Letters to the Editor
Bill Owen
Published Letters: 507 Editor's Choice: 6
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Going Nuclear
[Read the article: Canada's ferocious NAFTA growl]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In any conventional war with America, Canada would lose in a matter of hours, days at the most, some would take to the hills for an Iraqi type resistance and others would fight in the cities. No doubt the country could be "pacified" and the resources secured in less than 2 years.
Canada does have extensive uranium deposits as well as nuclear technology. If Canada were to go on a crash program we could have several SRBM's with nuclear warheads in 6 months to 1 year. This may be the only sure way to ensure Canada's sovereignty in the near term. But that is not going to happen, we have no plans for this, Canada is too naive.
Someone explicitly stated that if America were to start freezing in the dark then America would simply annex Canada - no doubt with the help of our Quisling Neocon Prime Minister Steven Harper. This is true, and the situation may soon arise if Bush manages to attack Iran before the end of his term.
Former PM Brian Mulroney did give away the farm all those years ago, he sold our oil and the fruits of our land for a seat on the board of over 30 US corporations, and a song and a dance with Ronald Reagan.
Cheney just visited our tar sands in Alberta, can the tanks be far behind?
NAFTA? Just a piece of paper.
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Canadian MP on NAFTA - It's bad for Canadians
[Read the article: Canada's ferocious NAFTA growl]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95PeROcswSw
Really good video - the short story is that the rich in Canada got richer, the upper middle class stayed the same and the middle class and the lower middle class got hammered.
The really sad news is that Barack Obama just revealed himself to be a laughable political lightweight who apparently is either a liar or knows less than nothing about the details of NAFTA. If he tries to take this agreement down he is going up against transnational elites and that ain't going to happen.
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@ Glenn, on recovering your files....
[Read the article: The McCain/Hagee story picks up steam]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you want to get a copy of your missing files, I would give Jones at NSA tech support a call. I am sure he has a copy.
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Police State America
[Read the article: The "liberal" position on the Surveillance State]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For decades America has worshiped, really worshiped, the policeman. It started with your Western movies and continues to this day with COPS and the like. The conclusion of this long sad tale told by an idiot, is 2.3 million Americans in prison, more, numerically, than Russia or China, the old paragons of totalitarianism. 1 in 15 black men are in prison.
The epilogue to your free society is this, every call you make, every email you send can be monitored, without your knowledge, against your will, and there is nothing you can do about it.
If you don't like it - "Shut up traitor!".
Wiki defines a Police State this way:
The term police state is a term for a state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population, especially by means of a secret police force which operates outside the boundaries normally imposed by a constitutional republic. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control, and there is usually little distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive.
Can anyone demonstrate to me that America has not met the definition? And if you have met the definition, what are you going to do about it? Other than vote for Obama, who I can guarantee you is okay with all this. He has to be, otherwise he would never be allowed to "run" for President, or as I would say, "apply for the position".
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Still, a Police State LWM, or close enough so it doesn't matter
[Read the article: The "liberal" position on the Surveillance State]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Your response is a perfect illustration of the amount of social control there is. Your country is at war with a country that did not attack you, a war that the people no longer want, yet it continues, and it continues with the help of the "opposition" party. Does not a free state have an effective opposition? But you argue that you are "free". Free to do what? Complain? Yes, sure go ahead, write an email and post it on Salon. They don't care, cause you don't matter. You have no power. Zero. None. You can vote for Obama or you can vote for McCain. Nothing will change, the rich will continue to take a bigger piece of the pie, day in and day out. The wars will continue, because you "need" the oil.
Sub Prime mortgage scandal? I am not sure how that is relevant? The evidence for economic control cannot be found in any particular case such as the sub prime loans "debacle", for it was a debacle not for the oligarchy, the rich are still rich and the poor are still poor - or in prison. A police state does not care for the welfare of the masses, therefore there was no need to control what happens in any particular economic case as long as overall the oligarchy benefits.
The immigration argument is silly. As bad as it is in America, there is no doubt that there are places that are worse, the fact that people move from a worse place to a marginally better one only proves that people will try to improve their lives. Don't ask yourself why so many poor Mexicans want to move to America, ask yourself why so few Europeans do.
The fact that in some countries people are not free to leave, and that in America they are proves nothing at all. If that is your standard, it is very very low.
2.3 million in prison, 1 in every 100 Americans is now a criminal. What about that?