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Re: One more reason why I'm refusing to shop in Wal*Mart
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Thu, 8 May 2003 16:08:59 GMT
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The issue I see today with you Yanks is that when your senate and house and
pres are all of one party, where does the 'sober second thought' come in?


I thought that in a parlimentary type government like in Canada and many
European countries, the Prime Minister and the parliment are from the same
party (unless no one has a majority and then there is a coalition)

Lester



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  Re: One more reason why I'm refusing to shop in Wal*Mart
 
(...) The Party that has the most seats in the house are 'in power', and the party in Power has the PM--PM's are voted on by the party. The senate in Canada, on the other hand, are appointees. When a seat becomes vacant, whichever PM is in power (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) What do those scenarios have to do with what actually happen? If you are implying that the gang will forcibly drive customers away, then that is a straw man argument (thar ya go, John) since the Christian Right is saying that they are only (...) (22 years ago, 8-May-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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