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	<title>Comments on: The Commons: Stephen Harper&#039;s real world</title>
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129936</link>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Another well played move by the PM ...&quot;

Moist.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Another well played move by the PM &#8230;&quot;</p>
<p>Moist.</p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129935</link>
		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another well played move by the PM and judging by the amount of space being rented out criticizing it rather than dealing with the underlying issue then you simply have to give credtit where credit is due. The bottom line is what the heck is poor Iggy going to do now as he is watching himself morph into a clone of Dion! I love canadian politics.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another well played move by the PM and judging by the amount of space being rented out criticizing it rather than dealing with the underlying issue then you simply have to give credtit where credit is due. The bottom line is what the heck is poor Iggy going to do now as he is watching himself morph into a clone of Dion! I love canadian politics.</p>
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		<title>By: Eva</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129934</link>
		<dc:creator>Eva</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why does Harper hate Parliament so much? He never wants to be in the House of Commons. What is he scared of? Is he a real leader?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why does Harper hate Parliament so much? He never wants to be in the House of Commons. What is he scared of? Is he a real leader?</p>
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		<title>By: Herb</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129933</link>
		<dc:creator>Herb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, scf, not feverish, but I like the straight talk they deliver, so that does make me a fan of both.  Who else? Well, Andrew Coyne, Kady O&#039;Malley, Paul Wells plus a small clutch I read now and then.

You would want to know my dislikes too, wouldn&#039;t you: two-faced SOBs like Harper, his bobbleheads and supporters who see nothing but perfection in their ilk, and nothing but perfidy in anyone else.   Ditto for partisans of any political affiliation.   Any other questions, scf?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, scf, not feverish, but I like the straight talk they deliver, so that does make me a fan of both.  Who else? Well, Andrew Coyne, Kady O&#039;Malley, Paul Wells plus a small clutch I read now and then.</p>
<p>You would want to know my dislikes too, wouldn&#039;t you: two-faced SOBs like Harper, his bobbleheads and supporters who see nothing but perfection in their ilk, and nothing but perfidy in anyone else.   Ditto for partisans of any political affiliation.   Any other questions, scf?</p>
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		<title>By: Geiseric</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129932</link>
		<dc:creator>Geiseric</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve seen nothing that tells me either of them have even had the chance to try.  Raitt&#039;s been turned into the blunt end of a hatchet and Aglukkaq&#039;s got so many PMO strings attached to her she looks clastrophobic well beyond character.

It looks to me like their deputy ministers are reporting to two offices.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;ve seen nothing that tells me either of them have even had the chance to try.  Raitt&#039;s been turned into the blunt end of a hatchet and Aglukkaq&#039;s got so many PMO strings attached to her she looks clastrophobic well beyond character.</p>
<p>It looks to me like their deputy ministers are reporting to two offices.</p>
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		<title>By: Jon Pertwee</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129931</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon Pertwee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>to make F150s mandatory driving for all Canadian males?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to make F150s mandatory driving for all Canadian males?</p>
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		<title>By: Jon Pertwee</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129930</link>
		<dc:creator>Jon Pertwee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ha ha is that Flaherty&#039;s Blog?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ha ha is that Flaherty&#039;s Blog?</p>
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		<title>By: austinso</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129929</link>
		<dc:creator>austinso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Toothpaste?!  Why imagine the breakthroughs!  :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Toothpaste?!  Why imagine the breakthroughs!  :)</p>
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		<title>By: rockfish</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129928</link>
		<dc:creator>rockfish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It says right on the back of the CON membership card -- abandon all hope. Ideals and principles regretfully declined.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It says right on the back of the CON membership card &#8212; abandon all hope. Ideals and principles regretfully declined.</p>
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		<title>By: rockfish</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129927</link>
		<dc:creator>rockfish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But Duffy has excess to support no talent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But Duffy has excess to support no talent.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Mitchell</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129926</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL !  I&#039;m more looking forward to &quot;Dispel sf&quot; -- Level IV, when it makes him quack like a duck.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL !  I&#039;m more looking forward to &quot;Dispel sf&quot; &#8212; Level IV, when it makes him quack like a duck.</p>
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		<title>By: Andr&#233;</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129924</link>
		<dc:creator>Andr&#233;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>uummmm Sodium Fluoride is still as unradioactive as table salt. Unless...

