Oh, thank God you said that Kate. It's been driving me nuts. It's not censorship.

If you can find the funding for your trash, go ahead and make it, no one is stopping you from making any film. THAT would be censorship. All C10 is proposing is that the TAXPAYER doesn't fund it through tax credits. If ya want a government handout (which should be stopped altogether, but thats another story) then don't make it so 'provocotive'.

My apologies if this is old news by now, or if it's been posted at National Newswatch or Bourque, but the results of the the first bout between Jem Mace and Tom Allen, aka the Section 13 Supporter, have now been reported. Highlights:

Round one. The game opened with two or three minutes of cautious sparring, neither being inclined to let out. Then Mace got in a stinger on Allen's left eye, which flushed at the insult. Jem nimbly jumped away from a wicked counter to the mid-rib, then danced back laughing and countered catching Allen with a rather heavy hit on his nose...

(...)

"Round three. More cautious sparring and feinting, both men still inviting attack. Allen made an ugly attempt to catch Jem on the left ear, but the old master ducked, and Tom's pulverizer glanced harmlessly of Jem's neck. Attempting a sharp retort, Mace slipped and stretched his iron frame on mother earth.

(...)

"Round Seven. Allen came up with both his observatories in a bad way; the right was closed for repairs and the left gradually shutting off daylight. Mace's face was clear and bright, although he glowered occasionally as though Tom had damaged his bellows...Finally Mace saw his opening, landed heavily on Tom's breast-plate, took his return to the ribs without a flinch and sent another smack on Tom's fluid valve, which made him to for Jem with a wild rush..."

For full and final results, www.jemmace.com/JemMaceBio.html

Those questionable crappy films probably only get shown on CBC. So they are getting taxpayer $$ twice, first for the funding to make the crap, then CBC pays to show it.

If these "artists" believe in their product so much, they should have no problem finding private backers to make their trash. Let the granola munching crowd pay for it themselves.

Why we are not getting anywhere in attempting to defuse global warming hysteria -- this is a report on media performance in covering the recent Heartland Institute's global-warming-NOT conference: http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080305154844.aspx

To Understand AGW you have to follow the money:
http://tinyurl.com/23tq9z

Some of the background provided here will be known to many of you (e.g. Maurice Strong's involvement in the U.N. environment initiatives), but this article provides many additional revealing links about the power figures and the money that is driving the global warming scam.

"grow up and make movies people will pay money to see."

Exactly. If you want to see the worst of dreck paid for by (Liberal era) tax dollars, you simply MUST SEE 'Bubbles Galore' produced and starring Nina Hartley, the aging U.S. porn star.

One of the worst 'movies' ever made, anywhere, anytime. It didn't even qualify as watchable porn, let alone anything of socially redeeming value.

Hmmm. U.S. porn actress paid to make crap by Canadian taxpayers. How does that work? Even under the Lieberals?

The government should not be funding any films nor a whole lot of other things outside its mandate.

Mike Drolet of Global News is also having some issues today with numbers and science when he says "..there is still six weeks left until spring"

Once again, right wingers are redefining the meaning of words to suit their agenda. When the government gets to decide what kind of films get made by controlling which film gets a tax credit and which film doesn't, that's CENSORSHIP.

Most outlandish conspiracy theory ever!

I overheard the following (much abridged, and cleaned up for family viewing) at a coffee shop this morning. The speaker, holding forth at some volume, did not seem to possess more than one degree from an institute (and not necessarily one of higher learning!) and proclaimed it thusly:

Hillary will fight hard until about a week before the Penn primary, when she will suddenly announce an alliance with Obama on a "unity" ticket, with HRC as VP.

Obama accepts the nomination at the DNC, everyone is sweetness and light. Bill accepts Barack as the son he never had, and promises to work hard to get him elected.

Now, this is where it gets weird (and the easily offended might wish to stop reading here). At this point, frothing slightly more than a cappuccino machine at full blast, the orator insists that HRC's long range plan is to get Obama out on the campaign trail in the certainty that somewhere, sometime, someone who won't accept a n.. er, African-American (his original words, not mine!) as president will put a bullet in him. HRC rises to top of the ticket, and on a wave of sympathy, rides back to the White House.

At this point, he degenerated into various examples such as Vince Foster, Whitewater, Rose Law firm, etc. in reducing degrees of coherency. Not being equipped as Atticus Finch in "To Kill A Mockingbird" to deal with a rabid dog, I left.

What did surprise me was that his audience of 2 men and a woman sat there raptly, apparently enjoying every word of his screed.

More Soros Meddling

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/05/new-ad-links-mccain-bush/

"Once again, right wingers are redefining the meaning of words to suit their agenda. When the government gets to decide what kind of films get made by controlling which film gets a tax credit and which film doesn't, that's CENSORSHIP."
Posted by: lberia

Sorry, Iberia... but it isn't censorship. It's no different to governments deciding that some operations are covered by medical coverage, while others are not. It is you who is redefining the word "censorship". If you as a dedicated lefty want to see censorship, spend 6 months in your favourite communist country and try making a film critical of the government... Good luck.

Here's the Summary for Policymakers by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) that was released at the 2008 International Conference on Global Climate Change. It's a great one-document demolition of the IPCC and AGW:

http://www.heartland.org/article.cfm?artId=22835

That link is to the abstract. The direct link to the 50-page pdf is:

http://heartland.temp.siteexecutive.com/pdf/22835.pdf

The correlation between proxies for solar magnetic cycles and cosmic ray flux as measured in a stalagmite from a cave in Oman(!), coupled with experimental proof that cosmic ray flux is proportional to cloud formation blows away the poor correlations between CO2 and surface temperatures.

I see good ol' Karlheinz Screiber has got what he wanted.

Agreed with your statement re. not funding obscene, offensive "films" with tax dollars.

If people want to make movies that others may find offensive, then they must pay for them out of their own pocket.

I remember when the Liberals financed a male-bashing-propaganda lesbo-porno flick called "Bubbles". Never again on my dime!

"Oh, thank God you said that Kate. It's been driving me nuts. It's not censorship."

But it _IS_ censorship! The government hasn't funded a single one of my photographs thereby forcing me to work for a living. My art is being suppressed and Canadians are being denied the clarity of my vision!

*sob*

lberia, witholding tax credits is not censorship, it is good stewardship.

Take as an example our dear host, Kate, here at SDA. She allows comments from leftists idiots such as yourself (analogous to providing tax credits to your production...she's paying for this blog, remember) but she draws the line at overtly racist or vulgar or other heinous comments, be they left or right oriented (analogous to witholding tax credits for their inappropriate production).

Kate is not censoring because the idiots can still produce and distribute their bile on the Internet...she is moderating the production being paid for by her. This makes Kate (and by extension, the Conservative government) a good steward of the public's money.

Your attempt at denigration was weak. Try harder (actually, please don't).

