2010 Olympics Vancouver Coal Harbour

If a picture is timeless then this is it. The view of Vancouver January 2010

Dont let it be forgot that once there was a spot and it ain't in England

The New Canada Post POGG: Harper light years ahead

It used to be that the Federal government was the bigger piece of the equation because of the consititutional peace order and good government provisions of the constitution but the regions have won out and the power has flowed to the regions. Canada has had to confront the historical American dilemma. How does the federal government become the central more powerful entity post POGG?

The Americans used the military might as the weight to tilt in favour of the federal level away from the stateside normal constituional heavyweight the state level. How does Canada federally do that to the Provinces? Never mind the old fashioned equalization grants. PM Harper is on the right track. The employment of the future recovery in Canada will be in the military arena. One need to only review this document to see that Harper is light years ahead of the Liberals and all four of their recent leaders. Or if you want to know where are we heading, here it is in writing. Quite frankly I wish Canada had the same approach with Russia as we do with the USA. The balance of power in the world will not come about until the USA and Russia are partnered up in an alliance. Canada can lead that alliance to fruition.

This is really heady stuff that the Canadian media miss because of their general stupidity as they are always looking for the the penalty shot or the "shoot out" at high noon something like the detainee issue. Like who gives a hoot about one single captured terrorist in Afganistan; terrorists that are willing to put an ax in the back of your head when you are sitting at a shura without your helmut to talk peace. I have no sympathy for those terrorist whatsoever. Maybe the Liberals do or Layton. I sure dont care about dishonourable intolerant fascist suicide bombers.

The issue is really who is the Commander in Chief in Canada. It ain't the Haitian lady And Iggy does' t know what it sport it is yet or Country for that matter.The only person who presents and comes across like a Commander in Chief is Stephen Harper---the only one.

Michael Ignatieff , Le Ballade BC

La ballade de Michael Joshua Ignatieff (monologue d'Adler) Ballade de Michael Joshua Ignatieff par Charles Adler Septembre 29/09 Let' ; s commencent par une énigme adulte… Que Roman Polanski et Michael Ignatieff ont-ils en commun ? Les deux sentiront la vie beaucoup plus confortable en France.

La semaine Michael Ignatieff il essaye dur d'être vu en tant que sérieux assagissent on montant un mouvement sans confiance dans le gouvernement du jour, un mené par un type qui est bien plus fait confiance qui Ignatieff est, un avec qui bien plus de Canadiens identifient qu'ils font avec Ignatieff, un qui isn' ; t poignardé ouvertement par les membres courants et anciens de la partie - la même semaine qui Canada' ; le professeur de visite de s dispose à ne voter aucune confiance en conservateurs, beaucoup de membres d'Ignatieff' ; s possèdent la partie basée au Québec ne votent aucune confiance en Ignatieff….Les détails ne sont pas importants. Je le soin laisserai aux spécialistes des Sciences Politiques et aux pandits sans des crayons pour peindre le tableau sordide d'où et de pourquoi et comment Ignatieff' ; le vêtement inconfortable de s est déchiré aux lambeaux par la province la plus importante dans la terre libérale, Québec.

Même si les libéraux ont eu seulement deux sièges au Québec, ce resterait leur province plus importante. Le seul raison d' ; l'etre - une petite masselotte cosmopolite pour ceux de vous qui ne peut pas manipuler ce que je fais sans avaler quelques cosmopolitans - la seule raison d'être un parti libéral de jour moderne est sa version de l'unité nationale et ce qu'elles doivent faire pour duper des personnes dans penser qu'elles sont la partie de l'unité nationale. Elles doivent être vues pour être la seule partie fédéraliste qui peut dessiner un grand nombre d'électeurs au Québec. Maintenant it' ; s vrai que ce hasn' ; t établi pour plusieurs élections.

