Do Look at These

I have several commitments and little time. Still, do not miss these.


Now they are starting this? -- years after they got rid of RCMP Sgt. Stenhouse

The feds should be paying for this and understaffed units across the country with that $8 billion (?) for security. All the major crooks seem to have no problem operating quite freely. Reorganizing, planning, strategizing -- all many years after the problems have exploded exponentially. This should have been addressed by the government years ago but then public safety was never a priority and still isn't.

Solicitor General Calls for Elite Gang Squad
Naked Truth --After former Immigration Minister Judy Sgro got caught up in what was dubbed "Strippergate" . . .

Crown says Hells dressed to scare

Justice 101 in Canada -- none for victims

Justice system falls short -- However, Bob MacDonald warns Canadians not to hold their breath waiting for the Liberal government to call a federal public inquiry

Why the U.N. must go
Banking on Wolfowitz -- And you thought Iraq was difficult


Billions in aid at risk of lining corrupt pockets

Be on the lookout for any financial sleight of hand

When you think of security, do you immediately think of working to facilitate the flow of traffic across the border so business may thrive? No? Not me either. When our Public Security Minister, Anne McLellan considers security, she obviously thinks bridges, tunnels, and roads. These are necessary, but the $$$ for them should come out of the Public Works budget, not the budgets of CBSA, RCMP and CSIS. What we need are personnel, human beings with brains and intuition. Modern infrastructure is necessary but the money must not be taken from the security agencies. The money for the government's Sponsorship/Adscam/slush fund programs should have been used for increasing our security services manpower -- long ago. Conservatives, at your policy convention, consider this.

Windsor mayor decries border delays

Perception is all that matters -- along with getting re-elected.

McLuhan Quote on Politicians - circa 1972 - Boy was he right

China's Strategy -- They're happy to let us worry about North Korea while they assemble long-term plans to counter American hegemony.

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil -- but above all, do no evil -- our three--or is it four?--monkey government

Anti-counterfeit group points finger at Canada

Talking with terrorists

Recommended Reading for CCD

Contemporary Antisemitism: Canada and the World is a collection of essays edited by Professors Derek Penslar, Michael Marrus, and Janice Gross Stein. ISBN: 0802039316 · Published by University of Toronto Press

Smoke and Mirrors: Globalized Terrorism and the Illusion of Multilateral Security by Frank B. Harvey, ISBN: 0802089488 · Published by University of Toronto Press

The feds have provided an environment in Canada that coddles criminals.

Close to home-- NEIGHBOURS URGE TOUGHER LAWS

Exec says Gagliano's office involved in his declining federal contracts

virtual tour

Million Lebanese Stage Massive Retort to Terrorists

Grass Niagara's new cash crop

Underfunded, Undermanned RCMP, Prosecutors and Lenient Sentences -- Fear & Charges Dropped -- Spain-Money Laundering-Yukos?

Underfunded, Undermanned RCMP, Prosecutors and Lenient Sentences -- Fear & Charges Dropped

In many rural areas, many people have guns; they probably didn't think someone would plan on ambushing police officers. Every call police officers make can be dangerous; that's why, when the government tried to justify the gun registry, they claimed it would be for officer safety, i.e. police would know if there was a weapon there. Any officer who attends a site and doesn't assume there is a weapon there, should find another line of work. Just because a computer tells you there is a gun registered there or not means nothing. What would happen if the gun registry said there was no weapon on site but there was one?

The gun registry was totally useless; our government through its gun registry went after the 99.5% of the honest duck hunters, farmers and target shooters, when the resources should have been spent going after the 0.5% bad apples. What would have happened if they had had extra manpower for an Emergency Response Team that was close by?

The guy had an assault rifle; he probably should have still been in jail for previous crimes but he was on the loose because of the soft on crime justice system (The Manitoba Judge felt "no one's to blame"). The gun registry was useless and Canada's revolving door justice system played a part in these murders. Nevertheless, the spin doctors will be trying to downplay or divert the story from the real culprits -- Leo Knight was right. (See menu for, "The Spin on the RCMP Killings -- & -- the Assault Rifle -- Gun Registry, Sentencing, Legal System, Justices, Media -- & -- Leo Knight's Commentary") The RCMP and Prosecutors are undermanned and under financed, and the sentences amount to nothing more than a slap on the wrist, so there is no deterrence.

If Minister Anne McLellan had really put $8 billion into security, not smoke and mirrors as with the military budget, they could have had an additional 10,000 officers. Instead, there were only 100-200 officers hired because the security budget was also smoke and mirrors. The government has starved the RCMP for 8 years and the "new" money went into fixing the functional obsolescence and deferred maintenance of computers and communications equipment, not manpower.

One of the reasons that crime stats aren't accurate is that they don't keep statistics on threats to witnesses, so they don't make it to court in the first place.

Long history of hatred -- Roszko

wanted the young man to use his .308 calibre Heckler & Koch assault rifle for the murder - the same weapon it's suspected was used to kill the four Mounties.

