Reader Maz2 rarely misses a trick. In today’s National Post editorial (that supposedly applauds Environment Minister Jim Prentice’s promise not to put our country’s economy at risk,) Maz2 exposes the subtle wording of the introduction which seems to imply tacit acceptance of the notion of AGW:
The Earth is warming, and human activity is likely to blame. Climates are changing across the world, including in Canada’s far north. In other parts of the world, some crops will fail, some species will be pressed to extinction and some low-lying territories will be flooded.
But this parade of horribles cannot be used to justify any form or remedial action. Many of the proposals put forth by environmentalists would do little to stop global warming, and would simply act as transfer-payment schemes from rich countries to poor ones…
Maz2 notes:
“*The Earth is warming,”.
AGW is the Religion of the State proclaimed by the National Post/MSM.
Give us the “Proof”, National Post.
“The Earth (notice the capital “E” on earth) is warming”.
Where is the proof, National Post? If God is dead, prove to us that “The Earth is warming”.
Is Gaia a jealous goddess? Are you, National Post, Gaia’s Evangelist?
Yes indeed. Where is the proof, National Post?
Meanwhile, kudos to Jim Prentice for showing a spine:
…Canada will not sign any deal that doesn’t force India, China and Brazil to meet negotiated targets for their own greenhouse gas reductions — a demand that may well be rejected by those countries.
“These countries are responsible for 97 per cent of the growth in emissions,” he says. “Canadians don’t want us to sign on to something that obliges us to reduce emissions, but doesn’t impose obligations on principle emitters.”
My hope is that our Conservative government will continue to show leadership on this issue. This is a good start.
Václav Klaus is the role model.
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Related articles worth checking out:
Crucifix out, warming in – Rex Murphy
Co-operating with Washington on clean energy – Jim Prentice:
…We are also taking a collaborative approach with cap and trade: We will build a system in Canada that can be treated as equivalent to the system that will eventually be adopted in the United States. This does not mean we are waiting for the Americans to act — far from it. It means that we are ensuring we create a system that does not inadvertently impose trade barriers.
Over the past months, I’ve met with every provincial and territorial leader to build consensus for a national position on climate change. We are looking for common ground on issues that, after all, often affect provincial and territorial jurisdiction. And there is indeed a consensus on at least one key issue: Each of the premiers and territorial leaders agrees we need to harmonize Canadian regulations — especially cap and trade — with the United States…
Aye. There’s the rub. It’s about the economy, Stupid. A delicate dance is required.
Time for Tories to come clean on emissions - Lorrie Goldstein.
Numbers racket – Lawrence Solomon
The case against action on climate change - Rudyard Griffiths
From Berlin to Copenhagen – Peter Foster
Pressure on U.S. president at climate talks, Canada says – Gazette
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Sunday Update: No free lunch – Ben Eisen
Monday Update: There’s no hypocrite like a green hypocrite – Moose and Squirrel (H/T Bruce)
Yes, kudos to Prentice for showing common sense on this issue where common sense isn’t at all common, it’s trumped by the money. Our PM has said all along there’s no point in signing on to a deal unless the main polluters are on board too. We are not the problem, if indeed there is a problem at all.
Vaclav Klaus is right, he won’t be listened at this event.It’s all about the big bucks.
This is precisely why I chose not to comment on previous thread re this topic.
I always believed that this was how things would play out and couldn’t possibly rationalize the alternative.
I’d love to see Canada take a stand against this climate change nonsense. It has to start somewhere. Maybe if our government took a strong stance and demanded proof of climate change the Americans would begin to demand the same. BO and CNN can condemn the Republicans all they want but they’d take notice of a close friend and neighbour demanding proof.
The problem, of course, is not David Suzuki and his ilk. It is the left-leaning poli-tainment industry that would welcome the battle and, indeed, encourage it in the name of all of their advertisers.
BTW, does anyone know if they pay these talking head experts? Or do these experts do it for free because they see an appearance on a network show as an add-on to their resume?
