Oh Scandinavia

Why did you let yourself go from your glory days of raiding and pillaging, bringing fear into the hearts of everyone, into being too scared to enter certain parts of your own country?

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Falling for Keynesian

The trend in this current recession seams to be to apply a Keynesian form of governance like the initial bailout, big three bailout and the Conservative’s plan to go into deficit to “save the economy”, these are tragic occurrences. I believe that most democratic governments would not make the mistake of assuming Keynesian worked, but are forced into following its path by misinformed voters who demand some sort of action. The fact is Keynesian does not help the economy. FDR a Keynesian applied this theory to the Great Depression through various government programs and it did nothing, some economists say it even went so far as to extend the Great Depression. For people who truly believe that more government spending will help watch this video, it may change your mind (people who agree with me watch it just because it's a good video).



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Milton Friedman

Militon Friedman on minimum wage



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Slashing Public Funding

Conservatives plan to cut public funding of federal parties. My first reaction was jubilation but my second is why was this allowed in the first place? I don't care if Bob Rae think it is un-democratic to cut spending (although it appears a majority disagree with him). I believe this is completely democratic the government should not be using taxpayer money to support itself. They should get their support from the grass roots, that way when a party is not supported it does not stay alive. That is Democracy.

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The Subprime Crisis

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Of Plants and Swiss

You know something is wrong with the world when this happens. I honestly never thought I would post a topic about plant’s feelings. Guess I was wrong. At least when you talk about Canadian politics you aren't supprised by anything the Liberals/NDP will do to stop a conervative majority.

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English Debate

I guess this is a live blog, this is my first attempt and thus might be a little weird. My first impression is that all the leaders have done exactely what I expected. Stephan Dion says Harper is lying. Jack Layton tries to be the cool dude who will protect you from the Conservatives and Liberals. Gilles Duceppe gets all his information from Quebec yet knows everything about Canada. Elizbabeth May thinks all the answers are found in Europe. Steven Harper some how is keeping his cool while everyone else calls him a liar. So the debate ends up being Harper vs everyone else.

After watching the whole debate I have come to the conclusion that if Dion is ever voted in I will buy some land and create my own country. For some reason he has come to the conclusion that he would be a better manager of our money then we are. Then he decided to get mad at Harper for trying to give the Wheat Board competition and while he did all this he still managed to call Steven Harper a liar in almost every sentance.



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Captain Capitalism

Captain Capitalism view on the $700 Billion bail out plan.

The beauty of this bail out getting shot down in flames, is that it bitch slaps these bastards right upside the head and harshly reminds them that it is THEY who work for US.
I don’t know about you, but I did contact my representatives in congress and basically said that if a bail out did go through, I would not only not vote for them, but fund their competition come the next election season. It seems a couple million of you did as well, for some true STATESMEN did their duty and voted in the best interests of the people.

I could not agree more. Read it all here.

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For the Defeatists

For those who complain about America’s “new” Vietnam (I know this is older, but I do not find it hard to believe that Orville Schell still holds that view) and how George Bush ruined the country perhaps you should read this story. It includes interesting points like this, Instead of facing gunfire and roadside bombs, the soldiers' armored Humvees are chased by waving children as they weave through streets crowded with pedestrians out to shop or just to stroll. When Saddam Hussein was in power do you think children would have waved at passing military vehicles? Would people have gone out just to stroll? As much as some do not want to hear it, the war in Iraq is being won.

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More proof that the war in Iraq is being won.

My Friend's Angry Rant.

Point one: My assumptions.At the start of this rant, I am going to make a couple of assumptions that are carried through the rest of it. First, I am going to assume that the yearbook committee did everything in the book with very little input from Mr. Rork. Secondly, I am going to assume that if any facts need correcting that Magnus will care enough to read this and correct them on behalf of the committee, as I believe that adding people as friends just to critique their work would be rather unfriendly on my part.