Mike D'Amour, Sun Media, Mar. 14, 05

[. . . . ] Roszko may have had a few pals no one knew about, but he also had a long list of young male sex assault victims, some of whom were defiled at gunpoint.

The son of a prominent local citizen was one such victim.

The fact Roszko wasn't charged for that crime comes as no surprise to those who knew him. Charges against him were usually dropped, often because he intimidated witnesses and his victims to the point where they feared for their lives or those of family members.

Despite a court-imposed ban on Roszko owning or possessing firearms, it was well-known he kept several weapons on his property. He became a crack shot, constantly practising at targets as far away as 200 metres. [. . . . ]

Spain-Money Laundering-Yukos?

Spain 'cracks $300m money racket' -- "Spanish authorities said they suspected some of the cash was illegally siphoned from Russian oil company Yukos." Mar. 13, 05

Police in Spain say they have smashed a massive international money-laundering ring centred on the southern coastal resort of Marbella. [. . . . ]

I forget the source / how / who, but I am 90% certain I read there was a Canadian connection to Yukos. Check further.

US Security: U.S. crackdown -- Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13

U.S. crackdown nets 103 alleged members of MS-13 gang -- MS-13 called an emerging threat to U.S. March 14, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than 100 alleged members of the violent Central American street gang MS-13 have been arrested in a nationwide sweep, authorities said Monday.

Using information from local and state law enforcement agencies, federal agents charged 103 members of the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang with a range of criminal and immigration charges. The arrests came in the New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Newark, Miami and Dallas metropolitan areas over the last several weeks.

Officials said MS-13 is one of the largest and most violent street gangs in the United States, and the majority of its members are in the country illegally. The gang has carried out beheadings and grenade attacks in Central America and is known to hack their enemies with machetes in cities along the East Coast in the United States. [. . . . ]

Last month, former Homeland Security Deputy Secretary James Loy called MS-13 an emerging threat to the United States, referring to the gang and the al-Qaida terrorist organization in the same breath in testimony to Congress. Besides al-Qaida, Loy said, "We are seeing the emergence of other threatening groups and gangs like MS-13 that will also be destabilizing influences." [. . . . ]

Cesspool at Turtle Bay, Lebanon, China

Cesspool at Turtle Bay

The one that Kerry, Martin and Strong push to rule our lives. Just what we need, more guys lining their pockets at the expense of national citizens. Can you spell K-Y-O-T-O as the next international financial imbroglio to clean out your pockets.

Just say no.

The unfixable UN Jed Babbin, Mar. 15, 05

Jed Babbin, former undersecretary of defense for President George H.W. Bush, is author of ''Inside the Asylum: Why the U.N. and Old Europe are Worse Than You Think."

[. . . . ] Scandal piles on top of scandal, minor officials resign, investigations drag on, and Annan is under personal attack for failing to prevent the enormous corruption that's occurred on his watch. But Annan has nothing to fear. The widespread calls for UN ''reform" all aim at changing small problems.

Not even its most diehard supporter -- Kofi Annan himself -- denies that the UN has enormous problems. Its bureaucracy, bloated and overpaid, is not a source of solutions to the world's problems or even the means by which solutions can be implemented. Its membership, with fewer than 50 democracies among its 191 members, is not capable of working in good faith toward solving the problems of our time.[. . . . ]

Search: International Criminal Court, ''World Summit on the Information Society", European-style gun controls, financial supporter, votes of the . . .



Lebanon

Million Lebanese Stage Massive Retort to Terrorists Claudia Rosett, Special to the Sun (NY), March 15, 2005

BEIRUT - Flags fluttering, horns honking, and fingers flashing V for victory, Lebanon's opposition converged on downtown Beirut yesterday in the biggest democratic protest in the history of the modern Middle East.

Their numbers - about a million strong - were a retort to the rival protests staged last week by the terrorist group Hezbollah, and a message to each other and the world that the Lebanese people are serious in their demands for - as the crowd chanted over and over - "Freedom, Sovereignty, Independence." [. . . . ]

China

The Two Faces of Rising China Joseph Khan, Mar. 13, 05

lengthy, worth reading

CHINA'S leaders announced last week at the annual National People's Congress that they will give themselves legal authority to attack Taiwan if they decide that the disputed territory has ventured too far toward independence. It was their boldest ultimatum to date, backed by China's rapidly modernizing military.

But the banner headline in the next day's China Daily, the official English-language newspaper was: "Peace Paramount in Anti-Secession Bill."

Rising China has two faces. [. . . . ]

Search: emerging superpower, $60 billion, $160 billion, party will pay, war, Philip Yang, Iran, Sudan, less conciliatory

Peter Brooks: "China Challenge" Mar. 14, 05, Peter Brookes, New York Post

Peter Brookes is a Heritage Foundation senior fellow.

