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Thanks brad I'll try that

tit for tat on the rat pic bro!

Actually it's at 3:00 rookie

There's a lot of rats in the cellar....right beside the eternally impotent NDP.

It's weird because it's just certain threads....

Windows XP Explorer..? that it?

Click on it, it starts loading and almost gets there then crashes->end program, etc?

Slip fans are dogmatic.

Below is some data circulated on past convention bumps, but I think d_rawk is right on the Quebec #'s, bump aside - they were suprising and went against the predictions of most pundits. Post-NDP convention, December 2, 1989: Support among decided voters for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's party remained at the same 26 per cent it registered in November, but in the survey taken just days after Audrey McLaughlin won the NDP leadership, the New Democrats moved up three points to 28 per cent edging out the Tories for second place. Post-Liberal convention June 23, 1990: The Liberals would receive 31 per cent of the votes, down four percentage points from June, when the party was without a leader. Post-PC convention, June 13, 1993: A CTV-Maclean's magazine snap survey conducted after Campbell's win Sunday found that 37 per cent thought she would make the best prime minister. But the Angus Reid poll of 800 adults also showed her party would still trail the Liberals by 10 percentage points if an election were held today. Post-NDP convention, October 14, 1995: NDP support was virtually unchanged by last month's election of a new leader, Alexa McDonough. Post-PC convention, November 14, 1998: Joe Clark's return as Tory leader had little immediate effect on public support for the party, suggests an opinion poll conducted earlier this month. The Gallup survey pegged Tory support at 16 per cent, which the polling company said is about the same level the Tories have been at for 18 months. Post-CA convention, July 8, 2000: The Canadian Alliance picked up virtually no new support from voters since April, despite saturation media coverage of its four-month leadership campaign, according to a new Environics Inc. poll, The Globe and Mail reported Thursday. Post-CA convention, March 20, 2002: Environics Research's survey of 1,923 voters shows the Alliance failed to get a bump in the polls from their leadership race as the party remains stuck at 14 per cent support nationally. "Given that the polling was done right at the peak of the leadership contest, it is surprising to me that they did not get a four to five point bump,'' Environics vice-president Chris Baker said. While other parties have seen leadership contests translate into jumps of as much as 12 points in the polls, Baker said the lack of interest the race won by Harper generated among Canadian voters is clearly evident in the survey results. Post-NDP convention, January 25, 2003: Jack Layton's leadership victory last month and public concern about the prospects for a war in Iraq have driven the New Democratic Party to second spot behind the Liberals in a new poll, with 17 per cent support… The EKOS poll is the latest to show progress by the NDP, which had 11 per cent support in December, and 14 in January, when Layton, a long-time Toronto city councillor, won the leadership. Post-PC convention, May 31, 2003: New Tory Leader Peter MacKay has some work to do to gain the attention of voters. An Ipsos-Reid poll suggests two-thirds of Canadians have “no impression†of MacKay. That's despite his controversial win at the Tory leadership convention a week ago. Even among Tory supporters, MacKay has a tough time registering, with 53 per cent of those asked having “no impression†of their new leader. The Tories have just 15 per cent support, the Alliance 14 per cent, the N-D-P 11 and the Bloc Quebecois nine. Post-Liberal convention, November 14, 2003: There are a few surprises tonight in the first CTV-Globe and Mail public opinion poll since the Liberal leadership convention. The Ipsos-Reid survey indicates shifting political allegiances. The poll has the Liberals with 43 percent support, down slightly, but still a comfortable lead. Post-Conservative convention, March 20, 2004: On the heels of a Conservative Party leadership convention, crown corporation head firings, new rules for scrutiny and whistle blowing, pre-budget assistance to western farmers, and a new budget, many speculated the log-jam in federal party support would break. But, according to the latest Ipsos-Reid/CTV/Globe and Mail poll released today, the party support numbers are virtually the same as where they were just prior to the budget in early March. Currently the Liberals stand at 38% (exactly where they were in our release of March 8th 2004) among decided voters, the Conservatives follow at 27% (up 1 point), the New Democratic Party at 15% (down 2 points), the Bloc Quebecois at 10% (44% in Quebec, down 5 points), and the Green Party at 5%

Better in the same row than in the one behind!

Dude, that's not the "Crappy Tire" it's the "Richard Simmons on Roofies"!!

Dryden's a Bobby guy. Confirmed.

Nice - enjoy!