As for redefining words, it is the left that redefines words, not the right: progressive; tolerance; marriage; racism; life; etc.

lberia: "When the government gets to decide what kind of films get made by controlling which film gets a tax credit and which film doesn't, that's CENSORSHIP."

As per usual, the L/libs aren't able to discern the difference between governance and censorship.

Governments every day make decisions about what our society will live with or without: it's called democracy. So, whether it's decisions about funding for health care, highways and transportation, the military, or the film industry, they're all legitimately on the table for review.

Why should Canadian taxpayers fund smut that doesn't return ANYTHING to the electorate: neither a profit nor enlightenment.

The great irony about these X-rated films, is that they never make much money. The films that really rake in the bucks are family fare, like The Sound of Music, Beauty and the Beast, etc. Michael Medved pointed this out in a book he wrote a number of years ago. Even though you'd think making money would be a consideration when making a movie, apparently these porn purveyors don't seem to care.

The only reason so many dubious "films" get made is that their makers like to think they're on the cutting edge, that they're being daring.

Well, there's nothing daring about having your movie underwritten by the Canadian taxpayer, and, as per usual with the Libs and Dippers, we end up being suckered.

I'm stuck in the filter! 'Certain words, I can't repeat (no profanity, of course), must be thre reason...!!

Stephane Dion to lead Liberals in condemning opposition parties who oppose

Stephane Dion and the Liberals continue to chart new territory when it comes to absurdity. I thought they had reached a pinnacle when Stephane Dion declared that he would find a way to make sure the Conservative government did not fall.

But that was just a warm up. Now the Liberals are putting forth a motion of non-confidence...in the other opposition parties.

Huh?

In particular, the motion condemns the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois for bringing down the Paul Martin government in November 2005. As a result of giving Canadians the chance to vote, the Conservatives won.

The democratic result was a huge mistake, or so suggests the Liberal motion.

Condemning democracy? Or just condemning other opposition parties for having acted like opposition parties?

Is the Liberal Party going to buy this line, or will the caucus tell Stephane Dion publicly condemning opposition parties for opposing is going too far? ...-
http://stevejanke.com/archives/257179.php

iberia. just stuck on stupid?

lberia, I agree with those who question your weasel definition of "censorship".

What's happening here is called "discernment", a word not found in the L(l)iberal lexicon. Perhaps you'd like to add it, though I don't imagine this virtue is one L(l)iberals will be exercising any time soon.

The Liberal media's attempt to find a scandal that they can directly attribute to Harper is getting ridiculous.

Apparently the Globe is finding scandal in obscure offhand comments, regarding the Obama claim.

Dion doesn't have the dollars to advertise attacks, so the media are dutifully picking up the slack.

Re: C-10.

True, it's not censorship. The critics' fears are unwarranted.

But from a closer reading of the article, it seems that the critics in the story aren't the Liberals so much as the Bloc and television/film industry players. The Libs are in defense mode, not outrage mode.

Had Alberta switched to a proportional representation electoral system, the Wildrose Alliance Party, which ran on a platform that included:

* minimal taxes
* smaller, efficient government
* free market economics
* reclaiming provincial responsibilities from Ottawa
* and "innovative" methods of healthcare delivery

would have received about 6 seats in the Alberta Legislature. Instead, they have none.

I wonder what those SDA readers of a more libertarian bent think about the PR system.

Hey lberia, the other night I was surfing channels and cane across a Canadian show, don't know what is was. A guy was giving a BJ to a cucumber. If I'm funding this kind of shit then no thanks. And if you are in favor of this then you are just plain SICK.

Good column by Lorrie Goldstein today re Alta.election and the media's mistaken predictions.Column was inspired by comment at SDA !!Nice to see mention of SDA in msm.

Has anyone wondered about the possibility the Martin Liberals may have "inadvertently" made an "offer" to Mr. Cadman for his crucial vote?

All the while they're trying to tarnish the Conservatives they're tarnishing Mr. Cadman as a man who would take a bribe. Not accepting what he said on video tape that there were no offers is also calling him a liar.

All we keep hearing is "someone " made an offer, the amount of a million dollars is being tossed around by the accusing Liberals. We have no idea who, when or where.
Never mind the fact that no insurance company would give a policy to a dying person. Those details escape the befuddled minds of the desperate Liberals.

The madness continues to be played out in the Liberal den of desperation.

Society of Professional Journalists Advocates Whitewashing Islam

If you’ve wondered why so many mainstream media stories about Islamic issues omit important details and draw spurious morally equivalent conclusions, wonder no more. They’re doing it on purpose.

This was apparently released by the Society of Professional Journalists shortly after the 9/11 attacks: Guidelines for Countering Racial, Ethnic and Religious Profiling.

On Oct. 6 at its National Convention in Seattle, the Society of Professional Journalists passed a resolution urging members and fellow journalists to take steps against racial profiling in their coverage of the war on terrorism and to reaffirm their commitment to:

— Use language that is informative and not inflammatory;

— Portray Muslims, Arabs and Middle Eastern and South Asian Americans in the richness of their diverse experiences;

— Seek truth through a variety of voices and perspectives that help audiences understand the complexities of the events in Pennsylvania, New York City and Washington, D.C.

Guidelines

Visual images

— Seek out people from a variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds when photographing Americans mourning those lost in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

— Seek out people from a variety of ethnic and religious backgrounds when photographing rescue and other public service workers and military personnel.

— Do not represent Arab Americans and Muslims as monolithic groups. Avoid conveying the impression that all Arab Americans and Muslims wear traditional clothing. ...-
http://tinyurl.com/3ytl6r (LGF)

If Obama said he would cancel/rewrite NAFTA, which he did, and if that is not his intention, don't the american voters need to know that he was lying.
Why are the liberals and NDP so upset that Obama has been caught in a lie, but continue to go after PMSH for supposedly lying.
And why are the NDP and liberals so concerned about US/Canada relations when they have spent the past several years complaining about blasting the Bush government.
What would the results have been in the election where Chretain said he would get rid of the GST, but had no intention of doing so. Had the voters known that, would he have won.
Watching Obama squirm over this is rather interesting. The press seem to have taken off their rose colored classes and are asking, is this man strong and honest enough to be POTUS.
The american voter, and especially union member, should be thanking Canada.

The Libs recent non-voting 'strategy' referred to as "Abstainistan" on another blog..thot it was cute,and appropriate.

dj, I'm sure that WAS lberia giving a BJ to a cucumber. After all, it's just him, the internet and a camcorder in his mother's basement.

Why we are not getting anywhere in attempting to defuse global warming hysteria
LindaL

Meanwhile in Winnipeg this AM it's -47 with the windchill. Making us pay taxes to fight global warming is cruel and unusual punishment. Possibly a violation of charter rights.

Maz2 , more on how to cover Islam, here :)

lberia, you wrote:

"Once again, right wingers are redefining the meaning of words to suit their agenda. When the government gets to decide what kind of films get made by controlling which film gets a tax credit and which film doesn't, that's CENSORSHIP."

