Tom Sawyer is a mere amateur when compared to the whitewashing abilities of the political elites in British Columbia. At every level in the hierarchical chain, the refrain is the same: “Couldn’t have been stopped. We did nothing wrong.”
There’s a strong sense out here on the Kumbaya Left Coast that few are buying into this nonsense. The Vancouver Sun’s Jeff Lee certainly isn’t. Neither is Alex Tsakumis. Daniel Fontaine, of City Caucus, isn’t buying any of the spin either.
What’s even more appalling is that it looks to many that few to no one will be prosecuted for what happened on June 15th. Roy Green was all over this during his show on Saturday. You can listen to it here. First you’ll hear him interview BC’s Solicitor General and Interim Attorney General Shirley Bond. She used the phrase “we need to go through the process” so many times that I now anoint her BC’s 2011 Queen of Obfuscation.
Later you’ll hear yours truly and two other Metro Vancouver citizens explain how angry and ashamed we are about what has [not] happened. Finally, you’ll hear some callers phone in, two of which insist that we must have patience.
There are two important dates to look out for later this year:
Nov 19 – If the dreadful Gregor Robertson gets reelected mayor, likely with at least 65% of eligible voters not even bothering to show up at the polls, then we will officially know that Vancouverites just don’t care about their city.
Dec 15 – This will be 6 months since the day of the riots. Things get a whole lot more complicated to prosecute anyone after this date.
Another Human Rights Tragedy in Quebec!
A Quebec separatist has filed a human rights complaint against a new staff member of Stephen Harper. Why? Because the fellow doesn’t speak French. OMG that’s so despicable, surely ranking up there with the mass-murders orchestrated by Mao, Stalin, Hitler, and Pol Pot!
Fire them all.
h/t Wally J.
Kudos to Kate!
John Lewis, a regular SDA commenter, wrote a most interesting letter to Mark Steyn:
PR Improvements for Toronto’s Public Sector Workers
I’ve often been critical of David Frum in the past (and rightfully so) but his latest column is absolutely brilliant! He places himself in the role of media consultant for the beleaguered Toronto Municipal Employees and then proceeds to mock them incessantly. It’s beautiful! Here’s a snippet:
Some radicals might even suggest that public money be spent to support the creation of a universal downloadable digital library — by, for example, buying copyrights of out-of-print books and making them available to all for free over the Internet on any computer, tablet, or smart phone.
But those 21st-century approaches do not sustain unionized public-sector jobs! And sustaining unionized public-sector jobs must be priority number one, ahead of all other considerations. If we delivered a service a certain way in 1961, that’s the way it must be delivered in 2011 — only, of course, by a larger workforce, earning higher pay, with superior benefits.
Obama & Rae: The Kings of Debt
All North Americans should watch this discussion between Brian Lilley and John Robson.
Twit Alert – Part 2
Shot at Darryl Hannah’s DC Kumbaya Moonbat-fest:
Note: If you can’t see the video, click here.
Dennis Prager Explains The Thinking of the Left
Dennis Prager is one of my favourite talk show hosts. Here’s an example why:
“Truth is not a left-wing value. Feeling good is.”
Incidentally, if you’re interested to catch his show, you can listen to it here at 12pm ET (9am PT), Monday – Friday.
Twit Alert
A short list of questions for Darryl Hannah:
- How did you get from your home in California to Washington? (note: citing carbon credits is an absolutely invalid answer)
- Though your home runs on solar power, have you yet donated 99% of your wealth to less wealthy individuals who can’t afford to similarly customize their homes?
- How does the bio-diesel you use for your car get transported to you?
- How do you sleep at night knowing that bio-diesel fuel pollutes Mother Gaia?
- How do the products you buy get transported to the stores you shop in?
- What sources of power do the servers use that host your weekly podcast?
- How do you get to the movies you work on?
- Have you yet refused to accept one cent from movies you’re in that play in theatres powered by anything other than solar or wind?
- What motivates you to destroy the livelihoods of Canadians, almost all of whom make a lot less money than you?
- Is your disgusting hypocrisy innate or a learned behaviour?
Just Another “Isolated” Incident
15 people were arrested at a New York amusement park after Muslim women in hijabs were denied entrance onto rides because of safety reasons related to their headgear. Here is an explanation of what initiated the violence:
Earlier, a park cashier told a Journal News reporter that a woman wearing a hijab either pushed or hit a ride operator who forbade her from going on the ride. She said a police officer tried to restrain the woman and the woman’s husband took offense, at which point a multiple-person fight broke out.
Jim Chu’s Keystone Cop Brigade
A real-life farce in Vancouver is starting to look a whole lot like something out of Hollywood. The National Post Editorial Board is rightfully condemning the complete lack of progress by the Vancouver Police on charging the June 15th rioters.
