tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post234268792225737247..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: Lead BalloonSteve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-14511019755355930182010-02-01T19:24:20.860-05:002010-02-01T19:24:20.860-05:00It's a shameful record. That said, Harper has...It's a shameful record. That said, Harper has the ability to make his predecessors look downright progressive. Martin looks like a native rights activist now compared to this guy.<br /><br />I pushed this idea to a Liberal a few months ago. Ignatieff should travel to some reservations, not photo op stuff (don't even invite the media), but start to put the problems into the public debate. It went over with a yawn.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-3305805403891150752010-02-01T15:31:32.595-05:002010-02-01T15:31:32.595-05:00The fair question seems to be: where was Harper...The fair question seems to be: where was Harper's concern over global infant mortality four years ago?<br /><br />Moreover, where was the concern about infant mortality on Canada's aboriginal reserves?<br /><br />Then again, where was it under previous governments -- of <i>any</i> political party -- on both the federal and provincial levels?Vindicatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034051065472200393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-67454542315124252082010-02-01T10:02:30.978-05:002010-02-01T10:02:30.978-05:00What makes Taylor exceptionally boring, you alread...What makes Taylor exceptionally boring, you already know what she'll say before she utters a word. Nothing worse than a predictable hack, I'd swear she was angling for a Senate appointment, if Harper didn't just fill the vacancies.Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-61207867184888293832010-01-31T22:25:38.403-05:002010-01-31T22:25:38.403-05:00Hey Sandi, there was a reason I never mentioned he...Hey Sandi, there was a reason I never mentioned her. This is CTV after all so at least one Harperbot spokesthingie is mandatory (or in many cases two or even all three), though you would think the primary one should be Tom Flanagan. Tom wasn't exactly scolding him today like he's done on CBC a couple of times now, but not a blatant cheerleader either - and even that is unusual and refreshing really.<br /><br />As for Carol Taylor, ya she's a work of art - wanted to reach into my TV and slap her for at least a couple of comments. Canadians not understanding prorogation was one of them. Sorry Carol but Canadians know all there is to know about prorogation now thanks to Harper, and don't approve of his hiding from the opposition. Read the polls at all Ms Taylor?Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-59157722294499461262010-01-31T18:37:53.957-05:002010-01-31T18:37:53.957-05:00TofKW - I saw that segment and Carol Taylor and sh...TofKW - I saw that segment and Carol Taylor and she defends Harper to the hilt. She insults Canadians on a regular basis. She said today there was nothing wrong with Harper's progrogation and that Canadians don't understand. The woman is on mars. They do understand and it's the abuse they object to. Well, Harper put on an economic committee (paid big bucks I guess) and she feels so important now. <br /><br />Harper's choosing to help woman and children - to get votes and avoid dealing with climate change in the next G8, G20 summits.RuralSandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552973218865121867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-12685940771839682212010-01-31T15:16:21.438-05:002010-01-31T15:16:21.438-05:00Add CTV's Question Period to the list of criti...Add CTV's Question Period to the list of critism in regards to Harper's sudden interest in the safety and health of women, maternity, and young children. This morning on their Strategist panel, Tom Flanagan was quite diplomatic on the topic and basically said he wants to see something in writing and with numbers attached before he comments. Jean Lapierre was much more blunt, saying among other stinging commentary that Harper has zero credibility on this issue. If I can find a clip I'd post it, it was a wonderful and succinct 30 seconds of calling out Harper on his latest BS.Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-3504398799331883102010-01-31T14:22:04.362-05:002010-01-31T14:22:04.362-05:00For all of you that think poverty, maternity care,...For all of you that think poverty, maternity care, and the lives of young kids in Canada is in some way equivalent to those same issues where people are actually dying because of them, I feel sorry for you.<br /><br />Have you been absorbed into the Hate Harper Cult? <br /><br /> Is that the same as you trolls( and you are one) self absorbed into Hate the Liberal cult which you belong in.<br /><br />As for Harper and the women and children, he knows damn well that he needs women support and you know what, us women do not trust this Lying SOB and his party. it doesn't matter how much he promises, we all know that his record for keeping promises is very questionable. King Stevie is acting like a spoiled brat trying to bully others to his way of thinking. Most women aren't that gullible to beleive this bully control freak<br /><br />Goodbye troll. Have a lousy week. You really do deserve that. And go preach else where like your Con blogs.mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878825121729826425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-78741679595047730972010-01-31T14:09:19.225-05:002010-01-31T14:09:19.225-05:00tomm, Please go else where to preach your bogus re...tomm, Please go else where to preach your bogus religion. I have my faith and its no where as extreme as yours. The only people I know that get into extreme religions is those that have had a lot of issues in theeir own lives.<br /><br />Religion os good but practise what you preach. I think one would assume your a troll and spining here is a lost cause because all your doing is taking up space. Maybe I should say you spinners are all wasted space. You guys live in a vacumm and I am not ecer going there.mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878825121729826425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-55861623227203104002010-01-31T10:07:38.999-05:002010-01-31T10:07:38.999-05:00Mr. Travers had an excellent article and Harper is...Mr. Travers had an excellent article and Harper is a Chameleon and voters are realizing this more every day. Harper is stinging from the comments of Travers and it will be interesting as to the comments from the PMO and and other reporters.Malcolm Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03520133058263220269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-85895414318369753592010-01-30T19:32:10.282-05:002010-01-30T19:32:10.282-05:00and this
