Whether or not a person is annoying is not just cause for them to be harassed by police, yet that is exactly what is happening to Fredericton blogger Charles LeBlanc. Charles LeBlanc is, by many accounts, an annoying blogger. He has been called rude and belligerent as well as names that are for worse on many occasions. His blog posts are often rambling pieces that are … [Read more...]
Religious Intolerance invades Nova Scotia School
William Swinimer’s story shocks me, not because I can’t believe it happened, but because of how the vice-principal of Forest Heights Community School in Chester Basin, N.S. characterized William’s T-shirt. The moronic school bureaucrat called the T-shirt offensive and was nothing more than “hate talk.” The language on this so-called “offensive” T-shirt? “Life is Wasted … [Read more...]
Geert Wilders and Bruce Montague: Sometimes the Cost Paid for our Rights and Freedoms is too high
As you no doubt recall, Katey Montague decided to take a step back from political activism because she felt the cost was simply too high for her to continue. After watching her father endure 7 years of trials that ended in a prison sentence and the impending seizure of the Montague family home by the Ontario government who can blame her for not wanting the same fate for … [Read more...]
Freedom of Speech? Not for Christian Pastors in Alberta…
As the lunatic left tries desperately to find some way of slowing down the Wildrose electoral juggernaut, such bastions of tolerance as Warren Kinsella and the Edmonton Journal have declared that pastors have no right to actually write about what they believe. This is hardly surprising from either source, both of whom believe tolerance should only be applied to their views, … [Read more...]
Freedom of Speech? Not if a politician is nearby!
The old saying that “Truth is stranger than fiction” rang through my head as I read the report that the United States Congress had passed a law making it illegal to protest anywhere near a politician. Naturally President Obama signed it into law immediately since, if it should be illegal to protest near any member of the Political Class, obviously that should be the “God of … [Read more...]
Charles LeBlanc: Crackpot blogger or Concerned Citizen being harassed by police?
This past Thursday morning, January 19th, Charles LeBlanc had eight members of the Fredericton City Police show up at his low-rent apartment. They arrested him and seized his computer equipment, but they refused to charge him with any crime. On the surface, it doesn’t look like much. Just some guy on welfare getting busted by police. He obviously had it coming for some … [Read more...]
Starting the New Year off Right (with a little help from Ezra Levant)
One of the best things to happen to the Canadian media landscape last year was the introduction of the Sun News Network. Finally there was a voice that was different from any other voice on Canadian television. What a treat for people like me and perhaps like you. So, to start the year off right, I want to give you one of Ezra Levant's best rants from last … [Read more...]
A small reminder of why our soldiers fought and died for our freedom
Some days I'm very serious about respecting the sacrifices the men and women of our Armed Forces have made over the decades and centuries to protect our Rights and Freedoms. It's a sacrifice I believe every one of us should take very seriously. Then there are times where sarcasm and ridicule seem the best way to get that message across, and oddly enough, sometimes others … [Read more...]
Why are Canadians so terrified of Freedom of Speech?
Freedom of Speech vs “Approved Speech”. This is at the heart of the ongoing push to remove Section 13 from the Canadian Human Rights Act. In 2009 the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that although Lemire had violated Section 13 of the Act, that section of the Act was unconstitutional, and they would not enforce the unconstitutional section of the Act against Mr. … [Read more...]
Former Aurora, ON Mayor Phyllis Morris finally drops her $6 million lawsuit against bloggers
Some time ago I wrote about the asinine lawsuit filed by a petty politician, Phyllis Morris, over comments made about her during an election... an election in which her past record as mayor came back to bite her in the butt. She lost the election by a landslide not because some bloggers commented about her track record, but because her own actions showed she was not competent … [Read more...]
The Awesome Ann Barnhardt and her 4-part series titled Islamic Sexuality: A Survey of Evil
If you haven't heard of Ann Barnhardt yet, I've gotta say... I'm surprised. She leapt onto the scene a few months back after some moronic United States Senator decided that tossing out the Constitution in favour of Sharia Law was a fantastic idea. Ann took great offense to this notion and proceeded to tear Lindsey Graham a new asshole because, I imagine, his current one was … [Read more...]
Terrorism Law: A War on Internet
All levels of government are trying to feed balderdash to ordinary Canadians as a way of brainwashing them into feeling guilty unless they willingly accept reverse onus (guilty as charged and no way to prove innocence) without uttering a whimper or protest to unwarranted Internet surveillance. (Translation: stupid, low-life minions aren’t trustworthy or deserving, let alone … [Read more...]
Christine St. Pierre: Quebec’s Very Own Minister of Propaganda
Quebec's self-proclaimed Minister of Propaganda says "unlicensed" journalists should be "controlled"... It's the kind of thing you would expect in Nazi Germany or in a bad parody of the timeless George Orwell classic 1984, NOT what you would expect to come from the mouth of someone who claims to represent the people in an [allegedly] democratic society. "Journalism should … [Read more...]
Corrupt and Autocratic Politicians are the same the world over
Sadly, the human condition is one that always seems intent on oppressing our fellow human. Once we get our filthy little paws on even the slightest glimmer of power, it goes straight to our heads and we just can't seem to help ourselves. A while ago I came across a news story that horrified me. Apparently so much that I couldn't even write about it, because when I searched … [Read more...]
Alan deJersey, Denis Royer, and David Godfrey voted to spend $50,000 in direct conflict of interest
Alan de Jersey, Denis Royer, and David Godfrey voted to spend $50,000 in what appears to be a rather large conflict of interest in the handling of Union Bay Improvement District (UBID) funds. It appears evident to me (as well as many of those who reside in Union Bay) that Alan de Jersey, Denis Royer, and David Godfrey (the former trustees recently removed from the UBID … [Read more...]
