A great image

from Dec. 31's post: the article on 'The Conservative Bible'. I wonder how many conservatives would say "Yes, right, what's wrong with the picture, then?"


It may seem far-fetched, but I've heard some pretty awful things come out of the mouths of right wing people, though most weren't running for public office. Sadly, some were...

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Oh, the things these human beings get up to

Old news, but always relevant.


A Better Bible: Blessed Are the God-Fearing and Money-Making, and Never Mind All That Peacey Touchy Feely Commie Stuff

It's probably written in God's King James era language too, because we all know that that is how God and the saints and angels speak.

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How are

Canadian Conservatives and U.S. Republicans alike?




They don't believe in being answerable to anyone (such as the voters)
and don't care who they hurt with their politics...
(This is just so people know what Harper's proroguing of
parliament is really about.)

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Mr. Harper

may find that there are repercussions to trying to run parliament with an iron fist and to push through disparate items under the guise of a budget bill.

Tories fear marathon voting session may have exhausted political capital

He may find the repercussions not only in his own MLAs but also in the 39% of the public that supported him at election time...

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Never let it be said

that politicians in Canada can't work together.

On vote after vote, Conservatives quash C-38 amendments

You caught the sarcasm in my comment, didn't you? There's no working together. The Conservatives continue down their road to destroying democracy in Canada by destroying the fabric of the Canadian Parliamentary system. If you want to do anything you'll have to take it to King Harper first. It's very sad to watch this. In some countries it is done by violence and revolution. In Canada it is done slowly, through political tricks and manoeuvring, until the same effect is accomplished.

And we all sit here with our heads in the sand, watching it happen...

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Canada's Undemocratic Government

Budget bill debate set for shutdown as marathon vote looms

"Hundreds of opposition amendments grouped for dozens of votes starting as early as tomorrow night"

Elizabeth May, the only Green Party MP. seems to be the only representative truly willing to do what is necessary to try, as difficult as it is, to hold the Mr. Harper's Conservative Government to account for everything that has been stuffed into his Omnibus Budget Bill that has nothing to do with a budget. The Conservatives are using this bill to push through a great deal of its pet ideological changes without oversight and trying to limit debate on the same. What does that mean? Basically, it means that they are trying to subvert the democratic process the same way Mr Harper did when he prorogued Parliament. Mr. Harper has no desire, it seems, to govern democratically, but only wants to have things his way and he will subvert and scheme in order to do that.

Democracy isn't on his agenda. You have to remember that he used to be a lobbyist for a party that wanted to leave Confederation. He wants to rule, and he believes he has the right to rule. Which seems to be the general belief of all far-right conservative politicians actually...

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A perfect example

of a government out of control and answerable to no one.

Oda's staff silent on travel expense changes: Expenses 're-examined' but no details given

This is a government that campaigned on the issue of transparency. Of being answerable to the people. Now they are the most protective, closed and unanswerable government we've had in years. They are a perfect example of a government that cares only about themselves and their own ideology.

There is nothing about serving the people in this government. It's only about serving themselves and their small group of supporters...

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Of course it is

CP Railway union says collective bargaining 'under attack': Teamsters say management isn't bargaining because the government promised legislation

I think it would be fair to suggest that the federal government would enthusiastically work hand-in-hand with large corporations to destroy untions and the labour movement. It's only now that they have a clear majority that they are showing their true face, both federally and provincially. I can't believe that anyone with the slightest bit of political acumen and knowledge of history would think any differently, or be surprised...

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Slowly

Hundreds arrested as police use kettling in latest Montreal student protest

" A recent report by Ontario’s police watchdog blasted Toronto police for their use of kettling during the G20 summit two years ago, saying they violated civil rights, detained people illegally and used excessive force."

This is where our civil rights are going under the new right wing governments...

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One could ask

another question.

Whither Free Speech?

And that other question would be 'Whither courage?'

A very large number of Harper's Conservatives ran on Pro-Life platforms. Where are they when the time comes to stick up for one of their number? Or Mr. Harper himself, the ex-lobbyist with the Western separatist Reform party, who has publicly said that he won't allow the question to be re-opened? Where are these people when it comes to stand up with courage for their convictions? Nowhere. Pragmatists all, knowing that they place their chances at re-election in danger is they support Mr. Woodworth, and they place their own place in the party and in the government in danger from their own leader, the before-mentioned Western separatist...

