tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post3020416683822293309..comments2023-10-22T09:18:16.885-04:00Comments on Far and Wide: What Can Dion Do?Steve Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-42183929237533115792007-07-11T09:09:00.000-04:002007-07-11T09:09:00.000-04:00sexy womansexy womanamirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12271365117097311369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-46265095680713801662007-05-28T04:48:00.000-04:002007-05-28T04:48:00.000-04:00کیرم ده کس سفید دختر ایرانی. امروز صدمین دختر بکر...کیرم ده کس سفید دختر ایرانی. امروز صدمین دختر بکر ایرانی را کس کردم. کس دختر ایرانی بهترین کس در جهان است. اگر بچوشی شربت واری ده کامت میچسپه... مه ده ایران صدمین کس بکر دختر ایرانی ره با پول زیاد افتتاح کردم... کس کس ایران....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-34382512834843276862007-05-28T02:49:00.000-04:002007-05-28T02:49:00.000-04:00اشتغال هر کارگر افغانی سالانه 6 میلیون تومان به کا...اشتغال هر کارگر افغانی سالانه 6 میلیون تومان به کارگران فصلی روستاهای ایران ضرر می زند.<BR/><BR/>کیر کارگران ایرانی تو حلق خواهر و مادر کارگران افغانی مقیم ایران.<BR/><BR/>سنده خوک تو کس ننه ایرانی هایی که مدافع افغانی ها و موافق حضور افغانی ها در ایران هستند.<BR/><BR/>کیر خوک تو کس ننه احمدی نژاد که پس از هشدار آمریکا از ترس اقدامات آمریکا اخراج افغانی ها از ایران را متوقف کرد<BR/><BR/><BR/>حق و حقوق روستائيان ایران به جیب افغانی ها سرازیر شده.<BR/><BR/>افغانی ها رویتان خیلی زیاد شده به زودی شما سگهای کثیف به همت مردم ایران اخراج خواهید شد و به طویله خود بازخواهید گشتAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-27165022967631848622007-05-21T00:20:00.000-04:002007-05-21T00:20:00.000-04:0027 سال در جهت افزودن به کیسه سرمایه داران کارگر ای...27 سال در جهت افزودن به کیسه سرمایه داران کارگر ایرانی در حاشیه قرار داده شد و نجس های افغانی با یک سوم دستمزد در ایران استخدام و پول نفت ایران در حلقوم کثیف افغان سرازیر شد.<BR/><BR/>سنده خوکهای آمریکائی تو کس ننه افغانستانیهای مقیم ایران.<BR/>Gohome Afghanian workers outside of Iran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-86424364720696273442007-05-21T00:18:00.000-04:002007-05-21T00:18:00.000-04:0027 سال در جهت افزودن به کیسه سرمایه داران کارگر ای...27 سال در جهت افزودن به کیسه سرمایه داران کارگر ایرانی در حاشیه قرار داده شد و نجس های افغانی با یک سوم دستمزد در ایران استخدام و پول نفت ایران در حلقوم کثیف افغان سرازیر شد.<BR/><BR/>سنده خوک تو کس ننه افغانستانیهای مقیم ایران.<BR/>Gohome Afghanian workers outside of Iran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-24696665273486834942007-04-13T00:19:00.000-04:002007-04-13T00:19:00.000-04:00"elitist and snobs"I love that one, especially whe..."elitist and snobs"<BR/><BR/>I love that one, especially when the rest of your posts are pontifications telling us how the other half lives. "We produce, you whine". LOL, who are you talking about?Steve Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871113039374739208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-85703520830705756142007-04-11T20:15:00.000-04:002007-04-11T20:15:00.000-04:00knb, fair enough. I agree that the gamesmanship in...knb, fair enough. I agree that the gamesmanship in politics is over the top at this time, and I would prefer to see things get done in parliament instead of the current partisan BS from all sides.<BR/><BR/>And to be honest, I would have no problem with a liberal government if they truly were what their name implies.<BR/><BR/>The liberals of today wish to guide my life from cradle to grave and they wish to ban and confiscate my personal property. This I cannot stand for.<BR/><BR/>By nature I am a libertarian, but currently the Libertarian party in Canada is too weak to be a force, so I am left with the Conservative party.<BR/><BR/>I like alot of liberal ideals...if only they would leave my property alone. In case you are wondering, I am talking about firearms. They are a Canadian tradition and were fine when I was in the CF. But now as a law abiding private citizen I am constantly under attack by the left for my hobby.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it was nice to converse with you and your room clearing comment gave me a chuckle...it would not be the first time a room was emptied by a political discussion.<BR/><BR/>Be well, and know that my hope is for a better Canada...no matter who is steering the ship.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984716150769477615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-74520378966187870892007-04-11T19:37:00.000-04:002007-04-11T19:37:00.000-04:00jim, I defend whether it affects me or not, but to...jim, I defend whether it affects me or not, but to your point, we seemed to be the only ones having a conversation.<BR/><BR/>I wish no one ill-will and I think it is time for politics to stop being a game. Our country is at stake and no matter where you stand, this nonsense has to stop.<BR/><BR/>For the record, I was fine with the PC's, this particular incarnation of the Con's, is very disturbing to me.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you're a fine person too, though if we sat at a table and discussed politics, well, everyone else would leave.