74 Replies to “Long Weekend”

  1. Excellent read:
    Cheering Terror
    Money quotes:

    Anti-American intellectuals wouldn’t sacrifice a tall latte to save a continent from genocide.

    And production means work. And that’s the last thing you’ll ever get from an intellectual. They may drone on about the workers of the world, but they sure don’t want to become one.

    BWAHAHAHAHA!

  2. Wall St. Journal: ‘The Clare Luce Democrats: How they’re lying about “he lied us into war”‘, November 3
    http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007495
    Excerpts:
    ‘� In July 2004, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a bipartisan 500-page report that found numerous failures of intelligence gathering and analysis. As for the Bush Administration’s role, “The Committee did not find any evidence that Administration officials attempted to coerce, influence or pressure analysts to change their judgments related to Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction,” (our emphasis)…
    Here is Al Gore from September 23, 2002, amid the Congressional debate over going to war: “We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country.”
    Or Hillary Rodham Clinton, from October 10, 2002: “In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members. . . .”
    Or Senator Jay Rockefeller, the Democratic Vice Chairman of the Intelligence Committee, who is now leading the “Bush lied” brigades (from October 10, 2002): “There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years. . . .We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction.” If Mr. Bush is a liar, what does the use of the phrase “unmistakable evidence” make Mr. Rockefeller? A fool?
    The scandal here isn’t what happened before the war. The scandal is that the same Democrats who saw the same intelligence that Mr. Bush saw, who drew the same conclusions, and who voted to go to war are now using the difficulties we’ve encountered in that conflict as an excuse to rewrite history. Are Republicans really going to let them get away with it?’
    Mark
    Ottawa

  3. CSIS: terror cell busted: Bomb expert among four Algerians in Toronto
    http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=aa8696a1-5a53-40ca-868a-3c8f6009581c
    “TORONTO – Canadian counter- terrorism investigators have dismantled a suspected terrorist cell in Toronto whose members included an al-Qaeda-trained explosives expert, the National Post has learned.”
    “Mr. Brooks told workshop delegates that three members of the group were deported this summer and the key figure left Canada voluntarily in March, 2004, after he was confronted by investigators.”
    I’d like to know why CSIS let these guys go. These people are terrorists by CSIS own admission. So, let me ask the questions: Is Canada more concerned about terrorists than their victims? Why weren’t they turned over to the US? Has Canada taken sides in the war on terrorism?
    Just asking.

  4. There are no terrorists. THe CBC has declared it so. There are only troubled individuals who are misunderstood and we’re responsible because the west is rich and democratic and therefore entirely to blame for all the ills that befall the world. Hug a terrorist. Vote Liberal.

  5. John Crittenden, Atist extrordinair, you scooped me there on a most interesting stealth story.
    Stealth, always the most dangerous and interesting.
    Those National Post links can be looong. Try:
    http://tinyurl.com/cz7pj
    TinyURL.com is great. First, you right click on the URL string of the National Post page you want others to read.
    Then you copy it to the clip board. left click copy.
    Go to Tinyurl.com and paste the long link to the small window.
    Then you copy the Tinyurl and paste it in the comments here.
    I’m no guru. Just learned about this myself. TG

  6. It may be of interest to know that the NRA magazine, First Freedom, (I’m a member) has two articles on Canadian gun law.
    The first is called, “Is Canada Burning?” and has a topic headline of “Canadian Taxpayers Have Been Singed for Nearly $2 Billion for Their Useless Gun Registry. Now, with Violent Crime on the Rise, the Government Wants to Collect All Firearms in a Government-Controlled, Central Location.”
    In a different article called “The Parting Shot” there is a commentary by John R. Lott, Jr., resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the book The Bias Against Guns. The name of the article is “Canada Blames US for Gun Control Folly.” The first sentence reads “If you have a problem, it is often easier to blame someone else rather than deal with it.”
    In times past Canadians were sometimes upset with Americans because we did not know much about Canada. Well, American gun culture knows a lot about Canada’s gun laws, and we strictly disapprove.

  7. “John Gomery released his report and said the people to blame for stealing a few hundred million dollars of taxpayers money during Adscam were the Liberal Party, the other Liberal Party, the party of Jean Chretien.
    Forget that everybody in this Liberal Party sat in the other Liberal Party and applauded Jean Chretien for his every move and gesture. Who remembers? Not the Press, that’s for sure.”
    BUT WE DO.
    http://blackrod.blogspot.com/2005/11/john-harvard-where-were-you-in-2002.html

  8. Oh here’s EXACTLY what Canada needs:
    Commissioner needed to ensure rights of young: senators
    http://tinyurl.com/cfv2l
    Gotta love this quote: “a commissioner is essential so children can tell their true stories to Canadians.”
    So in the above links Canada has released 4 terrorists on the rest of the world and our Senators (not the hockey team – they at least work for their money) say that we need to spend tax money on a Kiddie Kommissioner so we can hear children’s stories?
    BLECHH!

