Another Government Money Pit

It’s time for Canadians to be afraid…very afraid. Our minority Liberal government has decided to set aside five billion dollars for a national day care program. Let’s see. When the Liberal government set aside two million for the gun registry costs spiraled so far out of control they still haven’t been determined and we’re closing in on a two billion dollar bill for a program that hasn’t saved a life and is far from working properly. That is the big problem with our society today. Because of government interference in our lives we’re paying more and more to help others and get less to help ourselves. We couldn’t afford to have seven kids and few people today can thanks to the onerous tax burden on all Canadians. We also made a concious decision to have more than one child and never received a penny of government money to pay for a baby sitter even though we were eligible. Now we’re going to be asked to pay to raise other people’s kids. This national day care system is an idiotic idea which will only become another government money eating machine. It also will become an indoctrination centre, one that will perpetuate the idea that the government can raise your child better than you. Five billion dollars!! Right. This is shaping up to be a disaster that will make the gun registry look like a bargain.(Well, lets see!!! Who keeps voting these assholes back into power time and time again? It's the "urban yuppie" with the SUV's and all the kids wearing $100.00 sneakers thats who! It's the folks that are too busy holding down two or more jobs to raise there own children, so up pops another segment of the 'nanny state'. We'll indoctrinate er.. look after your children for you! After all , who better than the Liberals to get first crack at educating your children to the ways of the 'forever dependant', urban 911 calling , itsy bitsy spider infested , deluded inhabtants of the Fisherprice/Disney Land world of alternate realities eh?)
CSI Shutdown
News that the RCMP is shutting down its Edmonton forensic science lab is ringing alarm bells in police services in and around the city. The Edmonton Police Service wants to know how the closure might affect the speed with which RCMP scientists can return forensic reports on crime exhibits. "We're not sure at this point if it means status quo or things getting worse," said Insp. Brad Ward of the EPS Crimes Against Persons section. "One thing that concerns us is a lack of direct local access to (forensic) specialists." "You'd think they could have picked something else to cut," said Const. Bob Grant of the Camrose Police Service. "We depend on that service to do our jobs." "They closed down the evidence recovery units in Edmonton and Regina in 2003 and centralized them in Ottawa," he said. "So police services in those regions lost that local expertise. "The backlog of DNA tests gets longer every year, because they won't invest the resources into getting it done. The trend is toward centralizing everything in Vancouver and Ottawa - we're going to be in huge trouble if we have to deal with a huge disaster like a terrorist attack." Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz has been pressuring the RCMP over its backlog of DNA tests, which he said grew from 752 to 1,217 over 2004. He said the federal government is starving police forensic services and putting investigations at risk. "Meanwhile, they've got a billion-dollar-plus gun registry that doesn't work and they haven't cut its funding by one nickel," he said. "It makes no sense at all." (I'm beginning to wonder, if the Liberals receive under the table funding from organized crime? Think about it.. Their cutting back on all aspects of crime control, from forensics to the cops on the street. They have spent almost 2 billion dollars making sure that criminals will have as little resistance, or chance of injury  as possible when breaking into your home, or robbing your business. By the systematic disarming of a large segment of the population, by controlling duck hunters under the guise of crime/gun control,  they have made it 'politically incorrect' to defend your home and family with appropriate force. We have the most obvious 'revolving door justice system' in the entire world. Our justice system favours the criminal MORE than the victim. Our "Youth Justice Act" virtually assures that 'convicted' teenage criminals, or murderers can live right next door to your family, and you are not allowed to know. They gave us 'Concurrent'  sentencing, allowing criminals to commit as many crimes as they can, yet the punishment rarely increases beyond what ever 'lessor' crime they plea bargained the government for. And to top all this off, They gave criminals in prison, the right to vote! In ANY other situation, this much 'coincidence' would be considered collusion. Feel Safer Yet?)
PROOF: Martin is a MORON
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin said Canada must be consulted before the U.S. decides to fire on missiles that enter Canadian airspace, despite Ottawa's refusal to participate in America's missile defence program. "I don't think that anyone expected that there would be any other finger on a button than the Americans," Martin said Friday, a day after his decision not to join the program. "But in terms of Canadian airspace, yes we would expect to be consulted. This is our airspace. We're a sovereign nation. And you don't intrude on a sovereign nation's airspace without seeking permission," Martin said. (Give me a break!!! Does Martin 'really' think that if the U.S.A. detects a missile entering Canadian Airspace, on route to American Soil, that Bush is going to call 'Mr. Dithers', 'ask permission', and then wait for him to see which way the 'political' wind is blowing, before taking out the missile? If Martin thinks, that this is the reality, then there is no doubt about it.. The man is a outright MORON.. The Americans will do whatever is in their best interest, and I would suspect shooting down a missile headed for them over 'whatever' airspace, would be in their best interest.. Ours too by the way. Martin the Moron, may be just too stupid to be in charge after all!)
Again! The Liberal Nanny State Mantra!: If It Saves only ONE life
"If we could help save one life or someone from misery for their full life, this bill is worth going forward with," said Szabo, whose bill has already passed its second reading in the House of Commons. Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is on record as supporting the bill – although he said he sees it as part of a broader effort to combat the social and health problems alcohol can cause. "If you asked me whether putting warning labels on alcohol bottles would be a panacea for this, I would say no. It is one part of a comprehensive strategy that we are trying to develop." A man whose 12-year-old son was killed by an impaired driver was delighted by the idea. "The idea is No. 1, it's fantastic," he said in French. "It should have been done a long time ago, it could have saved lives." (Well I 'guess' it would, if the person and all his ancestors have been living in a cave in the mountains somewhere for the last 200-300 years! Perhaps what we 'really' need are election labels that say "Liberal Brain Farts May Cause Perminant Damage to your ability to judge things for yourself"! I'm sorry for the mans loss of his son, but does he 'really' think a warning label on a bottle of booze in the hands of a moron, behind the wheel of a car, would have saved him? I don't think so. What this 'really is' is another knee jerk liberal reaction to the plaintif cry that "something" regardless of how stupid and ineffective, must be done.. Well, we already have a useless 2 billion dollar gun registry that reflects that type of 'liberal' thinking. Enough is enough. )
A Budget to make you "Ralph"!
