Globe writer and “political pundit” Jane Taber either has a very poor memory, or she’s on board with Paul Martin’s aversion to the taste of crow in his efforts to bring Carolyn Parrish’s “independant” vote back under the control of the party whip. She writes in the Globe&Mail;
” Carolyn Parrish, the former Liberal MP who stomped on a doll bearing the likeness of U.S. President George W. Bush and was kicked out of caucus for her anti-American statements,”
Except, Parrish wasn’t kicked out of caucus after her anti-American statements – the Liberals ran a campaign that used anti-Americanism as an underpinning, after all. She was excommunicated for dissin’ the boss.
The Hill Times, from November 22nd, 2004
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister last week turfed Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish (Mississauga-Erindale, Ont.) from the Liberal caucus. Her expulsion became almost imminent after she blasted the Prime Minister and his advisers in an interview with The Canadian Press. Ms. Parrish said that she “wouldn’t shed a tear” for Mr. Martin if he failed to win the next election and that his advisers “can all go to hell.”
[…]
“What it was, in the end, defiance of the control of Mr. Martin and his backroom and that’s what it was, ultimately. If it was my position on the United States or my language or my boldness, they wouldn’t have signed my nomination papers,” said Ms. Parrish.
Speaking of revisionist history … Carolyn Parrish was born October 3, 1946 so it’s possible she’s never heard of World War II.
“I’m totally offended by him. . . . We are also not a country that is going to easily throw away 100 years of peacekeeping reputation and noble reputation in the world by a testosterone-filled general, and I think somebody should put a clamp on his mouth.”
Still… you’d think she’d have stumbled across it during her career as a teacher.
(Updated – who needs pundits when you have “Drained Brain” checking the facts for free in the comments?)
Anselm, with honor your nephew will fight for all that is good in humanity. As did one of my brothers in GW1.
People like “Don” just don’t understand; they have been brainwashed. Perhaps we should pity them. They need help. Hope they get it someday, somehow, and salvage their souls before it’s too late.
I will be available probably after about 5-6 PM ET. Big productive day tomorrow at the factory. Bet Don won’t show, though…
Carolyn Parrish is a moron! Why any media person would give her the time of day, much less print space is beyond me.
Angry had a good post the other day regarding the fact that many Canadian don’t even believe/understand that soldiers are trained to kill. Hello, just what they h*ll is the gun for!!! Sadly, her thoughts are much more common in certain parts of Canada than you really want to believe.
Sheila,
I remember the old Sarge from the RCRs instructing us young guys:” Aim for the biggest part of the body”, he screamed,”there’s less chance of f’ng missing”. We weren’t using paint guns (although I understand some Units in Canada do so today)so people in Canada better get used to the fact that Canadian troops are trained to kill.
Ahhh my dear Kate,
It is indeed a lovely place you have here at SDA. Eloquent and thought provoking with a solid foot in the real world. It is too bad that not everyone has those Liberal Left rose coloured glasses in which to see clearly. (Don, that was sarcasm). Like the old Squid, I too have served Queen and country for 20+ years and would like to personally thank JC and PM for freezing those peasant wages back in the ’90s. It did wonders for my meager pension.
As far as Ms Parrish and the history according to the MSM, I was truly diappointed in the lack of facts in her diatribe. That is until I stumbled upon (like a gopher hole) a site called Rabble or Brabble. This was a site to behold! The utter crap there was priceless(as in you couldn’t give it away). Imagine a Canadian general with testosterone and a gun! I laughed until I realized that these nuts are serious. Who was it that said “Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it”? Per ardua ad astra
God help us all.
Taber/Parrish: Your assignment is to fisk the following news report.
Remember: who/what/where/when/why. Known as the 5 w’s. We await your report.
Border XXX-ings
There is no governmental report more highly anticipated than the quarterly list of “Admissible and Prohibited Titles” prepared by Canada’s Border Services Agency. (Smoking Gun)
>>>> primetimecrime.com
Apparently Parrish said that Hillier is testosterone-fueled. That’s as ignorant as I would be if I said she is estrogen-fueled.
Majestically ignorant, in fact, because although he could be glucose-fueled, or alcohol-fueled, or starch-fueled, testosterone and estrogen are hormones, not fuels. You can’t burn hormones as an effective source of energy.
Personally, I think Parrish is uranium fueled, so we should erect thick lead shields and a containment vessel around her.
Nice chat teeny chat room all that’s missing are the alien avatars.
Wow, I just heard that archeologists have figured out how the Easter Islanders became extinct. Apparently they changed their flag and then just kept voting for more and more Parrish-style government, until one day the state strangled them in their sleep.
Seen/heard in the MSM yet?
>>>>>>>> LGF
tuesday, july 26, 2005
Egyptians Arrested in New Jersey
Five Egyptians have been arrested in New Jersey with maps of the New York subway system: Authorities Arrest Men With NYC Maps, Video. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)
July 26, 2005 � Five Egyptian men with maps of the New York City subway system and video of New York landmarks have been arrested by the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark, N.J., ABC News has learned.
