Mar. 7th, 2005
Brutal honesty from Kansas.
Mar. 7th, 2005 11:05 am"We're trying to become the laughingstock of the world," said Republican Bill Franklin, a former mayor of Prairie Village, Kansas.
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Said Pastor Jim Conard of First Baptist Church in Shawnee, Kansas, "Any clear-cut moral issue that God has spoken on is worth defending."
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Yeah, like poverty, the sick, the death penalty, slavery, respect, tolerance....
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Said Pastor Jim Conard of First Baptist Church in Shawnee, Kansas, "Any clear-cut moral issue that God has spoken on is worth defending."
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Yeah, like poverty, the sick, the death penalty, slavery, respect, tolerance....
"I thought I was the third one down -- God, Jesus, Tony,"
Tony Dixon is on trial for murder. The crown alleges after attacking two women with a sword, he drove to Auckland where he shot dead James Te Aute and took another man hostage before surrendering to police.
Dr Jansen said Dixon had said he wanted capital punishment to be restored and he was looking forward to being killed.
"Get me an electric chair, I'll pay for it," Dixon had said, Dr Jansen told the court.
Tony Dixon is on trial for murder. The crown alleges after attacking two women with a sword, he drove to Auckland where he shot dead James Te Aute and took another man hostage before surrendering to police.
Dr Jansen said Dixon had said he wanted capital punishment to be restored and he was looking forward to being killed.
"Get me an electric chair, I'll pay for it," Dixon had said, Dr Jansen told the court.
"I could burn down the building."
Mar. 7th, 2005 12:42 pmPolice say the suspect tried to get a pen for free from a Bonner Springs Thriftway store. When he didn't succeed, he reportedly threatened to come back with dynamite and blow the store up. Police say the suspect then tried to run over the store manager in the parking lot.
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Kansas: Not just religious loonies! Honest!
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Kansas: Not just religious loonies! Honest!
Coming to Ottawa might also expose you to a parliamentary system that has a thing called question period every day, where those in the executive are held accountable by an opposition for their actions, and where demands for public debate on important topics such as missile defence can be made openly.
You might also notice that it's a system in which the governing party's caucus members are not afraid to tell their leader that their constituents don't want to follow the ideological, perhaps teleological, fantasies of Canada's continental co-inhabitant. And that this leader actually listens to such representations.
Your boss did not avail himself of a similar opportunity to visit our House of Commons during his visit, fearing, it seems, that there might be some signs of dissent. He preferred to issue his diktat on missile defence in front of a highly controlled, pre-selected audience.
Such control-freak antics may work in the virtual one-party state that now prevails in Washington. But in Canada we have a residual belief that politicians should be subject to a few checks and balances, an idea that your country once espoused before the days of empire.
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Lloyd Axworthy is president of the University of Winnipeg and a former Canadian foreign minister.
You might also notice that it's a system in which the governing party's caucus members are not afraid to tell their leader that their constituents don't want to follow the ideological, perhaps teleological, fantasies of Canada's continental co-inhabitant. And that this leader actually listens to such representations.
Your boss did not avail himself of a similar opportunity to visit our House of Commons during his visit, fearing, it seems, that there might be some signs of dissent. He preferred to issue his diktat on missile defence in front of a highly controlled, pre-selected audience.
Such control-freak antics may work in the virtual one-party state that now prevails in Washington. But in Canada we have a residual belief that politicians should be subject to a few checks and balances, an idea that your country once espoused before the days of empire.
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Lloyd Axworthy is president of the University of Winnipeg and a former Canadian foreign minister.
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Mar. 7th, 2005 06:49 pmEver seen a movie from the 1980s?
Well, now you never need to again, because here, for your viewing, uh, pleasure, is the ending to every last one of them.
Well, now you never need to again, because here, for your viewing, uh, pleasure, is the ending to every last one of them.
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Mar. 7th, 2005 11:49 pmNetwork TV in the USA refuses to show this public service announcement.