I was recently pleased to discover Orangeville was not named after the Orange Lodge (as I had always assumed), or out of sympathy for militant Protestantism, but was instead named after the Orange brothers, two Americans who came up from Pennsylvania in the 1840s and established a mill.

Now, how to explain away Erin.

Prout should resign, or he should be asked to resign by the Liberals. The phrase: "not the sharpest knife in the drawer" comes to mind.

Oh shut up.

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Sorry, torture is a hardline issue for me. It's a hardline issue because
A: It doesn't work.
B: It endangers our troops by motivating our enemies to fight to the death rather than surrendering.
C: It damages our troops pyschologically.

I'm sorry if you don't see those as concerns, but I do.

Whoawhoawhoawhoa. Has that been proven beyond a reasonable doubt?

Or is that just an allegation made by four (4) Taliban prisoners to Colvin, buttressed of course by similar claims by Colvin's super secret sources that he refuses to reveal?

Y'all missed the REAL story here: a Liberal candidate made an unambiguous assertion that Cdn. military "have been" involved in torture. At least previous Liberal accusers have bothered with the formality of making conditional accusations that torture may or may not have occurred. That's really uncool and not only endangers the lives of our servicemen but civilians here in Canada, who might become the target of a retaliatory attack for torture that Canada did not do and may not have occurred in the first place.

That's serious stuff man, and if there is a terrorist attack in Canada in the next 12 months I will hold this guy accountable because the blood will be on his hands, having falsely smeared Canadian soldiers as torturers and incited a terrorist attack upon Canada.

Perhaps I'm being harsh. After all, Colvin is not only a federal public servant, but a trained journalist as well, two occupations well known for their high moral conduct and positive disposition toward Conservative governments, he couldn't possibly have ulterior motives.

It's like the Abu Garib man pile.

Are we go to get to make man piles like the Americans in Iraq?

Said confusion might account for why it's not making national news. If you can't make sense of what the speaker is saying, well, it's like trying to pounce on quicksand, all you do is sink.

Perhaps he did. But I must grudgingly give him credit for even posting this at all. This is usually the kind of thing that falls below Wherry's radar since it's not a Conservative chewing on his shoe.

Although it is curious…when a Conservative candidate mused his opinion that his riding wasn't getting stimulus because it was a Liberal held riding it was national news. A Liberal candidate muses that a little torture is "probably OK" and it's ignored, except by his own local paper. Which means I must give Wherry even more credit for finding this and posting it despite the lack of media coverage anywhere else.

We are the good guys. We don't torture. We don't condone torture. We don't excuse torture. If you want to be someone who does, join those who do.. I believe they're called the Taliban.

They sewed Canadian flags to their backpacks, which for my generation gave you a sense of security while traveling abroad. Our flag was so well respected globally that it did in fact provide you with that extra bit of peace that you were not a part of imperialistic warring people. I thank God for the Liberal government of the day that refused to send our troops to Iraq.

If I understand that properly, Jean Chretien keeping Canada out of Iraq made the world safe for Prout's generation to travel in. And Americans are an "imperialistic warring people."

Oh, and by the way, stop speaking as if you know what anyone outside of your own head believes.

"Listen, I think most Canadians believe we’re at war, and if a little torture happens to save lives, most Canadians feel it’s ok, if it saves lives."

It received eight committee meetings within the Senate which can tend to hold it up, but it’s a pretty strong piece of legislation that we want to make sure is right. We’re talking life in jail if you get caught with more than five plants in your basement, also gun crime. People have a responsibility to do this right.

The very last thing I want is ANY politician who thinks that most Canadians are okay with a little torture.

If this candidate actually runs in the next election, I think I may make a political donation or two.. or three.. depends how many candidates are running against him.