  9. Post Gomery Questions:
    Why was the Liberal Party of Canada so broke in the late 90’s?
    What WAS Paul Martin up to if he was out of it (the loop)?
    Refer to Gomery Inquiry testimony of May 9, 2005 by Benoit Corbeil, where he describes his meeting with Paul Martin in a hotel room shortly after Brian Tobin withdrew from the Leadership race.
    Mr. Martin was apparently well aware of the “visibility” program (now known as Sponsorship) and the Minister’s tours across Quebec to make funding announcements (increase the visibility of the Liberal Party with taxpayer money).
    And how busy were the Martin gang at that time raising money so they could buy the kitchen knife still implanted in J. Chretien’s back? Did these competing fundraising efforts lead to the Spring weekend when Paul Martin ran away from his Cabinet position / was kicked out of Cabinet by JC?
    Any answers from PM PM supporters to explain this? Just wondering in Ontario.

  10. Old medical maxim: Your best friend is your enema. (Anonymous) >>>>>>
    Liberals to give NDP medicare proposal in bid to save minority government
    OTTAWA (CP) – Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is set to give the NDP a plan to protect public health care in an effort to avert a pre-Christmas election.
    via cnews

  11. maz2:
    I thought it was military question:
    Who goes there? Friend or enema. (I actually got to say this to a nurse once while in hospital. It was in Edmonton and she didn’t crack a smile.)

  12. Tony, thanks for the Tinyurl tip. Ya’ know, I used to use that. Have no idea why I don’t anymore. The older I get the more I forget I guess.
    Just breaking on Nealnews. No link yet. Now this could be good.
    Global TV poll: Majority Think Liberal Party Is Corrupt … Developing.
    I can’t wait for the Chretien camp and the Martin camp to start slinging mud at each other now that Gomery has put Chretien on the defensive. I think I’m starting to enjoy politics again.

  13. >>>>>>>>>>>> Willy he not go away??? And STFU. >>>>
    Bill Clinton Starts Breast Cancer Fund
    Posted by Millee
    On 11/03/2005 2:22:10 PM PST � 23 replies � 222+ views
    AP ^ | 11/3/05 | Staff
    Adding breast cancer to the list of health causes he champions, former President Bill Clinton is establishing a fund in honor of his mother, …

  14. Here we go again “Jack The Weasle” telling the CORRUPT govt. how they must screw the moral people (voters and children) of Canada for him and his ILK to prop up support for his vision of making people on waiting lists for surgery ect to have to wait even longer.
    Can’t this county get rid of the rat holers and get some sane form of administration who will look after the waste of money and redirect its efforts to helping the “ordinary” Canadian.
    “Jack The Weasle” supporter of corruption your middle name.

  15. Capt. Bob, We can get rid of the Rat Holers, but it involves guns and a few good men. Nothing that can be found in Canada.

  16. Sadly, liberalism with all it’s heartfelt Disney qualities, has brought upon us a plague of rot from the Islamic world that will be the on-going challenge of the 21st century.
    Our choice is fairly simple, deport all Muslims and contain them to their own despotic countries, where they can continue to murder each other, (their prime avocation) or kill them all where they stand.
    It’s unlikely that anyone will condone the killing scenario, but the deportation is doable.
    We must overthrow political correctness the save our assess while we can. WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO LIVE ALONG SIDE OF THEM.
    If not, the next big shot at ridding the planet of this vermin will be the eventual arrival of a large comet or asteroid hitting this blue ball in space.
    Wonder what will arise out of those ashes. We were a bit better than the dinosaurs. (that’s in our own opinion of course). I hope what is next will be a bit better than us.
    WOMEN!!! wake up, it’s you that has the most to lose if these scummers make progress in the Western World.
    Multi cultrualism has failed miserably as I predicted it would many years ago. How do you think we all wound up behind our own borders in the first place. How many times must we re-learn the lessons of …
    “likes attract” Common Culture makes a viable society. Even the regional difference in our own Canada will eventually pull us apart and at least three new countries (with common values) will emerge. Wait and see.
    Do I sound angry? I am …. I liked my society and my culture and it’s been changed so I barely recognize any of it. And that’s only the start of it.