The budget promises a broad sweep of tax relief measures. Low-income earners will benefit from the proposal to increase the amount Canadians can earn tax-free -- from just over $8,000 to $10,000. But it's the budget's generosity towards corporate Canada that's pleasing Conservatives and Big Business, with $4.9 billion in business tax breaks, along with an end to the corporate surtax imposed nearly 20 years ago to fight deficits. Conservative Deputy Leader Peter Mackay says the Liberals simply "took a lot of the policy direction that we had advocated in the last election. "In fact, some of the (policies were) plucked right from our platform. After saying throughout the election that there wasn't enough to both increase spending and give tax cuts -- that's exactly what they did." He adds: "So it would be disingenuous of us to say, well, we're against that." New Democrat MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis told Canada AM she's disappointed by the Liberals' "huge concession to the corporate sector," adding that the budget offers a "paltry sum in terms of a tax break for low income people." Layton says he's not sure yet how his party will vote on the budget. "Canadians certainly didn't vote for large corporate tax cuts," he says. "They voted for . . . investment in education, in children and the environment and communities."(The basic exemption should be 10,000 NOW, rising to 15,000 in two years. There is no reason people making minimum wage, and a few social security benefits should even be ON the tax roll, particularly seeing that the Liberals thought it was such a good, important,  idea, to eliminate the 10% luxury tax on jewellery, and increase the RRSP contributions to 22,000.00.. Which I'm sure will benefit the poor to no ends.... And, you notice the federal 'gas tax' imposed by Martin 'years ago' to fight the deficit is STILL there, even though the deficit has been long gone for many of those years. If the Liberals want to show good faith, and try to convince Canadians their not the same group of fuck-ups that have been running this country into the ground for the last 15 years, prove it, by scrapping the universally recognized symbol of Canadian government waste.. "The Gun Registry". Do that, and THEN maybe Canadians, like the gullible bastards we are,  will start to believe your other lies..)
Stephan Harpers Address To the O.F.A.H
Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the warm welcome. It is always a pleasure for me to meet with members of Canada’s fishing and hunting community, though I admit I have never met so many in downtown Toronto.  This feels more like rural Alberta where my wife, Laureen, grew up. To give you a sense of her, one time an Ottawa Liberal told my wife that the Conservative party consists of people who either go to church on Sunday or go hunting.   My wife said “Well, I know people who do both.” In any case, I thank you for your kind invitation to participate in this 77th annual general meeting of Ontario’s fishers and hunters. I have traveled enough throughout Ontario and Canada, on and along all kinds of bodies of water – enough know that there are two kinds of fishermen: those who fish for sport, and those who catch something.  On the other hand, as that great Canadian storyteller Greg Clark once said, “we are all descendants of successful hunters.”Our organizations have much in common: you are Canada's leading conservation organization.  We are Canada’s leading Conservative organization.  So it is not surprising then that we share the same point of view on many important issues.
Violent criminals do not buy firearms licences and do not register their guns. What’s more, it’s been amply demonstrated that a search of the gun registry does next to nothing to lead police to the real criminal.  Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino, who is ending a most distinguished career in law enforcement next month, admitted himself that his officers had never encountered an incident in which the registry "enabled us to either prevent or solve any of these crimes." In fact, 86% of firearms used in homicides were unregistered and 80% of murderers were unlicensed. The Liberals have not even succeeded in registering half of the 16.5 million guns that are in Canada according to government import and export records.  Let me be clear. The hundred million a year being wasted tracking duck hunters should be spent giving police real resources to go after the real criminals.(All in all, a pretty good speech. Unfortunately he was preaching largely to the choir. . When he says "promote firearms safety training and a licensing system for all those wishing to acquire and use firearms legally;" He had better be talking about bringing back the old FAC system, unless the "Licence" is a lifetime certificate unless revoked for committing a criminal act, or instructed by the courts for a 'proven' safety reason. The "Life time Licence" should be issued for no more than a SINGLE one time, modest issuing fee. They registration of ALL guns is based in paranoia, and should be ended.)
Liberals taxing us to death
With each passing year, it gets harder for working Canadians to make ends meet and it gets virtually impossible for them to save, says Conservative party's Monte Solberg In 1917, when the federal government introduced income taxes as a temporary war measure, ordinary people paid no tax on their incomes. For the vast majority, the tax rate was zero. For the rich, the marginal tax rate was 72 per cent.Between World War I and World War II, only 5 per cent of adults were required to file tax returns. But in 1940, a Liberal government began to tax everybody to pay for the war. Now, after decades of economic advance, we still impose, in peacetime, a significant tax burden on low- and middle-income Canadians. A single person in Ontario, for example, with taxable income of $35,000 a year, pays about $5,650 in income taxes alone — an average tax rate of 16 per cent. When all taxes are thrown in, the Fraser Institute calculates that this same individual would pay $17,175 in taxes — an average tax rate of 49 per cent. The Liberals will say they would love to cut taxes. but they have other projects, other plans. his obsession with every priority except people's basic standard of living will backfire. Our economy grows slower than it could if Canadian entrepreneurial capacity were unleashed through bigger incentives to take risk. Government revenues increase slower than it should and its ability to pay for social programs erodes. In the end, the government can do neither what it wants, nor what it should.(The need for a child day-care plan in this country, is a direct result of  excessive liberal taxation. Before the great Liberal utopia got started with Trudeau back in 1967, families could afford to have only one person working, and if the mother chose, she could stay home and raise the kids. Now, that is an impossibility. Not only do we require 'strangers' looking after our kids, but this is a very real reason for the way 'some' kids now behave. I have actually had chartered accountants tell me, the ONLY way you can possibly get by today, is to hide money, 'as the liberals do' and lie about it 'as the liberals do'. How do the liberals think 'they' can get by? Simple, keep the immigrant flood gates open and keep collecting those taxes. Look around Ontario for example! We don't even have Doctors for the people we have here now! Remember, Most of the elite liberals taxing you and I, are wealthy business men/women and Lawyers.. They have NO IDEA  what it means to send your kids to bed hungry at night!, NO IDEA of what it's like to give up simple pleasures like a movie once in a while, just to make sure the rent is paid. NO IDEA what it might be like to lay awake and worry how your going to heat your home this winter AND pay the GST on that heat. NO IDEA AT ALL! .. For Example.. In 1967, the start of the Trudeau dynasty, if you were making 600.00 per month(after taxes), to maintain the SAME standard of living in 2005, you would have to have a income of $3,557.35 per month(after taxes).. Don't believe me? check it out your self..)
