The official Liberal Party of Canada’s website displays some of its brilliant strategy and great taste. (H/T Liz J and Maz2)
I assume Peter Donolo has seen all this. Perhaps he was the one that suggested they remove an image of our Prime Minister being assassinated. Clearly your party needs a bit more adult supervision, Peter.
And is this the light you’ve been hiding under your bushel, Michael Ignatieff? You can keep it. Even your base seems to think it is disgusting. How will our Canadian media friends react, I wonder?
BTW – Merry Christmas. Peace on earth and all that.
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Update:
Here’s a blast from the past. And another.
But it’s all in good fun, right? Nobody would take it seriously. Guelph woman arrested in Harper threat case – Guelph Mercury.
Michael Ignatieff’s Targeted Assasinations – ChuckerCanuk
Liberal photo contest takes macabre turn – Globe (H/T Jad)
Kady (H/T Jad) rightly points out:
…AFTERTHOUGHTDATE: As pointed out by Commenter Beachcomber, this particular web offence would seem to merit a more direct apology — as in, one directed at the prime minister, personally, from the Liberal leader than an update to the webpage. Also, comparing the kerfuffle to “Attila the Hun complaining about the Romans’ table manners,” as A Senior Liberal Official did this morning, according to the Globe’s Jane Taber? Not really helping sell the sincerity.
So when are we going to hear from the rest of MSM about the outrageous, U.S -style attacks? (H/T Frmgrl)
Canadian Sense has a dynamite post up with links to other bloggers following this topic – and they’re not all conservative.
Liberals post assassination photo to mock Harper – Kelly MacParland, Post
The Libranos: The Photo Contest – SDA
And they call this an ‘apology’???:
“Though we do screen the pictures before posting them, it appears the Lee Harvey Oswald picture slipped through the cracks – it has since been removed. We apologize to those who took offence to the image.”
The author of the blog that appears to have discovered the photo, rjjago.wordpress.com, called it “ignorant” for the Liberals to post such a depiction so soon after the bloody attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who suffered a broken nose and lost teeth this week after a man threw a statue at him at a rally.
The Liberals have also removed a photo depicting the prime minister with his hand up the rear end of a cow.
“It was considered a joke on methane emissions from cattle. But since it can be misinterpreted, it was taken down as well,” said Lauzon…
Then & Now: Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition – Dan Cook:
‘…We don’t do that kind of politics in the Liberal party.’
Canadian Liberals post assassination photo - UPI
Liberals apologize for fake photo of Harper assassination - Star
Liberals remove faked PM assassination shot – Reuters
Tories may be close to mood of populace on climate change - Vancouver Sun
“How will our Canadian media friends react, I wonder”
Um…the usual…Nothing to see here folks, move along.
Now if the CPC had done it with Iggy…..well, nuff said.
puffin poop crosses the border. A year ago last Septmember, you found great humour in the poop jokes. Suddenly, you’ve become all about keeping it civil? What a laugh! Funnier yet, is your concern for known anti-Semite and racist Marc Lemire at the end of your poop post. Sanctimonious and hypocritical, the hallmarks of the conservative blogger.
Well, on the other hand, it does say something about the Canadian MSM that they’re virtually ignoring that photo — namely, their liberal.ca is so irrelevant to real politics that it’s not worth paying attention to.
They were right to take that Harper = Lee Harvey Oswald photo down, though. Suggesting the assassination of political leader, particularly a current one, will always trigger the interest of the RCMP, and thanks to the sponsorship scandal the Liberals have had enough visits from them, thank you very much.
James, you are so far out to lunch you must have spaghetti for brains.
First of all, are you seriously equating puffin poop with an image of our PM being assassinated? The only way you could do that is if the puffin had dumped so much crap that Dion had suffocated in it.
Secondly, the Lemire link was a warning to bloggers about the possible legal problems related to allowing quacks like you post comments.
Really James, a bird crapping on Ignatieff’s shoulder and the PM being assassinated. What is the distinction? Come on James, get real.
Sorry, that was supposed to be “on Dion’s shoulder.”
That’s o.k. Michael.
Those Liberal Leaders change so often it’s hard to keep track.
Wasn’t it Beer and Popcorn Reid ,that first said “Kill him, Kill him DEAD?” Nothing like leaving an image of someone shooting the Prime Minister, for some WACKO to get idea’s. This is what the Liberal party is all about, and can you imagine those same people want to be the Goverment.Sickening.
Where’s the CBC OUTRAGE, BREAKING NEWS? To busy with the draft papers from 2007 reporting today on CBC radio they were documents..no mention that the papers were rough draft copies. No wonder people have tuned out.
The Liberals are very dirty in the way they do politics.
Aided and abetted by the media!
I find the whole thing very disgusting and depressing. I’m heading out for a while.
Comment moderation will be on. I’m going to try to revive my Christmas spirit somehow.