  17. New Ipsos/Global poll:
    Lib 31
    Con 30
    Ndp 18
    Green 5
    In Ontario:
    Lib 38
    Con 38
    Didn’t see a number for BQ.
    h/t Neale

  18. john g, ya’ beat me to it.
    Can’t wait till Chretien dusts off all his weapons and starts calling dues from some of his former buddies, some of which are sitting in the House by the way. Have you noticed that some Liberal back benchers have been pretty quiet since Gomery released his report? As a matter of fact I noticed one stone faced individual didn’t even show his support when Martain responded to a question in Question Period. Just sat there looking kinda silly.
    Like I said, I’m starting to like politics again.

  19. I would love to see those polling numbers put to the REAL test but I am afraid Jack The Weasel will put a quick stop to my hopes.
    All the NDP will do is give the Libs time to Martinize the news again just like before.

  20. capt_bob. If we become discouraged we will never win. Martin is dead man talking. Dying men repeat the same old thing over and over. This is because they live in the past. Martin is saying nothing new at a time when Canadians want something new.
    There are a number within his own party that will dump him at a moment’s notice. That is the real danger. I want to see Harper kill that SOB, not have to deal with someone new.
    I’m heartened to see however that the majority polled said that the Liberal Party was corrupt. Not just Martin but the whole party. This is an important development.

  21. Urltrends.com can sure be very interesting, depending on how self-centered you happen to be
    I entered a couple of my blogsites and the results were very interesting. All the details and thumbnails.
    I must be very self absorbed. This sort of toy seems so much fun in several ways, to me.
    Entering others blogsites or websites is even more interesting. Guess I’m really nosy too. 73s TG

  22. Duke…
    People flow around the world and countries and cultures change and disappear. Always have and always will.
    Canada in a hundred years could be probably unrecognizable. Whatever we’ve had the last 30-50 years isn’t the way it’s supposed to be. The only given is movement and colonizing and resistance to it. Maybe Middle Eastern or Eastern cultures instead of European have the biggest movement happening now. Like our ancestors we’ll find it safer to move.

  24. Duke,
    My feelings exactly. The part that makes me the angriest of all is that my own Country and its �leaders� have made me feel that way. I resent them for that and hope one day to exact my revenge.

  27. Crown agency boss on board of new company
    Airline security chief moonlights with investment firm
    Glen McGregor
    The Ottawa Citizen
    …While some heads of major Crown corporations sit on the boards of charities or non-profit organizations, it is unusual for them to join publicly traded companies while they are still in office. Indeed, none of Mr. Duchesneau’s counterparts at the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), the Export Development Corporation or VIA Rail sit on the boards of private companies. The EDC code of conduct expressly prohibits executives from getting involved with private boards without special approval. Even David Dingwall resigned his directorships with several companies before becoming master of the Royal Canadian Mint…
    http://www.canada.com/ottawa/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=fc71af2d-b621-4d33-b0ec-c5515d7ff94e

  28. Bush did not/not lie about WMD: more, from LA Times, “Bush’s dishonest mistakes”, Jonathan Chait, Nov.4
    http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-chait4nov04,0,5889423.column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
    Excerpts:
    ‘It is true that, leading up to the war, the White House exaggerated the threat posed by Iraq. Spencer Ackerman and John Judis showed this in exhaustive detail in a cover story in the New Republic in 2003. (In fact, Patrick Fitzgerald’s indictment of Lewis “Scooter” Libby reveals that this article set Libby off to try to discredit former Ambassador Joe Wilson, who he suspected, correctly, was one of the article’s sources.)..
    It turns out that nearly everything the administration said about the Iraqi threat was wrong. The vast majority of that wrongness, though, was attributable to honest mistakes.
    How do we know that? Because almost everybody was wrong about the basic outlines of Iraq’s weapons capability. Foreign intelligence agencies believed that Iraq harbored weapons of mass destruction. The Clinton administration had issued dire warnings. United Nations weapons inspectors reported that Iraq had not accounted for missing weapons it had previously declared.
    On top of that widely shared consensus, Bush piled on some lies. But the notion that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction was not, in and of itself, a case of Bush duping Congress or the public. It was a case of Bush being duped along with the rest of the world…’
    Mark
    Ottawa