Mulroney a montré qu'un Parti Conservateur mené par lui pourrait le faire. Après les années de Mulroney, Jean Chretien a eu l'ennui obtenir un grand nombre de sièges en dehors de Montréal et à Montréal même un singe pourrait obtenir élu en tant que libéral. À Montréal, même un singe d'aile d'extrême droite portant un drap a pu être élu comme longtemps feuille était décoré d'un monogramme avec un libéral rouge L -- Mais l'extérieur Montréal, les libéraux avaient eu des problèmes pendant des années obtenant plus qu'un petit seau de sièges. Dans le poteau Trudeau, ère de pre-Adscam c'était un défi pour que les libéraux fassent bien au Québec en dehors de de Montréal. En temps de lac Meech de poteau, il a été bien plus difficile. Dans des temps d'adscam de poteau, très très difficiles.

Pendant la brève tenure de Stephane Dion c'était un cul-de-sac et Michael Ignatieff, le cosmopolite-intellectuel-visiter-professeur a-t-il été censé être le bouteur humain - a-t-il été censé démolir le mur au Québec… que vous le voulez un peu plus biblique qu'un bouteur de taureau ? Bien - il a été censé être Joshua démolissant les murs de Jéricho… me donnent un témoin appelé Elvis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EipAzFBQ3pM Les gens bien vous obtenez l'image… mais l'image obtenait la peinture rouge jetée partout la cette semaine parce que son lieutenant Denis Coderre du Québec, qui travaill pour Ignatieff lui montrant le coeur et l'âme maximum de seau de déjeuner travail fidèle, n'a pas été épongé libéralement effectuer les sales travaux d'intimider Ignatieff' ; des détracteurs de s et wowing… pour tous les mois dans les fossés, comment Denis Coderre a-t-il été épongé ?

En ayant Ignatieff prenez une pelle et un Coderre battant dans le visage, les mains et la bouche avec elle. Il a dit Coderre que quel Coderre avait orchestré dans Outremont, la terre sacrée pour des libéraux, le lieu de naissance de Pierre Trudeau, maintenant occupé par NDP - Coderre avait orchestré une prise en arrière de cette équitation en cueillant à la main un candidat féminin attirant. Ignatieff d'abord déconnecté sur cela mais a d'autre part eu d'avis changé pour lui par Jean Chretien' ; crétins de s. Les crétins ont rendu visite au professeur de visite et ils lui ont dit qu'il devait trash Coderre et son candidat dans Outremont et préparer le terrain pour le retour de Martin Cauchon, l'ancien ministre de justice de Chretien qui veut remplacer Michael Ignatieff comme chef de la partie.

Le prochain chef sera probablement un francophone. That' ; tradition de libéral de s. Trudeau - Français-Turner-Anglais-Chretien-Français-Paul Martin-Anglais-Stephane Dion-Français-Michael Ignatieff-Anglais-Martin Cauchon-Français-L'a obtenu ? That' ; s le plan. Chretien jamais n'a en premier lieu voulu Ignatieff. Son homme était Bob Rae - mais Bob perdu parce que Bob' ; perdant de SA - dans Chretien' ; esprit de s - Ignatieff' ; s un perdant encore plus grand. Il couldn' ; t deviennent populaire même pendant la plus grande récession depuis la dépression. Chretien a su qu'une fois que les Canadiens obtenaient plus qu'une bouffée de ce stiff elles tournerait des pouces pour avaler sur lui.

Ainsi il a recommandé qu'ils déclenchent un juste d'élection après le couronnement d'Ignatieff. Ignatieff a indiqué le numéro. Mais le vendredi passé où les crétins de Chretien ont rendu visite au professeur de visite lui disant de trash Coderre et de créer l'occasion pour Cauchon' ; s reviennent, Ignatieff était en aucune position pour dire le non, quoiqu'il ait dit oui à apporter l'homme qui est préétabli pour le remplacer.

C'est l'équivalent du Goodfellas de remettre la pelle à Ignatieff et de lui dire de creuser sa propre tombe. Il a fait avec précision cela. Coderre que cette semaine a indiqué qu'il partait comme lieutenant du Québec parce que les conseillers de Toronto couraient maintenant le parti libéral au Québec. Le parti libéral ne parle plus de la prochaine élection fédérale. Ils parlent de la cession imminente d'Ignatieff. Le rituel libéral annuel, la consommation du jeune, qui a lieu habituellement plus près de Pâques, se produit maintenant peu avant Veille de la toussaint.