"Even some Harpercon's are hang...and this<br /><br />"Even some Harpercon's are hanging onto the hope of us keeping the Libs and the NDP in line, and though they are going done fighting for him,"<br /><br />means 'they are going down fighting for him.'Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-86517173826797800872010-01-30T19:27:14.795-05:002010-01-30T19:27:14.795-05:00223,000, not 123223,000, not 123Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-33604468457721663922010-01-30T19:25:20.209-05:002010-01-30T19:25:20.209-05:00Rural Sandi: keep 'ALL parties' challenged...Rural Sandi: keep 'ALL parties' challenged: I don't speak for CAPP of course, I am a member because it is a Canadian voters movement. <br /><br />So, let me talk about that instead. The Canadian voters have had enough of all parties. As Guelph MP Frank Valeriote suggested at the discussion after the Jan 23, the party whips are the problem: they don't have them in Britain, the Brits don't trust their parties, and using the power of the Westminister system they got rid of them.<br /><br />Enough is enough with the whips, let's put an end to the sado-masochism that keeps Canadian voters in a divided state. <br /><br />What CAPP does is allow Canadian voters to meet, rant, rally, speak our minds, vent our frustrations, .<br />intellectually grapple with conflicting and common ideas and so we come to trust other Canadians again.<br /><br />CAPP is an almost unmoderated free speech zone.<br /><br />One thread was deleted because there were some extreme homophobic rants that we tried to wrestle with<br />it until Christopher White got rid of it, grieving the loss of freedom of speech, but realizing that hate laws were being crossed.<br /><br />Only five people out of some 123,000 members have been asked to leave, one of those is undergoing review.<br /><br />We get busloads of Harpercons who arrive on schedule, who maraud through our discussions and cause division, especially between the Liberals and the NDP, but<br /><br />there is a solid minority of conservative - mostly former PC's, and internal dialogue indicates that they are solidly anti-prorogue.<br /><br />Even some Harpercon's are hanging onto the hope of us keeping the Libs and the NDP in line, and though they are going done fighting for him,<br /><br />Harper is done.<br /><br />Use contempt of parliament to get rid of him I say.<br /><br />Tell the GG to choose another conservative PM I say.<br /><br />On two conditions: <br /><br />that the PM creates a fair share cabinet, based on multi-partisan proportional representation,<br /><br />and that the PM steps aside, if he/she cannot keep the confidence of the House, the House having defaulted to being the Loyal Opposition, with no party whips.<br /><br />Remove Harper for contempt, let him reap the lead balloon whirlwind he has sown.<br /><br />Let the nation start over.<br /><br />It is the grandest Liberal cause of them all: the creation of the greatest equal liberty.<br /><br />It's a social democrats' dream.<br /><br />And it conserves the great power of the Westminister System, and harnesses it for the greening of the nation.<br /><br />Steve: the word verification says<br />dingl, so there you are, ding!Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-50279980537681637042010-01-30T17:39:04.313-05:002010-01-30T17:39:04.313-05:00"I would venture that the current Harper gove..."I would venture that the current Harper government believes that his 'tough on crime' bill improves the conditions for women and children."<br /><br />I am willing to bet they believe their tough on crime stance will win them votes. And that is all that policy is about.<br /><br />The real work on developing crime policy for the safety of our citizens was done by the previous government. This one is just tinkering.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112657859825911939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-52551455788128408442010-01-30T17:26:50.610-05:002010-01-30T17:26:50.610-05:00Tomm, the only reason Harper cares about the healt...Tomm, the only reason Harper cares about the health of third world women and children is so that they'll be fit to work in corporate wage slave compounds making consumer goods for the west.Jerry Pragerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09054428435443042500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-19077922287940383772010-01-30T16:57:02.579-05:002010-01-30T16:57:02.579-05:00Well, Tomm, I was extremely tempted to give you th...Well, Tomm, I was extremely tempted to give you the patented Ti-Guy, "Fuck off and die" response, but decided to take the diplomatic route.Fabio Van Manlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06499161074829439908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-86997576530213770252010-01-30T16:50:55.555-05:002010-01-30T16:50:55.555-05:00Tomm is fine. Terribly, terribly lost, but fine ;...Tomm is fine. Terribly, terribly lost, but fine ;).Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-87661503063364887652010-01-30T16:33:13.635-05:002010-01-30T16:33:13.635-05:00cabal,
Thanks for the support. I guess you guys j...cabal,<br /><br />Thanks for the support. I guess you guys just don't want me. <br /><br />I'm leaving now. <br /><br />...really. <br /><br />Don't ask me to stay.<br /><br />...last line...Tommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06072854015300215347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-33529713305794310622010-01-30T16:22:07.933-05:002010-01-30T16:22:07.933-05:00Tomm the Troll is getting harder and harder to ign...Tomm the Troll is getting harder and harder to ignore, Steve. Your blog your rules and all that, but I don't see why his comments shouldn't get the "click" just like any other CPC shill who arrives here just to promote Harper lies and half-truths.Fabio Van Manlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06499161074829439908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-76463734713112752242010-01-30T16:04:51.802-05:002010-01-30T16:04:51.802-05:00Rural,
