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Debates of June 11th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #138 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was c-38.
- Question Period
- Search and Rescue
- Points of Order
- Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act
- Nature Conservation
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- Tax Incentives for Charitable Donations
- Animal Protection
- 100th Anniversary Celebrations
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- National Blood Donor Week
- The Environment
- Burma
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- Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum
- Ontario Veterinary College
- Europe
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- The Budget
- The Economy
- Employment Insurance
- Pensions
- The Environment
- Aboriginal Affairs
- National Defence
- Ethics
- National Defence
- The Economy
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Poverty
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Finance
- G20 Summit
- Veterans Affairs
- Housing
- G20 Summit
- Privilege
- Points of Order
- Privilege
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Extension of Sitting Hours
- Petitions
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act
- Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act
- Extension of Sitting Hours
- Canada-Jordan Economic Growth and Prosperity Act
- Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity Act
- Canada Revenue Agency
- The Environment
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Robert Aubin Trois-Rivières, QC
Mr. Speaker, for a year now, the Government of Quebec and the NDP have been asking the federal government to help more than 1,000 families that have been forced to rebuild their basements because of the presence of pyrrhotite in the concrete.
Since the NDP made this request, the Conservatives have still not reviewed the federal standards on the composition of concrete and have still not provided any financial support to the families that have had to spend an average of $200,000 on repairs.
The Government of Quebec, the municipalities and even businesses have already done their share. Why are the Conservatives dragging their feet on this file?
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Diane Finley Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
Mr. Speaker, the Government of Quebec has set up a program to help the home owners affected by pyrrhotite.
Any home owner who needs assistance should submit an application to the Société d'habitation du Québec.
G20 Summit
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Elizabeth May Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, my question is for the hon. Minister of National Defence. I was surprised to hear him claim that decisions around the G20 were made by security experts.
Since the G20 for 2010 had already been planned for November in South Korea, since the Prime Minister of Canada decided to offer up Canada for a second G20 in the same year, at more or less the last minute, and since the Prime Minister decided to put it in downtown Toronto over the objections of the mayor of Toronto, what security expert dictated these decisions to the Prime Minister?
G20 Summit
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Central Nova
Nova Scotia
Peter MacKay Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, I repeat that security issues, security matters and decisions around the G8 and G20 were made by experts, not by the Prime Minister and not by politicians. They were made in close consultation among a number of departments, including Public Safety as well as the Department of National Defence. There were preparations in place for acts of possible disruption, planned violence, civil disobedience and even for some sort of terrorist attack. Those decisions are best made by experts.
Oral Questions
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Jack Harris St. John's East, NL
Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a question of privilege arising from question period, the comments of the Minister of National Defence and his personal attack unleashed on me in response to a question.
On this side, we are used to the practice on the other side, which has become commonplace, of attacking the party by saying that we did not vote for a particular measure, even though we all know, as parliamentarians, that when an opposition party votes against the budget, it is a matter of confidence in the budget. We are used to that.
However, when the minister in this case launched a personal attack on me and went so far as to use unparliamentary language in his attack on me, that goes beyond even just the use of unparliamentary language, which I hope he will apologize for and withdraw, but it also goes beyond that into a personal attack on a member, suggesting, in frankly a deceitful way, that when we vote against the budget, we are voting against a particular measure, one or another.
We all know that there are $250 billion in the budget and there are many things in it that of course we support, but this practice and this personal attack is unparliamentary and is a matter of personal privilege.
Oral Questions
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Central Nova
Nova Scotia
Peter MacKay Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, the member opposite is used to being in a court of law. The facts, on their voting record, do speak for themselves.
With respect to the personal attack, I do know, having been here a number of years, that the use of the word "hypocrite", which I referred to the hon. member for St. John's East as a hypocrite, and I apologize for calling him a hypocrite, and I reserve the word "hypocrite" in reference to the member for St. John's East.
Oral Questions
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Jack Harris St. John's East, NL
Mr. Speaker, that was probably the least apologetic apology I have ever heard in this Parliament.
Statement by Members
Points of Order
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Scott Armstrong Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, NS
Mr. Speaker, during a statement I made in the House on Friday, there was an error where remarks I quoted could have been attributed to the member for Saint-Jean. I want to be clear that the member for Saint-Jean made no such statement and I in no way meant to attribute those remarks to him.
Upon becoming aware of this error, I apologized to the member, and have ensured that Hansard is now accurate.
I wish to publicly apologize to that member for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Statement by Members
Points of Order
Oral Questions
3:10 p.m.
Tarik Brahmi Saint-Jean, QC
Mr. Speaker, I accept the hon. member's apology. I think it was an error made by his team and his staffers. I will not hold it against him.
Statement by Members
Points of Order
Oral Questions
3:10 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I thank the hon. members for their interventions.
I understand the hon. member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley has a question of privilege.
Bill C-38
Oral Questions
June 11th, 2012 / 3:10 p.m.
Nathan Cullen Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, is decorum not a nice thing when it breaks out in here once in a while?
I bring forward a question of privilege, after significant work and research, with regard to the bill we have before us in Parliament. I bear your consideration, Mr. Speaker. A letter will be forthcoming to your office to outline and explain the specific details, but we believe we do have a prima facie case of privilege. We have looked at this with very careful consideration, and I would like to thank my team for putting this together under difficult circumstances.
There are many charges of contempt that go on within this place and not all of those are privilege, but every finding of privilege is in fact a contempt. The definition of this is that the powers of Parliament to do its job, to do three things in particular, to legislate, deliberate and hold the government to account, are paramount to all of our work. We know, through the very Constitution itself, that the exclusive legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada extends to all matters coming within the classes of subjects hereinafter enumerated, "1A. The Public Debt and Property...2A. Unemployment Insurance...8. The fixing of and providing for the Salaries and Allowances of Civil and other Officers of the Government of Canada". This will be the focus of our point with you this afternoon, Mr. Speaker.
We have also confirmed this all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada in Canada v. Vaid in 2005, that the supremacy of Parliament to do its job in this regard is paramount and cannot be confined nor restricted. O'Brien and Bosc on page 59 confirm this and that this right, this privilege can be broken either individually for members or collectively for us as a group. We include very explicitly that the privileges of members of the governing side have also been infringed by the process that has been taken on through Bill C-38.