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your good wishes, I'm really comfortable with Dion. Civility and ethics are always big in my books.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-25569470616021508062007-04-11T16:19:00.000-04:002007-04-11T16:19:00.000-04:00Well knb, I did not aim my references directly at ...Well knb, I did not aim my references directly at you, so I am wondering why you feel the need to defend against them.<BR/><BR/>As well, I did not paint all liberals as thieves, merely the Liberal Party of Canada.<BR/><BR/>I am neither uninformed nor unaware, and I too enjoy lively political debate and discussion. I would however be cautious casting stones, as the left wrote the book on vacuous rhetoric as well as several chapters on incessant whining.<BR/><BR/>I am sure that you are a fine person and don't mean you any ill will. Politics is just a grand game after all, and right now the left is losing.<BR/><BR/>And BTW, I don't use the term "flip-flop"...I prefer ditherer.<BR/><BR/>Peace out and good luck with that Dion guy.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984716150769477615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-48910332625712812242007-04-11T15:35:00.000-04:002007-04-11T15:35:00.000-04:00Indeed gayle.Jim, being uninformed and unaware nee...Indeed gayle.<BR/><BR/>Jim, being uninformed and unaware need not have anything to do with education.<BR/><BR/>Your predictable use of elitist and snob, is as ridiculous as painting all Liberals as thieves, etc. I haven't looked back on the thread, but have you used the other highly original "flip-flop" yet?<BR/><BR/>Jim, I'm not a snob nor any of the other terms you wish to hang on me. I'm someone that enjoys a meaningful discussion and sometimes I just get fed up with the vacuous rhetoric of the right.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-41890133105698020902007-04-11T14:40:00.000-04:002007-04-11T14:40:00.000-04:00I understand enough to know that standing blindly ...I understand enough to know that standing blindly behind thieves is wrong. The mention of social justice then moving to the comment of the soft on crime stance of the Libs was intentional.<BR/><BR/>But please keep in mind that all Canadians are not highly educated, elitist snobs as some of you seem to be. We are people that produce things other than empty rhetoric. We are the people that defend this country so that you can whine about it. We are people who decide how we should live our lives rather that have the government do it for us.<BR/><BR/>Have a nice long stay out in the wilderness, you have earned this "entitlement".Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984716150769477615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-70043528686477172152007-04-11T14:01:00.000-04:002007-04-11T14:01:00.000-04:00knbIt's kind of funny when they prove your point.knb<BR/><BR/>It's kind of funny when they prove your point.Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112657859825911939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-38166560172556045312007-04-11T13:43:00.000-04:002007-04-11T13:43:00.000-04:00all I hear is "Liberals, we must get back to power...<I>all I hear is "Liberals, we must get back to power as soon as possible." </I> <BR/><BR/>I promise you, if you step out of your echo chamber, you'll hear the real world.<BR/><BR/><I>The only other policy that comes to mind is social justice....what exactly is this supposed to mean? If it means letting criminals serve house arrest for breaking into my home or stealing my car, I am against it.</I><BR/><BR/>Like I said, revelling in their own ignorance.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-45045148105178458302007-04-11T12:40:00.000-04:002007-04-11T12:40:00.000-04:00"Revel in their own ignorance" that is pretty funn..."Revel in their own ignorance" that is pretty funny coming from sheep who blindly follow a party that is PROVEN to have stolen millions and millions of taxpayer dollars to line their own pockets.<BR/><BR/>Liberal mismanagement has made a mockery of Canada, and it all started with that communist Trudeau.<BR/><BR/>As for the Liberal policies, all I hear is "Liberals, we must get back to power as soon as possible." To me, and lots of others, all the Libs stand for is the lust for power. The only other policy that comes to mind is social justice....what exactly is this supposed to mean? If it means letting criminals serve house arrest for breaking into my home or stealing my car, I am against it.<BR/><BR/>If you want to see what a true statesman and Prime Minister looks like, watch Mr Harper's speech at Vimy.<BR/><BR/>Natural governing party....HA, not any more!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984716150769477615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-5986022432989367992007-04-11T12:24:00.000-04:002007-04-11T12:24:00.000-04:00jim, perhaps if some of you started reading someth...jim, perhaps if some of you started reading something other than your own propaganda, you would know what the Lib policies are.<BR/><BR/>As it is, many conservative commenters seem quite content to revel in their own ignorance.