First off, let me say that even the best Science Fiction movies are not very good. Books are much, much better. But that aside I decided this weekend to take a good look at movies that other people recommend just to see if I missed any.
Boy, is this a contentious issue! Some people say that 2001 is one of the best, others say it's one of the worst. And how can any top list of science fiction movies not have the movie Contact? (And I know some of you will disagree with me there.)
Well, here's a list of top science fiction movie lists. ...
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Hurricane Katrina has been down graded almost a week ago. But I wanted to take this time to show the effort that Canada has been putting in to this disaster.
"I appreciate the international effort, I really do. It just shows when America needs help, there's people out there who are willing to help us too," [Sgt. Dave Rome] said.
(Source: CTV.ca, "From Vancouver, B.C. To Chalmette, Louisiana", with reports from CTV News Vancouver's David Kincaid and Michele Brunoro)
Vancouver's Urban Search and Rescue has been down there for a few days helping to evacuate people out of the area ...
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TopicsResults
World Democracy Audit overall ranking9 / 150
Political Rights1 / 7
Civil Liberties 1 / 7
Press Freedom 13 / 100
Corruption 11 / 100
(Source: 2005 World Audit)
Canada didn't become a safe, free country because people sat around and said "ya know, this is a pretty darn good place to live". If that was the attitude, we'd live in a country stuck with the elitism and lack of freedom of the 1800s. The attitude of the people who strived for a better Canada was the attitude people should have know: "you know, there some room for improvement here". See "Press ...
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