Parliament braces for Liberal minority government budget
On the eve of the first federal budget of this Liberal minority government, the opposition parties are all singing from the same songbook arguing they won't hesitate to bring down the government if they don't get what they want, and adding the federal Cabinet has failed to properly engage them in the decision-making process. "What I would love to see is them actually negotiate some things, ensure that some of these things are getting done in this minority Parliament. They weren't negotiating. They were basically asking for our opinion and then saying thank you very much, we'll take it into consideration," said Conservative MP Monte Solberg (Medicine Hat, Alta.), his party's finance critic last week after his party's national caucus meeting on Wednesday. Unlike previous Liberal minority governments, there is no indication the Liberal Party has forged a loose agreement with the left-leaning NDP--the governing party's traditional allies in these situations. But several sources and reports have indicated that the Liberals have an understanding with the Conservatives over tax cuts, something both sides vehemently deny. (There should be SUBSTANTIAL tax cuts for low and middle income people. This government has raped the Canadian taxpayer for years, with burgeoning surpluses, billions and billions of tax dollars hidden away in foundations, the obscenely bloated coffers of the un-employment insurance fund, and the incredible ongoing waste of useless endeavours such as the gun registry. We STILL have the gasoline tax that Martin laid on us to reduce the Deficit! Pardon me, but hasn't the deficit been gone for several years now? If there is NOT some MEANINGFUL tax relief, this budget SHOULD be voted down and an election called. THAT would also take care of the  the 'Same Sex Marriage' problem for a while as well!)
Six children die in attack at ice rink
Firearms are tightly controlled in China, but the country has witnessed a surge in knife attacks in recent months, with children often the victims. The killings follow a series of seven attacks on schoolchildren around China between August and December last year. In November, a 21-year-old man stabbed nine boys to death in a high school dormitory and 42 children were injured and one killed in a pair of attacks on a day care centre and kindergarten in August and September. The man who slashed 25 children with a kitchen knife in September at a grade school in eastern China was later executed. Although no-one was killed, a court ruled that the penalty was justified because the violence was "especially cruel." The reason for the surge in knife assaults is not clear. But the spate of violence prompted the government of President Hu Jintao to issue a nationwide order in September for schools to hire guards and tighten security. (Please note, that unlike the 'instant knee jerk reaction' we would expect from the Canadian Liberals, China is NOT going to blame the 'object', but instead do something about the 'people' responsible for such criminal acts. After watching our government try to control crime, by attacking inanimate objects, I am totally amazed that the Liberals don't burn a chair every time someone stubs their toe on one! )
Register those who can't carry guns!
It seems strange in this "culture of safety" that the federal government has seen fit to spend billions of dollars to register the non-problem firearms of responsible target shooters and hunters, but seems to give short shrift to the very forensic facilities that could help to put irresponsible, gun-toting criminals behind bars. Canadians have by now seen through the Canadian Firearms Act and know it for the sham that it is. Perhaps, it is time to rejig the firearms registry as a dangerous offender registry and start registering the names of people who are not allowed to possess firearms, rather than listing the guns of people who scrupulously obey the laws. It certainly could not be any more useless than the current firearms registry and, in all likelihood, it will actually provide some benefit to the public safety.:Robert S. Sciuk, Oshawa..(Reducing crime, is a liberal priority.  Thousands of people currently employed, oiling the revolving doors of our justice system would be out on their collective asses. The U.S.A. has seen a substantial drop in their violent crime rate, and 'STILL' some of 'their' liberals just don't get it. A quote from an 'American' democrat: "If crime in this country is truly dropping, why do we have so many people in prison"? ..Duh!!!)
The Kyoto Protocol:
Canada’s new gun registry
The federal government has a big problem if it is serious about adhering to the Kyoto Protocol. The international treaty, which came into effect on February 16, commits Canada to reduce average carbon dioxide emissions to six per cent below 1990 levels by 2010. Yet the government has yet to produce a national plan to achieve this.  This is all beginning to look like another ill-conceived and deeply flawed federal program: the gun registry. Canadians were told the registry would be a cost effective way to track gun ownership and reduce gun-crime. And like Kyoto, the public largely accepted the registry on these promises.  In 1995, Canadians were assured the Firearms Program would cost $119-million to implement, an amount to be offset by $117-million in registration fees from law-abiding gun owners. Today, we know the truth. The program’s costs ballooned and are on track to hit $2-billion—without any measurable impact on gun-crime statistics. The Liberal government repeatedly failed to supply Parliament with accurate budget information on the registry’s costs. An independent review of the program was aborted in 2002 because the government could not provide the complete financial picture to the auditor-general. The registry stands as an indictment of the Liberals’ ability to properly manage ambitious programs. And it will be the same with Kyoto.(It worthwhile to point out that China, emerging as one of the worlds most prolific polluters is exempt from this protocol! Why? Because if it wasn't exempt, the world wide industry controllers such as Power Corp. would have no place left to sell their bottomed out, cheaply bought, high sulphur coal, and make 'another' fortune.. The 'Eco Freaks' are just too blind to see what's happening. Ya, it's all about saving the planet isn't it? )
British magazine dubs Martin 'Mr. Dithers'
LONDON - Paul Martin has been nicknamed "Mr. Dithers" by a prestigious international magazine, which slammed the prime minister for being indecisive in his first 14 months in office. The Economist, a British-based magazine read by hundreds of thousands of influential people, panned Martin's performance in an article headlined "'Mr. Dithers' and his Distracting Fiscal Cafeteria." "Mr. Martin, a successful finance minister for almost a decade until 2002, cannot quite shake off the impression that Canada's top job is too big for him," it says.
"His faltering leadership has earned him the sobriquet of 'Mr. Dithers."(Paul Martin's 'success' at Prime Minister, is the best thing that's happened to the conservative party.. Here's hoping for a election soon!)