No, you are the one who is redefining the meaning of words. The government isn't deciding which kinds of films get made; if you can get private funding for your film - go ahead. The question becomes one of categorization of which films the taxpayer will contribute to for their production.

I'm against the taxpayer funding ANY films; why should we fund something that we don't want, that can't find its own funding, that no-one wants to pay to fund or see?

As pointed out, IF funding is available, then there must be a set of standards for evaluation. Just as there are for funding research, for funding medical services, etc. It's called 'criteria for evaluation' and if you think that your tax dollars should be handed out without any evaluation and accountability....

With regard to criticism of Israel, no, it is not anti-semitic to criticize Israel - even with anti-semitic cartoons. Israel is a political entity and therefore, open to criticism.

If its political policies refer to the Jewish religion, then, criticizing those policies is not anti-semitic. Just as it is not 'Islamophobic' to criticize Saudi Arabia nor to criticize its policies that refer to Islamic Sharia Law.

I don't think the Conservatives went far enough.

How about censorship of bad ideas? How about being more critical about what gets funding and what doesn't?

Rick Mercer shouldn't get funding. He is not funny. Corner gas sucks. Everything on the CBC blows. None of this trash would exist based on consumer demand.

Are Canadians capable of producing better ideas? Well, yes. How many great films and how much great music has been created by Canadians when the bar isn't held so low that you trip over it?

How much of the current taxpayer funding is controlled by absolute hacks with connections and an agenda? Is this not theft?

Funding is for stunted socialist retards. Take it all away and the ideas will be better. Take, for example, the CBC - based solely on the quality of its content, it would not exist without funding. The product is pushed, never pulled.

It has no right to exist.

Could there be another lawsuit in the works?

CBC news just said the the PM's top advisor is the source for the Obama leak. CBC says that during a news briefing the PM's top advisor told the assembled reporters that he heard from the Clinton campain that Obama wasn't serious about NAFTA. The report then went on to say that CTV then received the leaked diplomatic dispatch although CTV said that it would not reveal the source of the document.

I wonder if CBC listens to its own story and is capable of seeing the lie it just told to satisfy its get Harper agenda.

Correction: rather than setting the bar higher, no funding at all.

As proof, the only great films and music produced by Canadians had no government funding. A government has no business in creating rackets for untalented and lazy socialists and their propoganda.

The left has a deep sense of entitlement to taxpayer money to pay for their 'work' in their self-defined role as our Philosopher-Kings vs we peasants in the fields.

Since their work is, in their view, beyond the comprehension of we peasant taxpayers (beer and popcorn), then expecting that work to survive on the basis of the peasant-taxpayer actually paying to see the films/art - is unacceptable.

With regard to the Liberals and 'Mulroney-Schreiber' and 'Cadman' and 'Obama' - I suggest this is a backroom strategy of the Liberals to dredge up, find, and actually create 'scandals' about the Conservatives. The MSM, aligned with this party, is a willing agent.

The Liberals have no policies. They have no money. They have nothing. Their only agenda is Power, and when in Power, their agenda is to remain in power by using taxpayer money to buy votes.

Their current agenda is to denigrate the Conservatives, divert attention from the good work being done by the govt - to build up hostility to the CPC.

They have moved on from their previous strategy of focusing only on Harper (scary, hidden agenda) because it can't be substantiated, to one that involves the whole CPC.

That's The Liberal Way - they are consistent. Their strategy is - buy their way in power, and smear their way into power.

Activists demand trustee's resignation
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail Update
March 6, 2008 at 5:31 AM EST
...In a letter to a local paper last month, Mr. Gilchrist said that "most" immigrants don't understand Canadian values and "bring their old-country feuds and hatreds to be paraded and re-fought on Canadian soil"....

What he actually said
....Most immigrants do not bring even a modest understanding of Canadian history or values. Many bring their old-country feuds and hatreds, to be paraded and re-fought on Canadian soil..... http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=931237

Words to hate by?; Public school trustee sets off racism storm with letter to newspaper
http://www.freedominion.com.pa/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=95964&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Part of the problem with C10 is that the tax credit will be taken away after the production is complete so it will put a chill on investment of any sort. Why would anyone invest in a project that may have the benefit removed after the fact. There is also the issue of the jobs that are generated by the industry. I have not seen recent stats, but I remember hearing that the return on the investment was quite high at one time with the resulting income tax and economic spinoffs of these tax credits.If you have ever seen a TV or movie production you know that a large number of people are involved.
We live in a world where all types of industry receives some sort of subsidy/ tax credit/ gavernment assistance. Be careful what you wish for when you say all art should be self sufficient as the same argument may be made for your sector one day.
The rules are clear - no porn is already one of them. A percieved bad decision on "Bubbles Galore" should not result in another bad decision.

Politically Correct Dictionary: its double plus good
A
Action - by adding “action” to plan or an organization name we must be doing something. [am I?]

Agenda - describes any collection of policies: ‘equality agenda’ for instance. Invariably needs to be ‘taken forward’.

Aggressive outreach - the process of actively soliciting trade for social workers. Generally employed when ‘customers’ fail to show required enthusiasm for services on offer.

Alarmist - raising a subject lefties don’t want to talk about. Usually in regard to the abject failure of one of their policies like immigration, death penalty. Because no matter how bad the “youth” rioting gets you should not actually talk about it. Personified in Mark Steyn.

Algorerythyms - The ability to turn a 5 inch more than normal sea level rise into 20 feet in spite of all evidence to the contrary, caused by keeping the AC turned too low and paying 30,000 a year like he does.

B
BCE Battling Christianity everywhere. Used to be BC or AD but the minority who dictate what is allowed in our democracy and who hate Christianity virulently will not even give credit to the religion that named it to be 2007 in the year of our lord. That’s a Christian lord, but secular types who might one day start charities rivaling the evil Christians are oblivious.

Beacon of excellence - archaism: any organ of state that achieved - or ‘delivered’ - what it was supposed to, or any lefty who needs a pat on the back for all the taxes they had to spend.

Best practice - normally ‘established’ when a Lefty wants to saddle a process with more complexity. Replaces ‘working it out yourself’.
http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/?p=432

"Former PM is Liberal AdScam Paul Martin, Jr.
...-

Former PM doesn't speak, doesn't vote
Aide says he's busy on projects; Stronach also keeps low profile ...-
http://tinyurl.com/3a8ck2

I'm wondering about the agenda of the Liberals.

I think that the current Liberal strategy of a Return to Power is to find, create, set up - whatever - a scenario about the CPC and Harper as 'corrupt'. The fact that it isn't, is not relevant. They have the MSM as their front line army and their strategy is pure propaganda and manipulation of the public.

They have no money; they can't put out ads like the CPC of 'Dion is not a leader'. So, as usual, they use someone else's money. The taxpayer funded CBC and their buddies in the MSM - Duffy, Newman, CTC, Jane Taber, Gloria Galloway, etc etc.

