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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Disqus - Latest Comments for tao_taier</title><link>http://disqus.com/by/tao_taier/</link><description></description><atom:link href="http://disqus.com/tao_taier/comments.rss" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:16:18 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: What the Conservatives might say about Ignatieff and abortion</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2010/02/what-the-conservatives-might-say-about-ignatieff-and-abortion/#comment-34064598</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Abortion in the developed world shouldn't even be necessary. I suppose the would be medical exceptions but if people would rely more on natural mid-wives rather medically induced births you would see a lot loss complications to begin with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taking Charge&lt;br&gt;of Your Fertility&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tcoyf.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.tcoyf.com/"&gt;http://www.tcoyf.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The Fertility Awareness Method as a means of natural pregnancy achievement and avoidance as well as basic gynecological health."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yep, its been working just fine for my wife and I. They should probably consider teaching it in schools.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just throwing this into the topic since it should help people who don't want to get pregnant in the first place if they really don't want to. Thus eventually making abortion issue obsolete, as less and less people wouldn't even begin to consider such a thing given all the more responsible methods available to date. Wouldn't people prefer to be in control of where and when they want to have a baby ? as in REAL "emancipation"?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It should be no difficulty for anyone to become pro-life knowing that it really isn't all that difficult after all to avoid pregnancy if they so choose. Abortion itself should always be viewed as a tragic event... never a "stress" relieving one. &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:16:18 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Ironic press release of the day</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2009/07/ironic-press-release-of-the-day/#comment-13326703</link><description>&lt;p&gt;terry1,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What you never seem to get is that each policy has various aspects to them that can be from multiple sides of the spectrum while on different planes (or panes? idk the word.).&lt;br&gt;Including the degrees of intensity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For example, one policy may be more economically Conservative while more socially Libertarian or even Liberal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or another may be more Populist in its agenda/expediency but more Libertarian in its actual implementation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I may be more Socially Conservative with some aspects of an issue (personally) but when it comes to how that issue effects others, I may be more Libertarian.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thats how centrist parties work usually regardless of wether they have more Left or Right preferences so long as those preferences are moderate or the fringe bits are only at a personal level and never meant for any implementation. As all perspectives ought to be voiced but not necessarily acted upon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They're not solely making their decisions solely based off of their own personal ideology or set of living principles, but are taking into consideration the perspectives of others and how things will ripple affect both for and against various groups, sectors or individuals.  Get it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That isn't to say they are fence sitters but that they don't allow themselves to be pushed around by popular thought or group think and decide to go against the grain (sometimes even within themselves) for the sake of what is rational and right. [no pun intended]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;As it stands. The Conservative Party of Canada is a centrist party made up of mostly moderates from all sides of their side of the political spectrum including varying degrees of Populism and Libertarianism's. For example, It is also possible to be a moderate Conservative and have some mild left-leaning principles or policy ideas so long as they aren't radical.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That isn't to say someone can't have radical ideas or bold new concepts for dealing with a given situation but that they can't try to expect those such ideas to be implemented without a full and open debate on the subject so that all possibilities are thought out and alternate ideas and perspectives are churned out properly. With a companying constructively critiques back and forth and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;P.S&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The BRITISH NATIONALIST PARTY is a LEFT WING PARTY despite having some RADICAL RIGHT WING SOCIAL POLICIES/ASPECTS WEDDED INTO THEIR PLATFORM and etc.*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being a right-wing party doesn't automatically associate you with all things bad on that side of the political spectrum as certain groups from other sides would lead people to believe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The right way to deal with parties like that is through meaningful and constructive debate rather then simply brow beating them to death with placards and anti-racism slogans.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which is rather simplistic and mindless and does little to turn the they disagree with away from racist or discriminatory thinking or actions. Just makes them feel persecuted for their thoughts especially when they aren't even permitted the HUMAN RIGHT to explain their case, be it right or wrong they should still be aloud to speak and we should FREELY not mindlessly be allowed to disagree with them and hopefully be able to correct them where they are wrong in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;People shouldn't use populist tactics to dumb down the debate as some left-wing front groups over there are purposely doing so that people won't realize just how similar they are in most other policies to their own favored politicians and/or parties they support.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's like the politically correct closet racists shouting down and out the more openly racist rather then actually  dealing with the issue in a civil and sensible manner. Especially in Britain of all places, the birthplace of modern civility. &lt;br&gt;[Despite some of their problems or history {like any nation}, there are primes and aspects of their culture that define it as such, even still.]