The earth is cooling. Man is not the cause of climate change. Imagine thinking that man can overpower the powers of nature!!
Bruce posted this a few days ago:
http://www.friendsofscience.org/
The Friends of Science have been pointing this out for years. Russian scientists have been pointing to the lack of sunspot activity for years. Lowell Green has been screaming bloody murder about this fraud for years. Maz2 has referred to this often.
The website above is excellent. What’s the matter with the National Post, are they not able to do proper research? Could they not find this well-known website!!
http://www.friendsofscience.org/
Is the National Post under new ownership??
The green movement is an outright declaration of war against humanity. If satisfying the green movement entails wrecking out economy, what would be the difference between this green war and an actual shooting war? Economic chaos? Dead people? Starving us economically to the point that we revert to savages in the bush is what these morons want. they want you and your kids dead. period and by your own hands, so that the elitists supporting this dogma don’t get their hands dirty on the genocide that they wish for humanity.
it is high time our gutless politicians declared “war” on greenism, because complying with the directives of greenism is tantamount to surrender. You voting for surrender? I’m not. Cap & trade is surrender. it is surrender of our soveriegn rights to an outside country (the US if they pursue green trade wars and the UN for egging them on).
I don’t have a dog in this fight. I don’t have kids to expalin that you have no future, or freedom under greenism. You posting here might, though. fact is, the greenies are using your kids against you: http://youth.greenparty.ca/en/
I get the feeling that the planets are now aligned in OUR favour on this whole climate change nonsense. First and foremost, Obama is a lot weaker, and so will be reluctant to champion much in the way of legislation. Replublican and some Democtrat legislators will be emboldened to weaken him even further, should he stick his neck out too far on any “clean energy” crap.
Second, Iggy and Layton have revealed themselves to be wimps on the gun registry file. We always knew Libs didn’t much believe in any of their rhetoric on any file. Now others like Wendy Cukier are finding out as well. Plus, it’s obvious that Iggy has almost zero control over his caucus, and thus has no ways of forcing them to bend to his will.
So that means Harper can press his advantage, and play some hardball with these guys on the climate file. Prentice’s tough talk is an early indicator of that.
We have the one huge advantage on this as on almost all other files–we are the only party on the “right” side of the climate issue. The lefties can fight amongst themselves for the eco-nutjob vote.
Extortion of money from Canadians by bureaucrats at the UN and in ‘developing’ countries won’t improve anyone’s life, except that of bureaucrats. To hell with them, Canada should walk out and expose these crooks for what they are.
the greenies are using your kids against you
JT, that reminded me of that Suzuki commercial with him sitting in the tree house with the kids, conspiring against their parents.
It’s rather frightening, really.
Castro did the same. I remember as a 12 year old watching a TV program post take over of Cuba, of the Castroites “interviewing” little kids about their parents. What they said, what the did, etc.
Kids are sweet when they are young, full of trust in their parents as well as most adults they interact with. They really can’t tell a lie, can they?
The green movement is abusing that trust. the fact that a UK blue collar worker took the school boards in England to court, forcing them to play a cantradictory film about Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth says it all for me. Did that happen here, in Canada? Not that I’m aware of. Our politicians have sold out.
These people are pure evil. As far as I’m concerned they have amply defined themselves as our “enemy”. We should oblige them, engage and destroy them, before they destroy us. No holds barred.
Glo-Bull Warming is nothing more than a socialist/communist wealth redistribution scheme concocted by the likes of Maurice Strong(Rio Earth Summit), Al Gore(Inconvenient Truth) and David Suzuki(David Suzuki Foundation) that promises developing countries free money in exchange for supporting this lie, but it is in reality even a swindle on the poor countries, because the wealth transfer is designed to line the pockets of those previously mentioned, myriad other environmental organizations and to also line the pockets of the socialist/communist bureaucracy of the UN.
Just say no……………………………….
It’s worse than Suzuki in a treehouse in Ontario Joanne. Our taxdollars went to infuse as much brainwashing on the environment through an amended curriculum last year. Kids are sitting ducks and a very captive(and innocent) audience for all of this.
