Bud: High Finance -- Sustainable Development -- Population -- Drivers -- Globalized Timbits -- Anti-Americanism -- CBC
Adventures in the hogbelly market
I don't often comment on the financial pages of The National Post. This is not because the editorial and commentary pages aren't good, but mainly because I have been daunted by the terminology--derivatives, small cap turn-arounds, and leveraged takeovers, among other terms. Some of the articles could have been written in Amharic, for all that I comprehend. But occasionally, large economic issues are tackled intelligently and in layman's language, two of the best practitioners being Peter Foster and Diane Francis.
In the Post, (July 23, 2004) Foster reviewed a book by Wilfred Beckerman called, A Poverty of Reason: Sustainable Growth and Economic Growth, Foster shows how Beckerman debunks so much of what we have been fed on the Kyoto Accord. To begin with, even I know that the West will bear the brunt of the inevitable slow down in industry, with the resultant massive lay-offs. The UN tells us we can be good Samaritans by giving our sacrificial 'credits' to heavily-polluting countries like China, Russia, and India -- the kind of scheme that only a befuddled Third World NGO, and Canada's own Maurice Strong, could come up with. All this monitoring of pollution will, of course, be overseen by a vast body of bureaucracy comprised of bunglers, 'eco-warriors', and those ubiquitous NGO's. The crowd that think cows fart too much methane gas so our herds should be severely culled. Did I mention the PETA and vegan angle to all this?
Beckerman posits the idea that private business is the best nurturing agent for conservation. The owners built those companies with their own hands and they want to leave them fiscally intact to posterity -- in many cases, to their children. Yes, you have the buccaneer class, who care only about their mansions, but they are not the majority.
My one disagreement was when Foster claimed Paul Ehrlich belonged to the "intellectual lunatic fringe". No massive, world-wide famine did occur, as Erlich predicted would be the result of over-population; however, the explosive populations of many Third World countries have lead to horrific urban slums, which breed the fatalism of such as the Colombian Marxist guerrilla and the common gangster. Then there are the countries like Rwanda that fought for land, as well as ethnic rivalry. It was one of the most crowded countries in the world.
The first time I flew into Bombay the 'bustee' (slum) didn't start until five kilometers from the airport. Five years later I looked down to see them stretch beyond the horizon past the airport. People had turned huge water mains into homes, even cutting out windows. Every section of pipe had its army guard. An old Victorian park in downtown Bombay had been half taken over by bustees. The Sikh taxi driver said, "Take a picture of it, as it will be all gone the next time you come." The over-population in Rio by the poor from Brazil's north has led to full-scale battles between the criminals of the favelas and the Rio cops--often by necessity backed up by the Army commandos. Forbes Park, the tony suburb of Manila is/was the ultimate gated community. There were only a few entrances to the area, and they were guarded by well-armed men. Even inside the townsite, there were individual guards on the lawns to repel invaders. My guide told me that the Tondo slum people from the otherside of the walls mounted military attacks on the rich there. And that was years ago. Manila has tripled in size since then. Even the recent Danfur massacres in Sudan are partly a response to limited arable land. Finally, the Israeli wall is going up partly because the Palestinian birth rate is so high that it will ensure a never-ending crop of no-hoper suicide children. Allied to this is that those less able to afford large litters have the most. I don't think I can stand listening to or viewing another CBC reporter unctuously interviewing a Palestinian fish seller, who has 9 children and two wives to feed, but blames his impoverished state on Israeli policies. These are the people who pay big amounts of money and risk great danger to flee their hell-hole countries. The final line is that this explosion of the world's poor must be slowed, or the countries involved will collapse into anarchy. Imagine a world full of Karachi, Bombay, and Lagos clones.
Drivers: ripped from the pages of The National Post Financial section (July 23, 2004)
Mark Milke claims that "Drivers pay their way". To quote: "For years drivers have been told by environmentalists and their politicians that the roads they drive on are not fully paid for by automobile-related taxes." Pure hogwash he says. When you take the myriad overt and covert taxes that the driver pays in gas, auto insurance, and tollways, there is a cost benefit to government of almost $20 billion above what they fund transport infastructure.
