I must say that the only thing I had missed on cable all these years was CBC and mainly Peter Mansbridge and his interviews. A very capable newscaster, Peter is definitely one of my all time favorite TV personalities and he was also my dad's (RIP) who, as a journalist and newscastor himself, had the highest regard for Mansbridge - the way he speaks so clearly (i.e. pronouncing every word clearly) and calculated (i.e. there's a lot of direction and intelligence in his questions). Not to mention that I just talked to my mom and she even brought this interview up and had nothing but praise for Peter! :Notooth2:

I thought you might enjoy this interview that was done yeaterday with Felipe Calderon, the Mexican president. It definitely surpassed my previous favorite interview of all time which was between Ritz Khan and Shimon Peres. Calderon starts out well and his command of English is admirable at the beginning. By the 2nd question, Peter has him jumping hoops and doing summer saults and the poor guy (calderon) starts to fall apart and even says "jou" (as in "you") at least once! And just when you think Peter's going for the kill with his last question to own this guy, he proves that he's way beyond that by bringing out the human aspect of Calderon's presidency and showing the audience that he's just a regular human being faced with a monumental task.

Bravo to Peter and I hope you enjot this as much as I did... :chekerim:

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/The_National/ID=1506157452

Calderon is the man. Facing those bastards is no easy task. But then again, he could be the head of a huge organization himself, and hes now simply eliminating all competition.

Mehico.:Notooth2:

I must say, he seemed pretty sincere in the interview Bardya jaan. The part where he starts talking about his family and kids, he just doesn't seem to be that kind of person. If anything, I think his biggest problem is that he's just too "soft" to take these guys on. I don't really see any difference between these drug cartels and the Taliban and I think that should give us a good frame of reference of the monumental task he has taken on. Over 20,000 people have been killed in just the last 3 years - that's much worse than the situation the Pakistani or Afghan governments are facing and if I'm not mistaken its even worse than Iraq!!!