Heading out to enjoy some of that Global warming, where in my area bald eagles are making a comeback, and lake levels are up significantly. Too bad we can’t do something about all of the Canada geese which are spoiling our lakefront.
Thanks to Maz2 for putting this global-warming responsibility topic in its proper perspective for we laypeople to collectively digest. Also, our government’s steadfastness in NOT getting sucked into guilt-ridden fiasco does not go without appreciation. As I’ve always maintained, there is absolutely no rationale on Canada’s part to commit to anything at the behest of other nations, be it emissions reductions and/or financial support to countries to initiate their own programs. The “big polluters” like India and China go unchecked and uncontrolled while we’re supposed to sign on? Not likely! Hollywood and The Left be damned! The jury is still out on whether “the earth” (small e), in its non-divine celestial “nature” (small n), is scientifically undergoing trendline changes toward warming or cooling, as our recording history is comparatively recent, and interactive forces of meteorology and geophysics likely have unmeasured cycles in hundreds and even thousands of years. Man’s overall impact is still relatively minute, though increases in population and corresponding emissions-related activity would logically have some effect over time. There is doubtless more detrimental gas seeping from within the Igneutered’s Liebral carcass (do I mean ‘caucus’?) than that expounded upon in Copenhagen, “Something’s Rotten In Denmark”…
We’s are up ‘gainst some pow’ful people:
November 5, 2009
JOURNALISTS WHO DON’T AGREE AREN’T “REAL JOURNALISTS,” and apparently scientists who disagree aren’t “real” scientists:
In the blame game, the Obama administration isn’t about to stop with Fox News. Instead, it’s moving on to lowly scientists.
Last month, President Obama gave a somewhat chilling, if somewhat ignored, speech on climate change at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He stated that any scientific debate about the magnitude of global warming is unscrupulous, decrying “those who . . . make cynical claims that contradict the overwhelming scientific evidence when it comes to climate change, whose only purpose is to defeat or delay the change that we know is necessary.”
Then, the president talked tough, saying, “We’ll just have to deal with those people,” language familiar to anyone who knows the vagaries of Chicago politics.
Maybe he should audit their taxes. The thuggishness continues. Hope and change!
UPDATE: C.J. Burch says there’s a solution for thuggishness.
Posted at by Glenn Reynolds at 2:13 pm
From Pajamas Media
Not too far off topic;
You’d think a Liberal Party friendly Railway Association of Canada commissioned this poll to bolster the LPoC’s many times regurgitated party platform plank of High Speed Rail, wouldn’t you?
The survey, conducted by EKOS for the Railway Association of Canada, found that 86 per cent of Canadians would strongly or somewhat support the introduction of high-speed trains in the country. Only nine per cent said they would be opposed.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2197693
Check out the RAC logo just below the presidents bio, it is sure to get the LPoC howling about some kind of conspiracy;
http://www.railcan.ca/
From August 19, 2009;
Slow-speed Liberals boarding high-speed train
Has Michael Ignatieff found a platform?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/slow-speed-liberals-boarding-high-speed-train/article1257494/
My posts;
*The recently opened Canada line cost $115 million per kilometer to build twenty four kilometers for a cost of a little over $2 Billion dollars, including rolling stock and stations. This is relatively slow speed urban transportation system.
The Windsor corridor is some 539 kilometers long, to build a dedicated two track high speed rail system could cost upwards of $60 Billion, probably quite a bit more owing to land acquisition costs for the right of way and the much higher cost of rolling stock for HSR.
The current program of upgrading the existing track and adding a third track at the eight choke points is the responsible thing to do.
**$407-million upgrade to Via Rail tracks in the Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto corridor, to improve express service.
This includes a third track at key choke points.
***”Ottawa will pay Canadian National Railway Co. $300 million to expand and upgrade the tracks between Montreal and Toronto, an overhaul that will largely benefit passenger carrier Via Rail.