Michael Joshua Ignatieff préférera sa vie politique de poteau en France.

Laisse les font une faveur.

Laissez-nous comme les Canadiens ramènent le groupe libéral courant à une poignée et s'éteignent presque les. Faisons aux libéraux ce que nous avons fait aux conservateurs après Mulroney. Cela les forcera de nouveau à leurs bases et les forcera à se réinventer du fond vers le haut par opposition à leur culture courante du droit. Dans toute l'honnêteté, si on regarde les parties, le conservateur, le libéral, le NDP et le bloc courants, vous devez admettre que trois d'entre eux sont du fond vers le haut. Trois d'entre eux représentent les personnes. Trois d'entre eux ont des politiques qui ont été créées et basées sur ce que les personnes disent à la porte, tête à tête.

Les libéraux ont leurs idées des intrigants, des initiés et d'autres libéraux bien reliés. Ils reçoivent leur appui par fraude et duperie. Leurs politiques sont dessus en baisse tandis que les trois autres partys sont hauts inférieur. Après Mulroney les conservateurs ont dû revenir aux bases et reconstruire leur base, leur plate-forme, leurs politiques, leur direction. Ils ont fait cela. Ils ont lutté mais l'ont faite honnêtement et uniformément en parlant aux gens.

Nous devons unir pendant que les Canadiens marchent pour marcher et nous pouvons accomplir cela en envoyant les libéraux à la même région sauvage que nous avons envoyé les conservateurs après Mulroney. Cela forcera les libéraux à apprendre qu'ils aren' ; t autorisé, celui ils ne peuvent pas assumer l'appui des personnes et se comporter d'une façon non conformiste ou malhonnête. Ils ne peuvent pas ignor le people' ; souhaits ou valeurs de s. Ils biseautent vont dans 56 directions en même temps.

La réalité est que, basé sur Hansard, les conservateurs et les NDP, plus souvent puis l'uns des d'autres parties, votent ensemble dans la même direction sur les mêmes questions. Cela m'a forcé à regarder le NDP et des conservateurs et m'a forcé à décider entre faire confiance au gouvernement ou faire confiance à l'individu. Je dois admettre que le facteur décisif est la différence entre une partie qui doit toujours dégrossir avec leur base des syndicats même si elle signifie outpricing le coût d'assurance médicale maladie pour nous, les personnes et celle qui ne voient pas aussi.

Vous devez admettre que Layton dégrossit avec les salaires des syndicats faits par des personnes dans le domaine de santé et protège cela d'abord qui démonte, mine en fait, son engagement pour libérer le soin médical. Il est comme l'agent d'affaires commercial des syndicats et les côtés avec le sien soutiennent pas les personnes étant servies. S'il y a une chose que j'ai apprise après environ 40 années, c'est que le secteur privé fait toujours des choses plus effectivement et efficacement (IE meilleur marché et plus rapide) fait alors le gouvernement. Toujours. Aucune matière les conservateurs ne sont mon choix. Mais NDP ou conservateur est la réponse. Débarassons-nous des libéraux et faisons-les une faveur. Et faites le pays une faveur.

Après observation des discussions vous pouvez sentir la haine entre les libéraux et les Quebecers ; une haine qui s'égoutte presque. En réalité Mulroney a fait les conservateurs une faveur indirecte en perdant tellement mal. Nous devons envoyer les libéraux de nouveau aux planches à dessin ainsi elles peuvent apprendre les valeurs de l'intégrité et l'honnêteté et les principes et les politiques et l'uniformité et basées de la terre vers le haut.

Alors elles perdent leur culture arrogante de rotation et de droit. Dans la prochaine élection nous devons nous assurer qu'il y a seulement une poignée de libéraux laissés de PQ à AVANT JÉSUS CHRIST. Cela signifiera une majorité conservatrice avec peu de libéraux puis le bloc.

Alors les libéraux regarderont dans le miroir qui se produit toujours seulement après une défaite importante. Laisse les font une faveur.