&quot;In medical imaging, fluorine-18-labelled sodium fluoride is used in positron emission tomography (PET). Relative to conventional bone scintigraphy carried out with gamma cameras or SPECT systems, PET offers more sensitivity and spatial resolution. A disadvantage of PET is that fluorine-18 labelled sodium fluoride is less widely available than conventional technetium-99m-labelled radiopharmaceuticals.&quot;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_fluoride&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_fluoride&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>uummmm Sodium Fluoride is still as unradioactive as table salt. Unless&#8230;</p>
<p>&quot;In medical imaging, fluorine-18-labelled sodium fluoride is used in positron emission tomography (PET). Relative to conventional bone scintigraphy carried out with gamma cameras or SPECT systems, PET offers more sensitivity and spatial resolution. A disadvantage of PET is that fluorine-18 labelled sodium fluoride is less widely available than conventional technetium-99m-labelled radiopharmaceuticals.&quot;</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_fluoride" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_fluoride</a></p>
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		<title>By: Crit_Reasoning</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129925</link>
		<dc:creator>Crit_Reasoning</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s all about the experience points.   Once you reach 100 points, you become a Level Two Commenter and you get special magic powers!  It&#039;s exciting!  I&#039;ve been practicing my &quot;summon Wherry&quot; spell.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#039;s all about the experience points.   Once you reach 100 points, you become a Level Two Commenter and you get special magic powers!  It&#039;s exciting!  I&#039;ve been practicing my &quot;summon Wherry&quot; spell.</p>
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		<title>By: Andr&#233;</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129923</link>
		<dc:creator>Andr&#233;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could the isodope twins even understand what their people are telling them? Reading some of the isotope debate here I&#039;ve seen some Highly Enriched Ethymology.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could the isodope twins even understand what their people are telling them? Reading some of the isotope debate here I&#039;ve seen some Highly Enriched Ethymology.</p>
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		<title>By: Crit_Reasoning</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129922</link>
		<dc:creator>Crit_Reasoning</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Diagnosis: &lt;i&gt;Partisan Delirium&lt;/i&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Diagnosis: <i>Partisan Delirium</i>.</p>
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		<title>By: Crit_Reasoning</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129921</link>
		<dc:creator>Crit_Reasoning</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Turner would lose by a landslide, and he would write another book about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Turner would lose by a landslide, and he would write another book about it.</p>
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		<title>By: macphear</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129920</link>
		<dc:creator>macphear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have many issues with Chretien and more with Martin but neither of them were at all ideological.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have many issues with Chretien and more with Martin but neither of them were at all ideological.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Mitchell</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129919</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmmm, and ID seems to have rewarded you for your b______disation with another 1p.  That is justice?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmmm, and ID seems to have rewarded you for your b______disation with another 1p.  That is justice?</p>
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		<title>By: Geiseric</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129918</link>
		<dc:creator>Geiseric</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;David McGuinty led the day with two questions about our medical isotope shortage....&quot;

no

really

What&#039;&#039;s it take for a member of the press to step up and say it was obvious by the answers the isodope twins have no fricking clue what their people are up to?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;David McGuinty led the day with two questions about our medical isotope shortage&#8230;.&quot;</p>
<p>no</p>
<p>really</p>
<p>What&#039;&#039;s it take for a member of the press to step up and say it was obvious by the answers the isodope twins have no fricking clue what their people are up to?</p>
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		<title>By: Sisyphus</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129910</link>
		<dc:creator>Sisyphus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, iodized table salt does have medicinal properties.

But in this context that doesn&#039;t really matter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, iodized table salt does have medicinal properties.</p>
<p>But in this context that doesn&#8217;t really matter.</p>
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		<title>By: Crit_Reasoning</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129917</link>
		<dc:creator>Crit_Reasoning</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of &lt;i&gt;grano cum salis&lt;/i&gt; I see you&#039;ve overtaken me in the Xp horse race, you b_____d!  (shakes fist angrily)

