31 Replies to “The World Is Being Run By Crazy People”

  1. This is the turning point, people are waking up to the tyranny that is creeping up from behind and now is the time to smack down the elites with enough force to keep them in their ivory towers. The Iggys and the Laytons here in Canada want to waste our tax dollars and regulate, no different than Obongo. Conservatives must play the same game as the stinking lefties, and find every piece of dirt on these elites, right from the top to the angry faced “pundit” who constantly writes glowing articles of anything from the left while marginalizing as knuckledraggers the very people who pay the freight for this country. The TEA party in the US is only concerned people who want to protect what was fought for, they want nothing more than to be left alone so their hard work can make a better place for their children. That is something a self loathing leftie can’t comprehend. The left is so stupid, last night on Hannity the leftie Tamara Holder was pissed that Christine O’donnell didn’t like masturbating! This is where the lefties mindset is, not on work and progress, but jerking off and getting paid for it! Over

  2. bartinsky, that last sentence was beautiful…
    You would think that the establishment is completely unaware that every so often, after years of atrophy, renewal must take place or culture dies.
    Next … I can see why lefties are so pro masturbation especially the women. Consider all those effeminate, caring, leftist (alleged) men.
    All Liberals are blond.

  3. My visits to the USA since the ascendancy of The One have shown me that you’d have to be either extremely isolated (like alone on a desert island) or extremely determined, to miss the deep discontent and -fear- of the average American.
    Americans are terrified they are going to lose their job, their house, their car, their 401K, their business, whatever they have. Everyone knows somebody who already lost it all in the first crash. Whole swaths of houses are standing empty in every city in America, car lots are shuttered, stores are closed and the windows soaped over in every mall. Its serious.
    Americans are watching the Democrats kick the bus as it teeters on the guardrail at the edge of the cliff. Watching them run to the end that’s hanging over and jump up and down. Watching them get out and try to push the bus over on purpose.
    Watching the Republicans LET THEM DO IT. Just like they watched the Republicans let the Democrats grab the wheel and drive the damn bus off the road in the first place.
    The Tea Party isn’t a political phenomenon. Its people who are scared, showing up and screaming “SMARTEN UP!!!” at the ones who are scaring them. Everybody knows this except apparently the mainstream media and Republican/Democrat poobahs living on a desert island someplace.
    Frankly, I think the party which will take the most damage in November is going to be the Republicans. The Dems will lose seats, maybe even ALL the seats in areas that aren’t blazing red communist enclaves. But the Republican RINO poobah-ocracy is going to get -slaughtered-, to be replaced by men and women who actually want to oppose the Left, not get along with them.
    Example, New York. I lived there a while, and NY is infamous for having the most crooked, most inbred political class you can imagine. From the county dog catcher up to the Governor, its all back scratching and buddy-buddy deals for insiders, tax hikes and potholes for the peons. Republican primaries this year were won by people NOT in with the In Crowd. Tea Party types.
    So I think the Dems get beat, but the Republicans get destroyed and reborn in fire this year. About d@mn time too.

  4. Interesting, bartinsky. I was about to come on here to make mention of Holder’s “anti-masturbation” comment as well.
    I’m not sure what it is with the mindset of liberals. I don’t share O’Donnell’s sentiments — *cough* — but she’s welcome to her opinions on sexuality and sexual health. But, what on earth does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
    I will give Holder some credit though. Unlike the brain-dead Alan Colmes, she doesn’t appear to be a blind Obama supporter, and at a couple points acknowledged that Obama policies weren’t working well.

  6. Well if you are Bob Fife or any of the CBC dolts, that would be more like three years later.
    They are all mesmerized by that asteroid coming closer & closer.
    Ka-Boom.