Page 61 of O'Brien and Bosc states:
The privileges of Members of the House of Commons provide the absolute immunity they require to perform their parliamentary work while the collective or corporate rights of the House are the necessary means by which the House effectively discharges its functions.
We have built our case, Mr. Speaker, and are confident that you will find in this that the breach of privilege conducted here is significant enough to warrant a decision from you, hastily, after other parties have had their opportunity to intervene.
In one of the last rulings by your predecessor, Speaker Milliken, on April 27, 2010, in ruling on the question of privilege surrounding the provision of information to the special committee on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan, Speaker Milliken said:
In a system of responsible government, the fundamental right of the House of Commons to hold the government to account for its actions is an indisputable privilege and in fact an obligation.
Herein lies our privilege. We have used every available tool to the opposition through questions on the order paper, requests through the Parliamentary Budget Officer, through questions during question period and at committee directed to the ministers pertaining to this issue, to understand directly and implicitly the impacts of the legislation that the government has been moving forward through its budgets and explicitly about what the cuts and implications will be for its budget measures, cuts to either services or to the number of employees who will be affected.
Allow me to say this, Mr. Speaker, and it is extremely important for your ruling, there is no dispute from the government side that the numbers in fact exist. The government is well aware of what the impacts will be on Canadians and has in fact publicly declared that the information exists. We heard from the President of the Treasury Board himself. He said in an interview with a reporter on May 9 of this year that he would like to release more information but was held ""hostage" to parliamentary reporting procedures and labour contracts, which require notices to affected employees going out before cuts could be made".
Essentially, the government is requiring members of Parliament to vote blind on the legislation coming forward. In our conversations with the Parliamentary Budget Officer and in his conversations with the government, he has explicitly requested the information that has been made available to him, by right, under the act that the government moved as its second act, the Federal Accountability Act. Various places in the act require the government to produce, in a timely and transparent manner, information that exists.
There are two reasons why the government may withhold this information: if the information is not accessible through access to information; or if the information is confidentially provided to cabinet. The Clerk of the Privy Council has provided neither of those reasons. Herein lies the case of privilege. In citing the reasons of confidentiality because of some obligations under the collective agreement with the various unions that make up the civil service, while I may say as a caveat is a unique moment where the government has actually cared about a collective agreement with anybody under their employ, the reason given by the Privy Council, the head of the civil service, is not a valid one.
That is not a reason that he can use to block information to the Parliamentary Budget Officer. That is not an exercisable reason under the act and it in fact impedes parliamentarians from doing their work and, as I said, makes them vote blind on the actual budget. There is no cabinet confidentiality and these are not pieces of information that have been denied through access to information. To say this is critical to members of Parliament to understand before they vote on the budget is an understatement.
The government has moved a number of measures, which will have impacts on Canadian society, through the services and programs Canadians rely upon and directly through employees of the federal government and communities across this country. I would have expected members of the government to ask this question, but they have so far been mute on this point.
In breaking the Federal Accountability Act, the government has once again shown that perhaps the act is not worth the paper it is written on. This is the response we got from the Clerk of the Privy Council, in a letter written to the Parliamentary Budget Officer on May 15. It states:
...but, as indicated in the Budget document, the Government is equally committed to treating its employees fairly and respecting its contractual obligations. This means that departments will provide information to affected employees and their unions in the first instance, as required under the applicable collective agreements. Once this has happened...the Government will then begin...to communicate accordingly.
That is, it will then offer up to the Parliamentary Budget Officer and, through him, to parliamentarians the information.
The unions have been contacted and they have publicly said to the government and to the Privy Council that this does not break their collective agreement, thereby taking away the sole reason of the government to deny MPs their privilege.
I will run through the timeline and finish with this. The first thing members of Parliament sought to do was to request the information from the government, as is our obligation under the Standing Orders as members of Parliament, that is, to find out what the impacts of the bill would be. This would apply to any bill. Certainly with a bill as broad and sweeping as this, this would be important. The government denied this, either through question period or at committee. We then sought information through questions on the order paper. That too was denied. We then sought information through the Parliamentary Budget Officer, who is legally obligated and enshrined with the right to seek this information unless legally denied, which he was not. That too was denied by the government. We are now at a place where we are being forced in some short time to vote on a bill whose impacts the government understands, but refuses to share with members of Parliament and those people whom we seek to represent. This is, by all definitions we can find, an infringement of the rights and privileges of members of Parliament.
If the House cannot hold the government of the day to account, then why have the House at all? If members of Parliament cannot do their jobs and cannot go back to their constituents with a clear conscience and understanding of the legislation that has been brought before us and its implications, then why are members of Parliament in the service of Canadians at all? They are not.
We seek this through you, Mr. Speaker. We carefully went through all of O'Brien and Bosc, which offered us numerous points. I will mention one. On page 281 of Bourinot's Parliamentary Procedure and Practice in the Dominion of Canada, it states:
The right of Parliament to obtain every possible information on public questions is undoubted, and the circumstances must be exceptional, and the reasons very cogent, when it cannot be at once laid before the houses.
There is no such reason given by the government. The Conservatives do not deny that the information exists, that the cuts to services and programming for Canadians exist and are understood. They have said that, from the most senior bureaucrat down, the person who works with the Prime Minister. The President of the Treasury Board has also said that the information exists. Their reasons for denying members of Parliament their right to this information have also been shown to be not true. All that is left in defence of this place, in defence of members of Parliament, is you, Mr. Speaker, whose job and role it is to defend the institution, regardless of the sways of the political discourse that goes on every day. The institution requires us to have the information to both debate and vote with clear conscience and information. The government is denying us that information. While this may be a pathology with the Conservatives, it does not give them the opportunity or the reason to deny members of Parliament these key and critical data. It is absolutely essential for us to maintain, as best as we may through all of the discourse that goes on here, certain principles.
The principle that we in opposition hold dearly is that our job, each and every day, is to hold the government to account. There should be those on the other side who share that principle, because that is a principle shared by all of us. The Conservatives may heckle the opportunity to speak and they may suggest that there is not something of right and privilege here, but they know better.
