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Corruption at the heart of the United Nations

2005-08-09T22:52:00.000-04:00

Aug 9th 2005
From The Economist Global Agenda

An investigation has concluded that the former head of the United Nations’ oil-for-food programme in Iraq took kickbacks to help an oil company win contracts. Another senior UN official is accused of soliciting bribes. The report is a severe blow to the organisation at a crucial time

FOR over a year, investigators have pored over questions of mismanagement and corruption at the United Nations. On Monday August 8th, they produced their firmest—and most painful—conclusions to date. An independent commission has found that Benon Sevan, the former head of the UN’s oil-for-food programme in Iraq, “corruptly benefited” from kickbacks while he was in charge. Another UN official, from the procurement office, is accused of soliciting bribes. The UN’s biggest-ever humanitarian undertaking seems to have become its biggest-ever scandal.
A harsh light began to shine on Mr Sevan after his name appeared on documents found in Iraq after the American-led invasion of 2003. Under the programme he ran, Iraq, though shackled by trade sanctions, could sell oil to buy food and medicine for its people. But the Iraqis negotiated the right to choose buyers and sellers in the programme. This gave Saddam Hussein’s government the ability to use oil concessions as a way to buy friends and influence. Among those alleged to have been bribed with oil vouchers are several European politicians.

But the charge that corruption may have tainted the top of the UN bureaucracy itself shook the organisation deeply. Mr Sevan denied any wrongdoing when his name hit the headlines. But the UN called for an independent inquiry, headed by Paul Volcker, a former head of America’s Federal Reserve. Mr Volcker’s first report, in February, showed that Mr Sevan had had repeated—and oft-denied—contact with the president of an oil company, AMEP, that received oil vouchers from Saddam. Mr Sevan also had around $160,000 in unusual bank deposits. He insisted that the money had come from an aunt.

This week’s report gives details of repeated meetings not only with AMEP’s president but also with Fred Nadler, a close friend of Mr Sevan’s revealed by the new report to be a director of AMEP as well. Mr Nadler controlled a Swiss bank account in a shell company’s name. Pennies off each barrel of oil sold by AMEP under the oil-for-food scheme went to the Swiss account, says the report, and money was withdrawn from it when Mr Sevan and/or Mr Nadler were in Geneva. Soon after, large sums of cash—mostly $100 bills—were paid into Mr Sevan’s American accounts. The Volcker committee thus claims a “reasonable sufficiency” of evidence that Mr Sevan was on the take. An American criminal investigation may now see if it can indict him. The Volcker committee has asked UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to strip Mr Sevan of his diplomatic immunity, which he has said he will do. Mr Sevan resigned from his UN post on Sunday but continues to protest his innocence, saying that Mr Annan has “sacrificed” him under political pressure.

Another long section of Monday’s report examines the adventures of Alexander Yakovlev, an officer in the UN’s procurement department. The report charges that Mr Yakovlev solicited a bribe from Société Générale de Surveillance, an inspection contractor, in exchange for confidential bidding information. (There is no evidence that SGS paid any such bribe.) The Volcker committee also says it has evidence that Mr Yakovlev took hundreds of thousands of dollars from other UN contractors. He and Mr Sevan are now the first two UN officials to be directly accused of personally benefiting from corrupt activity.

Rotten timing

The report makes only passing references to Mr Annan, but he is personally connected to another affair still under investigation. The Volcker committee is looking into whether Mr Annan’s son Kojo, who worked for a Swiss inspection-services firm called Cotecna, used his UN connections to help Cotecna win a bid.

The committee’s last report, in March, accused Kojo of concealing the length and depth of his involvement with Cotecna. But the committee had no conclusive evidence that Mr Annan senior knew his son was currently being paid by a company bidding for a UN contract. Since then, in an e-mail that has appeared in press reports, a Cotecna vice-president at the time, Michael Wilson, tells of a useful meeting with the secretary-general “and his entourage” shortly before Cotecna won its bid. Mr Wilson denies that the e-mail is genuine. The Volcker committee promises a “definitive” report on the affair in September.

If direct links are drawn between the UN’s head and the oil-for-food scandal, Mr Sevan’s fall would seem comparatively trifling in its consequences for the world body. But even if Mr Annan is cleared of wrongdoing, the Volcker team has already highlighted extensive management failures that let so many things go wrong with oil-for-food on his watch. And all of this comes at a crucial time for the UN, as it begins to consider how to reform itself.

The exploits of Messrs Sevan, Yakovlev and others may have done more than just a terrible disservice to the wretched people of Iraq they were paid to help America has just sent John Bolton, a fiery critic of the UN in the past, to be its ambassador there. Those Americans backing the hard-charging Mr Bolton say that he is the ideal man right now, as the UN needs a good shake-up. Only someone not afraid to slaughter sacred cows, they say, can get the job done.
But the UN, rightly, turns some of the criticism over oil-for-food back to America (and its ally, Britain). First, while quite a bit of money went missing in the kickbacks and bribes detailed in Mr Volcker’s reports, much more misdirected cash went elsewhere. Saddam supported himself by selling oil illegally to neighbours including Jordan and Turkey. UN defenders say America turned a blind eye to this, since these two countries were its allies. And UN backers remind America that the UN Security Council, through its sanctions committee, approved every contract awarded under oil-for-food. That means that America and Britain could have vetoed any of the dodgy deals involving Mr Sevan and the others accused. But they appear to have been more concerned with potentially weapons-related “dual use” Iraqi imports than they were about corruption. A later Volcker committee report will look into the Security Council’s oversight failures.

So Mr Bolton’s arrival and the mutual acrimony over oil-for-food mean tense times between the UN and its most powerful member—all the more so given that this comes just before the world body is set to consider proposals to keep it relevant after the war in Iraq. These include adding new permanent members to the Security Council, defining terrorism more clearly, helping the UN to react more robustly to humanitarian disasters, and more. A high-level summit in September is meant to tackle these questions.

The big reforms require a two-thirds majority in the UN’s general assembly, and no veto by any of the five permanent members of the Security Council (America, Britain, China, France and Russia). But not even the claimants to new Security Council seats—including Japan, Brazil and India—can agree among themselves who, exactly, should get a place at the table. They now seem unlikely to convince America, grouchier than ever about the UN, to take their side. Some of the other worthy goals of September’s reform conference could also be caught in the crossfire. The exploits of Messrs Sevan, Yakovlev and others may have done more than just a terrible disservice to the wretched people of Iraq they were paid to help.

Obviously Bolton is in the right place at the right time. It would be a good outcome if Annan left his position since his integrity is in serious question now.

Regarding reforms for the UN's future, with the current voting structure it will be difficult to obtain any intelligent changes which would effect real change away from the backroom deal making that has plagued the UN since its inception.

All the same one can be hopeful and expect that Mr. Bolton will be able to make the organization more accountable and responsive to important members like the US in future.

Ramblings for today....

2005-08-08T19:05:00.000-04:00

Regarding the bloggingtory story... I did receive annother email from BT and this one was a LOT NICER than the first one. I am not in the mood today to rehash this issue but will try to address it in the next few days. I thank Stephen for responding in a mature matter and you have regained my respect because of it.

Now onto my rant for the day...

Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts expressed great disappointment after learning the NEW YORK TIMES was poking around for details on his adopted children, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

What can I say about this???

First of all, we all know that if the Democrats controlled the House, the White House and the Senate then they would have parachuted their choice in by now and it would be done with. But since the left cannot stand to lose... even the smallest battle anymore.. we are faced with some hypocrite exec., from the NYTimes investigating a Supreme Court Nominee. How low can you go? Furthermore, I'm going to stick my neck out here (not unusual I'd say..), and state that even if their were issues with these adoptions... who is hurt by this? What great crime has occurred other than some supposed infraction that opponents of logical and practical thinking can latch onto to destroy more people for their own advantage? Nuff said about this I think.

Now onto the battle of Creationism vs Evolution in the US...

Meteor strikes may have aided early life-study

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005080818290002018849&dt=20050808182900&w=RTR&coview=

My second attempt at this thanks to the wonders of Google's Blogger...

I will attempt to reduce this debate which has gone on for hundreds of years (more probably millenia that is...), to a level that I believe a child can understand. Aided of course by this article and such that indicate that life as me know it in the universe is really quite mobile even without alien intervention.

First of all, it is a disservive to humanity to be intellectually dishonest or to only consider part of an issue or to limit debate on an issue especially for political or selfish reasons.

That is why the debate of whether creationism or intelligent design as it is often alternately called MUST be taught in all schools to all young people as a COMPLIMENTARY theory to explain the origin and adaption of all life as we know it.

To do otherwise would be to limit the capability of our own scientific mind and our ability to reach to the highest levels of spiritual enlightenment. To shut off the debate to a narrow path such that young talented minds are limited in how they think is not only discriminatory but criminal in my opinion as it limits the asperations and inclinations of all humanity.

Now on to the facts... this article referenced indicates that life has for millenia travelled countless distances in our universe to see and share and yes intermix wherever it has ended up. You could consider these travelling bodies computer viruses that infect worlds where the new or adapted life can take hold and influence what currently exists.

Stand aside if you do not believe in intelligent design in this universe and if you prefer a scientific rationale for all animated matter that you experience if in fact it really is real that is... but do not ignore the potential for intelligent lifeforms to go out and seed such travelling bodies in the knowledge that such life will spread, like weeds in the wind. Either way the argument that all life on earth originated here in some puddle struck by lightening and from whence all we know came from seems retarded to me. Also, consider the efforts of humans to reach out and explore in a limited fashion their own celestial backyards and the probable long-term effects of such contaminations in other places.

The time has ended for evolution as a complete stand alone theory to explain what exists... even a child with a smattering of imagination can see what folly this is... so why the hell can't an educated man or woman? Sometimes kids are smarter than we are.

Blogging Tories: Comments on my threatened Expulsion and subsequent decision to leave!

2005-08-08T03:37:00.000-04:00

Here is the text, unedited as sent to me by Stephen Taylor via my email re: posts that I have recently made and comments attached to them. Stephen and some of his weak-kneed friends at the Blogging Tories found great offense to some of this material (which I let stay on the blog for everyone to decide for their self as to its merit and your perusal to let me know if I am in fact a bigot or a racist as some a-holes found fit to call me). There is again, nothing illegal or wrong with any of the statements made, although they are controversial in this liberal day and age, and as such may offend some people. I have chosen to let these statements stay because I believe in free-speech and NOT CENSORSHIP unlike Mr. Taylor.

As you can see by the tone of this email, I am an embarrasment to the BloggingTories and threatening to destroy them and the entire Conservative Party according to Stephen and his buddies. Of course since Stephen hangs in Ottawa at any opportunity to ingratiate himself with any politico he can latch onto, one wonders if his pronouncements on behalf of the CPC are to be taken with a grain of salt? Either way, I respect the LITTLE EMPIRE he is building for himself and certain of his LIBERAL MINDED friends and I will go my own way as I state in my response below:

Brian,

as you're likely aware, your most recent post has caused quite a furor in the blogosphere.

While your post is a slightly 'controversial'criticism on immigration, it is the comments on that post have me (and some other Blogging Tories) ashamed of your association within the group.

Discussions of the "white race" and decrying intermarriage/"race mixing" have absolutely no place in any organization with even a remote association with the Conservative Party of Canada.

I have discussed with Craig (the other Blogging Tories admin) and some
other Blogging Tories what should be done.

We recognize your right to free speech, however, we also recognize our
right to determine what group of individuals we want associated with
our group.

As such we see two possibilities,

a) You can purge the comments section of your latest post on
immigration (all comments) or
b) Continue to express your opinion, unmolested, but realize that we
cannot continue to endorse you as a member of Blogging Tories.
Please note that you are free to choose your own path here, but we are
also free to choose ours. If you choose to continue your association
with Blogging Tories, please be advised that a similar notice in the
future will not be forthcoming in response to a similar incident and
that we will choose in favour of your removal from the blogroll.

Sincerely,

Stephen Taylor
Craig Smith

Now my response:

Stephen:

After some deliberation on my part, I have decided that 'I no longer want anything to do with the blogging tories.' Thus you can remove me from the roll and I will delete any mention of the bloggingtories from my blog.

I do not see what I have done to bring shame to the blogging Tories and nothing that you have mentioned in your email indicates where I have. In regards the comments, I'm not aware that any of them are illegal, hateful or unfair. I do not advocate anywhere for anyone to belong to any group nor do I belong to any group other than a political party (which I may be considering the wisdom of in future). Furthermore, if I choose to favour my own kind and stand up for them and be concerned for their future survival whilst you think it is not important at all, then obviously we have entirely differing views of the future, the present and even what politics is about.

In regards racial mixing, please point out to me what I said that is so offensive or wrong if I even said anything?

You also speak as though you are some expert on what views the conservative party of Canada has... I guess your meetings with a few MP's in Ottawa has gone to your head apparently...

If you wish to cave into globalism/liberalism and still continue to call yourself a conservative without any thought to questioning the status quo and all accepted ways of thinking then I do not wish to associate with the bloggingtories any longer. This is what is best for everyone. It appears that the blogging Tories for the most part are a group of 20 somethings with little real world experience that are idealistic and in some cases opportunistic and I have little in common with such people.
Frankly, many of the members remind me more of liberals than any kind of conservative anyhow.

If this is the face of the NEW conservative party then it is starting to remind me too much of the old PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES.

All the same I appreciate the opportunity to express my views let me know if you disagree with anything I have said but I doubt you will lest you enter into an argument that you cannot win.

I wish you luck in the future,

yours truly,

Brian

MacLean’s magazine: Liberal propaganda; part II.

2005-08-08T03:29:00.000-04:00

Brian Walsh

Continuing from part I, a few days ago coverage of MacLean’s August 1, 2005 issue hi-lights as seen by a real conservative:

Then there is this other Liberal missive on page 40, where many natural health products must now bear health Canada’s stamp of approval. Further it is revealed that Ottawa is facing a huge backlog in its review process whereby Jen Cully an owner of a supplements based company call this fiasco: “It’s another gun registry.”

Later, I see this screaming out at me: “A lot fewer white people.” First I thought that liberals wanted to murder us all but then I see that it is an article about cadet corps at CFB Borden this summer. Still I think the Liberals want to see most white people disappear all the same.

Pages 64 to 67 are an orgy of Liberal photographs by some guy that is a photographer with MacLeans. I don’t see any conservatives in the bunch so I just write this down as more Liberal bias in this obviously Liberal biased magazine.

Debauchery Liberal style starts on page 68 as I see “Rosie’s Love Boat.” I don’t dare read the article because I know it is about that Rosie and about pushing the gay agenda but I do note the subtitle though: “So much for debauchery. O’Donnell’s gay cruise ship champions family values.” I’ll let the reader try and figure that one out.

When I get to page 69 I’m not surprised to see that NYC’s top hooker is a former tap-dancer from Montreal and they show a picture of her gracing NEW YORK magazine even. I’m not sure what the merits of this story are except that Paul Martin and the Liberals are talking about legalizing prostitution I hear. Apparently, this woman scored a record 17 straight 10/10 scores on a popular escort-ranking website. Gee this magazine is starting to remind me of the National Enquirer.

Amazingly a book review on pages 74-76 whereby the author named Clare Asquith, points out that Shakespeare’s plays were in fact topically political in his day and hint at his support of the Catholic church at the hands of protestant reformers in England at that time. I was surprised to see that a hatchet job wasn’t done on this book.

The lowest point in the magazine is on page 77 where a review of some obscure film laden with many talentless comics (such as the Liberal loved Jon Stewart), talks about the filthiest joke ever told called the ‘Aristocrats.’ I won’t even repeat the joke, but what this has to do with a magazine like MacLean’s I have to wonder. More Liberal filth.

The most interesting article of all is on page 88, where Paul Wells complains as to why Canada gives people from certain eastern European countries and the Baltics, trouble in obtaining Visa’s for travel to Canada. I’ve already covered this issue: certain people here do not like the fact that some eastern European countries and the Baltic states had ties to the Nazi’s during WWII and they feel that these countries should still be punished for this. Why doesn’t Wells ask them why there are VISA restrictions??

Stay tuned for future dispatches on Canada’s Weekly LIBERAL MAGAZINE OF NOTE, MacLean’s.

Liberals using immigration to destroy Canada

2005-08-04T17:31:00.000-04:00

Just annother in many stories to date and many more to come in regards the liberals using immigration to destroy what Canada has been and is.

This story was linked from the Drudgereport and contains some inside comments from Joe Volpe our esteemed immigration minister:

"OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadians can put away those extra welcome mats -- it seems Americans unhappy about the result of last November's presidential election have decided to stay at home after all.

In the days after President Bush' won a second term, the number of U.S. citizens visiting Canada's main immigration Web site shot up sixfold, prompting speculation that unhappy Democrats would flock north.

But official statistics show the number of Americans actually applying to live permanently in Canada fell in the six months after the election.

On the face of it this is not good news -- Canada is one of the few major nations seeking to attract immigrants -- but Immigration Minister Joe Volpe was philosophical.

"We'll take talent from wherever it is resident in the world. I was absolutely elated to see the number of hits and then my staff said 'You know what? A hit on the Internet is after all just a hit'," he told Reuters on Thursday.

"I guess I'm happy Republicans and Democrats have found a way to live together in peace and in harmony," he said.

Canada generally tilts more to the social and political left than the United States.
Data from the main Canadian processing center in Buffalo, NY shows that in the six months up to the U.S. election there were 16,266 applications from people seeking to live in Canada, a figure that fell to 14,666 for the half year after the vote.

A spokeswoman for Canada's federal immigration ministry declined to speculate on the reasons for the drop.

Toby Condliffe, who heads the Canadian chapter of Democrats Abroad, did have an explanation of sorts.

"I can only assume the Americans who checked out the Web site subsequently checked out our winter temperatures and further took note that the National Hockey League was being locked out and had second thoughts," he told Reuters.

Last year, Canada, which has a population of about 32 million, accepted 235,808 immigrants from all over the world.

Gee how this country has fallen... they will take anybody but have no interest in developing a lot of the people that are already here. The backstabbers!!

It is time for Canada to swing right.

MacLean’s magazine: Liberal propaganda; part 1.

2005-08-03T21:10:00.000-04:00

by Brian Walsh

MacLean’s magazine dated August 1, 2005, a publication ultimately owned by the Roger’s Media conglomerate and past employer of John Tory arrives at my home with the mistaken impression that I am a subscriber.

Well a past room-mate was apparently but that likely had more to do with his working for Rogers Inc., than his caring about MacLean’s magazine as a source of entertainment nor enlightenment.

Anyways… looking inside I find early on while ambling towards page 10, an anti-Harper cartoon, showing a cloud over his head as he embarks on his cross country tour for the summer. This is the same magazine that John Tory’s prior employer owns and for which the so called Progressive Conservative’s views could be associated.

Then only on to page 12, I find a small blurb about gay marriage in a section called mysteriously ‘UPFRONT.’ For some strange reason despite all the controversy in Canada about this legislation… the very short blurb mentions that Canada becomes only the fourth country in the world to recognize gay marriage.

On a more positive note I see an article about the resurgence in the economy in Bratislava in Slovakia which with it’s 19 percent flat tax on everything… is destined in a few years to home to more automobile manufacturing per capita than any other country on earth.

On page 32 I see a good quote, which makes we wonder why liberals push immigration so strongly and cheer so much when foreign auto-makers setup shop in Canada. Martin Bruncko an advisor to Slovak Finance Minister Ivan Miklos: “Probably we’ll stay competitive for the next 10 years. But in the long term, it may not be sustainable. Countries will be successful because they create innovative value, rather than cheaply producing goods created elsewhere.”

A story on population growth on page 34 says that the increase in Canada’s population is from immigration, not procreation. It goes on to state that Canada’s fertility rate is 1.53 per cent while a fertility rate of 2.1 percent is needed to maintain a countries population. The article does not mention any downfalls of using immigration as a method to shore up a countries population nor whether Canada must do something to reverse the declining birth rate. More Liberal wrong headedness.

On page 37, it appears that MacLean’s is looking for not one but three editor’s, so be sure to tell your liberal friends about it. I know they don’t hire conservatives there that is for sure.

Jim Dinning called the heir apparent to Ralph Klein in Alberta says on page 38, “Alberta is now too important to Canada’s economy to be ignored. Alberta doesn’t want out, it want’s in.” While that may be true, with Liberals running Ottawa, I think they still want out.

Tomorrow will continue with part II...

Bush installs Bolton at UN

2005-08-01T21:48:00.000-04:00

President Bush taking a lesson from hard-core socialists and communists installed Bolton as the US rep at the UN. Did this statement scare you? It needened be because Bolton was by far the best choice to voice America's growing concern with the corruption and incompetence at the UN. Bolton a no nonsense kind of guy will get the UN cleaned up.

Sadly, Bush had to take lessons from his hard-liner socialistic critics in order to get Bolton into the position. Not that Democrats or Liberals (up in Canada here...), are above doing what they want when they have the power to do it without regard for the views of the opposition. We are in a time when this has become the norm and Mr. Bush must be prepared to do the same in order to install John Roberts onto the supreme court.

As a conservative you know you are doing the right thing when your opposition hates what you are doing... witness today's Toronto Star story as an example of the bleating and bawling by the left at the very thought on Bolton going to the UN to kick some ass.

Next we need somebody like Roberts at the Supreme court and hopefully their will be as many as two more nominees to fill during the remainder of Bush's term. I can only hope that is the case.

How to build conservatism in Canada.

2005-07-28T19:30:00.000-04:00

Here are some brief pointers for suggestions of how to build conservatism into a force in this country once again...

That is why we have to do the following as I have been advocating for sometime now:

-find powerful sponsors that truly support our political views-find out who our real supporters are in the system and stay loyal to them

-campaign for change at the CRTC

-push for change to media laws in Canada re: NAFTA, Washington and any international agreements or influence that we can must... cause change from outside rather than inside (which is rotten from liberal corruption and influence..)

-do it ourselves... build an infrastructure for conservative views built by conservatives

-lastly win an election where we will be in a position to legislate actual change.

Muslim punks keep up the pressure!

2005-07-28T16:03:00.000-04:00

NETHERLANDS: VAN GOGH'S SON ASSAULTED

Brussels, 28 July (AKI) - The 14-year-old son of controversial film director Theo van Gogh, slain by an Islamic extremist last November, is said to have been threatened and assaulted by Moroccan teenagers in Amsterdam and insulted by his classmates. The allegations were made during an interview the boy's grandparents gave to the Dutch television channel Nova.

Amsterdam police have not confirmed any threats or aggression against Lieuwe van Gogh.The family lawyer, Gijs de Westelaken, specified that after the murder, which profoundly shocked Dutch society, Lieuwe was attacked by some young Moroccan youths while he was walking the dog. The boy is said to have suffered bruising, but only spoke about the incident to his mother and did not lodge a police complaint.On another occasion he is said to have been threatened with a pistol by two young men of North African descent in the neighbourhood where his father had lived. Neighbours called the police but when they arrived the attackers had fled. According to his grandparents, Lieuwe was also subject to harrassment and insults at school, and was forced to change class after various classmates told him "it is a good thing your father is dead". An Amsterdam police spokesman said that in the aftermath of the murder of the filmmaker, they were in frequent contact with the boy's mother and that Lieuwe had been under police protection for a period.

The Dutch director - a descendent of the painter Vincent van Gogh - caused controversy with his film 'Submission', broadcast in the Netherlands last August, which criticised the treatment of women in Islamic society. He was murdered as he cycled to work in Amsterdam last November. The assailant shot Van Gogh and slit his throat. A letter was also pinned to his chest with a knife, quoting the Koran and threatening the Dutch-Somali MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who wrote the script for the film.A young radical Islamist was on Monday given a life sentence for the murder. Dutch-Moroccan Mohammed Bouyeri, 27, had confessed to the killing during his trial and told the court he would do it again if he had the chance. Van Gogh's killing shocked the Netherlands, which is known for its tolerant attitudes and laws, and sparked attacks on mosques and ethnic unrest around the country. Bouyeri was born and raised in Amsterdam, and there is no clear information on how and why he turned to radical Islam.

Gee most would get the message by now but not radical Islam... we are defiant and we want a World War III with the west and Christianity. Just who is behind the black curtain pulling the strings of radical islamism anyways?? Several guessess...

Transgender Golfer Still Faces Barriers

2005-07-27T18:25:00.000-04:00

After Forging Identity, She Struggles With LPGA Policies and Critics of Her Unusual Sexual Identity

July 27, 2005 -- A year ago, Mianne Bagger made history by becoming the first transsexual woman to ever play in a professional golf tournament.
"That was huge," she told "Primetime" correspondent Jay Schadler of her appearance in the 2004 Women's Australian Open. "It's like I get there and I'm on the course side of the ropes. I'm here. I'm playing. It was like, wow!"

Watch Jay Schadler's interview with Mianne Bagger on "Primetime" on Thursday, July 28 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.

Around the same time, the Olympics and the Ladies European Golf Tour opened the doors to athletes like her, changing their rules to allow transgendered athletes.

However, the Danish-born 38-year-old still has obstacles to face: The LPGA, the body that governs the American tour, won't let her play. It says only natural-born women are allowed.
Ty Votow, the LPGA's outgoing commissioner, says the rule is based on the belief that allowing transsexuals to compete against natural-born women "would create an unfair effect on the competition."

A Radical Change

However, Bagger says the physical advantages she had as a man have actually disappeared thanks to the female hormones she has taken since before undergoing gender reassignment surgery. She actually has less testosterone in her body now than many women, she said, and she has to rely more on accuracy and less on strength.

"The physical changes are, you lose muscle mass and testosterone," she told Schaedler. "You lose overall strength … I certainly wouldn't be out there playing if I felt I had an unfair advantage."

Bagger, who refuses to divulge her birth name, said she never considered herself a male, even when she was still a teen. She didn't tell anyone about how she felt until she was 18, but she says the experience was unbearable.

"I got thoroughly depressed. I got suicidal," she says.

She had gender reassignment surgery in 1995. She had no doubts, she said. "That feeling of laying on the hospital bed just going in for surgery was like, 'My God, I can't believe this is finally about to happen.'"

Supporters and Critics

The LPGA membership is currently reconsidering its policies on transgendered athletes.

Just to show everyone that I am not a bigot... I believe this person is gender confused, certainly on a mental and possibly on a psychic and soul level.

All the same... it is not going to be easy to reconcile her as a true woman in every endeavour that she decides to undertake.

I'm happy that this person decided to make the change once she became an adult... better than a recent Red Star story that touted a person in Toronto in their teens toying with the same idea.

Gay and transgendered rights should never be allowed to trump the status quo... that is unfair and it goes against 1000s of years of tradition and history. Where possible accomodation should be allowed provided it is a mutually agreed to process.

Canada to soon be thumped by the Danes??

2005-07-26T18:28:00.000-04:00

I see that our fearless Minister of Defense (the oft rumoured gay blade himself.. Bill Graham), has caused quite the spat with Denmark by his dancing on an ice cap on some indescriminate island near Greenland.

Here is the summation of the event from the article linked above at the Gay & Married (Gobe&Mail), newspaper:

"But Hans Island, a barren knoll in the high Arctic, is now the centre of a full-fledged diplomatic tiff after Defence Minister Bill Graham quietly set foot there last week to the chagrin of the government of Denmark."

Gee is Kanada going to go up against the Vikings in a war?

Me thinks we are gonna get our arses kicked!!