Tories trigger bullet brawl. Did you find Dion’s mock assassination disgusting and depressing also? Was it OK for the sitting government to post an image of the leader of the Opposition surrounded by bullet holes on their home page?
The image that has you all worked up came from a rank and file Canuck dissatisfied with the Harper government. The image of Dion riddled with bullets was created and paid for by the Conservative Party of Canada. Living a lie will do little to revive your Christmas spirit.
MSM’s “takes aim” headline:
“Ignatieff takes aim at Tories in Edmonton
HARRY HODGE
METRO CALGARY”
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/397536–ignatieff-takes-aim-at-tories-in-edmonton
It’s a criminal offense to make death threats, how is that picture any different from making death threats towards the PM? The person responsible for the picture should be investigated by the cops in my opinion. If someone did the self same thing to my picture I’d be making some serious noise.
Lame stream media will ignore the story, they are busying kicking our military members around these days. A shoe is a dangerous thing but a picture of the PM getting assassinated is not worthy of reporting.
The Conservatives have not defined Mr ignatieff or the Liberal party. Mr ignatieff has done the damage to himself, for that to be pointed out is fair comment. He defined himself and published his point of view. As for “real scandal” one need look no further than adscam and the Liberals that are going to jail over the graft, plain brown envelopes etc.
As for that crudely photo-shopped picture of our P M pasted to an accused assassin who was shot well in police custody, I am old enough to remember that day and the murder of a President it’s not funny, anyone that thinks it is is an embarrassment to the people around them, grow up already! This is the real world, there are consequences.
The gotcha never ending scandal hunting of the Liberals is not working, the average Canadian is doing pretty well thank you. I shudder to think where we would be if the coalition was representing us in Copenhagen. If Mr Ignatieff wants to show some leadership qualities a good start would be to rein in the people responsible for this sickening display.
And where is the Italian PM, and why is he there. Think about it.
There are a lot of unstable people in this world who take things very serious, according to what the voices are telling them.
As Liberal Iffy and his Liberals sink into their oblivion, Canadians rise above the Red-Green sludge.
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“Canada Leading Indicators Rise Almost Twice as Fast as Expected
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — Canada’s index of leading economic indicators rose almost twice as fast as economists predicted in November, led by gains in housing and manufacturing.
The index increased 1.3 percent, Statistics Canada said today in Ottawa, while economists surveyed by Bloomberg said the index would gain 0.7 percent, based on the median of 11 estimates.
Nine of the index’s 10 components rose and one was unchanged, marking the broadest increase in more than two years.
Canada’s economy grew at a 0.4 percent annualized pace last quarter after three earlier declines. Output will expand 2.6 percent next year after shrinking this year as monetary and fiscal stimulus revives demand, Royal Bank of Canada, the country’s biggest lender by assets, said yesterday.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aIflEHQqzYTA
Is anyone really shocked adult supervision is required? The Liberals in 2000 benefited from a weak NDP party, non existent Green vote and a split right of centre vote. The end of those Glory Days for the Liberals has been a very painful humilation. The divisive politics is just another reason why so many voting blocks have left the Liberal Party.
Visible minorities, Female vote (soccermoms), Catholics, traditional support has eroded from the LPOC and they are unable/unwilling to hold any adult conversation to engage them.
They prefer to host a Press Release and wave a Prop (Pink Book) and demand the voting block returns. Time Is Up for the party of props and empty promises.
Canadians want the Real Deal and our PM is hitting it out of the ball park as often as the Babe.
Sux to be a Liberal.
This is insane.
Our country is coming out of a recession and all the economists say we’re doing better than most industrialized nations.
We have a Prime Minister who by all accounts is down to earth, can speak intelligently on just about any subject, is popular and trusted by most Canadians, loves hockey and has a lovely family.
He’s also a pretty good politician on both a national and international level and is respected by other world leaders.
Yet the Liberals demonize him and then accuse him of being hateful and ruthless.
They accuse him of having a hidden agenda and being untrustworthy and of wanting to put armed troops on city streets.
They accuse him of character assassination when he uses their leaders own words against them.
They don’t question his politics so much as they try to bring him down through one trumped up phony scandal after another.
Chequegate, wafergate, Cadman, Olympic torch route, the Olympic logo, Afghan detainees, Schrieber and Mulroney…….the list goes on.
They lay claim to government policies that resonate with the people.
They don’t present alternative policies for Canadians to think about.
They say that he’s ‘playing to his base’ when he announces new policies.
They say that he’s vying for the immigrant vote when he attends a cultural celebration.
They call him ‘calculating’.
They talk of “killing him dead” and post photos of him on their website that are beyond juvenile and border on unlawful.
They want to get back into power and will do anything they can to bring this government down.
And for some reason the media doesn’t seem to get this. Not only don’t they get it but they climb on board the Liberal train and yell “Full speed ahead!”.
Political commentators ask government spokespeople “Why don’t you just admit you were wrong?” and don’t even consider that the government might actually be right.