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*by the way, I hadn't fully looked into wether the BNP were actually racist/discriminatory or wether they just saw themselves as pro-british citizen**, but rather have carelessly relied on second hand information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That being the case shouldn't take away from the point I was making on how to go about addressing such things properly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;** Pro-British citizen in the sense that they put preference of their taxpaying citizenry over that or nationals from other countries who immigrate there with intention of imposing their cultural beliefs on others who otherwise prefer to live according to their own free will. ***&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*** Not sure if they meant it like that either. I'll have to look into that.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:32:07 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Ironic press release of the day</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2009/07/ironic-press-release-of-the-day/#comment-13315009</link><description>&lt;p&gt;“This finding strengthens the case for bringing Mr. Khadr home and calls for stronger government oversight on how CSIS conducts its business.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CSIS is our intelligence agency.... what they did does not require a knee-jerk over-reaction of placing new government oversight(s).... especially if implemented by anyone involved with the Liberal Party.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not only that, but as soon as you let the bleeding hearts over politicize CSIS and demand for such things-- the sooner our country's capacity to protect itself becomes hindered and all the more vulnerable.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:13:27 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: So, we&amp;#8217;re conservatives and we didn&amp;#8217;t like the budget.  What are we going to do about it?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2009/01/this-budget-is-not-a-failure-of-the-conservative-party-it-is-a-failure-of-the-conservative-movement/#comment-5645152</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Prime examples.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't force ideals onto others but rather lead by example.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do things that aid the person in being able to do so if they so choose.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't let mistakes, mishaps, troubles hold them back from being able to recover from consequence...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise it'll more often than not just lead to more problems.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first line kinda nips the rest in the bud before the issues even sprout in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The latter makes for a decent contingency plan.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your completely lost on what I'm on about than this isn't likely directed at you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gonna leave it at that. Use your own discernment on how to apply what I mean.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:47:05 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: So, we&amp;#8217;re conservatives and we didn&amp;#8217;t like the budget.  What are we going to do about it?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2009/01/this-budget-is-not-a-failure-of-the-conservative-party-it-is-a-failure-of-the-conservative-movement/#comment-5644608</link><description>&lt;p&gt;"Problem is, he doesn't have the movement backup he needs."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yep. I'll get right on that in a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I wrongly figured that others would naturally begin to pick up the slack as time went on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I should just skip the whole bit and become the PMO's back room PR.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm not even kidding, I would do it for free too and kindly put the MSM in its place at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've been too much of a hermit-head as of late.... If I really begun to belt out my thoughts on everything these needless opposers would be left buckling at the knees. And yes every last "Don Martin"/pocket pundit$ in Canada would be rightfully left out of a job since their near-useless opinions would finally be exposed for their pointlessness.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;hmm.... in fact....&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:49:11 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: So, we&amp;#8217;re conservatives and we didn&amp;#8217;t like the budget.  What are we going to do about it?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2009/01/this-budget-is-not-a-failure-of-the-conservative-party-it-is-a-failure-of-the-conservative-movement/#comment-5644415</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Indeed.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:32:54 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: So, we&amp;#8217;re conservatives and we didn&amp;#8217;t like the budget.  What are we going to do about it?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2009/01/this-budget-is-not-a-failure-of-the-conservative-party-it-is-a-failure-of-the-conservative-movement/#comment-5644410</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Precisely, wilson.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good to see people understand how politics in this country works. &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:32:05 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Huge gulf still exists in Ottawa bus strike</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2009/01/huge-gulf-still-exists-in-ottawa-bus-strike/#comment-5051674</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Driving a bus is not brain surgery.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;These strikers can and probably should be replaced.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully someday with robots...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I say, anyone who feels a robot can't do a task better than those blokes needs some schooling.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Like to see any of you chaps out tape dance one of these on a patch of black ice. BLINDFOLDED NO LESS!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watc...&lt;/a&gt; (skip to 1:25)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:55:21 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Memo to CTV&amp;#8217;s So You Think You Can Dance Canada</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/11/memo-to-ctvs-so-you-think-you-can-dance-canada/#comment-3667683</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hahahah, right on the button.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take that Jack!