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From MSNBC’s Countdown.
Palin quit her job because she did not want to be a lame duck governor. Right! There was more money to make through a book of fiction and speaking engagements. Now she quit her fans and left them waiting in the cold after they were promised that they would get to see her and get her signature on the book. It did not happen and she quit signing.

Labels: Quiter, Sarah Palin

According to Defence Minister Peter Mackay, Richard Colvin's statements cannot be backed by facts. Which facts is Mackay talking about? Why does he not state these facts?

What possibly can be the motive of Richard Colvin to lie? To get fired from a high profile, well paid job in Washington D.C? Although Peter Mackay says he will not fire him and he will leave it up to to the civil servants. Right! He is really telling the truth now, is he not. My golly what a yahoo Mackay is; he really thinks people will believe him, Mackay, who wants to keep his job and that of his boss Harper's and will do anything for it; or would people believe Calvin who apparently has no motives (other than self-destruction?) as in the long run his career may be ruined.

Here is Mackay's statement:

"I don't believe it's credible. I don't believe it's backed up by fact and what we have to deal with in a parliamentary hearing, as we do in a court of law, or another judicial or public inquiry, is evidence that can be substantiated."

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Labels: Afghanistan, Peter Mackay, Pinocchio, Richard Colvin

It is amazing that Stephen Harper, Peter Mackay and Rick Hillier all either have amnesia or don't recall (typical excuse in order to hide the truth) receiving any memo from Richard Colvin, a senior Canadian diplomat in Afghanistan now posted in the US. In these memos, it was stated that detainees handed over by Canadian troops to Afghan authorities were routinely tortured. How can they not know? They have lost any credibility, not that they had any. It does not look good on Canada. We wittingly or unwittingly were party to war crimes. How can we condemn Rwanda or other similar war atrocities by other societies when we ourselves were heavily involved? Very sad times for Canada.

Labels: Afghanistan, Peter Mackay, Rick Hillier, Stephen Harper, torture

In the past, Harper made a big deal that he would not meet Chinese leaders because of China's human rights record. Now he wants to follow the example of Barack Obama and visit China. What happened to human rights record now? Also we have joined the big league with the US on the issue of torture. The recent disclosure is that Afghani detainees are routinely tortured when handed over to Afghan authorities by the Canadian military. We can deny all we want, but what how are we going erase the evidence? Our own senior diplomat is saying that such torture exists in Afghanistan. Can we tell other nations now with straight face that their human rights record is not good? The Harper government is not even willing to do any further investigation into such allegations.

"The Canadian government is dismissing calls for a public inquiry into the alleged torture of prisoners handed over by Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay defended his government Thursday in light of allegations that detainees were routinely abused.

"There has not been a single, solitary proven allegation of abuse involving a transferred Taliban prisoner by Canadian forces," MacKay said in the House of Commons.

His comments came a day after Richard Colvin, a former senior diplomat with Canada's Afghan mission, dropped a political bombshell on Parliament, alleging that suspects handed over by Canada to Afghan authorities were tortured."

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Labels: China, Hu Jintao, Human Rights violations, Stephen Harper, torture

He keeps rolling and dangerously so. Fear mongering on the rise as the following segment from Keith Olbermann of MSNBC shows.

Labels: Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Tea-bagging

Karzai is coronated today as the President of Afghanistan for a second term. Our Foreign Minister calls it an important day for democracy.

"Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon... called Karzai's inauguration an "important day for the democratic development of Afghanistan."

"This president is a legitimate president," he said in a conference call with journalists following the ceremony."

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Mr. Cannon can canonize Karzai as President all he wants but who the hell is he fooling? Talk about emperor without clothes. The whole world knows Karzai is not duly elected and he controls only the Kabul area, that is why they call him the Mayor of Kabul. 80% of the country is under Taliban control. Cannon, Harper and company thinks that they can "fool all the people all the time." If only we had a strong Liberal leader, then Harper will be history in no time... actually a footnote to history.

Labels: Hamid Karzai

A typical politician will do anything to win votes. Harper is a champion in that art. In India he visits Sikh's holiest place, the Golden Temple, in order to win Sikh votes back home. However his memory is very weak. How can he forget that his government wanted Sikh immigrant to change their last names because Singh had wrong connotations according to Harper government.

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Also it was Harper who tried to link a Sikh MP's family to terrorism. Read the story here.

I thought politicians had long memories; however Harper suddenly suffers from amnesia.

Labels: Golden Temple, Stephen Harper

The above picture of Sarah Palin is from the Newsweek cover page. It is an interesting picture and is quite revealing about her personality.

Yes she should run for President in 2012 and her suggested running mate is Barbie. Don't worry, Barbie is smarter than Sarah so she will keep her grounded.

Now the reality. Is this woman not a complete joke who has experience in foreign affairs because she can "see Russia from Alaska"? Watch out Medvedev and Putin. She is no Hillary Clinton. What do Cons see in her? Lots of razzle dazzle with zero substance. Even her book is a joke by all accounts. Instead of writing something substantial she chose to even the scores with McCain staff.

McCain is a relatively smart man. What was he thinking when he accepted this Barbie as his vice-presidential candidate. She is a lost cause.

Labels: John McCain, Sarah Palin

Don’t get me wrong I am a fan of Pierre Trudeau, as I believe that he was one of the best Prime Ministers of Canada. He was also well known for eccentricities including telling prairie farmers that they were number one – ok he gave them a finger but handlers said he meant farmers were #1. Now Bud Adams who owns U.S Tennessee Titans football team tells the fans of the opposite team that they are #1. I think it is quite funny. You can read the story
here

Labels: Bud Adams, Tennesse Titans

..a big liar that is. Keith Olbermann, Countdown of MSNBC has an interesting segment on her about her lying. She turns out to be quite a maverick when it comes to the art of lying.

Labels: Art of lying, Sarah Palin