  7. Phantom, you must have had extra good coffee this morning, good word-smithing man.
    I have several American friend from my ten year stint in that country. I have talked to a couple of them recently and Phantom is right. Those people are freaked out … they are all around 60ish and have already lost much of what they had worked for. Two of them have lost all retirement funds which they have been cashing in to live day to day. Their home (the ones who still have one) have lost up to 50% of their value and cannot be sold.
    They are scared that it will get worse. One of them even suggested he might flee to Canada to find work. However he is a white, English speaking man with skills, so I told him he would likely have no chance.

  8. Sorry about that, membership required on that forum. My stupidity.
    Text of the letter:
    September 15, 2010
    Re: Private Members Bill – Hoeppner – Long Gun Registry
    Many Canadians will find themselves in a quandary over the recent media reports and political posturing relating to the Hoeppner Bill which calls for abolition of the long gun registry and ONLY the long gun registry.
    As a life member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, I find myself disagreeing with the current Chiefs leadership and I also notice that the Canadian Police Association has altered their position as they too now support retention of the registry. That is not surprising when one considers that political and organizational leadership in large urban centres, i.e. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, influences the majority of members, in both organizations. (It is interesting to note that two of Canada’s leading innovative Chiefs – Rick Hanson of Calgary and Julian Fantino of Ontario – and many street level police personnel have made it quite clear that the registry is not supported).
    While I once believed that common sense would prevail in our federal political process the most recent pressure-influenced political manipulation and caucus whipping does taint ones outlook. To be clear, I was once but am no longer a member of any federal political party.
    It should be noted that my opposition to this long gun registry goes back to the introduction of Bill C-68 at a time when we already had acceptable laws for Firearms Acquisition and safe storage. At that time, I was quite vocal in stating that (1) it allowed police too much power re: search and seizure and (2) the data base could be compromised, thus permitting criminals (through unscrupulous employees) to ‘gun shop’ on line via the Canadian Police Information Centre and (3) that the cost would eventually overshadow any benefit to law enforcement and (4) the registry development monies would be better spent by enhancing police budgets for additional staff and equipment.
    There is not satisfaction in now stating that most of the comments have rung true! My October 27th, 1998 editorial in the Calgary Herald, titled “Gun registration will fail to prevent tragedies” remains valid.
    Many years ago, L.H. Nicholson one of our very respected and astute former RCMP Commissioners was on the mark when he encouraged the federal government of the day to abandon any thought of enlarging the 1934 small arms registry to include long guns. His comments remain true today. Perhaps this is why many folks I have encountered in Alberta and Saskatchewan have no intention of every registering their long guns. If detected, they are lawbreakers but they are prepared to face the legal system rather than have their personal property recorded in a government controlled database. Some estimate that one third to one half of the long guns in possession of, hunters, farmers and ranchers may be unrecorded.
    It is now quite common to see quotes from various police leaders and community groups concerning the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, the Toronto shootings, or the Mayerthorpe, Alberta murders of the RCMP members. Even though some police leaders try to put a positive spin on these cases, I fail to see where any registry, save perhaps one for criminals and the mentally unbalanced, would have prevented any of these atrocities. Regardless of the upcoming registry vote, the proliferation of gangs with illegal weapons will continue unabated.
    If the Bloc, the ND’s and the Liberals decide to kill this Bill, then some Provincial leaders (Alberta included) should undertake a complete study for ‘opting-out’ possibilities.
    Recent and past political flip-flopping along with MP manipulation certainly does little to enhance my confidence in the decision making process. We should all encourage our elected representatives to stand firm, to think for themselves and vote ‘freely’ in line with their constituent’s wishes! Regardless of the outcome, I suspect that this issue will remain alive.
    Sincerely,
    Robert H.D. Head
    Assistant Commissioner – RCMP(rtd.)

  9. “It does conservatives little good to support candidates who . . . do not evince the characteristics of rectitude and truthfulness and sincerity and character that the voters are looking for.”
    Ah, good old fashioned bullshit and bluster in place of real criticism. So, who are these candidates that “evince the characteristics of rectitude and truthfulness”?
    I’ve been saying for years that we need a revolution, not another election, and the Tea Party is is! If nothing else,this should shake the smug establishment politicians,and demonstrate to the citizens that you CAN fight city hall.
    We need a movement like this in Canada to scare hell out of our political elites.

