That was fabulous. The wealth of intellectually hot female minds you've linked me to is much appreciated.

I have found several women conservatives blogging and they are all quite good to excellent. I don't get it.

I haven't found much in the way of Liberal blogs worthy of note.

I suppose that might be because they really don't have have much of a point to make.

I mean, how long can you be interested in someone's feelings before you start to crave a fact or two.

There's something about a strong Conservative minded woman that's just...so...uh...um...uh...

SCHWING!

Yeah, that's it!

Among the many things I like about the West is that Westerners are seldom stuck with a problem, even the woman. We've even started to convince the East that we have a solution to the Liberals.

Kate, your Roundtable posts are wonderful. You have great talent and a great mind. I would like to adopt you. I have four grown children, but you are precious!!!!

Ladies, read this Globe and Mail article:

http://www.theglobeandmai ...

about Options Canada and Heritage Canada and tell me if the famous Homer quote:

"Doh!"

was ever more relevant.

OK, why would the RCMP consider NOT going through with a prosecution? Of course, no one will actually go to jail when armed robbers get 30 days. I doubt the person would even have to pay it back. On second thought, let's just leave this buried.

O/T but related to CBC

The last reality check is titled "Why some native leaders are nervous about a conservative victory"

Seems CBC hasn't given up the fight yet - It could have been called "Why some native leaders are not nervous about a conservative victory" It means the same thing.

My email complaint has been sent already

http://video.canada.com/Video.aspx?1516&fs=1&ns=1&fst=3.291

Some people are talking about Joe Volpe's $1,000+ taxpayer funded Limo ride story,

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2006/01/17/1398259-sun.html

but at least he was doing government work. We can look at whether this was the best use of taxpayer dollars, but it might have been. He opted for long car rides instead of airlplanes, perhaps at roughly equal prices.

It's not like he was ordering a $138 pizza for two people at taxpayers' expense.

Joe Valeri, however, has metaphorically been caught with his pants down while hubby has finished climbing the stairs, put his key in the lock, and the lock is opening "snick" as it starts to turn...

http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1137107411672

and

and

http://www.conservative.ca/media/20060117-Kenney-Letter.pdf

Or he could be totally innocent, he could have been planning on taking a vacation to next door (the 'recreational property'), and this could be all adieu about nothing.

Personally, I think these Liberal Party scandals and corruption are disgraceful, sickening, and they sadden me. It really is time for change.

There are literally so many scandals, entitlement-mentality problems, police criminal probes, securities investigations, public commissions, and ethics inquiries that it is hard for a person to follow them all and keep them in mind at one time.

Maybe the new Liberal Party slogan shouldn't be "Choose Your Canada", but:


"Vote Liberal and We'll Bury Scandals You Don't Already Know About So You Don't Have to Think About Them"

That entire post was made in error. Sorry Kate. Meant to hit the preview button. Please feel free to delete it (and delete this one while you're at it). Still working on it.

Did the sign team arrive on a power sled Kate?

That'll show the Fibs, CPC gals aren't afraid to fend for themselves and are quite handy too.

Some people are talking about Joe Volpe's $1,000+ taxpayer funded Limo ride story:

Volpe's $1,000 Taxpayer Funded Limousine Ride

... but at least he was doing government work. We can look at whether this was the best use of taxpayer dollars, but it might have been. He opted for long car rides instead of airlplanes, perhaps at roughly equal prices.

It's not like he was ordering a $138 pizza for two people at taxpayers' expense.

Joe Valeri, however, has metaphorically been caught with his pants down while hubby has finished climbing the stairs, put his key in the lock, and the lock is opening "snick" as it starts to turn...

Hamilton Spectator Reports Valeri's Land Flip

and

Official Valeri Complaint to Ethics Commissioner

and

Jason Kenney's Letter to Ethics Commissioner Shapiro

Or he could be totally innocent, he could have been planning on taking a vacation to next door (the 'recreational property'), and this could be all adieu about nothing.

Personally, I think these Liberal Party scandals and corruption are disgraceful, sickening, and they sadden me. It really is time for change.

There are literally so many scandals, entitlement-mentality problems, police criminal probes, securities investigations, public commissions, and ethics inquiries that it is hard for a person to follow them all and keep them in mind at one time.

Maybe the new Liberal Party slogan shouldn't be "Choose Your Canada", but:

"Vote Liberal and We'll Bury Scandals You Don't Already Know About So You Don't Have to Think About Them"

If they keep this up, perhaps Canadians will finally give them a turn in the penalty box with these results:

Global TV's Newest Seat Prediction

Forget the "Great Paul Martin Credibility Hunt" for a second and see if you can uncover the hidden nugget of polling data burried in this G&M article:

GLOBE & MAIL's SECRET POLLING NUMBERS

The first Conservative to uncover it gets a big smile. First Liberal, a reason to welcome Frank McKenna's swift return to Canada.

Well, so much for my Globe & Mail post. That article had a reference of a CPC/LPC 42-24 Strategic Council poll, but they've edited their article (says: "Globe and Mail Update") and it isn't there anymore. I wonder what's up with that?

G&M screw-up, I guess.

Looks like we'll have to settle for having a principled, decent leader with a message for better accountable government.

(Soory, Andrew. Won't do this again... but it's a real... hot tip from Gloria, Gloria, Gloria....).

42-24??
So, the Globe's Gloria Galloway, travelling with the Harper campaign, casually drops into paragraph eight of her most recent dispatch, the following:

New poll numbers from the Strategic Counsel Tuesday that give the Conservatives 42 per cent support among decided voters -- compared to 24 per cent for the Liberals ...

