Originally Posted by: schmangeI think my major confusion with his speech is that being from Canada, I have no idea what the terms 'liberal left' or 'democrat' actually mean.[/QUOTE]
Which pretty much illustrates what he was saying about schools reducing capacity for discerning thought.

Originally Posted by: schmangeEven in Canada, liberals, conservatives etc... they're all the same. Dishonest polititians who will lie and say anything to get elected, and then break all their promises once they're in power. Nothing ever changes and life is the same no matter who is in power so to me it's all just "The Government" to me. Dishonest, overpaid liars who don't have a clue what it's like to actually live in the real world.

After nearly forty years of living under the Liberal Party of Canada, that's not surprising. I'm not yet convinced, but I'm prepared to wait and see how Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party does things. So far, they've been able to deliver on their promises, despite the obstruction from the other parties.

[QUOTE=schmange]So basically... splitting the U.S. government up into terms like 'left', 'conservative', 'democrat' etc., and then assigning certain beliefs and actions based on labelling an entire catagory of people....
Totally confusing to me.