Martin, Harper kick off same-sex debate
 OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin kicked off the parliamentary debate on his government's controversial same-sex marriage legislation Wednesday, saying the debate would be "about the kind of nation we are today and the nation we want to be." But Conservative Leader Stephen Harper immediately countered by introducing an amendment to Bill C-38 to protect the traditional definition of marriage, calling compromise "the real Canadian way."  He said his party will introduce two kinds of amendments to the bill: An amendment restricting marriage to the traditional common-law definition of "one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others," while allowing provinces to offer other forms of civil union that give same-sex couples the same legal rights, privileges and obligations as marriage. Amendments to strengthen protections for all those who refuse to be associated with same-sex marriage, not just for religious leaders asked to solemnize such marriages. "What we put forward ... is the real Canadian way," he said. "The real Canadian way is not the blindly ideological interpretation of the Charter put forward by the prime minister. (What 'really' pisses me off, is that Martin said all REAL Canadians would agree with him. Well Screw You Martin.. I'm A REAL Canadian, and I agree with very little of what you and your bullshit government believes in. Because I 'don't' agree with you, I'm 'less' of a Canadian? I don't think so.. Harper has a REAL plan, not the 'guided by your appointed judges plan'. Martin may be Prime Minister 'for now', but he has never had a independent thought, or idea in his life. He's a "ditherer" sitting on the fence, 'hoping' the wind will favour him. Well I've got news for you Paul Martin! the wind beneath Your wings, is largely 'flatulence'! Just to play devils advocate here, seeing that the vote for the budget will come long before any vote for same sex marriage, what happens to the liberal same sex marriage plans when the government is defeated? That's 'one' way to get this bullshit out of the way!)
Indian abuse claims turning into fiasco
It cost taxpayers $125 million to deliver about $1 million in compensation to victims of our most shameful episode
Since 2003, when the federal government tried to drag aboriginal claims out of the clogged courts and into what was to be a faster, less formal system, about 50 of an anticipated 12,000 claims have been settled. During that time, the 87,500 still-surviving students have been dying at a rate of five per week. Progress is so slow — at this speed it will take 53 years to resolve all claims — that cynics are persuaded that death is being encouraged to do government dirty work. What's more certain is that slow isn't cheap. Stirring gun registry memories, it cost taxpayers $125 million to deliver about $1 million in compensation to those opting for the alternative resolution process. Overall, Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada, a boutique operation easily mistaken for the Department of Justice, spends $4 on administration for every $1 paid to victims.The litany of complaints doesn't end there. As Liberals point out, that's more difficult than it sounds. The consensus solution to compensate every survivor for loss of language, culture and freedom masks that good, as well as evil, was done in the schools. And an inclusive payment would still require settlements for the estimated 15 to 25 per cent who were raped, sodomized or beaten for offences as inoffensive as speaking a native language. As British Columbia lawyer David Paterson scathingly put it: "We are willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to ensure we don't compensate the wrong people."McLellan's challenge now is to infuse generosity into a process whose guiding purpose must be to restore a little of what so many lost. If she fails, Canadians who were victimized as children will continue to be victimized as grandparents.(I'm sure, that the Liberals will be just as 'competent' while throwing funds at their National Childcare plans, (particularly the advertising part), and the 'future' useless money sucking monument to all useless money sucking monuments, the Kyoto Accord.. )
Feds look to idea of horse registration
He’s never been one to shy away from his opinion, be it on the issue of same-sex marriage, the federal gun registry or government waste of tax dollars, and the Feb. 9 session of Parliament found Wild Rose MP Myron Thompson hopping into a blazing saddle of another sort. The longtime Conservative MP rose in the House of Commons to state his opposition to a tentative proposal currently being bandied about between Agriculture Canada and Equine Canada to register horses in Canada, thereby creating something of a national database.
And true to his shoot-from-the-hip style, Thompson issued a blast of partisan disdain for the federal side of the partnership by calling the initiative a potential “sequel to the Liberal gun registry.”(Hmmm! First Guns, then Canoes, Now Horses.. Perhaps if we had a Horses 'ASS' Registry, we could keep better track of the dumber politicians..)
Minority Liberals lose 1st bill in Commons vote
OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government has lost its first vote on a piece of legislation before Parliament, as opposition MPs defeated a bill that would have separated the departments of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Prime Minister Paul Martin's government did not fall because governments can only be brought down by a vote of confidence or on a money bill. However, Tuesday's defeat highlighted the Liberals' fragile grasp on power and set back their plans to re-organize a key ministry. Conservative, New Democrat and Bloc MPs joined forces to defeat Bill C-31 by a vote of 150 to 125. Conservative communications director Geoff Norquay said the vote was in part a protest over continued delays in presenting the findings of a foreign policy review. The move enraged Liberals, who accused the Conservatives of breaking a promise to support the bill. "It raises serious questions about the reliability of the Conservatives," the prime minister's spokesman, Marc Roy, told the Canadian Press. "To make a minority Parliament work there must be a degree of trust among the parties – that trust has been harmed tonight."("Enraged the Liberals"! HA.. What probably pissed them off more than anything else, is that for the first time in almost 15 years they have had their collective asses kicked. Democracy has 'finally' come to parliament hill.. A degree of trust my ass.. When the Liberals start showing that "degree of trust" I'm sure more of their plans will be supported. The problem is, NO ONE "trusts" the liberals anymore)
Taser aims at home market
Taser International, which has made its name in law enforcement and the military, envisions a future in which millions of average citizens protect their homes and communities with the stun guns instead of firearms. Smith notes that the Taser has become part of the mainstream, evidenced in recent movies such as "Meet the Fockers," in which leading characters are zapped by a trigger-happy officer. Tasers aren't inexpensive. The new civilian model, X26c, costs about $1,000, and the X26 police version $800 - both of which are 60 percent smaller and lighter than a prior model, the police M26. A modest, reputable handgun can cost $400 or so. Cheaper stun guns, largely manufactured in Asia, don't have projectiles and require gun-to-skin contact; they can cost $100 or less. Powered by batteries and weighing 7 ounces each, the X26 and X26c are slightly bigger than a cell phone.
The Taser citizen model allows the user to stun a target for up to 30 seconds. The first cycle of electric jolting lasts 10 seconds, and a user can squeeze the trigger two more times, creating a 30-second period in which the shooter can drop the Taser and flee from an assailant. If the shooter loses his Taser in such an incident and later files a police report, the maker will replace the weapon.(So let me figure this out.. A 'armed' intruder enters your home.. You have a choice.. Do I pull out the 1911, or the taser.. If I zap him with the taser before he shoots me, I have 2 'more' 10 second zaps in the machine. Once 'those' are expended, I will now have a REALLY PISSED OFF  and 'armed' intruder 'still' in my home! I think I'll stick with the 1911.. Also, if your 'Canadian' the taser is a prohibited weapon in this country. So, whether it saves your life or not, YOU are going to be arrested. and charged accordingly. Again, I think I will save myself a 'little' grief. My 1911 is not prohibited and will do a MUCH better job of protecting my family.. The intruder 'may' still be pissed off, but by that time, he will have too many 'personal' problems, to further endanger me or mine..)