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291881352139075405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-5240618665689070682007-04-11T12:06:00.000-04:002007-04-11T12:06:00.000-04:00Dion in A-stan! Hilarity ensues! What is he going ...Dion in A-stan! Hilarity ensues! What is he going to do, appease the Taliban? I don't think he will get much of a welcome from any CF personel.<BR/><BR/>The impression of Dion (at least in the west) is now set in stone. The perception is that he is weak and ineffectual. His catch words are now "unfair" and "bully". Good luck turning this around. The Libs had their chance to counter this right at the outset, but fell asleep at the switch.<BR/><BR/>I smell a Conservative majority coming, which will give the left a decade to rebuilt their party and form a platform.<BR/><BR/>Ask anybody on the street what the Libs stand for these days...nobody knows.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984716150769477615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-18548508887256197082007-04-11T11:58:00.000-04:002007-04-11T11:58:00.000-04:00Whooee! I don't think it's just pronunciation. It'...Whooee! I don't think it's just pronunciation. It's the way he constructs sentences with clumsy phrasing. Or in Dionese - It's the way with clumsy phrasing he constructs sentences. <BR/><BR/>JBJimBobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04603665575714484326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-26326740202527934672007-04-11T10:29:00.000-04:002007-04-11T10:29:00.000-04:00I thought I'd heard that Dion has an English teach...I thought I'd heard that Dion has an English teacher. He knows the vocabulary, but pronounciation is the problem.<BR/><BR/>Harper had to learn French so I find the double-standard about Dion irritating.<BR/><BR/>I thought Dion had improved since December. I couldn't understand him at all then and I do now. This is something he could really work on during the summer months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-66684563993677161262007-04-11T09:43:00.000-04:002007-04-11T09:43:00.000-04:00Dion needs to improve his English pronunciation. I...Dion needs to improve his English pronunciation. I'm English, speak French fluently & live in Ontario.<BR/>Every English speaking person I've spoken with has expressed EXTREME frustration at not being able to understand him.<BR/>He starts out speaking more clearly but then becomes more "garbled" as he becomes more passionate by what he is talking about. And that is where he loses his audience.<BR/>I love the guy but even I have a hard time understanding his English. This is, I believe, a very real problem for the average person.<BR/>penlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-5338640828163121442007-04-11T08:58:00.000-04:002007-04-11T08:58:00.000-04:00One point that people are missing I think - is a b...One point that people are missing I think - is a bit of his personal life. When I read months ago about what he went through to adopt his daughter I was impressed.<BR/><BR/>Harper tries to portray family values but he's never done anything as brave as Dion in this regard.<BR/><BR/>About the Vimy celebration - Joe Comartin and Ignatieff were there - I saw a quick shot of Ignatieff and nothing of Comartin. Do you think for a moment Harper would allow Dion and Layton to be photographed? Not in your life.<BR/><BR/>Now Harper and his cabinet have refused to speak at a celebration of the Charter of Rights - Chretien will be speaking at it.<BR/><BR/>Talk about petty partisanship or what. Harper can play his partisan games, but the Charter of Rights is a "historical" moment he can't deny, even if it was the Liberals that brought this in.<BR/><BR/>You get to see Harper with kittens - yet most people don't know about his events in Peru when adopting his daughter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-27858576093562398572007-04-11T06:10:00.000-04:002007-04-11T06:10:00.000-04:00Dion has an wimpy image problem and Canadians won'...Dion has an wimpy image problem and Canadians won't vote for him until he resolves it. <BR/><BR/>First...stop fighting every issue.<BR/><BR/>Second...he needs to take Afghanistan off the table. The public knows that it was the Libs who put the military there and demands for a withdrawal looks like crass politics. It is a loser issue for him. He needs to meet with officials in Afstan as well as our military and then declare that he supports the mission on some level. This humility will show the public that he thinks about other important issues.<BR/><BR/>Third...he needs to stay out of the foreign policy domain. Foreign policy won't get him elected and he undermines Canada. He needs to seek allies here...not Europe. Begin with a small business federation and work with them to make things better for the small guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-23290189461276528192007-04-11T03:43:00.000-04:002007-04-11T03:43:00.000-04:00decoin,mayhaps one day you too will be too old or ...decoin,<BR/><BR/>mayhaps one day you too will be too old or fed up with contact lenses and all that mucking about with cleansers and disinfectants to care what you look like in glasses. or perhaps too busy to care what you look like and think more about substance.