Liberal Philosphy with Ignatieff

It's my way or the election highway. Which phoney said that? Hint hint he's from Quebec
MIKEY IGNATIEFF

Liberal strategy: Say it every which way. The people will believe one of them. The masses are asses and can't be trusted with their own money as they will spend it on beer and popcorn. We didnt know before the election (oh thats provincial Liberals....lol)

The Liberal approach to dealing with conservatism. Throw them out of office

Why the Liberals want to get the Conservatives out of office.. The Liberal approach to economics...tax and spend out grandchildren's, grandchildren's income

Sale at Libertal headquarters. Oh well lets have an election and say that we could do it better

a Conservative pond.....awwwwwww

The reality to come....

Am I a crook?

Laisse Font les Libéraux une Faveur

Laissez-nous comme les Canadiens ramènent le groupe libéral courant à une poignée et s'éteignent presque les. Faisons aux libéraux ce que nous avons fait aux conservateurs après Mulroney. Cela les forcera de nouveau à leurs bases et les forcera à se réinventer du fond vers le haut par opposition à leur culture courante du droit.

Dans toute l'honnêteté, si on regarde les parties, le conservateur, le libéral, le NDP et le bloc courants, vous devez admettre que trois d'entre eux sont du fond vers le haut. Trois d'entre eux représentent les personnes. Trois d'entre eux ont des politiques qui ont été créées et basées sur ce que les personnes disent à la porte, tête à tête.

Les libéraux ont leurs idées des intrigants, des initiés et d'autres libéraux bien reliés. Ils reçoivent leur appui par fraude et duperie. Leurs politiques sont dessus en baisse tandis que les trois autres partys sont hauts inférieur. Après Mulroney les conservateurs ont dû revenir aux bases et reconstruire leur base, leur plate-forme, leurs politiques, leur direction. Ils ont fait cela. Ils ont lutté mais l'ont faite honnêtement et uniformément en parlant aux gens.

Nous devons unir pendant que les Canadiens marchent pour marcher et nous pouvons accomplir cela en envoyant les libéraux à la même région sauvage que nous avons envoyé les conservateurs après Mulroney. Cela forcera les libéraux à apprendre qu'ils aren' ; t autorisé, celui ils ne peuvent pas assumer l'appui des personnes et se comporter d'une façon non conformiste ou malhonnête. Ils ne peuvent pas ignor le people' ; souhaits ou valeurs de s. Ils biseautent vont dans 56 directions en même temps.

La réalité est que, basé sur Hansard, les conservateurs et les NDP, plus souvent puis l'uns des d'autres parties, votent ensemble dans la même direction sur les mêmes questions. Cela m'a forcé à regarder le NDP et des conservateurs et m'a forcé à décider entre faire confiance au gouvernement ou faire confiance à l'individu. Je dois admettre que le facteur décisif est la différence entre une partie qui doit toujours dégrossir avec leur base des syndicats même si elle signifie outpricing le coût d'assurance médicale maladie pour nous, les personnes et celle qui ne voient pas aussi.

Vous devez admettre que Layton dégrossit avec les salaires des syndicats faits par des personnes dans le domaine de santé et protège cela d'abord qui démonte, mine en fait, son engagement pour libérer le soin médical. Il est comme l'agent d'affaires commercial des syndicats et les côtés avec le sien soutiennent pas les personnes étant servies. S'il y a une chose que j'ai apprise après environ 40 années, c'est que le secteur privé fait toujours des choses plus effectivement et efficacement (IE meilleur marché et plus rapide) fait alors le gouvernement. Toujours.

Aucune matière les conservateurs ne sont mon choix. Mais NDP ou conservateur est la réponse. Débarassons-nous des libéraux et faisons-les une faveur. Et faites le pays une faveur.
Après observation des discussions vous pouvez sentir la haine entre les libéraux et les Quebecers ; une haine qui s'égoutte presque. En réalité Mulroney a fait les conservateurs une faveur indirecte en perdant tellement mal. Nous devons envoyer les libéraux de nouveau aux planches à dessin ainsi elles peuvent apprendre les valeurs de l'intégrité et l'honnêteté et les principes et les politiques et l'uniformité et basées de la terre vers le haut.