Whistle-blowers say the FAA ignored
a decade of pre–9-11 warnings
On 9-11, in the hours after the attacks, the FAA issued an executive summary of what went on aboard Flight 11, which hit the World Trade Center. "At approximately 9:18 a.m., it was reported that the two crew members in the cockpit were stabbed. The flight then descended with no communication from the flight crew members," the report read. "The American Airlines FAA Principal Security Inspector (PSI) was notified by Suzanne Clark of American Airlines Corporate Headquarters that an onboard flight attendant contacted American Airlines Operations Center and informed them that a passenger in seat 10B had shot and killed a passenger in seat 9B at 9:20 a.m. The passenger killed was Daniel Lewin, shot by passenger Satam al Suqami. One bullet was reported to have been fired."(New information regarding the appalling lack of security that resulted in the 911 attack!)
Questions from the Order Paper
Q-81² — February 11, 2005 — Mr. Breitkreuz (Yorkton—Melville) — With regard to the e-mail sent to all Members of Parliament on December 6, 2004, by the Honourable Roy Cullen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, in which he stated: “Moreover, about 6,000 firearms have been traced in gun-crime and firearm-trafficking cases within Canada and internationally.”: (a) how many of the 6,000 firearms traced were actually found in the old Restricted Weapon Registration System; (b) how many of the 6,000 firearms traced were found in the new Canadian Firearms Registry; (c) how many of the 6,000 traces led police investigators to the registered owner of the firearm; (d) how many of the registered owners identified were charged with the original crime in which their registered firearm was involved; and (e) how many of the registered owners identified were charged with providing their registered firearm to the criminal or criminals involved in the original crime being investigated?(Well, lets see... (a)Zero, (b)Zero, (c)Zero, (d)Zero, (e)Zero Unless of course, Mr Cullen meant by tracing, that they have a just as useful pencil 'outline' of 6000 firearms! )
Sheees Baaack!!!
Lead bureaucrat once helmed gun registry: The person in charge of the Service Canada pilot project has been associated with some expensive government ventures in the past, including the federal gun registry. Maryantonett Flumian was appointed chief executive officer of the Canadian Firearms Centre in 2000. Under her watch, the gun registry's costs ballooned to more than a billion dollars and became the subject of a scathing report by Auditor General Sheila Fraser. Flumian now serves as associate deputy minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. (In usual liberal fashion, one fuckup deserves another!..  No one has 'ever' been politically punished for the huge registry waste. Indeed, most have been promoted, or given large bonuses. It would seem, that wasting taxpayers money is a valued, and rewarded liberal skill! This plan of moving government 'services' to small towns to improve "efficiency" is a crock. The liberals are going to need small town votes to win the next election, and their going to buy them with YOUR money, using any method they can.)
What's that I hear? The Stasi song!
Two guys go into a bar. One, Kerry Diotte, is an Edmonton newspaper columnist who has criticized the cops. The other, Martin Ignasiak, chairs the police commission. His job is to view the police not as wisdom dipped in gold but a bunch of guys with guns who need civilian oversight. What traitors those two men must be. Cops are tops, you know. So, there was a sting, in which seven undercover cops waited to see if their targets might, say, drink and drive, or worse. If these two were caught, they would be public enemies, their careers finished and every point they had ever made discredited. But even seven undercover cops — they claim a snitch alerted them (“Psst, there's a guy in a bar, drinking”) — can't make a target commit a crime if he doesn't want to. We are so carefree about our freedoms in Canada, even as our three levels of government follow the lead of the mad American government and drill into our privacy, gather data on us and spirit our citizens away to a dirt hole in Syria when it suits them. Remember when the feds invaded Ottawa Citizen reporter Juliet O'Neill's home and targeted not just her hard drive but her underwear drawer? This was classic Stasi. They would break in, steal underwear and store it in glass jars in federal “smell pantries.” The Stasi would take dogs to suspected dissident meeting places to check for smells that matched the “Worker's Underpants,” as the jar label read. At the moment, Canadians worry a bit about privacy and police wrongdoing, but we have seen few explicit wrongs. Our shameful anti-terrorism laws, which allow “preventive arrest,” and the cases of Juliet O'Neill and Maher Arar are wrong. What happened in Edmonton is not a local story but an expansion of the abuse of government power, and it demands a public inquiry, but whom can Albertans trust? Firing the police chief is not enough.  (Isn't it amazing how a journalist cry's fowl when the police target them.. Where were they when the 'constitutional RIGHTS of any one that happened to be a law abiding firearms owner were being trampled? Our rights were first to go, Now it's your turn! As our illustrious PM says, "Rights are Rights".  Although, I'm not sure if he meant that ANYONE'S rights can be eliminated as his government has done in the past, or his unlikely interpretation, that ALL rights are to be protected. Liberal governments gain power by 'selecting' the RIGHTS they feel are in need of protecting, and do that, by eliminating the rights of others they feel are less important, or less politically correct. Their past actions have proven this time and time again. I'm sure the police are just doing their job, after all, writing is writing, whether its a  ransom note, a bank hold-up note, or a newspaper article. The writers are ALL journalists of one form or another.  Therefore the law should apply equally, just as the firearms act does.. Oh wait a minute.. The firearms act only applies to the 'law abiding', god forbid they trample the RIGHTS of the criminal!)
Gun Control in Canada Today.
The U.S. Tomorrow ?
