Just to watch Clinton give Fox the smackdown!

Transcript is here.

Is an editorial worth reading.

I believed the administration when it grandly proclaimed we were going to bring a stable, Western-style liberal democracy to Iraq, complete with religious tolerance and the rule of law. We never had enough troops in Iraq to restore civil order and the rule of law. The Iraqi elections have produced a ruling majority of Shiite fundamentalists and marginalized the seething Sunni minority. Iraq dangerously teeters on the brink of civil war. We have emboldened Iran and destabilized the entire Middle East. 

Written by a marine who served two tours of duty in Iraq.

Read the rest here.

OMG! This was so scary to watch that it left me shaking despite knowing that there was a happy ending.

Thank goodness they were both okay. And I can't imagine ever having to do something like that; what must have been going through that poor mother's head...

Minister: Canada Needs More Immigrants

Apparently we are trying to increase our population by forty million. From the article:

MONTREAL - Canada's foreign affairs minister said Thursday that the country badly needed more immigrants to replace aging workers who are headed for retirement.
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Pierre Pettigrew said that increasing the population to 40 million by welcoming more immigrants would help foot the bill for new infrastructure, such as roads and bridges.

I was just remembering when Australia wanted to increase its population by encouraging people to have more babies. This seems like a much better way to do it. There's already plenty of the people in the world, and more babies is not what we need. Just better population distribution.