The gliberals did not elect Stephane Dion- none of the other cantidates wanted the job. They only agreed to run for the MONEY.

"Elfinpundit" - a term of endearment - yes?

When all the heavy hitters decline, you know it's not a good place to be.

I noticed the Red Star attack on Dion as well.

As Librano Leader, you know you are toast when...

You really have to warn people when you link to that LIEberal hack Delacourt, Kate. I just had a shower, and now I have to go for another one.

Delacourt of the TorStar writes about Dion: "Beyond the obvious controversy this idea generates [not allowing men to run in certain ridings so that women can], it threatens to expose Dion as an authoritarian – not exactly in keeping with all the talk of him being more collegial and collaborative than Harper."

Oh get off it, Susan. You can't sit in the Cabinet ranks of the LPC for years and then be painted as non-auhoritarian.

The whole LPC, for G*d's sake, was "authoritarian," only delivered with a smile--well, actually, a leer--by da p'tit gars de Shawinigan. This idiotic charade--downright lie, actually--floated by the Librano$ useful idiots in the press, Delacourt being one of the most rabid (and biased), needs to be put through the shredder.

Thanks, Kate. SDA as shredder of LPC/MSM crap. You should be given the Citizen of the Year Award--and it's only February. You have my vote for every month of the year.

First, Iggy was given top billing, gonna be a big Star, the Savior, guaranteed, then the shenanigans began and presto, Dudley Doolittle, Environmental Expert, rose to the top. Iggy was skewered even by his best Buddy and all time friend Boob Rae.
The horde of runners did it for money and exposure for the next time, coming soon.

It's starting to sink into Canadians heads it's not money well spent, sending big bucks to China, Russia or anywhere else for "credits" while we deflate our own economy.

Not looking too good for Chretien in his new job as Puppeteer.

As for Belinda, who knows where she is, who cares?
She probably lost interest in Tie, he's divorced now.

Maybe Jason should organize an online petition of support for Stephane?

You cannot ignore an 8 month campaign in which he talked about the environment with just about every announcement.

Then why didn't he lead on the first ballot?

It's high-larious reading the comments on The Elven King's site. LIBERALS who were delegates at the LPC convention are totally slagging him for suggesting that they went to Dion because of the environment. Dion seemed to be more of a protest against Iggy and Rae and a vote for the least objectionable candidate. If Kennedy was ahead of Dion instead of vice-versa, Dion would've delivered his delegates to Kennedy and the LPC would be led by the anti-charismatic Kennedy today.

You cannot ignore an 8 month campaign in which he talked about the environment with just about every announcement.

Nor can we ignore his awful tenure as Environment Minister, his plaintive wailing, that "its not fair!", that its "not easy to set priorites", and that "you don't know what you speak about". Couple that with the fact that the Party Dion is leading has an absoutley terrible record on the Environment makes your statement about Dion's last eight months and anything he says total blather.

The Liberals failed for 13 years and Dion had a chance as Environment Minister to do the job, and he failed as well. Miserably. His own deputy leader has even said as much. Now he wants the chance to do it as PM?

Bah.

Via http://www.jacksnewswatch.info/

What should you say?

http://www.enig-mac.blogspot.com/

Why is it that whenever lefty reporters talk about Harper's government (or GWB's) they instist on referring to the "regime"? When did this nonsense start? Why was there never a Chretien regime? A Martin regime? Oh, that's right, Stephen Harper is running a big, scary MINORITY government. Do people like this Delacourt blow-hard realize how ridiculous they sound? It's not even an original thought fer chrissakes!!!

It's interesting but the implosion of Dion as leader is actually showing that the Liberal Party is not a political party but a tool of an individual/conglomerate. In fact, the Liberal Party doesn't exist anymore; you can talk about it but there's nothing there other than clouds.

That's what Trudeau and Chretien and their gang did to the Liberal Party - The Liberal Party was made into a convenient political tool for the economic imperialism of such agents as the Desmarais Corp, PowerCorp, Maurice Strong, etc.