Their agenda is to smear, besmirch, befoul, the CPC and Harper. Again, facts and truth are totally irrelevant. Their agenda is pure propaganda. Via the MSM.

So- they've tried with Mulroney-Schreiber. Their agenda was to link Schreiber/Mulroney to Harper. When this failed, they lost interest.
Harper's response to their strategy was to move it out of their hands and into an official inquiry. The Liberals aren't interested in this. Their basic agenda is not the truth but a deliberate campaign of foul propaganda.

Then, they've moved into Cadman. That's yet another campaign, based on hearsay, misinformation and speculation. To befoul Harper and the CPC. Harper's response - to move it out of the hands of Liberal manipulation and propaganda and into an official inquiry - a libel suit in court. The Liberals aren't interested in such an inquiry.

Now, they're into 'Obama'. The same agenda - befoul Harper. Harper's immediate response; again, move it out of the Liberal hands of manipulation and propaganda - move it into an official inquiry.

What's next? The Liberal strategy is clear. Find, create and set up situations that can be used, via the MSM and blatant misinformation and lies, to denigrate the CPC and Harper.

The Liberals have no policies to put to Canadians, no arguments about 'what's best for Canada'. They don't operate as an Opposition Party, critiquing the govt. When they do operate as an Opposition, it's fallacious, it's a mechanical rather than intelligent reaction.

The Opposition's duty is not to mechanically oppose everything but to critique it. That means that sometimes you approve, sometimes you don't approve. The Liberals instead either mechanically oppose or don't show up. They never critique and analyze.

So, the Liberals, in their sole agenda of Power, have moved into a strategy of total propaganda. Find or create scenarios where you can imply and set up a situation defining the CPC and Harper as 'corrupt'. Exploit it in screaming fits with your friends in the MSM. There's no interest in truth, no interest in facts. It's pure and total propaganda. And doesn't cost them anything; via their buddies in the CBC, CTV and the rest of the MSM.

That's the Liberal Way.

Joan Smith, 'Honour' killings are an outrage we must confront

It's a startling statistic: in one British city alone, 33 children under the age of 16 are missing from school rolls. Officials in Bradford have not been able to establish what has happened to them, and there are fears that some may have become victims of forced marriage.

Two days ago the children's minister, Kevin Brennan, revealed the figure to the Home Affairs select committee and said that the Government also has concerns about 14 areas of the country which are suspected of having high levels of so-called "honour" crimes...

A Gaza twofer!

Melanie Phillips, Genocide With Jam On It

The BBC news gave pride of place this morning to a report by ‘aid’ and ‘human rights’ agencies —Oxfam, Amnesty, Care International — which accused Israel of causing the worst humanitarian crisis in Gaza for the past forty years.

This is of course such a twisted conclusion as to be positively pathological...

Dr. Avishag Gordon, Sderot Rocketing: A Classical Case of Asymmetric War

Sderot and the surrounding areas became the target of Kassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip by the HAMAS and other extreme factions of the Palestinians almost daily since the year 2000. The statistics show that during this time, more than seven years, a total of 2,383 rockets were fired at the civilian population of this city, of which number 45% landed in inhabited areas (HCC report, December 2007).

Nazar Janabi, Who Represents the Iraqi Sunnis?

Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Sunnis in Anbar and other western Iraqi provinces have struggled to develop a coherent and representative political leadership. The recently formed Iraqi Awakening Convention (IAC) -- a collective of so-called "Awakening council" leaders -- could represent the next step in that evolution and, if nurtured, make a significant contribution to broader political reconciliation. It will also mean, however, that current elected leaders will have to give way to new local leaders or compete politically with them, since it is pointless to compete violently given the asymmetry of the current power balance...

"The government hasn't funded a single one of my photographs thereby forcing me to work for a living. My art is being suppressed and Canadians are being denied the clarity of my vision!"

Sean, I feel your pain as I too haven't been funded by the guvm't, although I haven't been prevented from producing my own "art". That would be censorship. Doh!

btw, just what section of the BNA charges the federal government with financial responsibility of the arts?

Sikh gent and the Ontario HRC lose discrimination suit over having to wear a motorcycle helmet.

Expect this thing to go the the SCOC.

Is it just me or are the lefty trolls getting proportionally more insane as each day passes?

We've got most of the MSM working overtime to spin out smear stories that are completely unsupportable by facts..... completely ignoring the concept of verification of facts and source on a daily basis.
We've go the LIEberal Party jumping on every single fantastic confabulation that comes to them (from the MSM mostly) .... the mainstream anti - conservatives are increasingly desperate and losing all sense of reality are the already demented lefty blog trolls who require those sources to anchor their delusions going to fall completely off the edge of the tangible world?

They do seem to be the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to waves of mass hysteria.

Something HAS to break ..... unless our media is going to be content in their new role of working without ANY credibility.

Any REAL reporters out there??

I'd like to comment on this...
Posted by: KevinB at March 6, 2008 3:20 AM

Although I have NO idea why you'd be up at that time and patrolling blogs..... I have to say that theory at least is stimulating!
It has ALL the elements of the character and history of the Klintons rolled into a neat screen play ready plot!

Seems to be in the public domain! Any takers on doing a development based on that one???

:)

The cost of getting high
....The UN Office of Drugs and Crime reports that Canada now has the highest proportion of marijuana users in the industrialized world at 16.8% for those between 15 and 64 years of age...
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=356549

That's because we've become so good at growing our own.

Marijuana grow operations discovered in Toronto in 2007 (interactive map).
http://www3.thestar.com/static/googlemaps/starmaps.html?xml=growops.xml

Seems those who complain about the Librano nanny state have the wrong ones in their crosshairs.

Thi judge who ruled in the motorcycle rider seeking a religious exemption had to dig pretty deep into moral relativism to come up with this gem:

"The raw numbers of deaths, injuries and public dollars are, however, only a part of the story in this situation.

"Behind those numbers rests the devastation, experienced at an individual human level, whenever the avoidable loss of life of a family member occurs.

"Children can be scarred long-term by having a parent suddenly and prematurely taken away from them.

"Spouses are bereaved and can be left economically crippled.

"A parent who buries a child when the death could have been avoided could be emotionally adrift the rest of their lives."

So fellow Canadians, the judiciary is kind enough to put a nappy on your butt, and talc properly.

Not because it is one's own free will and choice - but because heath care cost is increased, and most importantly, they are doing it for your family.

Thanks Mr. Orwell for such a useful summary of our modern age.

The @$$hole social engineering judges in this country are the strongest impediment to freedom of the individual in this nation, and the reason why our bloated bureacracies and government intrudes in almost every aspect of our lives.

But, really, it's ok. See, it is for the children.

This should frighten every reasonable thinking individual in this country on its' implication.

