape, pillage, and rob. The fact that these people even have to bother with city Liberal gun control paranoia is absurd anyway. And oh ya Cauchon.. Go find MORE funding to further increase the waste, simply so city people can falsely feel safe in the knowledge that they will never be shot by a un licensed seal hunter!) Bag full of weapons found in rural ditch A large-calibre find was made last week in a rural roadside ditch in New Tecumseth, south of Barrie. Nottawasaga OPP were contacted by someone who found a large supply of firearms, most of them dating back to the Second World War. Sitting in the open in a ditch, the two dozen or so weapons included two .50-calibre machine guns, light machine guns, rifles, an artillery shell and even a bazooka. "They appear to be part of a collection and had been left in a ditch apparently for quite some period of time," said OPP Sgt. Jeff Oerton. The cache included German, American and British weapons. Among the more exotic was an American bazooka, a German shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher called a Panzerfaust (literally "tank fire"), a couple of Thompson machine guns and a heavy German MG42 machine gun. There was also a water-cooled machine gun dating back to the First World War. However, in this case, police are left scratching their heads since some of the weapons were already disabled. "That sounds like an interesting collection," said Col. Stuart Beaton, curator of the military Museum at Canadian Forces Place Borden. "I wonder why they would have thrown them away in a ditch like that?" (This sounds like the 'inheritors' of a firearms collection, faced with the fear of being instant criminals, decided to dump the guns. Legally, there is no amnesty in place, and most people who are unfamiliar with firearms would not recognize the fact the many were disabled. What they see, are 'guns' and lots of them. What do we do? Get rid of them! Where? who cares, as long as 'we' don't go to prison! Their guns, their evil, their dangerous, and the police will arrest us.. DUMP THE GUNS! .. Boy would I have loved to 'cherry pick' that pile first! Hopefully, they go to a military museum, instead of a date with the hydraulic iron worker in a scrap yard) In a world of violence MANY OF US have grown up on violence: point-and-shoot video games, "professional" wrestling, music lyrics that describe thug life, television programs and movies that leave no act of carnage to the imagination. Fictional violence. The images pale beside the realities of America at war, now dominating TV programming. War is real. The rest of that stuff on the tube is entertainment, and with a click of the remote, we can make it go away. And if there are children watching, especially at this time of pervasive images of bombs and masked soldiers, perhaps that's just what we should do. It's an urgent challenge: Research shows that kids who are saturated in TV violence grow up to behave aggressively as adults. (Those who were around in the 60's and early 70's, will remember there were lots of guns around. At 14 you could walk into a store with a note from your parent(s) and buy what ever you wanted. usually it was a .22 cooey. ALL of my friends had .22 rifles, and the thought of using one to shoot at someone never even entered our minds! Why? Well, there were lots of examples on T.V., Every television cowboy was armed with a handgun, and a winchester, and the 'bad guy' ALWAYS Lost., The 'Bad' Guy' was always depicted as a villain, not some 'cool guy' that dropped out of school, shoots his gun sideways, and slaps his girlfriend around! Perhaps there's something to learn from this.) Government backs off on second registry bill The government has withdrawn plans to ram through another controversial bill dealing with the firearms registry next week, but the retreat could add millions of dollars to the already ballooning cost of the program. Government House leader Don Boudria took the bill off the legislative agenda in the face of stiff resistance from the opposition and Liberal backbenchers and because of legal complications caused by the proposed transfer of the gun registry to the Solicitor General's Department. Easter admitted that the savings the government planned in order to keep the cost of the program at $113 million over the next year will not occur until C10a becomes law. Even with the savings, the government estimates the program will cost $1.072 billion by 2005. It was introduced in 1995, and took effect in 1998. Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz said the government is fearful of bringing the bill to a Commons vote next week because of the political fallout as well as the legal complications. (As if Discussing 'savings' regarding a program of dubious benefit, that is already a BILLION Dollars over budget is not ridiculous enough! But thinking Canadians will accept that those 'savings' won't come into effect, until this latest piece of garbage gets rammed through our farce of a democracy provided by the Liberals, is not simply a ploy and something to blame, while paving the way for EVEN MORE FUNDS is even more ridiculous! (Whew Long Sentence!) As in ALL Liberal fiascos, something else will happen, and the cost will go up again, and again, and again..! It would seem, that Allan Rock placed a HUGE cow pie in the middle of the Liberal Caucus, and now they all take turns jumping in it, and watching it splatter taxpayers all over the country! Canadians are starting to rebel! I have heard people that have voted liberal all their lives say they will never vote Liberal again. Perhaps, when the economic fallout from the Liberal American bashing starts to effect Southern Ontario, even 'they' will come to realize what a bunch of wasteful clowns we have running this country. From the Chrétien 'Legacy of Waste' to the Paul Martin 'Blind Trust' (Currently in the hands of his children, whom he believes, we assume, he will never be in contact with). Canadians are starting to hold their collective noses, as the Liberals plunge in and out of the trough. But you know what, Chrétien/ Martin / et al - You can only hold your nose for so long, before the 'Stink' starts to become unbearable, and a election is publicly demanded for no other reason, than to take out the trash!) American eco-terrorists declare war As war unfolds, Iraqi sleeper cells and al Qaeda operatives aren't the only threats we face on the domestic front. Homegrown environmental radicals cast their own fatwah on America this week. And they're not just talking about lighting tea candles while they sing Bob Dylan tunes in their Birkenstocks.These anarchist menaces are deadly serious about undermining national security through physical and economic harm. In a manifesto published this week across left-wing Internet sites, infamous eco-thug Craig Rosebraugh called on his antiwar troops to take "direct actions" against American military establishments, urban centers, corporations, government buildings and media outlets. (Hopefully as Treasonous Terrorists, they will provide entertaining 'moving targets' to Americans that 'carry' and KNOW they have the right to protect what's theirs.) Transfer on hold: Glitches keep gun registry in Cauchon's hands, and 'Another' target the Registry can't hit! OTTAWA — The Liberal government, citing bureaucratic and political glitches, has put off transferring responsibility for the federal gun registry from Justice Minister Martin Cauchon to Solicitor General Wayne Easter. The shift, part of a wider plan to defuse criticism of the financially troubled registry, had been scheduled to take effect Tuesday, the first day of the government's 2003-04 fiscal year. But Easter confirmed Monday it wouldn't be possible to meet that self-imposed target."It's still in flux," he said outside the Commons. "It's basically completing some of the detail, in terms of transferring from one department to another, but it will happen in the not too distant future." The exact timing will likely depend on passage of legislation currently before the Commons that creates a new post of firearms commissioner, likely to be filled by Baker, to oversee gun control. The legislation - Bill C-10A - also establishes new procedures to help streamline the program. One key provision would stagger gun registration renewals rather than have them all expire at the same time and thus create a bureaucratic bottleneck. The government hopes to push the bill through Parliament as early as next week. "There are no certainties in this business, but we shouldn't be looking at a long delay," Baker said.(Or, perhaps Easter is really not that happy? After all who wants to be a Lightning Rod for Liberal screw ups anyway? As Baker, the soon-to-be gun 'overseer' said, "There are no certainties in this business". It's plain to see, that the taxpayer is STILL getting "fluxed". What I find highly amusing is, every so often one of them will speak of a slight Snafu!! With virtually NO liberals with ANY military experience, they do not seem to be aware that Snafu is actually the acronym S.N.A.F.U. which means Situation Normal - All F..ked Up and THAT may be the most accurate explanation of all) It All Boils Down To Un-Treated Symptoms of Paranoia Wendy Cukiers 'message' that contained all the 'to-be-expected' propaganda