Drink and drive PSA shares grim real life warning
An in your face public service spot from Mothers Against Drunk Driving based on a real incident shows a police officer talking to four young adults as a drunk driver crashes into him. The piece, aired in June, aims to curb festive season drinking and driving with stark consequences and data from Health Canada and Traffic Injury Research Foundation.
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Christmas Commercialism and Faith Clash in Ironic Poem
The speaker critiques the modern Christmas as driven by consumerism with Visa and MasterCard replacing the true meaning. He contrasts singing and faith with shopping, questions December’s nativity dating, and argues early Christians avoided pagan rites, urging readers to consider biblical guidance from 2 Corinthians 6:17.
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Afghanistan Two Years On A Nation Trapped By Warlords
Two years after U S troops entered Kabul the effort to build a democratic Afghan state stalls as opium production surges to 3600 tonnes and proceeds mostly to warlords. Hamid Karzai’s government is weakened by non Pashtun dominance and Taliban resurgence in southern provinces. ISAF and U S casualties rise. aid workers are pulled from the field after Taliban attacks.
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Afghan elections unlikely as US warlords guard state edges
Gwynne Dyer argues UN officials doubt next Afghan elections will occur in 2004. He cites small foreign troop numbers, reliance on local warlords, and resistance to expanding ISAF. Predictions warn of no free elections, US withdrawal within three years, and a Taliban return within five.
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Premier Klein Faces Off Over Rules and Allegations
Gordon Steele of Edmonton accuses Premier Ralph Klein of hypocrisy linking threats of jail to horse laws while claiming Klein supports defiance of federal rules. He questions Klein’s stance on Wheat Board, cross border grain transport, gun registration, Kyoto accord, and behavior toward the homeless.
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