My first attempt to reply contained the word b_____d spelled out fully, which was apparently too much for ID (although f__k seems permissible).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of <i>grano cum salis</i> I see you&#039;ve overtaken me in the Xp horse race, you b_____d!  (shakes fist angrily)</p>
<p>My first attempt to reply contained the word b_____d spelled out fully, which was apparently too much for ID (although f__k seems permissible).</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Mitchell</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129916</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know, and it&#039;s rather preposterous, since you&#039;ve been commenting up a storm and I&#039;ve been more dour than ever (owing to withdrawal).  Hmm, I hope there isn&#039;t some kind of lesson here . . .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know, and it&#039;s rather preposterous, since you&#039;ve been commenting up a storm and I&#039;ve been more dour than ever (owing to withdrawal).  Hmm, I hope there isn&#039;t some kind of lesson here . . .</p>
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		<title>By: Andr&#233;</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129915</link>
		<dc:creator>Andr&#233;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think he still holds the Alberta Agenda in his pocket.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think he still holds the Alberta Agenda in his pocket.</p>
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		<title>By: Crit_Reasoning</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129914</link>
		<dc:creator>Crit_Reasoning</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jack, you bastard!  You&#039;ve pulled ahead of me in Xp!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jack, you bastard!  You&#039;ve pulled ahead of me in Xp!</p>
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		<title>By: tdotlib</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129912</link>
		<dc:creator>tdotlib</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So it&#039;s wrong to hope for better?

A hint of sincerity and humility from Harper could probably earn him back a few easy points in the polls.  Instead he seems to be escalating to a losing course of action in recent weeks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So it&#039;s wrong to hope for better?</p>
<p>A hint of sincerity and humility from Harper could probably earn him back a few easy points in the polls.  Instead he seems to be escalating to a losing course of action in recent weeks.</p>
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		<title>By: ottawasteph</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129911</link>
		<dc:creator>ottawasteph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tilson&#039;s a huge something alright. I wonder how many of his constituents are familiar with his openly hostile and disruptive behaviour at committee. Nasty piece of work, that guy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tilson&#039;s a huge something alright. I wonder how many of his constituents are familiar with his openly hostile and disruptive behaviour at committee. Nasty piece of work, that guy.</p>
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		<title>By: ottawasteph</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129913</link>
		<dc:creator>ottawasteph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tilson&#039;s a huge something alright. I wonder how many of his constituents are familiar with his openly hostile and disruptive behaviour at committee. Nasty piece of work, that guy. He chairs Citizen &amp; Immigration, part of the Ruby Dhalla smear campaign.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tilson&#039;s a huge something alright. I wonder how many of his constituents are familiar with his openly hostile and disruptive behaviour at committee. Nasty piece of work, that guy. He chairs Citizen &amp; Immigration, part of the Ruby Dhalla smear campaign.</p>
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		<title>By: Crit_Reasoning</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129909</link>
		<dc:creator>Crit_Reasoning</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>She obviously meant sodium &lt;i&gt;fluoride&lt;/i&gt;.  Subtle difference - either she misread the word, or the transcript writer misunderstood what she said.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She obviously meant sodium <i>fluoride</i>.  Subtle difference &#8211; either she misread the word, or the transcript writer misunderstood what she said.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Mitchell</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129908</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d take that &lt;i&gt;grano cum salis&lt;/i&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;d take that <i>grano cum salis</i>.</p>
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		<title>By: scf</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129907</link>
		<dc:creator>scf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re a feverish fan of both Wherry and Garth?  Who else?  Bozo the clown?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#039;re a feverish fan of both Wherry and Garth?  Who else?  Bozo the clown?</p>
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		<title>By: ottawasteph</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129906</link>
		<dc:creator>ottawasteph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;d be sodium fluoride (NaF). But could you imagine if table salt had powerful medicinal properties? Naturopaths and their quacky friends would go out of business. *sigh*</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#039;d be sodium fluoride (NaF). But could you imagine if table salt had powerful medicinal properties? Naturopaths and their quacky friends would go out of business. *sigh*</p>
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		<title>By: Herb</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129903</link>
		<dc:creator>Herb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By coincidence, I just posted a link to Aaron&#039;s &quot;Harper&#039;s real world&quot; on Garth&#039;s greaterfool.ca, calling it &quot;the best summation of a day in federal politics ever.&quot;

It is, Aaron, and  thank you very much for continuing to expose your ears, eyes and grey matter to the goings on in QP.   As I&#039;ve said before, with you we get the gain without the pain.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By coincidence, I just posted a link to Aaron&#039;s &quot;Harper&#039;s real world&quot; on Garth&#039;s greaterfool.ca, calling it &quot;the best summation of a day in federal politics ever.&quot;</p>
<p>It is, Aaron, and  thank you very much for continuing to expose your ears, eyes and grey matter to the goings on in QP.   As I&#039;ve said before, with you we get the gain without the pain.</p>
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		<title>By: AaronWherry</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129904</link>
		<dc:creator>AaronWherry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From the rush transcript of QP distributed to the press gallery...