What this meant was that all that mattered, as Chretien and Dion have both said - was winning power. Policies did not matter; only winning was of issue because this power enabled that corporate group to operate.

Therefore, the Liberal party tactics require a charismatic leader operating within emotional hype to ensure winning, and, once this is achieved, an agenda of taxation and then, redistributing this largesse of the taxpayer as bribes. There are no policies. There is no plan about 'what is good for Canada and Canadians'. Instead, governance is by 'finger in the wind' reaction - which is to use that taxpayer money to effectively shut up complaints -.

The actions taken when in power are not policies about anything, but bribes. Financial and emotional bribes and manipulation.

I think what we are seeing is not simply the result of Dion - unsuitable as he is as a leader -
I think what we are seeing is that Dion's selection as a leader - is showing that there is no Liberal Party. It disappeared from within, beginning about a generation ago - with its structural skeleton dissolved to dust. There's now no structure to exist in; the Liberal party only exists because of a leader to manipulate Canadians - and it doesn't have a leader.

Why is it that whenever lefty reporters talk about Harper's government (or GWB's) they instist on referring to the "regime"? When did this nonsense start? Why was there never a Chretien regime? A Martin regime? Oh, that's right, Stephen Harper is running a big, scary MINORITY government. Do people like this Delacourt blow-hard realize how ridiculous they sound? It's not even an original thought fer chrissakes!!!

Liberal yammer a lot about compassion and saving lives but still they support abortion and euthinasia while they oppose capital punishment and want more gun control

A new CBC poll has found that:

"Asked about the arrests last summer of the 18 Muslim men and boys who were allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in southern Ontario, 73 per cent of the Muslim respondents said these attacks were not at all justified..."

Uh huh. However, 27% thought the attacks were justified to somewhat justified to not offering an opinion.

5% thought the attacks were justified. So, if according to CAIR statistics - there are 1 million Muslims in Canada - 50 thousand think the planned terrorist attacks were justified.

Beheading the PM, blowing up buildings and machine-gunning as many innocent Canadian civilians as possible is justified according to 50 thousand Muslims living IN OUR COUNTRY.

This is unacceptable. I'd like to see a lefty attempt to justify or rationalize this finding.

But, of course, the CBC is already spinning it. They compare their findings with Europe and declare, 'Our Muslims are nicer.'

Today's National Post contains a front-page story about an ivory-tower floozy named Guy Faulkner who says - tinyurl.com/3bklop - "In fact, there is probably 'much in common' between playing sports and deviant behaviour, including violence, confrontation and the masculine ideals of toughness, heroism and sacrifice, says the paper in the Journal of Behavioural Medicine."

Well, that's good to know: now that it's clear that sacrifice is masculine deviant behaviour, I certainly won't be sacrificing any more. I hope Revenue Canada doesn't mind receiving no further taxes from me.

Gee, what does that say about female athelets. Especially female wrestlers, boxers, shooters, and hockey players, to list a few.

Gee - remember how the Greeks promoted, praised and exalted sports and competition? Oh, and weren't the Greeks the 'inventors' of democracy, that bastion of individual freedoms? Could there be a correlation? And didn't they promote rational thought over mindless emotion?

This academic (I bet he was funded by some social science grant)...with his statements that sports promote 'anti-social behaviour, cheating' etc..I wonder if he did any causal correlations between the anti-social behaviour and cheating carried out by the Adscam group and their Liberal gang..and sports? Were those guys all involved in sports? No? Then why did they steal and cheat and lie and....?

I like the rejection of 'toughness, heroism and sacrifice'. You're right, vitruvius; these are indeed bad qualities. I prefer cowardice, selfishness and indifference to others.

I'm an academic and I assure you - the trivia and nonsense that so many in the social sciences and humanities come up with - well, it's sad.

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File this one under, "No whore like an old whore"

"Maybe it's just me, but when you have to invoke
the memory of a disingenous serial adulterer --
who also happens to be your husband -- to drive
the vote... I'm thinkin' you're in trouble."