[. . . . ] China craves international acceptance and respect as a responsible power. To gain it, China must resolve Taiwan's future peacefully, help dismantle North Korea's nuclear program and end its support for Iran's WMD and missile programs. Nothing less will suffice. [. . . . ]

Libranos: "Unity" Fund -- Gangs: 500 gang members in Sask (pop.1,000,000), UN-CA "The scandal spills north", US: Saudi Wahhabism & More

Libranos

Unity fund paid for sign in Italy -- Creative accounting billed bronze to Ottawa's Winterlude -- `Unforeseen events' fund spent in Chrétien, Gagliano ridings Mar. 15, 2005, Miro Cernetig, Quebec Bureau Chief

Montreal—After public works minister Alfonso Gagliano unveiled a $6,850 pro-Canada sign in a small village in Italy, the sponsorship program was secretly billed, according to documents tabled yesterday in the Gomery inquiry.

The expense for the 25 centimetre by 80 centimetre bronze sign — a knock-off of a Petro-Canada sign inscribed with the words Piazza Canada — was then hidden deep inside an unrelated sponsorship event in Ottawa, during the city's Winterlude festival, documents show.

The sponsorship program was designed to promote Canada within Quebec, to boost federalists after their near loss in the 1995 referendum. It was never designed for overseas ventures. [. . . . ]

Search: Gilles André-Gosselin, "unforeseen events" fund, Chrétien's riding, Gagliano's riding, fabricated, Guité, Association of Italo-Canadians of San Martino in Pensilis, Mario Parent, Piazza Canada in French, Ariemma, recoup




Does this strike you as strange? -- "While the presence of criminal gangs in Saskatchewan is no secret, Johnston said he and many other members of CISS were somewhat surprised by the extent of the problem"

There are 500 gang members in Sask (pop.1,000,000). Extrapolating from that, there are at least 15,000 across Canada but according to the government, crime's down. We have:

* Revolving door justice,

* Lenient sentences,

* Underfinanced RCMP, police and Crowns

All these allow the crooks to have the upper hand in Canada but the three-monkey federal government has no interest in protecting Canadians. The crooks are doing a $25 billion business in Canada that the government seems to know nothing about it.

How can a government be so blind? Willingly? Naively? Stupidly? Or what?

Gangs growing: police March 15, 2005, Neil Scott, Leader-Post

Officials with the Criminal Intelligence Service Saskatchewan organization issued an urgent call Monday for a provincial strategy to deal with the crime and violence caused by aboriginal-based gangsters.

Representatives of the CISS, which is made up of 21 police organizations in the province, released a report at a Regina press conference that noted that Saskatchewan has the highest per capita number of youth involved in gangs in Canada.

"There is a pressing and urgent need,'' to deal with both youth and adult gangs, said Regina Police Chief Cal Johnston, who is the chairman of the executive committee of the CISS.

A comprehensive strategy that involves prevention, education and continued police enforcement is needed to deal with gangs, Johnston said. [. . . . ]

Search: Saskatoon Police Chief Russ Sabo, increase in extreme violence, territory, one of the biggest-paying activities, initiation, gangs are active in, under a wide variety of names such as . . .


Hezbollah's deadly record Editorial/OpEd, Joel Himmelfarb, Mar. 14, 05

Joel Himelfarb is assistant editorial page editor of The Washington Times.

In the wake of the March 8 demonstrations in which Hezbollah brought as many as half-a-million people into the streets of Beirut to support Syria, Americans have been inundated with news stories and analyses emphasizing Hezbollah's role as an indigenous political movement and its popularity with Lebanon's Shi'ites.

Under pressure from France and the United Nations, the New York Times reported in a front-page story on Thursday, the Bush administration appears to be on the verge of acquiescing to a role for Hezbollah -- one of the world's most deadly terrorist organizations, responsible for torturing and killing hundreds of Americans over the past 22 years -- in Lebanon's future. How can this be, given that President Bush has made the fight against Islamofascist terrorism the defining issue of his presidency? Given the fact that more than 800,000 anti-Syrian and anti-Hezbollah demonstraters mobilized in Beirut yesterday, and given Hezbollah's open contempt for democracy, why is Washington doing this? [. . . . ]

Lengthy and worth reading. Do not miss the last paragraph.




Jihad on the American Mind Rachel Ehrenfeld, FrontPageMagazine.com, March 11, 2005

The religious and philosophical justifications for promoting Jihad which means holy war - around the world, is found in the Quran, says Dr. Hussein Shehata, a professor at al-Azhar University in Cairo. According to Dr. Shehata, the following terms in the Quran combine to justify the spreading of Jihad: in Arabic- Al-Jihad bi-al-Lisan which means - Jihad of the Tongue, and al-Jihad bi-al-Qalam Jihad of the Pen. Both combine for preaching and writing to promote Jihad.

By giving our money to Islamic Centers and programs endowed by Islamist, we are helping the Saudis and their likes to acquire the foot soldiers to use the knives with which they intend to slit our throats.