I remember the days when that hon. members on that side stood for these principles. I remember the days when we in opposition worked with the government on its second piece of legislation, the Accountability Act, as we have quoted here today, which set up an institution that we agreed with the Parliamentary Budget Officer should seek and garner this information.
Now what do we have? We have a government that insists that members of Parliament should vote blind, that Canadians should simply trust them and that it is somehow good enough. This is not a right-left issue; this is right and wrong. The government knows it is wrong. The government has the information and is denying Parliament and parliamentarians and the people we represent access to information that we need.
There is much more that we could say, but I understand that time is pressing. I am therefore prepared to move an appropriate motion if you, Mr. Speaker, find a prima facie question of contempt.
Bill C-38
Oral Questions
3:20 p.m.
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my friend for his novel and innovative approach to this question, but I think it actually ends up being so innovative that it is far off the mark.
First, I will start by saying that I believe what he was saying was that we have to deal with this now because it is in the context of Bill C-38. I understand that is the context in which he raises his point of order.
Of course a point of order such as this has to be raised at the earliest possible opportunity. Bill C-38 was introduced into the House on April 26. We are now some month and a half later, so he is very late in raising this argument.
Second, he has not cited any particular section or provision of the bill to which he takes exception, and for which he says these important questions have not been answered. Once again, I think what he is talking about is not anything to do with any content of Bill C-38, so he is off the mark there.
Third, the kinds of measures to which he is speaking, moneys that are spent on programs and personnel, are normally reported and approved by Parliament, not by a budget implementation act but rather through the appropriations bills that appear before this Parliament. That is the appropriate point for him to raise his questions. That is the process through which Parliament would report and provide the information he is looking for.
If he is looking for more detailed information than is in one of those appropriation bills, that would be the point for him to raise those questions and points. We are not currently dealing with an appropriation bill through this House. There is no appropriation bill outstanding before this House. I expect that he may wish to return to his point of order some months hence, when we have our next appropriation bill before the House, if he feels he has not achieved satisfaction at that time, that is, if he feels that the reporting mechanisms of the government have not been sufficient. However, we certainly are not facing that situation in any way with regard to Bill C-38.
Therefore, I think his point is very far off the mark, but I would be happy to return if further submissions are required.
Bill C-38
Oral Questions
3:20 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I thank both hon. members for their interventions on this point. I will get back to the House in due course.
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:20 p.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's responses to 30 petitions.
Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
3:20 p.m.
Merv Tweed Brandon—Souris, MB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in relation to Bill C-321, An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (library materials).
The committee has studied the bill and decided to report the bill back to the House without amendment.


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Skip to comments.Rand Paul: No U.S. Interests at Stake in Syria
Posted on 08/28/2013 2:27:49 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday that the U.S. has no direct national security interests at stake in Syrias civil war, as he cautioned President Obama against ordering military strikes on the Middle East nation.
Mr. Paul, possibly the leading anti-war Republican in the Senate, said the U.S. should condemn use of chemical weapons an accusation rebels have made against the Syrian regime but said if a decision to take military action is made, it should come from Congress, not from the White House.
We should ascertain who used the weapons and we should have an open debate in Congress over whether the situation warrants U.S. involvement, he said.
The war in Syria has no clear national security connection to the United States and victory by either side will not necessarily bring in to power people friendly to the United States,
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
They only reason we are going is to save face for the Nobel peace prize winner that holds the red line...
I am sure not clear on who it was that used the chemical weapons from the Iraqi stockpile in Syria.
I strongly suspect that he considers the chance to help Islamists kill Christians an added bonus.
Not to side with Obama or against Rand Paul, but is this really true? Certainly the situation in Syria affects Israel and other countries in the region friendly to us.
The war in Syria has no clear national security connection to the United States and victory by either side will not necessarily bring in to power people friendly to the United States,
Hard to argue with that.
no sh*t Sherlock!
Israel and Saudi Arabia are friendly to us and have the resources at hand to deal with the mess they are living in.
Saudi Arabia keeps their friends close and their enemies even closer.
Do you jump in to help, and which wretched beast do you help?
Idiots are in charge.
Yes, this is really true. Assad is in a fight against al qaeda - the guys who killed 3,000 Amicans on 9/11. For some strange reason *cough, obama is a muslim brotherhood manchurian candidate* our presitard is hellbent on helping al qaeda. As long as the U.S. stays out of it, Syria is a problem for its dicatator and the terrorists to figure out. Once we start bombing and killing civilians in a show of force to punish Syria for killing civilians, we expose Israel to attack, not from Syria, but from Iran.
You have to be pretty stupid to interject yourself into a skunk fight.
Obama may want to wait until the paint all around the corner he is in has dried.
Not so fast. My guess is the U.S has interests in Syria especially because our ally, Israel, is affected by just about everything that goes on in Syria, not to mention Syria's ties to another dangerous rogue state trying to become nuclear, Iran. However, that is not say we should be somehow going to war against them. The so-called "Bush Doctrine" is stupid and anti-American.
Why do these people, movements, ideologies swing from one extreme to another? I'm a libertarian (small "L" - I'm in the Republican party) and I see no reason to be isolationist and pull the covers over our heads. Reagan had a good perspective in foreign affairs and defense. "We maintain the peace through our strength..." He was loyal to foreign allies and dealt carefully, wisely, circumspectly, but decisively with questionable and non-ally foreign countries. He seems to have been the last president to understand the use of sound verifiable intelligence to influence our interests abroad including stealth and surgical strikes when necessary instead of the mutton-headed baseball-bat diplomacy Bush favored in invading Iraq and setting the table for Obama to continue.
If King Obama would actually ask congress or present an argument to the American people, he was two possible positions:
1.) Secure or destroy the Chemical weapon so not to be use against the US or our Allies. Unfortunately, this strategy takes a lot of Balls with boots on the ground. We do not have Panetta or Hillary to send Obama to the gulf course, start the attack, then pull him off the golf course to "oversee" the operation.
2.) Obama could make the Hitler vs Stalin argument. Although the rebels will not support the US and will be a threat, it is better than Assad as an agent of Iran and the Shia Crescent. No way would the King admit to this.