I’m going to be tuning in to the first minute of both politainment shows this afternoon and if I don’t hear anything about this assassination photograph within that time I’ll be switching over to Corner Gas for some real entertainment.
Colour me disgusted too.
Would that picture not constitute a threat to assassinate the Prime Minister of Canada, I think the RCMP should be callled in to investigate the Liberal Party and what Liberal is responsible for this obscene and extreme,and potentially criminal threat to the Prime Minister,his family and Canada.
Given the actions of the Econuts here and around the globe, I’d say our Prime Minister might want to think long and hard about going anywhere Copenhagen. Ordinary peoples’ lives could be at risk with those bozos out there, it’s like the march of the headless.
To think we have Canadian Premiers in Copenhagen dissing the Alberta oil sands project while taking equalization from that very source is beyond hypocritical. Appears they’d prefer to buy Saudi oil and contribute to the brutality in that part of the world.
With what’s going down in the name of global warming/save the planet how much closer can the left get to anarchy and treason?
How will sending millions of dollars to the Sudan cool the planet?
Please stay awy from the insanity of Copenhagen Mr Harper, it’s a lost cause.
Canada is a very small polluter, why should she be penalized?
From the fine print on the Liberal Party website: “We’ll post every entry we receive in the coming days (as long as it’s not inappropriate)…”
So therefore anything shown has been deemed appropriate and was approved by the Liberal Party of Canada.
What a classy bunch.
Peter Donolo takes over and immediately promotes photos of the assassination of our Prime Minister. The MSM look the other way to help their friend Donolo. Shame
MSM/CFRA re-writes Iffy’s script: “targeted”.
The left-liberal mindset: left-liberals’ hatred/self-loathing on display.
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“Ignatieff Suggests Oilsands Unfairly Targeted
Josh Pringle
Tuesday, December 15, 2009″
http://www.cfra.com/?cat=3&nid=70016
Kinda makes you want to have a shower after watching & listening to the Liberal Party.
Isn’t there some kind of hand-wash available for this nonsense.
Goreacle Report In chorus: The Snow Miser Song*.
“He’s too much!
[Snow Miser]
I never want to see a day
That’s over forty degrees
I’d rather have it thirty,
Twenty, ten, five and let it freeeeEEEEEEeeze!”
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“Updated Forecast For Copenhagen: Heavy SnowFall, -12C/10.4F (God has a sense of humor)
Heavy snow and temperatures 22 degrees below normal are now forecasted for the Global Warming conference in Copenhagen.
As weather forecasts are updated, here is a screen shot as of apprx 11:20pm EST:” (more)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407994/posts
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*Snow Miser Song
http://www.metrolyrics.com/the-snow-miser-song-lyrics-crestopher-dumapias.html
Jane Taber comments on that picture
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/liberal-photo-contest-takes-macabre-turn/article1401015/
I don’t think the RCMP can ignore this
they will have to investigate this thoroughly
threats can never be ignored
fh
And Kady adds her 2 cents here.
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2009/12/oh-liberals-did-you-learn-nothing-from-the-puffin-incident.html
And this seems to be the original Google cache of pictures on the Liberal website (scroll down), with one or two important omission. WARNING: strong stomach required
http://74.125.93.132/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.liberal.ca%2Fen%2Fblog%2F17039_introducing-the-stephen-harper-emanywhere-but-copenhagenem-photo-challenge%23entries
I realize I am somewhat biased but most of these photos are not particularly smart or witty, on the whole pretty offensive, and quite frankly technically inept. If that was the best I could do with Photoshop, I’d either practice a bit harder or not bother. What they do show, however, is a fascinating insight into the thought processes of committed Liberals. Some are predictable – toilet humour, George Bush references, gays, etc., some are clearly wishful thinking, and some are real headscratchers.
“how will our Cdn. media react”
Well it was featured prominently on both Bourque and NNW folks, and seeing as this is today’s headlines the columns if the freelancers and journalists pick it up will likely show up tomorrow…not today.
I really don’t think we need to give the photo legs to understand the Liberal mindset on the one-hand. It should make anyone who reads the bits and sees the photo wonder if the Liberals would really endorse offing Harper to regain power.
On the other hand this could very well work to the PM’s advantage. Just add it to the other ammo. the war room has.
The difference re: the Puffin Poop ad was looking back on things the Puffin Pooping on Dion is actually what happened. The Waffle did crap on Dion.
“Did you find Dion’s mock assassination disgusting and depressing also? Was it OK for the sitting government to post an image of the leader of the Opposition surrounded by bullet holes on their home page? ”
James, sweetie – you are all over the blogs with this comment – as I said to you on another blog – they were not bullet holes – but pencil holes – as in “poking holes in what Dion said” –
But then, the Liberals would use any excuse to smear Stephen Harper.
The fact you are condoning this speaks volumes
Taber says: Grits received about 75 submissions, including the assassination-attempt one.
And they chose that one out of 75 admissions, to be a finalist?