The two-year program will add tracks at eight “pinch points” along the 539-kilometre stretch that has long been the source of bottlenecks and delays for Via Rail trains, and friction between Via Rail passenger trains and CN freight trains. The latter owns and operates the tracks, and its freight trains always take precedence.
The $300 million will come out of two infrastructure improvement programs totalling $923 million that have already been announced, said Via Rail spokesperson Malcolm Andrews.
The bulk of the $300 million — $230 million — will be drawn from the $407 million Ottawa earmarked for Via Rail in the infrastructure part of its economic stimulus package last fall. The other roughly $70 million will be part of an earlier $692-million program, of which $516 million was set aside for capital expenditures like the one announced Thursday.”
And the Liberals continue on their steep descent into political oblivion, soon to be “da turd pardi”.
Kenya PM blasts African tactics at climate talks
Odinga reiterated that African countries are seeking the setting up of an international fund topped up with 200 billion dollars a year to help poor countries deal with the consequences of climate change brought on for the most part by the industrialisation of the developed world.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hXpeOdJsPhMTnwHJCGhHSxF2XpWw
It’s all about money………….$200 Billion a year?
Managed by the UN? And Maurice Strong continues to be holed up in China after his involvement in the UN Oil for Food Scandal brought attention from INTERPOL?
It is time those behind the Glo-Bull Warming Scam are tried for Fraud Against Humanity, the time and resources wasted are truly a tragedy.
This conservative government is anything but, judging by performance.
Is this what it takes to piss off the uber-conservative partisans?
Signing on to carbon capture?
“In North America, a successful CCS pilot project pipes
CO2 from Beulah, North Dakota to Weyburn,
Saskatchewan where it is injected into a depleted oil
field.
Since 2000, more than 13 million tonnes of CO2 have
been injected into the oil field with no adverse effects.
An international team of scientists has detected no
leakage of CO2 after extensive monitoring of the project.
CCS projects are being pursued around the world in a
variety of countries including Norway, the United
Kingdom Denmark and Australia.
Alberta’s $2 billion in funding will enable the province to
take the lead in advancing the technology and actual
applications that can be marketed to other jurisdictions.”
My personal opinion is that carbon capture is a waste of effort, time and money, that such effort and resources would be better utilized by investing in scrubbing technology to further reduce airborne particulate pollution from industrial sources.
Moebius said, “this conservative government is anything but, judging by performance.” Of course the usual line from our friend here who does not seem to recognize pragmatism when it is right in front of his nose, it’s a minority government, would you rather have an election every six months? By the way this is the most successful minority government in Canadian history and when the next election does occur, hopefully in 2012, we will see a majority Conservative government.
Mao Stlong, aka Maurice Strong: Evil Canadian.
Strong is Liberal Bob Rae’s Uncle Mo*.
“When Rae was growing up, Strong was entertained at the family home so often by his father, Saul, that young Rae says he fondly called Strong, “Uncle Mo”*.
Strong is now holed up in China.
Thus, his name: Mao Stlong.
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“Fight Kyoto Book Excerpt featured in the Calgary
Sun and Edmonton Sun
Monday, December 2, 2002
Kyoto Protocol compiled by un-elected global bureaucrats
Ezra Levant
THE Kyoto Protocol was the work of thousands of bureaucrats, diplomats and politicians. But no one person is more responsible for it than a Canadian named Maurice Strong.
Strong organized the UN first-world environmental summit in Stockholm in 1972 and has never stopped pressing for a world where UN resolutions would be enforced as law all over the Earth.
Strong went on to chair the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio and to become senior adviser to Kofi Annan, the UN’s secretary general. Not bad for a kid from Oak Lake, Manitoba, who dropped out of school at age 14.
But Strong is different than other social butterflies who flit from one UN conference to the next. He is a powerful businessman, who has served as president of such massive energy companies as Petro-Canada and Ontario Hydro, and on the board of industrial giant Toyota.
He is a huge political donor, not just here in Canada, but to both the Republican and Democratic parties in the U.S. as well.