Alors elles perdent leur culture arrogante de rotation et de droit. Dans la prochaine élection nous devons nous assurer qu'il y a seulement une poignée de libéraux laissés de PQ à AVANT JÉSUS CHRIST. Cela signifiera une majorité conservatrice avec peu de libéraux puis le bloc.
Alors les libéraux regarderont dans le miroir qui se produit toujours seulement après une défaite importante. Laisse les font une faveur.

Fallen Canadian Soldiers

The names, ages and the home towns of fallen Canadian soldiers are found here. As well the incident givin grise to their demise. A vast majority died from improvised explosive devices. God bless them all.


Fallen Canadian soldiers

Love those cartoonist

Conservative majority needed in this Country

The only way to get the reforms needed in the Criminal Law System that will protect the people instead of the Criminals and gangs is with a Conservative majority. Then we get the improvements in sentencing, with minimum sentences, bail reform, and provisions to enable the Crown to go after the proceeds of Crime. NO more weeping heart Liberals like in Ontario. The Liberals both in the House of Commons and the Senate are always stalling legislation and blocking reforms

REAL Canadian Heros

It is time to seriously give Pakistan notice that they are at war with the world. I am getting tired of lunatic Islamic terrorists based in Pakistan killing innocents in countries around the world be it the USA, England, Indonesia, India, Russia, trams in Spain, marathons in Boston, be it sport teams, or children in a school like happened in Beslan or young people dancing in a night club like in Bali. When do we hold the country of Pakistan responsible for what emanates from Pakistan? How many Canadian hero's do we need to see die before we go to war with Pakistan?. The reality is that Pakistan is the problem in Afghanistan and I am tired of seeing young brave Canadian lads lose their life because of some insane Muslim terrorist fighting to preserve nonsense. When does Pakistan get confronted? It is a good job I'm not in charge of the Canadian army in Afghanistan cause I'd go bomb and completely eradicate a few dozen Taliban villages over in Pakistan and keep doing that until they stop with these roadside bombs.

Barack Obama Inauguration Speech

Transcript: Inaugural Address of Barack ObamaJan. 20, 2009 PRESIDENT OBAMA DELIVERS INAUGURAL ADDRESS
JANUARY 20, 2009
SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
[*] OBAMA: Thank you. Thank you.
CROWD: Obama! Obama! Obama! Obama!
My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.

I thank President Bush for his service to our nation...
(APPLAUSE)
... as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.

Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath.
OBAMA: The words have been spoken during rising tides of prosperity and the still waters of peace. Yet, every so often the oath is taken amidst gathering clouds and raging storms. At these moments, America has carried on not simply because of the skill or vision of those in high office, but because We the People have remained faithful to the ideals of our forbearers, and true to our founding documents.

OBAMA: So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.
That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.
Homes have been lost, jobs shed, businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly, our schools fail too many, and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.

OBAMA: These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable, but no less profound, is a sapping of confidence across our land; a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, that the next generation must lower its sights.
Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real, they are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this America: They will be met.
(APPLAUSE)


On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.



OBAMA: On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.

We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness.



(APPLAUSE)



In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less.

OBAMA: It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame.
Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things -- some celebrated, but more often men and women obscure in their labor -- who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom.
For us, they packed up their few worldly possessions and traveled across oceans in search of a new life. For us, they toiled in sweatshops and settled the West, endured the lash of the whip and plowed the hard earth.
OBAMA: For us, they fought and died in places Concord and Gettysburg; Normandy and Khe Sahn.

Time and again these men and women struggled and sacrificed and worked till their hands were raw so that we might live a better life. They saw America as bigger than the sum of our individual ambitions; greater than all the differences of birth or wealth or faction.
This is the journey we continue today. We remain the most prosperous, powerful nation on Earth. Our workers are no less productive than when this crisis began. Our minds are no less inventive, our goods and services no less needed than they were last week or last month or last year. Our capacity remains undiminished. But our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions -- that time has surely passed.

OBAMA: Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.

(APPLAUSE)


For everywhere we look, there is work to be done.

