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By any chance is that Company Zenon. They make our High Tech ROPUs

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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/CanadaV...6856741-cp.html If your interested here's what our government is up against for tough on crime. A losing Battle thanks to the Liberal Oh wed just be jailing everybody just like the ?????????????????/. My thought in this is there are a lot of Knife incidents these days so if you think Mr tough guy is caught with a knife and automatically goes to jail, you think it may deter him? How about if your caught stealing the third time you automatically go to jail. THE PROBLEM FOR THE SCUMBAGS IS THERE IS NO DETERENT. This started changing in the seventies. With our growing population do you think we should add more jails? YOU THINK!!!!!or more therapists

Nice to get some luck finally. Im curious though on what exactly was wrong with your trailer?

I wonder if he committed suicide or got lost in the Woods. Very sad just over an electronic game. No Blame here but the root of the issue

Hope he Lives up to the Hype. Mod Check

They wouldnt be suckers eh. They are in that river system and do surface feed.

No Pressure eh

Unfortunately Canada tried to hide the fact that Canadians Killed soldiers during a UN peace keeping Mission. Supposedly the Croats figured the Canadians would pickup and run from their positions like other countries have done. Not sure who the Commander on the Ground was but he was PPCLI and decided to use the rules of engagement and fire back to protect his men. When it was over, depending who you talk to, Croat or UN there was upwards of a 30 dead and none for the Canadians. At least the Serbs were smart enough to never engage the Canadians. I was in theatre when the Serbs took a few Canadians Hostage and we had a plan to free them using deadly force. It was funny when the JTF showed up and here is this Engineer with a lower rank and Cap badge that I knew very well telling me not to say anything. Secret spy stuff I guess. The most exciting part of the plan was that myself and my driver posed as a SHHiter driver to go to the hostage position and recce the road for mines and soldiers in order to form a plan of attack. We gave the information to higher and figured a plan to Neutralize any mines and enemy in order get to the hostages. As it was it never did pan out as they were released through negotiation. However if it did occur there would of been a lot of people killed and I figured that my section would of probably end up dead sooner or later due to a mine strike.

Some good tips for the novice and entertainment for the pro. http://www.fishingsaskatchewan.ca/s2/season2_eps7.html

Yea, hes as normal a man gets.LOL

Yea BC ruins the saying , Long haired hippy friends of Jesus. Yea but your very observant as usual to my posts. Lots of Draft Dodgers and immigrants there too. A Liberal Recipe. I lived in Chilliwack for seven years, right beside Surrey, Abbotsford, etc, etc.

Oh Great, now I feel sorry for Palin which I didnt before. I think there should be a law to jail those two knobs

