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Hot Hot Heat - Goodnight goodnight.

Is the message not obvious? I don't think there is a hidden meaning within the song. The lyrics and monologue convey it quite clearly.

Limblifter - Arial vs. Lotus

Limblifter - Drug Induced

I agree...it could of been alot worse. I still enjoyed it though. It was serious, but they werer able to expertly insert some humor...and they changed endings around a bit. I think everyone was expecting him to kiss her at the end. "Do I need to take my clothes off?" "Well?! Do I need to take them off?!" "I'm thinking about it." Haha, one of the best parts of the movie.

Matthew Good Band - Last of the Ghetto Astronauts.

I feel something in the air. Its like an unknown love of some sort.

Interpol - Say hello to the Angels

Meh...I might as well stop. I'm defending a position I really don't believe in or support. I just love a good debate, thats all. ;)

Haven't heard about the movie that much, and I haven't seen "Get Shorty"....I don't think I'm going to go waste my money on watching it.

This whole thing is really twisting my position around..I think I'm going to just say I'm neutral at the moment. If you want to hear it for yourself. You win. Now, back onto topic about Alberta being debt free.

Metric - IOU

I've listened to a few Live songs. They're alright. But nothing special in my mind. Good to have a few of their songs on your playlist, but nothing more.

Hmm, well then. It seems I have been slightly mis-informed. I guess I'll have to brush up on my research a bit.

I understand that they are needed for other provinces, but do you not think that the "poorer" provinces should be able to find a way to increase their revenue? Whether they are the economic center of the country or not. I'm not saying that the Federal government should stop equalization payments. I'm merely suggesting that they are too much...unless I worded what I said before wrong.

The Doves - The Storm.

The Decemberists - 16 Military Wives.

Limblifter - The Auctioneer.

It depends on what your definition of an island is. I'm currently lost for words on this...what are we arguing about now? We're just pointlessly bickering back and forth. I think I'm going to stop now.

I agree with both equilization payments, as well as publicly-funded education. Although what Dave was refering to in the first place in this thread is the fact that Alberta pays alot of money to the Federal government for these payments, and doesn't get any of it back at all. Mind you, I agree that we don't need any of it back anyways. We haven't recieved any, and have now become officially debt free. Although perhaps would you not think that other provinces should also be able to find some sort of sustainiable, or at least more then minimal income from their own natural resources? Alberta has just been placed in the spotlight because of our large oil reserves in the oil sands. Other provices do have their own natural source for revenue. The position that you seem to be defending is that the other provinces entirely depend on the Federal government for their existence, which I believe isn't entirely true. It happens, but isn't 100% believiable.

I'm babbling and not making any sense now. I'll shut-up. It just comes down to the fact that it seems to me like your defending the amount of cash that is being given to provinces like yours (I'm assuming by your attitude that you live somewhere other then either Alberta or Ontario)... ...anyways.

Much to your dismay, Alberta and Ontario do get more taken from them per capita then any other province, and they receive, little, if any back. And, looking at population densities between the two provinces (Alberta and Ontario). Alberta does get more "seriously BONED"...we only have about 3.2 million people, whereas Ontario has somewhere close too 12.3 million people. If this money does come through on taxes, and both are paying roughly the same sum. Where does that extra amount of 9.1 million extra taxpayers come from?

Either way Bizud. The money still comes from Alberta and Ontario, through the Federal government.

Matthew Good Band - Failing the Rorscach test.

The Doves - Black and White Town