  11. The Tea Party is America’s mainstream.
    It’s the ruling elites and their supporters who are the wacky ones.

  12. Springer,
    The problem is that people frequently ask the wrong question, of the wrong PLL, & expect a reasonable answer
    The MANAGEMENT LEVEL of any Organization MUST have a concern, regardless of how insignificant, of every policy that affects those under thier command: boots on the ground
    The questions asked of the “Management level” must be those that invoke a logistical answer, supported by numbers(measurement)
    The left solicit opinion, and then intellectually misuse that opinion as conclusive. (Actually the left may just be stupid)
    JMHO

  13. He he , good one Kate! That witty threadlining is what keeps me coming back. That and your farsighted news linkage.
    RE: the Tea parties – haven’t turned out as I had hoped ( to be totally non partisan constitutionalist populism ) but as long as they are gravitating to reform the GOP, I’m pleased the populist message of reforming anti-constitutional elitism is still strong. I’m hoping this is the beginning of the end for insider elites and the American oligarchy, but I’ve seen so many reform movements infiltrated by the very forces they proposed to reform – with the end result being a neutered reform movement co-opted into the same syatem it had hoped to reform.

  14. “To many disgruntled conservatives, Rove was behind Bush in giving us open borders, tax cuts that expire,, Medicare Part D and busted budgets.”
    To be fair, the sunset clause on the tax cuts was forced on the Republicans by the Democrats as a condition to allowed them to be passed.
    Everyone seems to agree now that the Republican tax cuts are good, it’s the Democrat sunset clause(expiration) that’s bad.
    And the world has been run like Easter Island by the establishment elites, no eye to the real future beyond perpetuation of the establishment.
    A lot of the Tea Partiers want term limits in hopes that term limited representatives will govern with an eye for the betterment of the electorate.
    Term limits are anti-establisment.
    The reason only the President has a 2 term limit is because the POTUS is just America’s CEO.
    The House of Representatives are the Board of Directors and the establishment have no intention of putting up with such limits whether there is an R or a D next to their name.

  15. The main aspect about the TEA party is that it is unorganized organization….
    The TEA party has no membership list or an idenfyable hierachy that can be assassinated, smeared or discredited by the usual means.
    The TEA party consists of more than conservatives and independants but also a whack of dis-illusioned democrats…..and that last item is what drive the demo-elites nuts….
    Much like Sarah Palin faced attack not just from the lefty realm but also the belt-way Republican pohbahs…..the party bosses are frustrated and afraid.
    Regardless of whether the Democrats lose the House and Senate or not, the Republican hierarchy is doomed to be swept aside.
    Carl Rove is history…he should have just said “no comment”.
    The TEA party is already in Canada but like most things is a different animal to the US equivilent…with the same goals….the main difference is it is more regional in nature, and more clandestine, and below the radar of the media…or unreported.
    Here our local MP has had sound bites on the radio…a former Police Chief he is supportive of ending the registry. As he said, registering cars has no effect upon impaired driving….

  16. Yes, the world ‘IS’ run by crazy people.
    It is true. But why? I am convinced the majority does not want to be ruled by crazies.
    I also believe the media is ‘THE’ key that perpetuates the Ruling Elite scam.
    Who do the sheeple see nightly on TV, in newspaper “expert” columns and magazine front pages? The everyday well rounded good track record people?
    Nope. Eric Margolis, Gwyne Dyer, Justin Trudeau, Al Gore, David Suzuki, Elizabeth May, Jeffrey Simpson …
    Political parties, of ALL stripes, know it they run crazies they will receive favorable media attention.
    The Ruling Class . The Elites. The Intellectuals. The Kings & the Queens. The Celebrities. Same shi!, different pile.

