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CBC: Encouraged by reports of strong support for his party in Canadian penitentiaries (where inmates voted on Friday), Paul Martin expresses solidarity with prisoners who painted red letter L's on their heads to demonstrate their Liberal Party preference. |
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"My dad was sentenced to double life, way before when there was no eligibility for early parole," Power [the red-L head-painted-guy] said. "He killed himself. He couldn't live with it. It was like there was no hope for him."
Talk about your root causes.
(BTW nice Photoshop.)
Posted by: Meg Q at January 13, 2006 10:14 PMWhere'd they get the paint? Was that factored into CBC's reality check on the price of maintaining prisoners behind bars? Red paint? In the budget? In Canadian prisons? Choose your Canada.
Posted by: Iron Lady at January 13, 2006 10:18 PMLooks like old paulie's got the mark of the devil on this forehead. I guess I have more to fear from the big "L" instead of 666.
Roast in peace, Paul.
The mad redneck
Wonderful, it would be even better if uncle Paul could join the convicts on a more permanent basis.
Posted by: mel wilde at January 13, 2006 10:20 PMThe cons (convicts!! not Conservatives! sheeeeeesh) said they don't think about minimum sentences when they commit crimes, it's not a deterrent. I agree. It's not. It protects US, the average schmoes from them for a minimum amount of time. Can't kill 4 mounties if you're in jail. Can't rape a 4 year old if you're in jail.
Posted by: Feisty at January 13, 2006 10:24 PMI'm thinking the big red L stands for LOSER. Solidarity with murders and child molesters. You'd think he'd have more sense, or at least his handlers would have had a clue.
Posted by: Winston Smith at January 13, 2006 10:32 PMRed L on Paul's forehead, eh? Red L on convicts foreheads too, eh? Makes one wonder of Paul might be getting ready to join them on the other side of the fence.
Wonder what might happen if the Liberal Party of Canada were charged criminally with fraud and misappropriation of funds. Does the party executive take the fall? the Leader?
Posted by: Faraday at January 13, 2006 10:34 PMNice, those who have been proven not to have respect for the law voting to determine who will make the laws.
Only in the mind of a leftist judge would that make sense.
Posted by: ol hoss at January 13, 2006 10:35 PM
All you need to know when you go to vote is that the criminals are voting Liberal and don't like the Conservatives.
Even if I wasn't already a conservative, this alone would educate me. I would instantaneously know who to vote for.
(for you libranos without a moral compas, the answer is to vote conservative.)
Posted by: Warwick at January 13, 2006 10:38 PMI wouldn't be surprised if Paul Martin and/or a planeload of Liberals absconded to Barbados or Costa Rica prior to January 23 rather than face Stephen Harper's Special Prosecutor and mandatory minimums.
Posted by: Anonalogue at January 13, 2006 10:40 PMOh jeez, this oughta win lots of hearts and win the election for Paulie, right...
Posted by: Monique at January 13, 2006 10:42 PMMaybe the idea is the vote would encourage them to take the responsibilities of citizenship.
Posted by: steve at January 13, 2006 10:43 PMLooks like Smaul Fartin' will fit right in.
Posted by: Bruce Randall at January 13, 2006 10:49 PMdon't know about the pic on your latest post kate but to me its a bit over the top. your playing right into the liberals hands with that one.
Posted by: spike at January 13, 2006 10:53 PMLike that Freakenomics author stated recently. If you want to lower the crime rate, keep repeat offenders in jail longer..... and wait for it, encourage abortion.
Posted by: mcdonald at January 13, 2006 10:55 PMI was just thinking about Michael Moore at the 2004 Republican Convention...
Posted by: Knight of Good Mr. Iron Man at January 13, 2006 11:02 PMAttention all bloggers: Celebrate voting with a blue finger!
http://uncommontruths.blogspot.com/2006/01/attention-all-blogging-tories.html
Go for it!
Posted by: Dante at January 13, 2006 11:02 PMBlue fingers? Huh? Sounds more like a promotional campaign to encourage digital-rectal examinations among Smurfs.
...oh, relax. I'm doing your CBC readers a favour by cleansing the palate, as it were, after all the gush and treacle from your minions.
Posted by: Ti-Guy at January 13, 2006 11:14 PM"My dad was sentenced to double life, way before when there was no eligibility for early parole," Before they took him away he must have put too much clorine in the shallow end of the gene pool.