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld is author of Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed And How to Stop It, Director of the American Center for Democracy and member of the Committee on the Present Danger. This is the speech she gave at the conference on "The Middle East and Academic Integrity on the American Campus," held at Columbia University on March 6, 2005. [. . . . ]

The Libranos: Connections -- the chart Posted Kate McMillan, March 14, 2005 -- Comments Posted by: Kevin Steel | March 14, 2005

Do go to the site to download the chart mentioned below. Very interesting. Note the names in this article and the several links. Kevin is digging.

Thanks for the chart, mazz. Can't seem to locate the Commission on the Private Sector and Development, chaired by Paul Martin. This page http://www.undp.org/cpsd/commission.html [Commission on the Private Sector & Development] contains another Power Corp connection to the UN besides Martin and Strong. [. . . . ]

The scandal spills north 14 March 2005, Kevin Steel, Western Standard

Most Canadian companies look forward to the day they earn themselves a mention on the prime-time news. They hire PR firms and spend thousands to harass news editors with press releases to tout their latest acquisition, invention or foreign venture in hopes of convincing someone to give them even a passing mention on the national news--never mind the nearly unimaginable publicity of being plugged on a U.S. newscast. [. . . . ]

Power controls some of Canada’s biggest blue-chip companies, including [. . . . ]

Search: Desmarais, Chretien, PowerCorp, UN, Paribas, Volcker . . .

Lengthy and full of information. Do not miss "How the biggest scandal in history unfolded"

I love checking out what the gang at the Western Standard/Shotgun dig up. They're doing a great job. Good show! I do believe we have some alternatives to the mainstream/liberal/Liberal/NDP media.

Voting constituencies prevent Liberals from putting terrorists on list -- Have you registered your illegal weapon?

Update post to one earlier today--see menu for:

The Spin on the RCMP Killings -- & -- the Assault Rifle -- Gun Registry, Sentencing, Legal System, Justices, Media -- & -- Leo Knight's Commentary

Liberal Politics Before Canadians' Safety! -- Voting constituencies prevent Liberls from putting terrorists on list -- Have you registered your illegal weapon?

Grits' failure to outlaw Tamil Tigers 'obscene' -- Terrorist list: Ex-spy says T.O. MPs fear ban would cost them their seats James Gordon, March 14, 2005, CanWest NewsService

OTTAWA - The federal government's latest argument for keeping the Tamil Tigers off its list of terrorist organizations is a "smokescreen" aimed at protecting political interests, say former officials with Canada's spy agency.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have been widely condemned for their use of child soldiers, assassination and suicide bombings in a long-running civil war against Sri Lanka's Sinhalese government.

At hearings before the Senate anti-terrorism committee over the past few weeks, two Cabinet ministers and the current director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service have said Canada is not flagging the group because it does not want to upset the "fragile" peace process overseas. [. . . . ]

Toronto's Tamil community stands at more than 150,000 people, representing the largest group outside of Sri Lanka and an important voting bloc come election time. [. . . . ]

Search: Michel Juneau-Katsuya, logic, "former director of strategic planning for CSIS, David Harris", granddaddies, associates of violence, raucous good humour




Absolutely Correct

Illegal weapons don't get registered -- RCMP murders underscore futility of tracking guns March 14, 2005, Editorial, Calgary Herald

In the wake of the Mayerthorpe murders, the Conservatives are justified in questioning the effectiveness of the Liberals' firearms registry.

But, they always were. . . . Everybody, including the Liberals, knew from the start criminals would be able to acquire guns, and obviously would ignore the registry.

[. . . . ] But the best value for the next billion security dollars is not in refining a database of the guns least likely to be criminally used. Take the money, hire more policemen, and help provincial solicitors-general do their job.

That won't stop another Mayerthorpe, either, but it would recognize what public security is truly linked with -- the determination of government to uphold its laws, and punish crime in the hope of deterring it.

Search: Allan Rock (Remember him?), tasteless red herring, Breitkreuz, Marc Lepine's 1989 shooting rampage * (Scroll down for more information.)



Meanwhile, the other problem -- no one is to blame There is more in the section below this.



* Nota Bene: Marc Lepine / Gamil Gharbi was Canada's first Muslim terrorist; he hated women and acted upon it. On News Junkie Canada, there is a post on this. After the first day, Gamil Gharbi, because he had taken the name Lepine at age 16, was ever after identified as Lepine. (Mustn't upset a voting bloc -- must get those votes, you know. )

Yet, the Liberals pressed on to assuage a constituency that saw registration as the only response to Marc Lepine's 1989 shooting rampage. (The Montreal Massacre left 14 young women dead at the Ecole Polytechnique.)

Gun registry cost soars to $2 billion 13 Feb 2004, CBC

MONTREAL - Canada's controversial gun registry is costing taxpayers far more than previously reported, CBC News has learned.

Nearly $2 billion has either been spent on or committed to the federal program since it was introduced in the mid-1990s, according to documents obtained by Zone Libre of CBC's French news service. [. . . . ]

China Challenge -- & -- A Sober Second Look at Canada's Defense Budget

CHINA CHALLENGE

CHINA CHALLENGE Mar. 14, 05, Peter Brookes, New York Post

Peter Brookes is a Heritage Foundation senior fellow.

