Stephen Harper wins ‘world statesman’ award

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is being hailed as “World Statesman of the Year” by an American organization that previously feted Jean Chretie, British prime minister Gordon Brown and and Korean president Lee Myung-bak.

The award, for his work as “a champion of democracy, freedom and human rights”, comes from an organization called the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.

The organization paying tribute to Harper was founded in 1965 by Rabbi Arthur Schneier. Its website says the Foundation has worked on behalf of religious freedom and human rights throughout the world.

Its board includes former U.S. president Bill Clinton and former U.S. secretaries of state Madeleine Albright, James Baker, retired general Colin Powell and George Schultz.

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Stephen Harper to receive ‘world statesman’ award from Appeal of Conscience Foundation | Canada | News | National Post

I can hardly wait to read the comments on this one. :smile:
 
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Mowich said:
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is being hailed as “World Statesman of the Year” by an American organization that previously feted Jean Chretie, British prime minister Gordon Brown and and Korean president Lee Myung-bak.

The award, for his work as “a champion of democracy, freedom and human rights”, comes from an organization called the Appeal of Conscience Foundation.

The organization paying tribute to Harper was founded in 1965 by Rabbi Arthur Schneier. Its website says the Foundation has worked on behalf of religious freedom and human rights throughout the world.

Its board includes former U.S. president Bill Clinton and former U.S. secretaries of state Madeleine Albright, James Baker, retired general Colin Powell and George Schultz.

More at:


Stephen Harper to receive ‘world statesman’ award from Appeal of Conscience Foundation | Canada | News | National Post

I can hardly wait to read the comments on this one. :smile:
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Post it and they shall come, with wicked words a plently
 
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Goober said:
Post it and they shall come, with wicked words a plently
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I figured it was about time I gave the U.S. election threads a break.......nothing like posting about our wonderful Prime Minister to get our loonie left going. :smile:
 
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The left will lose it's fuzzy little mind over this. :lol:

Example from the Globe's comments via BCF:

"This is on the same level for integrity as when Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the highest medal awarded by Nazi Germany to foreigners, by Hitler for his anti-semetic activities."

Blazing Cat Fur: Harper named ‘World Statesman of the Year’ by NY foundation - Leftists Driven To New Heights Of Bat**** Crazy

 
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Harper, honoured in N.Y. as statesman of the year, aims to snub UN

The Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an international organization founded by New York rabbi Arthur Schneier, has picked Mr. Harper as its World Statesman of the Year for 2012. He joins a list of past recipients – also deemed promoters of human rights and freedom – that includes Jean Chrétien, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and, most recently, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

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Mr. Harper’s critics have argued he lost a bid for the UN Security Council, has overemphasized the military and shifted Canada to a one-sided support of Israel. His supporters will contend he has taken strong stands – and his position on Israel was cited by the ACF’s founder as one reason he will be recognized with the award.
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Harper, honoured in N.Y. as statesman of the year, aims to snub UN - The Globe and Mail

Take that, every other leader in the world. You just don't measure up... for what it's worth.
 
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The UN could use a good snubbing now and then.
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Actually, I'd go a step further and say they are pretty well absolutely useless. An old boys club! :smile:
 
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Re: Harper, honoured in N.Y. as statesman of the year, aims to snub UN

The UN has it uses. At the very least it's a place where countries can get together to discuss and solve problems. Some UN aid agencies actually do good work too. But most of the UN is useless and the UN overestimates its own importance in the promotion of human rights and international peace.
 
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Re: Harper, honoured in N.Y. as statesman of the year, aims to snub UN

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I wonder what the annual payroll is! More or less than the war in Iraq was costing? :smile:
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I really hope less. There were some astounding comparisons about how many poor people you could feed for the cost of a month of the Iraq war. If the UN is costing that much, that is really some dark irony.
 
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I wonder what the annual payroll is! More or less than the war in Iraq was costing? :smile:
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Iraq and Afghanistan will run at least 2 trillion dollars.
 
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Re: Harper, honoured in N.Y. as statesman of the year, aims to snub UN

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Iraq and Afghanistan will run at least 2 trillion dollars.
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- Even if your figures were correct, that is still less than one third of the debt accumulated by Obama in a single term and for no discernible effect on economic or job growth.

- The actual estimate by the government's own budget office is about $1.3 trillion.

- As to the topic at hand, Harper has earned his award by some six and a half years of heavy slogging in leading Canada and often also NATO, the Commonwealth and the G7 toward principled foreign policy stands. So unlike Obama who was given an undeserved Nobel Peace Prize by the lefties including crypto communists on the Norwegian selection committee before he had spent even a month in office or run anything but his mouth and who has scored other undeserved and unearned prizes like the presidency, Harper actually worked for his recognition.
 
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An accounting exercise that ignores many associated costs.

Outside audits including more actual costs have put the total much higher:
Cost of war at least $3.7 trillion and counting | Reuters
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That figure has to be taken with a grain of salt too. What were the payroll costs for soldiers, who would have been deployed somewhere regardless? Most of the "collateral" damage was done by insurgents.
 
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That figure has to be taken with a grain of salt too. What were the payroll costs for soldiers, who would have been deployed somewhere regardless?
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Why don't you compare the two and get back to us...do you even know if the payroll costs for example are that different between the two? The Reuters report doesn't mention that as an additional cost that the government estimate failed to include.
 
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