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Herouxville protester:

If you're not veiled, you're a slut

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/story.html?id=1513e2ce-7fd1-4d48-97db-15a88fd0b8cf&k=16810

Rosemary Thompson at CTV - Liberal apologist. Explaining to all why the new CPC ads targeting Dion are mistaken:

"Another ad shows a red Liberal domino falling, triggering a long line of dominos with words such as "scandal" and "arrogance" to topple. It all comes to a halt when the dominos fall against a solid, Tory-blue domino.

Thompson says Dion is probably not seen as "arrogant" in the eyes of many voters. "And we know that in terms of the sponsorship scandal, he testified and he wasn't found to have anything to do with the sponsorship scandal," she told CTV Newsnet.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070213/tory_ads_070213/20070213?hub=TopStories

Conspiracy is always fun . . .

Here are some pollution facts for B.C.

Alcan has special deals with the provincial government for huge dams to make Aluminium and chemicals. No big pollution there, eh, oh knowlegable one?

Well count me uninformed! I had no idea; not even a suspicion.

Alcan at Kitimat BC is the BIGGEST polluter.
52.8 Million kg.

In contrast, the next biggest polluter is Duke Energy, Pine River gas plant.
13.3 Million kg.

The rest, 8 pulp and paper plants and a couple of refineries, are in the
5 to 9 Million kg zone.

Compared to other plants, it looks as though Canfor Pulp and Paper in Prince George is doing something WRONG.

pollutionwatch.org/pressroom/releases/0051012b.jsp

tinyurl.com/2s3xng

Speaking of Alcan, [ *Black Bart*], seems their scam power proposal was turned down by Gordon Campbell*s provincial government for fear of being hung from the yardarm when the opposition makes Alcan*s record known during the next election campaign.

I always said Alcan*s anitiquated methods were a terrible waste of hydro power. I had no idea of the pollution however. = TG

You can find out about the *Black Barts * in your province at PollutionWatch.org.

I found it by accident while looking for the $2000 or $2500 rebates information for buyers of hybrid and electric cars. = TG

Just saw the first of the new ads to be run in Quebec, on Newman. Of course it is not being translated into english but I am sure someone will do it on the blogs.
And, Newman and Boag finally admitting that the first group of ads just showed liberals attacking liberals. The new ones are different. The image is cute, seems a door to the HofC is roped off like a crime scene or construction site, and a door being slammed shut on liberals, then we see dion peeking out from behind the door, then we see a smiling chretain coming out above dion
Message, Dion is attached at the hip to Chretain.

Yeah right TG...Blame Alcan for being the big bad bogeyman in BC.
Alcan offers to put up the money to upgrade the plant including improved process and emissions controls ..... and the anti business socialists in the government and the BCUC (Utilities Commission) scotch the deal. A deal by the way that was costing BC taxpayers NOTHING and guaranteed BC Hydro 20 years of market price power. Which by the way they could lower by putting more production on-line themselves.
End result the town of Kitimat gets to die.

You should go to work for Hugo Chavez!

Is dion one of the gomery witnesses that may be called to account and possible perjury charges because what witness said at gomery and in committee are very different. Harpers new law and order bill will allow those involved with election fraud can be tried for perjury. This applies to adscam and the whole list of sponsorship scandals. Maybe we will see some high liberals in jail yet. Some might even have to leave the bench or resign from other boards, commissions, committees etc. You know, all those appointments made by liberals during the last 13 years that were not partisian in any way.

MaryT - One of my fondest wishes!
Jean Chretien being walked off to jail in handcuffs!

I think there's a bit of a flaw in your reasoning there, Mary. New laws are not allowed to affect old cases in our system of justice. Any AdScam allegations will have to be proven using the statutes in effect at the time the offences are alleged to have been committed. I'm certainly in favour of that, and I'm pretty sure Mr. Harper is too.