Too too much hatred,
Quebec and Ontario, non-stop Liberals/Dippers/Lizzy,
Harper-hating media, Copenhagen etc etc etc….
I don’t know how our PM/MP/Ministers take it.
3 protesters have been arrested for climbing the roof of the High Commisoners home in London. Their aim was to cut down our flag, dip it in oil and (dirty AB oil) and then display it. I bet they do not get the handslap their friends did in Canada.
Climbing the roof of the Parliament bldg, attacking the Italian PM, crashing the WH party, displaying a pic of an assassination of our PM, should worry us all. Who is behind all this. I think it is an orchestrated plan. Or, is it possible to have so many crazy people all coming up with the same idea at once.
We need an inquiry into who posted that photo on the lib website. Maybe we need an inquiry into the whole liberal party and their desire to kill our PM.
Will this show up in the next poll with libs falling to 20% again. Iggy better hold a press conference and say whoever is responsible will be outed and punished, and the manager of their website will be fired.
Donolo is really helping those liberals.
And, is there a video out there with iffy saying the oilsands are bad, when not in AB. Is this the asbestos story all over.
Where did the rumors start re shutting down the Govt till after the olympics to avoid questions re the detainee thingy.
Has the Speaker ruled yet on Holland and Jennings walking thru the streets with stolen files.
I think that Canadians are about ready for an election to get the liberals defeated with another loss of seats.
Ask Bennett what she would do with all that extra vaccine. How much did her antics cost us in ordering what was not needed. Liberals should pay the full cost.
And the budget better have the elimination of the 1.95 to force an election.
This is totally disgusting. I agree with Steve should not the RCMP be called? If this was a Conservative doing stuff like this about a Liberal PM, the media would be screaming. They would have reaction from all corners on the broadcasts every 15 minutes calling for the police to do something.
This infuriates me. Oh Dave Rutherford talked about this morning. He is infuriated and disgusted too.
Ezra has a good post about this too.
Oh Dave Rutherford talked about this morning.
What time was that, Frmgrl? Was it the first hour? I think I’ll check the archives later. Thanks.
Dave R had a great conversation with a professor who had as a class project-how to fake news and pull a scam on the media and public.
They all passed, and that is scarry, what will they do with that info-join the liberal war room.
3 protesters have been arrested for climbing the roof of the High Commisoners home in London. Their aim was to cut down our flag, dip it in oil and (dirty AB oil) and then display it.
Mary T – I think we Canadians have taken enough garbage. The Canadian delegation should just leave, IMHO.
We must call on Count Ignatieff to denounce the disgusting pictures posted by some of his loyal subjects. They are too far beyond all decency even for politics. Depicting a PM being shot, or fisting a cow is going into the realm of psychological problems. We do know people with such problems do some terrible things.
Liz J, I agree. We need to hear an apology from Ignatieff.
It is offensive to Canadians and it is offensive to the Office of Prime Minister. Iggy has a chance to do the right thing here.
Waren Kinsella even has enough class to apologize:
“An apology was deserved, and an apology was made.
Moral of the story? It’s the reverse-Vegas principle: what happens online doesn’t ever stay online.
It seeps out, like water.”
Not so much for his followers:
Elizabeth
Yes, probably a bad choice. But – it’s more in the nature of a prank, not the character assassination that’s been carried out against Ignatieff by the Tories.
‘British police say they have arrested three environmental activists who scaled the wall of the Canadian High Commission in London and cut down the Canadian flag.’
Agree Jo, that’s enough.
Call all Canadians home, except Ontario and Quebec Ministers, they can hitch a ride with Greenpeace.
Send a message to Copenhagen:
‘what Obama said’
signed
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
this is not apology time it is RCMP time
the author of the photo must be investigated
fh
Liberal Iggynore says with gasps of applause from the PET Cemetery:
“Mind you, coming from them, it feels like Attila the Hun complaining about the Romans’ table manners.”
Iggynore this:
“This morning, a senior Liberal official said the picture had been taken down. “That one slipped by and should not have been posted,” he said. “Mind you, coming from them, it feels like Attila the Hun complaining about the Romans’ table manners.””
More Iggynore this:
““Your mission, should you accept it, is to pick an image that will haunt Stephen Harper forever,” the Liberal Party website says.”
Iggynore this here:
“Liberal photo contest takes macabre turn”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/liberal-photo-contest-takes-macabre-turn/article1401015/
There is so much hatred for PMSH on Liblogs,
the Assassination of Stephen Harper just didn’t seem wrong to the Web Team
who likely are the same 15 year olds that post on Liblogs.
“What time was that, Frmgrl? Was it the first hour? I think I’ll check the archives later. Thanks.”
Yes it was the first hour, after the news at the bottom of the hour.
Watching cbc noon news. Top story they are following, the 4 yr, 53 million dollar inquiry re Cornwall pedophile story. No answers.
I don’t get Tom Clark, but will watch Evan. Clip advertising program does not mention the photogate.
