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- Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:34 pm
- Forum: World Events
- Topic: Kennedyesque
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7143
Here's another one: remember all those Chinese soldiers in Beijing? Remember how everyone was always talking about that? http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o246/Jeremy_I_Am/Olympics.jpg Well, at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, 16,000 members of the Canadian Army were tasked to protect 12,000 athletes. S...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:11 pm
- Forum: World Events
- Topic: Kennedyesque
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7143
Kennedyesque
I was thinking about how everyone says Obama's the new Kennedy when I came across this: a 1976 drawing by Duncan Macpherson, one of the finest editorial cartoonists of the 20th century.
Plus ca change...
Plus ca change...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:47 am
- Forum: World Events
- Topic: Another Indecision 2008
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10925
I dunno... I wouldn't object to going back to Liberal/Conservative rule, like it was before 1921. A look at the parties: Conservative: Led by Stephen Harper, MP for Calgary West, Alberta. Has been the government for the last 2 1/2 years. Main campaign points include beefing up security in the Northw...
- Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:14 pm
- Forum: World Events
- Topic: Another Indecision 2008
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10925
Another Indecision 2008
It's official: Canada is having another election, the third in five years, on Oct. 14. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, of the Conservative Party, is aiming to retain power in the face of his arch-rival, Libearal Party leader Stéphane Dion. Also competing for seats will be the socialist New Democratic...