paisley Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 thanks for running Canada like a Canadian Jean thoughtfully, peacefully and with a sense of humor he leaves his post as Canadian leader with the majority of the world liking and respecting us, a decent economy and a good overall national pride good work Mr. Cretien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elemeno Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by paisley: thanks for running Canada like a Canadian Jean thoughtfully, peacefully and with a sense of humor he leaves his post as Canadian leader with the majority of the world liking and respecting us, a decent economy and a good overall national pride good work Mr. Cretien lay off the acid paisley!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted December 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Cretien was the best leader of my lifetime.... Paisley, i agree with everything you said... Canada led by a Canadian....what a concept... i hope i have a chance to meet him one day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elemeno Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 quote:Originally posted by secondtube: Cretien was the best leader of my lifetime.... Paisley, i agree with everything you said... Canada led by a Canadian....what a concept... i hope i have a chance to meet him one day... i must have missied one hell of a acid party last night in the hammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Such a good leader, yet no-one can spell his name... (Just causing trouble, don't mind me...) AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 iAn? i've never been good with spelling.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 bah, french... LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 u forgot the H boys Trudeau was another good PM...but i was pretty young back then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 ahhhh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pootie Tang Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Found this nice little article on the man in todays paper: http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=B03DC883-629C-49A9-9894-ED85213A9479 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 Here's a nice last day story too! http://tinyurl.com/yt4y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wil Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 He used the words, "no political donations from corporations"...Braaaaaavo. Would have been the most important legislature in Canadian history. Ah well....too bad so sad. I aplaud him for bringing it up! Long live the steam ship business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry jr. Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 Overall, I'm pretty happy with Chretien, especially the last year or so of his service - saying no on the Iraq war, progressive social change, etc. I was more proud to be Canadian this past year than I've ever been before. However, I still remember the APEC incident in 1997 where the red carpet was rolled out for Suharto; the massive cuts to social programs in order to start paying down the debt (while cutting corporate taxes); related - huge increases in college/university tuition; and his general embrace of WTO/NAFTA/IMF policies that have hurt workers, the environment, and our national sovereignty. Right now, as a matter of fact, he's sucking up to China's Premier at a press conference, but I understand politics have to trump principles sometimes. Still, he wasn't one of those politicians who controlled everything he said and tailored his thoughts to polls. Any Prime Minister who can say that he might spark a doob when he retires is alright with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by wil: He used the words, "no political donations from corporations"...Braaaaaavo. Would have been the most important legislature in Canadian history. Ah well....too bad so sad. I aplaud him for bringing it up! Long live the steam ship business. That legislation passed and takes effect January 1 2004..... ad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted December 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 keep on rockin in the free world AD you have some strong vibes about ya with your finely and fancy travelin (don't listen to the americans, keep that Canadian patch on your pack no matter what) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 heh... seems like I have way too much time on my hands with all the posting I've done lately... I don't post this often when I'm in Ottawa... As for the Americans... I'll keep my thoughts on that to myself for a bit... They're doing some good work here, but they're killing lots of kids too... Someone's got to get rid of the Taliban though. 5 kidnappings this week, 3 bombings, 3 shootings (that's just the cases involving ex-pats). There was a shooting spree by Taliban just 15 minutes down the road from where I am right now two days ago that left 15 Afghani civilians dead. Taliban is more of a threat to Afghanistan than the Americans AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted December 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 well, I usually really like americans that I meet the Taliban should have been stopped when they started blowing up thousands of years old Buddha statues (many of them hundreds of feet tall) a few years back the patch comment came from something on tv the other night where they were saying Canadians should keep a low profile when travelling through the states as many Americans have a hate-on for anti-war peacenik Canadians right now - CNN fear mongering most likely American media and the higher powers there seem like they're on some sort of crazed Benzedrine bender lately... dizzy with it all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 ....the champagne is flowing on Parliament Hill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pootie Tang Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dr. Huxtable: ....the champagne is flowing on Parliament Hill!You drunk Bastard!! Bring some of that good stuff home tonight will ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by paisley: the Taliban should have been stopped when they started blowing up thousands of years old Buddha statues (many of them hundreds of feet tall) a few years backGlad I'm not the only one who remembers that. Took place the summer before 9/11. Can't believe the international community didn't do more to stop that particular raping of history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 quote: Originally posted by Dr. Huxtable: ....the champagne is flowing on Parliament Hill! He looks dosed in that picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 quote:Originally posted by ollie: quote:Originally posted by paisley: the Taliban should have been stopped when they started blowing up thousands of years old Buddha statues (many of them hundreds of feet tall) a few years backGlad I'm not the only one who remembers that. Took place the summer before 9/11. Can't believe the international community didn't do more to stop that particular raping of history. It was only 2 statues, 175 feet and 120 feet that were demolished in March 2001... The international community tried pretty hard, there were pleas from the UN, UNESCO, world leaders, the OIC, but the Taleban is pretty cruel and stupid. I think we're travelling through Bamiyan on Tuesday (if we travel back to Kabul by car); I'll try to get some shots... No promises... Home for the holidays! That's what I like to hear... Coming back in January, then possibly to Kashmir for some work there... AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted December 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Dr. Huxtable: ....the champagne is flowing on Parliament Hill! dose the punch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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