FBI and law enforcement officials told ABC News the five men � four illegal immigrants and one law enforcement fugitive � were arrested Sunday night following a tip to the Newark Police Department. In addition to the subway maps and video, the men had train schedules and $8,000 in $20 and $50 bills…
Duke, I can’t believe you are looking for the incarnation of a Hindu deity here, maybe you should put your tinfoil hat on and head back from whence you came.
Sorry to hijack the tread..
Can someone tell me (honestly) what the ‘ethnic’ makeup of Parrishes riding is?
Sorry if it’s a dumb question..I have not been to Mississauga lately.
~B
Odd how our cow Carolyn is concerned about Canada’s reputation as peace keepers. Did she have any objections during the recent ‘Peacekeeper’s Lives For Votes’ sale that Paul Martin tried to conduct during the non-confidence motions? Nice to see Kilgour wasn’t for sale. Did it seem odd to her that the Liberals were ready to send young Canadian soldiers to an ill-equipped death in Africa for one vote for the liberal’s sorry hides? Did she notice that any concern for the people being slaughtered in Darfour evaporated the second it wouldn’t do the Liberals any good? Did she notice that the government of Sudan had never heard of the Liberal’s plan to send peacekeepers there?
This last question is rhetorical. Has she no shame?
Virgil: Neither shame, nor knowledge, nor intelligence, nor Latin. But arrogance without measure.
Mark
Ottawa
But maybe she’s just over-compensating for a certain inherent lack of self-confidence. One never knows. Poor thing.
Mark
Ottawa
She can not be well. There may be a tumor or unbalanced chemistry contibuting to rage.
In any case, if someone wishes to defend her, what useful thing, service or idea has she contributed to Canada? Anything ? 73s TG
Ok, I just have to say this. Small Dead Animals is going on my blogroll. Kate, you’re great. Nuff said on that.
Re: Carolyn Parrish. Would it be alright if I was able to get a doll made of her and be able to do the same things to the doll as she did to Bush’s doll? Would that be something to get her goat up? Or would it be better that I drape the Red Ensign Standard (For all the Diefenbaker fans out there) over her as she walks into Parliament (when I come to visit here in the near future)?
Let me know, and I’ll see what I can do.
Seems to be a hot topic.
As I have stated before… Perish is not NEARLY as anti-American as she is anti-semetic…
Blogette,
Not her specific riding, but Mississauga as a whole as of 2001′
Total pop 610815
Foreign born 285650
Visible minority 246330
Muslim 41845
With those kinds of numbers it is easy to see that ethnic block voting can control the ridings and why the Liberals are so keen to encourage it.
eg. Volpe’s Accelerated Family Reunion Program AKA “vote Liberal or grandma doesn’t get into Canada” program.
Parrish is totally frustrated with Martin and they Martin way. She plans to run as an independant next time.
Now, in her frustration, she makes several anti-Martin assertions that I agree with, however I feel she is washed up.
Washed up because no thinking Canadian wants to be represented to the world by someone loud hot-head who has temper fits. Someone who gives into impulse and calls people names as 6 year old children do.
I suspect Parrish is either not well, or is struggling with an unusual menopause.
Once again I ask, is anyone aware of any positive aim or action that Parrish can be proud of?
I suspect there will be no examples posted, just as before.
Too bad. Please say good bye Carolyn and get a hobby. Please do not bring shame on the house and all Canadians again. Thank you. 73s TG
I think Carolyn Parrish may simply need to get laid, and badly. Too bad nobody’d want to even get close to that dangerous, estrogen-filled old bag!
Hey, Carolyn, bite my bum-bum!
Folks,
When it comes to Carolyn, it’s really pretty simple.
She’s just not that bright.
I agree with Candace
Let Carolyn back into the Liberal fold and use it to show their total lack of principle.
She’ll lose more votes for the Libs than she will gain.
Another great piece in today’s Toronto Sun courtesy of Lorrie Goldstein on the stupidity of the Mother Corpse and their policy on terrorists versus gunpersons, etc.
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Goldstein_Lorrie/2005/07/26/1148752.html
Sorry about the link, but I really am pathetic when it comes to this sort of thing. It’s a must-read though.
Two Cents:
Common sense would indicate that someone so radical would alienate voters. Unfortunately I don’t think the she seems so outrageous to Libs. Indoctrination is the only word I can think to use when describing many (most) Liberal supporters. Prior to Gomery, if someone had told you of the levels of corruption directly implicating the Liberals and Martin, along with Grewalgate and the non confidence debacle (for us conservatives) that the Liberals would be firmly cenmented in first place, would you have believed them or dismissed them?