that now seems to be the C.F.C. mantra.. i.e. 7000 (un documented) refusals, 1500-2000 police requests per day(resulting in largely useless information, or none at all), the (now waning) support of 70% of (uninformed) Canadians.. blah..blah..blah.. However, this excerpt from the first paragraph of her diatribe hits the nail right on the head, and reveals what this is all about. Uncontrolled, un treated paranoia: "The FAC system was not a licensing system. The FAC was required to acquire guns, not to possess them. Consequently, two-thirds of gun owners in Canada did not have valid FACs. In addition, there were approximately six million firearms in circulation and no one knew who owned them. "(Who Cares who owns them? The extent of the paranoia is evident! 99.999% of the guns in circulation, will NEVER be a problem to the police, or society in general. To claim that simply because there are 'items' in public hands, of which only a fraction of 1% will ever cause a problem to society should cause 'everyone's' alarm, says vastly more about the people making these silly paranoid statements, than the items themselves. What's next? Pointed objects? Blunt objects? Bridges over 3 feet high? Closets, corners and basements without lights? Where does it all end? Why are the inmates controlling the asylum?) For Those that 'Don't' Support the U.S. in Iraq, Read This and Think What emerged was something so awful that it is difficult even now to write about it. Discussing with the head of our tribe what I should do as I wanted to stay in Baghdad with our people during their time of trial I was told that I could most help the Assyrian cause by going out and telling the story to the outside world. Simply put, those living in Iraq, the common, regular people are in a living nightmare. From the terror that would come across the faces of my family at a unknown visitor, telephone call, knock at the door I began to realize the horror they lived with every day. Over and over I questioned them `Why could you want war? Why could any human being desire war?` They're answer was quiet and measured. `Look at our lives!`We are living like animals. No food, no car, no telephone, no job and most of all no hope.`(In my opinion, our government has chosen a 'shameful' approach to this conflict. To abandon our greatest friend and protector, in favour of some 'flowerpower' approach in trying to relate what might be politically correct in our world to the suffering of the Iraqi people at the hands of 'their' dictator is simply WRONG. The sooner we have a 'Regime Change' here, the better!) U.K. Gun amnesty 'will help cut crime' The national firearms amnesty to help rid the streets of illegal guns – first reported by The Independent – runs until 30 April. The move precedes the introduction of tougher sentences for illegal possession of prohibited firearms – a minimum five-year jail term for those convicted. Every police station will accept the weapons. Police chiefs called the first amnesty in seven years amid growing concern that gun crime is becoming commonplace in many cities. During the last amnesty, which followed the school massacre at Dunblane in Scotland, 23,000 firearms and 700,000 rounds of ammunition were surrendered.(They weren't "surrendered" they were stolen/confiscated by the government, under penalty of imprisonment. In a country that throws citizens in jail for 'defending' themselves, a gun could be useless anyway. Once your DEAD you don't need one.. The U.K. 'is' the safest place for criminals, no wonder they 'flock' there ) And the "Culture of Safety" Continues A 16-year-old black man from Ottawa South was apprehended after the robbery. Police say items related to the Friday swarmings were found on him. He was charged with four counts of robbery, one count of use of a firearm while committing an indictable offence, four counts of breach of undertaking and obstructing police. Police are looking for 15 black men and one white man, 17 to 20, for the swarming of the girls. Meanwhile, about 9:20 last night, three black men with guns and a hatchett robbed a video store at 1787 Kilborn Ave. After taking video games, they robbed a man of his wallet and his car. And at 10:10 p.m. two masked black men with guns held up a Harvey's restaurant at Bank Street and Hunt Club Road.(Mabe if Ottawa starts to look like Toronto, their police Chief might decide the Gun Registry is pretty useless as well.. Nawww, but I do think the Ottawa Police Chief is in for a rude awakening if he ever crawls out of the Liberal backpocket) Awards for waste go to Chrétien, gun registry ![]() BOWLING
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