March 14, 2005 -- BEIJING will be the last stop on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's latest globetrot to six Asian countries this week — but you can be sure it will be her top priority.

[. . . . ] By far the greatest concern is China's military buildup. Buttressed by double-digit defense budget growth for 14 years in a row, including a 13 percent bump-up this year, China now has the world's second largest defense budget at $65 billion.

[. . . . ] Nowhere is there more anxiety than in Taiwan [. . . . ]

Excitement over new defence spending fades Stephen Thorne, Mar. 12, 05

OTTAWA (CP) - The initial exultation over military spending promises in last month's federal budget is giving way to sober second thought by some in the defence community.

Upon closer scrutiny, the government's promise of $12.8 billion in new spending over five years may not be all it's cracked up to be, say observers.

For at least the next three years, spending - adjusted for inflation - will still be well below peak levels in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

And there are no guarantees the minority Liberal government will be around to keep the promises, or that the economy that must support the spending increases will hold up.

Experts also note that much of the anticipated money is tied to a defence policy statement that hasn't been released yet. [. . . . ]

Search: infrastructure upgrades, While Canada Slept: How We Lost Our Place in the World, Conference of Defence Associations, chief economist at TD Bank and a former senior Finance Department official,

The Spin on the RCMP Killings -- & -- the Assault Rifle -- Gun Registry, Sentencing, Legal System, Justices, Media -- & -- Leo Knight's Commentary

An "appointed" justice says no-one should be blamed for RCMP deaths -- It didn't take long for the Liberal sanitization process to begin


This gun, of the type that was used to gun down four young RCMP officers, is a reminder that our gun registry does NOT work. Despite a billion dollars wasted--which incidentally rewards some Liberal voting areas with work for the federal government--these Mounties were unprotected. Do you really think Roczko registered this gun?

This is the Heckler & Koch Model 91 308 calibre assault "rifle". There is a good chance that Roszko used it or a similar assault rifle. If he did, there are a lot of questions that need to be answered, including wasting $1.2 billion on the gun registry which didn't save these brave, young constables.

When there is trouble, the general public heads away from it while police run to it and they deserve our respect. This is what they were up against.

Heckler & Koch Model 91 308 calibre assault "rifle"

Puff ball sentences and a revolving door on the justice system allow people like Roczko and criminal gangs to thrive.

With our present government and its supporters such as the judge mentioned below, no-one is ever to blame.

Just as Enron's Ken Lay claimed he was a "victim" of those working under him (in a CBS 60 Minutes segment this weekend), just as Jean Chretien knew "nothing" at the Gomery Inquiry--except who had golf balls, so too, no-one is to blame for a system in Canada which has allowed a vicious Mountie hater to own an assault rifle, to remain out of jail, with one relatively minor exception, even after he had threatened someone previously , and then to shoot FOUR young officers who were on his land on behalf of Canadians. These officers were there to serve Canadians and the gun registry did not protect them. ( See Alta. Mountie killer offered cash to man to gun down rival with assault rifle, Darcy Henton, CP, March 09, 2005 or scroll down "Al Gordon: Feds' Tiger Tales Don't Add Up, CFRB: Student-Toronto Sun, Kyoto: Cyclical Movements or Harbinger? Roszko-Justice? Toews: Age of Consent" March 10, 05 )

To maintain the solemnity and decorum of the public memorial service, graced by the Governor General, the Prime Minister and other dignitaries, the anguished Mrs. Myrol asked a crucial question of the Prime Minister; yet, it was omitted from news reports. I just heard her once and never again, though a few words of her comments made it to the mainstream media. (See "Media Omissions" below) . . . . . The liberals/Liberals and dignitaries did not want anything to mar the solemn occasion -- to jar the public's mind -- to remind Canadians of anything that might raise further questions. The mainstream media, for the most part, complied. The government undoubtedly hope that the public forget and act with the usual apathy, too busy with their own lives to question further.

In fact, it is necessary to examine the "injustice" system where criminals and thugs roam free, armed with illegal guns, and this is perpetrated and perpetuated by the system. There are flaws that need to be addressed, in addition to inadequate sentencing and emphasis on criminals' rights over those of ordinary citizens and innocent young victims like these four men. (See Leo Knight's article below.)



The spin started immediately and it continues. Read this, for example.

Judge Says "Don't Point Fingers" for RCMP Killings -- The last of the four Mounties slain in Alberta has been laid to rest. CJOB's Nelson Williams reporting.

Constable Brock Myrol's mother has lashed out at what she called the ``liberal-minded'' justice system that allowed James Roszko, a convicted child molester and known threat to police, to walk free.

Manitoba's Chief Provincial Court Judge Ray Wyant says no one should be blamed.

[. . . . ] He believes the system now works pretty well. [. . . . ]

And now, Canadians, go back to sleep and life, government, and justice system will continue as usual. This time I think it is not going to happen.

To the Conservatives attending the policy convention, do something.