Sad to say but Parrish is the voice for average Libs. She says the things they are itching to say , but cannot due to strict adherence to Lib ideology (tolerance, diversity,blah blah blah)
Ward, Grewalgate was clusmy, but he has been vilified because he got it right. He succeeded in showing up the Librano$ at their own game, and has paid a huge price for it. Obviously he was inept, but when you think about it, that’s a good thing. If he’d been slick and had CIA quality wire taps, we’d have something to worry about. He’d never have volunteered them to the RCMP from the get-go if he’d been at all worried. I think they should have gone straight to the FBI because I don’t trust the feds-RCMP relationship. And you’re right about Parrish, at least in part. She does speak Lib-speak, and that’s why they keep her around. They won’t dare say it, but she will, so they can tsk tsk in the background while all the time applauding her. Just as they did after Cretin’s testimony at Gomery. Background standing ovation, while condemning it in the media, or at least some of them.
Next G-G likely to be a Quebec woman.
Nominations now open: Jacqueline Trudeau; Pierrette Gagliano; Josee Martine; Califraxis O’Reilly (blonde from Dorval); Simonette; Gerund Participle, QZVC, MSA, PQ, RCA, St. magre le Sass.; Janeee Tabernack (cottage in the Gatineau)… Attention la: Pas des hommes apply not you males.
Librano$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
By JANE TABER AND MICHAEL VALPY
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Updated at 4:04 AM EDT
From Wednesday’s Globe and Mail
With the Prime Minister’s Office indicating a new governor-general will be named shortly, speculation by vice-regal watchers is now focusing on Quebec � which hasn’t produced a governor-general in 15 years � and a francophone woman.
The rationale for a Quebec woman is that, with the minority government Liberals substantially behind the Bloc Qu�b�cois in the polls, the appointment of a high-profile Quebecker as the Queen’s representative could be politically beneficial. Plus, history has shown that women by and large have a better feel for the job � either as governor-general or provincial lieutenant-governor � than men.
http://www.rapp.org/url/?IQR50BOA
“Speaking of revisionist history … Carolyn Parrish was born October 3, 1946 so it’s possible she’s never heard of World War II…
“Still, you’d think she’d have stumbled across it during her career as a teacher.”
Uh, this is exactly why I would’ve assumed she made this statement honestly.
Iron Lady, well-expressed. You obviously understand very well what’s been happening and have a very realistic, free-thinking perspective thereto.
And…
Carolyn Parish was a teacher?(!) That’s one of the scariest things of all! No wonder so many people are so bloody fecking brainwashed into being members of the VLWC!
Gotta love what Monte Solberg had to say about Ms. Parrish
His Title was “Look at me everyone, I’m saying something outrageous”
Monte’s text started with: “Look, I know I’m not exactly shy in front of the media, but if I ever start doing a Carolyn Parrish please hit me square in the forehead with a ballpeen hammer and feed me to the crows. Sure it’s a little ironic and funny that Carolyn, of all people, suggests that our CDS, General Rick Hillier should have a clamp on his mouth. Even Carolyn seems to get that. But after that it gets sad…”
Carolyn Parrish would make a great mayor of Toronto with her crazy statements!
As a REAL broad and proud of it, I suggest that had I written to the Toronto Star or Sob & Wail, recommending an estrogen patch be placed firmly over the mouth of Carolyn Parrish, nobody would have printed it. In fact, if I recommended it to Ms Parrish’s shrink, I’d probably still be chastised. Still, it’s worth noting that estrogen has a calming effect, and that is what this cow truly does need. She shoots from the lip because she has nothing meaningful to say, but she does have to let her mainly muslim constituents know that she’s still earning a pay cheque, even as an indie. Maybe the Mayor of Mississauga will retire soon and Ms Parrish can run locally. Save the rest of us a lifetime of apologies to the US, not to mention the shame and embarrassment of saying we were educated in Canada by teachers who saw our vets as peacekeepers instead of Nazi slayers.
The Globe & Mail article referenced above by maz2 carries the bylines of Jane Taber and Michael Valpy:
http://www.rapp.org/url/?IQR50BOA
Can anybody pick out a minimum of three “opinions masquerading as facts” in this supposedly “hard news” article by two of Canada’s most PROMINENT journalists in Canada’s most PROMINENT newspaper?*
Like shooting fish in a barrel for readers of this blog, so bonus marks for pointing out an example of pretentious punctation in the article…
*Think of anything that might raise the suspense level for Canadians of the prime minister’s appointment of somebody to a post that the writers of the article feel they have to describe as follows for the great unwashed:
“The governor-general represents the Queen as head of state in Canada’s constitutional monarchy.”
“”The governor-general represents the Queen as head of state in Canada’s constitutional monarchy.”
Except, of course, if the government of the UK ever attempted to stay past losing a confidence vote, you can bet your ass the Queen would dissolve Parliament anyway. She takes her constitutional role seriously, unlike (apparently) GG Clarkson. There is something very wrong, backward and dangerous about a system in which the de facto head of state is appointed by the head of government.
Amen to that, Dave J. 73s TG