However, after Syria turns into a terrorist day camp, the apologist for the King will spin the lesser of two evils and Obama knew this all along.
Tend to agree with Dr. Paul on this one.
Rand is absolutely correct.
Yes but Assad is aligned with Iran.
I'd have taken Assad out when we had our whole army in Iraq and he was supporting attacks on our troops. And we should have put a moderate government in power, not the al queda factions.
It doesn't work that way in that part of the world.
Woulda, shoulda, here we are in the real world. You either back Assad, or you back al qaeda, or you stay out of it. Choose.
Maybe not US interests but hussein has interests in those ill winds blowing against his bros.
"Woulda, shoulda, here we are in the real world. You either back Assad, or you back al qaeda, or you stay out of it. Choose. "
Therefore, stay the hell out of it, let them kill as many of each other as possible and don't put at risk a single American or waste a single dollar over that land of perpetual clan warfare.
The Prophet Obunghole, lobbying a few missiles into that cesspool can not, will not, ever stop the centuries of clan warfare. No honest, rational person can claim otherwise.
Superb analogy
Alternately, we could kill everyone over there...
"Yes, this is really true. Assad is in a fight against al qaeda - the guys who killed 3,000 Amicans on 9/11. For some strange reason *cough, obama is a muslim brotherhood manchurian candidate* our presitard is hellbent on helping al qaeda. As long as the U.S. stays out of it, Syria is a problem for its dicatator and the terrorists to figure out. Once we start bombing and killing civilians in a show of force to punish Syria for killing civilians, we expose Israel to attack, not from Syria, but from Iran."
Al Qaeda linked groups, behind the Benghazi killings of Americans including our ambassador, train jihadists for Syrian rebel groups! http://freebeacon.com/u-s-al-qaeda-linked-group-behind-benghazi-attack-trains-jihadists-for-syrian-rebel-groups/
When Obozo Liar decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured for the very first time in history that the United States will be on the same side as al-Qaeda or any enemy, who has killed thousands of innocent Americans on 9/11 or in the past.
Quite an alliance! The al Qaeda Islamic thugs/serial killers, who slaughtered thousands of innocent Americans on 9/11, will then be fighting alongside the very nation, whose innocents they so cruelly murdered almost exactly 12 years ago. The same killing thugs, who killed our ambassador and 3 others in Benghazi last September. He refused to send our military to help those Americans and allowed them to be slaughtered in Benghazi. Yet, he will use our military to fight against Syria's enemies, al Qaeda.
What would have happen to FDR if he had ordered our Flying Tigers to attack the army of China instead of Japans air force and troops in China? The same evil Japanese military that killed our sailors and others on December 7, 1941. The same evil Japanese military which slaughtered millions of innocent Chinese with their cruel aerial bombings and on the ground military slaughter and rape of innocent Chinese.
LBJ went from being a so called great president with the liberals with his war on poverty, which is still being lost, to one of the worse presidents ever after he deepened the Nam War because of the so called Gulf of Tonkin event.
Now, Obozo Liar appears to be following in the footsteps of LBJ with his lies about Assad and Syria, while covering for the Muslim Brotherhood Thugs and al Queda in Syria.
"Obozo Liar is drawing us in and he will go with or without the consent of the Congress and the Consent of the Governed. This could be an impeachable act if he botches it and was not legally covered. What's it to him if a few US pilots get shot down, some guys get seriously injured in the cruise missile prep on our ships, Americans citizens are kidnapped by Hezbollah in Beirut,, US Embassy and consulates across the Middle East are MANPAD-ed with major strikes, and otherwise all hell breaks loose. Domestically, he can get NSA, Obozo care, Fox News wiretap-gate, IRS-gate and Benghazi off the front pages."
If Obozo Liar decides to attack the Syrian regime, he has ensured for the very first time in history that the United States will be on the same side as al-Qaeda. Quite an alliance! The Islamic thugs/serial killers, who slaughtered thousands of innocent Americans on 9/11, will then be fighting alongside the very nation whose innocents they so cruelly murdered almost exactly 12 years ago.
I disagree with Paul on aid to the Egypt military. The Egypt military deals with the illegal aliens in the Sinai. Israel would not get away with those methods.
The chemical attack was not directed by Assad. It could be an angry soldier whose family was killed, a double agent or the FSA.
Now will Republicans rally around Rand or are they all brainwashed like Robert King and John McCain?
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals:
'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'
Foreign Policy | 15 Aug 2013 | John Hudson
Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat
Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military — even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists.
[by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning jihadists]
President Joe Biden. That does sound like an improvement...
Every retired military officer I've seen on TV has stated that there are no US security interests at stake regarding Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons.
I agree that the conflict between al Qaeda and Assad is not a US security interest.
I do think, though, that al Qaeda potentially possessing chemical weapons is an issue of US security due to terrorist delivery systems and the willingness of terrorists to suicide while killing hundreds/thousands of people.
An aerosol can similar to a bug bomb released at a sporting venue in the US could be devastating.
Obama is not talking about doing anything to capture/destroy WMDs, so my concern will not be the motive behind any action he might take.
Bob Corker is supporting the strikes against Syria. Another McCain-wannabe RINO.
Of course not. They're Iran's interests, and Iran needs them to finish its nuclear weapons buildup in order to work for Libertarian interests.
Which Libertarian interests are those? I'm curious.
Anything for cheap freight fuel, titles and benefits of royalty for lawyers, open borders, legalized prostitution, legalized abortion, legalized drug cartels, contracts with foreign communist nations against the U.S.A., slavery, etc. Funny, though, that's a list of desires of all political parties now.
I was trying to summarize demands of various types and shadows of L(l)ibetarians, because like feminists, various liberaltarians have stated support for every side of every argument, each depending on the group their trying to persuade. The official Libertarian Party has its official platform on the Net, BTW, for those who don't mind spending much time divining the meaning of every word and implications.
"Id have taken Assad out when we had our whole army in Iraq and he was supporting attacks on our troops. And we should have put a moderate government in power, not the al queda factions."
I respectfully disagree.
The USA shouldn't be "putting" any more governments in power. We need to stop it!