Toronto the retarded

2005-07-18T00:31:00.000-04:00

By now most of you have heard of the retarded efforts displayed by city hall in Toronto to appeal in greater part to American Tourists (not that anybody picked up on the anti-American slant of a left-wing city hall btw... or our weasel move to avoid the Iraq War et all..), by a massive $4 million rebranding and advertising campaign.

I won't get into the details here because it would be repeating the BS of the left wing media and city hall and as you readers of this blog know (is infrequent these days unfortunately...), I always like to slag the Toronto REd Star newspaper. But, the obvious 'King has no clothes on syndrome here..' is far too obvious to just be ignored I think.

Will the intelligent citizens of Toronto wake up and rid us of this lefty gang aka Mr. Miller next election? or will they continue to pursue the good life and higher property values and not give a shit about anything?

It's not nice living in a city that makes one long for NYC when it comes to mom and apple pie and a tear in your eye!!

Are we a lion or a lamb?

2005-07-08T00:32:00.000-04:00

Since I have not watched TV once in two weeks, I have probably seen less of the horror that has been unleashed in London than most of you. I know London fairly well, having been there on several occasions and having spent several weeks there as a tourist. In London I walked everywhere rather than take a bus or tube train as I wanted to see the city. I thought the subway system was a bit constricted in places and the hugh crowds on the frequent and fast moving buses during rush-hour would give one cause for concern. But I am not shocked at what happened... was expecting it actually. Will such a thing happen in Canada? Or are we in the back pockets of the terrorists.. the liberals that is? My condolences to the British, a fierce, strong and proud people that know what tragedy is despite the heady heights of their recent empire. May God bless them and allow them to show the resolve that has always stood them in good stead in past. Funny but I think of the weak kneeded weasels running my country and my knees start to shake...

Have we been invaded yet?

2005-06-28T02:46:00.000-04:00

To understand what his happening today, one must understand certain military tenets of warfare. These include:

-Infiltrate the enemy country with advance forces and spies.
-Pre-position supplies close to the anticipated battleground.
-Destroy the enemy’s will to resist.
-Destroy the enemy population’s morals and morale.
-Sew confusion among the enemy population.
-Cut lines of communication.
-Create diversions.
-Control all information and media outlets.
-Attack on many fronts.
-Destroy the enemy’s capability to wage war.
-Reduce or destroy enemy’s military bases.
-Strike only when ready and when enemy is at his weakest.

In the intelligence world, what we do is take pieces of information, like pieces of a puzzle, and “put them on the wall and see what picture develops.” Lord Wellington of Waterloo once said “I’ve spent my entire military career wondering what the chap on the other side of the hill was doing.” In intelligence circles, information gathering is chief among tasks, followed by “okay, what are they up to?”
-the guy who wrote this was fearing for the future of the US vis a vis China/Russia. But if he looked at Canada he really would be horrified.

More Gay Perversity from Torstar Corp.

2005-06-27T19:36:00.000-04:00

A thigh is quite a thigh, as Pride goes by
Rosie Dimanno

"Horny?'' asked the T-shirt, worn by a particularly good looking piece of male eye candy.
-high grade journalism here eh?

Yes, actually, but what can you do about it.
-you are in the right place Rosie

Pride Week in Toronto is a time when straight women can fill their eyes — if not their arms — with luscious, lip-licking, libidinous masculinity, running the entire gamut from he-man to girly-man variety.
-are you weird Rosie? Still a catholic?

None of whom, alas, gives a toss about us.
-so women support this as some kind of porn fantasy?

The old adage that the best-looking guys are all gay never feels truer than during this annual celebration of all things queer.
-based upon your ball-breaking views over the years I cannot see how many real men would find you attractive

Or, to be more formally inclusive and gender-permutated about it, all things LGBTTIQ: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, intersex and queer. We don't know what intersex means, to be honest, but we like the sound of it.
-you do, why?

And we must not take it personally when, standing this close to a fellow who is completely naked save for his combat boots and penis jewellery, we fail to get a rise out of him, despite all our coquetry.
-really why not Rosie? btw, since when is it legal to parade around in the nude in public?

On another day, this gentleman might have got himself arrested for lewd conduct because it's still not quite acceptable to walk around in the buff, even on Church St. But on this afternoon, Totally Naked Toronto — a group of nudity proponents who fought to make Hanlan's Point a clothing-optional venue — has set up their campy hutch just yards away from the OPP information kiosk, without a whiff of disapproval.
-really, maybe the OPP is full of gays too then?

"As long as I'm wearing shoes, it's not considered total nudity,'' explains Peter Gray. "But I did have one cop come up to me last night asking if I realized this was a family event.''
-lol, family event? I cannot believe they allow this?

Twenty-five years after Toronto's first "Gay Day Picnic'' at Hanlan's Point — the predecessor to Gay Pride parading — this is what the occasion has become; a fully integrated and utterly mainstream family event, appropriate for children, driven less by political activism than sheer entertainment, and pumping an estimated $80 million into the city.
-Rosie, how is public nudity related to sexuality family entertainment and appropriate for children? Do you have a psychological problem? In regards the $80 million, I would like to see the estimate because I do not trust you, the media nor governments (which love gayness), to tell the truth.

If anything, yesterday's parade could have used a shade more rude, lewd and crude.
-really Rosie, well I got news for you, I'm betting that it only gets worse in future. But what would it take to shock somebody like you by the way?

Not to promote stereotypes, but Pride Parade — that's the correct term for it, nowadays, as we are reminded by a glossary of terms contained in the Office Pride Dictionary included in our media package — has grown up so much, become so mature, it is verging on the downright PG-rated conventional.
-are you psychotic? what about this parade resembles PG themes? Nice to see that the media is doing all it can to 'sell this shyte' to the public as wholesome and innocent. The office pride dictionary in the media package- gives you talking points on the parade and tells you how to think does it?

At times, as the 158 groups involved in the silver-anniversary celebration set out from their launching point on Bloor St., it looked and felt almost like a Labour Day parade, or something equally conformist.
-oh you mean like socialist or communist do you? is that who is behind this decadence?

All the major unions had their own floats, as did the earnest community organizations, faith-based associations, health care agencies, sports leagues and assorted ethnic clubs. The million or so spectators who lined the route were reminded — as if reminding were needed — that there are gay Latinos, gay African-Canadians, gay Jews, gay Muslims, gay Lutherans, gay students, gay parents, gay environmentalists, gay anti-war protestors, gay fat men in combat fatigues and even Gay Geeks.
-what faith based associations... would like to see a list of them. You say one million observers, then what is with the 125,000 number mentioned in your newspaper and in the Globe & Mail?

So non-controversial has the parade become that Toronto's new police chief Bill Blair was at the very head of the marching affair, walking alongside Mayor David Miller and other municipal politicians, just behind scout cars draped with the rainbow flag. Blair is the first cop ever to participate, and he didn't look in the least bit uncomfortable.
-maybe Blair is gay? secondly if the parade was so mainstream as you suggest then why was he the first top cop to be in it?

His presence was warmly applauded, testament to the reconciliation that has occurred between a police force and a queer constituency that has been harassed by the law in the past. It was the infamous bathhouse raids in 1981 — 301 men taken into custody in Canada's largest mass arrest — that forged a politicized entity out of Toronto's homosexual community. That was also the year that Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Toronto was legally incorporated.
-the bath houses were places of homosexual orgies and likely prostitution in non-private places, clearly against the law. Obviously, gays want to be able to do what they want when they want and the gay infested police and political realm supports them.

"I was invited,'' Blair said simply, adding that the parade was yet another outward indication of the city's noble diversity. "I couldn't be any prouder than to be here today.''
-noble diversity? what is noble about people that only have sexual differences and perversity as their defining uniqueness?

He did, though, look a mite spit-polished and over-dressed for the occasion, even in casual uniform. When it was suggested that he might want to at least undo his top button, Blair dead-panned: "The one tucked under my buckle is undone."
-yeah Blair, dress like the other gays you wimp!!

There's no arguing the pride parade is one of the most well-behaved, unthreatening, love-is-all-around big public events. Parade marshals were endlessly patient in the blazing heat, and even apologetic when the march started 20 minutes late. "We're on dyke time, okay?'' said one woman as she semaphored floats into position.
-dyke time, as in union government employee time? Gay pride is not a love-in, it is a sex-in and a flaunting of gay power in the faces of civil society and a reminder and threat of what is to come.

What was missing though, if one might be so bold, is a dash of the eccentricity and outrageousness that were hallmarks of the parade in years past. So few men in leather codpieces and bondage gear, not as many drag queens in fishtail dresses and stiletto heels, not even a good soaking to be had from high-power squirt guns. One woman in a bikini bottom, her small breasts bared, looked more sheepish than in-your-face defiant as she led around a skinny stud-trussed acolyte on a leash.
-gee since when is bondage suitable for families and kids to observe?

Perhaps they no longer have to make fun of themselves to court acceptability from society because they've moved beyond all that. After all, the key political issue in 2005 is not police bullying or fag-baiting but same-sex marriage, which will surely be proclaimed by Parliament before it rises for the summer.
-they have the power because our PM loves gays for some reason and will do anything to help them it appears. Now gays do whatever they want it seems when the rest of us can't. You do seem really confident about gay marriage though, too confident I would say.

"It's changed a lot, but that's a good thing,'' argued Colin Irving, who was dressed in exact look-alike ensemble with his partner, Bert Nyboer, down to the yard-long braided beards (hair extensions). "When the parade was smaller, it felt like everybody knew one another. Maybe now, it's a bit more corporate. But I think that shows the acceptance and tolerance that's grown in the city.
-corporate? I thought that business was not obcessed with sex and public policy?

"It used to be a lot more about sex in the old days. I think that was because of the anger that we felt. We were made out to be deviants and sex molesters. So it was like, `we'll show you'. Now it's like, just leave it in the bedroom. We don't have to be so explicit about sex any more or run around wearing a jock strap.
-if that is the case then why the S&M and nudes running around? Besides who asked you to be explicit? The idea of that was to appeal to your own kind and to openly defy the system. It was not at all about creating dialogue or inviting reasoned debate between yourselves and society.

"Take a look. There are gay men pushing their babies in strollers. Those are families. That's who we are.''
-where did the kid come from? A family can be what you define it to be but not society that has existed for at least 10,000 years?

Just so. But there should also always be room for those fearless superheroes, Pansy Man and Sissy Boy, who had their own message yesterday.
"We're here to save Pride from heterosexuality.''
-who is going to save heterosexuality from Pride?

IN conclusion, annother puff piece from the corporate MSM, trying to sell the homo dream to the mainstream, primarily using monetary benefit as the real reason for acceptance. The glossing over of the sexuality here and the perverse anti-family and anti-traditional views espoused here make Dimanno look like somebody that hates where she came from, even though I'm willing to bet that she has a great life and probably doesn't deserve it.

Current News and Comments

2005-06-27T00:06:00.000-04:00

New U.S envoy plans "to listen"
BETH GORHAM
CANADIAN PRESS

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— South Carolina politician David Wilkins, who starts this week as the new U.S. ambassador to Canada, seems determined to avoid the pitfalls of his predecessor.

Where Paul Cellucci fast developed a reputation as a blunt advocate for President George W. Bush, jumping smack in the middle of bilateral rifts like Canada's defence capabilities and its position on the Iraq war, Wilkins is playing it safe.

-gee nice welcome... first words are he 'plans to listen.' I wonder if those are orders? Actually while we are on it, what about Canada's defence capabilities and its position on the Iraq war?
-nice to see a CP story with a name on it too, normally they are cowards and you have no idea who they are.
-oh yeah I forgot to tell ya David, see up here in Kanada, the media runs everything, ya gotta do what dey want see, dey is the boss.

When Matt became Jade
LESLIE SCRIVENER
TORONOT STAR
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Many at Northern Secondary School were surprised when Matt H. announced last year that he was running for student council president. A somewhat lonely boy, he didn't fit the model of the popular, extroverted student leader. Everyone seemed to know the outgoing president. Matt was more reserved — he liked playing on-line games and writing. He was on the ninth revision of a fantasy novel.
-okay so he wants to branch out right?

Everyone told him he didn't have a hope of winning. But he got the signatures needed for a nomination. For his election campaign that spring, he made a funny video, an instant teenage classic that showed him drinking a smoothie made from everything in his refrigerator.
-uh being cool is more important than offering something...

On stage at an assembly, where he stood tall, at 6 foot, 4 inches, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, he made a short satirical speech that parodied campaign promises: "I'll prevent a gigantic meteor from crashing into the school," he boasted. He won a standing ovation. It was a narrow margin — 16 votes — but he won the election.
-gee he must been running against a buncha losers

In December, just seven months later, students and teachers saw an entirely different school president. The acting principal, Tony Kerins, sent teachers a letter saying that Matt had made a "gender presentation decision" and would soon be dressing as a girl at school. For the rest of the year, Matt would be known as Jade.
-whoaahhh Nelly!!! but the star's gotta push this story right??

The staff wasn't asked to prepare students. The thinking was that Jade should not be seen as an exhibit and exposed to an open forum about her change. "We have this person who is one of us," Kerins said, "and we are not going to have that person hurt or embarrassed."
-but he errr she errr whatever is an exhibit...

Just before the Christmas break, Jade chose her outfit for her first school day as a girl — a ruffled knee-length black skirt, pink T-shirt and black jacket and a dark wig that flipped up at the ends. The next day, she began life as Jade.
-wow is that all it takes? who is she dating? is she a cheerleader yet? I bet she can play on the ladies basketball team though...

She was escorted to her classes by Dale Callender, a counsellor from Delisle Youth Services, a dropout-prevention centre at the school that's expanded into many parts of student life.
-what? I assume that Dale, helped to engineer this too?? what other shyte is Dale up to btw? I'm wondering if Jade would have won the vote without the gay, bisexual, trisexual or whatever support?

Callender, a neat, compact man, in his mid-30s, is a respected figure, immersed in school culture — he's like an icon here, one student said — and there's usually a gaggle of teenagers waiting outside his third-floor office.
-here's the media build-up now... immersed in school culture what does that mean, he's dating the kids?
-hate to be so insensitive but if you want to read more then go to the story at the link above... I wonder if the kids voted for a girl when they cast their vote for Matt? Why didn't this person wait until they left high school and went on their own... I think that Callender is running this show and he is out to make a statement just like the media is doing.

Glittering parade
PAUL CHOI
CANADIAN PRESS

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Decked out in green beads, pink angel wings, bright purple dresses or very little at all, more than 125,000 revellers locked down Toronto's downtown core to celebrate one of the world's largest gay and lesbian festivals today under a blistering sun.
-not that big of a crowd compared to what they have claimed in the past

Partiers laughed, cheered and danced their way through the streets at the 25th annual Pride Parade, which featured dozens of glittering floats and countless writhing bodies.
-nice family entertainment

"It can get pretty hot in this dress," said 54-year-old Terry Cook, also known as Divine, who cross-dressed in a velvet red gown, a thick blonde wig and applied cakes of makeup for the occasion. "But it's not that hot if I don't think about it."
-why don't you just get a sex-change Terry and get it over with?

Cook and those who lined the route got some relief from the heat from the many parade-goers toting water guns — a signature of the event.
-gee I could bring a bucket and throw it on some of them

The nearly three-hour extravaganza showcased flamboyant floats and colourful motorized trams sponsored by various groups, including the Ontario Provincial Police, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, and several diverse ethnic groups.
-what about the nude guys waltzing down the street? OPP's what do they have to do with this??

"I absolutely loved it," said Anastacia Scannel, 19, who was part of a train float sponsored by VIA Rail. It was her first parade.
"It was an absolutely great experience and I'll be sure to be here next year."
-what does VIA Rail have to do with this? why taxpayer's dollars on this?

The celebration of sexuality featured plenty of skin, with many parade-goers skimping around in nothing but shorts — or less. One man wore only the barest of red buttons over his nether-regions.
Spectators clambered onto rooftops, light stands, and newspaper stands in order to get a better view of the floats and dancing performers. Some even balanced dangerously on window ledges, blowing bubbles and throwing condoms into the crowd.
-why is the taxpayer supporting a fest celebrating often perverse sexuality? and in the open no less?

Among the many officials who took part in the parade was Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, who donned his uniform to become the city's first top cop to participate.
-hopefully the last if I had my way

Several politicians were also on hand, but Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, who is visiting the Toronto area, did not attend the festivities.
-bravo Stephen. Nice to see all the other brown-nosers out there.

Ryan Johnson dressed up in army fatigues to protest war with the War Resistor Support Campaign. His group received one of the loudest responses from the crowd today as they walked the route.
"It was great, we got a really great response from people," Johnson said. "There was a lot of cheering, people blowing horns and clapping."
-what the hell does this have to do with gay pride?

Another of the standout showcases featured a man dressed in an elaborate peacock-shaped costume painted in hues of red, yellow and purple.
-standout showcases... wow you had to reach for that one didn't you?

Organizers estimate the city's Pride Week festivities, which began in 1981, attracted about one million people to Toronto this week.
Police reported no major incidents.
-really? then why were they not at the parade then?

Tom Riley, 58, a spectator who has attended the parade every year since it began, said he was disappointed Harper did not make an appearance.
-gee are you gay Tom? or is it biased to ask that now?

"I heard he was supposed to be with his son," Riley said. ``It's disappointing he's not here, but that's his choice I guess."
-of course it is, it still is a free country last time I checked. I have lived in Toronto for 26 years and I am proud to say that I have never attended the gay pride parade.

Today, Harper spoke against same-sex marriages while attending a religious convention in Mississauga, just east of Toronto.
-good timing too

The House of Commons begins debate this week on same-sex marriage legislation.
-more like a show down I would say

"It looks like it's going to go through and hopefully it will," Riley said.
-yeah I was right... Riley is gay. Why can't the RED STAR say so??

Harper brings image improvement tour to Toronto

2005-06-25T22:35:00.000-04:00

(How the GAY & Married newspaper keeps stabbing conservatives in the back on a daily basis...)

Saturday, June 25, 2005
Updated at 5:32 PM EDT
Canadian Press

Toronto — Embattled Conservative Leader Stephen Harper took a break from parliamentary follies to open Toronto's International Dragon Boat Race Festival.
-what no insults yet? what is taking so long?

He cracked jokes about a quick rescue if he were to dive into Lake Ontario to escape the stifling heat.
-what no insults yet? what is taking so long?

But he wasn't laughing about his party's embarrassing defeat Thursday on the NDP-inspired budget bill.
-finally an insult...why was this defeat embarrasing? because the liberals are cheating weasels?

Mr. Harper accused the Liberals, Bloc Quebecois and NDP of using procedural trickery to pass the bill, which the Tories had said they would defeat to bring down the government and force an election.
-well did they or not? you are the third-party non-aligned journalist, you tell the public the truth?

He deflected questions from reporters about whether his leadership had been damaged by the episode.
-why should he answer your biased questions when you can't answer questions you pose to your own readers by your own hand?

He says it's the Liberals who have an image problem after such backhanded deal-making.
-finally some truth...

"Canadians are going to be concerned to see the government having a deal with the socialists and the separatists," he said.
"I don't think that's the kind of coalition the public voted for."
-especially since the MSM have been ragging on conservatives for any involvement with the Bloc and now the liberals and NDP do it for convenience purposes

The budget bill was whipped through Parliament late Thursday night after Liberal strategists calculated enough Conservative MPs had left for the weekend to allow it to pass. The Liberals, Bloc and NDP colluded to approve a rarely-used measure to cap debate at one hour and then adopted the bill by a five-vote margin.
-yes and where is the moral outrage or condemnation here from the media that is supposed to put Canadians first?

NDP Leader Jack Layton, still aglow from Thursday's victory, also helped to open the boat rate festival on Centre Island in Toronto harbour.
-what victory, from a bunch of cheaters? you the Canadian Press are supporting this?

Mr. Layton shrugged off Mr. Harper's accusations of trickery, saying MPs are expected to be in their seats to vote. He said he's had nothing but positive feedback about the move.
-Jackal the man of ethics and inside socialistic maneouvers, we will see if you get what you want on election day Jackal

"Everybody I've talked to is very happy that the budget is through."
Mr. Layton welcomed hundreds who had gathered to open the festival with several lines of Cantonese and was rewarded with a hearty round of applause.
-really? I know lots of people that are not happy about this

Mr. Harper took his nine-year-old son Ben to the amusement park on the island following his public appearance, the second stop on his so-called image improvement tour.
-what you arn't attacking his son too? Who called it his so-called image improvement tour anyways besides you commies in the media?

The two then had plans to spend the rest of the afternoon at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
-good choice

The Conservative leader will remain in the Toronto area Sunday, but said he will be spending time with his son rather than attend Toronto's world-renowned gay pride parade.
-world renown? really? since when do most people give a shit about gay parades?

An example of extreme media bias and hatred towards conservatives in Canada.

Paul Martin, EINSTEIN, PISACCO AT PEARLY GATES

2005-06-24T23:33:00.000-04:00

Paul Martin, Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso have all died. Due to a glitch in the mundane/celestial time-space continuum, all three arrive at the Pearly Gates more or less simultaneously, even though their deaths have taken place decades apart.The first to present himself to Saint Peter is Einstein. Saint Peter questions him. "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea the lengths certain people will go to, to sneak into Heaven under false pretenses. Can you prove who you really are?" Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a blackboard and some chalk?" Saint Peter complies with a snap of his fingers.The blackboard and chalk instantly appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and symbols his special theory of relativity. Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really *are* Einstein! Welcome to heaven!"

The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again Saint Peter asks for his credentials. Picasso doesn't hesitate. "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?" Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."Picasso erases Einstein's scribbles and proceeds to sketch out a truly stunning mural. Bulls, satyrs, nude women: he captures their essences with but a few strokes of the chalk. Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to be! Come on in!"

The last to arrive is Paul Martin. Saint Peter scratches his head. "Einstein and Picasso both managed to prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"Paul looks bewildered, "Here is a present for you Saint Peter he says while handing over a thick brown paper envelope." Saint Peter looks at him and says "Arn't you that SOB that passed SSM against the will of God?" "Yes," replied Paul Martin and he continued, "but don't the gays need somebody to love them too Saint Peter?" "Yes they do Paul, but you SOB who the hell are you to try and pay me a bribe to get into heaven?" Saint Peter bellowed. "What are you going to do to me Saint Peter?" Paul began to cry now... "Off with you Paul, you have been condemned to purgatory..." hissed Saint Peter. "Where is that Saint Peter, I don't wanna suffer.." Paul barely bawls out. "Purgatory for you Paul will be a life as the gay assistant to Scott Brison"...screached Saint Peter. At this point a smile began to come across Paul Martin's face as he began to think this was not really a punishment at all, he thought that he would like this actually as he had admired Scott for many years now... But then as he turned to walk away to his fate, Paul could hear Saint Peter say in the background "There is one thing I forgot to tell you Paul, your new name is going to be... Paula" ....laughed Saint Peter as he disappeared into the light!

Goodbye Shapiro: you are incompetent!

2005-06-24T18:31:00.000-04:00

Ethics commissioner says he learned lesson from Judy Sgro investigation

John Ward
Canadian Press
Friday, June 24, 2005

OTTAWA -- Ethics Commissioner Bernard Shapiro, the target of some opposition MPs who want him fired, says he learned lessons from his first investigation and will apply them from now on.
Shapiro said his inquiry into the actions of Judy Sgro, the former immigration minister, was his first and it was a learning experience. He testified at the Commons ethics committee as MPs on the committee clashed over how they could question him. Opposition MPs tried to zero in on the Sgro inquiry, but were deflected by the chairman, who kept questions focused on general process, not specifics.
-sorry not good enough; this is like a judge making mistakes... not acceptable, he goes!!

"This is not a court of appeal," said chairman David Tilson.
New Democrat MP Ed Broadbent has said he wants to bring a motion of non-confidence in Shapiro before the committee, but that hasn't been done yet.
-but he just admitted that he made mistakes...

The MPs decided in camera that they would consider such a motion next week, if the Commons is still sitting.
Shapiro told the committee he will do some things differently in future.
-like start looking for annother job..

For instance, he said, he found it's important to sit down with all the principals in an investigation right at the start and discuss the issues.
-why did they hire this guy? whose ass did he have his head up?

"It cuts away the brushwood," he said.
He also said it's important to sort out what complaints he can deal with and which ones should be directed to other agencies.
Shapiro sent Sgro a letter on the investigation before issuing his report. She cited the letter as exoneration, although the final report did chide her for the actions of her staff.
-typical media denials

Shapiro said he sent letters to people who were subject to critical comment in the report and asked them to comment on matters of fact. He said he doesn't know if he would do that again.
-why not?

The Sgro investigation took seven months and Shapiro said he could probably shorten that in future cases. "You learn things," he said. He said it took time to get his operation running, hire a staff, arrange for offices.
-not an excuse in my opinion, we had other people doing this

He also complained about what he called a culture particular to the capital: "There seems to be a culture around in Ottawa that makes admitting a mistake a mistake instead of a learning experience."
-actually liberals make many mistakes and get away with them but a conservative never does

Shapiro also said he'll look into the actions of Tim Murphy, chief of staff to the prime minister, in the controversy over the case of secret tapes involving Tory MP Gurmant Grewal and will "likely" look at the prime minister as well.
-yeah and I'm staring at my navel right now too... so what?

"I expect . . . that I will find it appropriate to widen the examination to include either the prime minister and-or anyone else who seems to have a material relationship to the examination in question."
-you will find it appropriate to keep your job no matter what like all other liberals

He said Murphy won't be the formal target of the inquiry, but will be looked at. "He's so central to the issue that I would intend to include him."
-I expect that you two will be spot on for lunch eh chap??

"It's not good enough," said Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski. "I want a definitive statement. One of the problems we have with the ethics commissioner is that he seems, much as in the manner of the prime minister, to dither on a lot of issues.
-yes finally some truth, somebody that says it like it is...
Frankly I couldn't read any more of the shyte in that article so I leave it up to you to go to the link above and read the rest..

Canada.com webpoll not going so well?

2005-06-24T16:42:00.000-04:00

POLL on front page of Canada.com today asks:

The Liberals used a procedural tactic to pass their contentious budget amendments late Thursday night, leaving the Conservatives fuming. That's just:

Results so far:

82.49 %Martin and his buddies up to their old dirty tricks.

7.92 %Evidence Harper's Tories aren't really ready for the big time.

4.35 %Good news, the money is badly needed.

5.25 %A shame, we need tax relief not social spending.

Seems that the liberal loving Aspers might not like this result...
If you get a chance check out the poll and vote, I did and I'm sure you know how I voted.

Liberals Cheat to win once again!!

2005-06-24T00:30:00.000-04:00

Liberals win surprise budget vote
MPs vote to delay summer break,
which will allow vote on same-sex marriage
CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA - Paul Martin's Commons corps dusted off a rarely used procedural tactic just before midnight Thursday to bamboozle furious Conservatives and pass contentious Liberal-NDP budget amendments.
-HA HA HA! so funny, look at the criminals cheat to win!! Rarely used procedural tactic... LOL! You f*cking b%st*rds, have the liberals ever played fair?

The Conservatives could only sputter and fume after their unofficial partners in the Bloc Quebecois deserted them to join the Liberals and the NDP to cut off debate on the budget and move up a vote on same-sex marriage.
-So knee slapping funny how the dark side has to cheat to win, I'm laughing my guts out right now as I type this...