The Molson's "I am Canadian" guy may have to develop a drawl
The venerable Molson family group will merge with Coors. Therefore Joe Canadian's rant might have to take a more inclusive bent. Perhaps above the beaver there might have to be an American bald eagle flying overhead. Not dive bombing our national animal, merely hovering above it. Subtle changes will definitely be needed. Who would rule our a dual rant? The American Coors guy starts to shout about the right to carry a semi-automatic, armour-piercing weapon, while the Hoser guy apologizes for not registering his BB gun. A synergy moment the ad types call it. It will take a delicate touch for sure.
It is getting a little hard to get behind a beer on a nationalist level when your brew is actually owned by a German Metals' union. Molson tried to crack open the Brazilian beer market. Actually, their the ads captured the reality of Copacabana. However, there is no beer that is going shove aside Brahma. The ad must have had too much reality, because Joe Beerbelly never gave it a toss. But then Interbrew out of Belguim also owns a large number of beer companies--from the American Rolling Rock (horrible beer) to the UK's Bass Ale, to Germany's Beck. They even flirted, Flemishly, with our sacred Molsons. To really squash your nationalist tendancies, Tim Horton is owned by American Wendy's, but as global recompense, Burger King, that bastion of all things fattishly American is owned--yes, by that same German metals union.
I, as an unabashed lover of the best of America, am always disheartened when I see this blatant Yankeephobia pop up among the 'elites' of Canada. What is equally amazing is when I see it trip off the tongues of the same people who want us to embrace the inner child of the Palestinian suicide bomber. America saved the Muslim Kuwaitis and Kosovars. "Sorry, but that is past tense. What has America done for the Islamic world lately?" the lefties cry. Well, the Americans overthrew the Butcher of Baghdad and saved thousands of lives--we can forget about that too as the Baathists and the Fundamentalists are displeased.
The left never asks what is the fundalmentalist Sudanese government going to do about its record of murdering and exiling millions of its Christian citizens, and now slaughtering its negro (or is the word "black", now?) Islamic brethern. Why that might open one to a politically incorrect ethnocentrism. Who are we to judge an ancient culture, which chooses to practice time-tested barbarity? Better to look at our own abysmal record with the First Nations. A hundred and fifty years of big time wampum and they still want Vancouver. We simply cannot get it right, can we? You don't see the Yanks hung up over these issues, now do you? Goes to show who has the cojones to admit their guilt. Canadians, that's who. And now Martin has added the Metis to our generous breast. We can feel doubly proud. A whole new--government-designated welfare--contingent has added thousands of new barnacles on our already sinking barque of welfare. But we don't mind, because we are Canadians. Next up: Compensation for everybody in the country who feels that they have been slighted, in any way, shape or form. A sort of Monty Pythonesque Ministry of Silly Slights might be the proper measure for a man of Graham's talents.
The new head of English language TV is Richard Stursburg. He will be replacing Harold Redekopp, who won't exactly leave CBC's employ, but will remain--in a lateral move--as senior advisor to President Rabinovitch. The words in The National Post story on this transfer (July 22, B-3) had Robert Rabinovitch stating that Stursburg was hired because he shared his own values about public broadcasting. For me, that says it all. The 'public' that Rabinovitch and Stursburg wants so desperately to reach is a very esoteric one. An audience that wouldn't see anything strange about CBC's NB local news at 6 being anchored by an Indo-Canadian, who hands off the plums there are to a series of fellow Asians--all are female--while the former native-born white anchors and key reporters are all consigned to the boonies to cover the Plaster Rock blueberry festival, or some other equally BREAKING NEWS event. This bracing touch of diversity is thought to be good for the less-than-sophisticated Maritimers of NB. The fact that this Asian-Canadian quartet represents, if lucky, .0008% of the province's ethnic background is ignored. Slip a little curry to these hicks and they will never want white bread again must be the thinking at the Morther Corp. Unfortunately, I hear that the curried half hour usually consists of non-news items, unless some Moncton kid being crowned Miss Teen Canada is really worth fifteen minutes of the allotted time. Next up is a feature on the NB Ship Museum. Cut to the weather and Ian Hanomansingh for the "real news". [Why, Bud, are you suggesting social engineering going on? That couldn't be; CBC is our taxpayer funded "national" . . . something or other.]
