From: "John Beamish" 

Agreed with you completely.  Until the last sentence.

You wrote:  New leaders often like to show how different & "clean
broom" they are.

And our New Leader (of -- and this is SERIOUSLY the offial tag line that
must appear in press releases -- "Canada's new government") likes
to demonstrate just how far his ... well, you can complete the description
(as long as it suggests kowtowing until a totally prone position is assumed
or until it includes the phrase "bend over, grease up").

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:32:12 -0500, Ad
 wrote:

> John Beamish wrote:
>> We've had that for quite some time (Swift simply being an example,
>> Echelon being another).
>>  Until recently, nobody was putting a lot of effort into the low-grade
>> stuff (pot, etc.).
>
>
> Yup but this is much much more pervasive. You know it's t'other way
> round too i.e. go to the US & they'll have all the info a Canadian cop
> would have etc.
>
> Wait till they bring up your medical history to check that you're not
> smuggling Prescription drugs so as to damage US Parma "IP".
>
>
>   It's only with Harper's implementation of Bush
>> doctrines that the stupidity is made manifest.  For years, the Canadian
>> border service have wanted to be armed.  Previous Canadian governments
>> said no ("we'll look into this"); Harper signed off
straight away on
>> the implementation and training plan.
>>
>
> New leaders often like to show how different & "clean
broom" they are.
>
>
> Adam

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