The state will move upon and coerce you - if it so deems it.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Official Website: "Geert Wilders presents Fitna* - Coming Soon"

http://tinyurl.com/yo8vup (sugiero blogspot)
...-

Europe Braces for Release of Film Linking Koran to Terror

(CNSNews.com) - A leading U.S.-based Internet company says it's ready for any electronic attacks that may come its way for hosting a Web site featuring a provocative short film that is critical of the Koran. The movie, made by a controversial Dutch politician and due for release any time now, has sparked protests in the Islamic world and concerns in Europe. ...-
http://tinyurl.com/2ur7ot (cnsnews)

*Fitna: civil war within Islam/oppression.

Another isolated incident from the religion of peace in our precious Trudeaupia...
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An Alliston man was remanded in custody on attempted murder charges yesterday following a knife attack that has left his 14-year-old daughter fighting for her life in hospital.

Kamal Khanna, 44, was reportedly arrested while sitting on the steps of his suburban home on Tuesday morning when police responded to an emergency call at his west-end house.

[...]

Other neighbours speculated that the attack stemmed from a cultural rift between father and daughter because “she didn’t wear what he wanted.”

Islamic propaganda hotline in Toronto? Who's paying for this?
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Canada’s first helpline for Muslim youth was launched this week, partly in response to the alleged murder of a Mississauga teen by her father in December.

“We had two major events that happened, the Aqsa Parvez tragedy and the Toronto 18,” said co-founder Yaseen Poonah, referring to the arrests of 18 men in June, 2006, on terrorism-related charges.

Based in Mississauga, the Naseeha helpline is staffed weeknights with eight counsellors — divided equally among men and women -- between the ages of 18 to 25.

The counsellors are all firstgeneration Muslim Canadians with degrees in psychology or social work and some have worked on other helplines, Mr. Poonah said.

“We’re going to be giving advice based on Islam. We’re living in a society where sex and violence are everywhere, in movies, TV, arts and they’re big influences,” Mr. Poonah said, adding many new Muslims find it hard getting advice in this environment from an Islamic perspective.

Muhammad Ali Jabbar, 23, incoming president of the Ryerson Students’ Union, immigrated to Canada from Pakistan at age 11 and said as a Muslim youth, he faced some challenges in Canada. “There’s gaps between parents and youth and new cultural changes you face. The rules back home are not the same here and that poses a problem,” said Mr. Muhammad. He said youth new to Canada acclimatize to the life here, but parents often don’t, creating divisions and killing off communication between parent and child.

Tarek Fatah, founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, doesn’t like the helpline, and said the Arabic name — Naseeha, meaning advice — says a lot about it.

“It’s an Islamist agenda, you can tell by the terminology. Where is this place set up? In Toronto or Yemen? Why does this have an Arabic name? Why not have a name in Punjabi?” Mr. Fatah said.

Mr. Fatah said the name belittles Muslims who aren’t from the Middle East, and “is a trap” for Muslim youth into believing an Arab way of life is true Islam.

“It’s a tool used by the Islamists. Their agenda is to let young people know that this is an adversarial society,” Mr. Fatah said. “It’s segregating the youth,” he added.

something that was good for the goose is now good for the gawinder.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080306/Sikh_motorcycle_080306/20080306?hub=TopStories

read in the comments section about an under turban. these boys are just out to create trouble in the new homeland.

HB ... that judges reasoning is a clear example of the Justice attempting to pander to the sentiments of politically correct morons.

Even though I agree with the decision to enforce the law equally .... your implied argument against the law itself is misdirected.

These are two issues.

The first is whether such laws should exist. (I agree that they are egregious infringements on the right to personal choice!)

The second is whether anyone who displays such lack of reasoning should be allowed to sit on the bench.

In all matters of law it is the government that is ultimately accountable and if you want to have elected officials who represent your views and concerns then it's up to you to get them elected.

So at the end of the day it is your failing (and mine) that is at the root of these problems!

"We've got most of the MSM working overtime to spin out smear stories that are completely unsupportable by facts..... completely ignoring the concept of verification of facts and source on a daily basis."

And now comes the story from Dave Rutherford that the PMO staffer actually told reporters Clinton called them...somehow between the discussions and the reporting, CTV turned it into OBAMA.... CTV is in lockdown mode - no one is talking. This from a reporter who was actually in the room and heard Ian Brodie's comment to reporters.

Oh such fun seeing the whole house of cards that the opposition and the MSM stacked in an effort to discredit the Tories just starting to wobble and weave.

However bizarre it is to imagine millions of radical Muslims threatening, if not commiting murder and destruction over a 15 minute film - it is still going to be interesting:

Brussels, 5 March (AKI) - The European Commission has warned all its offices around the world that the release of an upcoming Dutch film criticising the Koran could spark violent protest by Muslims.

"We have informed our delegations that the film - due for release soon, although we don't know exactly when - could draw protests," EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner's spokeswoman, Christiane Hohmann, told Adnkronos International (AKI).

From CFCF-12 Montreal,

Special Report: Tracking offenders

Four years ago, the federal government set up the National Sex Offenders Registry.
It's a way to keep track of pedophiles and other sex offenders, once they've finished their prison terms.

Does it work?
But many say the registry does very little to stop dangerous offenders.

... ... ...

Does it work?

Well the gun registry and Adscam helped a few liberals live very comfortable lives, so I guess to the liberal receiving cash in unmarked envelopes, yes those things "work" great!

censorship at a bar

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/06/danny.boy.ap/index.html

this version of it , the voice is almost like pipes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h03iH-Bsvj8

Chavez threatens to Nationalize Colombian assets in Chavez's worker's paradise:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN0510446320080306

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said a serious diplomatic crisis with Colombia will mean reduced trade between the two countries and he will consider government takeovers of Colombian companies in Venezuela.

Venezuela will seek goods from other countries to replace products it gets in its $6 billion annual commercial exchange with Colombia, Chavez said.

"We're going to make a map, ministers, of the Colombian businesses here in Venezuela. We could nationalize some, take them over, we aren't interested in Colombian investments here," Chavez said at a joint news conference in Caracas with Ecuador President Rafael Correa.

Posted by: cal2 at March 6, 2008 1:03 PM>

"read in the comments section about an under turban. these boys are just out to create trouble in the new homeland."

You can't fight natural selection!

Liberals: Driving its most hardcore supporters to the Conservatives!!

http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=931695

Thank you kevink, for pointing out that a major concern about C-10 has nothing to do with censorship, it's economics. I think the stat that you're looking for is that for every dollar spent by a film or TV shoot, it puts four dollars back into the economy. In Canada, that "every dollar spent" is made up of private and public money, and tax credits. And part of that "four dollars back" returns taxes to the coffers (plus there's taxes on revenue from international sales of Canadian TV shows; I believe that Canada is the world's second-largest exporter of television programs.)

Other industries in this country such as mining or forestry or manufacturing have been given -- for better or worse -- some form of government assistance. Even in the US, many states offer tax credits to film and television productions. The Criminal Code of Canada and the existing rules covering tax credits already disqualify things like porn from accessing tax credits. What C-10 proposes is to lay another layer of bureaucracy onto the process, and likely will scare away a lot of private investment rather than attracting it.

