Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Good Morning Everyone,
So much to post on today and so little time! For now I will concentrate on W.'s visit to Canada. Hopefully this will do some good in restoring cordial relations between Canada and the USA. This is certainly in Canada's economic interest, though you could never tell by the way protestors are lining up. Its a pretty sad day when the American president cant even address Canada's parliament for fear of heckling from the MPs. I think its high time our politicians grew up and stopped feeding Canadians anti-American sentiments just to draw attention away from their own ineptness and corruption.
Canadians are, of course, welcome to protest whatever they wish. The problem I have with them is that you never see them out in the streets condemning terrorism or anti-Semitism or China's or Cuba's human rights abuses. However, W. comes to town and all of a sudden its 1969 and the streets fill with protestors. I appreciate their passion (why is it that when the left gets mad, they are passionate, and when conservatives get mad, they are just angry?) and their committment to what they believe in, but I do wish they would read a little more and lose some of their innocence. I am sure the Iraqi people appreciate them taking to the streets in their name, but I am also sure that these same Iraqis would have liked some attention when Saddam was burying them in mass graves.
Continuing on my way, I had the misfortune to hear one Gail Davidson on the Peter Warren radio program this past Sunday. Ms. Davidson is a member of L.A.W., or Lawyers Against the War. I should clarify that, she is a co-founder. Their website can be found at www.lawyersagainstthewar.org. Anyhow, her group wants to prosecute Mr. Bush for war crimes for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She contends that his actions are against Candadian and International law. This is all well and good, and Ms. Davidson is obviously a very motivated lady.
However, she too is also a little misguided in my opinion. Why isn't she attempting to prosecute Fidel Castro when he comes to Canada. I doubt he will back until another Trudeau dies, but really, whats wrong with old Fidel. Not enough murder or oppression?
Further, I have an issue with her reliance on international law. I know its out there, but does anyone care? I dont think it has any real world application. What good is international law without an army to back it up? Just because the incredibly corrupt UN says something is illegal, I wouldnt lose any sleep over it. Assuming international law exists and is workable, how does one bring criminals to justice? Would Ms. Davidson have showed up in Bagdhad with a summons requesting Saddam to please show up at Court of Queen's Bench in Ottawa to answer some charges? Come on, this is borderline ridiculous. Just a quick reminder to L.A.W., no one cares what Canada thinks, does or says anymore. 40 years of Liberal rule and waste have run the country into the ground.
The last point I will make on L.A.W. is that I was really disappointed that Ms. Davidson didn't answer questions put to her. She did take calls, but any question or comment that ran contrary to her opinion was danced around or ignored outright. The host, Peter Warren, even declared some of the questions un-worthy of answering. That was especially rich as Mr. Warren considers himself somewhat of a tough interview. If you want to go on the radio and espouse nonsense such as this, you should be prepared to answer the tough questions.
Ok, I am about done for this morning. I am off to do some outlining for school. Finals are only 10 days away!!
Kyle out.
StatcounterSo much to post on today and so little time! For now I will concentrate on W.'s visit to Canada. Hopefully this will do some good in restoring cordial relations between Canada and the USA. This is certainly in Canada's economic interest, though you could never tell by the way protestors are lining up. Its a pretty sad day when the American president cant even address Canada's parliament for fear of heckling from the MPs. I think its high time our politicians grew up and stopped feeding Canadians anti-American sentiments just to draw attention away from their own ineptness and corruption.
Canadians are, of course, welcome to protest whatever they wish. The problem I have with them is that you never see them out in the streets condemning terrorism or anti-Semitism or China's or Cuba's human rights abuses. However, W. comes to town and all of a sudden its 1969 and the streets fill with protestors. I appreciate their passion (why is it that when the left gets mad, they are passionate, and when conservatives get mad, they are just angry?) and their committment to what they believe in, but I do wish they would read a little more and lose some of their innocence. I am sure the Iraqi people appreciate them taking to the streets in their name, but I am also sure that these same Iraqis would have liked some attention when Saddam was burying them in mass graves.
Continuing on my way, I had the misfortune to hear one Gail Davidson on the Peter Warren radio program this past Sunday. Ms. Davidson is a member of L.A.W., or Lawyers Against the War. I should clarify that, she is a co-founder. Their website can be found at www.lawyersagainstthewar.org. Anyhow, her group wants to prosecute Mr. Bush for war crimes for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She contends that his actions are against Candadian and International law. This is all well and good, and Ms. Davidson is obviously a very motivated lady.
However, she too is also a little misguided in my opinion. Why isn't she attempting to prosecute Fidel Castro when he comes to Canada. I doubt he will back until another Trudeau dies, but really, whats wrong with old Fidel. Not enough murder or oppression?
Further, I have an issue with her reliance on international law. I know its out there, but does anyone care? I dont think it has any real world application. What good is international law without an army to back it up? Just because the incredibly corrupt UN says something is illegal, I wouldnt lose any sleep over it. Assuming international law exists and is workable, how does one bring criminals to justice? Would Ms. Davidson have showed up in Bagdhad with a summons requesting Saddam to please show up at Court of Queen's Bench in Ottawa to answer some charges? Come on, this is borderline ridiculous. Just a quick reminder to L.A.W., no one cares what Canada thinks, does or says anymore. 40 years of Liberal rule and waste have run the country into the ground.
The last point I will make on L.A.W. is that I was really disappointed that Ms. Davidson didn't answer questions put to her. She did take calls, but any question or comment that ran contrary to her opinion was danced around or ignored outright. The host, Peter Warren, even declared some of the questions un-worthy of answering. That was especially rich as Mr. Warren considers himself somewhat of a tough interview. If you want to go on the radio and espouse nonsense such as this, you should be prepared to answer the tough questions.
Ok, I am about done for this morning. I am off to do some outlining for school. Finals are only 10 days away!!
Kyle out.
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