I got the Day off so I could go Camping somewhere in Manitoba. I would drive 1.5 hours to Saskatoon to get a flight out to Winnipeg and meet my hosts and then I would then be Bussed another two plus hours close to Brandon where I was to discuss the weekend activities with my Guide. The weather and the drive was nice and relaxing from North Battleford to Saskatoon. I would see a coyote in distance and relaxed to the tunes of Floyd and other favorites from the seventies. After about two hours I would pass maybe five towns, and there was no question that I was finally approaching the City of Saskatoon as the traffic got a little heavier and the Advertisement signs started increasing Ahh finally civilization and the fighter jet indicating the direction to the Saskatoon Airport. I was anticipating a Timmies that would await me at the Airport. Finally the Airport. This would be the place that would lead me to the second most important event in my life and that would be my new life after Retirement from the Army. Its a small Airport, but very busy. What I noticed here is that security takes their jobs seriously. No so Called guards reading news Papers and having a good time speaking a language I cant understand. These guys were professional from other Airports that I have traveled through. After a short flight and some instructions from my hosts it was off towards Brandon to an area that I have never been before. They say its a great camping area if you like Wind , Cold, and nothing that would be considered scenery. Yup, as Bad as Wainwright AB but I actually got to like the Area after spending three Years there. WHAT THE F is this? This Ain't the Camp or Camping I want? This@#!@!$$# hole was the home of the Royal Canadian Artillery and German Army till a couple of years ago. Now it is shared only with the Artillery and a Unit of our Princess Patricia Light Infantry ( PPCLI). Well right now my priority is to get some sleep as I ain't going to get any for the next two Days as I have to be of sound mind because Ive been Tasked to Train the Reserve Infantry and Engineers how to work together to successfully complete a task as well as Afghanistan simulated Scenarios using Explosives. Its 0300hrs in the morning and I got no time to pitch a ground sheet. It'Ll be sleeping Bag, Air Mattress, and Bivy Bag. It'll dip below zero so I'm anticipating the cold shave with my razor and Canteen cup in the Morning. Ill only get 3 hours sleep before Id get up Sleep F/ked. The Shave was cold but refreshing. Well the first scenario will be an IED ( Improvised Explosive attack) on a Canadian Patrol. Armoured Recce would lead, followed by the QRF ( Quick Reaction Force) which is Infantry and then My guys the Engineers. They will not travel as one gaggle as they need to space out to avoid multiple casualties. These two are playing one of poor little Omar's friends. Actually they are part of my Engineers who are tasked to play enemy. In front of them is the Blaster hooked to wire with some C4 at the side of the road. They will blast the first vehicle which will be a casualty. The explosive will not harm the vehicle as it is just far enough. WE HOPE Well the trigger-man did his job after an agonizing cold wait. By the way I still have a job as it worked and didnt kill anybody LOL. This will be a casualty, one dead, two injured, and the G wagon not movable and inoperatable. Time to help train these Reservists who some have volunteered to go to Afghanistan in 09. Our Kids So the Remaining Armoured Recce Vehicles will do an inner Cordon to secure with their heavy wpns. Armoured soldiers will dismount and look to eliminate the trigger man, enemy, and watch for other IEDs. QRF( this case Infantry) will be called to do an outer cordon. Then Engineers and Medic will follow up to clear the way to the vehicle and clear any IEDS and collect forensics. Armored Recce secure and now moving to cordon and secure for Infantry QRF finally arrives and dismounts to secure outer cordon and eliminate any the trigger man or any enemy Omars after getting information. Infantry moving to their positions being vigilant to IEDs as well as enemy Now my guys the Engineers will do their job once the Infantry has secured the area. They will clear up to the casualty ensuring no more booby traps. clear the vehicle for recovery. Others will investigate the explosion and collect forensics. Others will clear likely mined and booby trapped areas. We would practice this one more time. Oh yea, it was not smooth and there is a lot to learn once they are assimilated to their Regular force units once the are called upon. Afterwards we will train these guys on how to do an explosive breach into a fortified structure such as a wall. This is JTF training that is now going to be a regular part of combat training. All Combat soldiers will be trained to do this now. It is new and these reserves are going to be the first Reserves to do this training in Canada. We will Stack using 3 Infantry and two Engineers. The Engineers will carry place the explosves as well as trigger it. The Infantry will fight through with the Engineers. This is a six man Stack moving in. The Lead man is holding an explosive blanket protecting himself and the others. You must have your head below the blanket. That frag Blanket gets really heave after a little bit. In the stack you will have one engineer with the trigger, another with the explosive and the other with tape etc. The Blast will be the worst for the first and last guy. And it HURTS Laying the explosive and tape and rolling out the wire to blast. I'm the lone guy who is the Safety Officer ensuring their heads will be down and they're laying the explosives safely before firing. I get the thumbs up from the last man who is the trigger man. I give him the go ahead he counts down 3 and triggers the blast. The breach will be fast and aggressive using deadly force. I assure you we will not have to worry about what to do with prisoners. They re too much trouble anyways as we have observed with the POOR LITTLE OMAR FIASCO All in All good training, but I cant wait to do some real camping as in the last four weeks Ive been busy army training with three of them and every Tuesday nite Of note to any Omar Spawns that want to harm Canadians. What has been said here is simple, not SOPs, and unclassified and the vehicles would be armoured with heavy guns after the area is pounded. However, I do want to say is, you will never demoralize the Canadian Soldier as he will never give up till the job is done. And as the Serb warned, We do not want to awaken a sleeping Tiger which happened anyways in the Medak pocket with devastating results. We are good peacekeepers only because we are good fighting soldiers first. Remember that.

Wow excellent fish and I'm jealous. Never caught a Brown

Thats why it wasnt meant for you!!!!!!!!!!! Mostly for guys like me thats watching my small retirement savings ( Hopefully to sustain my fishing) go down the tubes. After reading it, its only helping me not to panic and think longer term. Hopefully its Tempory because I know Greed is Permanent so hopefully my savings will rebound to make my dream of being morgage free a reallity. Im off to my camping trip in Manitoba now, hopefully Ill have some pics when I get back.

Yea, similar, I was fishing one of the smaller so called cottage lakes in cottage country and tried to find a shoreline to camp on. Couldn't find a spot that seemed not owned so I decided to throw a tent up beside the boat launch. After a whisky here and there I heard a truck go screaming by firing some gun shots I guess to scare me away which didnt work. I can tell ya though the next day it seemed I had every neighbor prowling around my tent to see who the invader was, but when I crawled out of the zippered door and wished them good morning and offered them a beer in my ginch they booted off. If it was up to them they would hog the whole lake to themselves.