A poll going somewhat wrong, let's freep it and make it go horribly wrong...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/poll/pollResultHub?id=52652&pollid=52652&answerid=64371&poll=GAMFront&save=_save52652&show_vote_always=no&hub=Front&subhub=VoteResult&vote=64371

Someone has started to compare the testimony of various witnesses that appeared before Gomery and the Parliamentary Committee re adscam. If it is found that anyone lied to parliament, perjury charges could be laid according to the report I heard, via a talking cbc honcho. Stress the could. As far as they knew, at the time, no sitting liberal that testified at both had given different info. I would think that if one is going down, to get a lighter sentence, fine etc. he will give up others. It all depends on whether the law and order bill passes and this special committee get set up. Another reason for a Harper majority. Newman ended the exchange with To bad, or maybe not, that we don't have a Bob Woodward in Canada.

Did anyone see the Mercer Report tonight? The bit with Mike Duffy, and when they drove away in the Duff's car they prominently showed a 'Support our troops' yellow ribbon on the back of it.

cbc.ca/mercerreport

conservative.ca

The French ads are MUCH better than the English ads in terms of content and production values.

My personal favorite is the Domino ad - clear presentation, clear point, good delivery summarizing all the Liberal scandals and centralization schemes. And the Conservative domino at the end tops it off.

TV Vente was cheesy, but depicting the Liberal party as a dilapidated shack was a touch of genius. The Porte ad is visually effective too - slamming the door on the Liberals while summarizing all the boondoggles and scandals.

OMMAG,
I personally do not blame Alcan for anything.

Merely pointing out numbers on a website.

You choose to disagree with them.

Your judgement, and that*s OK. I welcome any expert opinion as I never profess to know that much and always remain open to other views, professional and otherwise. = TG

Kitimat and Alcan

The contract Hydro signed imposed *no obligation on Alcan to build a smelter, yet guaranteed the company $71 per megawatt hour for all the electricity it saw fit to sell to B.C. Hydro until 2025…*

*Without some kind of obligation to produce aluminum and provide a certain number of jobs -- similar to the kinds of binding undertakings the Quebec government has secured from Alcan in exchange for providing cheap electricity and renewing the company's own hydro licences -- a future Alcan CEO could shut the smelter and sell electricity, period.*

On Friday, the BCUC agreed. They killed the deal, and in the process opened the Liberal's controversial energy plan back up for scrutiny.

Coda: This is not the first time the people of Kitimat, all 11,000 of them, have caused the Liberals problems. In the last provincial election, Campbell avoided the town entirely during his heartland tour to avoid charges that he was selling them out on the electricity sales issue.

Kitimat also emerged as the key player in the donate-gate scandal when town officials told The Tyee's Dee Hon they had been duped into donating money to the Liberal party.

Richard Warnica is a senior editor at The Tyee.

thetyee.ca/Bigstory/2007/01/03/Alcant/

= TG

Re Rosemary Thompsons' comment on CTV Newsnet that "...Dion is probably not seen as 'arrogant' in the eyes of many voters. And we know that in terms of the sponsorship scandal, he testified and he wasn't found to have anything to do with the sponsorship scandal," I've got news for her.

Dion is the LEADER of a chronically scandal-ridden political party which, for years, has been taking Canadian taxpayers to the cleaners. Does she think Canadians are forgetful and/or stupid?

Dion was a CABINET MINISTER and member of the LPC caucus when all of the skullduggery was going on, which means that he was very much a part of the scandals. He can't cry "foul" when he's painted with the same brush as all of the other Librano$--and nor should anyone in the media.

Go back to journalism school, Rosemary Thompson (and I used to think she was one of the better reporters: Geesh). Better yet, get out of the TV news business altogether, if you want to leave any integrity you have left intact.

Meanwhile, . . . in the land where heads roll ..

BAGHDAD — Iraqi and U.S. forces on Thursday launched a crackdown on the web of patronage that sustains radical anti-American cleric Muqtada Sadr, detaining a high-level Iraqi official in connection with the killings of Health Ministry officials and the diversion of millions of dollars to a Shiite Muslim militia.

Iraqi special forces, backed by U.S. troops, stormed the Health Ministry complex in downtown Baghdad, detaining Deputy Minister Hakim Zamili, a Sadr loyalist.

It was the second raid at the ministry in six months, but the first high-profile arrest.

