Whine, and the world laughs at you …
First, the Liberal Party killed Youth for Volpe.
Last week, ‘Liberals for Hezbollah’ mysteriously went offline.
Now, this site’s ISP has received a letter from the Liberal Party of Canada, full of imaginary legal violations (Slander? Has a HezboLiberal Broadway-style musical opened somewhere?) and veiled threats.
My ISP has been great and has given every indication that they would stick by me through this. But, I have decided to take down the website to save them further hassles.
If the Liberal Party ever wants to repair its reputation, it has to learn that it can’t censor, threaten ordemand that Canadians ‘shut up.’ There are too many of us, and it is too easy for us to communicate these days for that sort of tactic to work anymore, in a free society.
If the Liberal Party doesn’t like what it sees on blogs and on the Internet, it has to stop doing stuff so outrageous and offensive that someone would spend an entire day building a website just to mock it.
Until that happens, you are going to have to learn to live with it.
Sincerely,
HezboLiberal.com
When the New York Times used this tactic against Robert Cox a couple of years ago, the blogosphere responded by mirroring his spoof page a dozen times over.
You know, I’d hate to see that happen in this case. Lawyers letters cost money.
h/t Maz2
Update – Well, this didn’t take long… apparently, a zip file is available for anyone who wants to duplicate the site.
Screenshot
Update – Ezra Levant, gets in on the fun.
Man,
You call conservatives out on their hypocrisy, and it’s like turning on a light in a roach-infested room: All the critters go scurrying for cover.
Sorry I ruined your thread.
jdave,
here is a link you might enjoy.
http://www.mojahedin.org/mojahedinEn/resistance/792.html
Looks to me like Mr Kenney was looking after these so called protected people on behalf of the Liberal party. After all Mr Tonks is the Liberal party’s Associate critic for democratic reform. If he say’s the group is democratic who is Mr Kenney to argue
I don’t know which is worse:
Kenney supporting terrorism, or Kenney collaborating with a Liberal. My god, conservative supporters must be all conflicted over this.
BTW: Did Mr. Tonks appear at their rally offering his and the PM’s support?
The left never learns; they think if they say something enough times it’ll come true.
Sorry jdave34, that’s a boring old story that never was and never will be, despite your attempts to blow some life into it.
Jdave..you are not going to find too many fish biting on your lure on this issue..the differences between what Kenney did as opposed to what the 3 stooges did on their junket are quite obvious,perhaps even to you.
The 3 thought that they would use a taxpayer funded club in which to bash PMSH over the head with , in regards to the middle east policy of the Conservatives.How ‘d that work for ya?
You can keep pushing at the non-starters in this issue, or maybe you can be brutally honest with yourself.Perhaps it starts with your own discomfort over your chosen few to actively engage in supporting terrorism.How does this sit with the left,knowing that they have become the hotbed of Dhimmitude,bigotry and anti- semetism?
Tough week i would say…keep it up!
jdave34 – nobody is biting. You’ve made multiple posts saying the same thing, and my troll tolerance at the moment is zero.
Leave Jdave alone, he cannot grasp facts he will just repeat the same thing over and over,
“Kenny was at a terrorist rally blah,blah,blah” still after ET destroys his argument.
But hey when have liberals used facts.
i wonder how many of you remember this?
maybe the CPC has a better sense of humour than it’s alliance predecessor. of course, conservatives are known for their senses of humour. harper is one funny guy.
Shouldn’t that be the Mafiafroggoliberal Party of Canada?
Here is a mirror of the mirror:
http://geocities.com.nyud.net:8090/l8f57/
I didn’t expect it to be this popular. Oh well.
ET destroyed me?
Really? Funny, I saw hair-splitting and excuse making. Precisely what Liberals are constantly accused of. And his contention that Kenney didn’t know holds no water. He’s got a staff that gets paid to sniff this crap out. Either he knew a they were connected to terrorism and thought he could win back some Muslim votes without anyone making the connection, or he’s an idiot.
