Despite denying his anti-gay stance, Stephen Harper continues to remake Canada by stealth, nullifying thousands of same-sex marriages:This is only phase one. They no doubt have already selected the “landmark” case by a right-wing fringe group, who will challenge the ruling by saying that it was descriminatory to their religious beliefs,
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Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Would a Romney Victory Mean the End of the Conservative Movement?
Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary with 40% of the vote and appears to be heading toward winning the Republican nomination. Unlike most of his opponents, he has not “surged” but just plodded along, attacking when he needed to attack, and standing up to the blows from his tag-teamed conservative
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Harper Government on the Wrong Side of the Drug War
Harper’s new omnibus crime bill will mean stiffer sentences for those growing a few marijuana plants, clearly designed to go after the user. However, if he really wanted to do the war on drugs right, he would be targeting the pharmaceutical industry; the real drug pushers of this generation. I
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: With All Due Respect Ben Shapiro. You’re Talking Out of Your ….
I received an E-reader for Christmas and recently uploaded Ben Shapiro’s new book: Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV. I had blogged on it before, when reviews spoke of the revelation that Big Bird was a commie. However, learning that Shapiro was a
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: What if This Happened to You?
What if you went into work today and were told that you would have to take a 50% wage cut? Could you pay your mortgage? Your rent? Your bills? Feed your family? Think about that. Your pay cut in half. Well that’s what’s happening in London, Ontario. After purchasing Electro-Motive
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Fiscal Conservative, Huh?
I love this MacKay cartoon, created when Stephen Harper sold us out for a few crumbs in his “Buy American” scheme. With Obama once again promoting the insourcing of jobs and America first policies, we can no longer count on the United States to get us out of the hole. Not
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Conservative Movement and Homosexuality Revisited
“The hypocrite’s crime is that he bears false witness against himself. What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all other vices except this one. Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Canadians Love Chiquita Bananas so Consiga una Vida Levant
Ezra Levant really outdid himself on Fox News North, Stephen Harper’s personal aping station, by telling Chiquita International senior vice-president Manuel Rodriguez, to basically go screw his mother … in Spanish. So much class. What got Ezie in a tizzy? Chiquita joined thousands, and thousands, (did I mention thousands?) of others
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Is Rick Santorum Getting Fashion Tips From Stephen Harper?
Social Conservative candidate Rick Santorum, surprised everyone by coming close to beating Mitt Romney in Iowa, finishing just 8 votes behind. Up to now he has flown under the radar as “surges” went from Rick Perry to Herman Cain to finally Newt Gingrich. The media is now paying attention and
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Should the Canadian Media Make New Year’s Resolutions?
I watched Chris Matthew’s Hardball yesterday, where the media panel was asked about their New Year’s resolutions, speaking of them as a whole. Most gave the obvious. Invest in hard journalism, ask the tough questions, cover politics seriously and don’t get distracted by shiny objects. All important goals, but aren’t they
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Harper Job Cuts Provide Perfect Opportunity for Revenge
On the front page of yesterday’s Toronto Star, Les Whittington and Bruce Campion-Smith reveal the thousands of civil services jobs being cut by the Harper government. This after an election promise made by John Baird not to make those cuts. What he really meant to say was vote for us
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Not a Good Time for Stephen Harper to be Compared to Richard Nixon
The historian Garry Wills once observed that Richard Nixon wanted to be president not to govern the nation but to undermine the government. The Nixon presidency was one long counterinsurgency campaign against key American institutions like the courts, the FBI, the state department and the CIA. Harper has the same
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Some Advice This Holiday Season. Don’t Fall Victim to the Toys
As we’re dealing with all of those battery operated toys this season, I thought I’d thought I’d share a column I wrote for the Kingston Whig Standard, that was published two years ago. My own chilling experiences. It got a bit botched up in the archives with the opening at the
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Will the Flaherty-Harper Ticking Time Bomb be Detonated?
In Jim Flaherty’s first budget, he announced that his government was opening up the housing market to private insurers. “These changes will result in greater choice and innovation in the market for mortgage insurance, benefiting consumers and promoting home ownership.” Loosely translated, the sub-prime mortgage industry was heading north, and
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Life Getting Tough in Harperland
The consumer price index reveals that Canadians are paying higher prices today than a year ago, with significant increases in food (up 4.8%), shelter (up 1.5%) and gasoline (up 13.5%). Yet wages have only increased .08% We are not keeping pace. The Harper government can’t blame this on the global crisis because
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Jim Flaherty Joins the GOP in Bid to Stick it to Workers
I can understand now why Stephen Harper claims to only watch American news. How else can his government follow the trends, though the GOP are lagging? Jim Flaherty announced an increase in payroll taxes ages ago. The parties who claim to support lower taxes are instead increasing them, though only
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Reform Party Has Come Full Circle With Attacks on Quebec and First Nations
More than two decades ago, when the Reform Party was organizing, several protest groups formed to try to keep this group from gaining influence in Canada. It was well known that they were xenophobic, homophobic, misogynist and just plain weird. For the most part the media ignored them as just
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: I Love Time Magazine’s Choice For Person of the Year. Us
Time magazine has chosen “The Protester” as Person of the Year. From the Arab Springs to the “Occupy” movement, those who literally stand up for democracy are being honoured. Time said it is recognizing protesters because they are “redefining people power” around the world. “People power”. What a lovely term.
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Beautiful Attawapiskat Christmas Carol
The song is Jesus Ahatonia, written by St. Jean de Brebeuf in 1643. Absolutely beautiful.
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Well the S.O.B. Did it. Canada Officially Out of Kyoto
The US announced their energy strategy in 2001 which was largely developed by Vice-President Dick Cheney and the large fossil fuel and nuclear industry companies. Capitalizing on the California energy crisis, which had been brought on by the market manipulations of another close Bush crony, Enron’s Ken Lay, the US
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