I frankly don't care if it's the Liberals, Conservatives, the Greens or Lyndon LaRouche who wants this. It's a bad idea. If Canadians don't want tax credits going to film and television production, fine, put it to a vote. But it should be consistent all across the board as far as government support of any industry goes, regardless if it produces jobs, or revenue that more than makes up for what government gave to it.

"Remember - it's not anti-Semitic to criticize Israel."

So basically, because some douchbags who are clearly Jew-haters also naturally hate Isreal, anyone who is critical of Israeli policy is also therefore a Jew Hater?

Kate, I'm guessing when you filled out your Mensa test you didn't score terribly high on logic.

">Quote: "Badesha's religion forbids him from putting on anything over his turban while outside his house."

from:
Really? Do the reporters ever fact check? Look at the Wikipedia article under the History section. What's that you see? Why yes, it's a SIKH HELMET. I guess Sikhs can wear a helmet when it suits them.

I really hate it when people lie and think we're too stupid to check.

Sorry, I obviously didn't terminate some HTML properly. Here's the original link

The end result of socialist Tommy Douglas's Medicare: a medical catastrophe in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital city.
Health care is a provincial responsibility. Ontario's premier is Liberal/socialist McGuinty.
...-
Polls

The wait for admission to a ward from Emergency at the Ottawa Hospital's Civic Campus is now 18.3 hours, 13.4 at the General. The Board has approved an "over capacity protocol" the Chair says is just short of an illegal act - to cope. Patients will be sent to wards even if they face waiting in hallways.

This is not as serious as it sounds. Patients in hallway beds are commonplace in many other countries
4.32%

Premier McGuinty should be ashamed and fire his diaper-dope of a health minister George Smitherman
94.1%
Other
1.53%
Total Votes: 1110

Islamic propaganda hotline in Toronto? Who's paying for this?

Probably the same people who pay for this Helpline..

...Kids Help Phone may not have the resources or the skills necessary to deal with problems and issues that can be considered "Muslim" specific, but instead of creating a separate service, would it not be best to help established services build their capacity and knowledge?....

http://www.blogto.com/city/2008/03/is_a_muslim_help_line_necessary/

And all these Helplines...
http://tinyurl.com/2rcz2q

PROGRESS - First job fair for gays - Mainstream employers seek `the best talent'

...."because they are the most marginalized in society".....

..."We think outside the box"....

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/309690

...I guess Sikhs can wear a helmet when it suits them.....

Turban tests and trials

CN RAIL WINS HARD HAT FIGHT
In the 1970s, K.S. Bhinder worked as a maintenance electrician for CN Rail in Toronto. When a rule was introduced in 1978, requiring all employees working in the yard to wear hard hats, Bhinder refused on grounds he could not remove his turban. He was fired as a result. Although a Human Rights Tribunal concluded Bhinder had been discriminated against, the Supreme Court of Canada later ruled that wearing a hard hat on a construction site was a reasonable safety requirement and allowed CN to continue with the requirement...

...Although it has never been an issue for Toronto firefighters, wearing a turban would not be permitted because of the dangers of the job. In such a situation, workplace safety would outweigh religious rights.....

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/304189

Another reason to get rid of the Human Rights Tribunal.

ET is right! Not all Israel criticism is anti-Semitic.

I, for example, am highly critical of Israel's failure to destroy Hezbollah in S. Lebanon and it's recent failure to follow-through with the destruction of Hamas in Gaza -- retreating after a mere 5 days. The latest debacle is being dubbed by PaliNazis as "The Five Day War". The greatest danger you can expose your citizenry to is a weak and hesitant response to an existential threat; the use of "proportionate" response which is akin to a boxer pulling punches.

I am totally disgusted with Israel's lame-brain kowtowing to the legacy-seeking, moronic Dr. Rice who thinks that Dr. Abbas [PhD Moscow, holocaust-denial] is Martin Luther King and a "partner in peace".

Let the Sikh go helmetless after signing a undertaking that he will personally fund any medical care arising from a MC accident. That simple policy would put paid to this nuttiness.

And make this option available to Darwinian morons of all ethnic and religious orientations.

Abe Greenwald, The (Terror-)Friendly Skies

In his book, Bush at War, Bob Woodward describes former CIA Director George Tenet’s initial reaction to the attacks of September 11, 2001 thusly:

“This has bin Laden all over it,” Tenet told Boren. “I’ve got to go.” He also had another reaction, one that raised the real possibility that the CIA and the FBI had not done all that could have been done to prevent the terrorist attack. “I wonder,” Tenet said, “if it has anything to do with this guy taking pilot training.”

Six months after the “guy’s” acquired skills enabled him and eighteen accomplices to kill some 3000 Americans, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) contacted their flight school to say that the late terrorists had been approved for Visas. At PJM, Annie Jacobson has an unsettling assessment of the developments in U.S. flight school security since 9/11...

http://tinyurl.com/ype7x8

Can it get any worse???? I won't put in writing what I'm thinking right now, grrrrrr

Jack Layton on Larry King CNN tonight
:h/t to National News Watch

I thought Dion had cornered the market on pig-headed arrogance and foolishness but Jack Layton has managed to outdo him. NN is reporting that Layton is going to be on Larry King Live tonight talking about Obamagate and the leaked memo. Layton is going to be embarassing his country on American television in exchange for his 15 minutes of fame.

The libs have started a forum for the exchange of ideas on their website. I don't know if anyelse has provided this yet,if not- http://forum.liberal.ca and follow the link. I certainly hope that no one goes over there and pokes fun at them.Dat izz not fair.

Re: anti-Semitism vs. anti-Zionism

(Via Azure) Mitchell Cohen, Anti-Semitism and the Left that Doesn’t Learn

Religion of Peace "activist" starts shooting Israeli students, armed student shoots terrorist scum in the head:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1204546422275&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Lets bring in more gun control!

Did anyone see the start of QP today in the HOC?
At the start of Members statements something was said i missed this part & tuned in with an enormous shouting match going on with the speaker calling for Order several times. this is very unusual during statements for the speaker to call for order, Then the speaker centered out the Member for Outremont to calm down. Can anyone say what the hec happened.
thanks

Gunmen kill 8,wound 35 in Israel at a seminary,going on right now. So much for peace talks. The palenstinians don't want peace,they want reasons to achieve their afterlife.

Susan Bonner and Don Newman had a little conversation today about how terrible Harper and his pals have treated our largest trading partner,best friend etc.. I thought angering the states was an admirable left-wing trait,or does it depend on who is the culprit?

RE people killed at Israeli school: A STUDENT shot the guy dead.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/03/06/4930306-ap.html

Charles MacDonald

Damn fine article. It's very rare to find a lefty (notice the lack of the term "leftard") in the media which wasn't of the type Cohen denounces.

I personally know people like this, but it's rare as hell in media - especially fringe left publications which pander to leftards. I can already hear the denunciations of Cohan as a traitor an heritic...