Clear & concise. Thank you.
Yes, it is true that Assad is aligned with Iran. The problem though is this - when it comes to geopolitics and trying to distil probable ramifications going forward, things are never black and white. Syria has been another Alawite minority leadership for decades, and while they have been a constant thorn in the side of the West/Israel it has been largely a stable situation. Just like Iraq under Saddam, or Egypt under Mubarrak, or even Libya under Gaddafi (once he stopped financing terrorists taking down planes and decided to focus on simply being mad), radical Islam was more or less kept firmly under control. Those strongmen were definitely not saintly, and every now and then you'd hear of Israel sending some F-16s to bomb some random site in Syria or Gaddafi threatening to expose some financial dealings with Sarkozy, etc. But generally it is a stable relationship in the vein of how cops sometimes have a 'relationship' with a criminal gang ...where the gang is operating, but they know not to shoot a cop or to do certain types of crimes, and the cops arrest the gang members but generally don't do a huge operation to get the gang's leadership. Not the best of situations, but a situation that can create a 'stable relationship' for a very long time.
Now, change that. Since Assad is aligned with Iran, let's take him out.
The first (probably the main) question that should be asked is WHO WILL BE THE REPLACEMENT. I think that is the problem that has plagued a lot of Western influence in other countries, where certain leaders are replaced without careful thought on who will fill the power vacuum created.
Now, let's look at this particular situation. The groups seeking to replace Assad are aligned with Jihadi organizations, and are already executing attacks on minority groups (Alawites, Christians, etc) in the parts of Syria that they control. Those groups are unlikely to be friendly towards Israel if the problem was Assad's relationship with Israel. Or take Egypt. Egypt some decades back was one of the main adversaries to Israel, engaging in serious war with the Jewish state. With Mubarrak, Egypt not only had normal relations with Israel, but it became the USA's main ally in the region. When Mubarrak was taken out, the Muslim Brotherhood started rattling sabres against Israel, and it is only with the new revolution (coup?) weeks back that they were taken out. Or look at Libya ...Gaddafi was not a nice guy, but are the people running the place now better than he was or far dangerous?
I cannot predict the future, but I can assure you that if Assad is removed in a year or so people will be wishing that hadn't happened.
It's fine to say there is no US interest at stake in a certain situation. It costs nothing to say so. But if you're gonna do it, then tell us where there IS a US interest at stake.
Five seconds before Flight 10 hit the tower the US didn't have much interest at stake in Afghanistan. Then, all of a sudden, people in NYC had to choose whether to burn to death or jump 89 stories.
When I hear Rand Paul address all that I'll have some reason to imagine that a do-nothing foreign policy might work.
Check post 31 above for the reason why we had very little at stake in Afghanistan, even after the planes hit the towers.
Given Obama's track record I think whoever takes over in Syria would be even less friendly than the current regime, you know, dragging our dead Ambassador in the streets and all.
I hope you don't think Obama's doing this for the sake of Israel. Everything Obama has done in the last 5 years has been negative for both Israel AND the United States.
I have more faith in Netanyahu as a leader than I do our current Commander In Chief. I doubt Netanyahu will strike Syria with "just enough muscle as to not be mocked".
That Obama statement there says a lot.
True! But you are comparing apples to oranges. You see, those terrorists we chased out of Afghanistan are the opposition to the very regime we are thinking about bombing in Syria.
Why would we want to help them yet again?
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Derris Jones, Division of Wildlife Resources regional director, gave an update at commission meeting on March 7. He said fishing for splake at Joe's Valley has been very good, although few anglers have been out using Joe's Valley. Recently the fishery personnel took the underwater camera out and shot some good footage of the large splake approaching the bait and other amazing footage. Jones said they are sending this footage to the Salt Lake news stations in hopes of getting some interest in the fishery and bringing people down from the Wasatch Front. He said it is getting late in the ice fishing season, but they'd like to generate interest for next year as well.
The March RAC meeting will be held on March 15 at the John Wesley Powell Museum in Green River. The permit number recommendations will be made at this time. Then the recommendations are sent on to the wildlife board for final approval. The elk age objectives are not being met at this time. On the Manti the age objective is 4-5 years and last year the average age was 6.8 and this year it was 7.2. "We are moving away from objective. There are a surplus of bulls out there and we propose to increase the permit numbers on the Manti. This has the sportsmen concerned, there could be hot times at the RAC meeting. But, we need to manage to plan and all disagreements will have to go to the wildlife board," said Jones.
"On the Range Creek unit, the objective is 1,000 head and we recently counted 1,800 head. We want to increase the objective to 1,500. Since we are well over objective, in April when the anterless number recommendations are made there will be a lot of cow tags. There are a lot of difficulties with the Range Creek unit, some private landowners want the elk on their land and some do not. "It's a difficult situation," said Jones. He reported on a statewide bison meeting which was held in Green River. The Ute tribe has 500 head of buffalo on the Book Cliffs and they are wandering. The livestock owners and the landowners on the BookCliffs are getting involved and they think a 400 head objective for bison would be OK. There is a concern if bison show up on the private land and a plan is being developed for what to do with them if they appear on private land. A committee has been formed and Jones envisions them meeting for a year before any recommendations are made.
Jones reported a CIB loan for $3.2 million has been approved to Carbon County for the construction of a building to house the state agency offices including the DWR. It will be a rent to own situation and constructed on the Carbonville Road where the old road shed was next to the Husky station.
During the legislature the upland game age restriction was lifted and no age requirement will be required, just a hunters safety completion card. Youth hunters must be accompanied by an adult. The bill to lower the age of big game hunters to 12 didn't pass. The minimum age for hunters is still 14. The opposition to the bill was hunters who didn't want more competition for permits.
The legislature made a $2.2 million appropriation to the Division to take care of payroll packages and benefits made in the 2005 legislative session. Because of this appropriation the Division will not increase any license fees this year. They are looking at marketing a license increase for 2008.
Watershed projects received $2.5 million with the $500,000 being ongoing money. This money will come from a water tax.
The Midway fish hatchery will receive $5 million for rebuilding. Jones said they had one of the best years ever at the legislature and he feels in part it's due to building relationships with local governments and gaining support at the local level which carries upward to other avenues.