The realization of what had occurred only dawned on the Tories as they gazed around the shuttle buses that normally ferry MPs back to their offices and realized there wasn't a Liberal in sight.
-The weasels cheated... which is something that conservatives don't like doing nor are they used to playing dirty pool like liberals

Every available Liberal MP was cloistered in the Commons lobby waiting to spring into a vote to cut off debate. The Liberals, the Bloc and New Democrats made extraordinary use of a rule allowing for cutting off debate on the budget if they agreed the Conservatives were being obstructionist.
-gee 50% or more of the public just lost their voice for no good reason.

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper poured scorn on the alliance.
-yeah just annother example of the angry guy...

"When push comes to shove the Liberals will make any deal with anybody," Harper said after he was forced to rush back for a midnight vote. "And it doesn't matter whether it's with the socialists or with the separatists or any bunch of crooks they can find."
-Stephen you forgot to mention the devil... oops they already made that deal didn't they?

Though the Bloc stood with the Tories in the midnight budget ballotting, the Liberals still mustered five more votes than the Tory-Bloc alignment; several Conservative MPs were absent.
The Liberals were taking a monumental gamble. A loss on the vote would force the prime minister to dissolve Parliament and call a summer election.
-did the liberals know something that we don't?

But Liberal strategists were confident they had caught the Conservatives unawares and decided to risk their government for a decisive victory.
-who did the liberals buy now?

"I hope they can count," Liberal MP Shawn Murphy said of Liberal strategists as MPs milled around before the vote.
-who can count? the sell-outs with the parachutes?

The Tories, who had boldly predicted they could topple the Liberal government on the budget vote, were suddenly complaining they had members missing.
-well they would have won if the liberals didn't cheat but damn they shoulda expected this... school yard bullies 101

A few Conservatives were missing from their seats in an earlier vote Thursday evening. More could been seen racing back up Parliament Hill when news broke of the impending budget showdown.
-who were the missing MP's, you mean that you don't know?

They reacted with unfiltered rage.
-can't say I blame them, this is a new low for the liberals which keep digging deeper and deeper

Conservative deputy leader Peter MacKay described his foes as a ménage a trois between separatists, socialists and power-hungry Liberals.
-funny that the Bloc would support the liberals on this vote? very strange indeed.

Liberals claims of making the minority Parliament work was "all just one big, fat stinking lie" and then went further, comparing the Liberals to one of Hollywood's most heinous homicidal cannibals.
"We have to start thinking that Hannibal Lecter is running the government and they'll do anything they have to do to win."
Liberals could barely contain their glee in response.
-the idea of parliament is to discuss legislation and consider the will of the people, which the liberals had no interest in doing here

"Its not surprising that Hannibal Lecter should spring to mind for Mr. MacKay given the growing number of Conservatives who believe the party should soon eat its own leader," said Scott Reid, the prime minister's spokesman.
-what are you saying? most conservatives support Harper, I think that Martin is gone if he doesn't win annother majority next time

The Liberals handily won the earlier vote to extend the sitting of this session of Parliament after they promised to bring their controversial same-sex legislation to a vote.
-big deal, they had to do this and their was no consequences to the vote, conservatives wanted the extension

It was the first such extension since the free-trade debate raged in the dog days of 1988.
-yeah and the liberals were against that one btw

The Bloc Quebecois threw its weight behind the extension vote after extracting a promise from the Liberals that same-sex legislation will be dealt with before the session ends.
-why is the Bloc in a rush to deal with this? The liberals want this passed because they believe it will help them win seats in Quebec... why would the Bloc want to help that?

MPs are expected to adopt the same-sex bill by a healthy margin.
It passed second reading last month in a 163-138 vote and is already the law in every jurisdiction except Prince Edward Island, Alberta, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
-so now it will be forced on to those regions by virtue of the liberals cheating

Both the Bloc and the NDP support it, overwhelming the Tories and three dozen or so Liberal backbenchers who oppose it.
-why do 3 dozen liberals oppose it... no answer?

The Liberals carefully gauged the absences in the Commons before pulling their surprise move Thursday, knowing where their opposition stood and mindful of their close shave last month when they survived a Tory-Bloc non-confidence move by only one vote.
The Tories and the Bloc have said all along they would vote against the amendment, which would add $4.6 billion in social spending to the budget.
-looks like some conservative MP's have some splaining to do...

Earlier, several Tories said privately they don't want an election, don't expect one, and have no desire to topple the government right now.
-who are they? name them. Nice job of spin though Red Star, because you know and I know that the liberals would bleed in an election right now

It would be novel political strategy for the Tories to trigger an election now - 12 points behind the Liberals in the latest Decima poll released Thursday, and threatening to send the country to the polls in August for the first time since 1953.
-why don't the liberals dissolve the house and call an election then if they are confident that 12 points ahead (where except for Toronto????), means majority government?

Even an election-hungry Bloc - which is poised to sweep Quebec - seems more anxious to hit cottage country than the campaign trail.
-depends, polls can always change... better to get the bird in the hand than two in the bush

"For the moment I don't intend to order the (election) machine kick-started again," Gauthier said.
-so are you insiders in the Bloc now too at the STAR??

"Personally, I'd prefer to go for my vacation soon and maybe the fall would be a better moment for a general election.
"But I am always ready."
-ha ha, there you go..

It was the Bloc's co-operation that made an extension possible. The Commons had been scheduled to start its three-month summer break Thursday.
-yeah nice to see that most of the politicians in this country are socialists if one happens to like that of course

Initially lukewarm to the idea, the Bloc changed its tune after an exchange of letters between Gauthier and Liberal House leader Tony Valeri.
-how much money?

Valeri promised "that C-38 would be dealt with at all stages before the House would adjourn."
-how can he do that?

That was good enough for the Bloc - which had said it wanted a written guarantee that C-38 would come to a vote if there were an extension.
-nobody understands why Quebec wants gay-marriage? If you know then please explain it for me.

Things a conservative would like to see happen in Canada

2005-06-23T16:42:00.000-04:00

Brian Walsh

Today is a good day to indulge myself.. to dream and hope upon a star. Well I didn't do that much in past but the wishes of childhood seem so sweet to me now in such a cynical and swirling world. If I could have my wishes granted what would I want to see happen in this country called Canada?

Well for a starter I don't think much of the media in this country so let's start there:

- I wish for a lot smaller CBC that is designed to serve the areas of Canada that commercial enterprises cannot or will not serve. A CBC that is given a mandate to serve Canadians and not elected politicians.
- I wish for an agency that is non-partisan and non-biased be created that Canadians can complain too and for which major broadcasters themselves 'pay for' to ensure balance and fairness in media reporting and broadcasting. If the MSM does not observe the fair recommendations of such an agency then the government can act according to the will of the people to squelch offending organizations and businesses that do not observe the ideals of balance and fairness.
- I wish that the MSM industry in Canada be opened up to a far greater level of foreign competition than we currently have and that an organization like News Corp., the parent Corp of Fox Broadcasting, be allowed to operate in Canada to balance the overwhelming left-wing bias of existing companies.

Now I can make some wishes in regards governments:

- I wish for an elected senate which happens every time there is a federal election with the ballot in each province marked with the corresponding number of candidates that each province would be allowed to have.
- I would abolish the 'job for life' that senators currently enjoy and make senators elected for fixed terms as in the US. Current senators would be bought our of their current seats and replaced with elected senators asap.
- I would make the senate a place of research, reflection and lastly a place of responsibility. Senators would produce research on issues of importance of the day for the benefit of the HOC to aid decisions in the lower house. The reflection would come as the senate would have some power to resolve major conflict or problems in the HOC (not sure of the mechanism yet but I'll try to get to that later). Lastly the responsibility comes from being elected and answerable to the public, annother way for citizens to have a say in how their country is run.

On the subject of political party's I wish for:

- No more patronage appointments. All jobs are filled via hiring committees or professionals that review candidates: period.
- Politicians have to sign a contract upon being elected that requires certain behaviour from them: no lying knowingly, responsibility to tell the truth, reveal corruption when known, and convey your loyalty first of all to the public which pays your salary.

I'll continue this list, check back later..

How should CPC HQ handle the media?

2005-06-22T19:13:00.000-04:00

Brian Walsh

For sometime now I have been talking to other conservatives in my city and across Canada re: the MSM and how it treats conservatives. I was one of the people that started the idea that it was the liberal friendly media that won the election for the liberals last time. I came to the conclusion that our biggest obstacle to power was not the liberals or even a recalcitrant public but the media and its owners and controllers themselves.

The Media in Canada is spoiled... like any spoiled child it is used to getting what it wants when it wants it. For example, the media wants to tell political parties what policies they should adopt, what their purpose and objectives are and even determine if they should exist or not. The media pretends that it speaks for the public or some higher authority ( the media owners and the super-rich or powerful in this country?), but it isn't God that is for sure. The media is not supposed to dictate to the public what they should believe nor attempt to indoctrinate these people in the views of liberalism and secular socialism.

Thus, here are 10 points that I have put together to get Conservatives talking and thinking about the role of the MSM in Canada, its duties, obligations, rights, and wrongs as the case may be. Also, the suggested responses, actions or agendas that conservatives should provide when dealing with the media.

For all good thinking conservatives to consider:

1. We don't take orders from the media
2. We defer to the public only
3. We have a right to think the way we want to, this is a democracy that supports free speech and ideals
4. We can consider advice of the media when we WANT TO, otherwise we do not have to
5. We treat the media the way they treat us
6. We are the news, the media is the medium. Without us they don't have a story, it is quite simple. They do not have the right to manufacture news or controversy that simply does not exist.
7. We have the responsibility to run the country, the media has the responsibility to inform the country.
8. We have complete power over the media due to the power invested in us by the public, but we must wield such power responsibly
9. We have the right to abscond the media when it is in the country's greater interests, but only then and not necessarily for our own interests (when not too re: Paul Martin's Gomery speech).
10. We have an obligation to ensure balance and fairness in media output for the benefit of the public and the maintenance of the democratic system which we all pay for and expect rightfully to enjoy the benefits thereof.

In time I hope to make this a good essay and add more points as it warrants such effort.

Canada stands tall among G8 countries

2005-06-21T18:36:00.000-04:00

Canadian Press
June 21, 2005

OTTAWA -- With the next G8 summit scheduled July 6-8 in Perthshire, Scotland, Statistics Canada is reminding people where Canada stands among member countries.
-gee is this like the UN rankings where our liberal buddy Kofi ensures Canada of a high ranking?

The agency says that although Canada has the smallest population of all G8 countries, it is one of the leaders in terms of economic expansion, employment and the education level of its workers.
-who says this? Statistics Canada? am I supposed to believe them, me sitting here as a conservative?

On the downside, Canada's labour productivity has been substantially below those of France, Japan and the United States.
-not surprised at this, lack of business investment, lack of usage of technology and generally poor quality of management in Canada

But the agency says Canada is keeping up with, and in many cases surpassing France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
-most of that list is not difficult to surpass, excepting the UK and the US. I'm guessing that this is liberal speak for we are keeping up with those two countries

And despite Canada's size, it had the third highest gross domestic product per capita in 2004 at about $31,000 US, third only to the United Kingdom at $31,100 and the United States at $39,800.
-mostly due to our favourable trading status with the US eg. auto pact. But I am surprised that our GDP is only 78% of that of the US.

And as Prime Minister Paul Martin is fond of pointing out, Canada led the G8 in economic growth between 2000 and 2004.
-well we had too though, coming out of a recession

Statistics Canada also says that:
By 2003, Canada had the third highest employment rate at 73.3 per cent for the core working-age population 25 to 64. It followed only the United Kingdom at 74.2 per cent and Japan at 73.9 per cent.
-hard to believe since some areas of this country have quite high unemployment

In 2003, Canadian women had the highest employment rate of all G8 countries.
-one stat I do believe, since Canada has beat up on white men under the age of 50 to accomodate the aspirations of the new feminist class

In 2002, 43 per cent of Canada's working-age population aged 25 to 64 had a college diploma or university degree, the highest rate in the G8.
-this I also believe, but what about the quality of education that most of these people received? Then there is the issue of the 40,000 foreign students in Canada (40,000 locals without seats in Colleges and Universities btw...), many of which will stay and be handed PLUM JOBS here!

In 2003, Canada was near the middle of the pack with its jobless rate of 7.6 per cent.
-how can we have high participation rates for workers and high unemployment rates?

Staff errors were inadvertent, says Sgro

2005-06-21T17:25:00.000-04:00

Here is hi-lites of the story with my comments following:

Although Shapiro conceded that Sgro's staff bore most of the responsibility for conflict of interest issues, "this does not absolve [Sgro] of major responsibility."

Balaican was given a temporary resident permit three days before the June 28 election. The permit allowed the 25-year-old to remain in Canada for two more years and apply for permanent resident status.

As minister, Sgro had the power to grant temporary visas on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.

-clear abuse of power by Sgro and for which Shapiro is AFRAID to bluntly state here.
-If Shapiro does not put more lead in his pencil he should be fired.
-regarding Sgro, no reason to put her back in cabinet as she has been caught and only a partisan LPC supporter would argue otherwise.
-the residents (are citizens anymore in Canada??), of York-West (which is close to where I live), should vote out Sgro in the next election.

Pope Benedict XVI Chastises Europe in Book

2005-06-21T11:52:00.000-04:00

By NICOLE WINFIELD
The Associated Press
Tuesday, June 21, 2005; 7:53 AM

ROME -- Pope Benedict XVI rails against Europe in his first book published since becoming pope, chastising a culture that he says excludes God from life and allows innocent lives _ the unborn _ to be taken from God through legalized abortion.
-abortion one of the most contentious issues in first world society - must answer the obvious question, when does one become a person?

"The Europe of Benedict: In the crisis of cultures" was written when the pope was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican's guardian of doctrine, and serves as a strong indication of issues that will be priorities in his pontificate.
-I expect that due to his past position, we will begin to see a lot more spiritual direction for everyday life from this pope

The book covers many of the themes Benedict has already focused on in his two months in office: the role of Christianity in Europe and the need to respect life from conception to its natural death. It also explores faith and what it means to be Christian.
-Christianity in Europe is in peril except for Eastern Europe which is embracing it, a place to build on indeed.

It's an easy, 149-page read, written in Italian in 1992, 1997 and earlier this year, according to the Cantagalli publishers, which was releasing the book along with the Vatican's publishing office, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, at a ceremony Tuesday.

Parts of the book were made available to The Associated Press on Monday.
Ratzinger takes as a starting point the decision of European Union leaders to exclude a reference to Europe's Christian roots from the preamble of the proposed EU constitution, whose future remains uncertain following its rejection by French and Dutch voters in recent referendums.
-the ultimate irony is that the atheistic socialistic EC may never fully develop.

The Vatican had campaigned to have the reference included, part of its attempts to stem what it sees as a continent of increasingly empty churches that is often hostile to religion.
-state sanctioned atheism as anthesis to religion

"Europe has developed a culture which, in a way never before known to humanity, excludes God from public conscience, either by being denied or by judging his existence to be uncertain and thus belonging to subjective choices, something irrelevant for public life," Benedict writes.
-agreed, because they believe that socialism and atheism/humanism will fulfill all of humanity's needs

He dismisses arguments that inclusion of the reference would have offended Jews and Muslims, saying they are more offended by Europe's attempt to deny a historic fact.
-not aware that it offended them before? even if it did, there is no reason why other faiths cannot be mentioned, seems to be an excuse to remove any faith based system from mention

"It's not the mention of God that offends the followers of other religious, but precisely the attempt to build a human community absolutely without God," he writes.
-agreed

He says Europe needs more people like St. Benedict of Norcia, the fifth and sixth century monk who is a patron saint of Europe. The Benedictine order that followed his teachings became the main guardian of learning and literature in Western Europe during the dark centuries that followed the fall of the Roman Empire.
-the church was the centre of knowledge and culture but it was good for all when this became freely available in a secular environment too

The "Benedict" in the title of the book apparently refers to the saint.
Looking at current culture in Europe, Ratzinger acknowledges it would be easy to resign oneself to the fact that abortion is a legal right in much of Europe. But he concludes that there is no such thing as a "little homicide" and that when man loses the respect for life, "inevitably he ends by losing his own identity."
-Europe has become a culture in love with living yet ignoring what life' really is, when it begins and the obligation of all of us to preserve it

He criticizes parents who think their rights to freedom trump the rights of the unborn child, saying "they become blind to the right to life of another, of the youngest and weakest who don't have a voice."
-All the same, an unwanted child is a cursed child and a poor life can be worse than waiting for a better life later

"Accepting that the rights of the weakest can be violated, means that you accept also that the right of force prevails over the force of rights," he writes.
-it is all the struggle of the physical vs the metaphysical in the end, one is far greater than the other

The pope, a world-renowned theologian who has written dozens of books, recently turned over his copyrights to the Vatican publishing house, an undertaking the publisher said was "mountainous."
-sounds like this is the start of many books to come

By comparison, Pope John Paul II's literary output was relatively modest: He wrote five books during his 26-year pontificate.
-didn't know that pope's in general were voluminous writers, although in the past unable to travel, it makes sense that they would publish a lot of directive material

Cantagalli officials said there were no immediate plans to translate Benedict's book into other languages.
-I would expect translation into several languages

Editorial: Celebration of Pride

2005-06-20T15:31:00.000-04:00

Today marks the beginning of Pride Week in Toronto and there is reason for all residents of the city to celebrate and feel proud.
-really, what reasons?? Most people that I know avoid it like the plague.

From a strictly economic point of view, the week-long festival pumps tens of millions into the local economy at hotels, restaurants and bars, clothing stores and souvenir shops.
-uh so does any event in the city in any given year. So I'm supposed to give gays whatever they want because of this?

It is a celebration that combines the raucous and colourful, including parades and dance parties, with the solemn and sombre, notably an AIDS vigil. It also includes a sub-cultural explosion of art, dance, theatre, music and entertainment.
-yeah real family like entertainment, nothing mainstream here, so how can everybody be proud of this?

The giant Pride parade Sunday along Yonge St. is the culmination of a week's worth of events.
-thankfully most of us never have to witness any of them.

It attracts participants and spectators from across the city, the province, the country, the continent and from around the world.
-next they will be telling us that this is the biggest event this city hosts every year.

In scope and scale, it is truly a world-class event in a city that aspires to be so.
-it's world class because some foreigners come here? Luckily, for the gay community, our city hall falls all over their demands, needs and wants.

It has the wild and exotic juxtaposed with the humble and domestic — where sequins and feathers mingle with baby carriers, penny loafers and sunscreen.
-debauchery by any other name I would say.

Happy Pride Week.
-hoping that it is over fast.

Now back to SSM, are the liberals still planning to ram it down our throats??

American militia coming to Canada

2005-06-20T15:21:00.000-04:00

Global National
June 17, 2005

In April, Global National told you about that the Minutemen militia group - an Arizona-based civilian organization dedicated to "protecting the border" from the entry of illegal Mexican immigrants - would begin patrolling the Canada-U.S. border in search of illegal immigrants. Today, the Minutemen are announcing that they are expanding into Windsor, Ontario, and will begin recruiting Canadians in July to support their cause. Will this mean armed militia patrolling duty-free shops along the Canada-U.S. border?
-I sure as hell hope so!! Thank God for the USA!! I'll join up as soon as possible... too many immigrants now and any illegals I can stop is all gravy to me.

My conservative comments for today..

2005-06-19T22:01:00.000-04:00

Israel apologizes to U.S. over China arms sale
Jun 19, 4:15 AM (ET)
By Megan Goldin
http://reuters.myway.com/article/20050619/2005-06-19T081505Z_01_N19466590_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-ARMS-ISRAEL-USA-DC.html

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel publicly apologized to the United States on Sunday over arms exports to China that have drawn criticism from Washington and strained U.S.-Israeli security ties.

"It is impossible to hide the crisis between Israel and the United States with regard to the security industries. We are doing everything possible to put it behind us," Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said on Israel Radio.

The dispute centers on Israel's sale of Harpy attack drones and other advanced technology to China that the Pentagon fears could tilt the balance of power and make it difficult to defend Taiwan, which Beijing deems a renegade province.

"If things were done that were not acceptable to the Americans then we are sorry but these things were done with the utmost innocence," Shalom said in comments that coincided with a visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

"The United States is our biggest ally and none of the things that were done were done with the intention of harming U.S. interests," Shalom added.
- true allies, apologize when they make mistakes or do not consider the interests or needs of others.

Human embryonic stem cells have the potential to develop into eggs and sperm in the laboratory
19-Jun-2005
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-06/esfh-hes061705.php

Copenhagen, Denmark: Scientists in the UK have proved that human embryonic stem cells can develop in the laboratory into the early forms of cells that eventually become eggs or sperm. Their work opens up the possibility that eggs and sperm could be grown from stem cells and used for assisted reproduction, therapeutic cloning and the creation of more stem cells for further research and for the improved treatments for patients suffering from a range of diseases.

Behrouz Aflatoonian will tell the 21st annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Monday 20 June) that the research also solves the practical and ethical problems associated with obtaining human samples of primordial germ cells (PGCs), which are the ancestral cells that eventually form eggs and sperm (gametes).

"Investigating the mechanisms of human primordial germ cell and gamete development is important for understanding the causes of infertility and the potential harmful effects of environmental chemicals on reproductive development," he will say. "But at present it is very difficult to obtain human samples of these cells as they only occur early in development."

Mr Aflatoonian, who is a PhD student in Professor Harry Moore's laboratory at the Centre for Stem Cell Biology, University of Sheffield, UK, said that studies with mice embryonic stem cells had shown that they were capable of differentiating into PGCs and subsequently eggs and sperm, so he set out to see if the same applied to human embryonic stem cells (HESCs).
-genetic engineering and test-tube babies, as well as cloning of humans is just around the corner... science outpaces societies weak morals.

Possible Bush court nominees pose quandary
A conservative anchor vs. an ethnic first
By Peter Baker
Updated: 11:55 p.m. ET June 18, 2005
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8272841/

President Bush's advisers are focusing their search for a new Supreme Court justice on a trio of candidates who could present the president with a choice that would help shape his legacy -- pick a reliable conservative to anchor the court for decades or go for history by naming the first Hispanic chief justice at the risk of alienating his base.

While the cancer-stricken Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist has not publicly signaled his decision, many in the White House and around Washington expect him to announce his retirement at the end of the court's current term next week, opening the nation's top judicial post for the first time in 19 years and setting up a potentially savage nomination battle.

White House officials have prepared for the prospect by culling long lists of possible candidates, poring through old cases and weighing a variety of factors from judicial philosophy to age. Bush and his inner circle have had tightly held deliberations and no one can say for sure whom he might pick for chief justice, but outside advisers to the White House believe the main candidates are federal appeals Judges John G. Roberts and J. Michael Luttig and possibly Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales.
-I would go with Robert's Jr., as supreme court judge due to his young age and predictable views on contentious issues that can affect conservatives. Gonzales already has a prominent high-level job and moving him would not accomplish much and could even make matters worse than they are for conservatives.

Canadian Conservatives need to boycott certain products originating from pro-liberal suppliers.
Brian Walsh

Everyone remember... you can make a difference. Did you know that most large corporations, the profit reported each year is as little as a few percent of sales? Often the gross profit on sales is less than 50% of sales. Thus, a reduction in sales of 5 or 10% can mean the difference between profit or loss for a year for a large corporation. That means that the pension funds, banks, share-holders, analysts, and competitors will be breathing down their backs. This is real pressure, pressure even the hardest, toughest, biggest most powerful people in this country WILL FEEL! Furthermore, the extreme left has been doing this for years... it is your right to do this and YOUR OBLIGATION.

Instead of supporting large corporations that are pro-liberal, help local business by purchasing from them or using their services. Let's send a message that liberalism is not the dictatorship of Canada that most Canadians support nor that is wanted. The most democratic thing you can do is to act as an informed consumer and use your hard-won earnings to support the kind of Canada that we all know in our hearts WORKS for us!!

Calgary under seige!!
Brian Walsh

Unless you have been out of the country lately... you have been hearing about the massive flooding in Calgary and area. A long spell of rain rarely interrupted by sun has led to flooding unseen in modern times.

But this is conservative country, and Paul Martin has been entertaining EC officials in Southern Ontario for some reason- too busy to make it to Calgary to inspect the massive damage wrought by nature. That Albertan's just have one more reason to dislike him can not be more obvious.

Mr. Martin, calling himself a Prime Minister for Canada, obviously does not have all of Canada on his list of concerns. That he convorts with foreign leaders while locals suffer with nary a concern or offer of help from Ottawa should not be forgiven. I am asking for the people of Edmonton to vote out his Deputy PM, Ann McLellan as retribution for this slight.

The government’s counsel, Sylvain Lussier, pleads at Gomery wrap-up.
Brian Walsh

Sylvain, I don't know you and I can understand that you are in a difficult position, having to support two weasels like Jean and Paul. But we all have jobs to do and hopefully do them well we must... that you have a chance to plead on an emotional level for these two weasels shows the power of our system - a system that tries to a fault to not make mistakes.

But Sylvain; we can play this either way they (Jean and Paul), want to go here in terms of a final decision and the laying of blame... they were directly involved but did it for the right reasons (gag me here...), or they were not involved but were completely incompetent (for not being on top of things...), and both are poor stewarts by not taking ANY responsibility for what happened, even though the brass' is supposed to be held accountable in the real world for titanic mistakes.

Which is it? The first or the latter, we don't have until the end of time to play this out you know.

Bloc demands $5.4M Liberal repayment

2005-06-16T16:54:00.000-04:00

Canadian Press
Wednesday, June 15, 2005

MONTREAL -- The federal Liberals should reimburse more than $5 million to Canadian taxpayers for the sponsorship program, the Bloc Quebecois told the Gomery inquiry on Wednesday.
-Good Work Gilles!

"The Bloc Quebecois estimates that at least $5.4 million found its way to the Liberal Party of Canada,'' said Clement Groleau, lawyer for the sovereigntist party.
-I'm guessing it could be $54 Million or even $540 million?

"All this money should be returned.''
-how about with interest too?

Groleau said the program helped to secure funding for the Liberals in its political battles with the Bloc.
-helped to win elections that they probably would have lost otherwise

The Bloc's tally includes $2.9 million in contracts received by Jacques Corriveau, a friend of former prime minister Jean Chretien; $1.7 million in contributions by ad man Jean Brault; and another $769,000 in official donations to the Liberals.
-will we ever know the true depth of this depraved regime's deceptions?

The Conservatives, who agreed with the thrust of the Bloc presentation, said evidence presented at the inquiry proves the sponsorship program was designed to benefit the governing party.
-at the expense of almost everyone else

"There was systemic and improper political influence throughout the sponsorship and advertising programs and it was at the behest of the Liberal government that this interference and this influence perpetuated itself,'' said Tory lawyer Arthur Hamilton.
-comes from the very top and it was well known, even at the EDA level

But Liberal lawyer Doug Mitchell labelled both presentations as political efforts that were unfair readings of evidence presented at the inquiry.
"When you get to $5.4 million on the evidence, we're going way, way, way too far,'' he said.
-yeah the libeals don't want to pay back any amount even close to what they have actually stolen from taxpayers

Justice John Gomery interjected to say judicial experience suggests people don't always hope for the large amounts they claim.
-actually in this case they are lowballing the real amount John..

The Liberals have set aside $750,000 in a trust fund to repay any ill-gotten gains.
-peanuts, they probably had Belinda write them a cheque for this amount

Mitchell blamed the scandal on a rogue group of party members and reminded Gomery that Prime Minister Paul Martin's government took steps to ensure such abuses aren't repeated.
-rogue party members bearing cash are NOT rebuffed! Martin took steps to create a coverup that was entirely designed to save his own ass!

