Shorter McGuinty; Meh, not my problem. * “I know that some folks feel that their rights have been abridged, and there are avenues available to them and I would encourage them to pursue any remedies that are available to them through those avenues,” he said. Feel their rights have been abridged? Are you fucking serious? Hey McGuinty have you seen this? I was now around 2:00am. …
Rights, the Right doesn’t believe in them
In April of last year I blogged about the Court Challenges Program and this quote; Rainer Knopff, a political scientist at the University of Calgary, said the program was “a biased boondoggle that had gone well past its `best before’ date.” The program only funded groups on “one side” of the political spectrum while “socially conservative groups never got any money. Not a penny, as far as I …
There, there dear…
So the partisans have decided that party politics trump human rights. Surprising? Well not really. Sickening? Definitely. Thanks guys for suggesting that we are over reacting. Perhaps if as fern suggested you read that pink blog aka Birth Pangs once in a while you would be cognisant of the fact that this is exactly how rights started being eroded in the states. You would be aware that this …
Free Khadr
From the CBC; A U.S. soldier at the battle said in sworn testimony that two al-Qaeda fighters were alive after the fatal grenade attack. The unidentified soldier says he killed the first al-Qaeda fighter before spotting Khadr, whom he said was wounded, on his knees and facing away from him. For reasons he does not go into, he says he shot him in the back twice. The Pentagon says …
Be nice when someone Spitz on you
What is up with the feminist baby eaters? Why are they so cranky? Must be "that" time of the month. Let me try and explain it in small easily digestible pieces. This isn't about making friends, or appealing to those who are fucking clueless about lifes realities. This is about fighting against a belief that things were better when men were men, sheep were nervous and women had no control over …
Omar Khadr
Two stories in The Star today about Omar Khadr. One on a video tape that was released to the press, despite not having been allowed to be aired in court. Oops wonder how that happened? The lawyer for detained Canadian terror suspect Omar Khadr accused the U.S. government yesterday of abusing the legal process after CBS News broadcast for the first time a controversial video recording …