And now, I'm in Prison!
Voting Liberal!
Choose your Canada!!!
Posted by: Gene Splicer at January 13, 2006 11:23 PMHey.
I worked hard for those minions.
So, I don't mind putting up with a troll or two... I'm generous that way.
Ti Guy wrote:
"...I'm doing your CBC readers a favour by cleansing the palate, as it were, after all the gush and treacle from your minions."
No problem Ti (is that Tee or Tie?). Personally, my palate will be sufficiently cleansed when, on that rare instance when I settle in and intentionally tune in ol' Slaphead Mansbridge at 8pm eastern January 23rd and hear him utter the prophetic words, "The polls are closed in Quebec and Ontario and the CBC projection desk is calling a Conservative majority...good night, folks. Here's some old episodes of Air Farce and This Hour. For those of you expecting the live Rick Mercer special, Rick's slashed his wrists."
Palate cleansing indeed.
Posted by: bstrang at January 13, 2006 11:53 PMLLLLLLLLLLLLL, well I knew that prisoners can vote because of the SCC ruling, it's good to have the notwithstanding to back up sensibilities... but if the prisoners can choose which riding to vote in.. you know my name is french? maybe I could elect to vote in a Quebec riding, please, just this once? could I choose PMPM's riding?
Posted by: marc58510 at January 13, 2006 11:55 PMWhy do prisoners get the right to vote at all. You do the crime, you lose ALL of your freedoms. Only when you are out do they get reinstated. If you want to really make sentences a deterant, make it a heck of a lot tougher than it is now. And no more minimum sentences. Man o man I am looking forward to elected judges.
Posted by: morison at January 13, 2006 11:58 PMKate, That why we love your blog, you call a spade a spade!
Posted by: MaryM at January 14, 2006 12:07 AMAny chance you saved the picture of the convict with the Liberal on his head? CBC removed the original convict photo.
Posted by: JL at January 14, 2006 12:15 AMKate, excellent blog; you tell it like it is. It really says something when the Libs have the criminal vote sewn up, doesn't it...People in T.O. should really think about that, considering their crime wave.
Keep on talking, prairie girl!
Posted by: Soccermom at January 14, 2006 12:20 AMPaulie had better befriend those boys .. he may be bunking with them before it's all over.
How sick can a man be before someone commits him.
Where is his wife from Stepford?
Posted by: Duke at January 14, 2006 12:27 AMI can see the headlines already.
Tonite on CTV....The news for this Tuesday January 24th.
Severe voting irregularities have been reported in numerous ridings around the country. There have been numerous reports of ballot box stuffing and coerced votes in favor of the Liberal Party of Canada. Several Liberal candidates were caught on tape handing $20.00 bills to voters on the way into the polls.
Bucky Jr. was reported to be seen repeating over and over again "Open the polls back up! Get more Liberal voters in here! This can't be happening, I am the only one who knows what the stupid citizens of this country need. I am entitled to my entitlements!"
One voter likened the Bucky scene to the 1980's Eddie Murphy movie "Trading Places" where "Randolph and Mortimer" had their seats taken away from them at the New York Stock Exchange.
A definite arguement for life imitating art.
Back to you Lloyd.
Posted by: Astro at January 14, 2006 12:51 AMDither's press conference on CPAC tonight.
When asked about accusing Harper about being influenced by far right Americans he started off softly about how everybody is influenced by the world around them. He then rambled on that he had been influenced by Hernando De Soto or some author from Peru about third world problems.
He sipped from a glass of water constantly, like a twitchy witness on the stand.
He's Howard Hughes. He's Elvis. He's Michael Jackson. He's a guy that sees his pampered world disintegrating around him. Beyond help from friends or family.
He's Peter Finch.
He's mad as Hell and we soon won't have to take it anymore.
Let's see, those who have declared their support for Harper and the Conservatives include Bernard Lord, Jean Charest, Mario Dumont and (gasp) David Asper. Those who have declared their support for Martin and the Liberals ... prison inmates. Oh ya, and Buzz Hargrove. That should clarify any hidden agendas one would think.
