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To: Eclectus who wrote (89596)	9/14/2002 6:33:07 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Ecletus. You asked...." Did I hear correctly that the leader of the Canadian Alliance Party called Chretien's comments “shameful”? "..... Yes you Did. An email so no link. Office of the Leader of the Opposition Bureau du Chef de l'opposition FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 12, 2002 STATEMENT BY STEPHEN HARPER, MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION "Mr. Chrétien's comments, particularly coming on the anniversary of 9-11, blaming the victim, are shameful. What was behind the events of September 11 are the forces of evil and hatred. These must be resisted by free and democratic societies and their leaders. His comments are unacceptable, and he should apologize to the United States and to the families of the Canadian victims. The Liberal Party and its would-be leaders should disavow the statement."

To: Eclectus who wrote (89596)	9/14/2002 8:17:42 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Canada has 100% of its people living below the poverty line of the 49th parallel. We are all in the USA's debt for being so nice as to run our affairs for us. They even make our regulations for government fees we charge forestry companies to cut trees, saving us a lot of headache and much red tape. In fact because of their generous nature, hundreds of thousands of Canadians do not have to work at all. We salute the innovative people of the United States Commerce Department for their far reaching open door trade policy that approaches a unification of commercial relations of the two countries undreamed of since the days of the East India Company. I don't think you have to look further than Florida's fine flight schools to understand why Arabic pilots who only months before had left medieval countries could unerringly pilot the most sophisticated pieces of modern equipment with pinpoint accuracy hundreds of miles seemingly without trying. Airport security systems and logistic plans in the event of hijackings had been honed to the highest degree, such that a recreation of the events and methods of the attackers could be recreated down to the minutest detail immediately after the events. It was evident that law enforcement personal, with the modus operandi, and the track of all the perpetrators had the best of intelligence and surveillance on likely suspects, as the entire crew's families could be traced to their respective home states, and their entire freely provided education in western countries was known within a few days. It is obvious that if Mohammed had not had so many relatives, the whole thing would not have gotten so out of hand. It is precisely because Mohammed's descendants cannot agree on which one of them is the true inheritor of the font of truth that they have such a great tendency to hostility. They should just flip a coin and decide it for once and for all. Canada only spends 1.3% of its GDP on military matter, because, it is obvious that if it tries to fight anyone, to have a strong army would only prolong the agony of defeat unnecessarily. In the event of the real possibility of an attack from a foreign enemy ... such as France for instance, ... we would prefer to just send overseas for the language instructions books and address to send cheques for pre-emptive war reparations. If a real invasion seems imminent then we threaten to send over 1 million Canadian teenagers for a visit, complete with baseball cards, ghetto blasters, skate boards, and bubble gum. That generally will lead to immediate capitulation, and a solemn promise never to bother us again. If they raise the ante, we tell them that they have to administer Newfoundland. If that doesn't faze them we remind them about two official languages, and the NDP. Generally this leads to a complete route. Anyone who invades Canada had better be prepared to put up with a lot of stupidity. Remember. We have Tom Green. All most enemies have is nuclear missiles. EC<:-}