Missouri law banning teachers and students from communicating online slammed by judge
Missouri state legislators decided some time back to outlaw teachers and students from communicating using social media sites like Facebook. Their law passed the state legislature unanimously, which is hardly surprising. As with most things before state legislatures (or federal ones either, for that matter) most legislators probably never even bothered to read the bill they … [Read more...]
Court of Public Opinion Renders Verdict in Phyllis Morris case: Guilty of Gross Stupidity
Phyllis Morris has gained a lot of notoriety since she lost her re-election bid to keep her job as mayor of Aurora, Ontario. It was during that election that she got just a little too big for her own britches and started suing anyone and everyone who was related to a couple of blog posts she didn't like. She even went after the people she claimed should have deleted the … [Read more...]
Freedom of Speech? Not if you protested the G-20 in Toronto…
I find it "interesting" that in Canada, a nation that claims to be a defender of our God-given Rights and Freedoms, we have judges telling people they cannot exercise their Right to Freedom of Speech. It would seem that even after the largest number human rights violations in Canadian history, the affronts to our fundamental Rights and Freedoms isn't going to end any time … [Read more...]
Freedom of Speech means the freedom to criticize government without fear of being sued
Freedom of Speech means the freedom to criticize government, ALL levels of government, without fear of being sued into oblivion. Governments, of course, can't stand most criticism, and the small government of the Union Bay Improvement District (UBID) is no exception. This merry little band of morons decided that the solution to one of their ratepayers expressing her … [Read more...]
Canada Day, Freedom of Speech, Comedian Guy Earle and the BC Supreme Court
It's Canada Day, and today I'd like to talk a little about our Charter Right to Freedom of Speech. It's a Right that is under increasing attack by a set of quasi-judicial boards that like to think of themselves as "great equalizers". More like "great stupid people". Really. What else can you call rewarding lesbian Lorna Pardy with $22,500 just because her "feelings were … [Read more...]
Guy Earle appeals BC Human Rights Tribunal discrimination decision
On April 20th, 2011 Guy Earl was found guilty of "hurting the feelings" of lesbian Lorna Pardy, who had the audacity to claim she suffered Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result. Pardy obviously has some pretty big balls, making such an absurd claim. The BC Human Rights Tribunal showed just how ridiculous and out of touch with the real world they are when they made this … [Read more...]
A Historic Day for Freedom of Speech: Geert Wilders
Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders was cleared of charges of inciting hatred today in what I can only call a historic decision. Had Wilders been found guilty, freedom of speech would have been dealt a lethal blow, and one it would likely not recover from, at least in The Netherlands. Dutch Judge Marcel van Oosten ruled that Wilders' speeches, writing and movie Fitna did not … [Read more...]
If we’re willing to stifle free speech at the Langley School Board, how are we supposed to teach our children what it means?
Langley, British Columbia is the latest battleground for freedom of speech, but that battle isn't happening inside a courtroom. It's happening in the Langley School Board Office. Schools are supposed to be the place where we teach our children what it means to be a citizen. It's where we are supposed to teach them what our Rights and Freedoms are. It's where, each … [Read more...]
Phyllis Morris despises Free Speech, sues everyone she can think of for $6 million!
Freedom of Speech is one of the foundational principles of Canada. It is essential that individuals are able to freely speak their minds without being afraid of some dumb-ass politician filing a $6 million lawsuit against them. Phyllis Morris is [allegedly] one of those dumb-ass politicians. Former politician, to be exact. She was the mayor of the Town of Aurora, Ontario, … [Read more...]
Freedom of Speech? Not until you Pay The Fee
Here in British Columbia there is a pending referendum on the Hated Sales Tax (HST), or as it's called in government circles as the Harmonized Sales Tax. While both sides wage the war over the HST, some municipalities are hell-bent on restricting our Right to Freedom of Speech on this upcoming vote... unless you Pay The Fee, that is. The BC Government (Liberals) lied to … [Read more...]
Corporations use lawsuits to Muzzle our Freedom of Speech
Canadians supposedly enjoy, under our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Right to Freedom of Speech. That Right has been reduced to a mere privilege over the past 40 years through the use of Human Rights Tribunals and Hate Crime legislation. What used to be our God-given Right is now reduced to mere "Approved Speech". The trouble for Canadians is this: Who must we get … [Read more...]
Freedom of Speech vs Right to Privacy
Recently the folks at Westboro Baptist Church have been back in the news with their high-profile, if tacky protests at military funerals around the nation. The story spread like wildfire through the blogosphere about how the lunatics from Westboro Baptist Church were prevented from protesting at the funeral of USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers, killed in action in Afghanistan on … [Read more...]
Senator Joe Lieberman’s Internet Kill Switch Bill
My good friend and unindicted co-conspirator in all things writing, Jane Gaffin, sent me an interesting link last night. The headline of the article read "Egypt’s Internet Kill Switch: Coming To America", and linked to an article on Alex Jones' website InfoWars.com. http://www.infowars.com/egypts-internet-kill-switch-coming-to-america/ Love Alex or hate him, one thing … [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...]
Bankrupting the Jaworski’s for Daring To Host a Freedom Conference
Property Rights... they don't actually exist in Canada under Trudeau's Charter. Most don't realize that. Worse still, Canada's Supreme Court has upheld this fact in the Authorson v. Canada (Attorney General), 2003 SCC 39, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 40. In that case, the SCC upheld Parliament's right to steal veterans pensions, because Parliament had made clear its intent to do … [Read more...]