Posted by: Lyle B at January 14, 2006 1:01 AMChange of subject. Just noticed a good article by Peter Foster in the National Post about Paul Martin's connection with mentor and business partner Maurice Strong. It ties right in with the Liberal attack ad about soldiers with guns in Canadian cities. It takes one to know one.
Martin's secret agenda agent
http://tinyurl.com/bf57d
Here's what's really frosting my bagels about this whole "Military" ad thingy, which rightfully can now be referred to as "Adscam Version 2.0".
As someone who actually works in the "biz", there's absolutely no damn way that ad could've made it to the 'blog' (bwa ha ha ha) mentioned by PMPM without some sort of check/balance. Many clients put their trust in me to get their message across in a proper manner. Several give me free rein, and unless I resort to sordid images of said clients being caught in carnal acts with donkeys, I take advantage of that trust. That trust they have in me is something I value...if not, they take their money elsewhere. So I'm careful in not making extravagant claims in their commercials. If I think there's a definite line that I shouldn't cross, like saying "Car Dealer X was caught with a donkey", I make sure of the facts before going ahead. They, the Liberal Party of Canada, knew what the score was. These ads were vetted out and approved. The fact that they say they were "never aired" on tv is crap. Of course they were...during newscasts throughout the day, even after the "Military" ad was yanked from the official Liberal Party of Canada (English) website...sorry..."blog".
A co-worker and I had a discussion of this and he, true believer that he is, compared the offending ad to the "Swift Boat" attack ads last year against John Kerry, Fine. But were those ads placed on the Republican Party website or the George W. Bush website? Co-worker shrugged his shoulders (very Trudeauesque, I might add) and said the GOP paid for them. I agreed, but asked again if they were ever on the "official" websites?
Having not paid broadcasters to run the ad and posting it on the official party website for, what...ten seconds before yanking it doesn't make it a non-event. It was done, people saw it, and the Liberals thought they could pass it off as a goof without repercussion.
I pull that stunt in the real world...at my job...in Canada...I'm Fired.
I'm not making this up.
Posted by: bstrang at January 14, 2006 1:23 AM
Criminals stick together. Prisoners wouldn't have to pay the premium that another Liberal victory would cost Canadians. Putting the criminal party of Canada back in charge of the country will cost Canadians in higher mortgages, less investment etc. because the international community won't be too keen to send their money to Canada when the finance ministry is under Police investigation.
Posted by: Thief at January 14, 2006 1:55 AMPerhaps the new liberal campaign slogan will be
"Vote Liberal - 8 out of 10 child molesters can't be wrong!"
PS - don't drop the soap Paul
Posted by: mrtisaduffer at January 14, 2006 2:08 AMThe best stratagy for the NDP at this point.... ask left leaning voters to vote for the candidate that is least likely to lose their seat to a criminal investigation after the books have been cracked.
Posted by: catrun at January 14, 2006 2:10 AMBirds of a feather stick together.
I just can't seem to shake this spasmodic vomiting for some reason.
Posted by: missing link at January 14, 2006 2:19 AMHey Kate - the picture link is bad - anychance of getting a new link up.
Keep up the great work
Posted by: mrtisaduffer at January 14, 2006 2:26 AMI saw a tonight on both CTV, and CBC, ran the story as if it was the most natural thing in the world to have criminals voting in a democratic society.
mainstream media really is a bunch of Moon bats.
Kate, if the liberals were to win this election, the first thing they will do,is create a department of Internet police, and you will be badly incriminated with that photo.
But you can just tell them that you didn't authorize it. L. M. A.0.
Ahhh, the mark of the beast...
Posted by: tomax7 at January 14, 2006 2:49 AMActually I think the photo is doctored...someone moved Uncle Paul's finger over from a Trudeauian salute...
cheers
tom
Well of course the prisoners would vote for the LIEberal (read lefty,bleeding hearts). Used to be that when u went into prison, you gave up your right to be part of society, and therefore your right to vote. They even had to work *GASP*. Life 'inside' has been wonderful since the bleeding hearts told them to just "kickback and relax... we'll make sure you have the same rights in here as those hard-working honest people do"!
Bleeding-heart LIEberals.... criminals.... birds of a feather flocking together? Hmmmm, choose your canada!
I wonder if when the prisoners were marching to the polling booths they were singing Solidarity Forever.