&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:16:44 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Memo to CTV&amp;#8217;s So You Think You Can Dance Canada</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/11/memo-to-ctvs-so-you-think-you-can-dance-canada/#comment-3667620</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The show ain't that bad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My wife got me a little into it for awhile ago when it was on in the states... I was actually impressed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Give a look here to see what I mean.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju0ux-K13X8&amp;amp;feature=related" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju0ux-K13X8&amp;amp;feature=related"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watc...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm not into dance, but that was really--really good.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:12:40 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Memo to CTV&amp;#8217;s So You Think You Can Dance Canada</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/11/memo-to-ctvs-so-you-think-you-can-dance-canada/#comment-3667529</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffieh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffieh"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I see it more as a political statement more than a general lack of creativity by the wearer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of how they choose to wear it. Why put the idea into someone's head that it could be either or?&lt;br&gt;When a person has so many options now-a-days to individualize what it is they put on... yet the people who ware those generally have the same-yet varied reasons/opinions on the subject--thus exposing they lack of actual individuality or sense of political diplomacy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Giving off the impression "Look at me! I'm being BOLD."...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;as someone else who is wearing the same thing in effect says "you're and individualist? me too" in reply, while at the same time saying to others "I may or may not be sending the wrong messages to others", "fashion first! ? what does that mean?" and translates to (some) Palestinian groups: "free Palestine" representing Palestinian nationalism or in some cases Militantism.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How a person chooses to present themselves in public does hold more meaning then what some may think.&lt;br&gt;You can't just say its just a article of clothing when you know it holds some sort of political meaning behind it.&lt;br&gt;Then it becomes a statement. In such cases, its good to wait until the issue surrounding something is long resolved and the attached symbolisms have lost their meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So its not so much about being "Bold" as it is about being "Ignorant" or even inconsiderate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(For the record,  I've never picked sides in the middle-eastern debate other then the sides that promote moderate and open discussion to encourage progressive steps toward a meaningful peace without the use of violence from either side. Impossible situation? Nope. Just too many angry/ignorant people not thinking straight. Watch someone like Obama head over there offering everyone a piece of yummy pie and that'll be the end of it. I'm not being serious but hopefully people catch my drift.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:07:37 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Obama takes early lead</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/11/obama-takes-early-lead/#comment-3556495</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Hmm, very interesting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'll be sure to read up on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:24:08 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Obama takes early lead</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/11/obama-takes-early-lead/#comment-3491543</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I hope he takes it. It would be weird if he didn't and I would assume it was fixed if that was to happen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I also hope the democrats don't get too much power and that more people vote Libertarian.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lp.org/introduction/what-is-the-libertarian-party" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.lp.org/introduction/what-is-the-libertarian-party"&gt;http://www.lp.org/introduct...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;but I'm not sure how things work down there. Do you get to vote for President/party/candidates/whatever separately?&lt;br&gt;because I hope thats the case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I mostly only follow our own politics and how things work then down there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'd of voted for Obama and for the Libertarian candidate. &lt;br&gt;(or democrat/republican based on their independence/non-partisanship of the individuality and ideas.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;but like I said, I'm not sure how it works done there.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:12:30 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Is s.329 of the Elections Act quixotic?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/is-s329-of-the-elections-act-quixotic/#comment-3078163</link><description>&lt;p&gt;If people and voters would just learn to keep themselves better informed (watch CPAC) they would know which candidate to vote for.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why in the hell did Fry have to get in?..... AGAIN?.... silly "strategic"  voters. Bunch of morons.&lt;br&gt;Hope they're happy with there lousy pick especially since there were clearly better options available from other parties.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do people not understand how our democracy works?? vote for the candidates stupids!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ahwell, least the conservatives got more seats... &lt;br&gt;They're party and platform and leader and TEAM are strong enough to keep the not-so-great/less experienced MPs in line and reasonably progressive (in all meanings of the phrase).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm happy enough with the results. To bad the Liberals are still around as official opposition rather than the NDP.&lt;br&gt;Thats Jacks fault for his delusional and over ambitious expectations to lead this country.... moron.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;They should change their party name to B.I.R.S.&lt;br&gt;Blind Ignorant Radical Socialist.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:10:31 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Media endorsements</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/media-endorsements/#comment-3015379</link><description>&lt;p&gt;When you find out something to be true and of fact you repeat it as many times as needed to get the word out especially when your so pressed for time as some/most people are and given what's at stake can you blame them?