*This is the first visible big fish,* said a U.S. advisor to the Iraqi military after Zamili was arrested. *It's one to watch. It has to be the beginning of the housecleaning.*

U.S. military officials say Sadr's Al Mahdi army is one of the deadliest groups in Iraq, killing thousands of civilians and troops.

Sadr, who has emerged as an important political power broker, has built his stature by controlling seats in parliament and gunmen on the street.

His hold on key service branches with large budgets, such as the health and transportation ministries, provides patronage for his followers, Iraqi and U.S. officials say.

The arrest of Zamili immediately sparked protest among Shiite lawmakers affiliated with Sadr, who described it as an unlawful kidnapping and an attack on the * dignity of the Iraqis.*

Reaction from Sadr's camp and the streets was unusually muted, lending credence to theories that the Shiite cleric is remaining neutral in the early days of the Baghdad security crackdown.

The Health Ministry is controlled by Sadr, Iraqi and U.S. authorities say. It's a house of horrors where health officials have disappeared on their way to meetings, never to be heard from again.

Controlling the ministry means controlling the hundreds of gunmen who guard the gates, plus a billion-dollar budget and thousands of jobs.

U.S. officials no longer visit the run-down ministry. Even for Americans, who typically travel in cocoons of security, the threat level is too high, the U.S. advisor said.

[latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq9feb09,1,6579224.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true]

tinyurl.com/ytdc89

= TG

I was reading our Elfin friend and began to wonder. Cherniak wrote about Dion's support for Israel and mentioned the United Torah-Talmud school that was firebombed in Dion's riding. When it happened, Dion said it was bad, especially considering that not all Jews supported Sharon. He broadly implied that it was OK to attack Jews who did. Then the SPIN, where Dion's people said he was misunderstood and the words were lost in Dion's internal translation to English (Michael Coren). Well, either Dion speaks English well, in which case his words should stand and he is just another Liberal anti-semite, or his English sucks and he should be disqualified from the post of PM. The Liberals can't have it both ways, and whip out the ESL excuse whenever Dion screws up.

There was some press coverage of Dion's stmt re not all Jews supported Sharon. Does his new found support for the Israel include pictures of Codere marching with the hezzies last summer. I don't think that will be forgotten come election.
The conservatives have gone to the Speaker to try and make Paplo's bill a money bill, as it requires money to implement it. To be a money bill it needs a minister of the Crown to sign it. That wont happen. If it remains as it is, it goes to the Senate for passage. Quick passage will show their bias as they have held up other bills for over six months. The conservatives would have 60 days, after Royal Assent, to put everything in place. We and the libs know this is impossible. The budget will be brought down by then, and Mr Harper could tell the cdn people he needs a mandate to continue. The targets can't be met. If it becomes a money bill you know the libs support that as a way to save face. They know they will be slaughtered. When Susan Bohner reported this she was not so bubbly as she usually is. With the announcement of a further layoff of 2000 auto workers today, Harper could turn that into an example of the costs of meeting Kyoto. Expect Baird to come forth with other horrible examples. If the opposition expect Harper to cave they are in for a big surprise.

Auto layoffs are simply a pause while *BigAuto* takes a rest after over-production, while re-thinking the new Hybrid and EV awareness and maximizing profits from product on the car lots.

Ford is the underdog, but Daimler-Chrysler made a 9 point something $Billion profit, so cutting overhead and carefully planning for changing public demands while taking profits seems logical.

If a conflict with Iran erupts and gas goes from $1 to $6 a litre, *Big Auto* sure doesn*t want to be sitting on a stock of gas guzzeling vehicles.

Hello hybrid. Hello EV. = TG

JVD, in her calmed down hairdo is reporting that if the government doesn't follow paplo's bill, if passed, the opposition, mp or an environmental group will take it to court. Does May really want to go into an election when she will face questions, do you and other groups intend to sue the government. That's a vote getter for sure. Really need all those conservative judges as soon as possible.
Puts the greens in a bad position, they join the lawsuit, or they are branded as against Kyoto. The liberals and ndp and bloc would also have to go on record of supporting a lawsuit or being against Kyoto. Ask your candidate where he/she stands on this.
Wish I was a cartoonist. I would draw one showing OBL in a pied pipers outfit, leading dion the mouse and holland the rat to his cave, where a cage holding a huge cat with a sign that says, tax Alberta oil, quit exporting Alberta oil to the US, or I will open the cage. And dion and holland saying yes master, yes master.

