Quote Originally Posted by markw
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And, to being this discussion back to it's original intent, you'll notice that the muslim incursion into the fabric of the european nations seems to be centered in the left-leaning nations. Looking at it that way, the more right they are, the less the threat seems to be, at least for now.
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I guess your concerns about Muslims in the the US are unfounded then?

Quote Originally Posted by markw
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So, it looks like the right wing may actually be the salvation of the "free" world and, for the time being, that includes canada if they play ball.
This is a non sequitur. Conditions in western nations, especially but not exclusively the USA, have become more and more right-wing since the late '70s at least. Here by "right-wing" I mean more perfectly capitalist, viz.
  • More competitive, domestic and international
  • More legally & financially consistent internationally, i.e. "free trade" treaties
  • More innovative in terms of products & services
  • More innovative in terms of production, logistic, and marketing technologies
  • Less commercial regulation
  • Less powerful labor unions
  • Lower, (much lower), taxes on the wealthy.
Yet despite this "progress", the incomes of the poor and most of the middle class have declined. Their standards of living has been sustained only by (1) working spouses and working longer hours, (2) borrowing, and (3) cheap goods manufactured off-shore. Meanwhile the incomes of top 1% have increased exponentially.

During this 35 year interval, it's ironic but ultimately not surprising that deficits have increased most rapidly in the during conservative Republic administrations.

If you ideas were't so dominated by ideology, mythology, and religious bigotry, you might recognize these facts.