Strange, when various members of Chretien's entourage vilified the US (I hate Americans), or stomped on a 'doll' of President Bush on television, the MSM gleefully publicized this behaviour.

Hmmm. Double standard? Does this mean that our MSM is pro-Liberal and actively works against the Conservatives? Hmmm?

Premier McGuinty should be ashamed and fire his diaper-dope of a health minister George Smitherman
Posted by: maz2 at March 6, 2008 2:58 PM

Hey maz2...didn't the wise electorate just give those nice Liberals a strong mandate for the next 5 years?

Man, glad I don't know of anyone I'd care about in Ottawa. But then, the politicians will just fly south when they need help.

Let the Sikh go helmetless after signing a undertaking that he will personally fund any medical care arising from a MC accident. That simple policy would put paid to this nuttiness.

And make this option available to Darwinian morons of all ethnic and religious orientations.

Posted by: Me No Dhimmi at March 6, 2008 3:27 PM

By that logic, we should also start charging fat bon bon sucking couch potatoes increased levies on their lazyness and self indulgence. Since they won't control themselves, society should let their wallets do it for them.

Contrasted with Canadian health care costs attributed to smoking ($3.7B/yr), the 'ol tub of lard with their head in the crisco is the real deal ($12.2B/yr).

By having people pay for their behavior maz2, that's what you suggest.

Personally, I'll save thousands :-)

Apologies to maz2 - meant me no dhimmi in the last post.

I agree with you - but I don't. Too libertarian for helmet laws, or other intrusions of the state beyond education.

And thanks OMMAG, you make sense.

Mary,it's worse than what you think..Layton will be ,not on Larry King,but lou Dobbs,on CNN.One of the biggest protectionist there is.This should be a friggin nightmare!

CBCpravda Canada Headlines--lashes lashes lashes.
Ottawa's progress on environmental protection 'unsatisfactory':

UN agency lashes Canada over crack-pipe programs
Supreme Court will hear Quebec language law appeal 00

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal of the Quebec language law that imposes strict limits on who can attend English-language schools in the province.

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Quebec singer lashes out at CBC for gala faux pas 00

Via LGF:

Breaking: Terror Attack in Jerusalem, Mass Casualties Reported
Israellycool is liveblogging as news comes in.
...-

"9:20PM: Breaking news: terrorists have infiltrated the Merkaz Harav yeshiva (seminary) in Jerusalem and opened fire. 4 students are reportedly dead."
"12:10PM: Here are some Reuters pictures of the celebrating palestinians."
"11:40PM: The Jawa Report posts proof the BBC called the attack an “accident.”"
http://i26.tinypic.com/2n08qav.jpg
http://www.israellycool.com/2008/03/06/

when most Americans see Layton on Dobbs they will say, I dont want to buy any of those how to run a computer videos and turn the channel.

Sammy; I just heard that, Lou Dobbs! OMG! This is scary. I can not believe that they are even giving him the time of day! It will be like letting a used car salesman have free advertising. I just don't get it, people are still voting for the Liberals and Dipper's, Layton is going to embarrass this country.
Grrrrrrrr

hardboiled: Point well taken, but having fat people sign such undertakings would be problematic in that there's no certain scientific connection between fat and disease nor a necessarily definitive connection between behaviour and fatness. Genetic issues, ec. Moreoever, you would be giving HUGE power to government proxies to make what would be essentially arbitrary decisions.

Whereas, the connection between the head injury and the lack of a helmet would be pretty clear cut.

But in the final analysis, my point was idle foolishness, 'cos we'll never, ever, have that kind of adult approach in the Canadian kindergarten.

Mary,it could be worse!It could have been that 'other opposition leader' Dion..but then no American would have understood a word he said.

when most Americans see Layton on Dobbs they will say, I dont want to buy any of those how to run a computer videos and turn the channel.

THAT is FUNNY!

Didn't someone here once compare the mustachioed Layton to a 80s era porn star?

Leftist liars of the MSM in action: exposed.
...-

Public Broadcaster Faked Burqa Incident

THE HAGUE, 07/03/08 - Public broadcaster BNN deliberately misled viewers in a film clip about a woman in a burqa, the all-covering Muslim garment.

In a mini-film on 101tv, BNN's digital youth channel, a woman is seen who is helped immediately when she drops her bag of oranges. The same woman in a burqa however gets no help when the same thing happens to her. The journalist said she felt discriminated against when wearing the burqa.

But Amsterdam broadcaster AT5 discovered deception. AT5 cameras that recorded the BNN filming show that many passers-by wanted to help the woman in the burqa. When they did so, the makers called out to them to walk on. ...-
http://www.nisnews.nl/public/070308_4.htm

OH yes, I forgot about "How to run a computer". One can only hope that who they think they see......

Yeah, Dion could go on a say how he was going to reduce poverty by a turd........That would really impress the Americans....

The government should not be funding 'movies' with tax dollars. Period. Let them set up foundations and get private support. If they can't find private money to film it, it isn't going to be missed by any taxpayer.

Obama's politics of hope is actually nothing more than a politics of oversimplification. By capitalizing purely on the positive connotations of certain words skillfully pulled from the "pool of stock expressions", he has firmly driven sober thinking from the political process, and has introduced a politics of emotion at which he excels more than any other candidate. For this reason, Obama is the most dangerous candidate seeking the presidency.
Rest here
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/mar/08030507.html

Stephane Dion Just Became More Unpopular

Which is a pretty difficult thing to do. But if anyone can do it, Mr.Dion can. His progressive comrades are a little ticked off that he didn't bother to show up today for a crucial vote on a bill which they believe creates a slippery slope for abortion rights. The bill has some notable supporters in the Conservative blogging community. In short, the bill would protect a woman's right to choose, in both senses of the term, by protecting unborn children from criminal acts which would harm it. So if a person maliciously stabs a woman in the stomach and kills a fetus, depriving the choice of that woman, that criminal is going to be charged with more than just a crime against the mother. It's something which many Conservatives, myself included, have supported in the past. Unfortunately, there's a fear of an erosion of abortion rights. To which I would say: what rights? There are no abortion laws in Canada. As the progressives are well aware of. So what were the reactions to the bill making it past the second reading by a vote of 147-133? First, Stephane Dion was eulogized in the progressive feminist community:
Monsieur Stephane Dion
Sir, while you were absent from the House of Commons today, a vote was held. The vote in question allowed Bill C-484 to pass into committee. Because you saw fit not to whip your party's vote, because it did not interest you sufficiently to attend, your leadership will now come under harsh scrutiny. This Bill is an insult to the intelligence of Canadians and a blatant attempt to undermine the ability of women to maintain the right to bodily self determination and personal autonomy. This Bill is a bald faced attempt to enshrine in law a definition of life that precedes birth and creates criminal precedent for ending that newly defined life. Mr. Dion, while I sincerely hope this Bill is killed in committee, your inaction and abandonment of Canadian women's rights has defeated any faith I might have had for your growth as a leader. You are clearly unfit for the job[...]