And don’t we all feel sorry for those protesters in Denmark, out in the cold. Isn’t that what they want, colder weather.
Lizzie interview coming up.
Oh, another story they are following, letter sent to PMSH signed by Attwood, a former PM, and a few other non important people.
The libs signed Kyoto and did nothing and PMSH gets blamed. They had 13 yrs and a majority and still did nothing.
Thanks Frmgrl!
The Libranos KNOW that this is the ONLY way they will be able to defeat Harper. Disgusting bastards!
great poll at canadiansense blog
who would you like a date with
one choice Prime Minister Stephen Harper
that’s my choice drop by and vote for your choice
fh
I didn’t know Ignatieff had resigned as Leader of the Liberal party wow
he is refusing to apologize for assassination photo on the Liberal web page reason
he gives is that it has nothing wait that is NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM
I guess there will be a proper Leadership race soon wow breaking news
is it true or just more MSM gossip?
fh
Fh – That’s right. It’s hard to believe that he doesn’t think it has anything to do with him. Story here.
New headline at Bourque, with pic of a smiling iffy, and story re his refusal to apologize.
“Journalists Freeze Waiting To Get Into Global Warming Conference
A group of journalists stood for many hours in near-freezing temperatures Monday waiting to get into the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen.
Marvelously among them was Associated Press science writer Seth Borenstein who regularly reports on the dire consequences of — wait for it! — global warming.
Ironically, his articles are so filled with inflammatory hyperbole concerning Nobel Laureate Al Gore’s favorite bogeyman that scientists have denounced him.
But before we get there, the Climate Pool reported at Facebook Monday (h/t Tom Nelson [2]):
With U.N. security letting in only those cleared last week, hundreds of accredited delegates, journalists and NGO representatives were left to stand for hours in near-freezing temperatures before being let through. “It was crazy,” AP’s Seth Borenstein said. “You couldn’t leave the line. You couldn’t go to the bathroom, you couldn’t eat. Then snowflakes started falling. One woman even said, ‘if lightning strikes me, would they take me out of line?’”
People started handing out food — one gave out tangerines, another croissants. A man screamed “I don’t need food. I need socks! I’m freezing my ass off out here.” At one point, a U.N. official announced the wait would be longer, prompting the crowd to boo and chant “Let Us In!” [...]
Seth himself stepped into the line at 7:55 a.m. and was through at 3:15 p.m., but only after another AP reporter, John Heilprin, “saved my bacon” by persuading a U.N. security guard to go out and fetch him. “John was afraid to go out himself in case they wouldn’t let him back in … the first thing I did when I saw him was give him a big hug. I have never been so grateful to be indoors.” Seth’s neighbors in line? “Oh they’re still out there.”
Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408158/posts
If it weren’t for the Liberals screwing things up I wonder WHAT we’d have to discuss?
I could care less if The Waffle apologizes or not. Contrary to some opinion here the news has spread and actually Kinsella himself has the best quote.
This is just another diversion…albeit a sick one and it did divert folks here for the day.
What SHOULD be news today is the farce and failure of Copenhagen and the direct slam to Gore’s “inconvenient truth”. There’s enough there to shut those climate change freaks down.
The LPC can take down their fun and games pictures of the PM being shot and showing him with his arm up a cow’s rectum but they’re already out,too late, the cow is out of the barn, the message is sent to the public and it ain’t pretty on the LPC.
One would think given all the problems the Liberals are having they’d have something better to do with their time than have a picture contest. If Ignatieff doesn’t feel the need to apologize for this behaviour we can assume he really isn’t in charge of the party, the underlings are out of his control.
Wonder if Tommy, Janie and Craigie will have an opinion on it, they had lots to say about the pooping puffin which was mild by comparison to this offensive, troubling stuff.
More of Liberal Iffy’s Hope* Chest: “hoping for the best”.
Iffy: The Liberal Grinch Who Taxed Xmas to buy a permanent Tax Colostomy.
Hope: “But they must not forget that we didn’t get to be the best by hoping for the best.”
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“A credible budget will have to include tax increases
Hoping for the best is not an option when dealing with deficit”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-credible-budget-will-have-to-include-tax-increases/article1400092/
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Iffy’s Hope*:
“CMU study: Hope can be harmful to mental health
A spoonful of hope might not be the best medicine, according to a new study from a Carnegie Mellon University professor that asserts that optimism can actually be harmful to mental health.”
“The study, authored by CMU’s George Loewenstein and several researchers at the University of Michigan, measured the emotional well-being of patients in two groups: those with permanent colostomies and those with colostomies that might be reversed.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378591/posts
Notice Yaffe/MSM’s “may be close”.
No, Yaffe/MSM. Canadians are onto/see through the Red-Green AGW fraud for what it is: a fraud from the Red-Green left.
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“Tories may be close to mood of populace on climate change
‘Environment Canada’ prank e-mail kept focus on Canada as a climate-change laggard, but country is recovering from recession and deficits’
“The record suggests the green brigade may have a lot more heavy lifting to do.