Media Omissions followed by Leo Knight's Commentary

I posted an item referring to the mother of Brock Myrol, her words, Crucial CBC Omission in Mother's Statement -- in which she addressed the Prime Minister . I waited in vain for the mainstream media to report it.

An original letter concerning this is now missing from their website.

Constable Myrol's mother, Colleen, issued a statement that said:

"It's time our government takes a stand on evil...Give the courts real power...give the power back to the police...The man who murdered our son and brother was a person who was deeply disturbed and ill ... (We need to) rethink how we are raising our children (and teach them) honor of our country ... It is time to take our liberal-minded attitude to task."

Do you notice those [. . . . ] ? They indicate words left out.




Fortunately, Leo Knight is more forthright. I would guess he doesn't make a living passing on Liberal/NDP press releases as news.

A cop killer and his accomplice Leo Knight, Prime Time Crime, (www.primetimecrime.) Mar. 9, 05

[. . . . ] Ah yes, the killer, the one who was actually responsible for the cold-blooded murder of four RCMP officers. James Roszko, an evil, disturbed, violent, deviant of a man. He did it. He planned it. He concealed himself and waited for the right time and he murdered four RCMP members in their prime, men who were proud to serve the country that refused to jail this freak.

But he had an accomplice. And, I am not talking about someone who might have driven him the 20 kms from where his truck was found. No, I am talking about the rampant liberalization of this country. Where we have created a system that refuses to recognize that true evil exists. A faux liberal society that thinks everyone can be rehabilitated if you try over and over and over and over again. They argue against the ‘three strikes and you’re out’ rule but won’t stand up for 50 or 60 or seventy-three strikes and you’re out.

One that thinks someone who is supposed to be in prison is “in custody” if he or she is “serving their sentence in the community.” One that has decided the privacy rights of criminals outweigh the government’s first and primary duty, to protect the citizenry. A system that has allowed those who dine in the fetid, legal trough to trump common sense at every turn.

One which teaches our kids that historical, societal norms are some type of “phobia” and drugs are somehow good, yet tobacco is bad because it has business behind it making (gasp) profits. I may have missed something, but aren’t all drugs bad?

Yes, the late-but-not lamented James Roszko is directly responsible for the killing of four young police officers. But he had several decades of hand-wringing, social engineering, liberal help.

And four good young men are dead because of it.

Call to get tough on cop killers Lori coolican, Edmonton Sun, Mar. 13, 05

Manitoba's justice minister wants Canadian courts to slap tougher penalties on scumbags who assault or kill cops. With the police community still reeling from the slaughter of four young Mounties in Mayerthorpe, it sounds like a good idea to Alberta Justice officials - but not the Opposition. [which in Alberta is Liberal NJC]

"I think the way to respond is to look at the resources the police have and the question of funding," Liberal justice critic Bruce Miller said yesterday.

"We need more police in our rural areas, and we need to look at all aspects of training - not sentencing or changing the Criminal Code." [Re-read that. Note where the emphasis is being moved -- to inadequate training. ]

Mackintosh also called for renewed efforts to have Ottawa revise the Criminal Code so that cop killers - who already are automatically elevated to first-degree murder - can't apply for early release after their first 15 years in prison under the so-called "faint hope clause." [. . . . ]

There is much more here -- including these items

* Time for Canadians to Call their MP's, Sentences-Drugs-Laundering, Private Jets, Taxes-Fees-Mismanagement & Political Freedom

* The Double Standard is alive and well in Canada -- Mohammed Elmasry of Waterloo University

* Kate McMillan and the Shotgun -- UNSCAM: Volcker, Morden, Frechette -- WMD Inspector Bribes? -- CPC Convention

* Stephen LeDrew Targeted by Taxman for JC? UNSCAM & Canada's Louise Frechette

* Compare: "Pulp MIll Workers Urged to Build Arts Industry" & UNB: World Bank, Industry, Educ. Ambassadorial Reps "Working with Africa Workshop"

* New Illuminati, Cdn. Aid to China, China textiles, Bud Talkinghorn: Dear Lou Dobbs

* A Tribute To Our Four Fallen Brothers

* It is time to clean up the criminal justice labyrinth

* Bud Talkinghorn: Putting some backbone in the up-coming Conservative policy convention

* Keep Islamic Law Out of Canada, Quebec Politicians Urge -- Quebec Wants a New Social Contract for Immigrants -- A Slave Speaks Out

Slaughter And 'Submission' -- Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali lives with death threats -- her story, film 'Submission' for which Theo Van Gogh was murdered

A controversial film has offended Muslims worldwide and led to the murder of a Dutch director. Morley Safer speaks to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the creator of the film, "Submission," who has been threatened with death

Slaughter And 'Submission' CBS 60 Minutes, Mar. 13, 05

[. . . . ] The movie, "Submission," was directed by Holland’s most controversial film maker, Theo Van Gogh, a descendant of the painter Vincent Van Gogh, and a national gadfly, who made a career insulting everyone, no matter their faith, race or gender.