I didn't go looking after your materia...Rural,<br /><br />I didn't go looking after your material because it was off topic and appeared to be both irrelevant and petty.<br /><br />But since you want some comment I'll do what I can.<br /><br />You said:<br /><br />"...Did you read Kady O'Malley/Susan Delacourt blogs? The Cons are lying right on the "government" Justice Dept website. Partisan shots on OUR tax dollars.<br /><br />Unbelievable."<br /><br />I am disappointed that Kady O'Malley and Susan Delacourt are digging up dirt to report on. I guess they just don't like this government very much and want to embarrass them. <br /><br />I read Kady's blog. She posted Marlene Jenning's letter to the Clerk of the Privy Council complaining about the announcement of 5 senators as being a partisan announcement. Jenning's letter was a partisan rant. Didn't you read it? It is indicating that the CPC used announcements in partisan's ways on government websites. How petty is Jennings willing to go in support of "ethics"? Oh right, this is the woman who is outraged because the Olympic symbol (black "C" with a red maple leaf in the middle), and infrastructure sign colours are not red and white like those of the Liberal Party of Canada and in the proper Liberal font. <br /><br />Sorry Rural. <br /><br />Why don't you post about the CPC winning their lawsuit with Elections Canada? or Elections Canada spending taxpayer dollars to see if they can get a different judge to agree with their "punish the Tories" position? <br /><br />Now we are really off topic. Sorry Steve.Tommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06072854015300215347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-23509197267861069732010-01-30T15:51:04.634-05:002010-01-30T15:51:04.634-05:00Kudos to the Canadian population for not buying in...Kudos to the Canadian population for not buying into Harper's Haitian manipulation. <br /><br />I hate to be blunt, or to diminish the suffering of the Haitian people in any way, but their disaster was Harper's opportunity -- and according to EKOS, he's not off the hook for simply doing his job.<br /><br />After attacking the Chretien/Martin Liberals ad nauseum on their failings as the governing party; Harper, by defacto, lowered the bar for governance to the point where the vast majority of Canadians are happy when their politicians show up, smile, and write a cheque. In essence: doing their job.<br /><br />However, after his second prorogation request in 13 months (his third overall since 2006) Canadians are starting to wake up and pay attention.<br /><br />Simply doing what is honourable -- helping those in distress and need, is not enough to generate waves of support. That's cause Canadians expect their government, Liberal or Conservative, to do exactly what Harper announced on Monday.<br /><br />The second test for this government, and the resolve of our collective memory to remember the real Harper, is the Olympics. <br /><br />Do you believe we can have a better Canada? I do.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16984468805919067190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-57976180527805405262010-01-30T15:49:53.991-05:002010-01-30T15:49:53.991-05:00Tomm,
Please read carefully. Harper should look a...Tomm,<br /><br />Please read carefully. Harper should look after Canadians first. It was what he was elected to do.<br /><br />And yes, if a liar tells me something, it's not the something I take issue with, it's the someone.<br /><br />That's not a fault. That's common sense.Paladieahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957955716697489071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-84109515984626947982010-01-30T15:44:52.907-05:002010-01-30T15:44:52.907-05:00Tommy boy - meant to say as well, I was adding to...Tommy boy - meant to say as well, I was adding to Lizt's comments - not quite on subject but related.RuralSandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552973218865121867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-63005002004923318452010-01-30T15:43:47.096-05:002010-01-30T15:43:47.096-05:00Tomm, you obviously didn't read what was point...Tomm, you obviously didn't read what was pointed out.<br /><br />The Justice Dept is making partisan attacks in a press release, a release that is lying. The Justice Dept is a "government" department and is supposed to be non-political and non-partisan. Harper wants to lie he should do it on the Conservative website, not the site of Canada's citizens.<br /><br />Not outrageous - it's the truth and they are doing this on OUR taxpayer monies. <br /><br />So, Tomm, if a Canadian child is hungry and/or family living on the streets it's okay with you. SadRuralSandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552973218865121867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-36102565718863130922010-01-30T15:39:30.980-05:002010-01-30T15:39:30.980-05:00Paladiea,
I thought you didn't want him pledg...Paladiea,<br /><br />I thought you didn't want him pledging international support? <br /><br />Pick a side.<br /><br />Or as I suspect, it isn't what he says, it is that HE is the one saying it.<br /><br />Have you been absorbed into the Hate Harper Cult? <br /><br />If so, we can't really have a conversation, because you will just disagree with everything he says or does.Tommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06072854015300215347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-31056971097645780902010-01-30T15:31:43.763-05:002010-01-30T15:31:43.763-05:00According to Harper's legislative agenda the &...According to Harper's legislative agenda the "me" party is the Conservatives.<br /><br />Or are they not. "Not a leader" is springing to mind.Paladieahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00957955716697489071noreply@blogger.com