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Originally posted by ahlamalek ROFL tell that to your president

What the president lacks in, the constitution more than compensates for, and I have confidence that the supreme court will make the right decisions. They're even challenging the pledge of allegiance to remove the part where it says "one nation, under God". So yes we strive for a secular government.

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Originally posted by Wurm BTW, you're just a little too proud of having letters after your name...

?? they're there only for one purpose... for some one in particular.

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Outside of the major metropolitan centres, it's whitey-white. That struck me as strange the last time I went shopping at my in-laws who live up North. I was planning moving to the country when I 'get old' (over 30) but how can I expose my children to Canada's multicultural mosaic?

but whats your point? its like that all over Canada. Minorities don't live in rural areas... Canada is not a melting pot, everyone is encouraged to keep his/her cultur. How do you want to keep your cultur if you're the only indian/chinese/spanish/arabic/etc in a small village?

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Originally posted by occrider There are 121 members of the House of Representative who are women or minority. Out of a total of 435 members that constitutes a little over 27% of congress. So to correct your statistic, only 73% are white and males . When looking into the population according to the 2000 census, whites constitute 75.1% of the population so maybe congress isn't as underrepresented as most think. Actually the most underrepresented group in congress is oddly enough asian-americans.

I was also basing on the Senate. Are you sure that only 73% are white males?!?!

And the white population according to the 2000 census is 71.8% to be exact.
I was just going over this on my government class, I remember seen that the whites in the Seante are up in the 90's%. We went over religious means, womans, and so on. Im quite sure that the House and Seante are constructed of around 90% or more. If I could get my hands on that chart I'll come back.

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Originally posted by LiquidX I was also basing on the Senate. Are you sure that only 73% are white males?!?! And the white population according to the 2000 census is 71.8% to be exact. I was just going over this on my government class, I remember seen that the whites in the Seante are up in the 90's%. We went over religious means, womans, and so on. Im quite sure that the House and Seante are constructed of around 90% or more. If I could get my hands on that chart I'll come back.

I'll post links to where I got my data later ... I have to find them again, but for now I have to do my taxes

WOOHOO!!!!! $900 back in TAXES!!!! There is NOTHING wrong with the US government!!!!

Except the bastards tried to take more than they deserved ....

hahah talking about tax returns I got 10.13$ from the Federal govt and 10.13$ from the Provincial govt. Minus the 20$ I paid to the accountant to do my paperwork, a net return of 26 cents!!!

I think I'll call the BMW dealership now

P.S. Shit I forgot I paid postage too...

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Originally posted by ahlamalek but whats your point? its like that all over Canada. Minorities don't live in rural areas... Canada is not a melting pot, everyone is encouraged to keep his/her cultur. How do you want to keep your cultur if you're the only indian/chinese/spanish/arabic/etc in a small village?

Just illustrating the point to those unfamiliar with Canada. In my trips to America, I have been startled at the amount of poor rural minorities (which are really world majority people.)

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