There's something to be said for the ability to vote yourself raises, knowing that nobody can stop you. Such is the sense of entitlement of the elected ones, or the "entitled class" as I like to call them, at both the provincial and federal levels of our government. Here in BC the entitled class voted themselves a healthy pay raise at the same time they were demanding … [Read more...]
Jack Layton to Kick Ignatieff’s Butt in Quebec?
The polls and news reports are filled with the notion that Jack Layton will do what Michael Ignatieff cannot... win votes in Quebec. There's even talk that Layton will outperform the Bloc Quebecois on their home soil! Can you imagine that? Quebecers being fed up with a political party whose sole aim is to break up the country? If this is true, then Hallelujah! But … [Read more...]
Banks move to cap Debit Card spending to protect profits
A story coming out of CNN Money and LogisticsMonster.com caught the attention of my friend Jane Gaffin's attention the other day. Her comment prefacing the links she sent me was: Still Have Your Money In A Bank? Are You Freakin’ Kidding Me? Case in point: Debit cards: $50 spending limit coming? (That's not enough to pay for a couple's lunch much less new boots for … [Read more...]
Canada’s First Family of Moral and Intellectual Bankruptcy
RE: The Conservative Party, as with most Canadians, finds outrage and revulsion in some of the more brutal facets of Middle Eastern and Asian culture. Previously, under the stewardship of the Liberal Party of Canada and its lunatic policies of multiculturalism, immigrants have been welcomed to Canada with no instruction that Canada will not tolerate honour killings, female … [Read more...]
Justin Trudeau isn’t “barbaric”, he’s a “moron”
Trust the son of PET to come up with such a stupid statement... As if riding on daddy's coattails isn't enough, he's decided it's time to make his own mark on the Canadian political landscape. Poor little Justin is all upset over the wording in a pamphlet that's sent out to folks wanting to immigrate to Canada from around the world. The wording he finds so … [Read more...]
Obama wants more “gun control”… shocked, I am!
It's no shocker that Obama wants more "gun control". Of course he does! It's also no surprise that he blames gun owners for the problems, without actually putting it into those words. Everyone know he'd be making some dumbass announcement about "gun control" after Congress-woman Gabrielle Giffords was shot along with dozens of others. It was only a matter of … [Read more...]
A Politician’s Budget Cuts Explained
Politicians are forever talking about budget cuts, and how hard they are working to save taxpayer dollars. Someone in the states created a short video that puts all this into perspective, showing with stark clarity just how little our politicians actually care about budget cutting. … [Read more...]
Nothing spells H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E quite like “Hillary Clinton”
In yet another astounding display of hypocrisy, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out of both sides of her face during a speech at George Washington University last week. Saying “There’s no app” for fighting internet repression, she was clearly addressing the Egyptian crisis, where the government cut off all internet access to the country in a desperate bid to stay … [Read more...]
Bill C-60 — citizen’s arrest and defences of property and persons
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Toronto Thursday to announce the introduction of a government bill, C-60, that would, in theory, prevent honest citizens like Toronto store owner David Chen from being abused by our legal system. Officially the title of Bill C-60 is “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (citizen’s arrest and the defences of property and persons)”. … [Read more...]
Conservative Govt to introduce citizen’s arrest legislation?
The Globe and Mail reported that the Harper government was getting ready to introduce legislation making it easier for citizens to make arrests. This comes in the wake of Toronto shopkeeper David Chen’s horrific experience at the hands of the Ontario criminal justice system. What’s heartening about this announcement that, if it’s true, it could begin to put an end to … [Read more...]
BC Politics — Corruption as usual
There's one thing you can always count on in BC Politics: It's never about what's best for the province or the people, but about what's best for the people wanting power over both of them. In the wake of the latest scandal-ridden BC Premier, Gordon Campbell, the dog and pony show has been in full swing to see who gets to sit in the Big Chair. BC Liberal Party president … [Read more...]
Alberta’s Danielle Smith sends Stelmach running for Retirement
It was a funny story to read in Saturday's Edmonton Journal… “Wildrose tail wags the dog as federal, provincial Tories quietly meet”. Funny, because the provincial branch hasn’t seemed to have much use for the federal one, given how Ottawa and Edmonton have clashed recently over health care transfers, and in a very public way. To have the provincial and federal Tories … [Read more...]
Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla has some serious trouble brewing
Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla (Brampton—Springdale) has some serious trouble brewing in her riding, and is falling from Liberal grace fast. I can’t say I’m sad to hear it, since I don’t think she’s that bright. Ruby Dhalla started off as a beauty pageant contestant and Bollywood actor. She placed second in 1993’s Miss India Canada beauty pageant, then moved on to roles in … [Read more...]
I spell hypocrite this way: I-G-N-A-T-I-E-F-F
It’s truly mind-blowing how arrogant and hypocritical Liberal Leader Michael Igiatieff is. I mean really… he spouts off about how fantastic Canada’s “gun control” system is, all the while hiding behind his armed bodyguards. How do you know Michael Ignatieff is lying? His lips are moving. The shooting tragedy in Tucson Arizona is serving to be a political football here in … [Read more...]
Is Ignatieff really that out of touch with Dallaire’s [in]actions in Rwanda?
It would seem that Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is totally out of touch with the reality of what happened in Rwanda under the watch of Canadian General Romeo Dallaire. In a recent Twitter post, Ignatieff praised Dallaire for his defense of human rights. Nothing could be further from the truth than saying that Dallaire is a "defender" of human rights. Why do I say … [Read more...]
Terrorism Law Is A War On Internet
(“War on Internet” is from Jane Gaffin’s archives, published in the Whitehorse Star, February 25, 2002, and is posted here in conjunction with the current “Big Brother is Eyeing Complete Take-Over of the Internet”.) In keeping with the Red Book election campaign promises, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and his Industry Canada minister of the day, Brian Tobin, had promised … [Read more...]
Don Cherry Riles Toronto’s Left-Wing Loonies
How? By doing what Cherry does best. Telling the truth. Hockey legend and outspoken supporter of our Canadian Troops, Cherry wore a pink blazer to the event in honour of some loser who called him "a jerk in a pink suit". I love his sense of humour! Like Don Cherry, I'm looking forward to the mayorship of Rob Ford. The left wing lunatics that have been running the … [Read more...]
Congratulations to Mayor Rob Ford
First, congratulations to Toronto's new Mayor, Rob Ford. Yesterday the mainstream media got handed it's head on a platter. For weeks it's been calling the Toronto mayor's race as a dead heat. The only thing that's dead, however, is their ability to comprehend that the little guy, the taxpayers of the Greater Toronto Area, are sick to death of out-of-control City Hall … [Read more...]
Liberal MP Shawn Murphy – Let’s Ban Blogging!
There's nothing a Liberal, small-l or large, hates more than something they cannot control. Their answer is always the same. Let's ban it. Let's pass a law against it. ANYTHING, just so long as we STOP people from doing whatever they're doing that we don't agree with. The latest asinine notion comes from Liberal MP Shawn Murphy, who can't stand the fact that people can … [Read more...]
NDP MPs Under Fire
While NDP party leader Jack Layton does the right thing (allowing a free vote on Candice Hoeppner's private member's Bill C-391), Liberal party leader Michael Ignatieff declares war on two NDP MPs. Niki Ashton (Churchill) and Malcolm Allen (Welland) are the two MPs that Ignatieff believes are the key to ending Bill C-391. In a post on the Liberal party website, Ignatieff … [Read more...]