WHAT GRADE DO YOU GIVE OBAMA?

Considering what he has accomplished, it,s hard to believe President Obama has only been in office for  100 days.
Just look at the record.  He has steadied the economy, cleaned  up America;s image in the world, and given the American [people renewed hope. 
In three short months Ob ama has unveiled an $878  billion stimulus package, ordered [...]

IS THE GOP IRRELEVANT?

It’s hard to think of a better gift to President Obama on his first hundred days than the defection of Republican Senator Arlen Specter to the Democratic party.
Specter’s move (devastating for the GOP) changes the dynamics of politics in Washington.   With Specter and Al Franken who will soon be seated from Minnesota, the Democrats [...]

SHOULD CANADIAN FLAGS BE MADE IN CHINA?

David Graham has a small company in Ontario that, among other things, manufactures Canadian flag pins for  the boutique in the House of Commons.  Graham also lobbied for a  contract to make flag pins for the government which are then distributed to members of parliament.
He did not get the contract which amounted to $224, 497.   [...]

ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE MEXICAN FLU?

We now have half a dozen cases of the Mexican flu in Canada.  The U.S. has 20 cases.  And Mexico has had about 80 deaths.
Canada’s top public health official has issued a warning:  “Nobody should take this for granted in any way.  It doesn’t mean we won’t see either more severe illness or more potential [...]

SHOULD GOD BE DEBATED ON BUSES?

A Free God Association sponsored an advertising campaign on public transit in Calgary using the slogan, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.”
A Muslim leader replied with a public transit campaign of his own: “God cares for everyone even for those who say He doesn’t exist.” He also [...]

SHOULD INCEST BE DECRIMINALIZED?

Now that same-sex marriage is legal and polygamy soon will be, is incest far behind?
Is that too far-fetched?  Well, incest is not a crime in some countries – for instance, France, the Netherlands and Brazil.  Romania is considering decriminalizing it, while Sweden only prohibits siblings from getting married.
Some people are now proposing that just as [...]

IS JANET NAPOLITANO OUT TO LUNCH?

You would think the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary would know the facts about security.  Yet Janet Napolitano told a CBC TV interviewer that the 9/11 hijackers got into the United States through Canada.  Such ignorance  in a senior American official beggars belief.
No wonder the Canadian ambassador in Washington and the head of the RCMP had [...]

IS SUSAN BOYLE THE GENUINE ARTICLE?

When Susan Boyle, 47, appeared on a British television talent show, she was wearing a nondescript dress, looked frumpy, had bad teeth and, as it turned out had never been kissed let alone married.
But when she opened her mouth to sing “I Dreamed a Dream” she blew the audience away, stunned the judges and a [...]

SHOULD THE CIA BE CHARGED WITH TORTURE?

A political firestorm is raging in the United States over President Obama’s decision to shield CIA agents from prosecution for alleged torture.
Secret  memos, now released, indicate that CIA agents used waterboarding, sleep deprivation, and putting prisoners in cells filled with insects. One al-Quaeda operative was waterboarded 183 times in a single month, another 83 times.   [...]

SHOULD OBAMA HAVE SHAKEN HANDS WITH CHAVEZ?

Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, once called President Bush “a devil”.  This weekend Bush’s successor, Barack Obama, smiled and joked with Chavez, accepted a book from him and shook his hand.
These friendly gestures on Obama’s part started tongues wagging in Washington.  The gang at Fox news charged Obama with being a weakling in front of [...]