<BR/>then again, perhaps not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-28549891456836740812007-04-11T03:09:00.000-04:002007-04-11T03:09:00.000-04:00knb said,"Stephen, I saw just a clip of what came ...knb said,<BR/><BR/>"Stephen, I saw just a clip of what came out today, but could you elaborate on how Baird was compromised?"<BR/><BR/>Here's a link to my blog post on it.<BR/>http://stop-stephen-harper.blogspot.com/2007/04/leading-scientist-says-baird-is.htmlStephen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15645889989231723542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-54026785639750823812007-04-11T02:02:00.000-04:002007-04-11T02:02:00.000-04:00Buncha BS. If the RoC wants a Wheat Board, they c...Buncha BS. If the RoC wants a Wheat Board, they can get one. The CWB took and kept Canada's bread basket in the international running for decades. Don't fix what isn't broken. <BR/>If border farmers want to sell to the States, let them. Pay the duties, taxes, freight etc. Go for it. <BR/>Canada can afford a few renegades who think they'll get a better deal. Short term stuff. Season to season. Go for it.<BR/>However, as a group, Canadian prairie farmers have said over and over again that their best bet internationally is to sell en masse. And the CWB is the vehicle to do it with. It's worked in the past, it will continue to work.<BR/>Why can't Harper leave it be?<BR/>Does Harper want to make every farmer dependent on the need or greed of foreign interests?<BR/>If not, Harper will leave the CWB to the Canadian Wheat farmers and not meddle, stack the deck, or put them through some numbered-ballot pretend "vote" process.<BR/>Why is Harper afraid to let the Canadian Wheat farmers have their say?<BR/>If Harper can't fair deal with Canadian wheat farmers, who can he he trusted to deal fairly with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20358187.post-44604614245317046722007-04-11T01:48:00.000-04:002007-04-11T01:48:00.000-04:00Steve V.What you say about Afghanistan makes a lot...Steve V.<BR/><BR/>What you say about Afghanistan makes a lot of sense; I would add that more moves that would tack a bit more to the centre would help. Frankly, more posturing with people who actually say we can be on target for Kyoto targets that we're 35%+ off (and the pertinent, averaging mechanisms kicks in in about 7 mos. now!) is NOT what M Dion needs. How about being able to speak to all those people--Chretien and Martin Liberals, fiscal conservatives--who are uneasy about a "big-spending" budget, or about "appeasing" Quebec? Harper can get away with so much because EVERY OTHER PARTY seems to want to make Ms May look too centrist. The result is a Harper who, whether or no he has a majority in the bag, will not be defeated in any election this year (I'm not convinced there'll be one, but the inane rewriting of the CAA may make one hard to avoid).<BR/><BR/>If I were Dion, I'd be trying to tack centre, though this will be tough given his rhetoric since the very night he assumed the mantle of leadership. In a similar way, other stigmas are going to be hard to shake. The Tory ads have, for the nonce, worked, and they are reinforced every time M dion says X is "unfair", every time a shrill bit player from caucus dubs Harper a "bully", every time an LPC VIP feels it necessary to demand an apology or launch another lawsuit. The most obvious way to turn things around is to play statesman , but since 1) M Dion has been hyper-partisan (O, he of the "mean-spirited, far-right Republican/neocoservative ideological agenda" that wants to "destroy Canada" and "paralyze the world") from his very first moment in the House, and 2) has been a VERY weak rhetorical warrior there (and, OK, I'll not be voting Liberal next time out--though I have done in the past--but I really defy anyone short of Cherniak to paint M Dion's performance in QP, say, as anything but, well, underwhelming), it's going to be a hard gig for him. The real poison for M Dion is that he, personally, has, through 1) and 2) and the antics of litigious and ostensibly UNLED confreres, lost the confidence of a whole phalanx of well-disposed, if not outright partisan media pooh-bahs, not to mention of those (somewhat fewer in number) who are partisan the other way.<BR/><BR/>To correct that, to be able to speak to those who are in fact disgruntled with Harper, if not for the literally fantastic reasons bruited by Mr Holland et al, would take a LESS partisan approach I'd say, and certainly one far more willing to re-engage all the blue Liberals whose swing actually got Harper to 24 Sussex, not to mention gettable small-c conservatives, who are not there for, say, talk of carbon taxes or critiques of farmers' rights to sell the products of their labour as they see fit which emanate from mPs from Quebec and PEI, ie., provinces exempt from that boon to humanity and servant of individual rights and liberties which is the Canadian Wheat Board.<BR/><BR/>FWIW.<BR/><BR/>DMDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com