Jones said they have been meeting on the Range Creek management plan and a draft should come out in a couple of weeks. It will be sent out for review.
The DWR is also accepting packets for proposals on any activities for commercial use of Range Creek. The applications are available on the Utah State purchasing site.
A field school is also being planned for high school students for Range Creek for June 19-23. Duncan Metcalfe of the University of Utah will host the event.


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Gotta say..
Just don't see it?
Actually liked the plot from the 1-shot better. It had so much more potential, even his powers, and speech somewhat had more potential in the 1-shot. Gravity for a main character is kinda like making it easy for the rest of the series+ especially when in lacking physical matching abilities, he just seems to come back from death/ near death that easily. Don't see this lasting long that way.
Still manga has potential for growth, just nowhere what I saw when read the 1-shot. Hope it lasts to see a lot more of that potential out.
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Well looks like Chitose won't be a completely useless character after all, but I would still like her to have her own Eureka.
Also, for the hammer, It's probably going to do something related to sound, but really it could do anything from create shock waves to controlling people or events through beat.
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Alan looks EXACTLY like Vincent from the game Catherine
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Chapter 7
Spoiler!I'm guessing this guy has Benjamin Franklin's Key, but its probably going to be from a guy much earlier on.
Also, with the whole cool on the outside and freaked out on the inside thing Alan reminds me even more of Vincent
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Am glad Allan didn't just stood there and did nothing because that would've really sucked.
Chapter 8
They are just cranking these chapters out.
Spoiler!And yes, it was earlier then Franklin's key, Amber of Thales eh? that interesting.
And Music healing, I like that Idea.
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Much like the Bulldogs' basketball program, the HHS wrestling team has been filing some gaps in a limited time since football season ended.
However, head coach Greg Langley was more than pleased with the performance his team gave him, grabbing 110 points at the Lawrence County Invite Saturday.
"For only taking nine out of 14 weight classes, this was a pretty good performance by the kids today. We wanted to go into this one and comepete, working on our conditioning and get better. For a group made up of young, inexperienced kids they were able to take some steps forward."
Langley added that six of the nine were sophomore and juniors and was very pleased with "the way they grew up today."
Darren O'Dell, competing in the 113-pound weight class won fist place, knocking off Fairfield's CJ McInnis in a time of 1:14. O'Dell beat out Carmi's Shani Miller en route to the championship match.
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Austin Lowry (126-pound) also won first place, beating Fairfield's Don Bielecki in a fall of 1:11. Lowry also earned a win over Mt. Carmel's Logan Johnson and Robinson's Alec Keeler in the path to the finals.
James Baker (145-pound) grabbed a third place finish with a fall of 4:51, beating Anna-Jonesboro's Damian Tracy.
"We hope to havea close to full line up Thursday at home against Marion," Langley added. "All we are asking for right now is for our young kids to keep improving."
Marion won the Lawrence County Invite with a team total of 174, while Robinson (148.5), Mt. Carmel (130.5), West Frankfort (128) and Lawrenceville (123.5) rounded out the top five.
Finishing behind Harrisburg was Olney (96.5), Fairfield (93.6), Carmi-White County (83), Carterville (42), Anna-Jonesboro (27) and St. Anthony (11).
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The Bills gave no indication after practice on just how much Watkins was able to do during practice, nor did they reveal his playing status for Sunday. When asked if he believed he would play, the first-round pick initially responded in the affirmative: "Of course."
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There's spirituality thriving in our houses of worship, often unnoticed and unappreciated. It flourishes in the ordinary give-and-take of congregational life, in person-to-person exchanges that Jewish thinker Martin Buber called I-Thou. And we would do well to better recognize this very common and accessible spiritual opportunity.
Martin Buber's 1923 classic book, I and Thou, describes three fundamentals: I-Thou, I-It and Eternal Thou. The I-Thou relationship happens, for instance, at reception following a worship service. You feel a tap on the shoulder and turn around to find someone you haven't seen in a long time. A conversation erupts and the two of you get so caught up in your words, you lose track of the time, where you are, why you came and where you are going after. And if Martin Buber was observing this exchange, he would likely point to it as an example of I-Thou.
By contrast, many of our interactions are marked by the mechanical, automatic behaviors of another kind of relationship that Buber knew as I-It. Doctors and nurses, bank tellers and accountants, many professionals and business people do the same thing over and over, typically repeating their duties regardless of the specific person before them. In each of these situations, the worker or professional treats the client or customer in a circumscribed and repetitive way, each almost the same, as if a supermarket bar code is stamped on a patron's forehead. These nearly identical exchanges are typical of Buber's I-It relationship, I-It is dealing with one another as things that are scanned or tallied, unappreciated for their individuality.
I-It is not inherently evil. We need I-It to get things done at work. Athletes find I-It in competition. And where would we be without the I-It of the doctor's care? What would happen at the supermarket checkout without I-It when deciding between cash, check or charge? I-It is essential for life. However, I-It can become very evil, as during war, or through discrimination or genocide, or in any extreme treatment of human beings as things.
I-Thou, on the other hand, is personalized. It means stepping out of routine to recognize a specific person. I-Thou is in the extended conversation with a lifelong friend over dinner, as well as in so many of our passing encounters. I-Thou is spontaneous; no one can force it on another. It is unexpected; there is no way to predict the arrival, whether or not it will come, and if it does, when, how it progresses, or how it — inevitably — must end. Each I-Thou is unique, specific to the persons and the situation. Go ahead and set the stage for I-Thou — make a dinner reservation, table for two. Meet at the appointed time, take seats, but beyond that, I-Thou happens on its own, no guarantees. What is more, I-Thou can be warm and embracing, or marked by disagreement. Ultimately, the partners appreciate each other, simultaneously, in I-Thou. And both parties come away changed, having learned something about the world, themselves and the other.
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Buber's thoughts are founded on the Bible. In the biblical book of Genesis, we learn that human beings are created in the Divine image. And as the Bible progresses, many of its conversations — among people or with God — demonstrate the spiritual side of our encounters.