“Leave Jdave alone, he cannot grasp facts”
Hilarious. A high-profile Conservative MP stands on stage with a group that supports terrorism, he ADMITS that they were vetted by his staff, and a photo does the rounds of him at the event, welcoming the terrorist supporters on his and the Prime Minister’s behalf.
Yet when presented with this set of very well-established facts, Conservatives accuse ME of not being able to grasp facts.
No wonder you get called Harpercrites.
Do you people actually read what you write? Seriously. All of you are on drugs.
You make things way too easy for me.
jdave just doesn’t realize that his “story” has been sussed out already last week. He’s late to the party and just trying to catch up. Have another one, j!
In respect to vitruvius (and the Lib lawyers), since the logo seems to be the sticking point, someone should tweak the logo and get this back up el pronto. Then we’ll see if the lawyers come out with another letter more explicitly stating issues re: slander and libel. They’re hiding behind copyright infringement now and probably don’t want to lose their cover.
jdave34,
Before a tiny mushroom cloud appears over your hard drive. Leave it alone buddy.
You should have figured out by now that only conservatives hold a monopoly on facts and knowledge. Everything they do is correct and everything liberals do is wrong.
This is embarrassing!
It really illustrates how small Canadians are compared to her neighbour to the south.
Could you imagine the Republican party or the Democratic party unleashing their high profiled lawyers onto websites that composed satirical or unflattering commentary on their members, activities or policies? And why stop there? What about political cartoons? I’ve even seen such cartoons recreate likenesses of “copy written” logos and registered “trademarks.” There ought to be a law!
The point has nothing to do with whether or not the parody was accurate or not. The point isn’t even if it was good satire or not.
The point is that this bastion of Canadian political parties has made itself look like the little boy who gets his dad to deal with the other kids who were picking on him in the playground.
I’m sure this site would have dwindled down to a few hits a day after everyone got a chance to see it once. Now they’ve reminded everyone who’s seen (or never seen) this website about it all over again.
Thanks for the screen shot but I already received a copy via e-mail
and I presume many other Canadians did as well.
Took me a few seconds to realize it actually was a parody.
jacobin: “and when canada was a british colony, french quebecers fought under the queen during WW1 and WW2”
Well, considering that it was a King in England during both wars, I’m already ready to dismiss this as nonsense. But you might look up the Conscription Crises of 1917 and 1944, where mostly French Canadians protested against a draft. Sure, there were some French Canadian soldiers, but their numbers were disproportionately below their percentage of the population.
Incidentally
with regard to my previous comment
I am NOT recommending that anyone here
e-mail your screen shot to their friends.
I would not want to see anyone get in trouble with the HezboLibrano party.
jdave give your head a shake with any luck it might dislodge from your rectum. Jake
That was the best thing I have read in ages jake. Thanks ROTFLMAO
Jake:
Hire new writers.
w3.westernstandard.ca/liberal/liberal.html
Ezra explains himself at westernstandard.blogs.com
…plus he thumbs his nose at the Liberal lawyers.
It’s like Kate opening a can of whoop-ass on Paul Wells.
I just read Ezra’s esaay and I stand corrected. The trademark claims, according to Ezra, don’t hold in a parody like this. To the degree he is correct, I was wrong.
Crooked Libranos Pimping, Whoring For Iggy’s Leadership Bid Cash
http://thecanadiansentinel.blogspot.com/2006/08/crooked-libranos-pimping-whoring-for.html
In the streets.
In the cities.
In Canada.
I did not make this up.
Choose your Canada.
Thanks to Ezra and the Western Standard for picking up the site.
That’s exactly the point, that letter had no ‘meat’ in it; it was all and only bullying.
The parody site had nothing to do with trademarks, and nothing to do with slander or libel. The onus is on the plaintiff (the Liberals) and there is no way they could show harm done to themselves by that site.
And, they are violating Section 2 of our Charter, our right to freedom of expression and opinion.
That site wasn’t a ‘hate site’; it was a parody, exactly as are many political cartoons, exactly as is The Royal Canadian Air Farce and 22 Minutes.
The Liberals reject free speech.
W. Kinsella wants in on the $$$$$$$$$$. W. is a lwayer. …-
Quote:
“Get ready for more cases like this one.
