President George Bush has signed a $162B war spending bill. The money is to be used to fund the ongoing fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. “This bill shows the American people that even in an election year, Republicans and Democrats can come together to stand behind our troops and their families.”, Bush says. But from my understanding, the Democrats have tried and tried again to pull those troops out and limit Bush’s power in terms of conducting war. Read the rest of this entry »
The massive earthquake that devastated China and left almost 70,000 people dead has also opened the public’s eye to the current building standards of the country. Many of the buildings should not have tumbled over so quickly. And, this includes many schools. The Chinese government has issued new safety guidelines when constructing building in response to the public outcry. Read the rest of this entry »
A spokesman for the Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe says that he will not step down after winning the alleged sham of an election in Zimbabwe. The spokesman even went as far as to say, “They can go hang. They can go and hang a thousand times.”, regarding the critics in the West. What does that comment tell you about the current President? Read the rest of this entry »
Ulan Bator, the Mongolian capital has been haunted with riots over an alleged election fraud. A state of emergency has been declared after 5 people were killed and hundreds injured as the riots torched and attacked government buildings. Read the rest of this entry »
Didn’t cbc.ca recently have something about that CCP official in Lhasa at the torch relay ceremony mouthing off about Beijing smashing the ’splittist’ schemes of the ‘Dalai Lama clique,’ thus injecting politics in direct contradiction to Beijing’s insistence that the Olympics are essentially a sports event which has no place for politics. Read the rest of this entry »
This is a most disgusting turn of events. If any nation deserved regime change more I’ve not come across it. As far as I’m concerned Zimbabwe & the DPRK, (North Korea), are in a dead heat for most vile nation status. Read the rest of this entry »
I was disciplined by my parents with a smack on the bum (sometimes higher) and I think I turned just fine. In fact, a lot of my law-abiding, self-reliant friends were disciplined as a youngster as well. I think that discipline in a household is absolutely necessary in order to raise a child into a mature and respectable citizen to society. Apparently, the liberal government in Canada thinks otherwise and they are trying to pass a bill that threatens to charge parents who use physical punishment to discipline their children. Read the rest of this entry »
Upon filming his latest flick in China, John Woo’s set for ‘The Battle of Red Cliff’ suffered a serious fire which resulted in 6 crewmen injured and, unfortunately, the death of one of his stuntmen. These are the types of risks that these stunt crew take which make me give them nothing but utter respect. They put their lives on the line in an attempt to simply entertain us. Read the rest of this entry »