The state of our economy calls for action: bold and swift. And we will act not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth.
We will build the roads and bridges, the electric grids and digital lines that feed our commerce and bind us together.
We will restore science to its rightful place and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality...
(APPLAUSE)
... and lower its costs.

OBAMA: We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.
All this we can do. All this we will do.
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short, for they have forgotten what this country has already done, what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose and necessity to courage.
What the cynics fail to understand is that the ground has shifted beneath them, that the stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long, no longer apply.

OBAMA: The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.
Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end.
And those of us who manage the public's knowledge will be held to account, to spend wisely, reform bad habits, and do our business in the light of day, because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government.
Nor is the question before us whether the market is a force for good or ill. Its power to generate wealth and expand freedom is unmatched.

OBAMA: But this crisis has reminded us that without a watchful eye, the market can spin out of control. The nation cannot prosper long when it favors only the prosperous.


The success of our economy has always depended not just on the size of our gross domestic product, but on the reach of our prosperity; on the ability to extend opportunity to every willing heart -- not out of charity, but because it is the surest route to our common good.


(APPLAUSE)





As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.

Our founding fathers faced with perils that we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations.
OBAMA: Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.

And so, to all other peoples and governments who are watching today, from the grandest capitals to the small village where my father was born: know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once more.
(APPLAUSE)

Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with the sturdy alliances and enduring convictions.
OBAMA: They understood that our power alone cannot protect us, nor does it entitle us to do as we please. Instead, they knew that our power grows through its prudent use. Our security emanates from the justness of our cause; the force of our example; the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.
We are the keepers of this legacy, guided by these principles once more, we can meet those new threats that demand even greater effort, even greater cooperation and understanding between nations. We'll begin to responsibly leave Iraq to its people and forge a hard- earned peace in Afghanistan.
OBAMA: With old friends and former foes, we'll work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat and roll back the specter of a warming planet.


We will not apologize for our way of life nor will we waver in its defense.


And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that, "Our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken. You cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you."
(APPLAUSE)


For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers. We are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth.
And because we have tasted the bitter swill of civil war and segregation and emerged from that dark chapter stronger and more united, we cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself; and that America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace.
OBAMA: To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect.

To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame their society's ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
To those...

(APPLAUSE)



To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

(APPLAUSE)


OBAMA: To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.
And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside our borders, nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

As we consider the road that unfolds before us, we remember with humble gratitude those brave Americans who, at this very hour, patrol far-off deserts and distant mountains. They have something to tell us, just as the fallen heroes who lie in Arlington whisper through the ages.

We honor them not only because they are guardians of our liberty, but because they embody the spirit of service: a willingness to find meaning in something greater than themselves.
OBAMA: And yet, at this moment, a moment that will define a generation, it is precisely this spirit that must inhabit us all.
For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the faith and determination of the American people upon which this nation relies.

It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours.

It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
Our challenges may be new, the instruments with which we meet them may be new, but those values upon which our success depends, honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old.

OBAMA: These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.
What is demanded then is a return to these truths. What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility -- a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character than giving our all to a difficult task.

This is the price and the promise of citizenship.
OBAMA: This is the source of our confidence: the knowledge that God calls on us to shape an uncertain destiny.
This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed, why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall. And why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath.
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So let us mark this day in remembrance of who we are and how far we have traveled.
In the year of America's birth, in the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by nine campfires on the shores of an icy river.

OBAMA: The capital was abandoned. The enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood.
At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people:
"Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it."


America, in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words; with hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come; let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.
Thank you. God bless you.
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And God bless the United States of America.
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Duceppe and the biggest Canadian losers

The three losers: Dion who didnt win , Jack Layton who couldn't outdo Dion and win the left wing vote and Duceppe who hasn't got anything to lose। Dion has likely been conned by Layton, being the weakling he is। I can remember Layton telling Dion to get out of the way in the televised debates and Layton won that point। The only way Dion can do it is by way of an underhanded back door illegitimate power grab being the loser he is. Layton and Duceppe have nothing to lose, so they think. Roll those dice gentlemen because you have been out maneouved again.