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our democracy is being subverted with lies and misinformation and naturally people who know the truth about things are working hard to set things straight. LIKE ME.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've been copying and pasting some of my posts else where and all over different parts of the net (not in the examples you gave, I never read any of that yet) and trying to help people make a more informed decision on which candidates to vote for regardless of party lines.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Plagiarizing" my own words doesn't make them less truthful and just the same when it comes to anyone else who does copy and pastes their own words over again slightly rehashed to suit the context whatever the conversation may be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hope I worded that right...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My point is that repeating proven and credible truths is far better then repeating lies and propaganda as many on the side of the current opposition parties have done and are recklessly willing to do regardless of the consequences to our democracy.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:19:05 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Media endorsements</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/media-endorsements/#comment-3011139</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I do all my posts independently as do many others on here or elsewhere over the net.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm just a person, but what of you Terry?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What you said sounds something more along the lines of what we would all come to expect from the Liberals more so than the Conservatives and by far.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I personally don't hold myself to any party too much so as to be in a better position to set them straight when they are wrong about something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can't say the same about you whatsoever given your staunch/unwavering support for the Libs no mattter what they happen to do or believe.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:04:12 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Media endorsements</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/media-endorsements/#comment-3011080</link><description>&lt;p&gt;"I notice that the star has trotted out the old chestnut "They squandered the surplus". Oh really? Since when is paying down the debt "squandering the surplus"? Since when is eliminating the over taxation we had under the Liberals, "squandering the surplus"? And since when is giving our troops the tools they need to do a job the Liberals asked them to do "squandering the surplus"? I could go on but you get the idea."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes! Thank you very much for that. Its a good point that just about anyone of us can continue to expand on.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:57:49 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Example of plagiarism by Stephane Dion?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/example-of-plagiarism-by-stephane-dion/#comment-2990673</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Or I can plagiarize you and say the word "the".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;OR I can NOT bankrupt Ontario like Mr. Rae. &amp;lt;- directed at the whole conversation starter. (Mr. Rae)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:06:12 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Example of plagiarism by Stephane Dion?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/example-of-plagiarism-by-stephane-dion/#comment-2990597</link><description>&lt;p&gt;I'm really really busy saving the world so I'll have to address this in parts when I can.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;""People go on and on about how "neo-conservative" we are, without any real substantial understanding of that that means. Dion's Wife is far more "neo-conservative" in regards to terrorism in comparison the Conservative party."" -me&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a fair enough point for you to of called me on... actually the only one from my post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That said, I'll address it later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;""Some of what I suggest may be just an opinion or a speculation, which can be wrong but are much more often right or occasionally just off by a bit. Never the less, the goal is to get people thinking out side of themselves and their own entrenched perspectives.""&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~ me&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was said in regards to anything I post--but particularly what was said in regards to conspiracy theories/possible truths--both my own and others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"1000s of scientist around the world believe in Climate change, if you don't that doesn’t mean liberals are fear mongers."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~ You, aptly named "New to this blog"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone who knows my positions on the environment knows why I'm not gonna waste time tackling this ASAP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I'll say, the environment isn't something restricted to climate change.&lt;br&gt;What the Conservatives and even the Libertarians have proposed makes the most sense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know your gonna rag on me on for this saying its not an answer or decide to interpret it that way. Given all I've said, I can't be left to waste time on little squabbles like this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This week is supposed to be my vacation time.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:01:37 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: The Economist endorses a Harper minority</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/the-economist-endorses-a-harper-minority/#comment-2989781</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Yep.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/financial-crisis/#clip101727" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/financial-crisis/#clip101727"&gt;http://watch.ctv.ca/news/la...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Craig Oliver is a perfect example.... too bad CTV didn't post up what Craig Alexander said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What he said was complex and in technical terms but it was far from "hoopla".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:55:53 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Is Harper&amp;#8217;s campaign in decline?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/is-harpers-campaign-in-decline/#comment-2962777</link><description>&lt;p&gt;You'll have to forgive "Terry", as he was only born into Canadian politics less than 2 years ago and has been living under a rock ever since.