Canadians firearms owners, like their American counterparts, view their guns as symbols of tradition and independence. Unfortunately this is where any similarity ends. Americans are blessed with the Second Amendment. We in Canada have no such protection. In fact Canadians possess no gun Rights at all. In 1995, the Canadian government passed into law Bill C-68. Its implications were nothing short of ominous. As a result of this draconian piece of legistlation, democracy in this country was dealt a crippling blow. The civil Rights bestowed to the populace were systematically denied to law abiding firearms owners. The new Firearms Act (C-68) was so voluminous, complicated and ill conceived, that lawyers could bearly decipher it. Firearms owners became second class citizens -- citizens under extreme scrutiny by the State. One senior Justice Department official was quoted as saying, "Firearm ownership and use is a highly questionable activity that demands strict controls." (Canada's gun laws are a prime example of  bad laws created by the incredible ignorance of urban based liberal governments. It's only a matter of time before the same ignorance gains control in the U.S.A.  John Kerry would have gladly spearheaded that  ignorance. Had  most Americans not been able to see though the sham, they would now be on the road to disarmament by the misfits that think when your unarmed, your safe. Nothing could be farther from the truth)
Liberal priorities
Last week when Jean Chrétien’s lawyers were attempting to get Mr. Gomery down off the highest chair in the chambers for calling Chrétien’s balls “small town cheap” we the taxpayers found out how much more this dog and pony show is going to cost us. Expenses to expose the thieves are pegged at $60-million. If they used the same economist who estimated the cost of Gun Registry at $2-million we are in deep trouble indeed. Had Gomery been forced to go, setting the whole circus back to ring #1, government lawyers would have tagged another $20-million onto our bill. But the taxpayers’ pocket is apparently bottomless. Since it is T4 time for all of us, this is a particularly sensitive season to be watching this happen. We all understand the need for taxation to pay for essential national services. Canada with no military at all would make us a bit uneasy. But we have no money to support sinking subs or Sea King helicopters that won’t get off the deck. When we wonder why, we must also wonder how much is successfully, and quietly, stolen from us. We will never know. It all comes down to the priorities on which we observe our tax dollars being spent. I look at the taxes extracted from this business alone and can only imagine what I could have built with them. Sometimes humour is our only defense. The truth was laid bare in a cartoon in the Globe and Mail last week, titled Two Ships Passing in the Night. One ship is a luxury yacht with dancers on deck, the smokestack funnel logo a dollar sign, the upper deck signed Gun Registry Program, the lower deck signed Sponsorship Scandal. The other ship, headed slowly in the opposite direction on a zigzag course, is a decrepit little used submarine. On one people dine in luxury. On the other, people die. It is all a matter of priorities. (Unfortunately for many, Liberals set 'priorities' to benefit 'Liberals'. Will the Canadian taxpayer learn anything from this? The smart ones will, but then again, the 'smart ones' never voted liberal in the first place!)
Cotler inundated with complaints, Back-pedals on Mini-14 ban

Justice Minister Irwin Cotler said yesterday that a letter he wrote to a gun owner announcing plans to ban the Ruger Mini 14 semi-automatic rifle during the current session of Parliament was a mistake. Mr. Cotler said the government has no plans at this time to ban the weapon, which was used by mass murderer Marc Lepine (AKA Gamil Gharbi) to kill 14 women at a Montreal engineering college in 1989. He was responding to a furore among gun owners across Canada this week caused when Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz published the letter on his website last Friday. An aide to Mr. Breitkreuz said yesterday his office was flooded with e-mails from incensed gun owners who believed the letter was proof the government has a secret plan to prohibit all semi-automatic rifles.(See Bitching 'does' slow the bastards down..)
Not enough evidence to say gun laws reduce violence
Despite a proliferation of gun registration requirements, bans on specific firearms and "zero tolerance" policies for guns in schools over the past three decades, the jury is still out on whether these laws help prevent gun violence, according to a new review of studies in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The review by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services concluded that there was "insufficient evidence" to determine whether any of the federal, state and local gun laws reviewed had an effect on gun-related deaths, violent crimes, suicides and other outcomes.(Except in Canada of course.. Because the Liberals are far more intelligent than anyone else, they know what's best for them, is also what's best for you!  Therefore, they 'expect' you to just yell 'Yes Sir' when they tell you C-68 is all about 'safety' and not 'really' about political power and Liberal waste..They also expect you to listen, when they crank out the old propaganda lines they use in parliament time and time again, when they really don't have any answers to the actual questions they have been asked. Or, they do know the answers, but it would be too politically embarrassing for them to actually come right out and spill the beans. So, they depend on the Cabinet Secrecy laws to hide the facts, and if there were an inquiry, they would go to the ends of the earth the 'shut it down' just as they have many, many times before.. You truly 'do' get the government you vote for, don't you! Tired of being lied to? tired of the waste? tired of the deception, tired of the world-wide embarrassment and Canada's reduction to 'insignificant' standings on the world stage? Then for christ sake THINK before casting your ballot when the next election rolls around..)
Why Gun Registration Fails
"With Gary Mauser attending the ANZSOC conference in Wellington this week, politicians, justice officials and police will be able to receive first-hand information as to why gun registration is the ultimate in political folly," claims Peter Linton, Libertarianz spokesman for Firearm Deregulation. Gary Mauser, Professor of the Institute for Canadian Urban Studies at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, has published papers on Criminology & Political Science and on firearms & crime. "It is not often that New Zealanders in the Justice & Police departments get to hear a speaker with such valid credentials. They should listen carefully to his advice," says Linton. Mauser has studied the fiasco of the clumsy attempt to register firearms in Canada, the evidence showing it is a financial calamity threatening to engulf the current Canadian Government: Costs have escalated from a projected $2 Million to a current $2 Billion, and no evidence can be found to show that the Gun Registry has accomplished anything of value. Violent crime & suicide rates remain constant in Canada, even though they are falling in the US. The homicide rate is falling faster in the US than in Canada. "The only thing Gun Registration has achieved in Canada is to squander valuable Police resources and $2 Billion of taxpayers hard-earned money," claims Linton.. (The Liberal gun registry and licensing system, is one of the biggest frauds every perpetrated on the Canadian Public. It was fraudulent in it's conception, fraudulent is it's presentation to parliament, fraudulent in it's cost proposals and estimates, fraudulent in it's mission statements, fraudulent in it acquisition of funding, fraudulent in it's media statements, fraudulent in it's ongoing publications, fraudulent is it's very reason for existence. And, the Liberals continue to fraudulently tell us it's needed, and worth the money. But, all things considered, perhaps it NOT as fraudulent as the Liberal Party itself!!)
