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Megapundit: Free trade in chicken eggs or bust!

Brian D. Tags: aboriginal self-government • Barbara Amiel • Canadian defeatism • carbon tax • Conrad Balck • cuil • free trade • Gordon Campbell • Hunter S. This just in: we’re a bunch of protectionist, defeatist sheep. Jeffrey Simpson is back in a foul temper, and The Globe and Mail is better for it, we feel. Today he decries our hypocritical stance on world trade, which involves demanding “other countries lower their subsides and protection for agricultural products that we export … while insisting that whole sections of Canada’s agricultural market remain effectively closed to imports”—notably poultry, eggs and dairy, which are subject to gigantic import tariffs. The Halifax Chronicle-Herald’s Dan Leger believes we’re becoming “a society of complainers and defeatists,” noting our fatalistic tendencies on Afghanistan (”we can’t do anything to help … so we shouldn’t even try...
Originally from: http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/07/29/megapundit-free-trade-in-chicken-eggs-or-bust/

21.8.08 10:13

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Ex-Rio standout Boyles came close to competing at Beijing Olympics

RIO GRANDE - While people around the world are watching the Summer Olympics this August, one University of Rio Grande student is doing so with a very different perspective, knowing he almost made it to compete in the games.Matt Boyles, who graduated from Rio Grande in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in business administration and is currently enrolled in the university's Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Entrepreneurship program, finished in second place at two U.S. Olympic qualifying events for race walking earlier this year. While he finished in second place, though, he did not reach the Olympic qualifying time limit, so he was not able to take part in the games this summer.Race walking is a sport where the athletes walk at very high speeds for long distances.“It doesn't look like walking. It looks like a funny run,” Boyles explained. He compared the racing sport to how in swimming competitions, there are many different types of swimming such as the freestyle ...
Originally from: http://www.mydailysentinel.com/articles/2008/08/17/sports/sports00.txt

21.8.08 10:12

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