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Least thats what the rest of us are lead to believe due to his ignorant beliefs and unwavering support for the Liberals..... of all groups... No doubt this guy is another plant? hmmm... I wonder.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone who is so willing to dismiss their parties inactions and internal problems while trying to give them a clean slate when they in no way deserve is clearly someone who is more interested in saving their parties face then saving the world or adding any substance to the discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Period. &lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:31:08 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Is Harper&amp;#8217;s campaign in decline?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/is-harpers-campaign-in-decline/#comment-2957002</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080919.wcogagnon22/BNStory/politics/home" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080919.wcogagnon22/BNStory/politics/home"&gt;http://www.theglobeandmail....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"And d'here it is... folks, d'here it is."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why are the opposition parties still up in the polls other than being propped up by the MSM?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps for the similar/same reasons as the guys behind Zeitgeist have suggested in regards to what is going on in the States. But thats all speculative, though not outside the realm of possibility or truth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't think the 'corpocracy' likes the Conservatives anymore since they moved much closer Center while at the same time cut the necessary deals to push such groups back from over asserting themselves.&lt;br&gt;Especially when they've made so much progress infiltrating the more established "Liberal" party of our country while at the same time having some of the MSM in their pockets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If our country went into the sort of problems the rest of the world is in than things would be easier for them to sweep in down the road and capitalize on our chaos and that of the global situation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But since we happen to have a more prudent and accountable federal government than other countries, they must feel threatened that democracy may actually work here, hence--their forcefulness to prove this wrong by trying to misinform and spread 'propagandic' (new word according to me) lies to try everything they could to see if their right.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obviously if they are successful they will be convinced that people are incapable of governing over themselves through democracy and thus begin to further subvert things until they can assert themselves openly as the world's   &lt;br&gt;"new" world power or "NWO".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That is... if you believe this sort of stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I feel they would only be making things worse for everyone and themselves as oppression diminishes innovation and the speed of which technological advancements take place. Especially in comparison to how they would under a free form and diverse global environment rich with culture and constantly "evolving" ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are somethings that have to happen in real time that a simulator can't reproduce nor can even the most imaginative mind as not every aspect, variable or element can be taken into account in its raw instance that usually has to first be observed before it can be duplicated or calculated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Else-wise, everything is theoretical and untested, rather then practical.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your lost on any of this, relax, I'm on top of it and no doubt others have caught on too and are making a difference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure given what I know that if I can come up with better and more sophisticated ideas to indirectly force such a 'corpacracy' away from establishing themselves any further than they already seem to have done through the U.N. and else where.  (if anyone has even bothered to notice?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe its all just my wild imagination getting the best of me.&lt;br&gt;Either way I'm not too worried as it is not hard to come up with solutions to instances of that sort.&lt;br&gt;It involves the capacity to work with your perceived enemies to the benefit of the greater good for all groups which brings us back to the oppositions parties in abilities to do so.... maybe thats why they are so well liked by the wrong people ("NWO") as they make our current government less capable of accomplishing the things needed to avoid the problematic situations that are happening in the states and elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they want to prove me wrong they can start by stopping their constant use of outright lies and deceptful/misleading behaviors and actions and also prove that they are able to finally get their act together by working with the government rather then against it... Which all indicators and even their own words show that they can't and are unwilling... which is yet another reason why we need a Conservative majority as they have proven themselves to be the most resistant to needless partisanship and corporate/vested/special interests that plague all other governments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"How can you be sure?"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any group that relies on a constant flow of lies and non-factual information while the MSM paves the way by propping them up while entirely excusing every error while nagging on every little thing the governing party says or does without providing the electorate with an unbiased or balanced perspective of all parties.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone notice how brief they make the PM speeches while at the same time cutting down everything that is said and using a narrator to sum things up with a subliminally negative tone?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Something is going on and the general public are completely oblivious to it while everyone else joins the mindless anti-harper/conservative bandwagon while at the same time allowing themselves to play into the hands of the very sorts of corporate/vested/shadowy/special interest they all claim to despise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The tragedy in the unbalanced presentation of issues in the media is that so many Canadians will hear an issue like this in the wind and will not question the validity of it for themselves. &lt;br&gt;It is astonishing how many simply parrott the "he scares me" type of rhetoric being presented by left leaning media outlets but cannot explain it themselves when pressed. &lt;br&gt;Now THATS scary. &lt;br&gt;Reminds me of the 97 campaign when the liberals paraded around as the champions of health care after cutting health care &amp;amp; education transfer payments to the provinces by 40% between 1995 to 1997. &lt;br&gt;The media forget to tell us that bit." ~ someone I've been quoting relentlessly after experiencing the same shit on an even larger scale. (I live in TO if that explains anything)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Main while, who is the first to always dismiss or discount anything I say? Liberals.