A Compas poll, carried out Nov. 28 and released last week, showed — remarkably — that among Canadians with an opinion on a Copenhagen treaty, 73 per cent favoured postponing a decision or not signing on at all.
Respondents’ reasons related to concern about economic recovery following the recession as well as lack of confidence in the science behind climate change. That confidence has been shaken of late by a controversy over manipulation of data at a British research institute. It’s noteworthy that Conservatives have not suffered any significant drop in poll numbers as a result of their cautious approach on climate change.
A survey by Angus Reid and the Toronto Star, released Monday, had the governing party at 36 per cent support — ahead of the Liberals with 29 per cent.
Climate activists also experienced a setback last week when the Calgary-based Canada West Foundation warned that a national unity crisis could result from letting the West bear the brunt of greenhouse-gas emission cuts.”
“It is entirely possible that, at this juncture, the Conservative government is closer to the mood of the populace than are the environmentalists.”
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Tories+close+mood+populace+climate+change/2341873/story.html
First of all, a big thank you to lizzie for emitting all that co2 on her interview on Adler. It has caused a huge global warming in my area. 21 below zero F, at 7.30a.m., now it is 30 above zero F. Symptoms of a good old southern alberta chinook.
Just because the media is not covering the pics on the lib site doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
Beer and popcorn, kill him dead and pics of assassination. That will surely gain libs votes from conservatives. Might even get them a few ndp voters.
Story at JNW re allies upset re treatment of prisoners at the BEGINNING of the Khandar mission. Who was the PM then.
3 climbers arrested in London for climbing the High Commissoner office and cutting down our flag. They intended to dip it in oil. After an hour chained to the railing they come down. Hope they throw the shoe at them and put them in jail. Are they Canadian.
How long before the actions of these idiots result in death. Then we will be sued for not having warning signs on top of roofs-could be dangerous to your health.
What gets me is where is the money coming from to allow these wackos to travel the world and scale walls? Is that their day job? Doubt wall scaling would qualify for job retraining either.
Mary T. – those pics. will live on in Internet history, taking them down doesn’t matter. You’re right on that score I believe.
I have to feel sorry for the Canadian contingent…Prentice especially having to deal with the antics going on over there. I can’t help but notice that the average age of protestors and hooligans can’t be more than 18 years old.
In the end Harper will prevail. He’s usually a few steps ahead of things.
Iffy’s not even on the radar of most Canadians. Kind of like a pesky gnat, but easily ignored.
The Liberal apology is not really much of an apology at all and Ignatieff will not demonstrate any leadership by taking even the least bit of responsibility for what HIS party does by apologizing directly to the PM.
There was a lot of huffin over the puffin in both the LPC and the media but on this, not so much.
Is anyone really surprised?
BTW CTV, CBC and even Canwest were made aware of the existence of this contest and the photos (not the Oswald pic as that was not up yet) last week but not a peep was heard from any media until today and even that pales in comparison to the mighty puffin coverage.
Heather Mallick, writing in the Guardian, asks “what takes place when a nation can’t decide on a government and lets a rightwing minority, quivering with hate, have just enough power?”. Who’s quivering with hate now, Heather?
Good point Eric.
Chuck is a descendant of Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria.
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“Copenhagen climate summit:
Prince Charles warns climate change will drive starvation and terrorism
The world has only seven years before climate change causes a “point of crisis” that will drive food shortages, terrorism and poverty, the Prince of Wales has warned.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the ministerial segment of the Copenhagen climate conference, the Prince said the “survival of the species” was in peril.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408221/posts
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“Freezing weather strikes Europe
They may be focused on global warming in Copenhagen, but in many other parts of Europe the focus at the moment is more on how to warm up.”
http://www.euronews.net/2009/12/15/freezing-weather-strikes-europe/
SHOCK, Evan had the photo up for about 5 sec. Goodale and Kinsella had their say.
Goodale spent most of his time on the rumors of poroughing the govt. With all the liberals talking about it, and the media, is it trying to get PMSH to do that. It would get the libs out of the headlines. He spewed lots of talking points re the committee, being scared. Maybe they are afraid he will call an election and they are getting their talking points out there.
Ethics committee boycotted by conservatives.
That is the topic now on P&P.
Ujaal says conservatives are betting that most Canadians don’t care about some detainee, and he says that is wrong. Canadians care deeply re our image in the world.
Maybe libs are backing off as their internal polls tell them they are very wrong to demand an inquiry.
There are 7 conservatives on said committee and only six others turned up. Any other MP missing.
Ignatieff doesn’t understand leadership. We all know he wouldn’t have anything to do with the offensive material but as leader he is the person who must stand up for or disavow what goes on within his party.
Seems to me the MSM and the opposition expect that from PM Harper if there’s a bimbo moment in the trenches no matter how low down the roster it comes from.
Power Play half over with Tom Clark ignoring Liberal site of assissination and cutting off conservative MP when mentioned positive economic report. Tommy helping out his friend Donolo!!!