Martin Buber was born in Vienna, was raised by his grandparents, and lived in Europe until 1938, when he fled the Nazis for Israel. He and his family settled Jerusalem, where he worked until his death in 1965. Buber was known as a thinker, teacher, author and social activist. When alone, he studied and wrote. Otherwise he was with people, in community, where I-Thou thrives. Though not a pacifist, he affirmed the goal of achieving security, peace and cooperation across the religious and cultural lines. He dreamed that I-Thou would radiate beyond two people in conversation to include community and nation, and beyond that, bridging divisions among nations of the world. I cherish Buber's vision, and I invite you to join me in working toward it. But this all begins very much at home and in the house of worship.
I-Thou is common in daily congregational life. It is evident in our study, when we pray, and at social events. During our generation, when conversations about spirituality often turn to the inner life, we look around ourselves and find a spiritual dimension in communion with others, as Martin Buber taught, in the relationship known as I-Thou.
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Who performs the voice of Finn in the "Adventure Time" series?
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What magical ability does Jake have?
pancake flipping
Jake is Finn's best friend, but this wise dog can do something else, too. Jake is a shape-shifter and uses this magical ability to get the Adventure Time gang out of tight spots.
Question 13 of 30
Who performs the voice of Lady Rainicorn on "Adventure Time"?
Julie Chen
Niki Yang
Niki Yang is the actress who performs the voice of Lady Rainicorn. In 2014, she won a People's Choice Award for her "Adventure Time" role.
Jackie Chen
Question 14 of 30
If Jake ingests this, it will kill him:
Like real-life dogs, the fictional Jake cannot eat chocolate for its deleterious effects. He drops this knowledge on the Candy People in season 1, episode 1.
Question 15 of 30
How does Finn turn into a normal human living with his dog Jake on a farm?
a portal and granted wishes
In "Finn the Human," Finn and Jake follow The Lich through a portal and, through a series of granted wishes, Finn and Jake become real and live together on a farm. It's the first episode of season 5.
a magic wand and a princess kiss
a wizard and a fairy rock
Question 16 of 30
What is Me-Mow's grand ambition?
become a rock star
become an assassin
Me-Mow's greatest ambition is to join the Guild of Assassins. He unsuccessfully tried to take out Wildberry Princess and remains a dangerous foe.
become a chef
Question 17 of 30
The Enchiridion is a:
ancient Greek book of ethical advice
The Enchiridion is actually an ancient Greek tome offering ethical advice, written by a disciple of the philosopher Epictetus. In "The Enchiridion" episode in season 1, Jake and Finn go on a quest to obtain the book.
ancient Egyptian recipe collection
ancient Greek book of law
Question 18 of 30
The Earl of Lemongrab is the ruler of:
Gumball Alley
Candy Kingdom
Land of Lemongrab
The Earl of Lemongrab rules the Land of Lemongrab and is heir to the Candy Kingdom. As he awaits the throne, his impatient and stubborn personality traits shine.
Question 19 of 30
Who performs the voice of Jake in "Adventure Time?"
Frank Fox
John Dimaggio
John DiMaggio is the actor who performs the voice of Jake for the "Adventure Time" series. He also performs the voice of Bender on "Futurama."
Joe Biden
Question 20 of 30
Which "Adventure Time" character said, "Dude, suckin' at something is the first step to being sorta good at something?"
Jake says, "Dude, suckin' at something is the first step to being sorta good at something," in the "His Hero" episode from season 1.
Princess Bubblegum
Question 21 of 30
Who is Princess Bubblegum's butler?
Gumball Butler
Frosty Butler
Peppermint Butler
Peppermint Butler is Princess Bubblegum's butler. He's had a few mysterious brushes with death, but remains her loyal helper.
Question 22 of 30
Which "Adventure Time" character said, "Oh, I'm coming with you alright. But only to be… disruptive and obnoxious?"
In the "Beautopia" episode, Finn told Jake, "Oh, I'm coming with you alright. But only to be… disruptive and obnoxious."
Peppermint Butler
Question 23 of 30
Marceline spends most of her time:
performing magic tricks
wandering the Land of Ooo
Marceline, also known as the Vampire Queen, spends her time roaming the Land of Ooo. She is more than 1,000 years old.
visiting friends
Question 24 of 30
The character Fionna is a female version of:
Fionna is a female version of Finn, but retains the same adventurous and brave qualities as her male counterpart.
Tree Trunks
Question 25 of 30
The Flame Princess is known for keeping her cool.
The Flame Princess has a temper and is prone to bursting into flame when aggravated. This doesn't stop Finn from developing romantic feelings toward her.
Question 26 of 30
Neil Patrick Harris performed the voice of which character on "Adventure Time?"
Marshall Lee
Candy people
Prince Gumball
In the show's alternate universe, Prince Gumball is the male version of Princess Bubblegum. His voice was performed by Neil Patrick Harris.
Question 27 of 30
Which "Adventure Time" character frequently exclaims, "Mathematical?"
"Mathematical" and, sometimes, "algebraic," are Finn's catchphrases.
Question 28 of 30
What type of creature is the female version of Jake?
The female version of Jake is a cat that also has his body-morphing powers.
Question 29 of 30
Which "Adventure Time" character said, "People make mistakes. It's a part of growing up, and you never really stop growing?"
Duke of Nuts
In "The Duke" episode, the Duke of Nuts shows his forgiving side by saying, "People make mistakes. It's a part of growing up, and you never really stop growing."
Flame Princess
Question 30 of 30
Which character is Princess Bubblegum's pet?
Lady Rainicorn
Lady Rainicorn, as the name suggests, is a rainbow-colored unicorn. She is Princess Bubblegum's pet.


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When Gloria Anderson wants to talk to her Health Information Technology students, she heads to the Coding Café, virtually.
"Grab a drink and sit down so we can chat," the Shoreline Community College instructor says each week via her computer to medical coding students that are spread across the U.S. "Meet me at the Coding Café."
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"Gloria really works hard to engage her students," Ellen Caldwell, Director, Health Informatics and Information Management at Shoreline said. "Building a sense of being in an "actual" classroom is really important to many of our students. We all have different tools by which we learn and the virtual teacher needs to be open to using all the tools they can. Gloria is definitely a trend setter here at SCC."