&quot;Hon. Leona Aglukkaq (Minister of Health, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the medical experts have provided alternative options that are available for physicians. Of the alternatives that are available now, over 50% of the TC99 isotopes are for heart scans, thallium can be used an alternative in many of these cases. The next largest use of TC99 isotopes is for bone scanning. Again, there is an alternative, sodium chloride, which is available now. We have approved clinical trials and special access program requests.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the rush transcript of QP distributed to the press gallery&#8230;</p>
<p>&quot;Hon. Leona Aglukkaq (Minister of Health, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the medical experts have provided alternative options that are available for physicians. Of the alternatives that are available now, over 50% of the TC99 isotopes are for heart scans, thallium can be used an alternative in many of these cases. The next largest use of TC99 isotopes is for bone scanning. Again, there is an alternative, sodium chloride, which is available now. We have approved clinical trials and special access program requests.&quot;</p>
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		<title>By: AaronWherry</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129905</link>
		<dc:creator>AaronWherry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From the rush transcript of distributed to the press gallery...

&quot;Hon. Leona Aglukkaq (Minister of Health, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the medical experts have provided alternative options that are available for physicians. Of the alternatives that are available now, over 50% of the TC99 isotopes are for heart scans, thallium can be used an alternative in many of these cases. The next largest use of TC99 isotopes is for bone scanning. Again, there is an alternative, sodium chloride, which is available now. We have approved clinical trials and special access program requests.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the rush transcript of distributed to the press gallery&#8230;</p>
<p>&quot;Hon. Leona Aglukkaq (Minister of Health, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the medical experts have provided alternative options that are available for physicians. Of the alternatives that are available now, over 50% of the TC99 isotopes are for heart scans, thallium can be used an alternative in many of these cases. The next largest use of TC99 isotopes is for bone scanning. Again, there is an alternative, sodium chloride, which is available now. We have approved clinical trials and special access program requests.&quot;</p>
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		<title>By: WDM</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129902</link>
		<dc:creator>WDM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My interest would be the spectacle, not the end result!! Imagine the blogging!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My interest would be the spectacle, not the end result!! Imagine the blogging!</p>
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		<title>By: ottawasteph</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129901</link>
		<dc:creator>ottawasteph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Indeed, Andrew, he worked in the asbestos mines as a young man, as did Minister (and cancer survivor) Chuck Strahl:
&lt;a href=&quot;http://patmartin.ndp.ca/node/350&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://patmartin.ndp.ca/node/350&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Indeed, Andrew, he worked in the asbestos mines as a young man, as did Minister (and cancer survivor) Chuck Strahl:<br />
<a href="http://patmartin.ndp.ca/node/350" rel="nofollow">http://patmartin.ndp.ca/node/350</a></p>
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		<title>By: Sisyphus</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129894</link>
		<dc:creator>Sisyphus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But Hendrix had a talent to support his excess.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But Hendrix had a talent to support his excess.</p>
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		<title>By: ottawasteph</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129900</link>
		<dc:creator>ottawasteph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Common mistake, CQ. Tonight&#039;s National gives said doc credit for &quot;raising a fuss in Ottawa,&quot; or words to that effect. In truth, the CBC most likely got the idea from Pat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Common mistake, CQ. Tonight&#039;s National gives said doc credit for &quot;raising a fuss in Ottawa,&quot; or words to that effect. In truth, the CBC most likely got the idea from Pat.</p>
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		<title>By: Me Thrie</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129899</link>
		<dc:creator>Me Thrie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Seriously though - how can the PM believe half the crap that he spins out to the public these days. Do you think he weeps when he&#039;s alone? Weeps for the ideologue he used to be before his ego took over and made him a power hungry zealot that will stop an nothing to hold on to his post?&quot;

Seriously though - if you think that there is any difference between the current PM&#039;s ego and lust for power (and corruption, and arrogance, and bullshlt) and the last PM&#039;s, and the PM before him, then I think you must be brain damaged.