Maz2, I hope Prince Charles never comes here again. As far as I’m concerned, he’s not welcome.
the assassination photo has no bearing on the Liberal contest and represents a
deliberate attempt to show the Prime Minister of Canada being assassinated
the contest was to show where the Prime Minister was located
there was no mention of showing him being murdered
call in the RCMP
fh
If you follow the money most of the elitists have a vested financial interest in the COP15.
Kinsella and Evan discussed the puffin ad, and assumed it was just as outrageous as the assassination one.
Kinsella said that he is sure that those who did this have learned their lesson and will never do it again.
Do they think that is the end of the problem.
Reminds me of when Froum, of the Journal, finally interviewed Preston Manning. At the end she said, there, we have finally done it and we will never have to hear of the Reform again. Then panel agreed with her.
No wonder the libs want PMSH to parouge the House.
This will show up sometime during an election campaign.
Acting on more RUMORS, who are the EXPERTS on SOLOMAN….none other than Harper smearing SUSAN SMITH and DON MARTIN…I could scream on their dialog There is actually a vote on CBC about PROROGUING parliament. Evin Soloman wants to talk about reports from a$$ kisser TERRY Milesky….INQUIRY you have competition…CBC. They are totally OUT OF CONTROL. Guess they see CBC getting their tax paying funding going down in their climate-gate “HOT AIR”.
Now you know why canadians never had a real national media; these people are not journalists nor reporters, they are campaigners, they are infuriated with the prime minister that he, not their liberals has gained a reputation around the world. they are plain tired of playing nurse maid to the liberals and want their fair share of the money which the liberals took from us.
If satan was running for the liberal party of canada, these so call reporters will kneel before him. why? he stands under a liberal flag that why.
If anything happens to the prime minister, this whole country will erupt and provinces like Alberta will instantly seperate.
Stephen Taylor is on CBC right now (Power & Politics).
Laurie Hawn was finally on P&P and said he had told the vice-chair that he was available for a teleconference, to plan future meeting. No witnesses were to be called today. it was a planning meeting to plan future meetings.
It would be cheaper than airfare back to Ottawa. He has committments in his riding, today and during the holidays. He calls it a political game and conservatives will not play.
Dewar was very angry outside the meeting.
Laurie mentioned it was all about a detainee being hit by a shoe, which in Islamic culture is considered an insult, not torture.
Funny how at the beginning of the show there were rumors of a shut down of the House, Laurie knows nothing about that, but at the end, Barton said the conservatives will shut down the House so all MPs can attend the Olympics.
Has Layton said anything re the photo.
And all the panelists are against the plan PMSH will present at Copenhagen.
Poor protesters, waiting in freezing weather for hours to get in. They could have stayed home and reduced co2 output.
Awesome job Stephen!!!!
Arvark @4:43 pm
You are 100% correct. I too checked my e-mail log and found it sent on DECEMBER 12th.
There were MANY horrible depictions not just these 7 that have been the focus today.
o/t Another fossil award for us. We came in second today. We are cleaning up. Woopee!
http://www.fossiloftheday.com/
Missed him, switched to Fox, thought the program was over at 3.00.
This photo and story has been picked up my lots of papers. Libs may have taken it down, and the blogospere has it as does numerous papers outside of the g&m and star. It is out there forever.
Goreacle Report: Unbearable.
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“Polar Bear Goes Hunting for Climate-Gate Scientist at Copenhagen Summit
Using a megaphone that pierced the rumble of hundreds of people gathered at the conference center housing Copenhagen’s climate conference, a man dressed as a polar bear went looking for controversial scientist Phil Jones — but he was nowhere to be found.
To a chorus of boos, a man dressed as a polar bear entered Copenhagen’s main conference center Tuesday and began paging the discredited climate scientist whose hacked e-mails sparked the Climate-Gate scandal.
Using a megaphone to pierce the rumble of hundreds gathered inside the Bella Center, which is hosting the city’s global climate summit, the polar bear boomed out:
“PHIL JONES??? HAS ANYONE SEEN PHIL JONES???”
Jones, who stepped down from his leading academic post amid swirling scandal earlier this month, has reportedly skipped the climate conference entirely. But his shadow and his words could affect its outcome.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408291/posts
(bear pic included)
Rosemary Barton is having a BALL on Power & Politics…she announced that the prime Minister is having a xmas party…then she said…”You know , Stephen Harper, otherwise known as the prime Minister..smirk giggle. Maybe he will play the piano…smirk giggle laugh snort snort some more.” Solomon is not going. Wonder why? Guess he doesn’t have the GUTS to come face to face with Stephen Harper after slamming him since he fell onto Newmans job. Someone with brains and intelligence to take him on, the little worm. Sent off an email to his show…….