Posted by: Largs at January 14, 2006 4:37 AMThis bears repeating:
Nice, those who have been proven not to have respect for the law voting to determine who will make the laws.
Only in the mind of a leftist judge would that make sense.
Posted by ol hoss at January 13, 2006 10:35 PM
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Law abiding citizens in a free democracy are not supposed to own guns or property rights while the law-breaking criminals are influencing the democracy.
Where the hell are we going in this country? The anarchists are forever chipping away at our traditions, history and culture.
No guns for border patrol, no military in sight, gangs running the streets and criminals running the ballot boxes.
CHOOSE YOUR CANADA!
Posted by: Ripplerock at January 14, 2006 4:51 AMFAMILY VALUES under George W. Bush:
Out of 50 states, TEXAS rates:
• Dead Last in # of poorest counties in country. (3)
• 2nd from Last in # of children living in poverty. (3)
• 2nd from Last in # of children without health insurance. (3)
• Highest number of people stripped of Medicare benefits (10)
• Dead Last in % of poor working parents without insurance. (3)
• 2nd from Last in % of population without health insurance. (3)
• 6th from Last in Child support collections (3)
• 5th from Last in Teen Birth Rate. (4)
• 3rd from Last in Hunger Rate.
• 3rd from Last in Per capita funding for public health. (4)
• 4th from Last in Delivery of social services. (4)
• 6th from Last in # Mothers receiving prenatal care. (9)
This is what conservatives bring to the table, this is what Harper's mentor did for his state.
One of George Bush‘s Professors at Harvard
Yoshi Tsurumi (who is now Professor of International Business, Baruch College, the City University of New York ) wrote about President Bush in March of 2004:
"At Harvard Business School, thirty years ago, George Bush was a student of mine. I still vividly remember him. In my class, he declared that "people are poor because they are lazy." He was opposed to labor unions, social security, environmental protection, Medicare, and public schools. To him, the antitrust watch dog, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Securities Exchange Commission were unnecessary hindrances to "free market competition." To him, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was "socialism."
The true conservative leader G.W.Bush
Posted by: sam at January 14, 2006 6:54 AM"The Warden" Martin should be barred & feathered. It gets worser, or betterer. ^^^ Headline: Martin to be used as fishfood. (H/T andrewcoyne.com)
Martin may hang onto Liberal leadership even if he loses election
JOAN BRYDEN Fri Jan 13, 7:16 PM ET
OTTAWA (CP) - Federal Liberals are growing increasingly resigned to losing power, but they're less certain they'll lose their leader.
........
"You use him as bait," the ex-minister said.
http://www.rapp.org/url/?YPTKZ1U5
news.yahoo
On/off topic?
Find the "Irish bull" in this comment from andrewcoyne.com: Or is it a Newfie cow? Is the commenter from Newf.? More, Newfy humour, please.>
Terry Gain: Right on. What a disgrace. The man is now apparantly willing to sacrafice his soul for a few more seats on the opposition side. If his father were alive, he'd be rolling in his grave.
Posted by: ScottieSLB >>
Send the comment to John Crosbie for more comments & Newfie wit.
BTW, find the photo(s) of Martin at his swearing-in ceremony; Martin brung his Daddy's Red Rag flag with him; Martin holding same & etc. It's a worthy topic for derision & scorn.
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banners openly.
But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself.
For the traitor appears not a traitor. . . He speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men.
He rots the soul of a nation. . . he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city. . . he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared."
HARPER what are you doing over there, what kind of seads are you planting?
Posted by: sam at January 14, 2006 7:39 AM"Why of course the people don't want war . . . But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship . . . Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
WHO SAID IT??? Washington, some other great American? Does anyone here know????
Posted by: sam at January 14, 2006 7:47 AMThe Death Penalty Is Not a Deterrent
A September 2000 New York Times survey found that during the last 20 years, the homicide rate in states with the death penalty has been 48 to 101 percent higher than in states without the death penalty.
FBI data showed that 10 of the 12 states without capital punishment have homicide rates below the national average.
With the highest incarceration rates in the free world why hasn't the crime rates fallen? $30 billion a year they spend on imprisonment.
The Election: RCMP Investigations
Timing of probes just a matter of independence, Mounties say.
By TIMOTHY APPLEBY
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Extract:
At issue is "the intervention of Canada's national police force in a national election campaign," columnist Don MacPherson opined in the Montreal Gazette this week.
