Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Monday, September 15, 2008

Lies, lies, damned lies

There are lots of sources on the 'net regarding the lies that the current Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, has brazenly told. Here's a few links. A lot of them are repeated, but I don't think it can ever be over-emphasized how little regard he has for the truth or the people of Canada...

"LIES THAT STEPHEN HARPER TOLD US"

Lies That Stephen Harper Told Us

Harper speech, a prelude to election lies

Stephen Harper Lies

HARPER LIES TO GRIEVING WIDOWS

Well, you get the idea. All you have to do is Google 'Stephen Harper Lies' and you'll have more reading material than you need.

It's not that politicians haven't lied in the past. It seems to be their usual behaviour sometimes. What makes Mr. Harper's lies so vile it's that he seems to care only for his ideology and his image. He has no concern at all about the pain the average Canadian citizen has to endure.

(Did you know that before he was elected he was a paid lobbyist for an ultra-conservative political party? He had no political experience at all. Given his career choice, is it a surprise that what he does is based solely on what he believes and not what is the best for Canada...)

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