It’s about time.” …-
“Me and Dick sent our sons and daughters to be slaughtered in a war we knew we couldn’t win so that daddy could settle an ole score with them Baathist folks…hardy har har” David Brown
David Brown,
What planet do you live on? The war was won April 9, 2003. Since then the only issue is how long it will take to eliminate or pacify the leftist-supported terrorists who refuse to accept the will of the Iraqi people – as demonstrated in 3 elections.
Despite the undying world wide encouragement of moronic leftists, Iraqis aren’t going back. Whether it takes another year or ten to completely pacify the country, the terrorists, and the fact-challenged leftists who support them, are not going to win in Iraq. So take comfort in your apparent propaganda victory – it defies demographics and is temporary.
I find WK’s reaction quite suprising for a hard-nosed Irishman. The site is so obviously parodic, not really any different than say, The Onion. It’s just humorous commentary.
The title alone — “Hezboliberal” — obviates any concerns that anyone could think it was a Liberal site.
Or does it? Hmm…
Break out the jackboots and brown shirts, the Libs are comming to town……
Aparently, the Libs havn’t fully used the enema kit they received in the last election and continue to use truth, justice and freedom as their personal punching bag.
WK must know full well there’s no case here. He’s trying to put the threat out and cheer up the troops.
Iggy’s On-Line Auction here: $$$$$$$$$$$
Joan Bryden, Canadian Press
Published: Tuesday, August 29, 2006
OTTAWA (CP) – What’s a date with a Liberal MP worth?
An online auction currently under way to raise funds for frontrunning leadership hopeful Michael Ignatieff provides some clues.
Lunch with rising backbench star Ruby Dhalla, Brampton MP and onetime beauty queen and movie actress, is one of the hottest items up for grabs, with the high bid ringing in at $151 late Tuesday.
By contrast, a chance to spend a “whale of a day” at Niagara Falls’ Marineland with Toronto MP Albina Guarnieri and her spouse has proved less appealing. Highest bid: $62.
Guarnieri is not the only MP, however, who apparently lacks drawing power.
A round of golf with former minister John McCallum has fetched only $31 so far. A chance to go deep-sea fishing with Prince Edward Island MP Joe McGuire has drawn a high bid of only $23. …-
Make your bids here:
http://auction.michaelignatieff.ca/
There were *legal threat* phone calls to the Dominion E-paper [Halifax], from the PMO*s office when the Libranos were in power.
The Dominion was writing razor copy about various librano scams at the time.
The adventure was covered in detail in the Dominion and the general support of readers was enough to make the phone calls stop.
Not a legal leg to stand on.
What*s old is new again. = TG
Terry Gain
“The war was won April 9, 2003”
–are you for real???
American Deaths
Since war began 2636
Since “Mission Accomplished” 2499
Since Capture of Saddam 2169
American Wounded
estimated 20000 – 48100
–no end in sight, tour after tour after tour
–What planet do you live on?
Jacobin
I’m talking about the war in Iraq-not the propaganda war in America. I was addressing the inevitability of the result, not the process of getting there. Every death of an Ameican soldier should be mourned by a grateful world. The American soldier is there by choice and is proud of his mission. The number of deaths is low by historical standards.
The figures you cite do not add to victory for the insurgents. They control no territory and have little popular support in Iraq- even as leftists here cheer them on. They are simply delaying the inevitable.
Those who see no end in sight have no vision.
Jacobin
I’m talking about the war in Iraq-not the propaganda war in America. I was addressing the inevitability of the result, not the process of getting there. Every death of an Ameican soldier should be mourned by a grateful world. The American soldier is there by choice and is proud of his mission. The number of deaths is low by historical standards.
The figures you cite do not add to victory for the insurgents. They control no territory and have little popular support in Iraq- even as leftists here cheer them on. They are simply delaying the inevitable.
Those who see no end in sight have no vision.
we’ve got it up now: http://www.hezboliberal.no-libs.com
Thanks for the link to the source files!