  29. This Nov. 3 CP story, “Army, air force have begun process toward plane, helicopter purchases”
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20051103/ca_pr_on_na/military_purchases
    ends with the following paragraph:
    “The Arctic program got a shot in the arm because of similarities between requirements for the Arctic plane [Twin Otter replacement] and its search-rescue counterpart, and the project to replace search-rescue variants of the Hercules and Buffalo, which was launched in 2004, was further along. Delivery is expected between 2009 and 2012.”
    Now note this from “Budget 2004 Defence Highlights”
    http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/reports/budget04/budget04_e.asp
    “The budget introduces plans to address the operational needs of the Canadian Forces, to modernize and acquire key capabilities and to enhance the quality of life of our members and their families. This includes:
    *accelerating the delivery of modern Fixed Wing Search and Rescue (SAR) to replace older Hercules aircraft and Canada’s fleet of Buffalo aircraft by providing Defence new funds of $300 million per year until this procurement is completed…”
    So getting the aircraft by 2112 (always go for the later date with Canadian defence procurement) is the “accelerating” that was promised in 2004?
    This is the great enhancement of the military that PM Martin promised in the 2005 budget?
    One weeps.
    Mark
    Ottawa

  31. Jack Layton is such a political whore. Sells any self-respect and beliefs for a fleeting chance to have some power.
    The only problem is that even a crack whore knows not to sell on credit. Any deal Layton makes will result in the NDP getting nothing when all is said and done. Happened with the so-called NDP budget.
    Watching the Liberals play with the NDP is a microcosm of how the Liberals play with Canada. Empty promise after empty promise.
    enough

  33. If only this were true in Canada:
    ‘In any case, the power of the whips today is a shadow of what it was in the 1960s and 1970s, now that traditions of trade union discipline have vanished from the Labour benches (just as military traditions have vanished from the Tory ones). We often forget that the revolt of Labour MPs over the Iraq war was the greatest rebellion in modern parliamentary history. So trying to reintroduce the old disciplines is likely to prove counter-productive.’
    “The desperation behind Blair’s half-baked banquet of ideas”, Ferdinand Mount, Daily Telegraph, Nov. 4
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/11/04/do0401.xml
    Mark
    Ottawa

  35. Harper unveils Conservative ‘Accountability Act’
    CTV.ca News Staff
    Updated: Fri. Nov. 4 2005 9:49 AM ET
    Capitalizing on outrage rekindled by the release of the sponsorship report, Conservative leader Stephen Harper has unveiled his party’s “Accountability Act.”
    Addressing a gathering of party faithful in Ottawa Friday morning, Harper said his plan is aimed at a complete government makeover.
    “This is about more than the specific sordid details of this specific scandal,” he said to cheers. “It’s about accountability.”
    In a speech outlining what amounts to his party’s election campaign platform, Harper made clear his vision for the Prime Minister’s Office.
    “When I become prime minister I will undertake an
    unprecedented overhaul of the federal government,” he said. “That is my commitment to you.”
    “Cleaning up government begins at the top,” he added, accusing Prime Minister Paul Martin of deflecting blame whenever the taint of scandal touches him.
    “Under Paul Martin’s watch the waste and mismanagement and corruption has continued.”
    But Harper said things would change under his leadership, beginning with the introduction of a “Federal Accountability Act,” as soon as the Conservatives form a government.
    Highlights of the proposed legislation include:
    * more powers to independent officers of Parliament, including the auditor general and ethics commissioner;
    * measures to ensure federal grants and contracts “provide value for taxpayers’ money;
    * “real protection” for whistleblowers;
    * reform of access to information laws
    * merit-based appointments to public office;
    * a complete ban on corporate and union donations, and an annual cap of $1,000 on individuals’ donations to federal political parties;
    * a mandatory five-year break before former ministers and other senior public officials can lobby government;
    “We must clean up corruption and lift up the veils of secrecy that have allowed it to flourish,” Harper said, promising to “replace the culture of entitlement with a culture of accountability.” >>>
    http://www.rapp.org/url/?L92W172R
    ctv.ca

  37. Oh so I bin thinking.
    When one believes they are right all the time
    When one believes they can do no wrong
    When one believes they always have the high moral ground
    When one is critical of others
    When one believes they can do no wrong
    When one believes that any wrong doing is the fault of others
    When one uses others for it’s own gains
    When one will lie about anything if it’s convenient
    Then it’s safe to say that ‘one’ is a sociopath which is also a psychopath .. pretty much the same word.
    I have just described Canadian society, government and media.
    In short, Canada has become mentally ill and we are all in danger because of it.