[. . . . Ayaan Hirsi Ali ] lives in hiding with round-the-clock security.

“Submission” was right up Van Gogh's alley, but it wasn’t his idea. The movie was written and conceived by a 35-year-old Muslim woman, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a member of the Dutch parliament, and a relentless critic of the way Islam treats women.

[. . . . ] Paul Scheffer, a professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam, says people of faith of every kind are welcome, so long as they understand that in Dutch democracy, virtually nothing is sacred.

"You can’t live here with a holy book that is above or beyond our democracy. Your holy book will be the object of criticism," says Scheffer. "It will be the object of interpretation, and sometimes of ridicule. And if you can't accept that, you can't live here."

[. . . . ] "By not making 'Submission Part II,' I would only be helping terrorists believe that if they use violence, they're rewarded with what they want," says Hirsi Ali.

Will she submit to the threats? "Not me," she says [. . . . ]

What an admirable and courageous woman -- to try to help other women by shining light upon what others would hide! She could have lived quietly for she had been able to move to Holland where women are free; now, she will shine more light on the plight of Muslim women abused and slaughtered by men.

I expect her next film to deal with the honour killing of women, women who are sent from the West to their ancestral home countries to be killed -- and everyone turns a blind eye. -- Is it too much trouble to fight or is it votes from an identifiable ethnic / religious community that brings about the blindness?

In Canada, do you remember the court case in St. Catharines, Ontario? Parents -- clitorectomy -- found not guilty?

Time for Canadians to Call their MP's, Sentences-Drugs-Laundering, Private Jets, Taxes-Fees-Mismanagement & Political Freedom

In order for evil to triumph, it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.

It is time for Canadians to call their MP's and get them to provide the RCMP with the proper resources, instead of playing hide and seek with their funding. The RCMP and Crosn Prosecutors are underfunded and sentences are basically traffic tickets -- while billions are laundered.

Pot policy is smoke and mirrors March 13, 2005, Lorrie Goldstein, Toronto Sun

REMEMBER WHEN Bill Clinton said he smoked marijuana but didn't inhale?

As laughable as his explanation was, Prime Minister Paul Martin's policies on marijuana are even less credible.

Politically, Martin is trying to inhale and exhale all at once.

[. . . . ] While I don't favour either decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana, the choice the Liberals have made -- decriminalization -- is the worst of the available options, because it means the police will still have to divert scarce resources to catching casual users, as opposed to concentrating on big growers.

Finally, the Liberals haven't even addressed the fact that no matter what Canada does, grow-ops will continue to be hugely attractive to criminals here because of the big profits to be made smuggling pot into the U.S., which has no intention of easing its pot laws. The Grits may not like the Americans, but ignoring them on this makes you wonder what they're smoking. [. . . . ]

GOMERY GIVES MORE THAN GOOD CLIP -- The Gazette’s WILLIAM MARSDEN reports: via Norman's Spectator

[. . . . ] “The contrast couldn't be more grotesque - especially when Justice John Gomery adjourned the hearings Thursday out of respect for the dead police officers.

But set the killings of these young men against the Gomery commission and they become a dark reminder of the price citizens often pay for government profligacy.

Because while the federal government was spending money on expressions of our national image - flags and logos - it was slashing the budgets of institutions like the RCMP, forcing them to reduce staff, close detachments and curtail investigations. Connections seemed to have had a lot to do with why admen like Lafleur flourished. The inquiry has heard that the federal government never asked advertising agencies to make competing proposals so it could pick and choose and get the best campaign for its loonie. Instead, it was a feeding frenzy with well-known Liberal supporters first at the trough. [. . . . ]

More taxes and fees + less service = mismanagement

Grits don't get it. It's our money Toronto Sun Editorial, Mar. 13, 05

[. . . . ] The problem with all these answers is that they wrongly suggest two things.

First, that the more money you throw at a problem, or the more you have to throw at it, the more likely it is that it will be fixed.

Second, that there are three separate groups of taxpayers in Canada -- municipal, provincial and federal -- rather than one taxpayer with three pockets which are constantly being picked by three levels of government. [. . . . ]

Drug sentences are going to pot!
Mar. 12, 05, Mindelle Jacobs, Edmonton Sun, via Jack's Newswatch

[. . . . ] Take a guess what the average sentence length is for pot production. Five years? Two years? Not even close.

According to a seven-year study of B.C. marijuana cultivation released yesterday, the average sentence for those who were actually sent to prison was 4.9 months.

Not only that but there seems to be no relation between the length of prison sentence and a convict's previous drug conviction, notes the report by the University College of the Fraser Valley. [. . . . ]

Multi-thousand-plant operations are no longer uncommon, an RCMP drug report noted last year. Yes, these are heady days for pot growers.

And they'll continue basking in their millions, laughing at us poor working stiffs, until Ottawa legalizes marijuana.

Legalizing? With the current pot potency which is great bargaining power when drug dealers trade in the US to get cocaine?