Apparently nothing newsworthy happened in NB that day; there are many, many days like that. Now, in Vancouver CBC coverage is more stirring because the locals romp and stomp at a more hectic pace. All the flotsom and jetsom of Canada pool on our streets. You want diversity of cultural viewpoints, well these people certainly provide it. The desperation of their last stands can be truly breathtaking. Take today's truck-jacking episode. Tons of vehicle rampaging at 120 kms through Langley's side streets. Four cop cars smashed, and the NASCAR thief tasered. Then of course, Robert Pickton's murders keep increasing, always good for the pig farm shot. As well, unlike those pacific New Brunswickers, our folk are feisty about their 'rights'. Not enough is being done about the AIDS epidemic amongst them. The CBC reporter looks concerned and signs off with some psychobabble about society's failure to care for its fallen sparrows. Nobody ever asks them about their sexual irresponsibilities, or the medical burden they impose on our hospital system. Grandma can't get her hip replacement because these guys like to 'ride bareback'. This equation could not be entertained, not in the capital of political correctness. CBC can always spare a thought for the junkies.
If they are native junkies that is even better. That allows them to slip the shiv into whitey. "Look at what you've done to these people", is the sub-text. It helps to have a sense of humour--whether you're watching CBC local on the east or the west coast.
Identity Theft, Security, Terrorists, Syria, NW Airlines, Military Helicopters & Cormorant -- The Usual -- Snafu
List of Articles:
* Identity Theft -- Advisory from the RCMP. Please take note and forward to any / all interested parties.
* Canada: We're in good shape? We can't even boot out known assassins -- 'Assassin' beats CSIS in court -- Alleged terrorist's deportation delayed due to torture threat -- and we can host their websites, it seems (See next)
* Internet site recruiting for Sikh terrorist group 'Younger Babbar Khalsa' -- a Vancouver article
Northwest Airlines: Terrorists? Musicians? A Syrian connection?
* Northwest Airlines: Terrorists Testing? Or Musicians? Glenn Reynolds has links to so much.
* Middle Eastern men seen scouting jetliners for future attacks
* Canadian visa officers: Damascus, Terrorists -- Syria hive of sham travel papers -- quote to note below
"Other producers of Canadian immigration documents in Syria are organized crime groups, people smugglers and unscrupulous and corrupt immigration consultants, the diplomat said."
* Team Cormorant may sue over 'rigged' contract
* Criminals, whether violent or white collar -- whistleblower protection needed
* Thanks to a Reader: Canadian Whistleblower Legislation -- concerning government waste
* Al Qaeda's channel, Al Jazeera
* Blackmail: Australia, Italy threatened with wave of `rigged cars'
* Al-Qaida Statement Threatens Australia
* 19 Workers Suspended at Los Alamos -- not much info -- strange
* 12 to be deported to China, South Korea after trying to sneak into U.S. -- Of course, they were illegally in Canada; now, how did that happen?
Identity Theft -- Advisory from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.Please take note and forward to any/all interested parties.
RCMP Bulletin
Keep alert for people with cell phones in hand standing near you in the checkout line at retail stores, restaurants, grocery stores, etc. With the new camera cell phones, they can take a picture of your credit card, which gives them your name, number, and expiration date. Identification theft is one of the fastest growing crimes today, and this is just another example of the means that are being used. So, be aware of your surroundings. Please forward to all your friends and family, acquaintances too.
Thanks S****
We're in good shape? We can't even boot out known assassins -- 'Assassin' beats CSIS in court -- Alleged terrorist's deportation delayed due to torture threat
TORONTO - Canadian officials are trying to deport a highly trained Sikh terrorist assigned to kill senior Indian government officials, including a Cabinet minister, but the government's effort has been hampered by fears the assassin might be tortured.
The man, who goes by the name Bachan Singh Sogi and many other aliases, is a member of the Babbar Khalsa International, the violent Sikh separatist group believed responsible for the 1985 Air-India bombing that killed 329 people, most of them Canadians.
Mr. Sogi, 43, flew to Toronto seeking refugee status and lived in Montreal for more than a year before he was arrested in August, 2002. Intelligence and Immigration officials had determined he was a terrorist better known as Gurnham Singh and Piare.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said it had corroborated reports that Mr. Sogi was a trained explosives and weapons expert who was planning to assassinate Prakash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab, and his son Sikhbir Singh Badal.