At age 29, he became president of Power Corporation, fusing his destiny to Canada’s wealthiest and most influential families – including Paul Martin Sr. and Jr., now heir apparent to the prime minister.
Strong hired Paul Jr. to work for him during a vacation from university. “We controlled many companies, controlled political budgets,” Strong said of his time at Power Corporation. “Politicians got to know you and you them.”
Strong hired Martin into Power Corporation’s executive suite. He helped guide Martin towards unimaginable personal wealth – and even predicted Martin’s path to becoming prime minister. But Strong’s influence reaches farther than Canada.
Indeed, compared to Strong’s American and European friends, Martin is a small star in the constellation.
Strong sits on boards with the Rockefellers and Mikhail Gorbachev and chairs private meetings of CEOs, including Bill Gates. He hobnobs with the world’s royalty, too – and with dictators and despots.”
http://www.taxtyranny.ca/images/HTML/Maurice-Strong/article1.html
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*”Bob Rae for Canadian Prime Minister!”
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/edesk080205.htm
Gosh, Joanne, a lot of rich fare: How much time do you think we all have to read all these articles?!!!
Good on Jim Prentice; he’s right on. ‘No way Canada should be signing a deal which lets the most egregious emitters off the hook but exacts more than a pound of flesh from the rest of us. Fair is fair and foul is foul. Good for the CPC!
‘Funny how Christians are always chastised for our faith but the AGW-believers are hailed as latter-day heroes and saints. Rex Murphy’s Crucifix Out, Warming In, in yesterday’s Globe and Mail, is a must-read. It ends “Is everything sacred – except religion?”
‘Sure seems this way in this crazy, inverted, topsy-turvy, world.
And, thanks, maz2, for all of your “sleuthing” and enlightening articles, especially your exposes on Mo Stlong (LOL, ET’s opprobrium notwithstanding!) and his Power Corp/Rae connections. Canadians need to know about this rot.
OT, but how about some fun for your readers.
It will soon be Christmas and lots of organizations will be asking for help for this group or that group. All good causes.
Members of my family have filled shoe boxes for the past several years and it is a fun thing to shop for.
So, I thought, how about helping a group in Canada by filling a BOONDOGGLE BOX for the Liberals and NDP.
First in, a doorknob, followed by a box of crackers, maybe a map of Canada with the Torch run marked. Also include a list of liberal ridings that got stimulus money. Can’t forget a fake syringe, a toy piano, a blue barbie sweater. Oh, and a thank you note listing all 95 ridings the libs have lost in the last two elections. What would you put in said box, by the time we are done we may need a trunk.
Wow, I didn’t know any of that. A point of interest on Oak Lake Manitoba. They have the most beautiful Oak Trees. Prairies fires burnt all trees until Settlers moved here. There is an island in Oak Lake that has very old large Oak Trees. They were protected from the fires because of the large shallow lake. There is an 18 hole golf course on this island that winds through these very old Oak trees.This place is special gem in South western Manitoba. Who knew Maurice strong was born and raised there.
OT again, but SDA has a first hand account from an EMS woman at Fort Hood, who is a friend of hers. Kate asked her to write her experience. Bravery in action IMHO.
PM Harper: Where is your reply to the Inuit people?
TORedStar repeats the Big Lie:
“Polar bears are in decline, alright,”.
No, the polar bears are not “in decline”.
Why are you silent, PM Harper?
Reply here: …. …. …. …. …. …. >
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“Inuit leaders quickly called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to defend the hunt, an important source of income in isolated Arctic communities, where jobs are scarce and living costs painfully high.
“In Canada, our management system is based on conservation hunting, which involves regulated sustainable harvest,” said Simon Awa, Nunavut’s deputy environment minister.
“This helps protect polar bears, in part by maintaining their cultural and socio-economic value to people in Nunavut.”
“The bear facts about the polar bear hunt”
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/722760–the-bear-facts-about-the-polar-bear-hunt
DELIVER me from those bozos on CTV QP!
Fay.. Mao Stlong probably owns the golf course.
