Fighting tirelessly, with endless compassion in their hearts, on behalf of the little people.
h/t Bluegrass Pundit.
The Mindset of the Modern Left
Leftists the world over love to blather on & on about how “conservatives want to control your life”. In reality though, its the underlying notion of the Leftist mindset to shape everything around them into their view of Nirvana. This is done, at first, through a never-ending series of Rules & Regulations and Penalties. Here’s an example of the “Welcome” sign that greets visitors to the beaches of Santa Monica, California:
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It’s time for Harper to do something about the CBC. No more excuses, Mr. Harper — being nice to the Left doesn’t inspire them to be fairer or more honest. The CBC simply sees it as a sign of weakness and they slant the news even more to disparage anyone who refuses to submit to “progressive” ideology. Mr. Harper, you have to understand that these people think like sociopaths — they have no sense of justice or moral conscience, they will only respond to power.
Firstly, the CBC is violating its diversity mandate as a taxpayer funded institution by only embracing the point of view of the Left and being Partisan to the NDP or Liberals, for example. As such, the CBC is a political lobby organization, not a news organization.
Either the CBC gives fair representation of the diversity of views and news items covering the broad political spectrum of Canadian opinion, or they should be taken over by the Government as an official Government voicebox. Or alternatively, the CBC should be sold and privatized.
I have no problem if they are taken over as an official Government voicebox either — reflecting the policies of the Government of the day — because then at least Canadians will know who the CBC is speaking for (there is no hidden agenda). Or if they instead follow their diversity mandate and reflect the political voices of all Canadians — I have no problem with that either. Or if they privatize instead — I have no problem with that either.
But the CBC does NONE of the above legitimate options — they pretend to be an arms-length Government media institution, financed by all Canadians, but they only represent one political voice: the Canadian Left. And in election time (which seems to be all the time these days) they are unashamedly Partisan against conservatives. In effect, the largest media org in Canada gives free election advertising to any Party that opposes Conservatives, hence breaching election finance laws by misappropriating taxpayer money for the pet personal political lobbying of CBC bureaucrats.
Don’t be afraid to do the right thing, Mr. Harper — they will call you a “Nazi” anyway, no matter what you do. Don’t let name-calling and smears stop you from doing the right thing.
BTW, anybody see the CBC report on election fraud in the U.S.? It focused on alleged fraud by Republicans only — not a word about the Obama/Acorn scam. The CBC does not represent political diversity at any level — Nationally or Internationally — it is clearly a Left lobby organization that has little to do with objective journalism.
Why should Canadians have to pay for that? Freedom of the press and media is guaranteed under our Charter and the CBC violates that freedom by allowing only one voice although all taxpayers are forced to fund it.
Originally posted by Ricardo here.
Not Waiting For The Asteroid
@aaronleewudrick: The guy currently on CBC representing “Canadians Against Electoral Fraud” was also a spokesperson for Occupy Ottawa. I’m just sayin’.
…and I’m sure that the CBC didn’t know this. /sarc.
Another Day, Another MSM Hack Doing Obama’s Bidding
Newt Gingrich isn’t likely heading to the White House anytime soon but he sure knows how to handle mainstream media buffoons like David Gregory, who are clearly taking their marching orders from Obama Inc.
You Know What They Say …
Always read the fine print.
The Sound Of Settled Science
Strictly speaking, when looking at the cabal of proponents of man-made global warming theory (AGW) and the band of sceptics lined up against them, you can see they are all in fact caught up in a groupthink. Because both sides act as if the issue at hand is about whether mankind really is causing the planet to warm significantly and therefore endangering the earth. Which is why I left the following comment on the blog…
h/t Adrian
When is an uproar not an uproar?
When it’s a media uproar:
A month of controversy over pensions, privacy and Pierre Poutine has failed to dent support for the Conservative Party, according to a new poll by Nanos Research.
Support for the Tories remained exactly the same – at 35.7 per cent – compared to a month earlier.
So much for “the biggest electoral fraud in Canadian history.”
Back to the drawing board.
h/t Sammy
Reader Tips
Enoch Powell was a Cambridge professor, a poet, and a classical scholar fluent in Greek, but he will go down in history as the British Conservative MP who in 1968 delivered the historic and highly controversial “Rivers Of Blood” speech in which he warned that British immigration policy was “a great betrayal” that was creating a “transformation to which there is no parallel in a thousand years of English history.”
In “Rivers of Blood”, independent British film producer Denys Blakeway intersperses archival footage with contemporary interviews to create a surprisingly un-PC and commendably balanced — or, as some on the left would call it, “cowardly, manipulative and politically irresponsible” –– look at Powell’s speech and the issues it addressed. Here are three substantial excerpts from Rivers Of Blood, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Blog Notes
Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Goldikova in the group in Scottsdale, AZ yesterday. She’s following in the footsteps of Venus, and is already top ranked female Mini Schnauzer in the US this year. Thanks to the guest bloggers for helping keep the place humming while Golda’s been ripping up the rings from Portland to Denver to San Diego. Normal blogging will resume in a couple of days.