Also on his target list was K.P.S. Gill, the former Punjab police chief, who led India's anti-terrorism campaign against such Sikh extremist factions as the Babbar Khalsa and who is credited with bringing an end to separatist violence in the western state. [. . . . ]
The Immigration and Refugee Board, however, which was privy to secret intelligence information, ruled he should be deported on grounds of national security, and the Federal Court of Canada upheld the decision. But the case has become the latest challenge for the Canadian immigration system, which critics contend is unable to get rid of even known terrorists because it allows refugee lawyers to fend off deportation by filing repeated court appeals.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 2002 that terrorists caught in Canada who fear they might be tortured in their homelands can only be deported if they pose a significant threat to Canadians, a ruling that some say cemented Canada's role as a safe haven. [. . . . ]
You have to read this. I don't give a hoot about the danger of a known assassin being tortured -- or killed, for that matter -- if deported. Do you? What is wrong with our Supreme Court Justices? Does his safety matter more than that of the ones who pay their salaries? But then, need I ask?
Internet site recruiting for Sikh terrorist group 'Younger Babbar Khalsa'
VANCOUVER - A group claiming to be a new version of the banned Babbar Khalsa terrorists is recruiting on the Internet.
An e-mail on a chat room hosted by Waheguroo is inviting anyone over 18 to apply with their phone number and home country to join the "Younger Babbar Khalsa (Shaheed Talwinder Singh Parmar branch)."
Mr. Parmar, a former Burnaby. B.C., resident who founded the Babbar Khalsa, was a suspect in the Air-India bombing when he was killed in the custody of Punjab police in 1992.
The e-mail writer, who identifies himself as Harmanjit Singh Khalsa, said it is difficult to fire up the Sikh separatist movement again because the India Congress party government has appointed a Sikh, Manmohan Singh, as President. [. . . . ]
The Babbar Khalsa was banned several years ago in the United States and Britain, but was outlawed just last year in Canada despite the fact that leading members were suspects in the 1985 Air India bombing.
Mr. Parmar was believed to be the mastermind of the 1985 blast that killed 329 people and a bombing the same day at Tokyo's Narita Airport.
Mr. Parmar's right-hand man in Babbar Khalsa was Kamloops, B.C., resident Ajaib Singh Bagri, one of two men on trial for the bombings.
Northwest Airlines: Terrorists Testing? Or Musicians? A Syrian connection?
The report of the 9/11 Commission is out (link here, searchable version here), and its bottom line conclusion seems about right to me. The Commission reports: "We Believe We Are Safer. But We Are Not Safe."
I've been quite critical of the Bush Administration's approach to Homeland Security over the past couple of years. You can read some of my criticisms here, here, here and here, and some suggestions about what to do better here, here and here. [There are loads of links to information on this site.]
Americans were reminded of just how serious this stuff can be with a report last week by Annie Jacobsen in Women's Wall Street entitled Terror in the Skies, Again? In the article, Jacobsen recounted the suspicious behavior of 14 Syrian men who said they were musicians traveling together on her Northwest Airlines flight, and the rather inadequate security response.
Jacobsen's story got a lot of attention this week, and I saw her and her husband describe their experience on MSNBC's Scarborough Country Monday night. (Video here and here.)
They seemed credible to me, and they turn out to have been telling the truth, although the immediate threat appears to have been nonexistent. [. . . . ]
Read this one -- chock full of links, including the following.
Middle Eastern men seen scouting jetliners for future attacks
[. . . . ] "After seeing 14 Middle Eastern men board separately (six together and eight individually) and then act as a group, watching their unusual glances, observing their bizarre bathroom activities, watching them congregate in small groups, knowing that the flight attendants and the pilots were seriously concerned and now knowing that federal air marshals were on board, I was officially terrified," Mrs. Jacobsen said.
"One by one, they went into the two lavatories, each spending about four minutes inside. Right in front of us, two men stood up against the emergency exit door, waiting for the lavatory to become available. The men spoke in Arabic among themselves one of the men took his camera into the lavatory. Another took his cell phone. Again, no one approached the men. Not one of the flight attendants asked them to sit down."
In an interview on July 21 with The Washington Times, Mrs. Jacobsen said she was surprised to learn afterward that flight attendants are not trained to handle terrorist attacks or the situation that happened on her flight.
"I absolutely empathize with the flight attendants. They are acting with no clear protocol," she said.
Other passengers were distraught and one woman was even crying as the events unfolded.
