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I always thought Ventura would a fascinating ~ - ' 3°Vemmem ‘mâ€" d he raved e ii 1 whe chatted replaced by light rail transrt. the fine anywhere in the Commonwealth WY to WW1 an P m 8h nwe - â€" - ’ ho this tweekdrin his ublici tourfrhisn “Olse level I" the uptown would Finall you don't have to love The Conservatives have et to by p ne pas u g p W . o ew drop significantly, thus creating them ‘usfres them res nd . l t th' 3" t book, 63 Documents the Government Doesnt Want You to ' ‘ for more concerts ’1 pect ' po 5630”” 0 '5 .60" emp Read. opgprtuvrgtles ruling. and ““0"“ Canadians what ‘Americans who care anything about this country need to an with «in be done once resistâ€" TheyRoth they would do differently if again read this book.” Ventura told me over the phone from a New ance to change is overcome. Waterloo ENE“ t2: Chg": ttégovem. . n York City hotel room. “Because when they read it. they may Conservatives defeated d bl“ an d like onservattllvefs “0 think they're reading about Nazr Germany, not the United "mu: Kayser fig“ mwou rd e to erase I e a 5 States of America. And this book will educate you." wanna, on contempt charge we :srjggflgmough won“ do A former us. Navy Seal, movie star. and visiting fellow at . . ‘ Harvard Kennedy School of Govern- “Wâ€" , heensmg cats would n a recent issue of the Chronicle well to remember. ment. Ventura believes democracy in ‘~ ] ‘i l ‘ \l l " ' ‘ l . . \ ‘ , ‘ x i be agood start Iyou introduced readers to the alga“ has been undermmed from \\1 ‘ : \ 1 local candidates for the u com- Paul . ’ . . . i ‘- n response to Chronicle cartoon ing federal election. p m t' A1“! as?" ”Tao" if: agongl 'whydoes thedtyonlytarget dogs In it. Conservative candidate lrne. sat. enmt'a. . e 0 .er ay for “can” a I volunteer with am.” Peter Braid a a“ to be rewri tin heard an interesting thing said about - ' ppe g the Vietnam war. and that was this: ‘ There wasn't one Vietnamese who e '3 3' ° d 'thC th M Lell a-..“ - N lttlng 0WD W1 a y ac an we fight was?" Am ~ in an e on to prove erican citi~ You have to give Cathy Macllellan credit. The Green But MacLellan has a refreshing take on politics. wens have been duped into wars they Party candidate in the May 2 election believes she While she supports party leader Elizabeth May, and shouldn’t be fighting. lied to about I can be the party's first MP. would like to see her in the national leaders’ debate, intelligence and fed hogwash about Maclellan ran a strong campaign two and a half she believes it will be her own work, and her own terrorism, Ventura writes about the MARSHALL years ago. and finished von'th 12.1 per cent of the reputation which will go the longest way to winning tragic events of Sept. 11. 2001 in his WARD vote. one of the highest levels for her party in the the local seat. new book:“'l'hequestion that's haunt- country. it is rather-nice. and i might point ed me from day one is. how come the world’s biggest military Part of the reason for that, i think. is out very unusual, to sit down with a superpower was somehow oblivious to rogue airliners in because McLellan doesn't come off as a l ll l l l l l l major party candidate who doesn't fill American airspace for more than an hour?” tree-huggin', way left of centre environ- l“ ) l l ll K l her conversation with whatever points He told me. ”When it comes to 9/11. 1 can‘t believe all the mental whack-job . . , which sadly, is a ‘ the party powers that he want to have people in our country that are in denial.We showyou the doc- reputation which still hangs around in , _ ‘ , highlighted. uments that there was a ‘stand down' on 9/11. and that’s why ’ ’ some comers about the Green Party. 7 '7, . Mclellan believes a couple of Green none of our jet planes got in the air. This is not me making this Mclellan believes the party has come if: * - Party MPs could be just the defibrilla- stuff up. These are all documents right from the United States a long way in the past couple of years, . ,,. tor needed to kick start our trust in the government. 80 I sit back and say, either the government knew and is poised fora breakthrough. i lfi system. Or at the very least. give us about it and allowed it to happen, participated in it. or else . MacLellan has all the attributes one »‘ ' ,~ ‘ ' ~- some hope that not everyone has com- they were completely inept.” l needs to become the party's first MP. :6 pletely given up on the idea of change I was particularly intrigued by chapter five of the book. in 4 She's well educated. a successful busi» 5:: ; - " She'll have some barriers to over- which Ventura writes about the ClAIs destruction of al Qaeda ‘ ness person (ARISE Technologies, a {48% . come. The vote splitting which appears detainee torture videos. as l was unfamiliar with the interrogaâ€" l leader in solar energy), and makes every “2% , to be underway is just one of them. tion technique known as waterboarding j effort to walk the walk when it comes to She'll also need to battle the idea “It's torture, and it's against the law.” Venture told me. “it 1 her environmental footprint - taking BRIAN that a vote for any of the smaller par- gives you the complete sensation that you are drowning. if i transit as much as possible. riding her BOURKE ties is “wasted." done wrong you can swallow your tongue or drown. I've been bike and committing herself to local I'd argue the only wasted votes are waterboarded â€"- and it is torture. It makes you wonder what 1 food as much as possible. the ones which are cast for stupid rea- else government officials are covering up" And a couple of weeks ago, I might have agreed sons Ballots which are marked for reasons in which Ventura. who has worn many hats throud'tout h'n lifetime, with her belief that Waterloo could go Green. you truly believe are completely valid. is also the host and executive producer of buTV's Conspiracy Now though. with just three weeks until the vote. I realize in an era of negative advertising and TheowwithlesseVemurl. it appears some forces might be working against campaigning it is increasingly difficult to find those i asked him if he as; many wrestling fans lining up for his her. I ings. current book sigmng‘ . ‘ Liberal strength. according to polls. is growing in Odd that in an era where information is more 'Of course!" hereplied with a lauflt. "I'm always going to Ontario at the expense of the other parties readily available than ever it is a lot tougher to dis- get my share of wrestling fans. because they're diehard fans And although some people believe the Green's cover the truth. That requires work on your part. A And that's OK. because i want them to be educated too” policies are closer to the NDP. that's actually not the little research can go an awful long my case. The Green Party is considerably closer to the °°‘ center of the political spectmm. (Personally. I don't Brian Bourke. a memberof the 105.3 KOOL FM . . ... ‘ think the name helpsthem . . .but it hasa much difv mamingcmutmn bewhedbyeâ€"mailat MarshalIWardlsa uuualartistandunestlingm , femm connotation in Europe.) bImueroolfrerom Eâ€"mail is welcome at mkaleardOhoonaiLm ‘ , , .._____________.__ _. -.________..__.â€"__â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"_â€"-_