The controversy arises from the tightly guarded RCMP criminal investigation into whether there was a leak of information ahead of Finance Minister Ralph Goodale's Nov. 23 announcement about tax changes that benefit income-trust dividends. Suspicion lingers in some quarters that the RCMP telegraphed news of the probe to sabotage the Liberals' re-election prospects.
The Mounties flatly reject that charge, insisting they were compelled to follow protocol and disregard the fact that an election campaign is under way. As for publicizing the investigation, they say they did nothing of the kind.
From what is known, they appear so far to have a good case.
Whether there was a leak or not, what is clear is that with the minority Liberal government about to fall, collective expectations of a tax break were sufficient to generate a surge of trading in income trusts in just before Mr. Goodale's announcement. >>>
http://www.rapp.org/url/?XIUAR07F
globeandmail via bourque
LMAO!!!
Posted by: Selma at January 14, 2006 8:40 AM"L", Liberals & Logos
Feds' million-dollar baby
The federal Liberal government allowed the word Canada and the Canadian flag to be used to launder money.
In March of 2004, Canadians learned that they paid almost $1 million for the development of the "Canada" logo -- that simply consists of the word: Canada with a small Canadian flag above the last letter "a"...
...eight Liberal-friendly advertising firms charged taxpayers $989,000 for "development and consulting" of the Canada logo. But now, it turns out, the wordmark was developed long ago.
"It was scandalous enough when we learned that we paid $1 million for the Canada logo but it's even more scandalous to learn we paid $1 million for the development of something that the government already owned for decades," said Chrumka...
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Corbella_Licia/2006/01/14/pf-1393164.html
Posted by: JM at January 14, 2006 8:41 AMHeadline:
Prisoners reject incarcerated Adscam Liberals, say they will lower prison culture "values".
Posted by: WL Mackenzie Redux at January 14, 2006 8:44 AMTweedledum and Tweedledee: which is which, take your pick.>
Martin at Markham on the attack ads:
"The ad was pulled because the ad was pulled, and because there were better ads -- that's essentially it," Martin said during a campaign stop in Markham.
Chretien on da proof:
What kind of proof ? It's a proof. A proof is proof. And when you have a good
proof, it's because it is proven." >>
Ah, so: the proof is the proof. Chretien/Martin, clones of a feather; siamese twins; goodfellas; grifters.
Posted by: maz2 at January 14, 2006 8:49 AMPlease, will someone say a few kind words about Sam's ability to cut and paste? You don't have to read that crap, but she/he puts soooo much work into it!
BTW, does anybody know why lefties spend so much time trolling conservative blogs? Are they lonely?
On his forehead - I see he took advantage of one of those taxpayer funded prison tattoos.
Posted by: Will at January 14, 2006 9:22 AMAnd they always say "George Bush" like the lower unemployment rate and 25% higher standard of living in the US is a bad thing.
Go figure.
Posted by: Kate at January 14, 2006 9:48 AMPrisoners
Voting at advanced Polls
As someone said over at Andrew Coynes site,
Why? Are they that busy?
Why? Are they planning on going somewhere?
Kate,
They don't mean the real "George Bush", they mean the scary one that has a vampire's thirst for oil, feeds baby seals and sings nuclear launch codes to small children as a lulaby.
This post reminds me of The Scarlet Letter:
A - adultry
L - librano
Posted by: Colin at January 14, 2006 10:08 AMKate,
"Paul Martin expresses solidarity with prisoners who painted red letter L's on their heads to demonstrate their Liberal Party preference."
Link still doesn't work- goes to img=alt
Posted by: backhoe at January 14, 2006 10:10 AMC'mon, ease up on convicts. As Jumpin' Jack Flash-in-the-pan noted, Of course they should be allowed to vote. They are Canadian citizens." Blessedly, he refrained from adding 'they have feelings and values, too.' Too late to nab an NDP vote or he'd have given it a try.
Posted by: Iron Lady at January 14, 2006 10:14 AMSorry about the link. should be fixed now.
