Gotta love the attitude of the Liberals... after just 3 months in power we've got Liberal Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr gorging himself at the Taxpayer Trough. This Entitled One decided there was no reason he should pay for hockey tickets when he can force we, the mere citizens of Canada, to pay for them instead. He billed us $1,784 for tickets to a Winnipeg Jets … [Read more...]
Senate Scandal: The Federal Conservative Failure
by Frank Hilliard Mike Duffy, my old colleague from CBC's Ottawa Bureau, is the latest failure of the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper who appointed him. He is not the most important because one man can only spend so much on himself. However, he is symbolic; symbolic of the surprising fact he is not alone among policy failures. Canadians think of … [Read more...]
Corrupt Politicians in Quartzsite, Arizona, have forgotten the lesson of Athens, Tennessee
In 1946, loyal American Citizens were forced to take up arms as a last resort against corrupt government officials in the town of Athens, Tennessee. It looks like loyal American Citizens may have to take up arms again in the town of Quartzsite, Arizona, where corrupt government officials, having lost an election, refuse to leave office. For those of us who love Freedom and … [Read more...]
Alison Redford: Just the same old political payoffs, not the “renewed party” she claims
Alison Redford will say anything to get elected on Monday. Literally. While she claims that she is the face of a "new Alberta" and the future of hope and change in that province, her actions say quite the opposite. While saying on the one hand she would drop retirement pay for MLAs but in March it was discovered that retiring MLAs are set to walk away from the public … [Read more...]
Bob Rae’s Hypocrisy (and the Liberal Party’s along with it) knows no bounds
Watching the ongoing furor over the living conditions on the Attawapiskat reserve provides some amazing educational moments, if one is paying attention. If you listen only to the mainstream media, you would think the manufactured crisis on Attawapiskat just happened. You certainly are not told the truth of the matter, which is that living conditions on this reserve have … [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...]