"The party has never at the time and has never since endorsed these actions and has rather sought to get to the bottom of it to make sure that it never happens again.''
-what lies, spin and hyerbole!!

LPC Slime survives + some socon laughs

2005-06-15T06:15:00.000-04:00

Martin's weasels survive (where is he lately?), without him.

It's apparent that there will not be an election until fall or even next year now that the cheese eating and wine scoffing gang from Quebec wanted gay marriage rammed down Canadian's throats.

There is still many other tactics to try and save the remnants of god fearing collectives on this earth. All the same it is fun to watch the debauched crowd thumb their noses at the universe in nihillistic fashion thinking they are truly free.

Now for some laughs cause I need them today and likely you too..

US right attacks SpongeBob video
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4190699.stm

Spongebob is popular among adult gay menUS conservative groups are up in arms over a music video featuring children's TV heroes such as the cheerful cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.

Focus on the Family and other groups say the video - a remake of the Sister Sledge hit, We Are Family - is a vehicle for pro-gay propaganda.
The video's makers plan to mail it to US schools in the spring to promote tolerance and diversity.

They say the attack is based on a misunderstanding.

-now I ask you, does not Bob look gay to you? For the rest of the story go to the link above.

MP O'Brien throws wrench into night of confidence votes

2005-06-14T21:49:00.000-04:00

Last Updated Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:31:35 EDT
CBC News

London-Fanshawe MP Pat O'Brien has issued an ultimatum, saying he and an unnamed Liberal MP will vote against the minority Liberal government in a series of confidence votes Tuesday night unless the same-sex marriage bill is delayed.
-this is more like it! finally a liberal that stands up!

If they carry out the threat, Paul Martin's government could fall, pushing the country into a summer election campaign. O'Brien, who left the Liberal caucus this month to sit as an Independent over the gay-marriage issue, told CBC News that he will continue negotiating with Liberal officials in the hours before the voting begins at 10 p.m. EDT.
-they know what we want, guaranteed protection for all religious institutions

"I met with two senior elected MPs from the Liberal party earlier today," said O'Brien on CBC's Politics. "I suspect I will meet with them and others later." He wants a promise, in writing, that the passage of the same-sex marriage bill will not happen until after Parliament resumes in the fall.
-even better as this allows us to mobilize against it!

INDEPTH: Divided Parliament http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/election2005/index.html

O'Brien did not say which Liberal member of Parliament is joining him in seeking the delay. At least five confidence votes will take place late Tuesday night as the House of Commons tries to pass the federal budget before the summer recess.
-a hot summer indeed!

The votes deal with the government's main budget bill and approval of operational funds. The Liberals have 133 seats in the House of Commons, including Speaker Peter Milliken, who will vote only to break a tie. That's followed by the Conservatives with 98, the Bloc Québécois with 54, and the New Democrats with 19. There are four Independents, including O'Brien.
The combined Liberal-NDP alliance gives the government 151 votes, or 150 if one of the Liberal MPs votes against the government.
-nobody is sure of what Cadman is doing or if Grewal is showing up (quite likely I'd say..), then there is the prospect of LPC vote buying... but they may be hesitant this time though.

The Bloc-Tory alliance has 152 votes. But three Tories are ill, including MP Gurmant Grewal, who is on stress leave, and are not expected to make the vote. One BQ member will be absent, said party whip Michel Guimond. That leaves the opposition camp with 148 votes. Of the four Independent MPs:
Former Liberal Carolyn Parrish has said she will support the government.
Chuck Cadman, who voted with the Liberals in the last confidence vote, has cancer and is not expected to be in the House.
-we will see .. what Chucky does!

Former Liberal David Kilgour may back the Tories as he did in the May 19 vote.
-I also expect that he would vote against the liberals also.

That could leave the last Independent, O'Brien, and the unnamed Liberal MP holding the government's fate in their hands.
-Yes and I bet that it could be more than two defectors too.

FROM MAY 19, 2005: Government survives 2 confidence votes
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/19/second-confidence050519.html

Martin's minority government barely survived a confidence vote on the budget May 19 after Milliken broke a tie vote by casting his ballot for the government.
-gee what about the illegal vote buying by the liberals? CBC?

Although Conservatives say they're pushing for a strong attendance by their members for Tuesday night's votes, they appear to have lost their enthusiasm for an immediate election.
-depends who you talk too, I'd say.

Polls have shown their popularity has plummeted in recent weeks.
-a poll a few days ago only showed them 8 points behind the liberals nationally, so where are you getting your information?

Bulletproof Liberals can't lose for losing

2005-06-14T17:41:00.000-04:00

JAMES TRAVERS
Toronto Star
June 14, 2005

Crazy doesn't quite capture what's happening here. Tonight the minority government faces a confidence vote Liberals would be happier to lose than Conservatives win.

-If that is the case will the liberals throw out their own government, I doubt it.

That isn't a fearless forecast for a summer election nobody wants. It is the new political reality of a capital gone all wobbly.

-I know lots of people that still want an election, oh, conservatives, the bloc amongst others.

How wobbly? Well, just weeks ago the issue was ethics, Stephen Harper was set to end Paul Martin's uncertain rule and conventional wisdom put Gilles Duceppe en route to Quebec where he would win the next provincial election before ripping the country apart.

-With MSM aquiescence the liberals have managed to avoid being labelled as corrupt like Michael Jackson has avoided obvious incarceration

Now the Supreme Court is again making medicare top-of-mind, Harper's Conservatives have executed a public opinion flip-flop with Martin's Liberals and Duceppe isn't abandoning an Ottawa sinecure.

-UH? last time I checked the supreme court was just annother place to put liberal toadies.

As they say in the infomercials: Wait, there's more craziness hidden in those three issues.

Less than a week after the Supreme Court belled a health-care problem Liberals largely created, the ruling party is, one more time, positioning itself as public medicine's brave defender.

-Yeah just like your friends in the supreme court didn't vote for this. Now liberals have to spin this to make it look like the court's outcome is not desired (but it is..), and do some fake maneouvers to make it look like the LPC is going to prevent an inevitable two-tiered health care system.

Harper's typically stubborn refusal to distance himself from Gurmant Grewal and the now infamous tapes has somehow become the moral equivalent of a litany of Liberal ethical failures, pushing voters back toward a party that, even after breaking public trust, is still seen as more likely to implement agreeable public policy.

-Last time I checked it was expedient to support one of your own... furthermore the liberals cheap attempts at fear mongering eg. deporting Grewal are going to blow-up in their faces. Somehow become the moral equivalent of Gomery? Just annother example of liberal spin by the spin meisters. The agreeable public policy is that dictated by the MSM to the masses and for which the masses have no input nor interest. It is the top-down method of governing that we observe in many third-world dictatorships.

Finally, and most mind-boggling beyond the Ottawa-Quebec axis, Martin's cabinet colleagues accuse Duceppe of cowardice for not going home, where he is both the province's most popular politician and, arguably, the separatist leader most likely to provoke another constitutional crisis.

-Just as I suspected, you guys engineered the stepping down of the PQ leader so that you could move out Duceppe, but you lost that one. Obviously, Duceppe knows all about liberal scheming and corruption and he saw your moves telegraphed well ahead of him. He did the right thing, for Quebec and for Canada and ultimately for conservatives too.

Not understanding this is not a sign of dementia. Viscous but relatively predictable federal politics has been turned on its head by a confluence of forces.

-which forces are those Travers? your globalistic/socialistic/humanistic/atheistic friends?

First there is that old favourite, the absence of an alternative. Mad-as-hell Albertans, forgetting that Ontario twice elected Mike Harris, blame the province's voters for rescuing federal Liberals with much the same logic applied by corporations when they fault consumers for not buying products they don't want.

-The reality is that Ontarians like the deer frozen in the headlights of the truck don't know what to do... stay where they are or make an uncertain move. A position that they do not like being in but sooner or later they will have to make a move, like it or not.

Until Conservatives change, many Canadians will hold their noses and vote Liberal.

-conservatives will never become PC's or liberals lite as you want them to do. Never if I have my way!

Then there is the split personality of a Liberal government that can't remember how to govern and a Liberal party that hasn't forgotten how to win.

-it is always about winning at any cost any ends justifies the means and the real prize is the money and power to be given to some of the slimiest humans living in Canada.

These few weeks are witness to a turnaround in Liberal fortunes every bit as dramatic — and forcefully executed

-what are you suggesting here? more graft and cheating and arm-twisting?

— as the one that in the last days of last year's campaign snatched minority from the jaws of defeat.

-the media saved you last year, it may not be able to do the same next time, I promise you.

There isn't much justice in that reversal. It ignores Liberal failures, puts voters in the queasy position of effectively endorsing serial wrongdoing and minimizes not only Jack Layton's success in advancing NDP priorities, but also the implications.

-then why do you defend it, you slack jawed gay loving, snivelling weasel?

In helping shift now small-c conservative Liberals closer to their small-l roots, Layton forced the ruling party to make a readjustment it has resisted since Preston Manning's reformers became a force. Countering a short-term threat from the political right by moving left, Liberals are exposing what its strategist fear is its most vulnerable flank.

-finally you said something that I actually agree with. The liberals have no choice but to move left and absorb the NDP, with the Greens becoming the new NDP in Canada. With this shift will come small-c liberals to our camp or they will face defeat in the future elections. We will also take more supporters in the crucial middle ground. At the same time, conservatives have to go more right to cover the vastness barely covered by political politics on the right. Although, I am happy to say that several more right or centre political parties have been formed, their day is yet to come and they are not any kind of force in the Canadian electorate system at the moment.

Among other things, that shift makes a Prime Minister who made his name as a prudent finance minister the greatest threat to his own legacy. But politics is mostly about winning and what Martin and the Liberals are doing now is, at least in the short term, working.

-politics is NOT ABOUT WINNING (although I agree that a liberal would think this way..), politics is about helping people, as many people as possible.

Willing again to be bought with their own money, voters aren't looking past Martin's scattered promises to worry much about cost or how the underlying helter-skelter deals push the country toward the banal vision of a community of communities. Still, in a capital now living only for the moment, that's good enough for a government as surprised as it is grateful to be positioned so well for tonight's confidence votes.

-the vote hasn't been held yet, don't be too certain. But again I do agree with you in your comments here, the political landscape looks bleak but it can and will change.

A country embarrassed by so much political bad behaviour doesn't deserve to be further punished by a summer election. But, should craziness prevail, Liberals are set to be its beneficiaries, Conservatives its victims.

-that is exactly why this country deserves a summer election, its own reticence to face reality. I expect a loss of seats for liberals and that is when the fun begins.

Biron: Homolka treated in totalitarian style

2005-06-14T15:36:00.000-04:00

Alexander Panetta, Canadian Press
Friday, June 10, 2005

OTTAWA -- A Quebec senator is standing by his contention that schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka's freedom is being violated by a totalitarian-style law.
Liberal Senator Michel Biron's comments raised eyebrows on Parliament Hill on Friday, but he didn't back down.

Conservative deputy leader Peter MacKay called Biron's "moral support" for Homolka repugnant.

Good for you Peter!

And one member of the Liberal caucus in the Commons called on Biron to resign.

Wow there is evidence of life there after all!

The senator said there's no excusing the horrific crimes Homolka committed, but he's against the law imposing restrictions on Homolka's post-prison life _ including monthly check-ins with police and avoiding contact with former criminals.

Typical Liberal, more concerned about the welfare of criminals than that of the innocent public.

He says he's revolted by Section 810 of the Criminal Code and it should be scrapped because it repunishes criminals even after they've paid their debt to society.

The voter is society and they have spoken out about the nasty deal that the courts made with Homolka and they are in their rights to demand restrictions on here freedoms, you idiot!

"This law is the kind of law used in totalitarian regimes," Biron said in an interview Friday.

Are we not living in one right now? Your friends in the LPC sure know about totalitarian regimes, running one in this country and being friends of myriad world dictators.

"Rehabilitation is more important. We are not living in the time of Victor Hugo, with Les Miserables."

The vagabond in Hugo's Les Miserables, stole because he was starving in an era where there was no support for the poor and the upper-class were as distant from the man on the street as many of us are from men on the moon. But Biron shows his ignorance when he indicates that he does not know the moral of the story.

Biron said he's never met Homolka and isn't excusing her actions.
"I want to reiterate my sympathy for the victims and the victims' families . . . and in no way am I defending the crimes Homolka has committed," he said.

Obviously, you have little concern that such behaviour could be repeated unlike many people that know her.

Homolka will be released between June 30 and July 4 after completing a sentence for her role in the grisly sex killings of teenagers Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French.

Just a few of the total victims, which included her own younger sister... facts which the media like to gloss over by the way.

She was given a reduced jail term after testifying against her husband Paul Bernardo. He is serving a life sentence for the killings.

How does one go from a life sentence, issued on a twenty-something adult to 12 years for Homolka? Makes the head spin I think.

Walt Lastewa, Liberal MP for St. Catharines, Ont., the scene of Bernado and Homolka's crimes, said Biron should quit if he wants to lend her his personal support.

Why is an idiot like Biron in the senate in the first place? Does anybody know why? Biron is just annother example of the pressing need to revamp the senate or get rid of it.

"I feel he has totally made bizarre statements and as far as I'm concerned he should resign," Lastewa said.
"If he wants to do things in a personal light, he should resign from the Senate.

I say he should be forced out... oh I forgot, he has more protection than a professor on tenure or even gasp... a school teacher in the teacher's union!

Biron, 71, attended the hearing in Joliette, Que., last week that resulted in conditions on Homolka's release.

Why? Maybe he is sympathetic to Homolka.. maybe he was on the list to buy some certain films..

Appointed to the Senate in 2001 by then-prime minister Jean Chretien, Biron is a former telecommunications executive and recipient of the Order of Canada.

Why is he in the senate and what does communications have to do with Homolka? Figures that he was a crony of Chretien's though, one of the worst Prime Ministers in Canada's history.

Section 810 came into effect in 1994 amid a public uproar over repeat sex offenders who resumed targeting children following their release from prison.

Annother example of why Biron is an idiot. There is much precidence for what has been done with Homolka and the public demanded it. Biron needs to find a new job, I for one do not like the idea that he is in the senate collecting hard-working tax payers wages that are stolen from them.

A letter to Jean Chretien

2005-06-13T14:00:00.000-04:00

Brian Walsh

Recent headlines indicated that you felt betrayed Jean.. I assume you believe that your country has betrayed you since the articles I read didn't actually name a guilty culprit or two. You probably believe that you made the ultimate sacrifice.. your integrity and that of your political party in order to prevent Quebec from leaving Canada. Yes, adscam was your baby and according to you and your friends was unavoidable, a last ditched attempt to save such a great thing as this country.

But there is an old saying Jean, cheaters only win in the short run and lose in the long run. Much like the sprightly rabbit and hare, the age old story of the deceitful young buck hare vs the plodding and careful turtle. You Jean remind me of that hare, heady with the prospect of victory won easily such that it would reflect as example of your own prowess. No Jean, I don't think you were betrayed at all, you sir betrayed us. We have a right to expect more from our leaders and you let us down. But I know as well as you know that you were not alone in all of these machinations and schemes, you had many helping hands and conspiring minds to resort to inorder to see these events to completition.

WE all know that Mr. Paul Martin, old friend in politics and cohort and now our present Prime Minister of Canada, was front and centre in the plan to keep Quebec on side no matter the cost. This is obvious to all of us political pundits but not obvious to those in the generally apolitical public. That is why you need to do something now Jean, you need to come clean and tell the Gomery inquiry the exact role and nature of PM Martin's involvement in Adscam now... before time runs out. You need to do this to improve your own image, to improve the image of Canada abroad, and most of all to increase faith of Canadians in their parliamentary system. You can do so much Jean by doing so little.. doing what you need to do and want to do. Spill the beans Jean, and at least know that in the end when it is all said and done, Jean Chretien stood tall one last time.

Current News and Comments

2005-06-13T00:21:00.000-04:00

Bush Admin DemandsIsrael Sack 4 Over Weapons To China
http://www.rense.com/general66/sack4.htm

Current crisis
The current crisis stems from a recent upgrade of unmanned drones, developed for China by Israel Aircraft Industries.Israel says it has merely supplied "support for the drone system, as per the original contract of sale, but the Americans reject the claim.

Pentagon sources say they have been lied to, and that China sent spare parts to Israel to be upgraded, not merely maintained.

Let's make this clear: Israel needs to do a better job of being seen to support the US, because the US does so much for Israel.

RAGE AT AUTHOR AFTER CLAIM: BILL RAPED HILLARY, CONCEIVED CHELSEA
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3ek.htm

"I'm going back to my cottage to rape my wife,"

Klein quotes Bill Clinton as saying during a Bermuda getaway in 1979.In the morning, the Clintons' room "looked like World War III. There are pillows and busted-up furniture all over the place," an unnamed source tells Klein.

Klein source claims Bill later learned Hillary was pregnant reading about it in the ARKANSAS GAZETTE."The fact that his wife didn't tell him that she was pregnant before she told a reporter doesn't seem to phase him one bit, because he says, 'Do you know what night that happened?""'No,' I say. 'When?" "'It was Bermuda,' he says, 'And you were there!'"

Ah, American politics, where nothing is sacred. But then again, rumours that Hilary is a dyke, her big mouth, and her family's general dysfunctional disposition makes us want more and more!

Nortel Networks president quits
Last Updated Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:47:06 EDT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/06/10/nortel-050610.html

"It has become apparent to Gary and me ... that we have divergent management styles and our business views differ," Owens said in a release. "I respect him for his decision and I wish him every success in his future endeavours."

Nortel chief technology officer Gary Kunis.
Nortel also said chief technology officer Gary Kunis, who joined Nortel in April following the appointment of Daichendt, is also leaving the company.
Daichendt and Kunis worked together at Cisco Systems before they joined Nortel.

Last time I checked, Cisco systems was still a successful company. Oh, well the leadership of Canada is never suspect..

Yellowknife Gay Pride sees record turnout
Last updated Jun 10 2005 04:13 PM CDTCBC News
http://north.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=gay-pride-yellowknife-10062005

YELLOWKNIFE – Hundreds of people celebrated Gay Pride Day in Yellowknife Friday afternoon.

OutNorth, a gay advocacy group for the Northwest Territories, handed out free cake outside the post office.

Don Babey, who speaks for OutNorth, says this was the biggest turnout ever.

As usual media bias.. no mention whatsoever of the increase in numbers of people... just a sensational headline designed to mislead and misrepresent the truth of the situation.

This Cancon's Current Concerns

2005-06-08T14:20:00.000-04:00

Today's concerning issues.

Move over Rambo, you're cramping new man's style
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050608/lf_afp/afplifestylefashion_050608142956
Wed Jun 8,10:29 AM ET

PARIS (AFP) - Macho man is an endangered species, with today's male more likely to opt for a pink flowered shirt and swingers' clubs than the traditional role as family super-hero, fashion industry insiders say.

Sickening, just sickening is all I can say. One minute gays are okay, next minute I have to be one.

The masculine ideal is being completely modified. All the traditional male values of authority, infallibility, virility and strength are being completely overturned," said Pierre Francois Le Louet, the agency's managing director.
Instead today's males are turning more towards "creativity, sensitivity and multiplicity," as seen already in recent seasons on the catwalks of Paris and Milan.
Arnold Schwarznegger and Sylvester Stallone are being replaced by the 21st-century man who "no longer wants to be the family super-hero", but instead has the guts to be himself, to test his own limits.

"We are watching the birth of a hybrid man. ... Why not put on a pink-flowered shirt and try out a partner-swapping club?" asked Le Louet, stressing that the study had focused on men aged between 20 and 35.

Lesson to learn: never, ever trust the left.

Coast Guard intercepts Cubans in floating taxi
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:54 a.m. ET June 8, 2005
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8136908

MIAMI - A vintage blue taxicab converted into a seagoing vessel and carrying several Cuban immigrants was intercepted Tuesday off Key West by the Coast Guard, a television station reported.

Cuba is one desparate place due to decades of incompetent socialism. One half of the population living on the backs of the other half with an incompetent market system.

Editorial: Need to debate forced retirement
Thestar.com editorial, June 7, 2005
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1118182510936&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795

The Ontario government threw the doors at Queen's Park wide open yesterday to what will be a highly charged debate on civil rights with its controversial proposal to end mandatory retirement at age 65.

Annother coward move by Ontario Liberals to test market policy in the court of public opinion.

Those who oppose mandatory retirement also note that Canadians are now living much longer and are in better health. Consequently, opponents believe many seniors would find productive, engaging work far preferable to decades spent filling their time puttering around the house.

How about more seniors volunteer or do other socially productive work to give back to society then?

Some employers feel the health and vibrancy of their businesses rely on the continuous infusion of "new blood." In industries where creativity and innovation are key sources of competition, employers ask how they could keep renewing their firms with younger people without the chance to shed older workers. Could a computer gaming company, for example, meet the competition with a workforce weighed down by 70-year-olds?

In Britain they are discussing the idea of providing old-age security as an insurance benefit. The rationalle is that higher income earners would have to wait longer to retire and collect benefits because statistics show that higher income earners live longer than workers of lower income levels. A better approach by difficult to manage.

Mandatory retirement also helps young people who cannot find work at many companies because the jobs are occupied by baby boomers, or who find promotion blocked for similar reasons. Jobs in large companies are less numerous than they used to be and yet they provide excellent training and networks. To some degree, the question is: Should one age cohort get to monopolize those scarce positions at the expense of another?

This is my biggest beef with this proposed legislation. When one nears middle age they start to think about their long-term career attainment and look more and more at who is above them. Since most at the top are older and well paid and taken care of, I can see many people hanging on to their soft well-paying jobs as long as possible. The real loss is that younger better educated middle management types will not be able to move up the corporate ladder. By the time the people at the top leave, a lot of the middle management types may be passed over for promotion by younger and even better educated staff. Thus, an entire generation of knowledge workers could be cheated out of their just rewards. This could hurt Canada's international competitiveness as the old top management hangs on trying to compete with top management in other countries that is younger more tech savy and better educated.

I think that many of the top execs should go out into the self-employment realm if they still want to work. There is opportunities as consultants, to start businesses, open a franchise, buy an existing business or even work overseas. Of course these highly skilled execs can always volunteer their time and knowledge to many needy causes. Please step down and give somebody else a chance.

The world according to a conservative today.

2005-06-08T01:16:00.000-04:00

In S.F., Dean calls GOP "a white christian party."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/07/MNdean07.TMP&o=1

In this 4 min. 48 sec. excerpt from Howard Dean's remarks Tuesday in San Francisco, Dean responds to a question from reporter Portia Li with the World Journal about a poll showing a slide in support for Republicans among Asian and women voters. ... Later in the roundtable interview, Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci asks a follow-up question about Dean's recent aggressive tone toward the GOP.

If anybody needs further proof that the left are bigots, then I don't know what it takes. Especially since Dean made it a priority to court christians to the Democrats under his stewardship. I guess he is feeling a bit unloved lately by those people who wisely do not trust him or anybody like him.

Why is Stephen Harper Angry?

2005-06-06T14:24:00.000-04:00

by Brian Walsh

It wasn't all that long ago when you talked about a young man from the west with kind of a glint in your eye... I mean all young men that wanted to 'make it' were told to head west, that's the place where gold was in dem durn darned hills.

When a man does that and makes it, you would think that the Eastern Establishment would show him more respect... I'm talking about Stephen Harper in this case. Stephen like many of us was probably an aimless but talented young man that fell into politics.. particularily politics of the Western Canadian Brand. They arn't whining about broken hearts out west but crying about bad deals and worse relationships than Dolly Parton could accuse a wayward cowbody for. No the West feels that it has a crappy deal with those folks in Ottawa and it wants a new and better deal.

This might have something to do with Stephen Harpers initial anger, that ground-swell from out West, but lately it has had more to do with unmet expectations of this great country. That Liberals and their supporters are bleeding this country to death while the gentle and sensitive of soul are wringing their hands in frustration is obvious. But more importantly, I can feel Mr. Harper's pain as he has to face the reality that there is not a lot he can do about it in the short-run. Never worry though, we know that you are the better man and far more deserving of the opportunity to run this country than any liberal I have known of in decades.

The decadent Easterners will criticize not knowing what frustration is but only knowing their own lust and carnality for the fruits of the dark oak that bore their kind and still protects them. The day is coming to not only hack at that tree but to bring it down.

MP O'Brien quits and asks: what's the rush on same sex marriage?

2005-06-06T14:13:00.000-04:00

O'Brien leaves Liberals over same-sex Bill.

By SCOTT DEVEAU
Monday, June 6, 2005 Updated at 12:32 PM EDT
Globe and Mail Update

Mr. O'Brien said Monday that he feels that the Prime Minister went back on his word and that the process to legislate same-sex marriage was “unfolding to be a farce.”

Witnesses are given too short a notice to testify, he said, and then, when they appear, they are berated and lectured by MPs on both sides of the table. He called the committee's June 16 deadline to report back an artificial timeline and said there is not need to rush.

This is my argument also, Mr. Martin what is the rush? Why are you ramming this legislation through the house? Do you have a hidden agenda? Does the control system desire to use gay's as a stake to drive into the heart of Christians across Canada? Why does Canada need to only be the third country in the world to have such laws? The questions can fill pages...

What is most surprising is the lack of outcry so far on this subject by churches and regular Canadians. Maybe that is what Mr. Martin fears most.

Saddam's singing canaries.

2005-06-06T13:40:00.000-04:00

Saddam's Aides: Singing 'Like a Canary'

Newsweek, June 13 issue, 2005

From the link above:

"In interview after interview, the officials were generally forthcoming and quite proud—even boastful—of their creativity in undermining U.N. sanctions," says Sen. Norm Coleman, who leads one of several congressional probes into Saddam-era oil deals. According to Senate documents, Ramadan is one of the most talkative captives, supplying pithy quotes about how Saddam allegedly manipulated the prewar oil program to buy support from influential foreigners. Senate investigators quote Ramadan saying that Saddam's regime gave foreigners oil allocations—which could be cashed in for lucrative brokerage fees—as "compensation for support." Al-Tikriti told investigators the former Iraqi leader and his aides "were all extremists" on the issue of oil sales to Israel. If they found an Iraqi oil buyer was selling to Israel, they would "not allow it," al-Tikriti said.

Well one has to wonder when certain Canadians will get a dishonourable mention or two? Either way Saddam is looking to do some serious time.

EC Debacle: A lesson for North America?

2005-06-02T16:10:00.000-04:00

Now Britain admits that the rush to vote and hopefully join the EC is on the backburner. An excerpt from the story (link is at the title above):

"But the Prime Minister was fighting behind the scenes against pressure from France and Germany to go through the motions of holding a UK referendum - which ministers think would end in an even bigger rejection.
The Dutch voted by 61.6 per cent to 38.4 against the blueprint for Europe's future after a campaign highlighting anger at rising inflation, immigration and loss of sovereignty. Mr Alexander said: "These two no votes leave the constitutional treaty in serious difficulties ... but it is not for one country to declare it dead."

The problem is that international globalists have no interest in listening to the people that buy their products, pay their salaries or vote them in. Now we have the defiance of Tony Blair even though he dare not hold a vote because he knows it will go down to certain defeat. The strategy of the socialistic/globalists is to keep trying until you get lucky. Sorta of like the inebriated man's strategy in picking up a woman at the corner pub.

What lessons are there for North America? Three main lessons to be learned: First - as I note above, consult with the electorate and populace as much as possible. Second - design strategies and programs to protect the most vulnerable people as much as reasonably possible. The more painful this process will be the more it will be rejected. Canadians certainly remember the pains and pangs of Free-trade which was sold as painless.' Third and final - Immigration, immigration and immigration. Do not ignore the pain caused to the general populace by the onslaught of immigration that is often not needed, or well thought out and planned for or justified.