Losers

The three losers: Dion who didn't win , Jack Layton who couldn't win the left wing vote and Duceppe who hasn't got anything to lose. Dion has likely been conned by Layton, being the weakling he is. I can remember Layton telling Dion to get out of the way in the televised debates and Layton won that point. The only way Dion can do it is by way of an underhanded back door illegitimate power grab being the loser he is. Layton and Duceppe have nothing to lose, so they think. Roll those dice gentlemen because you have been out maneouved again. It is with great concern that I find it necessary to write this. I truly hope that the left wing CBC will not simply endorse the left wing power grab by the Liberals with NDP and BLOC support simply because it is a Left wing power grab. It would be a government by scoundrels, socialists and separatists. This is as close to an armed revolution as I want to see in Canada and of course it is being carried out by the left wingers. It takes Canada down the same path as many third world countries. At its simplest, this is no more then a left wing power grab and quite frankly I don't believe that the Governor General will approve of it as a coalition government, if she has any sense of her Canadian responsibility. Stopping this kind of situation is the whole reason for her existence. If she fails to uphold the rights of the people, a movement to abolish her position will result. I hope the CBC is as altruistic and will stand up for principle and against chicanery.The guidelines for the Govenor General means the operation of the usual consitutional procedures in the matter in question must be such that it will not simply involve some moderate delay or temporary inconvenience. It would have to perpetuate for some time a state of affairs that is plainly intolerable and a voliation of the spirit and intent of the consititution, the guardian of democracy in our country. Further and more importantly there should be no reasonable doubt whatsoever (separatist support Dion;'s coalition),of the essential wisdom and justice of the Govenors intervention. If any such doubt is present it constitutes prima facia that she should hold her hand and call an election. For sooner or later she will be compelled indirectly to seek justification at the polls for the use of her emergency power. Given the nature of the coalition wherein a separatist party seeks its interests which are contray to Canada's, the next election could well see the abolition of the Goveneor General in Canada once and for all. Basically the GG neeks to side with the majority of Canadians. In short she must be sure to of the inherent righteousness of her intervention and her poppular vindication that she is willing to stake her reputation and her OFFICE upon its general acceptance. I say it will be an election if she has the good sense of any Canadian who has played hockey.The Govenor General will, if she checks in with her Majesty's advisors side with democracy. She should not be used as a political convenience. She will not be used as a political hack biased to the side that appointed her. She will side with the greater democratic values and with another election. This is not the proper situation for her to ask the opposition to form a coalition government. This situation is no more then a power grab based on bullshit and is akin to an armed revolution. It will likely invite an armed reply if successful. This is a situation where she will say "have another election and then we will see if a coalition is necessary". If she does that, as is her fiduciary duty to do, as the Governor General of Canada and the guardian of democracy in Canada, the people will solve the problem . If that happens, I'll take bets and give you two to one odds that the Conservatives will win a majority. Canadians will say "think again my friend" to this left दिदं allg power grab. Canadians are smart at the grass roots level anyway.. Something the Liberals haven't learnt yet with their top down approach. Their motto is power to the Liberals. The Conservatives is power to the peopleThat is because the Conservatives are basing their decisions on common sense and their connection with the grass roots gained while in the wilderness after Mulroney; something the Liberal still haven't done.. The Conservatives are basing their decision on the tax payers interests not on the notion that I deserve to have power because I am a Liberal or because I am Liberal I deserve my entitlements and the tax payers money to support me in getting the job and afterwards in retirement; not on the people's wishes. Because, after all is said and done, to a Liberal the tax payers can't be trusted with their own money because they might spend it on beer and pop corn. To a Liberal reducing the GST is not a stimulus package; to a Liberal only taxation by government and spending by government is a stimulus package ....lol. Because people can't be trusted with their money to do what is required to stimulate the economy. Only the Conservatives have the balls to stand and say to these scoundrels, socialists and separatists, "bullshit". Why should my taxes go to support a party I don't support? Bullshit! I have paid taxes for 50 years in this country and more then every cent I have paid in 50 years has gone to Elizabeth May to push her way into the leadership debate and cअल the PM a fraud. She can go screw herself.