"Dion was not at his caucus' weekly meeting, but ..."

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High-profile Grits contradict Dion on terror measures

OTTAWA (CP) - Three former Liberal ministers emerged Wednesday to oppose their party's position on a pair of contentious anti-terror measures, arguing like the Conservatives that the provisions should be safeguarded as a matter of public interest.

Former public safety minister Anne McLellan, former finance minister John Manley and former justice minister Irwin Cotler said the measures, introduced in the wake of the 9-11 attacks by their government, should not be allowed to lapse as Liberal Leader Stephane Dion has suggested.

Dion was not at his caucus' weekly meeting, but sources said his MPs debated the issue at length behind closed doors. ...-
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2007/02/14/3618044-cp.html

Mahdi army commanders withdraw to Iran to lie low during security crackdown

Senior commanders of the Mahdi army, the militia loyal to the radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, have been spirited away to Iran to avoid being targeted in the new security push in Baghdad, a high-level Iraqi official told the Guardian yesterday. On the day the Iraqi government formally launched its crackdown on insurgents and amid disputed claims about the whereabouts of Mr Sadr, the official said the Mahdi army leadership had withdrawn across the border into Iran to regroup and retrain. "Over the last three weeks, they [Iran] have taken away from Baghdad the first and second-tier military leaders of...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785062/posts

Hugo Chavez will now be on Venezuelan TV everyday of the week for an hour and a half in his TV shoe "Hello President".
This guy is going further and faster than Robert Mugabe, pity the people of Venezuela.

Nicole Foster Woollatt: Big oil's pipeline to Stephane Dion and the Liberal Party

Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion has made it clear, either in his own words or through his point man, Mark Holland, that Canada's oil industry must restrain itself in order for Canada to meet Kyoto commitments. And if the major petroleum companies, almost all located in Alberta, don't limit themselves, Dion will legislate limits and restrictions on their activities should the Liberal Party be returned to power.

So it came as quite a surprise to me to discover that the same petroleum interests have hired Nicole Foster Woollatt, a senior member of the Liberal Party executive, to be their lobbyist.

The president of the National Liberal Women's Commission is Nicole Foster Woollatt. But besides being a highly placed Liberal Party executive, Woollatt moonlights as a lobbyist, and has been doing so since 2004. Of the 83 entries in the lobbyist database for Woollatt, the majority of her clients have been mining and oil companies. The petroleum interests have just about all been from the Alberta oil patch. The ones marked with the asterisks currently have Woollatt on their payroll as a lobbyist: ...-
http://stevejanke.com/archives/215749.php?menu=&submenu=

Liberal Party is the Political Incest Party.

Comment below from GWNorth.
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I found Nicole's husband in a most compromising position......

http://www.investorvoice.ca/Regulators/PI/2495.htm

"Mr. Embury said that on the day of the announcement, a ministry policy advisor named Mike Woollatt spoke twice with Judy Cutler, of Canada’s Association for the Fifty-Plus, which goes by the acronym CARP."

Posted by: ZiLLa at February 15, 2007 08:33 AM
http://stevejanke.com/archives/215749.php?menu=&submenu=

Senior Civil Servant Charged In Income Trust Leak

The RCMP have laid criminal charges against a federal Finance official following a 14-month probe into whether notice of the former Liberal government's plans for income trusts was leaked in advance. Serge Nadeau, general director of tax policy, analysis, faces a charge of criminal breach of trust. (via national newswatch)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070215.wtrustcharges0215/BNStory/Business/home

Fishy business.

Sentence may be a month or two or suspended.

New second home may be in the Bahamas or Belize. A thank you from the Librano$. = TG