Liz – lol! I know what you mean. Craig Oliver is way past his ‘best before’ date.
It could be compared to the Oasis in the desert. Very rare to see huge oak trees out here. Some are definitely over a thousand years old and healthy. I have lived my entire life in Southwest Manitoba and had no idea they were there until last year. It really is amazing it has never been protected!
“Polar bears are in decline, alright,”*.
Why did the polar bear cross the road?
To watch TORedStar eat its words with a blubber of crow …. caw blubber caw blubber caw …..
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Polar bear greets Olympic torch
CHURCHILL, Man. – Day 10 of the cross-Canada Olympic torch relay got off to a fitting start in Churchill, Man., the polar bear capital of the world Sunday.
Driving in from the airport with the Olympic flame, the convoy had to stop to allow a polar bear to cross the road.”
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/11/08/11677066-cp.html
*November 8, 2009 at 11:47 am
The carnivore vs the “locavore”.
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“The inconvenient truth about trying to give up meat
Nobel laureate Al Gore explains to Leigh Sales on ABC1′s Lateline on Wednesday why he continues to be a carnivore
I ‘M not a vegetarian, but I have cut back sharply on the meat that I eat.”
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/the-inconvenient-truth-about-trying-to-give-up-meat/story-e6frg6zo-1225794830736
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“No Climate For a Change Treaty”
“Levitt and Dubner also spoil some of the fun of the sort of the “think globally, act locally” gestures that are liturgically important in the church of climate change. For example, they say the “locavore” movement — people eating locally grown foods from small farms — actually increases greenhouse gas emissions. They cite research showing that only 11 percent of such emissions associated with food are in the transportation of it; 80 percent are in the production phase and, regarding emissions, big farms are much more efficient.”
http://townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2009/11/08/no_climate_for_a_change_treaty?page=full&comments=true
Hope evertbody noticed there are no commercials for QP except some kitchen utensil . This program is toast.
Here’s a good one;
Spin Assassin – The truth is that green is a weapon of power and control and the target is YOU.
Gerlad McBoingBoing reproting/Edtting: stet*.
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“Toronto Star copyeditor edits memo announcing the elimination of copyeditor jobs
[Get screen shot of markedup memo: hilarious]
A copyeditor at the Toronto Star greeted the news that union copyeditor jobs were being eliminated in favor of freelancers by heavily editing the publisher’s memo announcing same, pointing out all the ways in which the publisher could benefit from editorial aid.
This is very funny stuff, but having looked at the markup, I have to say that I would ask for a different copyeditor in future. A lot of these edits (“avoid simplistic qualifiers” for “very”) fall under the heading of “creative disagreement” not “helpful suggestion” or “correction.” I’ve generally benefitted from copyeditors who know the difference, but on the rare occasion where I’ve had to deal with a couple hundred pages of redlines by a copyeditor who thought that he was my co-author, it’s been quite a struggle.”
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/07/toronto-star-copyedi.html
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*Stet: Definition of Stet at Dictionary.com
1. let it stand (used imperatively as a direction on a printer’s proof, manuscript, or the like, to retain material previously cancelled, …
dictionary.reference.com/browse/stet
Good information on Big Al’s dietary habits, max2, here’s hoping he gets to have multiple servings of crow in the near future.
Oops, sorry ’bout that, should read “maz2″ NOT “max2″!
Liberal Iffy/MSM hires Wiseman to tell Canadians what to think.
Liberal Big Chief Crow Iffy had crow for the weak end.
Weak Crow Chief Big Liberal Iffy’s Wiseman says:
““Ignatieff knows he is not going to win any of these seats so (a visit) will just draw more attention to their weakness,” said University of Toronto political scientist Nelson Wiseman.”
But, don’t worry, Iffy: Big MSM expert says “Canadians should not read”, blahblah ……
“Wiseman called the four contests “unrepresentative” of the rest of the country and said Canadians should not read too much into Monday’s results.”
