Kick Ass World Leaders A Thing Of The Past...

Vindication for the Iron Lady
Conrad Black Jan 7, 2012 – 7:05 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 6, 2012 1:46 PM ET

Though it is probably happening too late to be overly gratifying to her, events are piling on to vindicate Margaret Thatcher completely in her reservations about British integration in Europe. Her response to the proposal to reduce Britain to a local government in a federal Europe was, memorably: “No, no, no, and never.” And her reward for her refusal to get on board what was then the thundering bandwagon of Eurofederalism, was to be sent packing by her own ungrateful party, though she was the only British political leader who had won three consecutive, full-term election majorities since before the First Reform Act expanded the electorate in 1832.
She was immensely popular with millions of Britons as a patriotic and courageous leader who took Britain off financial life support, saved it from strangulation by over-mighty, almost anarchistic unions, built a prosperous, home-owning democracy, threw the Argentinians out of the little corner of the British Empire they had wrongfully seized (the Falkland Islands), and played a starring role in winning the Cold War. Read More »

Only A Cartoon IF HUDACK DOESN'T START KING ASSD...

Hopefully The World Will Get The Message...

...Canada is going to stop being the water boy for the USA.

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Heading In The Wrong Direction...

...although maybe Barack recognizes his mode of transportation is not dependant on fossil fuels and I would suggest that he read history acording to Teddy Roosevelt!

Tamils Learned From Last Summer's Toronto Marches...

Where Is The Canadian Michelle Malkin...

...possibly Kate At SDA?

Maxine, Barney, Fannie, Freddie & TARP Hanky-Panky

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Another deadly catch-and-release nightmare

Who’s the immigration demagogue, President Obama?

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Reflection.

 

August 2, 2010 10:52 PM by Michelle Malkin
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Driven Into The Closet By G20 Nutbars, Leftwing Media, HRCs, Etc...

Leah McLaren

Have your friends become closet conservatives?

...but like gays when they come out they will do so screaming and kicking ass so watch out. 

Stupid Is As Stupid Does...

John Moore: Vindication for Taliban Jack

Lawrence Cannon wants to include the Taliban in the Afghan peace process. This is exactly what NDP leader Jack Layton proposed four years ago when the Tories branded him 'Taliban Jack'

...Six million jews, gypsies and other non-Aryns would question using the Chamberlain/Layton/Carter gambit in dealing with war lords and drug dealers. I am sure the CIA, NKVD and other current organizations can give you a more recent insight into Taliban leaders.

A Thumbs Up To Those Who Protested...

...and we at least know what is happening in this one particular case but what about the thousands and thousands and thousands of abuses of people in cultures that differ from ours. As a collective we jump at the chance of helping people in need and we allocate billions in foreign aid, have telethons, entertainers put on spectaculars, etc. and this lessens our feelings of guilt but the reality most of don't know whether our efforts are successful. Look back, starting with Haiti, and look at the victims and see whether their lives have changed dramatically. I agree with the basic premise of this column that if you want to change the world start with your own neighborhood helping the senior with routine chores, giving the single working mother help with her kids, getting out and voting, holding politicians feet to the fire, etc.

 

One person matters

Dither on world issues if you must — but realize stoning a woman to death is wrong

By THEO CALDWELL, QMI Agency

Last Updated: July 15, 2010 12:00am

Let’s call it tepid progress.

Last week, I wrote about Sakineh Ashtiani, a woman who has been imprisoned, beaten, and sentenced to death by stoning in Iran for the crime of “adultery.”
Recently, Iranian authorities announced they probably won’t stone Ashtiani after all. But she may yet be hanged and at least 15 other people await stoning deaths in that nation.
Mine is one of many voices calling for Ashtiani’s release, and I am encouraged her supporters include folks from various countries, cultures and backgrounds, spanning the political spectrum from right to left. I am fascinated, however, by those who insist on staying in the middle.
For example, I participated in a BBC radio program about Ashtiani and the brutality of the Iranian regime. Bafflegab was thick on the ground, and at one point the host mused that Iran’s death penalty for homosexuals is a moral judgment akin to the United States banning gay marriage.
Equating two obviously unequal situations is not clever or nuanced. It is idiotic and irresponsible. Similarly, asking the insipid modern question, “Who are we to decide?” only serves to evince moral vacuity but, if you must pose the query, let me help you with the answer.
You are a human being, born with the capacity to determine right from wrong. Further, if you are reading this column, chances are you have the magnificent good fortune to live in a part of the world that allows freedom of thought and expression.
If you grew up in western society during the last generation or so, you have likely been browbeaten into believing there is no absolute right and wrong and even if there were, you have no business deciding which is which, since your ancestors probably owned slaves or didn’t recycle.
There is evil in the world, uncomfortable as that is for people who yearn to reduce any situation to a contest of two extremes, placing themselves in the serene centre.
Certainly, there are issues where the line between right and wrong seems blurry, but bashing people’s brains out with rocks should not be one of them. If it is, though, on what other topics would you demur to pass judgment? Child slavery?
The logical extension of this approach is that folks become open-minded imbeciles, incapable of making a decision.
Or, people want to make a case like Ashtiani’s about something else.
Let’s suppose, for example, you strongly disagree with the State of Israel and consider their treatment of Palestinians to be criminal. That does not mean everything happening in the world, or even the Middle East, pertains to that issue.
Ashtiani’s predicament has nothing to do with Jerusalem settlements, and even if a peaceful two-state solution were achieved in Gaza and the West Bank today, she could still be killed tomorrow.
One person matters. It is easier to love mankind than to love your neighbour, as author Eric Hoffer opined, but if you remember that each person is the most important in the world to someone, it becomes less difficult.
As you read this, Ashtiani is sitting in a cell, not knowing if she is about to die. You have the privilege to be as philosophical as you like, but if you care about what’s right, this woman’s fate really ought to be enough.

theo.caldwell@sunmedia.ca

Listen Up! Obama, Layton, Leftwing Appeasement Champions...

Taliban rule out talks with NATO

Forget The Vision...Let's Get Down To Kick Ass Politics

Urban vision carries a price

By David Soknacki

Fri Jan 22 2010

Voters are looking for solutions: for the city's chronic financial shortfalls, for its quarrelsome relationships with Queen's Park and Ottawa, and to fix a structure that many feel is out of touch with reality.

...hold politicans accountable for broken promises immediately not give them a free ride until the next election

...annual review of government departments and those that fail to meet stated objectives will see immediate changes in "leadership."

Kate (SDA), Kathy, Ann, Wonder Woman, Michelle...

Underreported stories of 2009

By Michelle Malkin • January 1, 2010 12:11 PM

Let's Not Antagonize The Enemy.....Let's Negotiate

And we will negotiate the next time and the next time and the next time.......

CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD

Loss of life can't blunt fact that Farrell does profession of journalism proud

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