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What are you trying to start Roy? Absolutely no Hate here, as well as preying on the South. As a matter of fact is the point here is that as bad as it is to our neighbors, there is no need to go into a panic here. Its called having faith in our system. Also I may add, also our neighbors. They are not as stupid as the media down your way make them out to be either. The Americans are my brothers, as unlike you, I have served along side of them. Again I will Repeat my point here. Have faith in our system. That is my point. If you see it as an American criticism, I see it as a comparison. That's all Roy ole boy. One last thing. If any AMERICAN finds this offensive . I will go on record and APOLIGISE. Especially to Tennessee guy. Roy have a beer and mellow out as your always on my case.

Me too dude dude when I first heard it on the radio Narrated

Canada, Sweet Land of Hope, Hard Work and Prosperity by Charles Adler October 27/08 The Loonie has been going south. Unfortunately, confidence in our dollar and our country has been going in the same direction. I don't know whether I can make you feel more confident. But I hope you will allow me to try. I am not asking you for your money. I am asking you for what's most precious…Your time. The reason our dollar is wounded is not complicated. World markets are suffering indigestion and many mutual fund managers have decided that the best Pepto-Bismol of all is the U.S. Treasury Bill. It yields almost no interest. However, it is as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar and it is where much of the nervous capital is being parked right now. The purchase of these bills drives up the value of the U.S. greenback and drives virtually all others down. The English Pound is getting pounded, The Chinese Yuan is getting stomped on and in Canada, Oh Canada we stand on guard for our loonie is flying at a low altitude for the moment. However, once the markets start to right themselves, the same managers who purchased the t-bills will realize the financial stomach is no longer in a state of peptic dysfunction and they will sell those Greenbacks in a New York minute. It will give the loonie a lift and we will go back up above 80 cents and likely, back up to ninety before much too long. However in the meantime, we have vultures with a lot of media access who want to use the temporary plight of the loonie to pluck our national confidence. While the vultures prey on weakness and want to mark down Canada, we have a right to Mark Twain them. "Reports of my demise are exaggerated," said the man who created characters that animated the imaginations of millions for generations. Exaggeration is something he understood could be a weapon for good and for the opposite. These days exaggeration is being employed to make us want to surrender the future by telling us that we are going to be plunged into a depression as bad or worse than our grandparents or our great grandparents experienced at the end of the 19th century and in the third decade of the 20th. Exaggeration these days is where the vultures live. We don't have to make their address, our address. Canadians have many reasons to be confident about their financial system and the long term prospect for our economy and our currency. While the U.S. feels the need to strengthen small banks by feeding them like hamburgers to the big ones, we have no such issue here. We have almost nothing but big banks. And, you know which ones they are. It's where your money is. Unlike many of the American and European banks, ours have not been operated by card sharks and so they are not casinos. We also have some old fashioned rules that have been working rather well to keep our real estate prices relatively stable. Rules like requiring prospective home owners to put real money down before being able to purchase a home. Because we don't have a U.S. style tax system that discourages us from building up equity in that home, many of us actually own our own homes. The American system allows you to deduct the interest on the mortgage you pay each month. So you don't have much incentive to build up equity. You just pay and keep paying the juice on a very large amount of money because you can deduct the juice when you pay your taxes. That encourages people to buy more house than they need and not build up equity and therefore savings in their houses. When times are very good, this can work to promote a lot of real estate growth and for years that's what happened. But when you create a bubble through having too many houses, with not much equity in them by the person responsible for paying the mortgage and then you have bankers selling the risk on these mortgages to others and not keeping track of who owes what to whom, you get chaos. If only the prices for houses had kept on going up by ten to twenty to thirty percent per year forever this housing crisis wouldn't have happened. But just like you cannot repeal the law of gravity, you cannot repeal the law of supply and demand and when you create so called exotic instruments like derivatives and credit default swaps you have what one of the richest men on earth Warren Buffett calls “Weapons of Mass Economic Destruction,” which is what we have had. The Americans talk about home ownership. But it's clear as a bell that when you have no equity in a home because all you’ve been doing every month is paying the juice on the mortgage, if the value of the home drops like a rock, you have no incentive to keep paying the juice, and since you put almost no money down to buy the home, you have no reason to stay in it. Pick up the keys banker. I am so out of here. That's the American scenario right now. Does it sound anything like our own? It does not and it will not. We play by different rules and they protect the most important asset in our lives, our HOMES. Just as the banks in the U.S. have been turned into gambling parlors, many ordinary Americans who did have some equity in their homes have taken out home equity loans. They received money from the banks based on the equity had. Many used the money to buy