Comments here and there

Canadian police chiefs continue to support gun registry (via Canoe News)
Canadian police chiefs wants to open a dialogue with the Conservatives about the value of gun control and legislation and a gun registry, not THE gun registry that had its cost overblown and that the Conservatives want to dismantle. Seems reasonable enough. The head of the Association of the Chiefs of Police state that police officers use the registry on a daily basis. However, Conservative MP Breitskreuz, a critic of the registry, disputes this notion. Now, I don't know about you, but who do you think I believe knows more about how the registry is being used by front-line officers?

A Newsweek report on how attorneys within the US government tried to rein in Bush's new powers given through the war on terror and how most who opposed the White House are now either in academia or in private legal firms.
What worries me more about this piece is that everyone who tried to defend US civil liberties against the White House are now practically out of the machinery. So who's left to make sure they're not continuing to abuse their powers?

Frank McKenna, ex-Canadian Ambassador to the US, will NOT be running for the Liberal leadership (via CTV News)
With McKenna and Manley out of the running, no real star candidates seem to be emerging. Looks like it's going to be a pit fight between Stronach, Brison, Ignatieff, Cauchon and possibly Brian Tobin. I don't know any of them personally, but to me, I can't see any of them leading the Liberal Party, let alone be a Prime Minister. At least not yet. Does that mean we're looking at a few more years of Conservative rule until one of these 5 have matured into a leader, a la Harper's last few years?