I Was Sitting By The Phone, Mr. Harper

Yet still light years ahead of the Ontario Liberals

A net loss of 8k on a government operation is like a win for the taxpayer...

"Yet still light years ahead of the Ontario Liberals"

That may be so but do the math on what the CBC costs taxpayers ... per day ....

It ain't pretty.

Senators asked for cookies.
PMO said fine.
Press noticed missing cookies.
PMO said cookies Senators stole musts go back.
PMO replaced cookies & pointed finger at Senators.
Everybody points fingers at everybody else.
Cookies, Senate, PMO stale anyway.

Yeah well, ya can thank Cretin for covertly creating another branch of government.....outside the Constitution....the PMO.

This whole thing is asinine from the start. It appears the people managing the affairs of the Senate couldn't manage a two hole outhouse. Those who sign the cheques and approve expenses should also take responsibility. Some are not doing their job or have no respect for taxpayers money.

As for the vote on whether to suspend them without pay, that's one that may not pass if there is going to be further auditing of all Senators which is the only fair thing to do. If others in that place have been living too large for what's allowed they are not going to vote for suspension without pay.

Can I just add a silly question? Does anyone anywhere believe that Mike Duffy, after a lifetime of CTV top pay and several years of Senate paycheques, didn't/doesn't have $90,000 of HIS OWN money to pay back what he 'liberated' from expense accounts? His original claim of poverty is laughable.

What SESAME STREET COOKIE MONSTER got scooped...oh say it ain't so!

We now return to children's programming courtesy of Parliament Hill...

Sesame Street: Share It Maybe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8

"Me sell me soul for cookie" (Appropriate for All Saints Day)

You call and share with me maybe?

Cheers

Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief

1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”

catch22 "Can I just add a silly question? Does anyone anywhere believe that Mike Duffy, after a lifetime of CTV top pay and several years of Senate paycheques, didn't/doesn't have $90,000 of HIS OWN money to pay back what he 'liberated' from expense accounts? His original claim of poverty is laughable."

I know many people who make $ 100 - 200 - $300,000 and do not have a T5 slip meaning they earned $100 of interest. They are a couple cheques away from being broke. It's not all that unusual.

I was listening to a radio call-in show at lunchtime, and one caller phoned in to note that Joe Fontana has been charged with misappropriation of public funds, and the media pays no attention to him whatsoever, while of course Rob Ford and the Senate play in the headlines over & over again. He also rightfully noted that Fontana is a Liberal while the other items involve conservatives. The host thanked him for the call, then after the hang-up, *covered for the media* by invoking the "we have to cover what people are interested in" tripe, then took it further by saying people would be bored by the Fontana story and not care. Hence why nobody covers it.

I'm lucky I didn't wreck my car, I was so enraged.

The media are our *enemies* in this country, plain and simple.

When Duffman said he didn't have the money to pay it back I believe him, and he wouldn't be the first to spend his cash 'earned' from government in an improvident spendthrift way.

Meanwhile the lame stream media ignores the fact that Mac Harb has lived for over 20 years in Centre Town within walking distance of Parliament Hill, deliberately bought a property just beyond the distance so he could qualify for expenses, didn't live on the property and then sold 99.9% of the property so that he could keep claiming 100% of the allowable expenses on .1% of the property. The major difference between Harb and Duffy is Harb was appointed by the Cretch for being a loyal Liberal MP.

If all Harper did was innocently replace cookies, why does he lie and change stories all the time? Why didn't he tell everyone in the first place?

the Senate spent $528,842 to recoup about $520,000 in expense claims from senators...

Good. Accountability is well worth the expense.

Typical SDA hypocrisy. If the Liberals did this you people would never shut up about it.

I can't find any information on Duffy's home in Ottawa,where he has apparently lived for 30 years or so,Parliamentary correspondent since 1974. Am I to assume Duffy didn't buy a house or condo, but lived in his car or slept in a Dumpster behind the nearest Sobeys?

It strains credibility to believe the highly-paid Duffy didn't buy some type of accommodation early in his career in Ottawa,and further that he has no equity in a home in Ottawa.

Most ordinary people of that age,60's, I know could raise $90,000 from the equity on their home,and so could Duffy,unless he was an absolutely terrible manager of his own money.If so, why appoint a spenthrift and wastrel to the Senate?

The story is unfolding in a haphazard and dishonest way,with "the story" changing daily. This whole episode smacks of coverup and cover-your-ass.

Wright is supposed to be an able and intelligent businessman.If so,why didn't he simply do the right thing,and tell Duffy to bail himself out of his troubles?

Had Duffy failed to find financing,what result could possibly look worse for the CPC and PM Harper than the scenario we have now.

This is starting to look like the last days of Mulroney.

if the entitled senators had been allowed to continue bilking taxpayers the gap would be much wider

Er, don, the "Harper was evil for appointing crooks" line was last week. This week it's, "Harper is evil for trying to fire these wonderful people". Do try to keep up, will you?

"when the MSM will help a gullible electorate put Justin Trudeau in the PM's Office."

I have seen this apocalyptic prediction many times on this site. Perhaps I'm guilty of whistling past the graveyard, but I honestly can't see it coming to pass. Despite the odd minor stumble, mini scandal or ersatz fiasco contrived and prolonged by an unfriendly media, PMSH has proven to be an excellent leader and is undoubtedly the best Prime Minister that this country has ever had. While the rest of the world is experiencing a sh*t storm of epic proportions, Canadians remain remarkably comfortable and insulated from everyone else's problems. I think that most Canadians recognize this and will vote accordingly especially when considering that the leaders of the other parties are absolutely, totally useless in every sense of the word.

1. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/senate-votes-to-suspend-andrew-thompson-1.162353

2. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ex-senator-raymond-lavigne-denied-early-parole-1.1401452

Cheers