The plane was met by officials from the FBI, Los Angeles Police Department, Federal Air Marshal Service and Transportation Security Administration. The Syrians, who were traveling on one-way tickets, were taken into custody. [. . . . ]
Damascus, Terrorists, Syria hive of sham travel papers
CANADIAN VISA officers in Syria say one of every 10 immigration documents for this country is fake and the biggest maker of the phony travel papers are terrorist groups. "Fraudulent documents have been discovered in more than 10% of our applications," said the head of the Canadian visa office in Damascus. "The threat to the integrity of the program emerges from a variety of sources."
Police and Canadian officials said Syrian terrorist groups, like Hezbollah or even members of al-Qaida, can take advantage of lax laws there to obtain fake documents to enter Canada and then the U.S. to attack next week's U.S. Democratic convention in Boston.
Other producers of Canadian immigration documents in Syria are organized crime groups, people smugglers and unscrupulous and corrupt immigration consultants, the diplomat said.
DIRE WARNING
The dire warning and call for resources was obtained from the program manager's 2004 report to his Canadian bosses. All Canadian visa offices are required make annual reports to Ottawa. [. . . . ]
Officials with the team that lost the Sea King helicopter replacement contract yesterday are considering legal action against the federal government over a competition they charge was rigged.
Team Cormorant, the Anglo-Italian aerospace consortium, lost out yesterday to rival U.S. company Sikorsky in the competition to provide 28 naval helicopters for the Canadian Forces.
Over the past few years, Team Cormorant has alleged the competition was rigged against its chopper, a version of the EH-101 whose purchase was cancelled by then prime minister Jean Chretien in 1993.
The team points to a Defence Department report that concludes several hundred million dollars could have been saved if the government selected the same type of chopper for both search and rescue and shipboard operations. The Canadian air force already operates 15 Cormorant helicopters for search and rescue duties, and officials argue it would have made financial sense to pick the same aircraft for the Sea King replacement.
Team Cormorant has long alleged the government interfered in the process of finding a replacement for the Sea King to ensure their helicopter was not selected. They contend government officials were worried the selection of the Cormorant would embarrass the Liberals because of the $470-million in cancellation fees from the original contract. [. . . . ]
Criminals, whether violent or white collar -- whistleblower protection needed
The government slides by and hopes nobody notices that virtually no enforcement is being done. That way, they have more money for trips and parties. Note that federal government whistleblower legislation was designed TO PROTECT THE GOVERNMENT, NOT THE WHISTLEBLOWER. Yes, I'm shouting!
One of the lessons of the Walkerton tainted water tragedy was that governments can write all the rules and regulations they want, but if there is no one to enforce them, to catch mistakes, there is not much point.
[. . . . ] The judge [Justice Roland Haines ] also warned that the province does not have enough enforcement to detect and deter slaughterhouses, farmers or store owners who are determined to break food-safety laws.
To remedy this, Haines makes a number of recommendations, including bringing in "whistle-blower" protection for workers who expose violations, and launching an information system to track complaints, compliance violations and enforcement problems.
But his key recommendation calls for the creation of a new and powerful food safety division that would have its own investigators and be able to lay hefty fines against violators. The job is now handled by officials in the agriculture ministry. But Haines suggests the ministry staff may be too close to the industry, because he found "evidence of a reluctance to act decisively" when confronted with a safety issue. [. . . . ]
[. . . . ] Few of its viewers in the Arab world could mistake al-Jazeera's slant on the "War against Terror." In Egypt, one media commentator has dubbed it "al-Qaeda's satellite channel." Another calls it "the terrorists' mouthpiece." Though exaggerations, they contain a grain of truth.
Part of al-Jazeera's appeal is based on its direct access to important sources. Following U.S. action against al-Qaeda in Afghanistan in late 2001, blurry images of missile strikes were produced by the U.S. military. But only one voice emerged to tell the story from the targets' perspective. At the beginning of the war, al-Jazeera correspondent Tayseer Allouni was the sole international journalist reporting regularly from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Indeed, his face competed with prerecorded messages from Osama bin Laden for air time throughout the world.
Allouni reported on the mood in Kabul. Paula Zahn interviewed him on CNN. His demeanor was well-suited to a Western audience. But the question remains: Why was he the only reporter who the Taliban government allowed in the capital? It is curious that as soon as the Taliban left Kabul, Allouni left as well. Later, he was the subject of allegations connected to the Madrid bombings of March 11, and forbidden to leave Spain. Yet he continues to report for al-Jazeera to this day.