2 deported in style -- PRIVATE JETS RENTED TO TRANSPORT HIGH-RISK SUSPECTS Tom Godfrey, Toronto Sun, Mar. 13, 05

This is one of those cases where you should either read the fine print or read to the end, in this case the end.

[. . . . ] AL-QAIDA LINK

Customs officers said the Tunisian, who was part of a Montreal student exchange program, never attended classes and was sought on a 2002 warrant for not showing up for his refugee hearing.

U.S. police and immigration allege some of the students are linked to al-Qaida fugitives Al Rauf Bin Al Habib Bin Yousef Al-Jiddi, 39, and Faker Boussora, 40, who are sought worldwide for being on Osama bin Laden's payroll.

Agents said the Israeli deportee had ties to the Hezbollah. [. . . . ]

In the Way of Political Freedom

In the Way of Political Freedom -- Uncommon advocates and adversaries in an undecided struggle Bruce S. Thornton, Private Papers, Mar. 13, 05 on Victor Davis Hanson's website.

Those of us who enjoy political freedom often take it for granted, considering it a sort of natural resource that can be simply handed over to those peoples who lack it. But [. . . . ]

[. . . . ] The battle against Islamist terrorism, then, will require even more commitment over a longer span of time than the struggle against Soviet communism did. Time will tell whether our democratic politics is compatible
with such a lengthy commitment.

Now is not the time to celebrate, then. The struggle has just begun, and the years ahead will be marked by setbacks, mistakes, and at times bloody chaos. Whether we will succeed or not—that is, whether freedom wins out or not—is still an open question, as it has always been.

The Double Standard is alive and well in Canada -- Mohammed Elmasry of Waterloo University

If he were a blue-collar worker, he would have been charged or landed in the slammer for fomenting hate -- hate crime -- but Elmasry is on the University of Waterloo staff.

Elmasry spared arrest March 13, 2005. Brodie Fenlon

CONTROVERSIAL remarks made by the president of the Canadian Islamic Congress during a TV debate last October were "distasteful" but don't warrant hate crime charges, police say. Halton Regional Police Service announced it will not lay charges against Mohamed Elmasry for his comments on the Michael Coren Live program.

During a panel discussion of the topic "What is a Terrorist?" Elmasry said any Israeli over the age of 18 could be attacked because they are all members of the Israeli army. He later clarified that he was expressing the view of many Palestinians, not his own personal opinion. [my italics NJC]

That did not sit well with Frank Dimant, executive vice-president of B'nai Brith Canada. "What could be more hateful than legitimizing the targeting of almost every Israeli over 18 irrespective of their place of residence?" he said in a statement. [. . . . ]

Kate McMillan and the Shotgun -- UNSCAM: Volcker, Morden, Frechette -- WMD Inspector Bribes? -- CPC Convention

This is an update to one of my posts last week based on this article on FOXNews


Just An Oversight Posted by Kate McMillan on March 12, 2005

NEW YORK -- The committee probing the Oil-for-Food scandal says it will correct omitting the name of a U.N. official involved in the international controversy who has a close relationship with the executive director of the panel.

It's well known that the Volcker commission's executive director, Reid Morden, and Louise Frechette have had a "longstanding professional relationship" for 30 years, according to the Independent Inquiry Committee -- dubbed the "Volcker commission" after its chief, former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. [. . . . ]

[. . . . ] FoxNews seems to be the one-stop shopping mart for developments on the Oil-For-Food investigations, complete with background links.

Meanwhile, on the Canadian beat..

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Always check Kate's posts; she's good.




WMD Inspector Bribes? Posted by Kate McMillan on March 12, 2005

That devil Saddam is turning out to be a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a clown suit. Although he never hid WMD, never used them, never aspired to having them - indeed, didn't know what they were - and to date, nothing beyond a few cans of RAID have ever turned up, he nonetheless attempted to bribe UN weapons inspectors. Now, that's a sense of humour. [. . . . ]

[ Telegraph story here ]

When Iraq agreed in 2000 to allow weapons inspections to resume, Ekeus was the first candidate of choice - but his appointment was opposed by three members of the Security Council - France, Russia and China. Blix was appointed instead. Official Iraqi press called Blix a man of "questionable integrity" and "uncertain resolve".

A Jim Lehrer interview with Ekeus from Dec. '03.

For Conservative Policy Wonks

Grassroot Conservatives gain a victory By Steven Martinovich, Musings, 03/12/2005 via the Shotgun

Steven Martinovich is a freelance writer in Sudbury, Ontario.

Although it will come as a surprise to most, policy conventions really aren't about debating policy. . . .

By allowing its members to openly debate issues like abortion, same-sex marriage and euthanasia, the party will ultimately be better able to enunciate its principles to Canadians. An open debate, after all, will allay suspicions that the party has a hidden agenda, as it has often been accused of. Until this happens, the party will be attacked by its ideological foes as intolerant, not only of certain social policies, but the opinions of its own members. The only way to deal with that is if the party's agenda is transparently developed with the full participation of party members. [. . . . ]