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2009/11/08/11678191-sun.html
Well, well, Wiseman/Wiseguy opines we “should not read too much into Mondays results”, forgetting to add what he was thinking—- especially if the Conservatives do well. So there we have it from another Liberal tool with an “expert” opinion. Anyone with a handle on whats going on in the politics of the nation would disagree with him wholeheartedly.
For a learned individual to call the four contests “unrepresentative” of the rest of the country is astounding in itself. It’s representative of the ridings involved but each and every riding won by any party is one more MP in the HOC. If they go with the governing Conservatives, it’s showing confidence in the government.
The show called “The gang that can’t shoot straight” continues unabated…….
“Tories position by-elections as test of Ignatieff”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-position-by-elections-as-test-of-ignatieff/article1355790/
Bookmark this report by MSM/Bryden for reference following the results of the 4 by-elections.
Meanwhile look who’s back: the Chretien Ad$Cam Lady Librano$ with her lily and growling:
” if they count us out in terms of the longer term.””
“Anne McLellan, former Liberal cabinet minister and co-chair of the party’s national election readiness team, acknowledged the Liberal goal in the by-elections is modest: to improve on the meagre share of the vote they won in each riding in 2008 under the leadership of the unpopular Stéphane Dion.
But she said rival parties shouldn’t interpret that as throwing in the towel.
“We’re in the process of I think rebuilding our party, rebuilding the party finances, the party structure, the people around the leader in his office,” she said in an interview.
“There’s no point, you know, in gilding the lily. We have work to do and we will do that work. I think the Conservatives and New Democrats can say what they want but they probably underestimate the Liberal party and the people in it if they count us out in terms of the longer term.””
Thanks to Mooseandsquirrel;
This article is all about Canadian PR man James Hoggan who runs DeSmogBlog, a site dedicated to smearing those who oppose the junk science of the AGW industry. Hoggan, whose blog was bought and paid for by John Lefebvre — a director of the David Suzuki Foundation and a convicted criminal, maintains that deniers are in the pocket of Big Oil.
Hoggan’s client list, meanwhile, reads like a who’s-who of alternative energy, as Canada’s Financial Post noted:
“There has been no mention on the blog, nor on The Fifth Estate, of James Hoggan’s client list. They include or have included the National Hydrogen Association, Fuel Cells Canada, hydrogen producer QuestAir, Naikun Wind Energy and Ballard Fuel Cells. Mr. Hoggan, in other words, benefits from regulatory policy based on climate change science.”
Expressed another way, PR hack Jim Hoggan’s DeSmogBlog is a godsend for Hoggan’s paying PR clients, spinning everything that could help them get a financial edge in the new carbon emissions markets.
The next time one of these climate alarmists screams about doom and gloom unless we adopt a global compulsory carbon trading scheme, follow the trail of money leading from the hypocrites to Big Green. The next time a warmist points an accusing finger at a detractor and shouts “Denier!”, check to see who really stands to gain financially.
http://mooseandsquirrel.ca/2009/11/08/21:03/theres-no-hypocrite-like-a-green-hypocrite/
Bruce – Thanks. Good read there.
I wonder if this is the reason for TD’s interest and pushing of carbon pricing?
Big Green gets richer. The ordinary schmoes pay for it.
“Scientists in awe”.
“The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.*”
“Recently fur seals have begun to re-establish their populations on the island after almost becoming extinct in the early 19th century.”
“Scientists in awe at sight of giant iceberg off Macquarie Island”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6908357.ece
*Psalm 24:1 Of David.
O/T but I though BLY regulars might be interested in discussing my latest post over at COTM. We talk about media bias and double standards a lot. I really would like some feedback.
http://crux-of-the-matter.com/2009/11/09/so-how-about-a-conservative-media-watch-blog/
I could put up pages with sample e-mail and letter’s to the editors, etc. A colleague has suggested a “media scale.” I could also put up a “tips” page where bloggers could leave a link to a column or program that was biased. And, I am sure there are lots of other things that could be done as well — including having more than one contributor to COTM on this topic. Anyone? E-mail me: cruxofthematter[at]hotmail[dot]com
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