Chrétien to paint sponsorships as part of multi-pronged federalist strategy
Chretien will attempt to rescue the reputation of the scandal-ridden sponsorship program by casting it as only one element of his broad-based plan to save the country. The former prime minister will use his pivotal appearance before the sponsorship inquiry Tuesday to mount an unyielding defence of the program - and of his entire strategy for combatting Quebec separatism in the late 1990s. Chretien hunkered down with his lawyers Monday and put the finishing touches on the message he'll take to the witness stand. "He's going to talk about the position the government had taken - and it's not just dealing with a one-or two-year plan," said Senator Jim Munson, Chretien's friend and former top aide. "It was a strategic plan to show Quebecers they belong to Canada," Munson said. "Sponsorship was one part of a strategic plan, a commitment, a reaching out, to make to make sure Quebec never again came to the brink of separation." The leader of the Official Opposition offered some advice to Chretien and Martin. "It is the opportunity to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth," said Conservative Leader Stephen Harper. "I would advise both of them to tell everything they know and not let it be dragged out of other people." (AND, if it shows in later testimony by others, that either of these 'politicians' were lying. Then, charges of perjury SHOULD be forthcoming. After all, Chrétien did not seem to mind that 'some millions' may have been stolen, so obviously believes that criminal activity is acceptable when trying to reach a 'goal'. The 'goal' of all Canadians should be to punish criminal activity to the fullest extent possible.. I say 'possible', because the Canadian Just-Us system seems to represent criminals, rather than the public at large... )
Conservatives say sponsorship money went directly to Liberals
The Conservatives say they've heard enough. "Mr. Speaker, the smoking gun has been found," said Stephen Harper in the Commons on Thursday. The opposition is convinced this is the most direct link yet between Gagliano, the sponsorship program and the Liberal Party of Canada. The link, it says, is obvious: sponsorship money was used by the Liberals to finance their campaigns. "Can the prime minister explain why public money was used to pay for his party's campaign expenses, can he explain that? ... Money went directly to the Liberal Party of Canada," said Conservative Peter MacKay, who also wanted to know, "Who ordered the coverup?" The Conservatives have always believed that the Liberals used the sponsorship fund like a piggy bank to help cover election expenses in Quebec. (I also wonder who spent the most on a computer database system ? Ebay or the Liberal gun registry? How much of THAT money did they re-direct to their friends? And, is the reason they won't shut it down and stop the waste because those who are being rewarded will start screaming and pointing fingers when the cheques stop arriving? Corruption is only a 'minor' description of this government, perhaps 'criminal' might be more fitting?)
Chret's pal got AdScam millions
A GOLFING buddy of former PM Jean Chretien, who was owed a "considerable" amount for work on the Liberal party's 1997 election campaign, received millions from the sponsorship program, the AdScam commission heard yesterday. Former public works minister Alfonso Gagliano said Pluridesign Canada Inc. owner Jacques Corriveau put tremendous pressure on the Liberal party to pay his steep advertising and printing bills. "All the generic posters without the candidate's name was paid for by the party," Gagliano said. "We owed them a considerable amount." Pluridesign was hired by the Liberal Party to handle all advertising and printing needs in Quebec during the 1993, 1997 and 2000 federal elections. Gagliano said that during a meeting with Chretien's then-chief of staff Jean Pelletier in December 1997 held seven months after the election, Corriveau pointed out that he had paid upfront for the posters and brochures. "The party had to find a way to pay, so that's the context of my meeting with Corriveau and Pelletier," Gagliano said. "The Liberal party has never been a rich party. We were in difficulty." (Oh well, I guess that makes 'stealing' from the public purse and paying down 'liberal' debts all right then eh? This is more than a "smoking gun", this a a "Flaming Cannon", that ties the liberals DIRECTLY to the theft of millions from public money.. Do you think, the maybe even 'Toronto' might stop voting for them now? Will the Liberals be FORCED to pay back all they stole.. er.. questionably spent? )
The U.K. Makes 'Self Defence' Clear:
 Your rights on tackling intruders
These are some important questions and what the Government's guidelines advise: What is reasonable force? Anyone can use reasonable force to protect themselves or others, or to carry out an arrest or to prevent crime. You are not expected to make fine judgements over the level of force you use in the heat of the moment. So long as you only do what you honestly and instinctively believe is necessary in the heat of the moment, that would be the strongest evidence of you acting lawfully and in self-defence. This is still the case if you use something to hand such as a weapon. As a general rule, the more extreme the circumstances and the fear felt, the more force you can lawfully use in self-defence. Do I have to wait to be attacked? No. Not if you are in your own home and in fear for yourself or others. In those circumstances the law does not require you to wait to be attacked before using defensive force yourself. What if the intruder dies? If you have acted in reasonable self-defence and the intruder dies, you will still have acted lawfully. Indeed there are several such cases where the householder has not been prosecuted. But you can be prosecuted if: *Having knocked someone unconscious, you then decided to further hurt or kill them. *You knew of an intended intruder and set a trap to hurt or to kill them rather than involve the police. What if I chase them as they run off?  This situation - much like Eric Morton's - is different as you are no longer acting in self-defence and so the same degree of force may not be reasonable. But you are still allowed to use reasonable force to recover your property and make a citizen's arrest. You should consider your own safety and, for example, whether police have been called. A rugby tackle or a single blow would probably be reasonable. Acting out of malice and revenge with the intent of inflicting punishment through injury or death would not. The guidelines go on to reassure the public that each case will be dealt with on its own merits. They add: "It is a fact that very few householders have ever been prosecuted for actions resulting from the use of force against intruders."(Finally, in the crime ridden U.K. they have 'defined' reasonable force. What are our choices in Canada? Basically, you have to truly believe the intruder is going to kill you before you can shoot the S.O.B.  Of course, as soon as you shoot him, the police will confiscate all your firearms (you are now a danger to the public I guess) and getting them back may be next to impossible.. For all intents and purposes, the government feels it would be much less complicated if you were to just allow the criminal to rape or murder you. After all, they just can't have people thinking they have the RIGHT to defend themselves with a 'gasp' gun! My thoughts? Screw em.. I 'still' think it's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. With Martin and his pack of self righteous liberals currently blathering on about Rights being Rights, I firmly believe that I have the RIGHT to prevent myself, or any member of my family, from becoming fodder for assholes and other perverts that would unlawfully enter my home, and try to do us harm. The window breaks...Quick, find your keys..Unlock the gun case, Unlock the gun..Unlock the Ammo.... Oh damn too late..BANG!!  The criminal does not have to bother with all that stuff does he? Welcome to Canada Eh! )

Voting at 16 urged
An all-party push to give 16-year-olds the right to vote has kicked off in the Commons. While the Liberal government isn't latching on to the idea, the bill's Grit sponsor, Mark Holland, has garnered support from MPs of all political stripes. More than the maximum 20 MPs lined up to second the bill that was first debated last night.