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Toronto got what they wanted

Canada's answer to Rush Limbaugh...

Rob Ford threatens media blackout unless Star removes reporter from city hall beat

...another ultra-conservative fringe politician.

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I'll proofread it for them. Oops! Correction!

Ottawa curbs ability of green groups to intervene in review process

That should be:

"Ottawa curbs ability of green groups to take part in review process"

I would have thought the Globe & Mail would be better at proofing than that. Oh, well.

You're welcome.

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Even if

it is proven unquestionably that the robo-calls came from Conservative sources, the government will just claim that they knew nothing about them and it was 'rogue' supporters who did it.

Investigators strike information ‘gold’ in Elections Canada robocalls probe: source

What the government fails to realize (or chooses to ignore in their belief in their divine right to rule) is that this just shows the type of thing their support base (and campaign workers and 'deciders') will do to get them elected. And who wants people who think like that running the country? I'd say they have the morals and ethics of organized crime, but that would be an insult to organized crime...

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He seems to be

looking for the position of 'elder Conservative statesman', that post once held by John Diefenbaker...

Preston Manning on the failure of right thinking

And given the pragmatic 'anything that works' attitude of Mr. Harper and his cronies, it is time someone stood up for the true values of Canadian conservatism. It certainly isn't the image and behaviour put forward by our current Prime Minister...

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He's either evil

or he's a complete idiot.


Gingrich sketches Day 1 agenda for his presidency

Health Care? Who needs it? People with health problems brought it on themselves.

Wall Street controls? Why would free enterprise need controls? What has Wall Street ever done to hurt anyone?

People to help deal with all the important things that one person can't take care of? Heck, he can do it in his sleep. Even if it's not his wife he's sleeping with.

The man is a complete something, but I'm not sure what, his conversion to Catholicism notwithstanding...

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I am not surprised

Stop The Threats

This is frightening, but not surprising:

"According to the whistleblower, a former senior communications manager for ForestEthics named Andrew Frank, the Prime Minister’s Office told Tides Canada they consider ForestEthics to be an “enemy of the Government of Canada” because of the group’s opposition to the Enbridge pipeline and tar sands expansion."

So, according to the thinging of the Conservatives in power, Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition would also be considered an 'enemy of the Government of Canada' simply because they disagree. That's really putting things in rather black and white terms. But then, with the changes they are making that favour business and hurt the general population, is there any reason to support them?

Truly, a very unpleasant group of people...

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Sure.

Stephen Harper says `major' changes coming to Canada's pension system: speech

The ordinary working folk who have paid into the pension plan all their working lives are going to pay to have 'free enterprise' take care of things for them for a couple of extra years. Except for politicians, of course, who will get their pensions right away. I mean, it's only fair, right?

Notice how he says these sorts of things when he's out of the country and no one can ask him any questions? Nice play. More slimy tactics...

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Amazing!

Conservative ridings benefit from Service Canada closures

They can't keep up with the claims now, and they're cutting offices that process them. I don't care about the patronage thing, that happens under any government, but what strikes me the most hard-hearted and corrupt is the closing down of the offices themselves, needed for people who have worked and paid for this insurance! It's like another tax that the government just rips off of us. Blindly following their ideology, not caring who gets hurt in the process. And what will happen with the money? Well, if they follow the precedent of the conservative politicians in Saskatchewan, they'll all get caught stealing from the public purse. But it won't matter by then because Mr. Harper will have made it illegal to criticize the ruling party in any way.

The party of the 1%...

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Ideology über alles

ideology über sanity, anyway.

'Radical' groups working against oilsands

"Environment groups 'threaten to hijack' system, natural resources minister says"

See that little speck of dust over there? That's the environmental groups. See that huge mountain over there? That's the big oil companies. And that speck of dust is working against the huge mountain. It'll be UFOs next. Harper is losing it more and more. I mean, the rest of the Conservatives in government can't say anything but the words of der führer, so it has to be Harper who is losing it, trying to create conspiracies to create enemies for the public to consume.

Sadly, the public will generally lap it all up...

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One from the fringe

in the U.S., of course...

6 Myths Catholics Tell About Libertarians

I present this, not as a statement of my personal beliefs, but for the information contained in this person's opinion. My personal beliefs have nothing to do with Libertarianism...

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