  17. Springer, thanks for the post. It is gratifying to see that the message is getting out there. May be a little late for the vote but I’m sure it will go in the war chest for the next election.
    Back to the main topic, there was a time in this country and in our neighbour to the south when an elected representative was elected because he was a, and this sounds trite, pillar of the community!
    Think about that. We elected people to govern us because of the reputation they had earned during their life. They had experienced life, the good and bad and had made a life for themselves and their families before they entered politics. As a result the electorate had a gauge with which to judge the people that were to represent them. Somewhere in the Sixties we lost that. Now we elect political scientists and lawyers that haven’t even paid off their first car or worse we elect people because of their heritage. Hopefully we, and our neighbours to the south, have turned the corner. Perhaps installing the community organizer into the same office as the little haberdashery owner who fought in the trenches in WWI has brought us all to our senses. We’ll wait and hopefully see.

  18. Who do the sheeple see nightly on TV
    Their favorite sports teams and their favorite entertainers.
    Most people don’t give a fig about politics and can’t tell you the difference between Left and Right.
    Do they still vote?
    Yeah, but a lot of them don’t even bother voting either.
    People do not get engaged until they have a problem that’s right in their face.
    That’s why the Left makes steady small incremental steps toward it’s goals, so that people do not become alarmed and get engaged in political issues.
    That’s why I was against the approach of the recyclingfacts.com guy on the ‘Penalty for Success’ thread.
    He wants people to buy in at the lower pain introductory stage so that they won’t become alarmed at the bigger overall problem of Totalitarian Environmentalism and reject the agenda as a whole.
    In the U.S., the Left got the Congress, the Senate, and the Whitehouse and said, “Wow!” “We’ve got a mandate to make BIG changes to America” and now they have awakened Joe and Jane Sixpack for their TV induced stupor because the Left forgot to take it slow like they always have.
    Pot, water, stove, frog.

  19. “It does conservatives little good to support candidates who . . . do not evince the characteristics of rectitude and truthfulness and sincerity and character that the voters are looking for.”
    Heh. Mike Castle is certainly showing oodles of ‘sincerity of character’ these past couple of days, isn’t he.
    I have great respect for Karl Rove 99% of the time, but my goodness, he’s completely tone-deaf on this issue. I also do not see a lot of point in electing a RINO who will vote for Cap N Tax, Stimulus, etc., the kind of job killing policies that will only hinder the U.S. economic recovery.
    Best give a true conservative a chance to win the seat IMO. Given the nexus of political anger and economic fear in the U.S. today, an unconventional candidate like O’Donnell WILL make the race competitive.

  20. A lot of the Tea Partiers want term limits in hopes that term limited representatives will govern with an eye for the betterment of the electorate.
    Term limits are anti-establisment.
    The reason only the President has a 2 term limit is because the POTUS is just America’s CEO.
    The House of Representatives are the Board of Directors and the establishment have no intention of putting up with such limits whether there is an R or a D next to their name.
    Posted by: Oz at September 17, 2010 12:24 PM
    I’ve argued here and elsewhere that term limits need to be put on many, most, or all significant political positions, at least at the federal level. Over the last 50 years, a new Ruling Elite, the Celebrity Politician, has taken hold of the levers of power. In some cases, multiple generations of families are engaged in politics.
    The notion of the citizen legislator, at the federal level, is capital-D dead in Canada and the U.S.

  22. Sure they could Oz, it would simply need to be worded in a slightly more complex way, for example, “A sitting MP may not maintain representation in the House of Commons after two terms, or 8 years, whichever is greater.” Or something like that.
    Although, yes, fixed election dates would make matters easier to craft term limit legislation. I was, and still am, a big fan of B.C.’s fixed election dates. I would endorse same on the federal scene.
    As always, IMHO.