A one world order that only benefits the billionaires and stars' of the world will be rejected by the rest of the world.

The EC: is it finished?

2005-06-01T20:27:00.000-04:00

It has been announced out of Holland that the no side to further integration with the EC has handily won. While results are not available, some observers are saying that the vote could be as much as two against for every person voting for Holland integrating further into a united Europe.

What is most interesting is that many groups on both sides of the political spectrum were pushing the public to vote no. On the left, many were fearing loss of social programs and jobs being transferred to other parts of the EC. On the right many were nervous about increasing waves of immigration that further integration with the EC would promise as such matters become the domain of the central government in Brussels.

Now there is trouble in Germany as many have predicted. The link above (click the story title), indicates that high level meetings have been held in Germany where Euro failure was a topic of discussion. Apparently is there not only growing dissatisfaction with the EC in Germany but many Germans want to dict the Euro itself which they believe has been a very poor deal for them since they converted from the German Deutschmark. Readers will remember that the Mark' was in its own right one of the few power currencies in the world exchange market before Germany adopted the Euro as per its community obligations. The initial resentment was greatest towards the euro in Germany and that no doubt has continued.

Add to the above fears the upcoming election in Germany and things are looking dicey for the EC at the moment. Annother country being mentioned in this same group is Britain where PM Blair promised a vote on further integration with the EC before the prior election where he was rewarded with a reduced majority government, his third in a row. Now Mr. Blair is appearing quite skittish about the thought of a vote and more so since there is a strong push by opponents in his own Labour party to oust him. We have a very low key summer for the EC and no doubt the proponents of this misery are not backing down nor going away anytime soon. They will have to change their methods greatly though if they hope to make Europeans love their questionable vision for their future.

More Comments on various issues

2005-06-01T11:49:00.000-04:00

Did the City of Toronto do something right for this biker?
I'm a rare Torontonian. I own a car and two bicycles. I prefer to ride my bikes when I can. It is relatively stress free, cheaper and healthy.
More amazingly I don't live below bloor. In fact I'm on Sheppard in the West end. You don't see a lot of bikers up here, but I'm seeing more and more though.

The point is that I don't dare go on many of the main streets in this city. The side streets are fine but still risky.. but many of the main streets in this city now would qualify almost anywhere else as highways. The speeds are high, the traffic dense and the motorists are not interested nor used to giving access to anybody else. I am a wimp, I ride on the sidewalk.

Most other people ride on the sidewalk. When they rebuilt the curbs and sidewalks in this area last year they did one smart thing.. they paved all of the medians and curbside property between sidewalks and the main roads. It makes sort of a crude bike path. People are using them too. Saves cutting grass errr, I mean weeds. Yeah it's more concrete and pavement but it helps to move people around. Once in awhile, somebody in the government gets something intelligent done. Sadly not often enough.

Ontario Liberals starting to show their support for private healthcare.
In today's Toronto Star online edition I saw this editorial at this link:
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&amp;cid=1117577411661&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795
To make a long story short, Ontario health minister Smitherman hires old provincial liberal war horse Elinor Caplan to study the contentious home care, health program started by the Michael Harris Tories several years ago.

The Harris home care system had private for profit companies competing for contracts on home care with long established and large non-profits like the Victorian Order of Nurses. Caplan surprising some (but not me since I know that Liberals are desperate to bring in a dual health care system but are afraid to admit to it..), but not some critics, gave her stamp of approval to the system. Caplan's conclusion is that competition is good for the consumer and that other countries that she had observed with similar systems operated efficiently. Thus why should we be any different.

My point is this from the perspective of a conservative: When will the CPC try to pull the mask off the LPC's asperations of private/public healthcare which they so carefully hide from the public?

Another Scientist Concurs - There Is Life After Death
From Michael Roll
mike@mroll.freeserve.co.uk5-29-5
http://www.rense.com/general65/life.htm

The Scientific Proof of Survival After Death

"I completely agree with Michael Roll's arguments about the reality of paranormal phenomena and the existence of a normally unseen world... Quantum Physics: the presence of a wave nature in subatomic particles. The vital difference between a wave and a solid particle is the wave properties of superposition and modulation. Put simply, these properties allow waves of different frequencies to occupy the same space without direct interaction. Therefore it is quite possible for parallel universes to exist separated by a difference in some fundamental wave characteristic. This theory springs directly from wave mechanics which unfortunately was not available to the Victorian researchers when the greatest breakthroughs with mediumship were made."

Maybe those Christians and other people of faith are not so crazy after all?

The Scourge of Nationalism
http://www.progressive.org/june05/zinn0605.php
Howard Zinn

"Is not nationalism--that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder--one of the great evils of our time, along with racism, along with religious hatred? These ways of thinking--cultivated, nurtured, indoctrinated from childhood on--have been useful to those in power, and deadly for those out of power."

-- Most people I know love their country. The only people I know that don't are those that have cultural, political, or economic asperations that conflict with their nation's related views. You would be an example of that conflict yourself if your political views were part of the dialectic of capitalistic democracy vs global socialism. Because I prefer a politican sentiment seemingly rare in Canada (conservatism), I often criticise my country and in some ways I do believe it is inferior to other countries. Yet overall I have no problem with the idea of nationalism and I do not see where it has come close to running its course of usefulness for people of the world.

"National spirit can be benign in a country that is small and lacking both in military power and a hunger for expansion (Switzerland, Norway, Costa Rica, and many more). But in a nation like ours--huge, possessing thousands of weapons of mass destruction--what might have been harmless pride becomes an arrogant nationalism dangerous to others and to ourselves. "

-- In this case the author ignores small imperialistic states (at least they have projectionist tendencies in the minimum), such as North Korea, Iran, Syria, Libya, Cuba, and increasingly Venezuela? The author goes on and on... you can read it for yourself... then finally he hints at the very end what he would replace this scourage called nationalism with: socialism!

"There have always been men and women in this country who have insisted that universal standards of decent human conduct apply to our nation as to others. That insistence continues today and reaches out to people all over the world. It lets them know, like the balloons sent over the countryside by the Paris Commune in 1871, that "our interests are the same." "

-- See how suble the true communist is? hiding behind words like progressive (gee is that like Progressive Conservative by chance?), and commune. Such words used to confuse the uninitiated by their softer and more obscure meaning and carefully placed in a context that is not readily noticeable for significance.

Various issues

2005-05-31T19:12:00.000-04:00

Current events as viewed by me.

The vote in France: no surprise now, it was lost and many conservatives are happy, not happy that this affirms socialism in France, but happy that temporarily European Union is weakened. This is good for supporters of the US and those that believed in the need for the US to go into Iraq. The media is reporting that a no vote is highly expected in Holland within days.

Single Sex Marriage in Canada: the liberals promised this week to ram this legislation through at the national level no matter what. The minority governing LPC believes this will lead to more seats in an upcoming election in Quebec - but this view does not entirely make sense in light of scandals in Quebec which the LPC is embroiled in and that Quebec has a still strong Catholic base. That Catholics in Quebec and the rest of Canada have not faught Mr. Martin much harder on this issue really surprises me. If this legislation passes then I will watch for reactions from Catholics and especially the Church's leadership.

Gomery inquiry in Canada: recently the CPC has wanted to expand this inquiry as rumours grow that the LPC's theft of pubic money has been affecting other departments and programs. The total of money stolen by the LPC may never be fully known. This from today's Globe & Mail "The motion calls on the government to allow Justice John Gomery to ”name names and assign responsibility” in his findings from the sponsorship inquiry.
Public Works Minister Scott Brison, however, says Judge Gomery can already do all that." This remains to be seen all the same, I expect the LPC to do everything in their power to sanitize and muffle any negative news when Gomery reports even if they have to threaten people. This is a government that has alleged ties to organized crime... remember.

Leadership of Federal Political Party's in Canada: I find it most ironic that the most successful person in federal politics now is the target of constant media rumours of his near demise as leader of his political party. I'm talking about Stephen Harper of course, leader of a relatively new and re-invigorated conservative party in Canada. That, this organization has moved so far in such a short time and accomplished so much is unprecedented in Canadian political history especially since every move has been forward so far. His opposition except the Bloc leader (Gilles Duceppe a quite skilled political veteran now...), have frankly been quite disappointing. Paul Martin leader of the LPC barely clings to life in a minority government and his party's future in Quebec (as important to LPC fortunes as Alberta is to the CPC), is destroyed. Furthermore, as noted above the Gomery inquiry has pervaded the view that federal Liberal politicians are corrupt. That, Jack Layton was selected to turn around the fortunes of the NDP and has not done that yet, is also concerning for him. He had to give all his power to the LPC to keep them in power and to ensure that he could stab the CPC in the back. He has many enemies now in Ottawa. More than anyone would want frankly. My prediction despite constant media and RED Tory whining is that Mr. Martin and Mr. Layton will be gone within the next year. Mr. Harper will still be leader of the CPC in a year's time. Here is a brief example of the Geoffrey Simpson at the Globe and Mail's obvious liberal talking points on the state of the CPC leadership and his biased HOPES AND DREAMS - "New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord has a career-shaping decision to make, likely by year's end. Does Mr. Lord want to be leader of the federal Conservative Party? If so -- and his friends now think he does -- then the next question becomes how best to position himself. The growing assumption in New Brunswick is that he's going federal, and he'll make that jump with only the top job in mind." The big joke about Simpson is that he is not even a supporter of the CPC and yet he acts like he is an insider and he knows our best interests. What Simpson represents is the ingrained mentality in Canada that exists within the MSM that they get to dictate to the Political Party's their policies and direction ahead of what their supporters are able to do. This speaks of gross arrogance and frankly it even goes against the idea of a free press. Also, notice that Simpson goes far too easy on his own corrupt chosen political party for some strange reason. I would like to see stories from him in regards to who is replacing Mr. Martin and a lot less of his 'Dreams' about the CPC becoming the new PC or Liberal Lite political party which he and his controllers desire.

Europe revolts against globalization

2005-05-28T03:01:00.000-04:00

Or how those hidden behind the curtain have total disdain for the average joe.

This is an edited version of an editorial that appeared in the Washington Post.

European voters are in a testy mood. In Germany last Sunday, an election in the industrial Ruhr region rebuked Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's ruling Social Democratic party for its economic reforms, even though the opposition conservatives are equally reformist. In France tomorrow, it's not clear whether a referendum will endorse the proposed European Union constitution, even though nearly all of the political establishment is campaigning in favour of it. A Dutch referendum on that constitution, to be held Wednesday, is expected to withhold endorsement, even though all the main political parties are urging a Yes vote.

-- where is the little guy in all of this maneouvering?

These revolts against political elites can be loosely grouped under the heading of backlash against globalization. In the Netherlands, the anti-constitution campaign is fuelled by the loss of Dutch national identity within a growing European Union and also by a fear of immigration. In Germany and France, the backlash is against "Anglo-Saxon" capitalism, meaning pro-market change. Schroeder's government has made it hard for people to collect welfare benefits indefinitely, forcing them to look for jobs; the French have backed away from their government-mandated 35-hour workweek. These reforms have produced pain before gain. Hence the voter backlash.

-- notice the emphasis on immigration, a problem about to become a bomb in Europe. The fiscal reforms as a result of the EC do not jive with the normal euro-socialistic state cares routine. But this is not an anglo conspiracy because England is an outsider in this game. The culprit is somebody else, a small rich and powerful minority.

This comes across most clearly in the case of Germany. Blue-collar workers and the unemployed turned out in record numbers in Sunday's vote to punish Schroeder's party, which had controlled the government of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for nearly four decades. Schroeder's standing was so diminished that he felt forced to seek an early national election, which will probably take place in September.

-- Good and I hope he is smashed. When the 'hidden hand' totally ignores the average joe he will be made to pay. The hidden hand rushes to meet the deadlines of the controllers but will fail because the changes only cause the citizens pain.

Outsiders have a stake in Europe's economic and political reforms. A defensive, anti-immigrant Europe is less likely to admit Turkey as a member of the European Union, even though admission would bind a major Muslim nation to Western institutions and values. Moreover, slower economic reform and therefore slower growth will make it harder to address the imbalances in the world economy.

-- Especially true when one see's what is going on in Iraq. The Muslim world looks scary to everyone on the outside looking in.

There's a chance that Germany's economic reforms could speed up if the promised election equips one of the major parties with a fresh mandate. But the French political establishment wavers between markets and statism, and a No vote on the EU constitution is likely to damage the reformers. If on top of that a Dutch No vote is read as a revolt against immigration and Turkish accession to the European Union, there won't be much to celebrate.

-- Who is behind the reforms and when did they consult with citizens last? I don't think that Bilderbergers have the right to make all the decisions or any such group.

Canadian MSM: business case study of stupidity.

2005-05-28T01:38:00.000-04:00

Why does the Canadian MSM ignore the real market?

Brian Walsh

I'm no MBA, although a number of friends are, but I did complete a business degree and I have done a number of business case studies. The case study is a staple in the world of business education - the opportunity to apply scientific social methods to a real world business problem. I always enjoyed them and relished the challenge they presented, although it can be difficult to figure out the bottom line issue that each story points too. Business Case Studies are demanding and require the locus of many of the skills obtained in your education combined with good practical judgement.

That is why I question who is running the MSM in this country these days. If they are MBA's they must of went to the worst schools in the country. In fact if they are MBA's I'm betting that they are overpaid and incompetent. I know lots of people that can take their jobs and provide better results for the business owners. The reason I believe this is that the media almost totally ignores the largest single groups of consumers in the country: conservatives.

Yeah, those people that the liberal media loves to ridicule, even hate at times. Those same people tend to be older, educated and most certainly more likely to be successful or have good jobs. Many of them are at the top of their careers or at the very least are serious performers in the economy. Conservatives are known to go to church, drive carefully, own homes and or have families. They are often the bedrock of this country's economy. Even when conservatives are young, poor or uneducated, they often aspire to leadership roles in this country and are as likely as anyone to get there.

So why would the MSM in Canada totally ignore such a large portion of their population which are well-off consumers that currently are underserved? That is truly the question isn't it? I can't see it being the owners, since they want profits don't they? I can't see it being the journalists that while many are liberals, would want to hang onto their jobs via increased job security. Then having to blame somebody for the imbalance in political and social views in this country: I have to blame the stupid MBA's because, well I have to blame somebody.

I mean the MBA's must not be aware that something like 2/3rds of Canadians on the last Canadian Census identified themselves as Christians for example. Yet everyday, many Christians in Canada decry how much of the MSM in this country depicts them. This antagonism by the media has been a long-time beef with Christians, and it is typified by the hostile one moment and neglected the next game of the MSM. All the same from a business perspective how could you not be influenced by such a statistic like 2/3rds of the population is Christian? Would you not want to tap into such a business opportunity as that, even if you were not exactly like those people? Sounds like opportunity to me, but then again my business career hasn't been that good unfortunately, seemingly the corporations prefer MBA's over us lowly business grads in Canada. Still I can't help but think that maybe the MSM is wrong and that they really are stupid, maybe they are more stupid than many think because they did not hire somebody like me.

Why we've sunk so low in politics

2005-05-28T01:18:00.000-04:00

Toronto Star Editorial, May 28, 2005
Richard Gwyn

This last little while, I've been using my downtime to go backwards in time. To prepare for a project, I've been boning up on Canada's earliest days, around about the time of Confederation.

That, of course, was the era of our first prime minister, John A. Macdonald. It's generally known that he drank a lot, that he fathered Confederation, that he built the Canadian Pacific Railway and so stretched us from coast to coast, and that he got embroiled in a terrible scandal.

This was the Pacific Railway Scandal, in which Macdonald was caught taking money from a company his government was negotiating with to build the railway. It was the worst scandal in our history. The second-worst is today's sponsorship scandal.

--we can debate that one, Richard but we both agree that we are facing a nasty scandal

There are differences about these two events that reveal a lot about the way our politics have evolved. Way back in the 1870s, two important things happened. First, Macdonald was forced to resign because many of his own MPs were so disgusted by the scandal that they switched to supporting the opposition. Second, Macdonald paid a steep price: In the succeeding election, he got trounced. Today, by contrast, not a single government MP has broken ranks over sponsor-gate. Instead, one opposition MP, Belinda Stronach, has crossed the floor to join the tainted Liberals.

-- ironic isn't it? we have not advanced an inch on the moral scale in all those years - and I blame most of it on liberalism

Far from being trounced, Paul Martin's Liberal government won the last election, if only with a minority. More telling, the Liberals are actually better off, despite the immense publicity about the bribery and corruption coming out of the Gomery inquiry. In the latest poll, the Liberals' standing has gone up. Leger Marketing now puts the Liberals at 38 per cent, a shade higher than their 37 per cent showing in the last election.

-- we can argue the accuracy of polls and the liberal companies that take them, also that polls outside of elections are highly elastic to say the least - but I get your point, where is the outrage?

While the Liberals are down in Quebec, where people are really outraged, they are definitely ahead over their election showing in the rest of the country, as confirmed by their easy success in this week's by-election in Labrador.

-- btw, I expect Labrador to be shafted by the liberals re: all their promises

How to explain why, even if we're mad as hell, we're entirely prepared to take it? Two explanations, neither very flattering to us, come to mind. First, our expectations about politics are so low now that scandals, while they may irritate us, don't enrage us.

-- Okay Richard, a trick question here: Who is responsible for this? The liberals for the most part or better still, liberalism.

Second, this is a Quebec scandal. There've been so many of them — only in federal politics, certainly in recent times, it must always be remembered — that we've come to regard them as one of those unpleasant things that happen almost naturally in Canada, like snowstorms in winter.

-- I don't agree, btw are you writing a subtle appolgy piece for the liberals here? This is a LPC scandal.

This cynicism may be justified. The docility of our MPs — in contrast to the past when party discipline wasn't so tight and, occasionally, some members would vote against their own party on principle (or for self-interest, but at least for something other than careerism) — does reinforce the public's attitude that politics has become a game for insiders.

-- All true and again a system put in place by Liberals.

The attitude may also be a kind of protective device by which we justify our inclination not to get involved in politics; in other words, not to get involved in our own governance.

-- Most people are lazy true, but they are not lazy when it comes to complaining about taxes though.

Either way, it's self-defeating. Those who have accustomed themselves to expecting little, get little.

-- Yes! look at what we are becoming..

What's striking about the sponsorship scandal is that it should have happened in the affluent, educated, urbanized, international-minded society that we've become — so utterly unlike the rural, parochial Canada of long ago.

-- but again Richard, this society is a construct of liberalism itself is it not?

What's really striking is that when it happened we, unlike our ruder, cruder ancestors, have, quite unlike them, essentially looked the other way.

-- agreed but give credit to conservatives for their active role in presenting this sordid tale to Canadians.

For the most part I liked this article Richard, and since it was published in the pro-LPC Toronto Star I understand why you tailored it the way you did.

Keep up the good work!

A Tory's view to today's events.

2005-05-26T17:51:00.000-04:00

Or, what pissed me off today!

Wacko Jacko: We will find you innocent, just sell us the damn Beatles Catalogue!
Found this today May 26, 2005 on the Drudgereport site:
link here: www.drudgereport.com
"Sneddon asked judge this AM for permission to put into evidence the photos of Michael Jackson's splotchy penis/private parts that were taken in '94... Judge turned him down flat... MORE... Sneddon also wanted to introduce into evidence the drawing that boy Jordy Chandler drew of Jackson's penis -- so that it could be compared to the photos that were later taken by police of Jacko... Developing... "

-- Now we have judge complicity in this case... hmmm.. is it true that people of a certain small religious group desperately want control over Jackson's Beatle library and are conspiring to let him off the hook?

France admits: EU treaty vote is Lost!
French in disarray as they admit EU treaty vote is lostBy Charles Bremner in Paris and Philip Webster, Political Editor
THE leader of France’s ruling party has privately admitted that Sunday’s referendum on the European constitution will result in a “no” vote, throwing Europe into turmoil.
Link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1628272,00.html

--Just got to love it, I feel better today already. When the socialistic/globalists take it up the hoo-hoo I am one happy boy!

Helen Thomas Rides White House Press Sec: 'Were we invited into Iraq?'Wed May 25 2005 17:16:06 ET
MR. McCLELLAN: There are two democratically-elected governments now in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we are there at their invitation. They are sovereign governments, and we are there today.
-- Q You mean if they had asked us out, that we would have left?
Link:http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1.htm

-- The US lefty media throws its weight around: We are the boss, our owners control the country, we own it. You do as we say, or else! The tension is being ramped up!

Black agrees to return stolen documents
Associated Press
Thursday, May 26, 2005
TORONTO -- Deposed media baron Conrad Black has agreed to return 12 boxes of documents after a video caught him on tape taking papers from his headquarters in downtown Toronto, a spokesman for Black said Thursday.
It was a new twist to Black's venomous battle against his enemies at the Toronto holding company, Hollinger Inc.
Black, who is accused of misappropriating money from Hollinger and its publishing subsidiary in Chicago, is to be evicted from Hollinger's offices at the end of the month.
Black had been barred by an Ontario court from taking any documents from the company without the permission of a court-ordered inspector.Link: http://www.canada.com/national/story.html?id=995df4fc-12f9-4873-977a-251765d4a19f

-- The ongoing saga of Mr. Black. Here is what I find interesting about Mr. Black, he was a Jew that converted to Catholicism years ago and entered high society. He was a leading member of the Bilderbergers and was given a the title of 'Lord' by the Queen herself. Yet, for some reason the system has turned on him with a vengeance. I'm not defending Mr. Black, he is probably not that honest a guy and I'm sure that they do have legitimate charges on him. But what I don't understand is why him? Who did he piss off? Why the long knives against a guy that is probably par for the course in the business world? I will find out why, but I will have to dig for awhile yet. The reason may have been mentioned by me here in this post already.

Hebert batting Belinda

2005-05-25T18:03:00.000-04:00

Or how a Quebecer sees Belinda's swan song for Quebec..

There comes a time, albeit rarely for me, when somebody gets it right! Chantal Hebert did it today (May 25, 2005), with her article on Belinda Stronach and her defecting to the Liberals all for the idea of preventing Quebec separation.

You can access the link by clicking on the title above.

Stronach's unity cloth a little threadbare
CHANTAL HÉBERT

There are two main reasons to turn one's back on one's party — principle and self-interest — and they rarely coincide. Or at least they did not until Belinda Stronach came along.

She continues...

Except that Stronach was hardly as concerned about unity when she set out to become leader of the Conservative party last year. Had she succeeded, she would have led her party in a campaign without having had the time to master enough French to hold her own in a leaders' debate.
It is hard to think of a swifter way to push angry Quebecers into the open arms of the Bloc than by presenting them with a federalist alternative to the Liberals led by someone who cannot address them in their own language. And yet, at the time, that never seemed to bother Stronach.

Great stuff and it goes on.. just check it out, seems an extension of what I wrote a few days ago..

Thanks Chantal, it needed to be said!

The NDP: On their last legs?

2005-05-25T15:34:00.000-04:00

Has Jack destroyed what is left of the NDP?

In the aftermath of last week's budget vote in Canada's House of Parliament, there was one very interesting event: the complete acquiescence of Jack Layton to the demands of PMPM (Prime Minister Paul Martin).

The media in Canada the loyal liberal lapdogs that they are, have been peddling feveriously to sell NDP supporters and the general public on the Jack and Paul deal. Problem is that this deal stinks from start to finish and it appears that Jack has sold out the NDP, and likely imperiled its very future for what appears to be a very low payoff.

Let us consider the facts here: first the NDP has been in a downward spiral for at least a decade now. NDP fortunes have been on the decline as the party has not returned more than 25 seats to parliament in a long time. Furthermore, their percentage of the popular vote has been weak and lower than traditional levels of prior decades. When Jack Layton was announced as the new leader, his primary job was to reverse this downward trend in the NDP's fortunes, he was the young academic urban hipster that was connected to youth and was seen as a good communicator. His job was to reach out to the urban vote as a method to replace waning union support which had been the primary backbone of NDP muscle for many decades. It appeared that Jack was onto something as he was able to excite the base and he became a darling of the MSM at a time when the NDP needed it most. Furthermore, Jack was able to produce good polling numbers for the NDP before all elections. Sadly for the NDP, this did not translate into more elected party members for two main reasons.

Liberals under pressure from the resurgent conservative party of Canada, began to broaden their base by moving left and right on several fronts as maintaining the middle ground did not guarantee them electoral success anymore. The Liberals found that selecting certain key issues that they could offer to core NDP supporters and for which they had a good chance of actually delivering on, allowed them to draw on the NDP electorate. The other pressure against the NDP base was the steady growth of the Green Party in Canada which was seen as more relevant and daring in many respects as compared to the old and staid NDP brand. The Green's were fresh, different and even exciting in many respects as compared to the NDP, which was attractive to the youth vote which was crucial to the left. Lastly, the Greens seemingly were able to attract a broader base of support with their ecclectic range of policies from fiscal conservatism on some levels, to more accountability in government to environmentalism. Although, the greens are not putting many people in the house yet, they are seen as the heir apparents of the NDP in Canada by many on the left and also by other political observers and pundits.

An example of Liberals eating at the base of NDP support was the recent budget vote which forced Jack Layton to lay down for the liberal interests, and subugate his own and party's interests to those of the Liberals. Jack was also dictated to by Buzz Hargrove the famed Auto Workers Union head in the now murky meeting these two had in the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Toronto several weeks before the vote. It was obvious that Hargrove forced Layton to sleep with the Liberals in order to hand over his support to the NDP, which has in recent years been leaning towards the liberals. Then there is the Greens in the background courting their support also. It seems that there is too many political parties in Canada on the left and they are all fighting over too few supporters.

But the real problem is this: Layton has been very critical of Paul Martin and his government and rightly so, the corruption and sleaze that emanate from parliament these days has been unknown in history in this country. Furthermore, Layton has to be looking over his shoulder at not just the liberals but also the Greens as willing and able to take him and his party down. One would have believed that Jack would have voted to have the Liberals defeated as the NDP was riding high in the polls and many on the left were looking for the opportunity of a square-off between the two left-leaning parties. This was likely one of the last opportunities for the NDP to 'come back' and restore the brand in this country. There was good reason to believe that the NDP under Jack was on the way back and that a breakthrough was just around the corner.

The conservative and Bloc alliance to take down the liberals would have meant that left-wing initiatives would not have been taken off the table and that the conservatives would have had to tread lightly for sometime around the Bloc. Then why did the NDP cuts its own wrists, by giving up the chance to greatly improve their lot vis a vis the liberals and Greens and be seen as the hero's on the left?

Well we all know about the $4.6 Billion in social spending that Layton demanded from Paul Martin which was dictated to Jack by Buzz Hargrove (ostensibly to court union and NDP core support), but none of that money is guaranteed to be spent by passing one budget vote. Also, the precarious state of affairs in Ottawa these days makes any deal look about as certain as the Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup in 2006 (if there is even pro-hockey in 2005/6 to begin with).

But there is other rumours going around that may explain what happened, one is that the NDP is absolutely broke and cannot afford an election now. Annother rumour even more dangerous is that the NDP has agreed to merge with the liberals and they are working on the details. If this is so then this whole story is not a fable. On the other hand, if the NDP is still standing on its own two feet, then it needs to start looking out for itself more instead of making desperate moves to cut conservatism off at the knees at any cost - even its own future. If they don't start seeing the big picture with them in it and stop obsessing about political ideology then the Liberals will swallow their base or the Greens will take them out. Sayonnara!

