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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (11968)	7/9/2007 11:22:02 AM
From: seventh_son	Respond to of 37574

If you live in Alberta, you will likely also be gouged when purchasing many services, particularly anything related to home renovations. A friend recently reported to me that he asked for a quote to put sod on his lawn (after he had already levelled the yard) and was told that it would cost $14,000. He did it himself -- total cost $2,000 for the topsoil and sod, and one day of labour on his part. So basically, he was being asked to pay $12,000 for one day of labour after the material costs were factored in. The guys doing this sort of work, many do it under the table, pay no tax, and then go back to somewhere else in Canada later and spend the money there. Meanwhile the honest taxpayers in Alberta being gouged right and left in the overheated economy see much of their taxes funnelled by Ottawa into the Maritimes and Quebec even while they suffer from lack of schools, hospitals, and the roads necessary to keep up with the growth.

To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (11968)	7/13/2007 10:21:45 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Respond to of 37574

The question of jihad Tarek Fatah takes your questions Globe and Mail Update July 12, 2007 at 2:41 PM EDT In a Globe and Mail opinion piece published Thursday, Tarek Fatah examines the politics behind Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's crackdown on militants inside the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in Islamabad. As Mr. Fatah writes, "Both Gen. Musharraf and the Americans who prop him up must realize that, to fight malaria, one needs to drain the swamps, not kill individual mosquitoes. The best way to fight Islamist radicalism in Pakistan is to ask the general to step down and organize democratic elections without the aid of fraudulent voter lists that deny exiled politicians a return to the country." Mr. Fatah will join us online Friday at 3 p.m. EDT to take your questions about Islamic radicalism, the doctrine of jihad, Pakistan and the global tide of extremism. Join the discussion at that time or send your questions in advance here. Tarek Fatah (Donald Weber /Globe & Mail) Your questions and Mr. Fatah's answers will appear at the bottom of this page when the discussion begins. Tarek Fatah is the author of Chasing a Mirage: The Islamic state or a state of Islam, to be published by John Wiley & Sons in 2008. He is the host of the weekly TV show The Muslim Chronicle on CTS-TV and is the founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress. Mr. Fatah was born in Pakistan, where he became a left-wing student leader. Later a newspaper and TV reporter, he fled Pakistan in 1978 following a military coup and settled in Canada in 1987. Mr. Fatah was an outspoken opponent of efforts to establish religious courts in Canada. Editor's Note: globeandmail.com editors will read and allow or reject each question. Questions may be edited for length, clarity or relevance. HTML is not allowed. We will not publish questions that include personal attacks on participants in these discussions, that make false or unsubstantiated allegations, that purport to quote people or reports where the purported quote or fact cannot be easily verified, or questions that include vulgar language or libellous statements. Preference will be given to readers who submit questions/comments using their full name and home town, rather than a pseudonym. theglobeandmail.com