Al Qaeda campaign finance reform

Al Qaeda does web ads? I think they need a new advertising team. I can see advertising being a solid means for spreading terror, but al Qaeda just isn't getting it done. These ads just aren't memorable, and they really aren't all that believable. Perhaps it's the infrequency of the ads, but more likely it's the infrequency of the actual terrorism in the US. I'm not urging more terrorism, but it seems the most effective recent domestic terrorists were the DC snipers. They had frequent attacks in a relatively targeted area. They never needed to advertise for their terror, they had news networks spreading the terror for them.

Also, I'm completely unclear at what these ads are trying to convey. Perhaps instead of being a terror warning video, this is much more a recruiting video. It seems the left has made President Bush hated. A member of Congress called him a "clown." Al Qaeda's images of President Bush surrounded by fire might be a way to get new terrorists to join their team.

I think the recruiting angle makes plenty of sense. Many years ago I kept wondering how on GI Joe that COBRA always had so many recruits. I mean, they weren't a part of any national army, but still had plenty of troops. I'm guessing that today they'd also use web ads to recruit.

USA immigrants head to Canada

The number of Americans leaving the country to live in Canada is at a 30 year high. According to ABC News, the reason for the elevated emigration rate is because Americans are disgruntled about the Bush administration policies. Does this mean that the opposite is true of all those that immigrate to the US from Canada, that they are disgruntled of Canadian policies?

The number of Americans that went to Canada were 10,942, or 36 people moving to Canada per million Americans. The number of Canadians that moved to the United States was 23,913, or 716 people moving to America per million Canadians. With the rate of flow from US to Canada being 1:20, wouldn't that indicate America's policies are better?

The big evidence offered by ABC News that Americans were leaving for Canada because of the Bush administration policies was the story of a labor organizer, Tom Kertes, that moved because he wanted to live in a country that respected human rights. Apparently, freeing Iraqis from the oppression of Saddam Hussein shows a lack of care to human rights?

What's best about the Kertes part of the story was that he wanted to get his stepfather up to Canada so his pre-existing health problems (diabetes, possibly other health issues) can be paid by Canadian taxpayers. Enjoy, Canada.