Iam sick & tired of hearing shit like this, because we live in a society that has to be socially & politicaly correct, afraid to offend & we allow it to happen. Good god I even had a customer tell me I could'nt say Merry Christmas because it offends. Layton & Martin running around the country saying this is what Canadian's want, You don't know what I want or most Canadian's because you never asked. Prisoner's voting at advanced polls, you took away the freedom of the innocent. So pay your deb't to society, because you are the one that made that choice!. Now were hereing them talking about Multiple Marridge, WHAT THE HELL ARE WE COMING TOO? YEA MR MARTIN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AS VOTER'S WILL PROVE ON JAN 23.
PS: I went to advance poll yesterday & they were swamped in my riding, Is this the "Winds of Change"
So, I don't mind putting up with a troll or two...
Or a couple of hundred, it seems...Some of the names I see here are career trolls on progressive blogs.
Posted by: Ti-Guy at January 14, 2006 10:23 AML......OL.
Posted by: Moose Javian at January 14, 2006 10:38 AMI hope the Ls are free tatoos. It will be the mark of Cain.
If only the mark of Cain had been used in Mayerthorpe
Posted by: cal2 at January 14, 2006 11:15 AMInmates have the choice of voting in the riding where they previously resided or in the riding they were convicted.
no wonder its difficult to storm fortess Toronto with its 48 seats.
Posted by: cal2 at January 14, 2006 11:21 AMre: paranoid rambling dribble Posted by sam at January 14, 2006 07:39 AM...
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious."
So are you openly admitting that martin and the liberals are fools?
Holy shit!! i didnt realize we could survive having them in power? What's another 12 years of the ambitious fools running our country?
"But it cannot survive treason from within."
That's why we're having an election!!!
In fact that is why we should have had an election as soon as the sponsorship scandal broke!!!!!
"For the traitor appears not a traitor. . . He speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men."
Hmmm.... a snippet from PMPM's opening statement from the televised debates,
"...I believe in a united Canada in what we can achieve together as a nation."
hmmm sounds quite appealling, to a proud canadian like myself... you could say it appeals to the baseness of my heart. Only peoblem is, I don't know of a government that has done more to piss of and alienate more of the country than the liberals!
"...he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city. . . he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist."
Belinda, brown envelopes stuffed with money, bribes...want me to keep going?
"A murderer is less to be feared."
i would prefer to be shot, stabbed and/or drowned in a vat of hydrochloric acid then have to put up with another liberal government!!
"HARPER what are you doing over there..."
mass producing a huge army of androids to rule the country? no wait... maybe he's developing some sort of mind control ray... hurry get out the tinfoil hats!!!!! Enough already get off the hidden agenda crap!!!!!!
"what kind of seads are you planting?"
hope that someone who isn't corrupt can run this country.
Sam, I kinda feel sorry for you and all others that have the same paranoid beliefs as you. It's people like you who hold this country back.
You can tell Lie-beral's and supporters are very worried by the number of Fibular Trolls posting their vitriol.
Posted by: Bruce Randall at January 14, 2006 11:42 AMIs there a Dimmesdale in Martin's past that Canadians don't know about?
Posted by: Pat Patterson at January 14, 2006 11:42 AMIt might have well been swasticas, like Charles Manson, painted on their forheads.
I'm getting a nauseated feeling - did I just read what may be the Liberal hidden agenda?
Sorry about the link. should be fixed now.
Thank you, M'am.
I am referring people to SDA, Angry, and a few other select sites.
Your efforts are appreciated.
Posted by: backhoe at January 14, 2006 11:53 AMSam: A late response. Texas, as of 2000, with a population 2/3 that of Canada has a poverty rate of 15.4% compared with Canada's rate of 16.2%, neither something to brag about but in comparison Texas may not be so bad after all. Murder rates definitely follow the imposition of the death penalty. Between 1930 and 1963, before the nationwide ban on executions, murder rates declined significantly. Yet during the period when no executions were allowed the murder rate doubled. Now since some states, usually the ones with high crime and murder rates, have the death penalty the murder rates are falling again. Puerto Rico which has no death penalty and bans the possesion of guns has the highest crime and murder rate in all of the states and territories of the US. As an American I am watching Canada's election in the hopes that regardless of the outcome that sophomoric bashing of the US will end.
Posted by: Pat Patterson at January 14, 2006 1:31 PM"The Death Penalty Is Not a Deterrent" however, the cases of repeat offences seems to suggest that the general public have a bit less liberal voters to worry about.