Point two: the business perspectiveFrom a business standpoint, there was a major flaw in the conception of the theme of this year’s yearbook. The target audience for this dark, yet refreshingly original, piece of work probably makes up less than ten percent of the grade twelve class. Producing a product is all about giving the people what they want, but most people wanted candy and were given some sort of tofu bar. From this point of view, the recall makes sense. Coca-Cola had to recall their ‘revolutionary’ new flavour of coke back in the day because people simply didn’t like it. Instead, they re-released their old recipe as Coca-Cola Classic. I think that there were a good number of people in the school who found some of the content of the yearbook ‘distasteful’, so giving them the option of a ‘classic’ version only makes sense.

Point three: the choice perspectiveI believe that making the recall of the yearbook mandatory was a terrible decision. We high school students are supposed to be young adults, so why are we being forced to change our yearbooks. Some people may be perfectly happy with flaming heads being metaphors for their brains hurting during exams. There is no need for them to get a new yearbook. If the petition does not work out I will be sorely disappointed in the staff at BRHS for replacing an interesting, original, controversial yearbook with the regular cookie cutter variety we all know already. Can’t we just have both?

Point four: Subject materialI do not have that much to say concerning the subject material in this book. Although some people found a lot of the images to be disturbing, I recognize the fact that art is subjective and not everyone will ‘get it’. What annoys me are the political overtones. If certain people want to make political statements, they should speak up in social class instead of making people pay thirty five dollars for their radical, but totally unwanted, ideas. The yearbook is supposed to be about the students in our school, not the state of our ‘EVIL’ capitalist economy. Also, I was put of by one piece of artwork. I am referring to the two men with their snake-tongues entwined with a heart above their heads. Homosexuality is wrong. Period. In my mind this is not even open to debate and should not be put in the yearbook. If I get the black market copy of this version that I want, that picture will be coloured over or ripped out.

Point five: who takes the fall?I am somewhat worried for the creators of the yearbook. Having worked so hard for so long on it, the recall must be like a slap in the face. You guys truly have my deepest sympathy. My first thought is, couldn’t this all have been prevented? The yearbook could have been seen by a certain teacher at the start and been pointed in a more positive direction. This is where I fear Mr. Rork will be in trouble. I believe that he will ultimately be the one to take the fall, if one is to be taken here. He seemed like a rather soft person to me, so I doubt that he would have wanted to tell the yearbook committee that their ‘art direction’ was in the wrong direction. The school paid good money to get those yearbooks published based on his assurance that everything was alright. I can only hope that the yearbook committee will be able to shield him from the general public’s wrath.

Point six: In closingIn closing, I would like to say that there will definitely be changes in next year’s yearbook creation. I’m sure the committee will kept be on a tight leash by some of the more traditional-minded teachers. Perhaps some happy-go-lucky students will rush to be the ones to be in charge to avoid ‘The Great Tragedy of 2008” I would also like to say that my rant has probably been quite biased and I certainly do not know all the facts behind the story. I don’t even own a copy of the yearbook, although I would buy one if it became available again. I would like to thank the yearbook team for their hard work in organizing a whole year into one tiny book. I apologize for any and all inconsistencies in my logic, ethics, or viewpoints. A sincere thank you goes to anyone who actually took the time to read all of this.

Point seven: PS I’ve had a day to think about this now, and I just want to say that I hope nobody is overly offended by any of this. Also, I want to say that the petition paper people are doing a great job and I hope that works out.

High school what would we do with out it.

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Caught a Skumbag!

Hank Van-Til, 67, was driving from Grand Falls to his home in Little River, west of Hillsborough, on Monday when he saw a pickup truck hit a doe, sending the animal into a ditch.

After pulling to the side of the road, Van-Til saw the deer was pregnant.

Van-Til fetched a knife and performed a Caesarean operation on the doe, something he'd learned how to do while working with cows.

He then delivered the baby, took the fawn back to his truck, laid paper towels down and sat the animal in the cab.

Realizing the deer would need food, he took an empty cup and milked the dying mother, then fed the baby animal using his fingers.

Yesterday, the Department of Natural Resources seized the baby deer – which the man has named "Dickie" – and launched an investigation into the matter.

Under New Brunswick law, it is illegal to take an orphaned animal home and care for it without a permit.

Wow, good thing our government is protecting us from monsters like that. I mean they do stop groups like this, but that is nothing compared to stopping someone who would save a deer.