While the online convenience is helpful, Anderson also uses the technology to make sure students don't lose out on opportunities for real-time interaction with her and their classmates.
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Whether or not you believe the Toronto Maple Leafs can make the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs, it is a fact that they have no more wiggle room left. With nine games remaining, they would have to pass both Carolina (two points ahead, one game in hand) and Buffalo (five points ahead, one game in hand). The Leafs have 74 points. If they win out, they would finish with 92...probably barely enough to make. Tonight, in Minnesota, it truly is back-up-against-the-wall time.
Toronto's good fortune is that, in Minnesota, the Wild are not in playoff contention in the west. Their hopes have faded. They won't make it. There's no fight left in that dog. And that opens the door for Luke "Bobby Orr" Schenn and Dion Phaneuf to again put their defensive greatness on display. Let's face it, other than Phaneuf putting the puck into his own net v. Boston, the pair have been good as gold in this stretch run. Add James Reimer into the mix, and preventing goals really have not been an issue.
Frankly, what's surprised me over the past month-and-a-half is the Leafs' lack of offence. Phil Kessel - non-existent. Two goals in March. Mikhail Grabovski - non-existent. Completely pointless in his last four games. Three goals in March. One off his head. Dion Phaneuf has more goals this month than both those guys. That is plainly not right. Nik Kulemin's done his job. But the rest of the big guns have not. Ultimately, if the Leafs fail to achieve their long-shot postseason goal, all fingers will point to the guys up front.
Tyler Bozak continues to confound. Tons of ice time. No scoring whatsoever. Maybe the worst Leafs' forward sophomore jinx ever. The secondary scoring was in full force against the Bruins on Saturday, but that's not a reliable solution. And it's certainly not a solution that sees the Leafs racking up wins down the stretch.
Oh, make no mistake, the last twenty games have been a blast. Lots of fun to watch and providing renewed hope across the Leafs Nation. But if Kessel and Grabovski don't start scoring - like, now - any hope the Leafs have ends in St. Paul.
March 22 2011, 01:11PM
To sum it all up, the Leafs have a second line masquerading as a first line. In the Leafs last 10 games, Dion Phaneuf leads the team in scoring with eight points. Grabo and Phil each have seven while Kulemin has six. If the Leafs are going to make the playoffs, or even extend the faint hope of them, someone needs to get hot besides Reimer. A player needs to go on a run where they score six or seven goals and chip in the same number of assists in the last nine games.
Of course, these players are named Toews, Marleau, Callahan, and even Benn. Unfortunately none of those guys play for the Leafs.
March 22 2011, 02:16PM
In the last 10 games Kessel and Grabovski have been scoring .7 points per game and Kulemin .6 points per game. That's an 82 game pace of 57 and 49 points. Let's string them up!
A player needs to go on a run where they score six or seven goals and chip in the same number of assists in the last nine games.
Callahan has 7 goals in his last 10 games. Of course, 4 came in one game. He does have 7 assists but over the season he has fewer points than the three Leafs named.
Jamie Benn's on a good run. 8 goals and 6 assists in his last 10. On the season, fewer points than all three Leafs named.
Patrick Marleau has 5 goals and 7 assists over his past 10. Marleau's got more points than the players named but then again you'd expect him to.
Same with Toews. He's in another class.
What you're seeing, aside from Toews, is that goals especially do not get scored at a uniform rate. It's the same chicken little BS that was going on during Kessel's scoring drought. All three players are getting chances but they just aren't going in as often as they were at other points in the season. Fingers will point but they'll mostly be from people that don't have an understanding of the reality of scoring in the NHL.
The only reason the Leafs are anywhere close to a playoff spot is because the great play of James Reimer and the offense these three that provided all year. Playoff teams have secondary players step up their production when the primary players are 'struggling'. If the Leafs don't make the playoffs it's because they just aren't that good.
March 23 2011, 09:49AM
Didn't mention anything about stringing them up, or even that I thought those players were performing poorly. The players I mentioned have all elevated their games when the playoffs are on the line. It's not that they are better or worse, but have come through in pressure games. All were top line players on their teams during this stretch.
Kessel, as an example, is able to elevate himself as well, but hasn't in the big games with the playoffs on the line. From February 10th to March 2nd, he had a great run where he notched 14 points in 10 games. The Leafs were making a run up the standings, but real push for the playoffs had yet to start. In that stretch he had four multi-point games and only two where he was help pointless. In his last ten games, when it's become do or die for the Buds, he has had one multi-point game and five where he was held pointless.
Hate to be cliche about it, but when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Right now, the Leafs really need some mental fortitude from their top players.
As for scoring in the NHL, I can't say I have any first hand experience, but by all means, share if you have some. I understand it is difficult to accomplish on a consistent basis, but top line players in the league find ways to do it, especially when their team needs it.
March 23 2011, 01:34PM
EPIC picture...that is all.
Oh and good luck to the Leafs, they'll need it.
@Rexall Roberts
This is just silly and false:
"To sum it all up, the Leafs have a second line masquerading as a first line. "
The leafs have 3 players in the top 30 in goals scored (Kessel, Kulemin, Grabovski) 2 of which are on that "second line" and 4 players in the top 60 in points (Kessel, Kulemin, Grabovski, and MacArthur) which includes that entire "second line".
That means that that "second line" has 2 players that would be the BEST goal scorer on more than one team in the NHL and all three of them would be one of the TOP TWO point scorers on multiple teams in the NHL.
To be a top 3 player you would be in the top 90 in a statistical category. That line is MUCH better than that.
The problem is that there is no scoring depth behind those 4 players. Maybe a full year of Lupul would have given us a 5th top 6 guy...but thats it...


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BOSTON – The state pension fund will receive $11.3 million this week as part of a settlement with Countrywide Securities Corp., Attorney General Martha Coakley announced.
The case is part of Coakley's industrywide review of residential mortgage securitization practices in Massachusetts, according to a statement.
The settlement with the company includes a total payment of $17.3 million, including the $11.3 million to compensate government investors with the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, as well as an additional $6 million paid as a fine to the commonwealth.
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