Inside the warped mind of people at Rabble.com

2005-05-24T15:34:00.000-04:00

Why Conservatives should thank Chuck Cadman>by Murray Dobbin May 22, 2005

The article I came across by this title at the link above (click on this posting's title to go to the link..), is a good example of left-wing warped logic. I will post extracts (in red type), and comment (in the blue), on them for your amusement.

For all the talk of a dysfunctional House of Commons, what has transpired over the past few weeks is precisely the opposite. Oh, to be sure, for Bay Street, newspaper editors, hysterical right wing pundits like Andrew Coyne of the National Post and the self-absorbed Rex Murphy of the CBC, it is dysfunctional because the dismantling of the country has been put on hold. That, after all, has been the “function” of the House of Commons under Tories and Liberals ever since the free trade deal went through after the 1988 election. But if you are talking about government functioning in the interests of ordinary Canadians, families, communities and the nation, Parliament functioned better this past week than it has at any time in the past 20 years.

- No offense Dobbin (you know the guy in Harry Potter by chance?), but the house is entirly dysfunctional. We had 9 days of a government with no rights whatsoever governing with the Queen here no doubt. I notice that you had to lash out at the FEW MSM So-called Conservative voices in this country, compared to the thousands on your side! Yeah things are good all right, Buzz-saw Hargrove got to dictate a budget that likely never will be: ah the joy in Dipper land (NDP's).

Forget the lack of so-called “decorum,” the name-calling, the opportunism of the Liberals and the motives of Belinda Stronach. Who cares? If you are keeping your eye on the prize, for the first time in a long time, Canadians actually got out of a federal government what they have been saying for over a decade that they want: a return to activist government which operates in their interests and not in the exclusive interests of corporations and the wealthy.

- See why people don't like socialists Dobbin? Any means to an end for you people isn't it? What people are you talking about here that want activist government (code words for communism by chance?), oh say 15% of the population? If you got a problem with corporations and the wealthy then why did you get into the bed with PMPM, we all know who they service on a regular basis.

And they got it because the NDP's leader Jack Layton was able to leverage just 19 seats — a fifth of what the over-represented Conservatives have — to achieve a package of progressive funding arrangements for the environment, cities, affordable housing, child care and universities. All the machinations aside, that is what happened on May 19 as the Liberal government managed to win a budget vote by the skin of its teeth.

- Now Jackal is a hero (Jack Layton)! You sided with the dark side to achieve this (oh I forgot you are the dark side). Funny that you mentioned many of these issues because obviously, YOU NEVER EVER READ any of the conservative policies yet! The bigger question is this: When is the NDP to be absorbed by the LPC? Rumours are flying around that the dippers days are numbered.

Harper can't win

There is, of course, no need to get delusional about what happened. Paul Martin, in his best of all possible worlds, is as obedient a hand maiden of Bay Street as ever walked the halls of Parliament. As finance minister for nine years he did more to dismantle the fabric of Canada's social programs than even Brian Mulroney dared to do — and in the process also managed to give obscene tax breaks to the wealthy and to large corporations that also out-paced Mulroney.

- What is this a back-handed compliment to Brian Mulroney? What does Harper can't win have to do with this - is that on your wish list? Furthermore what part of CPC is a lot like the PC's that you recognize these days, I know a lot of lefty's are having problems with this.

And it is a certainty that Martin supports Bay Street's “deep integration” initiative by which what is left of Canada would be handed over to the US — a sacrifice in the interests of Canadian corporations who can't compete with their US counterparts. He is deeply committed, as well, to massive privatization through public private partnerships — a program that has simply been put on the shelf waiting for a Liberal majority.

- This will be bad for your union buddies that is for sure. But many of them have become fat cats of their own type in recent decades and I have no sympathy for many of them. This still doesn explain why Jackal didn't help to being down the Libranos to force an election when he was riding high in the polls? But I know that you would rather sacrifice the NDP's future to ensure that the dreaded conservatives never get elected. At least that is what PMPM talked Jackal into doing. You are rubber stamping your own demise right here right now.

The only thing preventing this horrendous agenda from going forward are the 19 NDP MPs whose influence is far greater than their numbers suggest. Not only do those numbers count in this House but they give the progressives in the Liberal caucus the backbone they need to resist a right-wing prime minister. If Martin had a majority, he would silence these dissidents with the same ruthless efficiency with which he silenced his opponents in the Liberal leadership race.

- Horrendous agenda! Wow what drama you weave. Yeah the 19 Dippers saved Kanada all right. But you still don't explain why you caved in to Martin. Are you so desparate to never see Canada ever go right again, even a small amount that you would sacrifice yourselves to do it? If so how does that make you any more scary than the Christians and other such religious types that you attack every day? You know the messaniac bunch, look in the mirror socialist and see yourself too. Nice of you to mention the Blood Red Liberals, I had forgotten about them, seems your kind has infiltrated every aspect of this once wonderful country.

As for the leader of the loyal opposition, Stephen Harper just doesn't get it. Hidden in the media spin surrounding the budget votes is all the evidence the Conservative Party needs to rid itself of the man who cannot possibly win them power. Far be it from me to help this Reform/Alliance retread party be more effective, given its draconian, hidden agenda. But the fact is, this extremist agenda is exactly what Harper brings to the party.

- Why can he not win? I say he wins easily before Jackal does. Did you not say that the Dippers had the ears of many Canadians, they prove it, pony up the ridings then. Also, I'm tired of this hidden agenda whatever the hell it is.. Then please tell us What You Think It IS Then! Last time I checked you and your friends had a hidden extremist agenda - socialism which then could lead to communism!! Regarding Harper, I got news for you, he is probably a moderate in this conservative party right now. You should be kissing his ass frankly and hoping he is elected, because I do know hard-core right wingers that would love to take down people like you.

If the Conservatives actually chose someone from the old Progressive Conservative wing of their party as leader, not only would they do better, but Canada would not be constantly threatened by Harper's vision of creating a carbon copy of the US north of the border. While Harper is almost pathologically committed to an American vision of the country, what's left of the old PCs — especially the Red Tories — might just have enough good sense left to recognize that Canadians are moving to the left in their values and policy preferences.

- Oh you mean the socialist wing don't you? Sorry but Canada has shifted far too left in the past 50 years for my liking, furthermore the lefties running this country have only left it broke, broken and dysfunctional. The so called Canadian values are only those of the media and it's owners, the 80+% of journalists that are left-wing by preference. You will soon see what real-Canadian values are buddy. In regards the US, we are so damned lucky that we border on that country and not Russia, that I pray to God for thanks!! If we were not bordering on the US, your Russian buddies would have invaded us years ago. But you would like that Dobbin because you would have been a big shot in the communist system right? Maybe you would be standing in line right now waiting to buy a stale loaf of bread, and not have time to write crap like you wrote.

The Stronach wing

Of course the likelihood of this happening is very slim as the majority in the party is made up of old Alliance members, including all the extremist nut-bars who stopped Preston Manning at the Manitoba border. But old PC Conservatives in Ontario (of the Belinda Stronach school) must be looking at Stephen Harper and realizing that under his leadership they are doomed to lose. Even on the eve of the budget vote, the Liberals were suddenly back into a commanding 15-point lead in the province, according to an Ekos poll. If Conservative MPs have any sense they should be phoning Chuck Cadman and thanking him. Had there been election, Harper and his party would have been hammered in every part of the country except Alberta and Saskatchewan.

- Last time I checked, the NDP was considered extremist because they only command 15% of the vote, with many of their supporters being hard-core socialists and unionists. Last time I checked the liberals did not have a 15% lead in the polls in Ontario, not that it means much either way because much of those supporters would be in metro Toronto, the freak capital of Canada. Yes, we are going to thank Chucky Cadman, thank him for being a backstabber and a closet NDPer! Don't turn your back Chuck, you are not liked. Oh, and Dobbin, if we were to be hammered in an election then why were all of you lefties so desparate to avoid one?

Just what would Harper have offered Canadians? His campaign, if he was honest, would have sounded something like this: “Vote for me. I just forced an election on the 65 per cent of you who didn't want one. I just declared that the Gomery inquiry is irrelevant and so too is your desire to hear him out. I think spending $250 million on an unwanted election is not too high a price to pay for my ambition. And, oh yes, I voted for the old budget — but explicitly opposed the NDP budget changes and more money for education, housing, child care, the environment and cities.”

- What is funny is that you have not said one word about the Bloc yet, why is that? Afraid to offend them for your liberal buddies? Taking talking points from the PMO? Or are you hoping to actually pull a few votes there is future? Well dream on! The Gomery inquiry that you love so much is a white wash just like Bob Rae has been working for the past 5 years on the government dime and producing nothing, he was one of the most hated premiers ever in this country! In regards the $250 million, it is a small price to pay to save this Kanda from the daily and constant raping of it by these liberals but you do not see it that way - as long as your friends can join in too. We voted against the changes your commie friends wanted in the budget because they were SOPS to you dippers (since Martin had never seen fit to implement such spending on his own watch), and we had our own policies which you should be aware of. So you hate us because we didn't give you what you wanted? What children!! I hate you now because you are hypocrites, hopelessly biased, and bigots! Furthermore, your leader has shown his true stripes, he is so committed to socialism that he would shoot himself in the foot to achieve it. That means that any Canadian that is moderate or right of centre, should never ever trust a dipper again!

Way to go Stephen.

- I concur, you keep truckin' Stephen, save this beautiful country from the commies!

Murray Dobbin is the author of Paul Martin: CEO for Canada? This column has appeared in The Tyee.

- Yeah he wrote the book but he learned nothing from it, go figure?

Ralphy pulling up the Rear!!

2005-05-23T22:37:00.000-04:00

Even the Queen is not amused by Ralphie's so called conservatism.

Hey Ralph!!!!

Here is a funny pic of Ralphie pulling up the rear behind HRH in Edmonton as shown in May 23rd online edition of the Globe & Mail (Gay & Married).

Even the Queen doesn't appear impressed with Ralphie these days. Not good Ralph, being a fake conservative and stoolie agent for liberals.

If anybody is so inclined to post comments for this pic, I would welcome them and choose the best one in a week's time. I think this picture can lead to a few good quips.

Belinda and the mythical Tory Youth Wing.

2005-05-23T21:13:00.000-04:00

Belinda was sowing divisiveness in the Conservative Party of Canada long before she left.

Belinda always said she was for gay marriage like many Red Tories in the conservative party. But now I have found the connection between her rabid support of a conservative youth wing and gay marriage. The excerpt below indicates that the so called conservative youth wing that she was supporting the creation of during the Montreal Policy Convention was in fact a lefty trojan horse. The link of this obviously liberal friendly website is found by clicking the title of this article above.

"Conservative, Liberal and NDP Youth from Ontario Congratulate Parliament for Defeating Harper Amendments to Bill C-38 AUDIO: Andrew Teliszewsky, President of the Ontario Young Liberals comments on young Canadians from all parties standing up to Stephen Harper (http://www.youngliberals.ca/documents/oyl_e.mp3) The leaders of the Ontario PC Youth Association, the Ontario Young Liberals and the Ontario New Democratic Youth banded together on Tuesday, April 12, 2005, in a rare show of cross-party unity to congratulate Parliament for defeating Stephen Harper’s motion to kill the government’s Same-Sex Marriage Bill."

It is becoming painfully clear now that Belinda was in fact a liberal in sheep's clothing trying to infiltrate the conservative party. That Stephen Harper did not fall for this is quite commendable on his part. I also believe that the struggle between Stephen and Peter McKay at the Montreal convention was in fact engineered by Belinda.

Also, one may surmise that along with Belinda's role as spy came the sexual favours that she showered on Peter as a way to increase her ability to penetrate the conservative movement in Canada.

What is more concerning at the moment is the relationship between Belinda and the following old-guard PC's: Brian Mulroney, Mike Harris and William Davis amongst others. Were these people behind Belinda in her double cross as well as her obvious defection to the safe side' at the opportune moment as she was being found out? We will soon know.

Lastly, what is Belinda's obsession with gay marriage all about? This is a person from a family that would crush union rights, worker's rights, and steam roller you in a business deal if they could, but they have a real big and soft heart for gays for some reason? I mean I can understand why gays or even the opportunistic left want gay rights but it does not make any sense for Belinda. I'm sure that her hair-dresser may be gay and some of her clothing designer friends, but they don't need any protecting from bad people like me do they? There is something very weird about all of this that does not make logical sense.

Furthermore, why do they have to push gay rights onto conservatives when anybody knows that Liberals and the NDP are offering it freely. Very strange indeed.

Assorted items to ponder.

2005-05-23T19:40:00.000-04:00

A synapsis of things going on from the perspective of a real conservative.

Here is some tidbits I have come across in the last few days:

- The upcoming EU vote in France;

"The latest French poll showed 52 percent of people who have decided how to vote will reject the constitution, but suggested one in four voters were still undecided.
"The vote on May 29 is going to be tight. Each of us has a historic ballot paper in their hand. So I appeal to people to be responsible," Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told the Center-Presse Poitiers newspaper, demanding a high turnout."

this is from http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050523/ts_nm/eu_constitution_france_dc_1

All I have to say is Go NO side! Turn down the commie globalists, save your country from socialistic infiltration and save your culture, language and heritage from destruction.

Apparently, the Dutch vote to be held days later is not going any better and all I have to add is that the Dutch can fool you sometime and this is good news.

- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Senate moderates struck a deal on Monday intended to avert a showdown over President Bush's stalled judicial nominees, a member of the bipartisan group of negotiators said. "We've got a deal," Nebraska Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson told reporters. Senators plan to announce details at a news conference shortly.

link to above:
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2005052319360002842904&dt=20050523193600&w=RTR&coview=

This is also good news for conservatives, as I now expect that conservative judges (most of them at least), will find their way to the supreme court of the US. Now if only we could do the same in Commie Kanada.

- LOS ANGELES (AP) - It's official - "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" is a mega, runaway, blockbuster, record-setting hit. However, the popularity of the George Lucas film didn't vanquish the overall box office slump that has plagued Hollywood for 13 straight weeks.

link to above: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050523/D8A9679O0.html

Is it not obvious in Hollywood what is going on? The public is getting tired of commie programming, occultic themes, and anti-US tirades. Furthermore, the lack of wholesome and quality film making that most people around the world can relate to is turning off audiences world-wide. Lastly, if I wasn't so intuned to the Star Wars story line, I would refuse to go because I am not in the least impressed with Lucas' recent tirade against GWB in Cannes. He may have impressed his socialistic friends over there but he did not impress me. While I am at it, I hope his new film projects bomb and I for one will not grace any of them with my presence. Currently the right in the US and hopefully in Canada too, are beginning to boycott certain films directed, produced and starring certain well known lefty actors as they well should. All I can say is this George Lucas, if you are such a socialist then give up some of the many many millions that you have or shut the F*ck up!

- Jacko's Receipts Could Exonerate Him
The "captors" of Janet Arvizo's kids, whom Arvizo called "the killers" on the stand, not only bought them books, but paid to replace their lost schoolbooks as well.
And they did this during what turned out to be the Arvizo family's last week at Michael Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch in March 2003.

link to above: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,157331,00.html

Ah Mikey, if there was real justice in this world you would be behind bars right now. Anyone with a shred of intelligence and wanting to seek the truth while realizing the sneaky and ugly face of evil would know that you are a guilty mother-f*%ker!

But when you are famous and believed to be wealthy (Mikey is how shall we say it cash-challenged at the moment..), and part of the black community that believes its icons must be preserved at any cost, then you will get a 'get out of jail' free card. Your fans are obviously deluded because the circus that your life is and all that you stand for has turned off any truly sane or mature person long ago. I could barely stomach when OJ got off on a similar deal years ago, but I could rationalize it because it was between adults and sometimes people that play with fire deserve to get burned. Just remember that line OJ cause it will be your turn soon...

But that a pedophile like Mikey will be set loose to try his game again, and he will, makes me sick. That he paid some kid $20 Million US plus in the past to shut up about his predilection should open everyone's eyes and find the truth - but no, we all know that those that are hopelessly left-wing only want everybody to be happy, and thus everyone should do what they want to do, when they want to do it. Let bygones be bygones they say.

All I got to say is this: the first commandment of Satanists is this;

Do what thou wiltst is the whole of the law - Allister Crowley.

I am a Christian and not a satanist.

Belinda: Now a darling of the lefty-set.

2005-05-23T03:01:00.000-04:00

Or, how does a single, swinging billionaire heiress get two thumbs up from Canada's reigning left-wing Queen?

I never met Linda McQuaig but I know she has been around seemingly forever. I think she lives in Edmonton and she has written books and been a journalist in several newspapers. I'm now seeing her in the Toronto (Red Star), for some reason. Normally I would have thought her too Left for the Star but they seem to be shifting left, lately.

Years ago when in University and taking poly sci courses, I was told that if you wanted to get an A' for a paper, a good move was to quote Linda McQuaig since she was held in such esteem by all the obviously left-wing poly-sci profs. In fact I think all the profs in University were left-wing now that I think of it, even the business ones (why in the hell would that be btw...?).

Well back to Belinda, it must be kinda a backhanded compliment to be now lauded by hard-core socialists that only months before would have hissed and spit at the mere mention of your name. Furthermore, the thought that such same socialists giving you compliments, Belinda I think would have made you feel uncomfortable... but then again I'm only guessing here.

The story title below was found on thestar.com May 22nd edition as an editorial.
Followed are snippets of the story (link to it by clicking the title of this blog..), with my comments:

'Linda McQuaig praises Stronach for allowing the budget to survive amid vicious attacks from outraged right'

By crossing the floor, Belinda Stronach — hero or political whore, depending on your perspective — allowed the budget to survive.

Ha Ha, good one Linda, not sure if that is a backhanded compliment or not..

With the extra $4.6 billion in social spending insisted on by the NDP, this is the most progressive federal budget in 30 years. So this is a very good thing — even if it turns out that Stronach defected because she couldn't think of a gentler way to dump Peter MacKay.

You know Linda, I'm sure that Barbelinda or stick chick' will find a nice upstanding commie to love amongst your crowd. He can do the dishes for her. But the real issue here is you and your boss Jack L. (Jackal), counting billions you ain't gonna see.

But when that same inexperienced little rich girl impulsively grabbed at a brass ring last week, no scornful epithet was spared — sell-out, whore, dipstick, political slattern, blonde ambition, Judas.

Suddenly her wealth became an issue.

The same crowd who never condemn the unfairness of inherited wealth, abruptly began disparaging Stronach for her inherited wealth.

Okay but why arn't you calling her a spoiled wealthy bitch you commie? Oh I forgot, you and Jackal think she is on your side. LOL!

Yet, for years the media encouraged a nakedly ambitious Paul Martin as he plotted against Jean Chrétien.

Nor did pundits accuse Martin of betraying his principles for abandoning the social spending promises he made in the 1993 Liberal Red Book.

Okay so I repeat myself Linda, why don't you criticize Barbelinda for being over ambitious? Why the silence about the ultra-sleaze recently from PMPM?

As long as politicians veer to the right, pundits seem satisfied they're acting on principle.

As long as politicians are veering to the left they get a free ride from deep thinkers like you eh Linda? When was the last time that any sentient citizen in this country can remember that a politician actually dared drift to the right without being attacked mercilessly by a left-wing pitbull like you?

I suspect Stronach was motivated by a number of things: a deep dislike of Stephen Harper (imagine not warming to that guy!), a growing alienation from her party, a sense that she had no future there. It's even possible she was motivated, in part, by what she feels is good for the country.

This is the joke part of your story is it Linda? First of all your new found buddy PMPM is believed to be a liar by 2/3rds of the population. Secondly Harper is considered an academic compared to most politicians right now, I thought commies liked academics? Regarding stick chic' she was obviously a lefty trying to rebuild the party in her image, something she has no right to do. Why don't you and Jackal welcome her to the NDP? In regards her motivations Linda, they are Greed and well... Greed. What are yours? Oh I know achieving a socialistic nirvana wherby God is banished and people like you become God, am I wrong?

If she had simply quit the party and sat in obscurity as an independent, she would have eventually been forgiven.

Ah no, you are wrong. Besides have you apologized to her yet for your slagging of the monied class in this country? Better fess up Linda.. lucky for you she never read any of your propaganda as she quit University after 1 year or less.

But to grab a job on the Liberal front bench, and to do it so dramatically, when so much was at stake — why that's downright cocky.

Yeah it is when she didn't earn it and it just so happened to co-incide with a vote on a budget that Buzz Hargrove dictated to Jackal on a napkin at the Royal York and for which you will never see a dime - so who is the whore Linda?

No right-wing pundit is going to let some smart-ass little rich girl get away with all that.

You're right Linda, and now how do you feel after some badass right-winger like me has bitch-slapped you?

A Tory's guide listing companies to boycott.

2005-05-21T01:07:00.000-04:00

This was inevitable, the seemingly complete control of Canada by the liberals (LPC), and the left-wing, which has caused many conservatives great concern in this country.

Since I live in Toronto Canada, my list of companies that I am currently boycotting (and I ask you to do the same in good conscience...), may not reflect your reality where you live. By boycotting I mean not using the services of these suppliers, nor giving them business nor money. In the case of using the service for research purposes or to track their activities it would be acceptable provided one is aware of the ensuing bias that they would encounter and the hidden agenda therein. The idea being to move conservative, consumer support to those organizations, outlets, and companies that look favourably upon conservate ideals and values. Hopefully there will also be a list produced in time that offers valid suggestions for those of us that may need guidance in making choices (due to lack of choice in their marketplace or unfamiliarity with various organizations). We can debate these suggestions at any time of course and I welcome constructive comments. Everyone, please be patient as this list will take some time to complete.

If you want, feel free to post and make suggestions and I will add them to the list for future updates. We can in time distribute the list for all conservatives in Canada to observe or combine it our use it to update whatever else is out there. I'm sure other people have done the same thing, but if so I can't say that I've ever seen such a list in this country. Also, note that many lists out there are American and they would not reflect the Canadian environment.

Here I go; In Toronto and the GTA and relevant areas of Canada, I propose that all conservatives boycott these following brands, outlets, and business' that are deemed by us as not being friendly to 'conservative party of Canada supporters' and those people with conservative beliefs and values in general:

Television:

CBC - across Canada - controlled by LPC and unionists/socialists.
CTV - across Canada - owned by Bell Globemedia.
CityTV - and all associated stations (to be listed), consistently left-wing.
GlobalTV - generally LPC supporters, but more balanced that others.
TVOntario - consistently left-wing.

Cable Television:

CNN, CBC Newsworld, CTVnewsnet, CP24, NBC, ABC, CBC
Life network, BET, Showcase, TFO, W (womens), MuchMusic, Bravo

Radio:

Chum - stations owned by Chum, parent company of CityTV.

Newspapers:

Toronto Star - Definite LPC agents period!
Globe & Mail - owned by Bell Globemedia, strong pro-LPC bias.
Metro - free daily published by Torstar (Toronto Star), highly left-wing.

Magazines:

Now magazine - left wing trash period.
MacLean's - although owned by Rogers, is mostly left-wing.

Companies:

Power Corporation of Canada - heavy ties to LPC, allegations of influence peddling and suggestions of corruption?
associated companies are: Great West Life Co., London Life Co., Power Financial Corp., Investors Group, Canada Life Assurance Co., Investors Group, and Mackenzie Financial Corp.

Bell Canada - and all associated companies due to anti-conservative bias as displayed by Bell owned CTV network and the Globe & Mail (both listed above).

Generally any company headquartered in Montreal Quebec; such as Air Canada, Bank of Montreal etc.

Timely thoughts

2005-05-20T14:15:00.000-04:00

The: I'm too lazy to compose any coherent sembelance of an article but I'm gonna rant about assorted issues..

Today in the MSM:

- Salutin, I just read your article in today's globe: you suck!!

- Ibbitson, also in today's globe: that's more like it!

- Hebert, in today's star: you got most of it, but are you gonna applaud conservatism?

- Gwyn, in today's star: we agree Richard, but it's your job to help people wake up!

- star editorial: last time I checked, you guys started the name calling. Grow-up!!

- Toronto Sun editorial: good synapsis of the whole deal.

and

Chucky Cadman - why was the NDP caucus giving you a standing ovation before the budget vote? are you a closet NDP? if so do you constituents know this?

Belinda - I got a new insult for ya: deadbeat!!

Stephen Harper - next time we try to bring down the government, let's keep em' guessing.

Liberal Thievery

2005-05-20T13:38:00.000-04:00

Robin Hood was a thief but he got it right: he stole from the rich to give to the poor, he didn't steal from the poor to keep for himself.

As Gomery winds its way down the sordid paths of debauchery's winding lanes, sometimes dark, sometimes enticing, but never real..

We are always brought back to reality by one mean fact: money who has it and who doesn't.

Take the issue of Barbelinda's recent bolting to the side of Darthpaul, she left owing a rumoured sum over $300,000. I had heard numerous times the conflict between the conservatives and Barbelinda re: her leadership bid's final bill. While I don't know all the details, I'm aware that the rules were fairly applied to her despite her protestations to the contrary. It's possible here that her plan was to win and then like all liberals before her, change the rules from the inside so that she didn't have to pay the debts that she so obviously owed. But, that didn't happen, she didn't win, and thus she was subject to the rules like the most of the rest of us mere mortals. She did a good job of dragging it out and I assume that her leaving while giving everybody the finger' in the process, means in her small mind anyways that she doesn't have to pay now. Well, all I have to say is that $300K takes a lot of time to raise especially for a political party that isn't bankrolled by corporations and the elite like the liberals are. Furthermore, it means a lot of individual contributions of $50.00 to make up for the shortfall. Let's be 'Frank' here: we should sue this woman!

Then there is the poor belated taxpayer, being bled to death by successive liberal and left-wing governments in this country and finally resulting in Darthpaul's goulish regime. The Gomery inquiry which we have to patiently wait for now, has made numerous accusations while not being evidence in the legal sense of the word, have been substantiated before an actual judge. The liberals have admitted that funds have been misappropriated but the leadership refusing to take responsibility is now trying annother scam to confuse the typical taxpayer/voter. These liberals have proposed a so-called trust fund with balance of $750,000 (hmmm did Belinda pay $300K of that already for them..), as a method to reimburse the taxpayers for any misappropriated funds suggested by the Gomery revelations. Well, most people that have been awake the past two months and that have been paying attention know that, this sum is but a pittance of the likely amount of graft that these people have engaged in. There are suggestions that a good part of the $250 million in the original sponsorship fund which dispensed the graft was in fact laundered and directed to liberal coffers. Furthermore, there have been parallel allegations of other moneys coming from other funds from other departments in a related effort to top-up liberal election and spending requirements. If liberals under Darthpaul believe that $750K as a reimbursement is any fraction of potential hundreds of millions of illegally gotten funds that should excite anybody other than an insane person he is the thief that many people believe he is.

My suggestion: that this liberal political party be sued for all funds that it has misappropriated from Canadian taxpayers.

Belinda's belated mailing and other thoughts.

2005-05-20T13:20:00.000-04:00

Did Belinda decide to bolt at the last minute?

Was just at Mike Brock's blog and noticed a juicy little post over there from Jeremy, who lives up in Aurora and said he had just received a flyer mailing from Belinda's office on behalf of the conservative's slamming the liberals. I know a bit of the mechanics of flyers if delivered via Canada Post and the lead time on such an operation is mere days at most. So did Belinda make a last minute decision as Peter McKay suggests or did she decide this all along (or at least much sooner anyways..), and just kept it hidden from the prying minds of others? I guess we will never know the truth, but that doesn't mean that we cannot speculate though.

