From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:43:08 GMT, Don White wrote:

Skipper wrote:
interesting to hear from outside the USA...

This from the Canadian Press, which apparently, is a bit more objective
than our own press and politicians.
George Bush, the man
David Warren - The Ottawa Citizen

Sunday, September 11, 2005

snip...
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise .

Unlike his critics, Bush is a man, in the full sense presented by these
verses. A fallible man, like all the rest, but a man...not a Harry or a
Chucky, but a real man.

--
Skipper

Duh...someone posted this weeks ago and we decided he was some wanna be
'merican who winters in Naples and gets dental discounts from NOYB.

That was me, and we *all* agreed that this was a Canadian with a lot of sense!

--
John H

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

Ronald Reagan

From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

If you mwant a real republican man look at John McCain, not this
chickenhawk deserter bush that so may were stupid enough to vote for.

Capt. Jeff

From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:51:30 -0500, Skipper wrote:

interesting to hear from outside the USA...

This from the Canadian Press, which apparently, is a bit more objective
than our own press and politicians.
George Bush, the man
David Warren - The Ottawa Citizen

Sunday, September 11, 2005

There's plenty wrong with America, since you asked. I'm tempted to say
that the only difference from Canada is that they have a few things
right. That would be unfair, of course -- I am often pleased to discover
things we still get right.

But one of them would not be disaster preparation.

Donno what glue this guy's been sniffing, but he's Just Plain Wrong. In
the first place, what little military we DO have is trained almost
exclusively for rescue, life-saving, that kinda thing rather than killing.

But we DON'T depend on the Military. We have several crack units of
search-and-rescue, disaster relief, etc. In Vancouver we have the Urban
Rescue Team, and DART from Ottawa. The only problem with DART is that the
Gov't has been too busy arguing politics to get them at Site in a timely
matter. I suspect that wouldn't happen if the disaster was local.

Lloyd

From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:47:46 -0700, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:51:30 -0500, Skipper wrote:

interesting to hear from outside the USA...

This from the Canadian Press, which apparently, is a bit more objective
than our own press and politicians.
George Bush, the man
David Warren - The Ottawa Citizen

Sunday, September 11, 2005

There's plenty wrong with America, since you asked. I'm tempted to say
that the only difference from Canada is that they have a few things
right. That would be unfair, of course -- I am often pleased to discover
things we still get right.

But one of them would not be disaster preparation.

Donno what glue this guy's been sniffing, but he's Just Plain Wrong. In
the first place, what little military we DO have is trained almost
exclusively for rescue, life-saving, that kinda thing rather than killing.

But we DON'T depend on the Military. We have several crack units of
search-and-rescue, disaster relief, etc. In Vancouver we have the Urban
Rescue Team, and DART from Ottawa. The only problem with DART is that the
Gov't has been too busy arguing politics to get them at Site in a timely
matter. I suspect that wouldn't happen if the disaster was local.

Lloyd

Put the whole article up. Do you think a few search and rescue folks would have
handled the problems in New Orleans?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

Lloyd Sumpter wrote:


Donno what glue this guy's been sniffing, but he's Just Plain Wrong. In
the first place, what little military we DO have is trained almost
exclusively for rescue, life-saving, that kinda thing rather than killing.
snip...

An exception might be the JTF2. They can compete with the best doing
the rough stuff. Our snipers are top drawer also.

From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:16:55 -0400, PocoLoco wrote:

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:47:46 -0700, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:51:30 -0500, Skipper wrote:

But one of them would not be disaster preparation.

Donno what glue this guy's been sniffing, but he's Just Plain Wrong. In
the first place, what little military we DO have is trained almost
exclusively for rescue, life-saving, that kinda thing rather than killing.

But we DON'T depend on the Military. We have several crack units of
search-and-rescue, disaster relief, etc. In Vancouver we have the Urban
Rescue Team, and DART from Ottawa. The only problem with DART is that the
Gov't has been too busy arguing politics to get them at Site in a timely
matter. I suspect that wouldn't happen if the disaster was local.

Lloyd

Put the whole article up. Do you think a few search and rescue folks would have
^^^^^
handled the problems in New Orleans?

That's my point: there's more than "a few". We have over 1000 S&R crew in
Vancouver alone. So yes, I think we could handle such a disaster. Then
again, we don't have cities of 5 million people below sea-level in a
hurricane belt.

