Harper is besieged on all sides. Defections. Senate scandal. Duffy cheques. He is feeling more heat than ever. The storyline has always been: “sure you don’t like him. He isn’t a nice guy but he brings good government.”. And people lacking critical thinking skills bought it. Sure once in a
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If Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Free investment advice
Chantal Hebert has joined the list of experts squishyly predicting that Harper will not stick at his post until 2015. I agree with the pundits expecting that the Not So Great Dictator will read the writing on the wall and quit rather than face an election defeat. But whither Steve
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Irony of ironies
My M. P., Stephen Harper just sent a pamphlet outlining how Parliament works. Funny thing is, no mention of contempt, ministerial responsibility, responsible government, prorogation, confidence votes. He did state that one of the key responsibilities of the Crown is to ensure there is always a P. M. So long as he
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Three down. Three to go
Impolitical gets a little excited about three up-coming by-elections. And suggests that there might be 2 more to come. At a time of a well deserved drop in support.Well if the idea of 5 by-elections brightens up a cloudy post-Canada Day day, think about this: This illegitimate Conservative government is based on
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Never attribute (wholly) to (F35) incompetence that which can be adequately explained by malice
The AG has shown the Harper Regime to be a pack of liars. The Galloping Beaver has, along with lots of other bloggers, done a great job of unraveling the many ways in which this fiasco came to be. Now, never let it be said that I take a rear guard position when
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: An example of the need to stop Robocalls in their tracks
I was watching the CTV news last night (Give me a break. It is the only channel I can get here) and at the end of a segment on the Alberta election campaign there was a mention of people complaining about receiving rude calls at 5:30 A.M. from the PC
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Looking back at the effects of voter suppression in 2008
I read with interest Professor Anke S. Kessler’s draft paper on the effect of Robocalls on the 2011 election.It reminded me that I had run a series of posts from 2008-2010 on voter suppression and it’s effects on elections. These posts can be found here. I still find this one
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: The Cons need to join AAA
Attack Ads Anonymous that is. (or What is up with the Attack Ads?: Inferring the final act of Robcon).So they went back to the only trick the Reform Pony knows. Attack Ads. But why now? So early in their mandate. Against an interim leader.One pundit feel this is aimed a long
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Take a moment to feel sorry for Michael Sona
Yes, I remember Michael Sona and his actions from last May. At the time I was thinking about how strong a kool-aid dependency he must have. In my opinion, to have run in to disrupt a legitimate polling station requires a hyper-fanatical devotion to a cause. That sort of outburst didn’t appear to be
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Phollow the phones?
The person who purchased the scammer phone used in Guelph used the puerile pseudonym “Pierre Poutine”. It is likely that if other phones were used, similarly insulting aliases were used. Would it not be a fruitful endeavour to get a list of the names these phones are sold to and look at the
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Harper is to Canada like a tequila binge is to you
Whither Canada?* There have been a lot of posts and editorials of people despairing of the future of Canada recently. They aren’t hard to find. Here is one. This C30 business will only exacerbate things. While I share the disdain for Harper and his cretins and I do sink into
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Just take the phone lines away from the Harperians
While I was at home, preparing for Burns Night, I received an interesting couple of phone calls last week that I would like to relate. Call number 1 was from a woman claiming to be calling on behalf of the Calgary Centre Conservative Association. I told her there was no
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Steady on, Montreal Simon
Montreal Simon draws his bead away from Captain Anti-Canada for a post defending the honour of the world’s greatest poet from a senseless and uncalled for slight.. He does a great job and the fact that the passion for his homeland matches that of his home shines through. I usually
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: One thing I don’t understand about Harper and his ilk
I get that he is a wee petty man full of hate. I understand that he would benefit more from spending his spare time on a professional’s couch then writing a book about hockey (snerk). I recognize that although he is smart enough to be tactically cunning, he isn’t intelligent
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: Amongst the people I have absolutely no sympathy for
are those who say things like this: I am a Tory, but like many others who cast their ballot the same way I did not vote for the draconian and misguided measures in this regressive legislation. It is not like the absolute power of the Prime Ministership has corrupted Harper.
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Chantal Hebert plays the harridan today chastising the media for abrogating their responsibility by not truly reporting on the seriousness of Jack Layton’s cancer. But this last sentence makes me think that she is trying, on a subconscious level at least, to expiate her sins for mostly giving Harper a free pass
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: A perfect example of Harper’s antipathy towards Canada
This nonsense of replacing the beaver as a symbol of Canada with the polar bear shows just how much Harper hates the country he governs. The beaver has been our symbol for over a hundred years but he wants to change it. This is symptomatic of more than his usual
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: The implications of Harper’s War on Labour.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out —Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out —Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: The Conservative Party as a malignant organism
Check out the most prominent ads on National Newswatch this morning. They are actually the same ad. Advertizing a petition on the official website of the government party to influence the legislative agenda of that government. While I recognize that there is supposed to be an arms length relationship
Continue readingIf Necessary Blogging But Not Necessarily Blogging: The revolution will be commercialized (In a good way)
What is the meaning of this? It means that a coherent purpose is coalescing from the inchoate rage. And the emerging message is a good one.
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