If you live in the Metro Vancouver area and would like to be a panelist on this subject on Roy Green’s radio program this Saturday around 1:30pm PDT then please send me an e-mail asap. No exceptions, you must live in the Vancouver area.
America in 2011
Seen earlier this month on Highway 101 in Silicon Valley, California
Featured Comment
This powerful comment, by SDA regular Ken Kulak, was read by Charles Adler on his radio program today:
Well said Charles.
Like Charles’s family, both my wife’s and my came here for freedom and never mooched a dime of taxpayers money. Some had enough funds to pay their passage to Canada and some had travel debt owing Canadian Pacific. Some even lived in granaries in the late 1920s and early 1930s with rats running over the bunks, but never took a dime from the taxpayer. They were just grateful to be in a free country. They did not get on their feet until enough children were old enough to work on farms to help provide. They never took a dime from the taxpayer. Some of the children fought in WW II, some of the older ones had rented and then bought farms. Others worked in factories. A few of the real young ones went to university. By the 1950s all children and grandchildren were successful members of society in various occupations or business. None ever took welfare.
Sorry to go on, but I get so sick of the entitlement mentality that is so pervasive these days, especially when it touted by a lying political party whose radical members with veiled values that would put us back to the hell hole that we came from.
I repeat, well said Charles and repeat what John said @ 3:29, God Bless Canada and Canada is the best country in the world.
A Tiny Issue for Canada’s National Governing Party
Brian Gable’s latest cartoon in the Globe & Mail is hilarious:
Charles Adler’s Final Letter to Jack Layton
Ontario’s ‘No Real Discussion’ Election
In just 39 days the voters of Ontario will decide whether to return Dalton McGuinty to power or to give Tim Hudak a chance at running things. Too bad there’ll be little of substance discussed with the voters. Don’t blame the politicians though, this is entirely the fault of the media for turning modern-day elections into shallow popularity contests where the only thing that matters are those “gotcha” moments.
The Cries of the Desperate
If you’re skeptical of AGW theory then, according to Al Gore, not only are you a “denier” (akin to Holocaust denier) but you’re also much like a racist:
One would think that some of the more intelligent environmentalists would much prefer if Gore just shut up. He truly is hurting “his side” … big time.
Update: Reportedly some aren’t able to watch the video. You can also see it here.
Update 2: Ezra Levant & Lorrie Goldstein discuss Gore’s assertion around 2 minutes into this video. And Charles Adler discusses it here.
Follow the Science
A common narrative of pundits & politicians on the Left is that they and their ilk respect science, whereas conservatives allegedly do not. This assertion has never made much sense to me but let’s put it to the test.
Lawrence Solomon reports on the latest findings of CERN in regard to global warming. Turns out that the sun and cosmic rays have a lot more effect on the Earth’s temperature than mankind does.
James Delingpole chimes in with his analysis too.
With such earth shattering new evidence coming to the fore, surely everyone on the Left who once claimed that mankind was mostly to blame for temperature changes, will now publicly admit they were wrong? Mr. Gore, Mr. Suzuki, as the men of science that you constantly tell us that you are, we look forward to these pronouncements this coming week.
Be Careful What You Wish For
The BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) has been dead set against keeping the HST in British Columbia. Not just a little, but a lot! That’s fine and it’s most certainly their privilege to advocate against it. Now that their wishes have been granted they, like the rest of the citizens in B.C., must accept the consequences.
With a whole lot less money now to be entering government coffers, the teachers union clearly must have understood that a whole lot less money would be available to pay out to their members.
Much like parents, a key role of teachers is to educate children that, along with privileges, comes responsibilities. Accepting the former but ignoring the latter would be highly unprofessional & hypocritical. But we’ve never seen any examples of that amongst Far Left Ideologues & Zealots, have we?!
To the members of the BCTF, let me quote directly from Jack Layton’s final letter to Canadians:
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic.
We look forward to such positive sentiments from you all in the coming months & years. For we know that you each of you will share equally in the extra financial burdens that will be imposed on us all now that extra revenue from the HST is no longer available. Equality and Fairness, My Union Brothers & Sisters! Your mantra is now my mantra. Let’s all sing together now!
The Forthcoming Quebec Spring?
Are Quebecers tired of the same old, same old or is something else at work? You decide.
The Future of Education?
Margaret Wente has a very interesting story about an American fellow named Salman Khan who has quickly become an educational maven. Here’s one of his videos, which I watched, that is absolutely excellent.
Bill Gates has given him some money to help him form The Khan Academy.
As more & more kids use his videos to actually learn something, watch for teachers unions across America and Canada to actively try to destroy him. 🙁