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It sounds like the shooter had some serious mental health issues: The ramblings from his youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10 It looks like psychosis, schizophrenia.  The incident at the college could have been a first-episode psychosis, his age is ripe for it, previous...

Great story, Journeyman-- thanks for sharing (enjoyed the humour too :)). It's interesting, the pause that can be taken to reflect on 'foundations' of the thinking, as a process is occurring, a good break for reflecting on the common ground of reasonability. Kant and Longergan have some...

Thank you Journeyman for helpful perspective and recognition of my need to get clear.  I'm not omnipotent to see all the processes leading up to US economic and security policies.  All your points are completely reasonable and valid.  I am familiar with hermaneutics, subjectivity, critical...

P.S. The criticisms are fair enough, I did a poor job expressing myself-- I ought to have sat on my hands first and let my reactions wash over me first.  I'm still interested in middle ground and constructive solutions, even longer-term planning, but to at least start some of that to add to...

There is a clear relationship re: OIL/GAS and Security; it’s not the imaginations of the ‘loony-left“; it is fact as stated in US energy and security policy directives and I believe they are seen as intrinsically linked.  It's evident in 1) Cheney's stated policies re: pre-emptive strikes re...

I see what you mean re: a juicy target. . .boom. I don't think Cheney though is just a boogey man, the economy is sickly oil entrenched.  These are policy directions that have going back to the time of Nixon (and Cheney was aroudn at that time too).  Transitions from Bretton Wood trade pact...

:-[ I'm actually not sure who you mean re: that I'm parroting someone/something. . .?  (I don't have cable TV even :-[. . . I'll rent documentaries, etc., but no I'm not really smart about economics).  I got swept up with hopes with Obama, but it's true it's an inheritance of a system that's...

This is brand new learning for me (economics obviously not my forte  ;)).  I'm relatively young and was not taught about this history, the ramifications really freak me out.  It's like the movie, the Matrix, I was seeking to understand something, something is off here about the way things are...

The bottom line is oil/gas :(  I was researching re: oil connections. . . freaky, freaky stuff.  I looked into the history, back in Nixon's time, the abolishment of Bretton Wood and gold standard, replacement to the American US dollar standard, and the implications re: safe speculation (e.g...

@ Thucydides:  I like what you are doing here, these are important questions and very relevant.  I'll have to catch up. Re: The Spanish Ghostowns, housing bubble-- I saw this in the documentary Let's Make Money, by Erwin Wagenhofer. The link is here: http://www.letsmakemoney.at/ I was trying...

TAPI pipeline-- how does this work when agreements have been made, but then the government destabilizes again? Pakistan does matter, geographically, re: Central Government (Kabul); Kandahar. . . and I do care about CF and Afghan civilian safety.  Kandhar is critical strategically re: foreign...

Pakistan coalition loses key partner http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/02/pakistan-gilani.html?ref=rss

Well said.  Your post rings with Dignity.  Thank you. Our democracy is a sacred gift.  It's good to pause and reflect on that solemnly and with deep gratitude to the many who have sacrificed for this. From my perspective, I feel that CF does have a healthy image, and regardless of the...

Words don't mean that much, if they're just repeats and cliche.  I don't think many people would fully grasp what being in a life threatening situation and while also having a clear duty (felt fully inwardly, responce/action to circumstance, +) to protect self and others from life threatening...

I respect CF Honour, Character and Integrity and as I've seen that reflected among CF I've come into contact with.  IME, it does stand out. I am a bit of a 'way out there' leftish (and tree hugger too), but generally I feel my core values are not in dramatic contradiction to Canadian values...