Allouni's access to the Taliban can only be compared to that of his colleague, Ahmed Mansour, who has access to the Zarqawi terrorist group in Iraq. Or his other colleague, Faisal al-Qasim, who, according to credible reports, worked for Iraqi intelligence under Saddam Hussein.
Members of the anti-terrorism coalition should at least put al-Jazeera in perspective, as there are many other channels and audiences out there. After sifting through eight years of al-Jazeera broadcasts and scrutinizing the connections of its journalists, it is clear to me that al-Jazeera is not an objective news source, but rather a media arm and recruiting tool of al-Qaeda. It should be treated as such by all those who would permit it entry into Canada's media market. [. . . . ]
Lengthy and worth reading.
Iraq -- Blackmail: Australia, Italy threatened with wave of `rigged cars'
DUBAI—A group claiming to be the European wing of Al Qaeda yesterday threatened Australia and Italy with attacks if they did not pull troops out of Iraq.
"Australian people ... we call upon you to leave Iraq before your country turns to pools of blood," said a statement by "Islamic Tawhid Group, the Al Qaeda organization, Europe" posted on a website.
"If your government refuses to withdraw and respond to us we will shake the ground beneath your feet as we did in Indonesia and columns of rigged cars will not stop," it added, referring to the 2002 Bali bombing that killed 202 people, many of them Australian tourists.
"Italian people, we advise you accept our offer and if you refuse you will hear columns of rigged cars shaking your cities," it said.
[. . . . ] The U.S. said it was no use trying to appease Al Qaeda militants. "The terrorists have demonstrated that they want to attack those who are committed to helping the Iraqi people bring about a peaceful and prosperous future," said U.S. White House spokesperson Claire Buchan. "You cannot make a separate peace with terrorists." [. . . . ]
CAIRO, Egypt - An online statement by a group representing itself as al-Qaida's European branch threatened on Saturday to turn Australia into "pools of blood" if it doesn't withdraw its troops from Iraq.
It was the second statement in a week by the Tawhid Islamic Group, a previously unknown group which on Wednesday threatened attacks in Bulgaria and Poland if their troops remained in Iraq. [. . . . ]
Bulgaria has 480-strong infantry battalion in Iraq; Poland's 2,400 troops will be cut to between 1,000 and 1,500 next January.
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Nineteen employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory were suspended with pay while officials investigate security and safety breaches, including the disappearance of two computer disks with classified information.
Lab Director Pete Nanos announced the actions Thursday as the lab and the University of California, which manages the facility for the Department of Energy, came under renewed criticism in Congress for the latest in a series of security problems.
"I am fed up with the careless way the laboratory has been run," said Sen. Wayne Allard, who introduced legislation to terminate the university's contract to run the lab.
"Clearly, after 60 years of managing Los Alamos for the federal government, the University of California has grown too comfortable, too arrogant to properly manage this national security asset," the Colorado Republican said in a statement.
Nanos said 15 of the workers were suspended because of the two computer disks that were discovered missing July 7. Of those 15, 11 had access to a safe where the classified material was stored. [. . . . ]
Israel is now making contingency plans for the death of Yasser Arafat, according to recent news reports.
One of the Jewish state's foremost concerns seems to be preventing a Jerusalem burial for the mass-murdering father of modern jihadist terrorism.
Frankly, I'd love to see Arafat buried as soon as possible – and I'm not at all sure Jerusalem wouldn't be a great place.
[. . . . ] Some people get squeamish about calling for violence against "foreign leaders." Arafat is no more a legitimate foreign leader than Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein or Osama bin Laden. If we got a chance to knock off one of those monsters, can anyone honestly say we shouldn't have done it?
Some people say we can't eliminate Arafat because to do so would only make him a martyr to his people. Would we hesitate for a moment to kill Osama bin Laden for the same reason? No way. Therefore, that argument holds no water.
12 to be deported to China, South Korea after trying to sneak into U.S. -- Of course, they were illegally in Canada; now, how did that happen?
Eleven women and one man who tried to sneak into the United States illegally will be deported back to South Korea and China after admitting they entered Canada just to be smuggled into the United States. All will be deported back to their home countries as soon as possible. Experts say efforts to clamp down on South Koreans attempting to cross illegally into the United States from British Columbia are pushing them to try their luck in Alberta. RCMP Corporal Catherine Galliford said border officials in British Columbia have seen an increase in the number of South Koreans smuggling themselves into the United States moving through the province and into Alberta. [. . . . ]