&lt;br&gt;Always Liberal supporters.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That should tell you something...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;wether anyone believes me or not, I beginning to care less since I'll be alright in the long run no matter what happens. sounds far fetched but is far more likely the case then what others have proposed on the Left and at least I provide/have solutions to the various problems and possible/hypothetical situations I bring up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;but blah blah blah, draw up your own conclusions. &lt;br&gt;Watch the latest Zeitgeist movie to see what I'm on about, not that agree with what it says as half of the things they bring up is off/inaccurate. They go overboard with some of what they say and the rest doesn't apply to how things are up here but at least they promote technology. I don't know, take a look at it for yourself, just remember to take some of what is said with a grain of salt...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baNzSK_ljqU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baNzSK_ljqU"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watc...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912"&gt;http://video.google.com/vid...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;...and be prepared for some over the top new-agey lameness and complete lack of sophistication rather typical of most things american. (what a dated nation, indeed.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whatever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Least when I break someone's system of beliefs I take the courtesy of building them back up again with something better and to their benefit while reassuring them of their options.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Civilization has made it this far, people ought to learn to be more optimistic about things and learn to adapt.&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:36:35 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Example of plagiarism by Stephane Dion?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/example-of-plagiarism-by-stephane-dion/#comment-2936954</link><description>&lt;p&gt;What the eff are you guys talking about?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;and wheres YOUR proof of this??&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I go about everywhere I need to--to set straight much of the misinformation and propagandize BS thats being spewed out from both the extreme Right and PARTICULARLY the Left in this country.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's funny how these guys try to call me out on things meanwhile they hide behind their anonymity while at the same time try to attack MY credibility with empty statements.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apparently "[I never provide any] one fact of any consequence."  ~Terry&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, you say that without even providing anything to back that up.   &lt;br&gt;Which I've been find to be more than typical of any Liberal supporter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"what are you talking about. you just sound dumb. give some points or reasons...."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~New to this blog&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a lot there in that post, could you be a little less vague?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of what I suggest may be just an opinion or a speculation, which can be wrong but are much more often right or occasionally just off by a bit. Never the less, the goal is to get people thinking out side of themselves and their own entrenched perspectives.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not everything I say is gonna be 100% right or accurate as I am still taking in a near-constant flow of information through multiple means while I research into things.&lt;br&gt;And it so happens, I'm way ahead of both of you on this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"Taylor cutowrth is on every blog in town withhis attack ad garbage." ~Terry&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've been starting to see these sorts of dismissive remarks about me else where and its always from the Liberal supporters, so I must be getting closer to the truth as its looking rather organized.&lt;br&gt;They get like this when they can't explain their positions or reasoning they resort to attacking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not much different to how the "Liberals" are like when in the HOC and committees...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I bet some of you are part of their campaigners or the even some MPs family members as such things have been suggested before.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;like Gayle for instance and others, but I don't wish to speculate any further at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No doubt, there are others reading this who know what I mean...&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:51:43 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: The shadowboxing opposition</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/the-shadowboxing-opposition/#comment-2893315</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It's hilarious.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just recently heard an NDP candidate phrase something along the lines of "another eight years of Conservative or Liberal rule" .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;8 years of Conservative rule?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Someone has been watching too much american news... &lt;br&gt;I also wonder how many young people are voting based off what is going on down south of the border rather then here?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What good is a democracy when no one bothers to even know who they're voting for?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've been directing people to CPAC to get an unbiased view of things and to consider basing their votes off of the individual Candidates.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&amp;amp;act=view3&amp;amp;template_id=1131&amp;amp;lang=e" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&amp;amp;act=view3&amp;amp;template_id=1131&amp;amp;lang=e"&gt;http://www.cpac.ca/forms/in...