LÉGER-JOURNAL DE MONTRÉAL-CANOË-TVA POLL TODAY BQ 37% Lib 35% Cons 17% NDP 6% Grn 5% ELECTION '06 BQ 42% Lib 21% Cons 25% NDP 7.5% Grn 4%

Happy Birthday to one of the best B-Dub Army Squadron Leaders....or are you a Wing Commander? Whichever, have a great one man.

Happy Happy!

Yeah all the Conservative MP's and Ministers are accountable to Harper or they are fucked.

3) and 4) are a joke as well, and 5) has vanished! (cue birdy)

1) Clean up government by passing the Federal Accountability Act; 2) Provide real tax relief to working families by cutting the GST; 3) Make our streets and communities safer by cracking down on crime; 4) Help parents with the cost of raising their children; and 5) Work with the provinces to establish a Patient Wait Times Guarantee.

Their famous "5 priorities" from the election would work. I kinda forget what they are....

100% real.

I guess they're better than the yanks at PowerPoint presentations.

Actually Dion has been asserting that it's hypocritical for Harper to attempt to overturn the House's decision on same-sex marriage and then criticize everyone else for wanting out of Afghanistan. Check out this email that the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety sent out to his entire department.... From: Minister of Public Safety / Ministre de la Sécurité publique Sent: November 28, 2006 9:24 AM To: NAT-Dist_all_CBSA-tous_ASFC Subject: Recent Events / Événements récents English Version *** La version française suit *** Dear PS Team, It was 2:30 a.m. in BC. 5:30 a.m. in Montreal. I was in the kitchen, staring out the window into the darkness. My wife, still half asleep, emerged quietly from the hallway and asked what I was looking at. I said, "Right about now, as we're standing here safe and sound in our kitchen there are more than 700 officers from all over bursting into the hallways and doorways of a whole lot of high risk people." I explained that what was unfolding that day was one of the biggest busts and round-ups of an organized crime group in Canadian history. Knowing that the gangsters and others getting that early morning 'wake-up' call were being charged with everything from drug crimes and smuggling to attempted murder and extortion I knew the risks that hundreds of officers were facing that very moment. "I don't even want to think about the kind of loaded weapons that a lot of criminals keep under their beds just for moments like this," I said to my wife as she sat down at the table. I heard her whisper something. I asked her what she said. "It's ok, I wasn't talking to you. I was just praying that none of those officers would get hurt this morning" she said. And none did. Thanks to the element of surprise along with their training and skill the operation was a huge success. Congratulations to all our people at the RCMP, CSIS, CBSA along with Sûreté du Québec, the Montreal Police and other agencies, who have been working secretly on this Operation Colisée for a long time. I reflected on one aspect, the amount of cocaine that was seized and the amount that will now be prevented from getting to the street. When you break that down into individual hits of crack cocaine you realize that the number of kids who will now be spared, at least for awhile, from instant addiction and destruction is in the thousands. On another aspect, you probably read that two of our CBSA officers were arrested in the Operation. The media asked if I felt badly about that. "Of course I do" I said. "But I also feel very good about all the other CBSA men and women who put in an honest day's work, day in and day out, their whole career, keeping our borders safe and moving." On another note, last week I was at the Annual Cross-Border Crime forum, held this year in the US. Let me tell you, you should have seen how your colleagues performed. The presentations our people did on everything from prisons and policing to emergency planning and border stuff was incredible. The Attorney-General of the United States, Alberto Gonzales, told me at the end of the conference presentations that his FBI people and other US agencies learn a whole lot from the Canadians and how we go about our business. So whether you were directly involved in these events or not, you can be assured that the things you do every day, whether in Corrections or at the borders, in policing or emergency prep, are making a difference and it does get noticed. And hey, how 'bout those 72 Hour Emergency ads on TV! Good work to everyone who worked on that project. I saw the first ones on TV last week after watching the BC Lions whack the Als in the Grey Cup (And just for the record, I thought the ref was going to need help from Emergency Preparedness when he blew the whistle too soon and stopped the Als touchdown). Anyway, I never cease to be impressed with the diligence and expertise you show on the job every day. Whether at your desk or at your post you are keeping my kids and grandkids safe and secure. Thanks again for doing that. Thanks for being 'there'. Cheers, Stockwell Day ...I think the "Cheers" sign off is my favourite part.

"so goofy!" You're my boy blue!