  23. after two terms, or 8 years, whichever is greater.
    That could cause bi-elections in half to 3/4 of the seats in Parliament half way through a 3rd short-term when many MPs reach the 8 year limit if a minority government had been forced to have some early elections because of their minority status.
    Then the staggered 8 year limit dates of those new MPs coming out of those bi-elections would be carried forward and cause spotaneous bi-elections until those seats lost their incumbets in a general election.
    You do know that nonconfidence votes trigger elections, right?
    It would be CHAOS.
    You wouldn’t get any quality conservative candidates to take up such a proposition in the first place.
    It would be a superb tool for any Leftists who wanted to disrupt our democracy and bring down the system though.

  24. Of course I’m aware what a non-confidence vote is. No need to be condescending.
    It went unsaid, but my working assumption under the scenario I described would allow an MP to sit out a term once the 8-year/2-term time limit was reached — meaning, in some cases, some MPs could sit up to 11 or 12 years. Otherwise, as you properly point out, there would be chaos.
    I’m not making this up on the fly, I’ve considered this extensively over the years. What I’ve described above I don’t consider in a vacuum. In my ideal scenario, it would be linked with other legislation, such as anti-lobbying legislation (for just-retired MPs), and political leave-of-absence legislation, allowing one to retain a measure of job security, within limits, to pursue public service.
    Pie in the sky? Probably. I acknowledge, I haven’t written a masters thesis on it, but, these are the things I ponder when I apply the gray matter to the issue of what to do with the Ruling Elites.

  25. after two terms, or 8 years, whichever is greater
    Sorry if I sounded condescending.
    I was confused by the phrase “whichever is greater” which I took to mean whichever is greater(a term being four years, 2 terms being 8 years…so if you’re talking two terms or 8 years than the outer limit is 8 years if the terms are shortened by early elections) and also confused by the word “limit” which I understood to mean a finite thing like, oh I dunno, a “limit” finito, as in The End.
    So the greater l.i.mi.t of 8 means 11 or 12,… must be the new math.
    I’m so not informed about the pop culture of young people these days.
    I assure you, Colin, that Term Limits are entirely unworkable without fixed election dates.
    Confidence votes and the ability for a PM or Premier to call a snap election make Term Limits an impossibility in Canada however much you or I like the notion of Term Limits.

  26. Probably too right. The system is entirely too gameable — which is of course what all my pie in the sky thinking is trying to get around. But, things remain gameable.
    Unfortunately, I don’t see fixed election dates coming any time soon. It’s easy enough to establish notionally, but with our system as-is, minority parliaments can crumble at any time. Here in B.C., the election dates are fixed every four years in May, unless the government falls, at which point the 4-year clock starts at the new date.
    True fixed election dates, like in the U.S., would require a change from parliamentary democracy to a republic-style form of government. Heh. I’d like to see that constitutional can of worms get opened.

  27. I’d like to see fixed election dates here and term limits in Canada and the U.S.
    The Tea Partiers are right, term limits are essential to curb deadwood establishment corruption and ballooning government growth.
    I agree, Colin, I think it’s probably necessary to have a Republic for term limits too.
    I don’t like the parliamentary system, it’s designed to operate with an empowered Monarch as CEO and having the Prime Minister as a kind of CEO be able to appoint the GG as a proxy for a Monarch is entirely too susceptible to corruption, it has too few checks on unbridled power.

  28. Well well, so even some Republicans don’t like the Tea Partiers. A little too democratic and libertarian for the Bush old boys, is it?
    I hope a whole slew of “Sarah Palins” get elected across the country — traditional housewives and moms who can transfer the practical skills of organizing a house full of screaming, crying kids and babies into U.S. government.
    Let’s face it, the single “educated” women, Left feminists, “popular” lesbians, etc. have been useless in government because they don’t even have the organizational skills to boil an egg.
    Bring in the soccer moms, I say!

  31. Of course the world is run by crazy people. It’s run by volunteers.
    You have to be nuckin futz to want the job of running it in the first place, and screaming bats*t loony to imagine you can do it.
    Regards,
    Ric

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