stuff they didn't really need and stocks they no longer want. And yes, they do have to keep paying the juice on the money borrowed to buy stocks that are going down instead of up. Many Americans have bet the ranch, the farm, the bungalow and the dog house on the stock market. Any wonder why so many are angry enough to roll the dice on a presidential candidate with as much leadership experience as your twelve-year-old? Any wonder why they are willing to paste and punish any candidate for any office that is contaminated with the word Republican beside their name? Any wonder why they are about to vote themselves a White House, a House of Representatives and a Senate where the Democratic Party will have unbridled power? Any wonder why they are ready to throw out their general desire for divided government, creating checks and balances to presidential or congressional power? In this country, in a recent election, Canadians had the option to punish every Conservative for the current decline of the World Economy. But we chose not to do that. We made the right choice. Folks it's difficult to see the sun when you feel that you are buried in the deep pit of despair, and when you have many folks with media platforms engaging in predatory behavior. Preying on your fears and insecurities and in some cases preying on the sheer blind ignorance of the massive wealth that this country literally has inside its soil. Because of the abundance in the ground and the knowledge we have in our heads, we have a country that will continue to walk tall among the nations of the earth. Maybe we need to be reminded once in a while about our millions of acres of timber and grains and the vast pools of oil and gas, potash and uranium and all the other minerals that the world needs to feed and heat itself. It's true that minerals do not create a steely spine, which is what many of us need to develop right now. The question is asked everywhere in Canada. Will commodities come back? Does a bear eliminate in the woods? It's true that The Stock Market Bear wants to eliminate everywhere and over everything. But that too will pass. The doom and gloom spinners that have your attention right now can corrode confidence. They can lease fear. But they cannot own and can never conquer TIME. Time always marches forward. Tomorrow can never be yesterday. Renewal of days and weeks and seasons give us hope. The doom and gloom crowd always wants you to believe that the distant future is even worse than the recent past. They will always find numbers to justify the equation. But their arithmetic adds up to failure of spirit if you permit it. If you allow them to beat you with their numbers, you are surrendering to the worst kind of defeat there is. A defeat with no sense of purpose, no positive outcome and worst of all, no honour. Time marches forward. That's why it's called Progress. The history of human achievement is based on Progress. The forces of darkness have always been committed to the opposite. They want you to stop believing in the future and ultimately in yourself. Although I have mentioned the incredible resources this country is awash in, the most important and ultimately the best resource we have is our people, many of whom have been through tough times in this country and elsewhere. I grew up with many of these folks, survivors who in the end could not extinguish their memories of Communism and Fascism, the twin towers of darkness that crushed so many members of their families. I grew up with people who weren't just frightened by stock market numbers and unemployment numbers. They were terrified and terrorized and traumatized by having people they knew shot, imprisoned, tortured, and executed. The mauling of the markets pale in comparison with the massacre of millions of people who just happened to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time in history. We are living history right now and we will be talking about these times for a long time. But we have a choice. We can make hope and progress our friends or we can do as we are being urged to do, to throw up our hands and declare to our friends and families that the sun has set on our hopes and dreams, and will never rise again. I'm asking you as just one ordinary Canadian with extraordinary access to you and your mind. Don't let them win. Don't cave to the cave dwellers. Don't cave to the forces of darkness. Don't give them everything they want. Your confidence, your hopes, your dreams don't belong to them. They are yours as long as you choose to hold on to them. There is a name for the person who only believes in defeat. Don't make it yours. This is the greatest country on earth and you are alive to share it with me and more than 33 million others. You may not feel it every day. And you may not feel it right now. But I have to tell you that based on where I came from and where I have been and what I have seen and who and what I have known, I can tell you that every day I wake up in Canada, I feel that I am the luckiest person on earth. Forget about lottery tickets, my Canadian Passport is my winning ticket. For so many in this country, we see it as the Passport to the Promised Land. You may not see it that way at this precise moment in time. But some day when this storm blows over, don't forget where you were on Monday October 27th, when you had a choice to make between Confidence and Despair. Confidence always feels like the toughest choice during a violent storm. But it's the only ticket worth punching. I have never been a more confident Canadian than I am right now. Thanks for listening to my head and my heart. Oh Canada, we stand on Guard for Thee, Sweet Land of Hope, Hard work and Prosperity.

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WoW John, I like you! What a go. A bunch of whiners because the Law wants to take their Toy away. Any Idiot can see that cell phones are a distraction that can kill my kids. Every kid has a cell phone and now theyre going to drive. Text messaging eh, whats next. I SAY BAN IT ALL. As far as the Cops. THEY HAVE MORE COMMON SENSE THEN YOUR AVERAGE CIVILIAN. Stop whining about the cops