The putrid smoke/smell of Liberal/leftish anti-semitism hangs in the air. …-
Posted at voy forums:
Jew-boi Ezra (NT) Seeks more attentiom
“…how low will you stoop just to get the attention you crave?
Velly intelesting?
Who said that?
Here it is: at August 29, 2006 12:01 PM
jdave:
Try peddling your ‘Conservatives support terrorism’ theme to the rest of the country and see if it’s believable.
On the other hand,
Liberals supporting terrorism (albeit through outright stupidity and absolute lack of moral judgement) is entirely believable.
Maybe Terry Grain can spare a few moments and tell us how the americans won the war in Viet Nam. Iraq’s “democratically” elected government controlls a few sparse acres in the Green Zone. The rest of the country is in a state of civil war. There are not enough U.S. and British troops in country to stem the violence. So a tough choice will have to be made, either dramatically increase the number of allied troops, or pull out.
Big kudos to Ezra Levant. Twice when freedom of expression was seriously under threat in this country — first due to the self-censorship of the media in the face of Islamist violence (in the case of the Danish Cartoons), and now when the Liberals are attempting to bully the blogosphere — he has stepped up to the plate.
I have to add that I am surprised and a bit disappointed by WK’s reaction to the Liberal bullying. As one commenter elsewhere put it, apparently it’s okay for him to follow around conservatives and mock their religious beliefs (the Barney-suit incidents), but not okay for someone to post a clearly parodic site which makes use of actual quotes and statements and behaviours from Liberals. Now I’m having a hard time figuring out where he stands, exactly.
‘Maybe Terry Grain (sic) can spare a few moments and tell us how the americans won the war in Viet Nam.” don
don,
I’ve never claimed they did. So don, we begin by noting that you are a liar who erects straw men to prove a point. Sorry to rain on your stereotype.
As to the rest of your post, your use of quotation marks around– “democratically” elected, gives you away as dishonest. No serious person claims this government was not democratically elected-even those of us who were disappointed that more secularists were not elected.
Your statement that “the rest of the country is in a state of civil war” is patently false. Eighteen of the 21 provinces are peaceful and what is happening in the other 3 cannot reasonably be described as a civil war -as much as the left wishes it were.
As regrettable as one hundred deaths a day may be, describing this as a civil war is ludicrous. The insurgent thugs represent no one but themselves (and their leftist supporters).
Depsite the unconscionable encouragement of leftists and Islamists they have nothing to offer Iraqis but death, heartache and extremism and thus they are bound to fail.
I agree with you that more troops are a good idea. Unfortunately politics is the art of the possible and the left has shown they don’t support the levels of troops there now. So look in the mirror and put the blame where it belongs.
To summarize: Iraq will be pacified though clearly not as quickly as it would have been if leftists, including most especially the MSM, had not offered such unbridled encouragement to the terrorists.
‘Maybe Terry Grain (sic) can spare a few moments and tell us how the americans won the war in Viet Nam.” don
don,
I’ve never claimed they did. So don, we begin by noting that you are a liar who erects straw men to prove a point. Sorry to rain on your stereotype.
As to the rest of your post, your use of quotation marks around– “democratically” elected, gives you away as dishonest. No serious person claims this government was not democratically elected-even those of us who were disappointed that more secularists were not elected.
Your statement that “the rest of the country is in a state of civil war” is patently false. Eighteen of the 21 provinces are peaceful and what is happening in the other 3 cannot reasonably be described as a civil war -as much as the left wishes it were.
As regrettable as one hundred deaths a day may be, describing this as a civil war is ludicrous. The insurgent thugs represent no one but themselves (and their leftist supporters).
Depsite the unconscionable encouragement of leftists and Islamists they have nothing to offer Iraqis but death, heartache and extremism and thus they are bound to fail.
I agree with you that more troops are a good idea. Unfortunately politics is the art of the possible and the left has shown they don’t support the levels of troops there now. So look in the mirror and put the blame where it belongs.
To summarize: Iraq will be pacified though clearly not as quickly as it would have been if leftists, including most especially the MSM, had not offered such unbridled encouragement to the terrorists.