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Ms Ford sounds like an asset to the community.
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Read about her family. Here are some highlights from wiki:
In 1999, Ford was arrested in Miami for driving under the influence (DUI) and marijuana possession charges.[71] According to the statement recorded by the arresting officer, Ford was acting nervous, had blood shot eyes and had "a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath". Ford threw his hands up in the air and told the police officer, "Go ahead, take me to jail."[72] Until he was questioned by reporters,[73] Ford said that the marijuana charge had "completely, totally slipped my mind" because the more serious issue during that arrest was the DUI charge.[74] Ford initially denied the DUI charge, saying instead he was arrested because he "refused to give a breath sample".[75]
On April 15, 2006, Ford (a sitting councillor at the time) attended a Maple Leafs hockey game at the Air Canada Centre. Visibly intoxicated and belligerent, he began to insult a couple seated behind him, who were visiting from out of town. Two security guards escorted Ford out of the building. When confronted about the episode three days later by a National Post reporter, Ford denied even having been at the game, declaring that he hadn't been to a hockey game since Christmas. "This is unbelievable," he told the Toronto Star. "I wasn't even at the game, so someone's trying to do a real hatchet job on me, let me tell you."[76] The following day, Ford admitted that he had lied to the media about the incident, and finally apologized for his behaviour: “That was just stupidity. I feel terrible about it. My wife and I had a little bit too much to drink . . . I made a mistake that will never happen again.” [77]
**On March 7, 2007, Ford made controversial comments about cyclists' use of the roads, saying, "What I compare bike lanes to is swimming with the sharks. Sooner or later you're going to get bitten... Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks, not for people on bikes. My heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it’s their own fault at the end of the day."[78] On May 25, 2009, Ford said, "It's no secret, okay. The cyclists are a pain in the ass to the motorists."
**At a council meeting on March 5, 2008, Ford said, "Those Oriental people work like dogs. They work their hearts out. They are workers non-stop. They sleep beside their machines. That's why they're successful in life. I went to Seoul, South Korea, I went to Taipei, Taiwan. I went to Tokyo, Japan. That's why these people are so hard workers (sic). I'm telling you, the Oriental people, they're slowly taking over." [79] Ford later apologized for using the term "orientals", but stood by his remarks, claiming that they were meant as a positive assessment of their work ethic. -
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That's the tip of the iceberg, as well. He's a walking disaster zone.
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He's the chunky guy who was snapped reading papers behind the wheel of his big truck, isn't he? A reporter asked him if he did it and he couldn't see a problem with it at all. Madness.
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He's the chunky guy who was snapped reading papers behind the wheel of his big truck, isn't he? A reporter asked him if he did it and he couldn't see a problem with it at all. Madness.
That's his brother, the mayor.
Proof positive that the expansion of Toronto's boundaries a few years ago was the end of a fairly progressive city.To be clear,
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HTFU/LFGSS Copyright infringement in Australian Press!
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Clint Eastwood stars in a new short film about GOP supporters losing their minds at a political convention:
http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/08/30/us/politics/100000001752472/clint-eastwoods-rnc-speech.html
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He's getting on a bit isn't he.
His political biography on Wikipedia is quite interesting reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_eastwood#Politics
So it's sad that in his old age he's siding with people he doesn't actually seem to agree with. Also, criticising Obama for not closing Guantanamo, and for prolonging the war in Afghanistan is fair enough, but doing it at a Republican Convention?
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• #16414
He's a fiscal conservative. The types of points he's making are not at all foreign to the Republican party. Not necessarily the most widely held, but he's not unique in them. Although the flirting with the extreme right has been pushing "that type" of Republican further and further out. Hopefully the pendulum will swing back at some point.
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It's interesting (as an outsider) to observe political debate on some US forums of which I am a member.
My perspective is that some of what (for example) the Republicans espouse seems to make sense, but the overwhelming majority of their view are pure swivel eyed lunacy- the legitimate vs. non-legitimate rape stuff, and the foetus being alive weeks before conception spring to mind.
I have no idea how their supporters manage to ignore this stuff- it's like supporting your husband whilst he fucks the nanny I suppose, you feel that you have to stick by him.
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There's not that much unity within either party in terms of ideas. Just look at the primary season. Infighting everywhere. But once a candidate has been decided upon, that's the candidate. You've got two parties, and your shitty candidate is better than their shitty candidate.
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There are stacks of them, each with stacks of 'students', that would be much more appropriate targets than a major uni. But that wouldn't have got the great big 'tough on brownies' headlines this govt wants.
+1
GB cyclist Simon Richardson crash driver Adams jailed
"I would have been happy whatever sentence he got - even if he walked free.
"At the end of the day, it was just an accident and he did not deliberately set out to knock me down.
"But it is important that a precedent has been set - that not only should a person be charged with excess alcohol but it also qualifies as dangerous driving.
"I hope this incident shows the need for drivers to be more aware of cyclists on the road."
I like this attitude, very much.
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There's not that much unity within either party in terms of ideas. Just look at the primary season. Infighting everywhere. But once a candidate has been decided upon, that's the candidate. You've got two parties, and your shitty candidate is better than their shitty candidate.
No different to here then, really.
That said, and I may be being hopelessly naive here, but I just couldn't imagine Nick Clegg saying what Ryan whatsisname said about Rape, and not be drummed out of politics.
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No different to here then, really.
That said, and I may be being hopelessly naive here, but I just couldn't imagine Nick Clegg saying what Ryan whatsisname said about Rape, and not be drummed out of politics.
thing is they are trying to drum him out
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No different to here then, really.
That said, and I may be being hopelessly naive here, but I just couldn't imagine Nick Clegg saying what Ryan whatsisname said about Rape, and not be drummed out of politics.
H is right though: there are a lot of what are core Republican values that are pretty sensible, fiscal prudence being one of them as well as a belief in the government that governs less, governs best. But the party has been badly high-jacked by the deeply religious conservatives who have pushed the party towards crazy social policies that only highlights their extreme ignorance and intolerance to go with their smugness of moral superiority. As much as they talk about a bright future for America, they seem to want to push it back to the 1950s as much as possible.
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Sounds like a load of hosers.
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Oh. For H.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19440465
Won't someone think of the pancakes?
Holy shit, that is hilarious.
The federation also keeps nearly 13m litres in syrup in three warehouses to stabilise global supply and prices.
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