[Read the whole thing. Pretty Shaved Ape does an excellent "dressing down" of Stephane Dion. First class stuff.] ...-
http://unambig.blogspot.com/2008/03/stephane-dion-just-became-more.html

Heh - Jack Layton was just on CNN's Lou Dobb's show. Dobbs is quite 'left', against NAFTA, quite protectionist of US manufacturing etc.

Remember, most Canadians don't know or understand the US governmental system, and certainly, most Americans don't know or understand the Canadian parliamentary system.

So, Layton is presented as the 'leader of the Canadian New Democratic Party'. Right there, I'll bet most Americans will view him as the leader of the Democratic Party. They won't know that he's actually the leader of a two-bit party in the House, is not the Official Opposition..

But, Layton, quite understandably, wants to be the Official Opposition. I don't blame him; anyone would do the same. After all, the Liberals, who are nominally our Official Opposition, don't take the job seriously and are instead, active in defamation and smear partisan politics.

So, Layton was presented as, effectively, a VIP in Canada. And he played it to the hilt. Leaning back with Pompous Assurance of His Wisdom, and informing us that jobs have been lost in Canada, and the US...to China. Why?

Because of the Evil Multinationals and Globalization. Heh.
Layton doesn't inform us that the real reason is because his dearly loved unionists have focused, with their tunnel vision, on wages, wages, wages and benefits - driving up the costs so high that manufacturers and businesses can't afford to operate in Canada. That's why they've left.

I know that Layton and company feel that the function of industries is Jobs. Not production of goods and services. Nope; that's irrelevant. The only function of an industry is: Jobs.

And if that industry can't sell its products; if people don't want to buy its products - heck, then, the Function of Government is to use taxpayer dollars to subsidize those industries. Because, the purpose of an industry is not to manufacture goods and services that people want and will buy. No. The purpose is: jobs. And the duty of a govt is to keep those jobs. Even if it does take billions from the taxpayer...

It was a fun interview. Not for what Layton said, but for the fun of the fake image that he was presenting. Heh - the leader of the [new] Democratic Party (does he have the majority in the Senate?..er...House?)..Jack even told us that he had one of his people down in New York at a meeting about...; And that he was insisting that the PM Harper apologize to Americans for 'Obamagate'...and so on.

It was Pomposity Popeye. It was for Canadians; he's after votes in Canada.

ET; Layton so looked like a used car salesman. What I thought was funny is Dobbs and Layton acted like they were on the same side, just plain weird.

Chretien dips his toe into the U.S. election choices for Dems....

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080306.wchretblack0306/BNStory/National/home

" Mr. Chrétien responded to a question about the U.S. Democratic Party's leadership race and said he didn't want to pick a favourite — although he knows one candidate personally and thinks she'd be a good president.

“Hillary Clinton was the first lady and on many occasions sat next to me at meetings and she's very well read, very knowledgeable and a very capable lady no doubt in my mind,” he said.

“So I'd feel good if she were to win, but perhaps the other guy is better, but I don't know. So why'd you (ask me that),” he responded to the questioner, drawing laughs from the audience."

http://tinyurl.com/3a8ck2

Former PM doesn't speak, doesn't vote....

While the libs,cbc, and dippers are wallowing in the mud of 'naftagate' I wonder if they will stumble upon the story of the 2000 U.S. election. I doubt it,but way back then the ambassador to the U.S. came out and declared that Canada would be better off with Gore as president. I forget the chap's name,something like Raymond Martin,or maybe Pearson.

Iberia -- I don't know of any government programs anywhere that do not have some criteria by which those receiving funding have to qualify -- usually they are called program guidelines. Can you think of any other program where everyone who applies gets money? -- A while ago I was at a writer's conference where someone was explaining that one reason a lot of Canadian garbage is published is because small publishers can get money out of government just for publishing a new Canadian author -- so they try to round up anyone who qualifies (often very bad writers) and collect government money without worrying about whether or not the stuff is salable. This is what happens when anyone who applies gets funded and it is not a good use of taxpayer's money.

http://www.dominionpaper.ca/features/2003/10/20/anybody_bu.html

From 2003, regarding Canadian ambassador to the U.S., Raymond Chretien, and his interference in the 2000 U.S. election...

"Bush finally declared victory in the last Presidential election, the Prime Minister's nephew, Raymond Chretien, stirred up controversy by making a speech that implied Democratic candidate Al Gore would be easier for Canada to work with. Historically, of course, Democratic US administrations generally are easier for Canadian governments to work with than Republican administrations. Lawrence Martin, Globe and Mail columnist and author of several books on Canada-US relations, puts it this way: "This is a problem that runs through our history with the US--whenever there's a Republican administration in power it is more difficult for Canadian governments, [and] particularly Liberal governments which are usually in power here, to have good relations because of the ideological divide--they're more right-wing and we don't tend to agree with them."

So the MSM's message is clear: Canadians should blame the Harper gov't for a chill in relations if Obama assumes the presidency. If Dion were to become PM before then however, and McCain assumes the presidency and relations sour over the LPC's recent history of playing on anti-American, anti-Republican sentiment in the Canadian election, blame the Dion Liber ....... the McCain administration because it's Republican in stripe.

JM:"First job fair for gays - Mainstream employers seek `the best talent'" -- isn't this discriminatory? I don't think you can favour gays over heterosexuals for job placements. The Charter forbids discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Also posted in March 7 Reader Tips:

I'm a little late getting here, but did anyone else catch The Agenda last night on the CPC's supposed "censorship" of Canadian films?

What a whitewash. I tried to comment on their site but had to go through the rigmarole of registering, so I said the heck with it.

Of four panelists, one being Jonathan Kay of the National Post, Charles McVety, an evangelical Christian pastor, gave the most spirited (no pun intended), informed, and informative opinion on why the bill being proposed isn't censorship. Kay started out well but petered out in the end.

The Agenda obviously wanted to frame the CPC's support of this bill--first proposed by the Liberals years ago, as McVety pointed out, at which time there was no hue and cry from the MSM--as a response to the "far right Christian" voice in Canada.

Just a load of hogwash and such a devious ploy to make it seem as though PMSH has "a hidden, far-right agenda." I'm weary of this game.

It seemed that Jonathan Kay might have liked to back up some of what Pastor McVety was saying, as opposed to the other two panelists who were out-and-out "this is censorship" cheerleaders, but he left the poor pastor hanging out to dry.

'Intersting how The Agenda put Pastor McVety "against" three other panel members, the usual tactic on this program and so many others: one lone, small-c conservative voice crying in the wilderness with the majority of the panel on the opposite side of the issue, or sitting on the fence.

Given the stacking of this particular deck, McVety did an admirable job, and each time the "moderator," Steve Pakin, smugly tried to put words into McVety's mouth, I wanted to wring his neck.

You know I don't mean that. ;-)