All of these things you hate about the PM - the bullcrap, the ego, the corruption - they go with the job.  Only a loser would give away his money and power to strangers in Ottawa and then expect them to manage his life for him with the same diligence and fairness as he would have done himself.  Quit it with this loser attitude.  The more you play their bullcrap partisan political games, the more positive feedback you&#039;re giving them, and the more they&#039;re going to walk all over you and everyone else.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Seriously though &#8211; how can the PM believe half the crap that he spins out to the public these days. Do you think he weeps when he&#039;s alone? Weeps for the ideologue he used to be before his ego took over and made him a power hungry zealot that will stop an nothing to hold on to his post?&quot;</p>
<p>Seriously though &#8211; if you think that there is any difference between the current PM&#039;s ego and lust for power (and corruption, and arrogance, and bullshlt) and the last PM&#039;s, and the PM before him, then I think you must be brain damaged.</p>
<p>All of these things you hate about the PM &#8211; the bullcrap, the ego, the corruption &#8211; they go with the job.  Only a loser would give away his money and power to strangers in Ottawa and then expect them to manage his life for him with the same diligence and fairness as he would have done himself.  Quit it with this loser attitude.  The more you play their bullcrap partisan political games, the more positive feedback you&#039;re giving them, and the more they&#039;re going to walk all over you and everyone else.</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Mitchell</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129898</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tilson has quite a huge majority, however.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tilson has quite a huge majority, however.</p>
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		<title>By: WDM</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129897</link>
		<dc:creator>WDM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>..and guess who may come back to the Commons:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.garth.ca/weblog/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.garth.ca/weblog/&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;i&gt;Garth Turner could be the area&#8217;s next Member of Parliament, if some local Liberals get their way.  The high-profile ex-MP, bestselling author and financial guru has been invited by the Dufferin &#8212; Caledon Liberal Association to throw his hat in the ring for a federal election, expected later this year. Turner recently moved back into Caledon, where he is restoring the 1855 Cataract Inn.  He said he&#8217;s pondering his options, adding he expects to make a decision in the next week or so.&lt;/i&gt;

Dufferin-Caldeon...that&#039;s Tilson isn&#039;t it? That would be phenomenal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>..and guess who may come back to the Commons:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.garth.ca/weblog/" rel="nofollow">http://www.garth.ca/weblog/</a></p>
<p><i>Garth Turner could be the area&rsquo;s next Member of Parliament, if some local Liberals get their way.  The high-profile ex-MP, bestselling author and financial guru has been invited by the Dufferin &mdash; Caledon Liberal Association to throw his hat in the ring for a federal election, expected later this year. Turner recently moved back into Caledon, where he is restoring the 1855 Cataract Inn.  He said he&rsquo;s pondering his options, adding he expects to make a decision in the next week or so.</i></p>
<p>Dufferin-Caldeon&#8230;that&#039;s Tilson isn&#039;t it? That would be phenomenal.</p>
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		<title>By: Wotcher?</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129896</link>
		<dc:creator>Wotcher?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nonetheless, it&#039;s good to know it is receiving attention from other quarters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nonetheless, it&#039;s good to know it is receiving attention from other quarters.</p>
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		<title>By: Crit_Reasoning</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129895</link>
		<dc:creator>Crit_Reasoning</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sodium chloride is the same thing as table salt.  I think our intrepid parliamentary reporter must have misunderstood what the Minister of Health was actually saying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sodium chloride is the same thing as table salt.  I think our intrepid parliamentary reporter must have misunderstood what the Minister of Health was actually saying.</p>
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		<title>By: Habitant</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129893</link>
		<dc:creator>Habitant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Conservative government insists on saying that they do not want an election yet, they use their Opposition mandated economic report to make a slick (alright, that&#039;s a stretch, Mike Duffy could never be defined as slick), all-out partisan stump speech.

Meanwhile, in the House, things are as venomous as they&#039;ve ever been (and much more dysfunctional than last year).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Conservative government insists on saying that they do not want an election yet, they use their Opposition mandated economic report to make a slick (alright, that&#039;s a stretch, Mike Duffy could never be defined as slick), all-out partisan stump speech.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in the House, things are as venomous as they&#039;ve ever been (and much more dysfunctional than last year).</p>
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		<title>By: andrew</title>
		<link>http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/11/the-commons-stephen-harpers-real-world/comment-page-1/#comment-129892</link>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not only has he been on this for years, he worked in a mine himself. I can&#039;t remember whether it was asbestos or not, though...</description>
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