Oh yes, in Texas, I don't pay a cent in state taxes. The amount of charity from the average American is far greater than Canadians although this probably doesn't include Canada's state funded "Charity" donation via your tax dollar.
Posted by: Texas Canuck at January 14, 2006 2:16 PMPeter Worthington did an article several years ago when inmates got the right to vote. He interviewed Clifford Olsen. Guess what his political bent was. Olsen said "once a liberal always a liberal."
Posted by: tom at January 14, 2006 3:23 PMI heard prisoners Bubba and 'Big Jim' are sitting in their cells holding hands awaiting their wedding date of Jan 24th. If the Liberals don't win they won't be able to get married.....and there's why they voted Liberal.
Either that or PM is giving them kickbacks. Now, who should really be in prison?
Posted by: Altruistic at January 14, 2006 3:41 PMRE: "Dither's press conference on CPAC tonight"
PMPM mentioned in this interview his admiration for Hernando de Soto from Peru, the website is http://www.ild.org.pe/home.htm don't be put off by the foto of Bill Clinton, dig deeper, he advocates for Property Rights! as a way of having people access the hidden capital in the land they reside on... as an anti-poverty stance, this rocks! as compared to the current status quo of keeping the aboriginals in Canada dependant on Canadian govenment handouts.
I find it difficult to believe that PMPM could have read all this and found it to not apply to the native situation in Canada...
Paul Bernardo could be voting in St.Catherines .
Paul Bernardo could be voting in Toronto.
His ex Karla Homolka could be voting for Paul Martin.
In Canada.
Im not making this up.
Posted by: cal2 at January 14, 2006 5:50 PMThis I posted on another site....
Drake wrote:
Nice attitude. You obviously have no idea what goes on in cities like Toronto, or any other big City, if you believe that crap. I work for a living, just like most people, but I don't begrudge the less fortunate. In case you haven't noticed, a lot of these "useless people" don't have the same opportunities that other people have. It's not exactly easy to crawl out of a hole.
I can see why you will be voting for the Conservatives. They share your attitude. When addressing the criminal element, Harper seems oblivious about the root cause of most of the unnecessary tragedies that occur. His answer is mandatory minimum sentences. That's it. We all know how well mandatory minimum sentences have worked in other countries.
Canada needs a leader who has a brain, but more importantly, a little compassion.
Tell me your solution to this problem Please!! I'm dying to hear it! The solution to cure the root cause of crime is to move out of the ghetto! Grab your backpack and start walking; I could leave everything at a moments notice and travel to a better situation and get a job in no time! be it a job washing dishes at minimum wage, it's a start!
If you are a wannabe gangsta and bring your misguided feeling of being entitled to something, you deserve nothing! Hard work is how this country was founded. Harsher consequenses may motivate our youth to find a better life instead of spending a lifetime in jail. "ohh you poor misguided soul, we are sorry for making your life difficult and leading you to rape,pillage,steal and kill people. we will give you money so that you don't have to do this anymore" Dumbass sociallists! Let me tell you a story about my own personal experience. I spent a couple months in jail for a dangerous driving conviction in which I fell asleep and hit another car. and everyone who drives has experienced fatigue behind the wheel. but because the lady I hit head on was injured, I was convited of dangerous driving causing bodilly harm. I plead guilty to this because I felt responsible and recieved 90 days straight time. because there was injury, I was classified as if it was an assault and was put in maximum security.
My time there was hellish to say the least because I was surrounded with the worst scum society can produce. Theses people would rob and rape their own mother! I saw repeat offenders who just getting released a week earlier, back in incarceration with a rectum filled with drugs! you can get anything you want in jail as long as it will fit in your asshole!
I saw inmates with mp3 players! and batteries were smuggled up peoples assholes! I made a mistake and did the time and the constant threat of anal rape kept me alert. But I will never put myself in a position again that will potentially lead to incarceration; I learned a hard lesson. Criminals don't care about incarceration because they get to hang with their homies either way! Some prefer jail because they always get a hot meal! Giving these able bodied people more money won't help because they are inherantly BAD! Here's a snippet of the liberal platform now...
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Inmates use advance polls to air views on law-and-order platforms
Last Updated Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:01:09 EST
CBC News
Advance polls opened across the country Friday, including at the Stony Mountain Institution, north of Winnipeg, where inmates cast their ballots in the federal election.
