Canadians find themselves in a happy place today. The Winter Olympics in Vancouver have been a smash success, with Canada carrying off the honour of having scored more gold medals than any other country before in the history of the winter games. The Games have seen their share of heartache, what with the death of a luger and the mother of a Canadian athlete, but they will be remembered as not only a great global party, but also as the birth of a “new Canada”. Canadian and international commentators alike have concluded that the recent events in Vancouver have showcased a new kind of Canadian, one who enjoys celebrating his or her patriotism in an exuberant and boisterous way. It has been noted, for example, that Canadians have shed their excessive focus on political correctness....
If you love your country and defend it, that makes you a scoundrel, according to Bob Rae. On Mike Duffy Live today, in an attack on Stephen Harper, Rae said that patriotism is for scoundrels – this coming from the same party that always drapes itself in the Canadian flag and talks about "Canadian values", while calling anyone who is not Liberal "unCanadian". Nothing is more noble than patriotism. Without patriotism there is no cohesion, and everyone just sort of floats around without being truly anchored. Well, after (too) many years of Liberal government in Canadian history, maybe this...
Stephen King like many liberals really thinks poorly of their country's men and women in the military. Guess he'll be selling less alien stories now."I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don't, then you've got, the Army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's, it's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that."...
When Tony Blair says things like that, it becomes really clear that he is one of the greatest politicians in my lifetime, if not the greatest:TONY Blair has hit out at judges and opposition MPs for putting the human rights of terrorist suspects above the protection of law-abiding citizens. He spoke out as the British government prepares to set out fresh proposals for anti-terrorist legislation after three men on control orders went on the run.
Strengthening police powers to stop passers-by is being considered as part of a fresh raft of counter-terrorist measures to be announced before Home Secretary John Reid steps down on June 27 alongside Mr Blair.
The outgoing prime minister insisted their disappearance was not the fault of the Home Office or the security services, making clear he...