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Cloths on the Line

This is a story from April but I just discovered it just today and was blown away by the law Ontario had decided to finally get rid of. I have heard of some ridicules laws but not letting people hang their clothes up has to be in the top 10. Maybe my joke about us not being able to eat chili unless its on a Sunday and there is a blue moon could come true. I certainly hope not (I really like chili). I thought the cell phone in the car was an example of the government overstepping its boundaries but this was just nuts. Well that’s all for now.

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Communists they’re Every Where!

Riding home on the bus today (argh) I happened to hear the conversation behind me. The kid was talking about how they supported communism and its ends (really ARGH). Unfortunately this is not an isolated incident in my classmates. For example in my social class a kid behind me (why are they always behind me?) also says he supports communism and its ends. The teachers are just as bad, not exactly communists but definitely socialists which is not much better. Even after all the evils of the Soviet Union have come out some people still want to support other countries like it. If the next generation grows up believing Stalin’s way of governing is the best, and that the evils of capitalism are uncountable, what will come of the world? Our freedoms will be given up for a system of government that is nothing more than a theory based on wishful thinking.

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It's Time To Switch To Whiskey

Well I recently went with a friend of mine to see Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans in concert. In a few words, the concert was absolutly amazing. When they first came on they started with a trumpet and the drummer coming out. He then played the snare drum until everyone else was up and they proceded to play "I Want to be in the Cavalry". It was very cool.

The Double Standard

Sorry I would write more but my knuckles are sore from dragging.

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No More Talking

The provincial governments of Quebec and Nova Scotia are following Newfoundland and Labrador's "groundbreaking" lead in banning cellphone use while driving. Another step toward the bleak cliff of tyranny. I love it when our governments tell us what we can and can't do. This instance seems trivial compared with what they could try to do. But I believe that we should not allow them to have any gains in oppressing our freedoms. If we let them get away with this what stops them from saying we can't eat chili unless its on a Sunday and there is a blue moon or installing a one child policy. Maybe the jump from cell phone bans to one child polices seems like a gigantic leap. I fear that if the temptation is there, they will deluded themselves into believing it is for the betterment of the people so it should be done. If we are unwilling to make a stand now to protect our freedoms when will we?

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This Is Tougher Than We Thought!

Now I admit, being at an age where our school careers are almost over, things can get a little hectic and we are forced to push aside other things. This regretablly prevents us from being as current with our posts as we would like to be. But bear with us faithful followers, we shall try our hardest to stay current with the events of the world. And thank you for staying with us this far.


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The 14 Deadly Sins?

The fourteen deadly sins…. wait. Isn’t their only seven? Not anymore. The Vatican released seven more deadly sins to the list. It includes such things as polluting, excessive wealth, and contributing to the widening gap between the rich and the poor. So let me get this straight. If Lakshmi Mittal (fourth richest man in the world) stays rich, and throws a water bottle on to the side of the road he’s committed two deadly sins, possibly three (if you think he has helped increase the gap between the rich and the poor). Not much he can do right is there? I guess the seven deadly sins must have been getting old and irrelevant so they needed a shot in the arm.

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The Torch

The small but respectable list of pigs' associates is slowly increasing. The latest addition, The Torch, is a blog I have looked at for a while now and decided to add it because it is a good source of information about the Canadian Military. I hope it leads to new enlightenment about the Armed Forces and their role in our world.

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Long Live The Empire

Well it's official. Alberta has voted in it's 11th majority conservitive government. It has been 37 years since the tories first got into power and they are not leaving any time soon. Winning by an enormous 71 ridings, Ed Stelmach's conservitives were as much appealing to voters as the conservitives ever have. Who knows, maybe we will keep the same party in power long enough to challenge Fidel Castro's government.

Steyn on Multiculturalism

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Valhalla Stands

Amidst a gathering of students, teachers and parents from Valhalla school, notice for a motion to close the facility was passed Thursday at Peace Wapiti School Division’s regular meeting of the board.

