Building a case on fiction
Babble on.
For clipping and mailing to Bill Graham:
Critics of the Harper government's position argue that by supporting Israel, Canada is forsaking its traditional role as "honest broker" in the Middle East -- that by taking a side, our country risks being discredited as an international mediator, and will not be able to contribute to a solution to the crisis.
Their argument has little historical basis. The idea that Canada has been asked to participate in peacekeeping missions in the past because of its neutrality, or that Canadians have been successful international mediators because they have not taken sides, is simply untrue.
You can argue against the Harper government's position on the crisis in the Levant, but arguing it based on historical illiteracy isn't particularly helpful or persuasive. Either is screaming "George Bush" and "Israel kills babies" until you pop a blood vessel, although it sure plays well to the core constituency. Time to find a more credible line of attack, folks.
Babble off.
posted by Babbling Brooks @ 10:33 a.m.
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Plot to undermine our Economy?
Or is this just a BIG rip-off in a small town?
A popular hotel, beer parlour , restaurant, nightclub and adjacent liquor sales outlet all suddenly now stand boarded up and closed here in Courtenay B.C.
I wondered about how this happened when all those businesses were doing a brisk business.
Speaking with someone connected with the city, I learned the following.
The whole hotel complex had been under new ownership for the last three or four months.
Suddenly, the new owners evaporated, left town, vanished. They left, I am told with a bundle , because none of the bills had been paid.
Politically incorrect part…. Brace yourself! Before everything closed , I noticed while attending the restaurant and club that the new owners were Arabian. No idea if they were Shia, Sunni, or Iranian or Palastinian of course, but the thought did occur that this was a fast way to raise great amounts of money for say, a fundamentalist cause and damage your enemy economy at the same time.
OK, you could suggest that I am overly suspicious, yet everything fits so well, there just seems to be a very real possibility that this could be happening in other small towns in Canada.
Grand larceny on a grand scale? Knowing the MSM, we the peons, would be the last to know about it.
Lawyers, notaries public, law enforcement and investigative professionals who read this could possibly find out if this pattern of rip-off has jumped recently in Canada. Those of you who have access to crime trends sites on the net could let us know if hotels and small complexes are being foreclosed due to fraud more frequently than average. This non-violent stuff never shows up in the press.
My city contact said the new complex owners had suggested they were in the Middle East precious gems business and the impression that they had great wealth was unmistakable.
I know, I know. All this is simply word of mouth and there is no documentation. This is in fact only a possible theory. However, I risk reprimand in mentioning it, because if this is happening in other places in Canada, there is no harm in being alerted. A conspiracy theory to be sure, but there is great logic behind it and what*s the harm in debunking it if this happens to just an isolated incident?
In fact, I hope someone can assure us with authority, that this is not a growing trend in Canada. = TG
So you don*t think I am completely out of my tree....
In order to finance the training of these *volunteers,* as well as the seemingly endless barrage of rockets that have rained down on Israeli cities, Hezbollah has established an extensive fundraising infrastructure in the United States, as well as in Canada, South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Supplementing the nearly $100 million Hezbollah reportedly receives from Iran, Hezbollah operatives in the U.S. have engaged in a litany of criminal activities, including credit card fraud, cigarette smuggling, counterfeiting, drug running, and organized retail theft, that provide millions to the Shiite terrorist organization.
*snip*
Despite Al-Mabarrat-USA’s direct link to a Fadlallah-controlled organization, to date, the U.S. branch continues to operate unfettered.
In fact, the organization appears to have gained a level of credibility in the U.S. as the Detroit Free Press reported earlier this month that *many Muslims in the region have donated to Al-Mabarrat.*
http://myrepublicanblog.blogspot.com/
= TG
How exactly does that relate to my post, TonyGuitar?
Keep it on topic or see it deleted.
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