Consider some of the following scenarios eg. Belinda the closet Liberal spying for Darthpaul and then at the crucial moment the mask is ripped off... to reveal the real Barbelinda. Then there is the other side, the duplicious double entendre' the Belinda as double agent. She flees to the Liberals all the while acting as a spy against them in order to save the world for her lost love Peter.. Well she did say that she was leaving only because she feared a Tory toppling of the slimy liberal carcass may... gasp lead to Quebec leaving. The HORRORS! and all this from a woman that doesn't know a word of French either.

Then again, I think that Magna might have trouble hawking autoparts to Ford, GM and Chrysler with a Kanukistan buck worth the same as a Yankee Greenback. Me thinks that Belinda took her Dad's call to cozy up to Darthpaul in order to save Magna's profits. Besides, Darthpaul can fix her up with a nice new job since he is such a good buddy of Frank's.

I love this country, we Canadians like to laugh about interbreeding, red-necks, cowboys, and hicks in general but this former small town boy says that is one of the most whistle-stop moves he has ever seen.

This man is a Cad.

2005-05-20T02:21:00.000-04:00

Cadman decides 30 minutes before he votes.

Here we are the day after and I understand some of you went out and got fricking drunk. Good for you, I used to do that for a lot lesser reasons believe you me. These days I get my thrills from caffeine, not much hard stuff for me now. If you did have some drinks to deaden the pain of the realization that you now live in an authoritarian state, be sure to drink some tomato juice today - that stuff always helped my hangovers.

Well the Globe & Mail (Gay & Married), carried a story on the vote and claims that Cadman made his decision to vote with the liberals and Darthpaul only 30 minutes before his crucial curtsey was counted. Gee am I stupid, I thought the CAD-man was going to vote with his constituents... I mean was he polling them up to 30 minutes via blackberry before the vote... Something stinks here and it isn't my cat's litter box either.

Luckily for me, I followed my gut and I was one of the first out of the gate to slag old Caddy. See all my comments at Andrew Coynes blog if you don't believe me. Mind you it was running about 50-50 there for awhile but by the time I got tired of posting, most of the Cadman supporters had to agree that this guy cheesed out seriously.
Well I got to wonder what Cadman will feel like waking up today, he will either feel like a Cad if he has a conscience or he will be trying to collect the goodies from the package' offered to him by the liberals. Which is it, we don't know yet, but you can bet all eyes will be on the liberal's caddy for sometime to come to see if his good fortune increases unnecessarily.

So what do you think, is Cadman the ultimate upholder of the democratic tradition as he wonts to be portrayed as or is he some scheming weasel who you can't corner with an entire curling team and their brooms?

The hidden hand hates the US's Star Wars.

2005-05-19T16:07:00.000-04:00

The cold war goes underground in the early 21st century!

If there has been a better time to talk about world affairs in the years since the cold war, then I haven't been aware of it. The many issues, rumours, stories, strife, conflict and most of all accusations of our time are all flying by me like the hypothetical TR-3B (http://robocat.users.btopenworld.com/tr3b.htm).

This hypothetical flying triangle ties into the issue I want to examine today. The issue of Star Wars, 21st century style which is a back burner so far in the news. The link above in the London financial times, indicates that Russia is quite concerned by any plans that the US has to weaponize space. Myself, I welcome the idea and I will explain why later on, but let me say now that whenever the socialists don't want something to happen that it has little to do with the interests of others besides their own designs on world conquest. Make no mistake about it, Russia is still the evil empire on many levels and has no desire to just give up its grand plan to conquer the world.

If you doubt me consider this: why does Russia still have such a large military while it is an economic middle power at best? We also have to consider such other ridiculous situations like Lil Kim' in North Korea and our good buddy in Cuba, by the name of Castro. Both of these commie puppets dress like military commanders while many of their people literally starve to death. Sounds like a socialistic paradise to me, oboy I wanna live there now, how many people emmigrate to countries like those every year anyways? You know what they say: you are what you eat!

So in light of the fact that nobody is in a rush to invade Russia (unless it is China that may consider it..), and Russia acknowledges to the world that its centrally controlled economy was a disaster, then why are they so obsessed with global power plays still? Well one reason is that the old-guard which still seems to run that country in the shadows (seems like Darthpaul in the great white north doesn't it..?), are all afraid that the revolution may be lost. These hard-core idealogues in the shadows in Russia believe that they may lose the priviledge of driving around inferior Russian made cars while the locals still take crowded buses to line up at shops where nobody can afford to buy anything... except for the mobsters that is. Horrors.. oh the horrors!

Yeah, we need more communism and socialism in the world, especially in the first world. But tell that to the socialists that all know that Marx never meant communism for the third-world in the first place and he stated bluntly that the revolution was really only capable in the countries that could afford it. That is why we have a middle class in Canada for example that loves socialism - economic intellectual snobbery pounded into the heads of the youth in the left-wing education system. Obviously, something has to be done about the education system in this country... but again that is annother divergent topic.

But the educators never tell you that the ever encroaching socialism is in real danger not from opposing systems or even its own failure, but that it's future success is more affected by the military power of countries that are willing to stand up against it. The idea of military might over economic might is a constant and current idea in human history and any student of history knows this. The proof of the Russian agenda to subvert others is revealed by their view that a strong country militarily will win the economic war in the long-run, not by earning it but by brow-beating any opposition into submission. We also know that it was not just economics that destroyed Russia's economy and thus reduced it's military power, it was often corruption and just plain incompetence that led to the fall of the communist empire. This failure of Russia which causes so much angst in the hearts of socialists world-wide must be the opportunity for the US to really put some distance between itself and its old military foe. The time for action is now, the distance between the west and the east in regards military might, must be increased while we are willing and able to make the sacrifices needed. If we don't work towards a comfortable advantage over our old adversary called communism, then it will catch-up with us in time just as we are not paying attention. We must also consider other rivals that may rise to take the place of Russia, as we are seeing the rise of China, which I call the 'new Russia' and is held in high esteem in the minds of all the commie loving crowd.

So, the fact remains that the scourage of socialism continues and it will as long as there is one country that dares to believe it can put together enough military might to ever topple the US. In that light, I strongly advocate that the US weaponize space as soon as possible in order to generate sufficient advantage on its opponents (such as Russia and China), that they may never be able to close the gap on the US again. This has to happen now, while republicans have control of the White House and Senate before any left-leaning governments can be elected in Washington again, otherwise the left-leaning crowd such as the Clinton's will hobble the US forever.

May 19, 2005: return of Darthpaul..!!

2005-05-18T22:34:00.000-04:00

Parallels between the Dark Lords and our current badboy PMPM.

I started this story yesterday and it was to be a bit different but for some reason it got mostly lost in cyber space. But it did provide the impetus for this masterpiece I am about to lay on ya... so enjoy!

What a week! First we have Barbelinda bounding across that narrow open floor to cuddle close to Darthpaul and tonight we had Mr. Grewel, making accusations that he can back up by the way, stating that he and others have most definitely been asked to join the darkside. As usual the media (like the corrupt senate in the Star Wars films..), usurped by the dark side has striven to protect their dark overlords.

While I am an avid Star Wars viewer having been greatly influenced by the original that I actually saw in 1977 (unlike a lot of the current younger crowd..), I have become less enthused by recent slander coming from Mr. Lucas the lord of the realm. He is saying that the dark lord to him is GWB and he and his liberal/lefty friends are the good guys. Well all I got to say is this George: come up here and tell me which side is the bad guys? Frankly, I see Star Wars the way I want to see it, just like those of us that read the bible or the Koran or whatever. Let it reach the inner force I say. Thus, I stick my neck out here and claim that I am on the good side and you and your friends are the dark side.

But let me mention that I am a student of the occult (one must know their enemies by the way..), and I find it strange that Mr. Lucas released his 6th film on May 19, 2005 (numerologically not a positive number, example all odd numbers and 19 = (6 x 3) + 1), and he ended his trilogy on a negative note (strange for a series of films coming out of hollywood about the struggle of good over evil - whereby hollywood has usually seen good winning out..). Strange also, that that cult hero of the modern era as seen to lead our aspirations of good over evil stops his tale at the bleakest point.. but then again Mr. Lucas may know about what is coming up in the near future and his film is only a forewarning.. to us all.

But I am not here to bore you with occultic references and suggestions of conspiracy (at least the kind of conspiracy that we are told by the MSM that is fabricated often like their assertions about conspiracy related to politics..), when I want to talk about our current fearless leader Darthpaul. But the similarities are oh so great..

It has become perfectly apparent now that the true evil genius, the real power, the real puppet master in all the Chretien years was in fact Darthpaul. Shocking I know to come to that realization but consider the sales job that the MSM did on us when Jean arrived on the scene. Compare how we were sold Jean as a saviour for the country, the Quebecer from a little town that could identify with us and prevent Quebec from leaving because he really understood what Quebec was about. Oh yeah, Jean knew all right, he knew who was really running the province and he knew the real route to power, but that was a different reality than that sold by the media then and even now. But Jean is gone and since politics has hit rock bottom in this country due to the desperation of the liberals to cling to power at any cost, we need to focus on Darthpaul or Paul Martin as the polite may still refer to him.

That Darthpaul, was the dark shadow always lusting for the day he could assume supreme command is well known to all Canadians. But I am about to suggest that Jean was the puppet that Darthpaul manipulated. Yes, I'm saying that Jean was picked by Darthpaul to be his frontman and to pave the way for his assuming power. Please remember that Darthpaul like Darthvader was groomed from the beginning to assume power and highly courted by the dark side. When Jean was no longer of value, and he in fact became a detriment to the globalistic/socialistic ambitions of bringing Canada under UN control, then Jean was disposed of. Thus in effect Jean was the senator and Darthpaul was Darth Vader in the wings in our sordid parallel tale of two different 'Star' Wars.

Enter stage left, Darthpaul in the wings, ready to jump in to take the reigns. But our Darthpaul has been no jedi knight, afraid to make decisions, afraid to lead and mostly afraid to offend anyone especially amongst the lefty crowd. Our Darthpaul has proven an infectual leader at best. But there is hope, because Darthpaul has finally proven in the open in the public eye that he is truly worthy of the title of black jedi knight - he is the master with his black entourage of ghouls. He displays mastery of the cheap shot, the takeout, and the massaging of the rules whilst spinning a story to make black into white and white into black. Yes, while Darthpaul is not comfortable being in the spotlight, he has proven he can lead from the rear, and he has no problems slinging the effluent he conveniently finds there.

So how will the darkside retain power for their masters the globalists/UN loving crowd when their leader is but half-cocked? Well they have bought a willing accomplice in Barbelinda, who loves the spotlight more than it loves her. She is famous for her decentralized management style (where more talented people than herself actually do the work and make the decisions, while she takes her share of the credit - such a true capitalist she is), which will mesh well with Darthpaul's desire to stay in the shadows lest his ugly countenance be seen by too many people. They are the duality that Yoda claims always comes in twos, one seen and one hidden.

Today Thursday May 19th, 2005 will go down in infamy in the empire (Canada - remnant of the British Empire), and whether Darthpaul and Barbelinda manage to force the senate to go along with their invasion (continued operation of the occupying force that Darthpaul's liberals are), is yet to be seen.

Belinda bolts into an uncertain future!

2005-05-17T18:55:00.000-04:00

Well I must have been one of the last conservatives in Canada today to learn about Belinda Stronach's jump to the federal Liberals.

All the same, after the initial shock wore off, I was not that surprised. Most of us should have seen this coming weeks ago. Her trip to Washington to hobnob with Bill Clinton (A democrat, the american equivalent of a Liberal in Canada), her criticisms aimed at Stephen Harper and her general RED Tory disposition. That Stronach is aligned with ex-offico's of Mike Harris and Brian Mulroney, globalist Red Tories - makes it perfectly clear what is happening now; the gloves are off, fake conservatives and liberals are the enemy.

That the 'mason boys' are pulling out all stops to keep control of Canada and insure its leftward march towards socialism is now apparent. But there is obviously division in the ranks and there are opposing sides lining up for the right to take us into the endposts for any glory or rewards as the case may be.

But back to Belinda. Not a bad person but one of questionable background all the same. A person that has been called one of the most powerful women in the world but like many women at the lofty heights of the business and political world these days, she cannot claim to be self-made. That aside, I cannot say that I have been impressed with her in the few times that I have heard her speak or present herself to the public. Many question the depth of committment and the strength of will, or the quality of ability that she may possess for any high level job. Myself I don't want to go down roads that I cannot return from. But in either case whether she be talented or barely above average there are other aspects to consider here as more important.

What is obvious and going around the conservative blogging world is that Mr. Martin in his wisdom (or his apparent sleaze which is most abundant), has offered Belinda a lot for the sole purpose of potentially propping up his corrupt government. That Belinda walks in with a lower-tiered cabinet position will likely piss-off a lot of the liberal backbench. But the bigger concerns for Belinda in the longer term in this dramatic move is whether she will position herself to be Paul Martin's heir apparent in the case that he crashes and burns. Many liberals are saying publicly that Paulie is finished in the longer term no matter what happens because he is being seen now as detrimental to the constant quest for liberal power - his own personal credibility. That Liberals believe they should always maintain power in a democracy is truly scary but that is annother story for annother day to be addressed by me.

The next problem that Belinda has is winning her Aurora riding again which she barely carried last election. Although, I have known a number of people that live up that way, I'm not sure how this move will be interpreted by the local burgers up there. Myself, I wouldn't be impressed if I was a resident (I generally don't like defectors), but I'm assuming that she is polling like mad using the resources that only Belinda Rich can muster. She would have been nervous going into any election and maybe now she believes she can win being a liberal shill. I'm hoping that the conservatives work hard to take her down in the coming election either way and maybe I'm try to get up there to help them out. It would be worth it to just see the fear in her eyes come election night.

Well how does this affect the conservative party? Not sure, but I expect it will blow over in a week or two. Either an election will begin or we will end up hearing about Gomery again, and the sooner the better I say. In regards the vote in the house in two days, I have to assume that it will be very close now and I don't have enought insights to tell who is going to win unfortunately. There is talk afoot that the liberals did not lock up the independents for the vote as they had hoped they would, so I assume the liberals have been making a lot of telephone calls. Either way, an election is coming and we as conservatives have to drive ahead to win no matter what. Maybe without the backstabbing of Belinda now we can move ahead more unified than ever.

Two other issues at hand is the following: Peter McKay's apparent relationship with Belinda and her owing the conservative party money for the failed leadership campaign. One begins to wonder if her sole purpose in dating McKay was to act as a spy or to have him as some boytoy. Peter you are a good guy and I knew that when I met you, but don't despair there is better out there for you than her. I'm hoping that she was not shown all the treasures in the secret cove that is CPC headquarters. If she had, I'm sure she is doing a lot of talking now. In terms of Belinda owing the party money, a reputed $380,000 I believe: all I can say is this, further evidence that the rich don't pay their bills and they always expect special treatment over everybody else. This might be the most offensive issue in this whole story frankly, the attitude that I don't have to pay my bills.

I'm sure that you will find a good home in the liberal party Belinda because it is so obvious that your values line up so well with them. This is assuming that daddy due to his threats of retirement at Magna, didn't demand that you become PM within the next 12 months or give up on your political ambitions and come back home.

Only time will tell how this will affect you Beinda, I expect that your future in politics is to be short as you obviously have no patience and since you have a good job to go to at anytime, you will in fact leave the liberals in due course. Have you hurt the conservative party of Canada, yes but only in the short-term, for I expect that your leaving will only make us stronger in the long-run.

The ugly face of Liberalism: The main stream media.

2005-05-16T00:13:00.000-04:00

This is an article that I have planned in my head for some weeks now. The view of the main stream media (hereafter shortened as MSM), from the perspective of a conservative.

Well opportunity knocks because today all over the MSM in the US and to a lesser extent in Canada is the Newsweek scandal. The story as many reading this may know involved Newsweek, not doing due diligence (as a professional would be expected to do of course), in reporting a story that led to several large riots in the middle east and the loss of dozens of lives in several countries.

The real problem in this story is that Newsweek is a hardcore liberal publication that when confronted with this story, which the US military vehemently denied from start to finish, unrepettantly refused to back down. Well today it was acknowledged by Newsweek that a mistake had been made and that they were incorrect in their original story.

An official appology was immediately demanded by the White House which has come under constant attack by the MSM since the day G. W. Bush was elected (not surprisingly since he is a republican and something like 80% or more of journalists and newsreaders in the US are Democratic Party supporters), thereby hoping for some payback on an arrogant and orchestrated attack without regard for even a shred of professionalism. The appology came but slow in terms of what a reasonable person would expect. Furthermore the editor kept rambling on about the need to fully explore what went on or caused the problem as though hinting that they had done nothing wrong - obviously being caught red-handed by the liberal MSM never causes any feelings of guilt or humility. In the end it does not matter what happened as long as one realizes that Newsweek was not doing their job and was too eager to put forward a story that brought disrepute on a White House that they did not like. The owners of Newsweek are not innocent in any of this either by the way.

So we have here, an example of liberal MSM bias in my opinion and we have had similar incidents being exposed in recent months in the US as you the dear reader would remember. Well what is the situation in Canada you may ask? Well it is as bad if not a lot worse in my mind. First of all let us consider the ties to corruption and criminality that our current Liberal government in Ottawa has been accused of. Most would argue in favour or denial of this reputed Liberal criminality, but the reality is that whatever side of the political spectrum that you favour at anytime, the fact is that Canada has joined the ranks of the banana republic's in the world that we have always been so gratefull in this country to have never been associated with before. Yes, Canada is no longer an adolescent on the world stage of political slime and corruption, having easily crossed the line into the darkest realms often associated with lesser parts of the world.

So is corruption and bias rampant in the Canadian MSM, I would say YES. I think that is the next frontier that must be broached in the coming months and years ahead in this country. Yet, understand that throughout much of Canada's history we have always followed most trends in the US. That is why I argue that what we are seeing in the US is only to be revealled in Canada sooner if not later.

Well you would want some examples of what I am asserting, MSM bias in Canada and I am not going to disappoint you. My favourite target for MSM bias in Canada is of course the CBC, that megalithic presence all across Canada, which reaches every nook and crany of this massive country. That the CBC mostly depends on government funds for it's survival would hint at any governing party using it for its own means is obvious, but there is a more fundamental arguement for the lack of CBC integrity. First of all, I would argue that the CBC does not have a mandate that it observes, simply because it has never been seen in the public eye to my knowledge anyways, to answer to any public complaints laid against it in regards bias or any hidden agendas. What is obviously hidden is the board of directors of the CBC, which are all hand picked for political reasons and are always in support of that one great ideal - which is the spread of liberalism in Canada. That the CBC has been said to be left-wing for most if not all of its long and storied history is without question, to its various critics across the country. The directors of this public corporation perpetually seem to feel no heat nor fear of an unhappy public for any reason whatsoever. Truly a wonderful job befitting of the elite of the socialistic world.

Then there is the funding issues with the CBC. First of all it was created to do a job for which the private sector was unable to do or did not want to do. But in recent years, the government funding has been reduced and replaced with the CBC's increasing incursions into the private business realm. This goes against the CBC's original mandate that for which it was created in the first place: a non-partisan voice, not beholden to the titans of capital or so it goes. Yet, the funding that is given to the CBC by Ottawa, mostly from Liberal governments in the past 4 decades, is a straight transfer from government tax reserves to the CBC's accounts. This is not a way to fund the CBC for which to hold it accountable to public opinion in any manner since I have to attack the federal government in order to get to the CBC. There could be other ways to do this, if we should do it any longer at all.. in England for example the BBC is funded by a direct tax to each household with a TV set, which appears brutish in some respects, such that each citizen is directly paying for this service. In my mind this type of direct taxing makes the BBC more directly tied to the public's acceptance or rejection than the model we have in Canada.

In short, despite the funding issues, I want to say that I do not see any further role for the CBC in this country due to it's primary purpose of maintaining Liberal Party of Canada hegemony in this country for prior decades. From where I stand, the CBC's prime directive has become it's own long-term survival, which does nothing for me the taxpayer. That is excepting all the time that the CBC (dominated by unionists and socialists), is not kneeled in subjugation of whatever political party is running Ottawa. I may be nieve here but I was always told that public corporations had higher ideals than just their own survival and I do believe this view of a higher mandate of why they were created in the first place - to serve the public in a way that the private sector cannot. But we have not observed the higher ideals of public corporations in this country for some time now.

Then there is the issue of whether the private sector can do the job that the CBC does now, the answer of course is YES. I see no reason why private operators, being highly regulated, cannot takeover many of the tasks currently being fulfilled by the CBC. Many would argue that the CBC is only annother competitor in a very tight industry in regards competition for limited profits. All the same, there may be a limited role for the CBC in certain areas of Canada and for it to do certain things that the private sector cannot, will not, or should not do. It would take some discussion with Canadians to decide what those things are of course. Otherwise, I am calling for the dismantling of the CBC as we know it. Now I must address the rest of the MSM in Canada, but that will come in articles in the future... stay tuned.

What is wrong with Canada... Ontario?

2005-05-15T20:41:00.000-04:00

Canada's Future Depends on Ontario's Next Move.

I am a born and bred Ontarian. I can measure my family back at least 4 generations in this province. Thus, I think I can say with some authority that Ontario is not perfect but it has no major problems that many other people living in other places would quibble about in this country. Ontario has a good location, overall a good climate (for Canada), it is prosperous and generally Ontario offers opportunity to it's citizens (oops should say the globalistic preferred 'residents').

But Ontario is also burdened by history and responsibility you see. It can't be like the rest of the country eg. Atlantic Canada, much of the West, the North, or even Quebec. Ontario cannot solely pursue selfish ends like most other regions of Canada, and in fact it does not for the most part. I know that my saying this will ruffle a lot of feathers but you are all free to disagree with me here if you like.

With all that said, Ontario cannot afford to be stupid nor negligent either and that is what I am accusing it of being. Yes, Ontarians are self-absorbed in the pursuit of wealth and prosperty, a level that many in the rest of Canada only aspire to. Yes, Ontarians also pay many of the bills that need to be paid in order to keep this country functioning. But that does not absolve Ontario from paying attention to what is going on in this great country. The simple fact is that LIBERALISM has allowed that Quebec direct the country while Ontario and a few of the other 'HAVE' provinces have paid many of the bills (namely Alberta, and sometimes BC, as have provinces).

This may make Ontario happy as it allows business to continue as usual and allows it's leading citizens to continue to look out for themselves. But this is not an exercise in nation building nor is it ethical nor practical. When you have responsibility you must act with maturity and accept it and do what is practically expedient. Ontario has not done this for at least 4 decades now. Since the quiet revolution' in Quebec, we have seen Quebec take over and control the entire mandate in this country and Ontario has been content to step down. This has all been sold as a response to creeping Americanism, a way to keep the US at bay, at any cost by the left (mostly those unionists that decry the sad state of unionized labour in the US for example).

That Quebec looking out for itself, always preparing for the day that it may leave Canada, that Ontario has been content to maintain a subservient population across Canada for which its factories can service.. has not been a good deal for everyone else is quite obvious (especially when one measures their life's quality in terms of their ability to achieve their sought out objectives for growth and development - that which the current federalism seems to limit to certain regions of Canada). This status quo all started to unravel when Alberta found the 'black gold' and realized that it was the rich sibbling in the unhappy family that is Canada. This has led to the rise of conservatism (undermined by populism), as the political opponent of liberal Ontario and Quebec as a mode of expression for discontent in this country. Make no mistake about it, so far much of the rest of Canada is only an appendage of Ontario and Quebec's political and economic designs, but that may soon change. That Alberta challenged this stagnant status quo and has made it a rallying cry for many disaffected in the country is truly remarkable indeed. The odds against this type of movement are incredibly high (especially when liberalism espoused 'clientism' as a method of delivering benefit to citizens), except for one obvious point - you cannot build a revolution without a lot of unhappy people. That Liberalism has produced a lot of unhappy people in this country is not without notice.

That Alberta would rise to challenge the staid and complacent Ontario and attempt to show people that not only had they neglected their responsibility and duty, but to show the public that Quebec was not the sole reason for Canada to exist anymore is truly courageous. Whereby Quebec nationalism was a response to a reality that Ontario could do nothing about, cultural isolation whereby Quebec is surrounded by a modern english, north american entity for which all Canadians are expected to bleed (via subservience to Quebec's never ending demands), in order to quell Quebec's fears is ridiculous. Here we have the reason for the stupidity of Ontario - trying to solve a problem that is unsolvable; the ultimate separate of Quebec from Canada. It is like trying to avoid divorce when the other is quite motivated to leave.

On the other hand, Ontario by trying to keep Quebec happy at any cost has been negligent to the rest of Canada. This unhappy marriage of Ontario and Quebec, has allowed all kinds of unfairness to occur in order to maintain the 'official Ottawa' that Quebec prefers and for which it mostly benefits. This leads me to Ontario's responsiblity as the big brother (or father if you like), in this family to ensure that everybody gets an opportunity to achieve their reasonable asperations as well as trying to keep Quebec happy. If this is even possible that is?

A step in that direction of maintaining order as well as providing more justice and hope in this country is for Ontario in the upcoming election to vote conservative. Ontario voting conservative will prove to the rest of Canada that this great province is not only responsible but intelligent. I say let the cards fall where they may as a result of more regional influence in how Ottawa is run (as expected if conservatives win the next election), since I strongly believe that Quebec is not going anywhere without a fat bank account of its own and we all know it.

Torstar: sleight of hand for Western Canada?

2005-05-11T17:15:00.000-04:00

Today's Red Star (Toronto Star), online edition has a story that caught my eye.. just as all the obscure issues usually do. I say it is always about the details, the details that others miss..

Here is the story and my comments:

Forget slogans, West already is `in'

It is time to speak less about regional discontent and get on with creating regional prosperity, says Roger Gibbins

'While the timing of the next federal election is still in doubt, one thing is clear: In the campaign to come, party leaders will be exploiting and even fanning regional conflict. To our shame, "divide to rule" will be the name of the game. It is, therefore, an opportune time, before the partisan battle is fully engaged, to reassess the long-standing mantra of western Canadian discontent, that is, "the West wants in." As a slogan, and a regional strategy, its time has passed, because the West has moved on, if not in.'

Uh don't you have to define what being in' means in the first place? I thought it had to do with more clout in Ottawa, but this writer is afraid to even say that lest somebody might even hear it!

'The West has had to change its strategic direction in part because the old strategy wasn't very successful. While western discontent attracted a flicker of interest in the early months of Paul Martin's government, the flicker was soon snuffed out by the realities of a 2004 election campaign that centred on southern Ontario. The rapidly approaching new election brings to mind the old real estate adage — location, location, location, or, to put it bluntly, "Ontario, Ontario, Ontario." There are, however, even more compelling reasons for the West to move on.'

Again the writer, like most that produce propaganda for the Torstar Corp., ignores several significant facts: one, this strategy has in fact been very successful - producing a political party, the new conservatives that at the moment forms the official opposition in Canadian Parliament. Two, the existing government of the LPC's Paul Martin is on it's last legs and is about to fall.

'Western Canadians have moved beyond being supplicants, echoing Oliver Twist as he pleaded "please, sir, I want some more." It is strikingly inappropriate for a region with 30 per cent of the national population, a bountiful resource base and the most prosperous economy in the country to be begging for what, in all but a political sense, is already true.'

