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I'm glad the NDP has a shot as official opposition, they deserve at least that for what they did in Québec. Hats off to them.

But, they don't deserve the PMO, yet.

Let's see how they do as official opposition, first.

Thanks for the Conservative Majority: Québec or NDP you decide.

   

Chaim a nice Jewish boy, who once studied to be a rabbi.

   

Like I said, a new relationship could mean all sorts of things. I agree that there needs to be a change in the way we do things now but this relationship has to be fair for both parties ignoring the issue for too long has brought things to the point they are currently at.



Adaptation is going to be required under both approaches. Weening ourselves off our dependence on fossil fuels means adapting our lifestyles to suit this lower usage. In any case giving up and simply adapting means we have accepted that we can't influence some sort of recovery, many have not and since not all life on the planet is as adaptable to changes in environment as humans might be there's still a lot out there that some of us would love to see preserved and protected.

On another note since when has humanity shied away from pissing in the wind? Seems like we've been defined by such acts?

As for ice ages... one problem at a time!



Staying isn't going to help either, change is far more effective on a society if it comes from within than from without. I never had a dispute with going in in the first place to break up the Taliban's little party in the Afghan but the longer a foreign power occupies the more discontent it brews and the less credit we have with anyone who might genuinely want change.

   

Yes, it's a bit of a minefield but someone needs to tackle these issues once and for all or they'll just keep getting worse and cost more in the long run.




That research has been ongoing for years and the findings are what being released now, there's more research being done all the time and it's all pointing in one direction currently. I agree that it's only one fact and all those things you list are also good. They are having an impact and doing as good a job as possible at doing what they can. We are already one of the leaders in areas like conservation and forestry/wildlife management. What we are not doing enough of is protecting our fresh water and making sure offenders in heavy industry are brought to task. Energy and minerals companies really seem to get far too much leeway.

I've never been one for big treaties the vast majority will pay lip service to either but like I said, there's money to be made on the environmental technology side of things too. If you can make it the cost effective choice then developing nations will sign on and you build your environmental response from the ground up from where people will notice it. Creative solutions are what will help mitigate the problem, not denial and obstructionism.



This is why I much prefer the new training role for police and army. This makes sense if you're trying to stabilize a society while not appearing to be occupiers. Make them self sufficient and they will be better equipped to solve their own problems. I'm still not convinced that the country is at all ready to accept lasting change but the best you can do is give the people the ability to make it work, that isn't going to happen if you're always doing it for them. I actually think the Taliban are the least of your problems in Afghanistan, the warlords are a much larger diagonalizing influence if you can't absorb them into government in some way that they become a part of the solution as opposed to a part of the problem.

   

That is a 'fake' Gene Simmons...and a 'fake' Prime Minister.

Oh well...I bet many got sucked in by the fake Gene...40% got sucked in by the fake PM!

   

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