42-24?? Eighteen points? Is this a typo? A slip? Wha...?
>>>
http://andrewcoyne.com/2006/01/42-24.php#comments

Cool!

Back to the rally--I swear, it was like a rock concert. The crowd was completely on fire; a couple dozen people waited outside for a half an hour in minus thirteen temperatures to get a good seat. I met one self-described "Harper groupie" who said, "It's about time we had a prime minister who is hot!" >>>
angry

"My local CPC candidate Carol Skelton (MP for Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar) was recognized last year as the second-hardest-working MP on the Hill (behind the prime minister) by the Hill Times."

...and 3rd hardest working MP in 2004. The Stats:

January 5, 2006
Skelton Releases Office Statistics

SASKATOON – Carol Skelton, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar has released the statistics for her constituency office activities for 2005.
...
During 2005, 8240 telephone inquiries were received (average 35 per day) and 6657 calls were made. 2069 people walked into one of the constituency offices for assistance. Both the telephone calls and visitors resulted in 3314 mailings of additional information. 320 resulted in meetings with the constituent and the opening of a case file for further intervention by the MP (this total does not include ‘repeat clients’). These cases generated another 969 letters to government Ministers, departments and constituents."
http://www.carolskelton.ca/releases2006/20060105.html

Carol explains how Anne McLellan and the Martin Liberal government has failed to prepare Canada for emergencies, Lloydminister and Ottawa/Gatineau voters should take careful note of interjurisdictional nonsense:

""Carol Skelton, MP, Official Opposition Critic for Public Health and former emergency Red Cross Family Services Officer, today demanded that the federal government better prepare for a future disaster by removing jurisdictional red tape that prevents doctors and nurses from delivering emergency aid across provincial borders.

“This week, Canadians were shocked to find out that Canadian Forces doctors can’t even hand out common headache medications to sick or suffering Americans because they are not licensed to practice in Louisiana. CNN viewers were even more shocked to find out, out-of-State doctors were prevented from treating the injured until paperwork allowing them to work in Louisiana was approved, but an emergency in Canada would be no different,” warned Skelton.

“We have known for a long time that medical staff, licensed by each province, will not be allowed to cross provincial borders, even in an emergency. This problem is known, but the federal government has done nothing to cut the red tape in advance of a disaster. Should a major disaster or terrorist attack occur in Ottawa, for example, Quebec doctors and nurses would be left standing helpless, less than a kilometer away, in Gatineau. The federal government must work with the provinces to cut the red tape to allow cross-jurisdictional assistance in a declared emergency. It's common sense and it's time it was common practice,” demanded Skelton.

“I’ve seen disaster confusion first-hand and I know how crippling bureaucratic red tape can be in an emergency situation. It can cost lives,” warned Skelton who was a Family Services Officer with the Canadian Red Cross during massive flooding in Nebraska, Mississippi and Manitoba.

On July 21, 2003, the Canadian Medical Association’s technical submission to the Naylor Commission (investigating the handling of the Ontario SARS crisis) noted that there needed to be “sufficient human resources” during an emergency and called on the government to “prepare and coordinate a pan-Canadian plan for the deployment of personnel during health emergencies.” Their submission went on to recommend the government, “co-ordinate the logistics of issues such as portable licensing, malpractice and disability insurance.”
http://anonalogue.blogspot.com/2005/09/skelton-canada-making-same-mistakes-as.html

Bonus: Carol dekes Dryden, roofs it:

ON A NATIONAL DISABILITIES ACT:
Mrs. Carol Skelton: Mr. Chair, the Conservative Party of Canada at its recent policy convention in Montreal passed a resolution calling for the creation of a national disabilities act similar to those in other developed countries.

When I asked the minister in committee if the Liberal Party shared our priority and concern for Canada's disabled, he was noncommittal. Now that he has had time to consider the benefits of such an act, would he be willing to work with the Conservative Party to bring forward such a piece of legislation?

Hon. Ken Dryden: Mr. Chair, as I said in the committee, and I was not noncommittal, I said that an act has been enacted in the United States and that it was something I was very interested in finding out more about.(huh? - ed.)

http://anonalogue.blogspot.com/2005/06/ken-dryden-silly-liberal.html

"...Skelton who was a Family Services Officer with the Canadian Red Cross"

I'll try not to hold that against her.

can anyone smell LANDSLIDE for the Conservative Party of Canada?

How timely. Most more recent blog postings (yes, I am a conservative woman blogger, albiet a new one) concern both the evolution of feminism as it relates to politics in general, specifically this election, as well as the Tory plan for aboriginal affairs.

Thanks for a great post, Kate.

Uh oh!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada

Good one Kate. Would not have thought of a cordless drill to get through frozen ground. As I have stated elsewhere this country would do well to embrace more female voices.

I would love a Carol Skelton sign on my lawn too. They will have to move the John Cummins sign first (perhaps onto that NDPer next door) then they will have to do some major drainage after 25 straight days of rain. Perhaps Stephen Harper can do something about the lack of weather out here in LALA land. Right now it sucks.

neither PravdaCBC or TassCTV has found the guts to even start reporting about the relocation fund run by Scooter Brison. the bloggers picked up on the disneyland fund weeks ago and neither has even mentioned it. as I have said before, Pravda is prejudice by ommision, they could have Maurice Strong clapped in irons and they wouldnt mention it. their last story on him is 8 months stale.
shame PravdaCBC and equal shame on TassCTV