A few inmates at a time were allowed into an open area of the prison where a polling station was set up. Officials at the institution expect voter turnout to exceed 50 per cent.
Many inmates said they had a strong interest in the parties' crime and justice platforms.
Leslie Henry, who was incarcerated for killing his wife, would not say how he voted, but he said the mandatory minimum sentences proposed by all three major parties would not work.
"I don't really believe that minimum sentences are really going to change anything when it comes down to the actual numbers of crime," he told CBC News.
"People who commit crimes – even myself – we don't think back and think, 'Well, I might get five years if I do this.' It just happens, a lot of times."
Concerned about parole rules
Fellow inmate Jeff Power had a red "L" for "Liberal" painted on the side of his head. He was jailed for drug trafficking and robbing two pharmacies.
He said he would not vote for the Conservatives because they've talked about tightening up parole rules.
"My dad was sentenced to double life, way before when there was no eligibility for early parole," Power said. "He killed himself. He couldn't live with it. It was like there was no hope for him."
Power said there's another reason he cannot vote Conservative: party leader Stephen Harper has said he would strip prisoners of the right to vote by using the notwithstanding clause in the Constitution.
Power said that's just one more way of isolating inmates, and it would make it even more difficult for them to integrate back into society once they're released from prison.
In 2002, the Supreme Court struck down an earlier law that denied inmates the right to vote, ending an 18-year battle over the issue. Inmates have a choice voting for candidates in the riding they lived in before they were arrested, or the riding in which they were convicted
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Inmates can't integrate back into society and programs to enable them to do so are a farce! Trust me I know! Inmates should not vote because of their bias against the greater good! You sociallists should all spend time incarcerated to broaden your views about life! Now back on topic, I want a government that has promised to end lobbyists position in government and a parliament which listens to it's citizens concerns so that we can have public opinion on filesharing and not some "big money" decision against the populous! The liberals rely on the courts to legislate Canada; this is wrong and not how our country was intended to operate, lets give the power to create our laws back to the people's representatives! Otherwise you will ALL have my experience if Hollywood has it's way!
And yes Paul Martin feels the need to create solidarity with inmates because the conservatives have the potential for a majority victory and he will be spending time with them in this event.
I hope his view of legalising soddomy will benefit him in jail; will he be now married to fellow males becase they have consumated? will this be a polygamous marriage? Damn! they don't have sheep in jail so he can't do the beastiality thing! Well he should of corrupted Canada more and passed his degernerate views, cause he'll need em! LOL!
Jeez, and here I thought I was long-winded!
Posted by: Bruce Strang at January 15, 2006 6:46 PMIf Clifford Olsen is a Liberal . cant one of the seasoned veterans as Peter Pansbridge calls them go and ask Paul Bernardo or Karla Homolka which way they are voting.
and now here is the reality check by Keith Boag or Kneel MacDonald .
yes Karla and Paul Bernardo have just as many rights and a few more than you tax paying lackeys.
Paul can vote in Toronto -Spidina , St Catherines. Toronto Centre --or anywhere else where he commited a crime.
Karla can vote in Paul Martins riding.
Yes , In Candaduh , I am nnnnootttt making this up.
Posted by: cal2 at January 15, 2006 10:47 PMYou know, reminding me of Clifford F*****g Olsen really made me ill. The fact that this bastard is allowed a vote mystifies me. Then to throw in Paul and Karla -- well, it really hits home. To think that my vote is cancelled by one of these "beings" (I refuse to call them humans) is going to keep me awake for the next week, thank you very much. It is time for a change. It is time for changes to happen.
Posted by: morison at January 16, 2006 12:10 AMPlacing painted L's on there head won't make a differance . Painted C's won't either. It's all one big holding company(penal system) for lawyers anyways...they don't get rehabilitated but are trained to drum up more income for the criminal justice system. I look at inmates as investments for the legal community.
Without them they (legal system) would be poor paupers and we would have to pay more tax's for these bottom feeders to suck of off...Keep fooling yourself that tory's are any differant.
Posted by: Buddy Kat at January 19, 2006 2:06 PM
The more I look at the picture of Martin the more I think he's giving me a dyslexic finger...
Posted by: tomax7 at January 19, 2006 9:28 PM