"I don't think we give them enough credit. We're asking them to be responsible, yet at the same time we're sending a contradictory message, saying you're too young to understand and you shouldn't have a voice," the 30-year-old MP for Ajax-Pickering said. (Gee!! Do you think this might have something to do with the fact the the 'shadow vote' in Ontario schools during the last provincial election, would have resulted in a Ontario Government with out one single conservative seat? The Liberal sponsor of this 'joke' knows full well, 16 year olds, under the obvious influence and the subliminal direction of their liberal teachers, would keep them in power and graft for YEARS to come. Sure, there are some 16 year old kids that have enough common sense to understand what's happening, but there few and far between.. Once they can vote, they can for example pressure the government into lowering the drinking age yet again! and we ALL know how responsible 16 year olds are with a bottle of booze.. I'll bet the majority haven't even read the manual for their 'playstation' what makes this loony liberal think they would read 'anything' to do with politics.. Let them grow up, unfettered with the deception of government, at least until they are mature enough to make a informed vote.. AND, if they wait for that, they will at least be 'more' capable of an 'informed vote' than the average urban 'adult' voter..)
Grits secretive on gun report
The federal government is keeping secret key sections of a report that makes recommendations on how to improve the controversial $1-billion gun registry program, Sun Media has learned. A copy of the 48-page report obtained by Sun Media under Access to Information was censored, with only 16 of the 48 pages released.
The deleted pages contain the recommendations compiled by then-associate defence minister Albina Guarnieri. Guarnieri completed her report in April 2004, a month before the federal election was called. Guarnieri travelled the country for three months to get input from gun owners and the general public regarding how to improve the system and contain its ballooning costs. She was given the task by Prime Minister Paul Martin in early 2004 as he faced mounting pressure to dump the program. 'WHAT ARE THEY HIDING?' Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz said the government issued assurances the report would be made public and never followed through.
"What are they hiding? Is there more embarrassment here that they don't want the public to find out about?" Breitkreuz said. Breitkreuz mused that the government didn't want anything controversial emerging just before Canadians went to the polls. But a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan, who Guarnieri reported to, said the government decided to release an action plan for the registry rather than a report.(An Action Plan? This problem with the "gun report" has been common knowledge to the RFC (Responsible firearms community) for a long time now. The 'real' reason the report has been made a cabinet secret?  It PROVES the liberals have wasted a BILLION DOLLARS on a law that strips Canadians of MANY of their constitutional rights, and institutes a farce of a registry that ONLY keeps track of the law abiding.  And, seeing that they have just lost contact with 'another' 46,509 firearms owners (all have  POL's, some of them for free so the government can still say people are complying) shows it does a damn poor job of even doing that! Remember! the Liberal motto is 'Power At ANY Cost" to achieve and maintain that power, depends a lot on the total number of 'stupid' people living in Urban Ontario)
Martin regime now staggering under burden of incompetence
Even the shipping tycoon himself should have gulped after learning he is now the most unpopular individual in the nation, according to a major poll. But no, he went off to mainland China, stopping to shed a few obligatory tears for tsunami victims on the way, and then trying to ponder what to do about China's staggering economic growth and its avalanche of exports that will shatter Canada's manufacturing industries. Naturally, he hasn't a clue. Back home, the AdScam probe into how millions of dollars of taxpayers' money were ferried into Grit-friendly advertising agencies keeps revealing ever more disturbing details. A bigger quagmire is opening up as Jean Chretien's lawyers try to get Justice John Gomery dismissed from the probe. Recall the infamous "pipeline debate" that led to the end of St. Laurent and you can see everything unravelling for Martin. The storms keep getting worse for Martin and crew.  On top of all these unsettling waves, is the startling economic report by the TD Bank's chief economist, Don Drummond, that living standards of the average Canadian have hardly advanced in 15 years. Between 1989 and 2004, after taxes and inflation, the real take-home pay of average Canadians rose only 3.6%. In the U.S., actual take-home pay rose about 20%. If Harper and Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe could get their act together -- and it looks like they may -- they could make Martin and his cohorts walk the plank, by running go-for-the-throat campaigns that centre on Liberal perfidy, and send this sorry bunch to the bottom. For surely, the voting public must have had enough of Martin and his bunch. I have.(I would venture to guess, that Martin went to China, more as a representative of Power Corp., than any Representative of Canada! It's no wonder, that 'thinking' Canadians are pissed off, 15 wasted years! 15 years of treading water, while this bunch wastes BILLIONS on HRDC, AdScam, and the Useless firearms registry. Continuing to 'officially' under estimate the enormous size of the budget surplus, while taxing us into poverty and making Canada Officially irrelevant on the world stage! What in the hell does it take to make the Urban Ontario Voters, WAKE UP? Perhaps they 'like' being in financial limbo, and worldly insignificant! Perhaps many are secretly hoping they can Exchange a Pizza for government favours.. Perhaps many of them already have!)
 Soldier awarded Purple Heart deserts to Canada
Anderson was with a group of soldiers helping to defend an Iraqi police station that was under fire. Suddenly, a car swerved into the area, refusing to stop. Soldiers are expected to open fire when that happens because any stranger is a potential enemy and any vehicle might contain a bomb. But Anderson never pulled the trigger of his M-16. “This car kept coming, and the other guys were yelling, ‘Why don’t you shoot, why don’t you shoot?’ But I felt the car posed no threat. Then, the window of the car rolled down, and it was just an Iraqi family,” Anderson said. “I said, ‘Look it’s just innocent people.’ But they kept telling me, ‘The next time, you open fire. We don’t care.”’ A few days later, Anderson was wounded by a roadside bomb. He received the Purple Heart. But he says the incident at the police station, not his wounds, convinced him that the war was wrong. He said he felt he was being forced to possibly gun down innocent Iraqis. (Lets see!! You are in a fire fight, where the normal practice of the enemy is to load a car with explosives, stick a suicide driver in it, and drive it through American forces killing as many as possible.. That's one LUCKY Iraqi family, because if a 'real' soldier was manning the post, they would have been shot.. It's also a very LUCKY bunch of soldiers, because if it HAD of been a suicide driver, they would all be dead because of this soldier(?) I assume he 'volunteered' for military duty, to get his education paid for by the public purse. When it came time to fight 'for real' he refused to protect his fellow soldiers, and endangered many lives. I think this 'soldier(?)' should be sent home to face the music. He faces NO persecution at home, only punishment for not doing the job he 'volunteered' to do!)