The Peace Wapiti School board has been trying to close down Valhalla for years. In this "new" attack they are basically making the same mistake they have made before. The main mistake is that the surrounding schools are at capacity, or over, but that doesn't stop them. This is just another attempt in a long line, no matter how many times the school board tries to close Valhalla down and fails at the attempt they never seem to learn. Maybe if we win this time they will leave us alone but somehow I get the idea that is wishful thinking.

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He is Dead

Imad Mughniyah is dead, killed in Damascus by a car bomb. Mughniyah was believed to have been Hezbollah’s chief of military operations. Now Hezbollah is calling for retaliation against Israel, his death being a conveniant spark to set the radicals a blaze. Israel said they had nothing to do with his death but they aren't complaining about it.

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Invisible Ink

I read this story on Small Dead Animals and had to post it.

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What Doesn’t Cause Cancer?

Capitalism now causes cancer according to French and German school textbooks. We all know that Europe is on the left side of the charts. But I personally thought they would not be so biased or should I say obviously biased against capitalism. Teenagers not knowing any better read these textbooks and believe them. You see this in Canada, very few people in a class room will question the textbooks, or the teacher for that matter, about anything they say.

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To Our Men In Uniform.

Everyone knows that Canada is fighting in Afghanistan. We have been doing so since 2002. So far we have lost 77 good men and a diplomat to things such as roadside bombs and combat. As of January 15th, we have lost 62 soldiers to combat/attacks/expolsions, 6 to "friendly fire", 7 accidental deaths, 1 self-inflicted and 2 still under investigation. In 2002, we lost 4 to the friendly fire accident of April 18, 2002. In 2003, we lost 2 soldiers to a landmine. In 2004, we lost a soldier to a sucide attack. In 2005, we lost another soldier to a LAV 3 rollover. In 2006 we lost 36 soldiers to varoius things like IED's and other things. In 2007 we lost 30 soldiers to various sources. And now it is 2008 and we have already lost 3 soldiers in16 days. If this keeps up, 2008 could be the bloodiest year in Afghanistan so far. So here's to the brave men and women who answer the call and pay the ultimate price for a country halfway around the world. People of the Canadian Armed Force I Salute You!!!



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Free Speech is Not Free

Free Speech is Not Free

I sure most of you have heard of the saddening events that was the closure of The Western Standard do to some “human rights issues”. The complaints are about the Western Standard printing the Mohammed cartoons. These complaints come from two different sources a Imam (very radical) Syed Soharwardy, the other from The Edmonton Muslim Council. Ezra Levant the publisher at the time has been taken to the “human rights” commission. This is despicable as Ezra mentions the government can’t force a convicted murder to apologies for killing people but they can make a publisher apologies for printing political cartoons. If you were deprived of the cartoons I have graciously compiled them for you.

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Needle Death?

We’ve begin pumping children full of vaccines almost before their own parents see them. But how many people know what is in vaccines? I would think not many or I assume there would be a much greater outcry. What happens if you don’t want your child to have vaccines well you could be fined or sent to jail. I say immunize your kids the old fashioned way let them play in the dirt.

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We Want our Guns

Ah the Gun Registry, winner of the most useless idea award every year since it was installed (at least in my books). I consider it one of the biggest wastes of taxpayers’ money ever we have spent over Two Billion dollars (some estimates say even higher than that) on it with nothing to show for it. There was 605 murders in 2006 only 190 involved guns. 108 of the 190 murders were committed using handguns, 24 more were committed using sawed-off shotguns and rifles. What is interesting about this is sawed-off shotguns are illegal and you have had to register handguns since. How is this registry going to stop people from committing crimes if the guns in the related murders are illegal guns anyways? Another interesting fact is of the 48 recovered guns recovered at crime scenes 18 have been registered that’s 38%. Now think of the guns not recovered (142) if 38% are registered that’s about 54 guns that are registered and used in a crime. Not a large amount of registered guns actually used in a crime. I believe this is partially due to the fact that people who register guns are law abiding citizens. Also since the gun registry has been put in place many registered gun owners have reported their guns stolen. Many believe that this is because the gun registry has been hacked giving criminals maps to where easily obtainable guns are. I think if instead of wasting 2 billion on the gun registry if the money had gone to law enforcement we would have gotten much better results. That is enough from me.

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