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But really, Stephen Harper and the Conservatives have proven themselves to be the safest choice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm hoping for the MSM to finally start to catch on this fact before it is too late.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080919.wcogagnon22/BNStory/politics/home" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080919.wcogagnon22/BNStory/politics/home"&gt;http://www.theglobeandmail....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At least some have already, even the editors of Maclean's have said something similar to this in there latest mag, but with lesser details.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The dip in the polls may also have something to do with the knee jerk reaction to the latest Zeitgeist movie thats been released.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which is kind of silly since most of what is said doesn't apply to how things work up here.&lt;br&gt;Especially since the Conservatives brought in those measures to keep big money from influencing our democracy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Heres the link:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912"&gt;http://video.google.com/vid...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It goes a bit over the deep end on some things and gives off a cheesy 'new-agey' vibe in its production values but there are some important bits of truth in it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have my criticisms, but not all of what they state is exactly theory either. &lt;br&gt;I don't know, I feel too many of the "young in's" up here may take what is said from this video the wrong way and end up voting against the Conservatives blindly without putting things fully in perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Especially since things up here are so entirely different and that the Conservatives are the ones who have been working in the interest of the people and resisting much of the arm turning the "shadowy corporate/special/vested interests" thats been thrown at them. And are the only ones with the sensible bargaining power to continue to do so by knowing how to make the right compromises.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since the parties have proven there unwillingness to work across party lines to accomplish things then people should be changing things up by either voting in new/moderate parties rather then what is currently in opposition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The opposition parties don't deserve more power and anyone who has been paying attention or watching CPAC over the years knows that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This Zeitgeist thing true or not is not the be all and end all to everything, but nor should it be entirely discounted either.&lt;br&gt;I think they may mean well but don't entirely understand the full measure of how things ought to be dealt with.&lt;br&gt;But I would think if they had supported Ron Paul as some of my friends from the south have, that they would be on the side of the Conservatives up here as well, especially since our situation is entirely different then theirs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm glad they're main argument is against the monetary system rather then any one side of the Left or Right political system of bs... and they promote a resource based economy for the USA which probably makes some level of sense given their country's situation. To suggest the same here may be a bit early or extremely inappropriate, but we'll have to wait and see how things play out. I suspect whatever happens, the U.S. will become more-and-more protectionist for a long while... and perhaps thats for the best to some extent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moderates everywhere should remain calm however, and continue to constantly take in more information so as not to be forced into doing anything too drastic out of fear.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I'm fairly certain they would back most Conservative candidates (if not all) in OUR election if they only knew more about them. While also backing the some of the Libertarian movements/candidates on a case by case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Majority or Minority, what matters is that the Conservatives are allowed to govern their mandate unhinged by any obstructionistic opposition parties. Especially since the Conservatives still have to deal with the "Liberal" dominated Senate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone who cares to see what else I have to say on the matter can read up on what I've been saying prior to viewing this version of the Zeitgeist, over here:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&amp;amp;entryID=2488822&amp;amp;categoryID=0&amp;amp;type=friendForum&amp;amp;friendID=281165659&amp;amp;IsSticky=1&amp;amp;Mytoken=C8E06858-A19E-49B6-9872682DA00165F061515781" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&amp;amp;entryID=2488822&amp;amp;categoryID=0&amp;amp;type=friendForum&amp;amp;friendID=281165659&amp;amp;IsSticky=1&amp;amp;Mytoken=C8E06858-A19E-49B6-9872682DA00165F061515781"&gt;http://forum.myspace.com/in...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At this crappy/ugly myspace forum. Where Liberal propagandist are in no short order...&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:04:30 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Example of plagiarism by Stephane Dion?</title><link>http://www.stephentaylor.ca/2008/10/example-of-plagiarism-by-stephane-dion/#comment-2892231</link><description>&lt;p&gt;It's like I've been saying...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The "Liberals" and leftist groups are fear mongering over "climate change" no differently then others had done with some aspects of terrorism.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile they fail to properly address either cause in a responsibly moderate way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Which the Liberals are entirely incapable of.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;People go on and on about how "neo-conservative" we are, without any real substantial understanding of that that means. Dion's Wife is far more "neo-conservative" in regards to terrorism in comparison the Conservative party.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;but of course THATS suddenly okay cuz shes a Liberal?!?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;people got to wake up and realize the "Liberals" aren't who they profess to be and probably never have been.&lt;br&gt;All a person has to do is look at the lengths they are willing to stoop to just to get back in power...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's both disgusting and tragically pathetic that people are willing to follow them so blindly even to the point of resorting to a complete disregard of the facts. No matter how credible or truly neutrally independent...&lt;/p&gt;</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Taylor Cutforth</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:41:09 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>