Holiday Sick Days
Or is it Sick Holiday Days … I’m confused:
Workers who become ill during their holidays will be legally entitled to extra time off work under controversial plans to be introduced later this year by Vince Cable, the Business Secretary.
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Ministers claim that the new regime must be introduced following several European legal judgments.
“Mio dio”, or is it “mein Gott!” … sorry, I don’t know how to speak EUian , least of all think in it.
Via (with details)
The Spectacular Reagan Library
A recent visit to the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California rendered some lasting memories.
For those younger folks who aren’t very familiar with President Ronald Reagan, here’s a good synopsis of his time in that role (video).
Update: This is a famous speech given by Reagan in 1964 – h/t Marc in Calgary
Shocked! Shocked I say!
Original site, which for some reason neglects to post the letter that prompted the reply. Funny, that.
To answer the question, yes, I’m shocked! Shocked that the Gov’t recognizes these wing-nuts aren’t in it for Canada, our economy, or the jobs that support the teat they are suckled to. Shocked that the Gov’t recognizes the disastrous policy of relying on the United States as the single consumer of our oil and for the vast majority of our product.
I respectfully ask that you go right on shocking me, Mr. Prime Minister.
From BCF with a h/t to @kshaidle.
Pleasing Your Enemies Does Not Turn Them Into Friends
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is suing in federal court more than a dozen environmental organizations that are likely to challenge its plans for drilling Alaska’s Arctic Ocean this summer, an unprecedented preemptive move aimed at avoiding potentially costly delays.
Those Moderate Muslims!
At Norman’s Spectator, video at bottom of link in quote:
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Mail on Sunday front page: Shocking video of Churchill’s Desert Rats’ graves being smashed to rubble by Libyan rebels http://tinyurl.com/76tyrbh
Libyan rebels smashed headstone of Canadian pilot, M. P. Northmore/killed in October 1943/buried in Benghazi http://tinyurl.com/76tyrbh…
Photos:
Sad: A remnant of the cross lies smashed on the floor Reuters
Update: Aussie reaction–our government? Will our major media cover?
Sickening attack on Diggers’ war graves
THE Gillard Government has demanded Libya track down and punish a rebel mob responsible for a sickening attack on a graveyard where Australian World War II Diggers are buried.
Dressed in combat gear and armed with guns, the extremists filmed themselves rampaging through the Benghazi cemetery as they smashed up headstones and tore down the Cross of Remembrance with a sledgehammer…
Via Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs.
Predate: In fact there already has been an apology:
Libya apologises for attack on World War II graves
Benghazi, Libya: Libyan authorities on Tuesday [Feb. 28, took quite a while for the story to get wide coverage] condemned the desecration of World War II graves in the eastern city of Benghazi by protesters angry over US troops burning the Koran in Afghanistan [emphasis added]…
Upperdate: The Toronto Star notices; and there actually seem to be ten Canadians buried at the cemetery.
This Was The Moment
That the rise of the oceans began to slow and the planet began to heal…
To save the imperiled spotted owl, the Obama administration is moving forward with a controversial plan to shoot barred owls, rival birds that have shoved their smaller cousins aside.
h/t Mike
Time for Britain to Rethink its Failed NHS?
The Telegraph’s Charles Moore has just published a most interesting column. Here’s a snippet:
Given that health service reform is unpopular, and that politicians like to win elections, you would think that governments would avoid reform. So when they keep coming back to it, it must be for a reason.
That reason is as simple as the question above, but it can never be publicly stated by the reformers. They cannot even admit it in their heart of hearts (assuming they have such an organ), because it is a politically unthinkable thought. It is that the National Health Service is, always has been and always will be a rotten way of doing things.
This is hard to see because the NHS arose from a good idea – that people should be able to get good health treatment without financial worry. Unfortunately for Britain, this was acted upon at a time when centralised state socialism was at its height. So the NHS was constructed to carry out Whitehall commands. It was even imagined that these commands could be so efficiently obeyed that the cost of care would actually fall. The thing was a fantasy of the state planner. It is the reality, not the fantasy, which strikes the patient – and the patient’s friends and relations – every day.
Before You Complain About Your Local Weather
You might want to consider our friends up north:
h/t Plainzdrifter
Reader Tips
In our Saturday night Tips music, gap-toothed rascal Dan Baird of southern rockers The Georgia Satellites sings a song about, how you say, energetic frustration called Keep Your Hands To Yourself.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Sparky Cars
General Motors Co. announced the temporary suspension of Chevrolet Volt production and the layoffs of 1300 employees, as the company is cutting Volt manufacturing to meet lower-than-expected demand for the electric cars.
h/t Adrian