  39. Challenge: Find the millions stolen by AdScam Chretien/Martin/the Liberal Party of Canada. Librano$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ >>>>>>>>>
    Financial watchdog found $2B in suspicious money
    OTTAWA (CP) – A financial watchdog agency says it tipped off police and the security service to $2 billion in suspicious money last year.
    Fintrac, a federal agency set up to monitor money laundering and terrorist financing, says it turned over 142 cases to the authorities. That’s fewer cases than last year, but the amount of money involved is three times higher.
    Of the $2 billion, about $180 million involved suspected terror financing.
    The five-tear-old agency says the higher dollar figure shows that it’s getting better at rooting out schemes to launder cash. >>>>>>
    http://www.rapp.org/url/?O4TWJSN1
    cnews.canoe.ca

  40. Thanks Steve, you made my point. Robert Hare is precicely who I was thinking of when I tapped out that last note. Not well done on my part, I do see a parallel with the “personality” of Canada as a whole and the mental illness that affects it at this time.
    Good men and women are powerless to deal with this national maniac and are often simply becoming politically reclusive as I am. I don’t plan to vote until there is actually someone to vote for rather than agains. Bummer about the Conservatives. They just don’t know what to do.

  41. Canada�s Main Homosexual Activist Group Opposes Charge against Christian Pastor
    By Terry Vanderheyden
    RED DEER, Alberta, November 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) � An Alberta pastor facing an Alberta Human Rights Commission hearing for publishing a letter to the editor that criticized homosexuality is finding support from an unlikely place � Canada�s foremost homosexual advocacy group, Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (Egale).
    Although Egale said it opposes Pastor Stephen Boissoin�s opinions, even they favour that the complaint filed by University of Calgary assistant professor Darren Lund be dropped out of respect for the right to free speech. �Egale supports Professor Lund in working to make schools safe for all children but respectfully opposes his human rights complaint,� said Gilles Marchildon, Executive Director of Egale, based in Ottawa.
    Rev. Boissoin informed LifeSiteNews.com that on December 12 -16, he will appear before the human rights tribunal where they will determine his guilt or innocence. �In doing so, they will set a precedent for or against Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech��for or against you, a Bible believing Christian,� he said. If he is found guilty, he can be forced to pay homosexual groups thousands of dollars in fines and if he refuses to pay them, he can be incarcerated.
    http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05110307.html

  42. SAN FRANCISCO POLICE COME OUT against a handgun ban:
    Adding a timely twist to the debate, those opponents warn that a major earthquake could lead to chaos and anarchy, akin to post-Katrina New Orleans.
    “What happens when the police leave town, just like they did in New Orleans?” asked John Mindermann, a retired San Francisco police officer who keeps a handgun in his home in the low-crime area of West Portal. Only active law enforcement and military personnel would be exempt from the ban.
    And even though its officers fight violence daily, the San Francisco Police Officers Association is also opposed to the ban, saying it cannot back a measure that takes away “the personal choice of city residents to lawfully possess a handgun for self-defense purposes.”
    http://www.alphecca.com/mt_alphecca_archives/001773.html
    h/t instapundit

  43. Come on everybody, follow Mark Collin’s lead back a ways up the thread:
    Sign a petition for Allan Cutler to receive The Meritorious Service Decoration from the Governor General:
    http://www.petitiononline.com/cutler/petition.html
    It only takes a couple of minutes….he risked and suffered a tremendous setback in his career because he has principles.

  44. Liberal election slogan
    Vote for us …We Promise to make new laws that “Really” protect you from us.

  47. Anyone have your local cable sevice provider change the CPAC House of Commons channel post Gomery? It happened on Shaw cable out here. Curious.

  48. In the AMAZINGLY STUPID BUT TRUE dept:
    “A slap on the wrist for ‘perverted’ crime”
    http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Bonokoski_Mark/2005/11/04/1291748.html
    The column describes the case of a 17yr old ‘Holmoka Wanna-be’ who rapes a 12yr old by using a dog. The sentence for this disgusting crime that is likely to leave emotional scars on the victim: 20 months probation! There is no mention of if she also has a college speaking gig and a curfew.
    Is it just me or has Canada’s sense of law and order gone down the toilet? You know, what goes on between adults (and/or their pets) is their business BUT rape is rape! How more clear does it have to be? What does one have to do to get jail time… sell your own wheat?
    Just sign me as disgusted.

  49. Texas Canuck,
    That must give you some indication of why the visceral feelings between Westerner�s and the eastern policy makers and easterner�s in general. We live in two different worlds, one the light of day reality the other blind Camelot. The stupidity just never ends.

  50. AsISeeIt:
    Let’s hope the stupidity is not contagious. Then we’d probably have to shoot the chickens and liberano$! With licensed guns, of course 😉

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