Lloyd

From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:38:55 -0700, Lloyd wrote:

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:16:55 -0400, PocoLoco wrote:

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:47:46 -0700, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:51:30 -0500, Skipper wrote:

But one of them would not be disaster preparation.

Donno what glue this guy's been sniffing, but he's Just Plain Wrong. In
the first place, what little military we DO have is trained almost
exclusively for rescue, life-saving, that kinda thing rather than killing.

But we DON'T depend on the Military. We have several crack units of
search-and-rescue, disaster relief, etc. In Vancouver we have the Urban
Rescue Team, and DART from Ottawa. The only problem with DART is that the
Gov't has been too busy arguing politics to get them at Site in a timely
matter. I suspect that wouldn't happen if the disaster was local.

Lloyd

Put the whole article up. Do you think a few search and rescue folks would have
^^^^^
handled the problems in New Orleans?

That's my point: there's more than "a few". We have over 1000 S&R crew in
Vancouver alone. So yes, I think we could handle such a disaster. Then
again, we don't have cities of 5 million people below sea-level in a
hurricane belt.

Lloyd

While being shot at?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

PocoLoco wrote:
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:38:55 -0700, Lloyd wrote:


On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:16:55 -0400, PocoLoco wrote:


On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:47:46 -0700, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:


On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:51:30 -0500, Skipper wrote:


But one of them would not be disaster preparation.

Donno what glue this guy's been sniffing, but he's Just Plain Wrong. In
the first place, what little military we DO have is trained almost
exclusively for rescue, life-saving, that kinda thing rather than killing.

But we DON'T depend on the Military. We have several crack units of
search-and-rescue, disaster relief, etc. In Vancouver we have the Urban
Rescue Team, and DART from Ottawa. The only problem with DART is that the
Gov't has been too busy arguing politics to get them at Site in a timely
matter. I suspect that wouldn't happen if the disaster was local.

Lloyd

Put the whole article up. Do you think a few search and rescue folks would have

^^^^^

handled the problems in New Orleans?

That's my point: there's more than "a few". We have over 1000 S&R crew in
Vancouver alone. So yes, I think we could handle such a disaster. Then
again, we don't have cities of 5 million people below sea-level in a
hurricane belt.

Lloyd


While being shot at?

Shot at?? We Canucks are law abidin', don't you know!

From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:34:26 GMT, Don White wrote:

PocoLoco wrote:
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:38:55 -0700, Lloyd wrote:


On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:16:55 -0400, PocoLoco wrote:


On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:47:46 -0700, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:


On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:51:30 -0500, Skipper wrote:


But one of them would not be disaster preparation.

Donno what glue this guy's been sniffing, but he's Just Plain Wrong. In
the first place, what little military we DO have is trained almost
exclusively for rescue, life-saving, that kinda thing rather than killing.

But we DON'T depend on the Military. We have several crack units of
search-and-rescue, disaster relief, etc. In Vancouver we have the Urban
Rescue Team, and DART from Ottawa. The only problem with DART is that the
Gov't has been too busy arguing politics to get them at Site in a timely
matter. I suspect that wouldn't happen if the disaster was local.

Lloyd

Put the whole article up. Do you think a few search and rescue folks would have

^^^^^

handled the problems in New Orleans?

That's my point: there's more than "a few". We have over 1000 S&R crew in
Vancouver alone. So yes, I think we could handle such a disaster. Then
again, we don't have cities of 5 million people below sea-level in a
hurricane belt.

Lloyd


While being shot at?

Shot at?? We Canucks are law abidin', don't you know!

Yeah, but Nagin's boys weren't!

I had a good friend/riding buddy in Germany who was Canadian. He was smart, and
therefore owned a Moto Guzzi (not a Desmo). We must have put 15,000 miles on our
bikes riding together during my last summer there. One ride was from Stuttgart
to Stockholm, around Sweden, back through Denmark. What a trip!

John was a fun guy to be with, even though he talked funny!
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

From the Canadian Press--A MUST READ
 

PocoLoco wrote:

Yeah, but Nagin's boys weren't!

I had a good friend/riding buddy in Germany who was Canadian. He was smart, and
therefore owned a Moto Guzzi (not a Desmo). We must have put 15,000 miles on our
bikes riding together during my last summer there. One ride was from Stuttgart
to Stockholm, around Sweden, back through Denmark. What a trip!

John was a fun guy to be with, even though he talked funny!


Talked funny..?? Must have been from Western Canada.