"Our job is not to make up anybody’s mind, but to open minds, and to make the agony of decision-making so intense you can escape only by thinking."
- Fred W. Friendly (1915-1998)

"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you mad."
- Aldous Huxley

"If you have ever injected truth into politics, then you have no politics."
- Will Rogers

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Canadians Saying No to F-35?

I have always admired the way Canada's government works.  They have some anachronistic practices for sure, some of which we don't understand in the US at all (and they have way too many political parties, but any number greater than zero is too many).  Their results however (at least for the last 30 years or so) always seem to work a whole lot better and be much more "adult" than many of the infantilisms that come out of the US Congressional stink-pile.

And as this article discusses, they have a serious "get things done" attitude in their Parliament, and a culture of much less pretense, self-importance,  and politicization than the US Congress which undoubtedly is a big contributor. 

In fact, it turns out that some MPs are tired of the more than the usual amount of smoke blown around (using Canadian standards) about the F-35 and the seemingly out-of-control costs currently funding the lifestyle of many American "1% ers" in the military-industrial complex. If you don't remember, this was the "war" plane that was delivered to the US Marines sans guns and way over budget. 

It looks like the Canadians may be about ready to pull the plug on it entirely.   Good job, eh?

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