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The laugh is on him as I have been saying this for some time now.
Its not on him. :2wave:
The laugh is on him as I have been saying this for some time now.
Oooooh. The Republicans have taken over the Senate.
GOP seizes Senate - CNN.com
(I didn't see another thread on this, so if this is a dupe, please let me know.)
Can't blame the gridlock on Harry Reid anymore.
Its not on him. :2wave:
yeah, not just him - its on you too.
My favorite Democrat beat down was in the Maryland Gubernatorial race.
Wrong twice now.
Perhaps now you can cease your phony attempt to spin obamacare as a positive.
Fascinating sounds like its pretty varied up there as it is here. Bad deal with the Ménière's. Thats crap, hope you have seen a specialist.
Oh yeah.....excellent care.
I would say we are much more varied, exasperatingly so at times. To begin with we have two official languages and a few hundred identifiable cultures and an entire sud culture known as Newfoundland spread across the world's second largest country.
What was once a national obsession, not being American while absorbing every aspect of US media/culture, has faded as the traditional relationship with the US has fundamentally shifted. The '08 crash was as much alteration as was 911 for the US, as Canada both needed and wanted to pull out of America's economic orbit. At the beginning of 2000 US trade was 80% of Canada's GDP, today it is under 40%, trade with Asia and especially China is exploding while that with the US is declining.
That results in a shift in focus culturally as well, and here on the West Coast, where the cultural influence was southward to the US, Seattle and San Fransisco, it has shifted eastward to Hong Kong, Bejing and Tokyo. Vancouver's skyline could pass as Hong Kong at the right angle.
With that, I see a decided shift away from the influence of US media and politics all together. However, an item I saw some weeks ago kind of sized up Canada's relationship with Obama very well. It was about youth, between 21 and 30 who had been caught up in Obama mania and how they refuse to allow that disillusionment affect their political choices here. While that generation sorts out what is important, they continue to throw out the status quo, they identify as the Conservatives and the socialist NDP while identifying with the new, young leader of the Liberals, Justin Trudeau, an untested neophyte and son of a former and highly controversial prime minister, Pierre Trudeau.
Interestingly, the article cited a poll that said Canadian youth lost their faith in Obama over Obamacare.
Its a shame you appear to think that the only two options are an overreaching statist govt, or no govt at all.
Fascinating. I'd like to get up there one day, there's a lot going on. I think both the US and Canada will have stronger more resilient economies if we rely less on each other, however I think we are likely to remain strong partners and thats a good thing.
I got the idea from a conservative, Ted Cruz....so don't blame me.
And yes, better economies since we are less tied to one another, the old "when the US gets a cold, Canada gets Pneumonia" is over, so better for all...now if we could move of the resources, wheat and oil, we'd be singing in the rain
Just heard the James Inhofe is set to be the chair of the Senate Committee on the Environment.
I guess we got the best Government corporate money can buy!
I have contracted Ménière's disease for fun, which makes writing or scrolling on a computer screen a nightmare...so I have to ration myself so I haven't been around much.
there are several slants, one saying it's business as usual. The Globe is saying it's a vote of frustration against the system as much as a declarative about Obama's policies; it asks if American lawmakers will get the message or continue posturing. Silly question.
My favorite, the French language La Presse, has the best slant. They say it is indeed a condemnation of Obama himself and his poor decision making skills, something I've not seen referenced before. But a side bar spells bad news for Canada's Stephen Harper who, of late, has tied himself to Obama's coattails on the world stage, we have troops in Iraq as a result. The Russians are testing our air defenses in the Arctic and, well it's never a good thing for Canadian politicians to get to connected to their US counterparts, Brian Mulroney sang a duet with Reagan and he's now considered a criminal....by his friends.
They tie in several other choices Harper has made making him appear to a be a US lackey, which many prime ministers are, but it's not cool to look like it. Coming from a right wing French language paper it is bad news for the Conservative government who have to face the people next spring.
Us being in Iraq will play with the rednecks in Alberta and Ontario, but it will be his death knell in BC, Quebec, and the Maritimes especially if we have another terrorist attack like last week.
The business community is is "optimistic" that now, with the GOP in control of congress there may be some fiscal responsibility restored...I suggest there are being naive..
But, to be honest, here's our top national story:
Marilyn Monroe photo raffled for $5 fetches $38K - British Columbia - CBC News
So, we're good.
Those of you that brown bag a lunch, work hourly, shop at family dollar, and voted for this just put sugar in your own gas tanks.
Republicans do not give a ****e about the working class, they loathe them.What so grim, Henry? Working people may finally have a chance to turn things around. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/us/recession-officially-over-us-incomes-kept-falling.html?_r=0
Nobody seriously thinks things will change significantly because of this, do they?
Republicans do not give a ****e about the working class, they loathe them.
Republicans do not give a ****e about the working class, they loathe them.