Gee, was this not the argument for many decades that allowed Quebec to literally rape and control Canada, that it was a significant minority population in this country (no longer true btw), and thus we must cave into their every wish? Furthermore, Quebec was really never that wealthy nor well run and that is the crux of the unfairness issue in the first place - Quebec's wine and cheese economy vs the west's milk and porridge.

'The West, from a position of economic strength and demographic vitality, is in. "The West wants in," as a regional strategy, also reflected a lack of ambition. It implied that the status quo is acceptable, that if western Canadians could just get in the doors of the staid old gentlemen's club in Ottawa, their aspirations would be met. Instead, it is time to follow the advice of Marx (Groucho, not Karl), who said that the kind of club that would admit the likes of him would not be worth joining. As the Gomery inquiry continues to show, maybe westerners should be reaching for a new Canadian vision that is not mired in the status quo. But, if "the West wants in" is no longer appropriate, what is the alternative?'

Okay you have my attention here, what do you propose?

'It certainly isn't that "the West wants out." Systematic polling by the Canada West Foundation since 2001 shows frustration, to be sure, but no significant support for disengagement from the Canadian political community.'

Are you really sure about this?

'Neither do firewalls offer an acceptable alternative. Western Canadians want to play on a national and indeed global stage; there is little enthusiasm for retreating into a more claustrophobic community. What is needed is a new strategy that exerts national leadership through the power of ideas rather than within the national corridors of power. Ottawa is not the only chalice from which creativity and innovation flow.'

Uh, do you mean power but not real power?

'The engines of policy innovation and creativity are primed in the West.
They can be found in municipal governments, which have been leading the national debate on the urban agenda. They are in the region's great universities and within western Canadian provincial governments that are leading the nation on many fronts — health-care reform, financial management, sustainable energy, and electoral reform. The best strategy is leadership by example, and the currency of leadership is the currency of new ideas.'

They are already doing this, doing more of the same thing will not change anything I do believe. Besides where are you going with this story?

'The great advantage of national leadership through the power of ideas is that it does not depend on waiting impatiently for regional influence within the federal government, or on the outcome of federal elections. There is no need to wait, and wait, for Ottawa to act. There is no need for federal funding or federal orchestration. The West has the creativity and financial capacity to act. All that is needed from Ottawa is room to bring policy innovation into play.'

Gee you really mean it? How when liberals completely control Ottawa and are seen to mostly take orders from Quebec and from immigrants? I know what this guy is suggesting now, he still wants omni-potent central government in Ottawa and he and his liberal friends fear the provinces getting greater powers.

'The message is simple: Help where you can, but do not throttle innovation and creativity in the name of national standards, federal leadership or partisan advantage.'

In other words do what you are told, take what you are given, shut up and go away... wow you must be a liberal, are you Roger? In other words let the scum and sleaze continue in Otawa because it is none of your business, and besides cleaning up Ottawa may mean the loss of a lot of jobs and wealth for loyal liberals - globalists/socialists.

'None of this precludes a constructive role for the federal government, but neither does it mean waiting for Ottawa, waiting for an opportunity to speak or the chance to be heard. It means, in fact, speaking less about regional discontent and doing more, getting on with the business of creating regional prosperity.'

But they have already been doing that, haven't they? What they are tired of out West is sending trainloads full of money into Ottawa and watching it disappear into a big black hole. When they ask about it, they are told by people like you to just mind their own business. What they want is more say in how this government is run because they are paying more and more to have it function. A region that constitutes 30% of the population is likely paying 50% of the bills.

'Complaining is an appropriate strategy only in the absence of a capacity to act. Nor does abandoning "the West wants in" isolate westerners from other regional communities. On the contrary, it implies a co-operative strategy among regions to create a new Canada.'

Finally you have said something in this article that I can agree with. But the new Canada I envision is likely a lot different than the one that you like.

'As the political parties gear up to pit region against region, let's look beyond this sorry spectacle to a new regional strategy. Western Canadians should forget about getting in, and focus instead on moving on.'

Sorry but you lost me here on your conclusion. There must be a new Canada where the Western provinces have a lot more say in what happens in Ottawa, or Western Canada must seriously begin looking at other options: such as joining the US, going it alone, joining with Ontario to leave Canada, becoming part of Cascadia, or even as has been proposed in the past for Quebec- limited sovereignity association with Ottawa for Western Canada. If Western Canada leaves Ottawa's influence then I'm quite likely to start heading West.

Minority takeover in Canada: 2017

2005-05-10T18:25:00.000-04:00

Visible majority by 2017

Demographic balance in Toronto, Vancouver will tip within 12 years, Statscan saysBy JILL MAHONEY

This story was originally covered in the Globe and Mail newspaper here in Canada and this link refers to it, here is the text from the link above:

"The number of visible minorities in Canada is expected to double by 2017 and form more than half the population in greater Toronto and Vancouver, according to new projections that highlight the country's growing diversity.If current trends hold, one in every five faces will be non-white in 12 years when Canadians mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation, Statistics Canada said yesterday. "Canada's ethno-cultural makeup, especially in large urban areas, is changing rapidly, bringing political decision makers . . . a number of challenges and opportunities, particularly in the areas of urban development, labour market integration, health and social services, and public institutions," the report says. The findings come as a "bit of a reality check," said Ratna Omidvar, executive director of the Maytree Foundation, a Toronto think tank. "It means that there are issues we need to resolve faster. We need to be a little bit more mindful about issues of social cohesion and social inclusion and ramp up the efforts that are currently under way to ensure that, in fact, the new Canada works."

Wow this is what the story does not mention:

- what is the cost to bring these people here and what does it cost this country?

- what about social cohesion? what if I don't want to do this?

- what is this new Canada they hint at? when will the immigration of visible minorities end? what is the maximum percentage that they expect visible minorities to become in say 50 years?

- what happens when the visible minorities out number the white based Canadian population?

- the article admits that social cohesion could be better than it is, what is the cost of this lost social cohesion now?

There are many more questions to be asked and in subsequent days, weeks, months, I will be asking them here and hopefully in time a broad document of my overall comments and concerns will be produced on this subject.

Oh, and I know that the website I found this article at is not really conservative, well it is in some respects as this article indicates, but I have to troll around the dark deep recesses of the internet to bring the good reader enlightened opinions.

Toronto Star slams religious ties to conservatives

2005-05-10T17:50:00.000-04:00

Unholy alliance on the right

SAEED RAHNEMA

I wonder what would happen if a white anglo-saxon wrote this story?

Anyways on to the propaganda:

While non-Christian religions form a very small minority — a combined 7 per cent of the Canadian population — their leaders are growing more active and vocal, lending support to conservative and anti-secular voices among the majority Catholics and Protestants. In turn, right-wing politicians, hungry for votes, support them without regard for long-term consequences.

Gee what long-term consequences are we talking about here? The hoped for destruction of liberalism?

on to more crap:

Though spearheaded by majority Christians and supported by conservative politicians, the present concerted effort on the part of all these religions to derail same-sex marriage legislation is another example of an (un-)holy alliance against secular democracy.

Gee is it possible that the writer is a gay visible minority shill for the LPC (Liberal Party of Canada)?

More crap:

Understandably, all religious leaders try to show they have a large following of devout and active believers. While statistically all religions are growing (except for mainline Protestant denominations, which are declining), the rising figures are due primarily to population growth and immigration.

So this writer is agruing that there is no way these religious leaders of various dispariate religions can entirely represent an ethnic population? I would say based on my experience in Toronto that not only can they do this but they are doing it.

Then there is that dirty word again: immigration, too much of it and I don't like it, but that is for other posts to come..

for more BS propaganda from torstar:

Moreover, one important fact is completely ignored, namely the relatively large and growing number of secularists and Canadians with no religion at all. The combined number of Canadian agnostics, atheists, humanists, pagans and those simply with "no religion" is more than twice the size of all non-Christian religions in Canada. According to the 2001 census, 16.2 per cent of Canadians fall into these categories, a 44 per cent increase in a decade. Vote-seeking politicians may want to also pay attention to this growing group of the population (though perhaps not a good fit for Mr. Harper!).

Now we got the writer arguing that all the non-religious freaks are more important than the clean and moral religious community.. yeah right!

I'm loving the lefty propaganda, now here for more:

Many religious institutions simply act as centres for community support and provision of useful social services. This is true particularly for members of minority religions who face serious problems of racism. Lingering and even growing anti-Semitism plagues the Jewish community, hostility toward Hindus and Sikhs continues, and Canadian Muslims are faced with expanding and deepening Islamophobia.

Here in the above article excerpt, our genius lefty argues that in fact these religions are not really religions at all but social clubs where immigrants hang-out and try to learn to beat the system.

It goes on:

But in developed countries that host Muslim diasporas, such as Canada, it is the conservative religious leaders who act as agents of change, working toward regressive transformations and eroding modern values and practices even while gaining support from democratic governments in the name of multiculturalism.

Here our commie little buddy argues that religion which defines these cultures for the most part in fact begins to enslave them in free countries like Canada. But he then goes on to praise multiculturalism which is the sole advantage that these same people can hope to bring to Canada. Is this person confused?

the grand finale and conclusion:

Multiculturalism — as opposed to assimilation — is no doubt the best approach to achieving social harmony and respect for group rights in an ethnically diverse society. In granting group rights, however, attention must be paid to the contradictions between the rights of a group and the universal rights of its individual members.
Canadian democracy and its social cohesion are in danger if religious assaults are not confronted by a concerted response by progressive secular forces that believe in the separation of church and state and respect for citizens' rights, as guaranteed by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

First off I would like to challenge this author's belief that multiculturalism is superior to anything. I can point to the experience in the USA regarding the melting-pot system and see a number of superior outcomes - that is if one believes in destroying their country via immigration in the first place.

Now this idiot is arguing that religious freedom as offered to ethnic immigrants is in danger of destroying the very democracy of this country and they even drag the charter of rights into this... if you have a problem with people that believe in god, because you obviously do not, then go back to where you came from.

Sgro: off the hook? did Grappler Gagliano make calls for her?

2005-05-10T16:46:00.000-04:00

All the sheep in the Canadian un-free press crowed today that Judy Sgro is an innocent girl!

Herein is an excerpt from the Globe and Mail's article entitled: Sgro says she's off the hook.

Former Immigration Minister Judy Sgro said Tuesday a man who alleged she promised to swap asylum for free pizza and campaign support has retracted the charges and apologized.
“Reputations should not be tarnished by unsubstantiated allegations and innuendo solely for partisan politics,” Ms. Sgro said, after reading the man's letter in the House of Commons.

Mind you in all fairness the Globe (Gay and Married), hints that Sgro is dreaming that she is innocent. But unlike analysis of any conservative issue that they may engage in, they are not offering opinions on this one.

It looks like Sgro, backed by the corrupt LPC, has threatened several lengthy and costly legal battles for which these immigrants do not have the stomach nor the money to withstand. Also, it is possible that Sgro has something on these people as she has access to the complete infrastructure of this country in order to mount her 'witch hunt.'

But what is most shocking is that the man bringing forth these accusations against "JUDGE JUDY SGRO" may well be telling the truth but since evidence cannot be produced he is between a hard rock and a cliff. It is also possible that immigration has threatened his remaining family living here.

Why all the fuss over Judy you ask? Well she was minister over immigration a big generator of voters for the liberals, as well as volunteer labour for elections. Is that in jeapordy now?

Then there is Judy's riding in North Western Toronto, named York-West which is considered one of the safest ridings in all of Canada for the LPC (Liberal Party of Canada). I live near there and the riding is highly multi-ethnic and likely dominated by immigrants. It is rampant with crime and quite famous in Toronto because of it. Good country to a liberal indeed! I'm hoping that Judy runs again because while I expect that she would win, it would be a lot more challenging than the last few elections.

A lessson in all of this is the following: not only are liberals in Canada for the most part corrupt but they have absolutely no respect at all for the rule of law nor for the concept of justice.

Oh and the Gagliano connection to this story, well I don't know if there is one, but consider this, we had complaintants that withdraw complaints as though they had been threatened to do so, and all of this action happening in a riding in Toronto with a large ethnic Italian population. It is highly unlikely the two are related, but not impossible.

Canada and generic aid's drugs: would Malthus be happy?

2005-05-09T14:22:00.000-04:00

Today's online Toronto Star (Red Star News), at thestar.com has an editorial piece by Carol Goar entitled "Canadian Triumph Turns Sour."

It is an interesting story and not one to draw a lot of attention from the public or even the mainstream press. I'm even surprised it got covered at all frankly. That is the weird thing about the Red Star, sometimes in a backhanded way I have to admit that they actually impress me.

I'm happy to see this obscure story about how Canada under Jean Chretien's Liberals had been an early signer for supplying generic aids drugs to African countries stricken with the fatal epidemic. The whole idea being that the generic meds would be cheap and thus within access to even the modest means of most African states - particularily Uganda and Botswana the article singles out these two countries. Not that Canadian manufacturers would not have benefitted from this policy at the taxpayer's expense mind you. But many taxpayers would support this kind of policy and many of the countries involved are too poor to even be a market for the name-brand products.

A few brief paragraphs quoted from the article sum it all up nicely:

"Canadians reasonably assumed that, by now, anti-retrovirals from laboratories in Toronto and Montreal would be winging their way to Uganda and Botswana. In fact, that won't happen for months. It may not happen at all.

This story has no single culprit. The Pledge to Africa Act fell victim to political inertia, bureaucratic bungling and corporate self-interest. It was oversold in the first place and whittled down behind the scenes."

A less cynical person than I would automatically think that big business shut down this idea of largesse at their own expense: re reduced drug profits on high priced name brand aids drugs being usurped by cheaper generic Canadian drugs. Frankly, I would have to agree with those cynical people holding the big drug behemoths in contempt except for one thing...

None of that would explain the internal problems within a government that went to bat for this idea in the first place and for which had to take orders from the PMO. So how do snafu's like this happen anyways even when there is the will to make things happen?

Well dear reader, do a Google on 'Club of Rome' and note that one of our esteemed ex-PM's by the name of Pierre Trudeau was a known member. All I will tell you know is that the Club' is tied to the international financial and political scene aka: internationalists, and is a big fan of a renown thinker of the name of Malthus.'

If anybody figures out what I am on about then make a posting and we can do the cat and mouse of who is on who's tail. Should be fun.

Barbelinda: Queen of the conservatives!

2005-05-08T16:58:00.000-04:00

Yes Belinda, it is tough being you. Young rich, attractive, and already having done more in your life that many of us mortals would do in half a dozen. Whether one loves or loathes you, we are all swept off our feet at the brazen daring of your every exploit and movement.

The Globe and Mail (Gay & Married), is a big fan of yours undoubtably! The May 7th, issue online had you taking over from Stephen Harper at any minute as leader of the conservative party of Canada. Not that they are not biased or anything, being obvious liberal party of Canada supporters that love the idea of gay marriage and at the same time decry the demise of the PC's, or what I like to call the 'Liberal Lite' brand of federal politics.

That Belinda is surrounding herself with ex-Harris and Mulroneites' is of no concern to the Globe, since the week before they were tarring the conservatives for having ties to the dreaded ex-PC regime of Brian Mulroney. But in Canadian politics, substance means nothing and idealogy especially internationalist's beliefs are everything.

Belinda's main objective has been the following: "Many believe she has taken these positions for two reasons -- to build the moderate side of the party and become its champion." Which is not a problem in and of itself, but what this does to make the conservative party conservative, is beyond me?

Read this convoluted logic in this passage:

"Asked if her remarks this week had anything to do with insulating herself from blame if the Conservatives force a spring election and it goes badly, Ms. Stronach says no. The point, she says, was simply to be accountable to the residents of her riding.
Newmarket-Aurora, an urban riding just outside Toronto, includes many commuters who would benefit from the plans in the Liberal budget to spend more money on roads, public transit and other transportation needs.
"I want to make sure that we properly address the issues that are important to the citizens of Newmarket-Aurora -- public transit, transportation, which are consistent with the cities infrastructure program."
Since being elected, Ms. Stronach has also been diligent about meeting people across the country. Last December, for example, she took up the invitation of an Alberta feedlot owner and farmer to visit his business and see for herself the devastation that the mad-cow crisis has visited upon the region."

See it is like this: When Belinda wants to embarras Harper, she can justify it by saying she is responding to her constituents. But when she wants to be a major player and travel the country and even go to Washington to hobnob with reputed ex, Billy Clinton, she can do that too according to the Globe without even a hint of irony.

So which is it Barbelinda?

Are you the dutiful MP of Newmarket-Aurora, or are you conservative party executive that is campaigning behind Stephen Harper's back for the leadership even before there is any reason to do it?

While we are at it, what is this we hear about your father stepping down soon? Many of us would have thought that you would be a shoe-in to take over for him in his absence. If you do that then I wish you well and I note that the press will be a lot harder on you as a business executive than it ever will be on a liberal politician in this country.

Labour MP's want to oust Blair already...

2005-05-08T03:02:00.000-04:00

The May 8th, issue of The Times online carries a story with the title 'Labour MPs tell Blair to quit Downing Street,' are said to be speaking out for the first time on the leadership of Mr. Blair.

The article describes the shock that many of the re-elected MP's felt when they went to the door of constituents during the last election.

Funny but people always vote liberal even when they are mad with them. Guess it is like telling your boss to piss off but then realizing that the money will stop soon..

The article goes on to say that many expert Blair to move on within the next year and even goes on to say that the recent step-down of the conservatives Howard' has exerted more pressure on Blair to go.

Some political observers are surprised that the obvious historic nature of labour's third consecutive majority has been ignored while opponents jockey in the background for position.

These quotes seem to highlight the problems driving this change in sentiment regarding Mr. Blair:

"But yesterday Frank Dobson, the former health secretary, described Blair as an “electoral liability” who would have to go sooner rather than later.
He suggested that if Britain scrapped plans for a referendum on the European Union constitution after a French no vote at the end of this month, many MPs believed he could go even quicker. “Lots of people said on the doorstep during the campaign they couldn’t vote Labour because of Iraq but an even larger proportion said they wouldn’t vote Labour again until Tony Blair had gone. And that’s a major problem.”

So there we have it, the globalists want a smooth entry into the EU, with a person that can sell it to the public which they currently believe Mr. Blair is unable to do. The other reason mentioned above in describing the hostility of Mr. Blair's personage in the minds of many voters is simply not an issue for several years in the future.

Let us stand back and watch what happens. The press in the UK wanted Blair to win because the conservatives did not 100% back integration with the EU. Now we see the knives coming out for Mr. Blair even though the golden boy' carried the day for them but he still is an unknown entity.

Frankly, how can any labourite favour full integration with the EU is beyond me.

When conservatives are not really conservatives.

2005-05-08T01:04:00.000-04:00

Lately, I've had the political bug like I had last year at this same time. Maybe this political infatuation is going to be a long-term thing, hope not really because this costs me more than I've been getting from it. Seems the liberals have it all figured out in terms of squeezing value out of everything they do.. that is why they are so successful.

Anyways, I have been making a lot of posts at various conservative type political blogs run by known conservative supporters in this country. At least that is the impression that they like to make on people that may frequent their websites.

I have been to a few liberal sites in the same time period and left some nasty barbs.. but liberals can take it because they are the masters at dishing it out. I usually get it back in spades or they even ignore me, it is all good fun. Like I said, you want to dish it out then you have to learn to take it too like an adult, otherwise don't play the game.

But, the problem I have encountered strangely enough is on some of the conservative themed blogging sites. Some of these people are not that conservative, at least in terms of social values (which is not something that they have to be btw, but something that you might expect from a member of the conservative party - if in fact those people were members?).

But, that is not the real problem, what causes concern is that certain commentators like me, are being perceived as too conservative and drawing the ire of these hosts. I have been sent one email that said that I was not wanted as a poster on the site because I was producing a poor impression there and that bloghost did not want to associate with such an impression.

What is really hilarious is that nobody that posted at the site ever made such comments to me either by email or by responding to my posts. But there is a clue to what is going on:

this well known journalist and well-known blogger, had in two emails to me mentioned sexuality as a conern that he had with my posts. I have figured out what is going on here, one of two issues: one, this person is in fact gay and in the closet and bristles whenever somebody makes any kind of reference to sexuality that may be perceived as even slightly negative or; two, this person is not that comfortable with open expression on their blog regarding certain topics - either due to pressure from others or associates. From where I stand this expression of viewpoints is within one's rights to make in this country.

So what have I done about this? Nada. I'm just ignoring it for now. Let's see what happens.

Well which is it?

Touchy feely immigrant story...

2005-05-07T13:23:00.000-04:00

Ah I love the Red Star (it's gonna be my favourite source for stories and comment), today a story on their website (thestar.com), entitled "Retirement in Greece, one milk jug at a time."

When I started to read the story, which is a propaganda piece to make us the reader think the following: immigrants do so much for Canada, they work so hard, and they are an asset to the country. That is true for a number of them and especially true for those of them that are actually loyal to this country and decide to stay here!

Read these excerpts:

"Come the end of the month, after 32 years running the local convenience store on Yonge St. just north of Lawrence Ave., watching a generation of local kids grow up to become parents themselves, seeing the mad daily rush of junk-food fiends pour through the doors from nearby schools, idling mornings away chatting with folks from the seniors' home down the road, selling enough milk to float an armada, more cigarettes than you could shake a scolding finger at, enough lottery tickets to fuel a million dreams, John and Helen Meditskos are retiring."

Sounds like a profitable business btw... but here is more,

"At 67, after starting out working 10 hours or more a day, seven days a week, after taking only three vacations in more than three decades, Meditskos says he's ready for a rest. The couple has a house beside the ocean back in Greece. Starting next month, someone else will have to take care of the neighbourhood's last-minute needs."

How nice of the Star to point out the loyal service to this rather rich neighbourhood in Toronto, by selling overpriced trash and milk... but more,

"Remembering his adjustment to Canadian winters. "I had a hard time for the first little while. I didn't expect it was going to be so bad."

How long was this guy here and he still didn't adjust to the winters? Gee guess he wasn't here for the weather was he? But the sales job goes on...

"Like many immigrants, he remembers the ship he came on — the Christopher Columbus. He remembers landing in Halifax and the train journey to Union Station. And he remembers the day he first set foot in the city that would be his new home — July 1, 1972."

Wow, we have annother Chris Kolomvos (he was actually Greek btw, this point in the article is no coincidence..), come to save the wild men in the New World! but here is more..

"It was Dominion Day, as it was known then. In Ottawa, Pierre Trudeau was getting ready to call an election his government would barely survive. In Washington, there was a break-in at a hotel called Watergate. At the movies, The Godfather was playing. On the radio, Don McLean's "American Pie."

Now I know why he is getting the hell out with all his money! They changed it from Dominion Day to Canada Day! The bastards!

HMCS Chicoutimi: no fault insurance!!

2005-05-06T19:48:00.000-04:00

Today's Toronto Star (Red Star, I prefer..), newspaper had this to say about the Chicoutimi disaster based on the military's investigation:

"HALIFAX - The tragedy of Lieut. Chris Saunders started with a brass nut loose on a thick hatch far above the waves. It ended 33 hours later when the respected naval officer and beloved father of two, his lungs seared by toxic gas, collapsed as he was buckled into a harness, about to finally be rescued from a crippled submarine drifting helpless in the Irish Sea. "

further down in the story on thestar.com page:

"Vice-Admiral Bruce MacLean delivered the navy's final verdict on the accident yesterday, a board of inquiry report that determined the tragedy was a "unique, unforeseen event that could not possibly have been anticipated" and for which no one is to blame."

Now being a person that has little knowledge of the miliary, only that gleaned from countless movies and television shows over the years, have I the mistaken belief that when something goes wrong in the military then it is tradition that somebody is found to be at fault?

Seems I am mistaken in regards our second-rate military. But then again, we have a federal government run by allegedly corrupt liberals which are facing an election at any time now. Maybe the more cynical amongst us would want to scream coverup!

Myself, I think the ships were not fit for duty and that blame for this fiasco rests at the feet of senior military officers, bureaucrats in the department as well as the Minister of Defense. Since great political interference was likely provided by the PM's office in the lead-up to this sad event, there should be accountability accepted there as well.

I'm hoping that the family of the poor dead seaman do not take this sham of a coverup as being the end of this tragic story and that they sue the federal government for damages.

CPC Immigration review comes up short.

2005-04-26T21:08:00.000-04:00

Probably by now, most conservative party of Canada supporters have become aware of the immigration policy review hearings being held by the CPC across Canada.

It is a good idea for people using the system to provide input on how to improve it.

But... I don't remember anybody asking me my opinions on the immigration system as it exists in this country currently. As a party member, Canadian citizen born here and part of a family that has been in this country for over 100 years, you would think that what I believe would be of relevance.

I grew to expect this attitude from the Liberals and the left in this country but I do not like to see it in the CPC. So far the only people it seems that have been consulted are immigrants themselves and their partisan supporters, including those that earn a living in this 'industry.' No doubt business has the ear of this government to be and surely it has no problems with the status quo for the most part it appears. Oh, sure we had a policy convention in Toronto recently, which was totally disfunctional in terms of serious policy discussion and tended to be loaded with advocates for more left-leaning views in the party. Not that it matters that much because apparently the national policy convention easily trumps most of the views originating at the EDA level.

Myself, I would like to see a large scale study of the subject in this country as well as substantial policy changes, which I will bring up in future posts. Suffice to say that I do not feel that my opinions matter nor have they been seriously considered on this vital area of public policy. Soon, by the end of May, there is supposed to be a report produced on the input received by the party with recommendations for policy refinement should the CPC form the next government. I will be commenting on the findings at that time.

Do we really need an election now?

2005-04-13T10:50:00.000-04:00

Editorial in today's Toronto Sun, questions need to go to polls now.

This is the pressing question of the moment isn't it. To election or not? that is the question.

With the delicate balance in Ottawa right now, I know one thing, an election can be called anytime. That is for sure, as long as the Gomery inquiry runs they can do it on short notice.

Maybe there is no need to run to the polls, I mean there is lots of blood to spill yet in that court room. I expect that when the heat builds on ex-PM Chretien that he will turn on Mr. Martin. Then we would have these weasely liberals for sure wouldn't we?

Besides, I lost all of May and June last year running my arse off, and I'm not in much of a mood to do it this year. Hell I wish I was NEO then I could just check in and out of the phone lines or fly somewhere if I had to...

Why don't we agree to disagree on the election deal, let's agree to call it before the weasely liberals get a chance at damage control. Provided of course that the liberals get a chance to save themselves, which may not come at all.

I keep thinking of the power rangers these days, you know those cool young people in suits. But in this case it is related to my wonderment at the mighty morphin POWER Corp liberals!! We will be hearin' a lot more about the mighty-morphin Power Corpers in the months to come I think.

Kyoto: Nastier than a new Godzilla movie!!

2005-04-13T09:23:00.000-04:00

Ah so, Kyoto. How do you say acrid smelling lotus flower in anglais?

The monster that eats everything is Kyoto according to todays Red' Star (Toronto Star), article. That's because our government is planning to spend $10 Billion of taxpayer's money to tell you to use less energy!

I know it's laughable isn't it. I mean a barrel of petroleum oil is almost as expensive as virgin olive oil these days... we hardly need any incentives to burn less of the stuff.

But since the brain trust at LPC central figured out that business couldn't meet the stiff pollution reduction requirements without transferring most of the jobs out of the country, the burden has fallen mostly on the backs of the little guy.

Now how are you going to reduce your green house gas emissions? Maybe we can all stop eating beans, I understand that methane is a big problem with cattle too.