canada, it was a mistake to back down

we all know the united states DOES torture (with the consent of king george and prince big bad dick). you never should have taken us off of your list (i'm guessing you were scared we'd come and invade you and bring OUR brand of democracy as well. that includes making EVERYONE speak english)
(original posting: canada steps up to the plate)
Canada to Rewrite Manual US Criticized

By CHARMAINE NORONHA The Associated Press
TORONTO -- Canada's foreign ministry said Saturday that it will rewrite a training manual used by Canadian diplomats that lists the United States as a site of possible torture following pressure from its closest ally.
The department document, released Friday, singled out the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay. It also names Israel, Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Syria as places where inmates could face torture.
"I regret the embarrassment caused by the public disclosure of the manual used in the department's torture awareness training," Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier said in a statement issued Saturday. .........

see?

didn't i just say this a couple of posts ago? and i'm just a rose is a rose. i'm not even a us comptroller general!

Senior US official likens challenges facing America, Roman Republic

John Byrne

The US comptroller general David Walker issued a report last week in Chicago in which he likened the present situation in the United States to the Roman Republic or an organization that fails to adapt and "may not survive."
Nobody reported it. The first report of the speech came today in London's Financial Times.
Walker, who heads the Congressional, nonpartisan Government Accountability Office has offered dire forecasts for the United States in the past. In interviews with 60 Minutes and NPR, he's said that he believes the US cannot continue to live at such levels of prosperity indefinitely, since much of current prosperity is erected upon debt.
"Throughout history, many great nations have also failed to survive," Walker told an audience in Chicago last week. "I should point out that the longest standing republic and the major superpower of its day no longer exists, and that's the Roman Republic.".........