Do I care if parliment progogue’s? Are you now doing poles on RUMORS? Your show is a disgusting disgrace. You are giving the NATIONAL INQUIRY competition. Keep it up…left propaganda arm of the Liberal party. Canadians are SICK TO DEATH of your SHOW. Guess thats why you are so afraid of the CONSERVATVE GOVT. gaining a majority. Your show should be HISTORY. When a photo of our Prime Minister is shown being assassinated, then, that is really scraping the bottom of the political barrel. The prime minister has CHILDREN!!!! There are nut cases out there who follow the LIBERAL and CBC’s LEAD. Do you really want to see the PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA SHOT? Disgusting CBC. Stick up for the LIBERALS CBC and use the pooping puffin and those BULLET SHOTS….they are pencil points put up by a LIBERAL. Keep sticking up for your guys. This tells Canadians what your propaganda machine is all about. TRUELY PATHETIC. And a side note…those DOCUMENTS are DRAFTS…..from 2007 and CANADIANS KNOW IT AND ARE LAUGHING AT CBC. Can’t wait for a credible NEWS station to come to this country.
Considering the vicious attack on the Italian PM yesterday I’d have thought that a lively discussion about extreme partisanship in politics and how it poisons the mind might have been in order on both politainment shows this afternoon but evidently that was not the case.
Another lost opportunity to bring the shows up a notch.
Instead we get one of them (I’m not sure which because I clicked on during a Corner Gas commercial) comparing the assassination photo to a bird pooping on Dion’s shoulder.
Not quite in the same league I would think.
Ironically, Stephen Harper made a guest appearance on Corner Gas.
He was holding a press conference in Dog River and when asked if he supported prairie dogs or gophers he said he supported prairie dogs. When the crowd moaned he quickly changed it to gophers. Pretty funny.
Considering the vicious attack on the Italian PM yesterday I’d have thought that a lively discussion about extreme partisanship in politics and how it poisons the mind might have been in order on both politainment shows this afternoon but evidently that was not the case.
Well actually I think Stephen Taylor made some reference to that on P & P.
Ironically, Stephen Harper made a guest appearance on Corner Gas.
I remember that one. In fact, I have the whole set on DVD. Every season.
o/t
Oh those darn Liberals, federal or provincial, same same…(alleged) money laundering
in BC Liberal party
”…A secret informant told police in 2003 that Dave Basi – one of the central figures in a political corruption trial – was laundering drug money through the Liberal Party, the Supreme Court of British Columbia has heard…”
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/basi-laundered-drug-cash-through-liberal-party-informant-contends/article1401773/
Well said, Ontario girl @ 7:34pm
I hear your rage and frustration. It has been an astonishing thing to witness the sewer that Canada’s MSM has been willing to crawl through.
I’m glad we have Canadians like you and others that post here that continue to FIGHT BACK!
(and I can’t forget our Radio guys….what ever would we do without them?)
Missed him, switched to Fox, thought the program was over at 3.00.
It goes for 2 hours, Mary T, but I’m sure a clip will be available online soon.
hello Bec
Another one I am sick of is Peter Mansbridge. Him and his climate change and BREAKING NEWS. Probably wasting my time sending emails etc but it’s a way to vent my outrage. Have two letters for our daily newspaper…if they get printed. Wasn’t too happy with Greg Westons article today either…his closing sentence was “ad hoc lawmaking behind closed doors”…..he was speaking against the govt. I see tonight on Power Play he was tamed down a bit. Guess he got letters?????
Tomorrow will be a day off from this political BS….. need to re-group….then back at it.
Cheers.
Did this madness not just recently get re-booted with something like Frank McKenna calling the Conservatives a band of thugs, then suggesting that these “thugs” get hit and hit hard? T
ypical leftist, Librano ploy on how to deal with your enemies.
Lie about them. [men with guns, in our streets, in Canadian cities...]
Minimize them.
Marginalize them.
Ostracize them.
Then, then you can victimize them. Brutalize them. Decimate them.
The world has long witnessed the effects of the Hit Squads of the ‘killler’ left of Beria, Kaganovich and their ilk. Elimination. Assassination. Liquidation.
So — the frightening menace, from the proponents of ‘gun control,’ seems to be nothing more than a simple case of ‘put a bullet in his head,’ ‘bust a cap on his sorry ass.’ Brought to you by the people seemingly so concerned about the possibility of ‘torture’ of detained combatants suspected of having Taliban affiliations. Brought to you by the people *SO* in favour of Gun Control and Gun Registries. [or is this doctrine strictly so that they can disarm everyone, except their friends and supporters, whenever they so desire?]
The left’s mindless, vicious, destructive, irrational and blindingly blind visceral hatred for anyone other than followers of their doctrinaire posturing, can only naturally descend to this current sorry state; can only, naturally, arrive at a point where they would find sport and humour in portraying a deranged gunman’s assassination of a democratically-elected, western political leader.
Only the unbalanced librano mind-set can produce this sick, twisted, new, and chilling spin with this 2009 rendition:
OUR men, with guns, on everyone’s screens. We’re not fooling. We’re not making this up. We’re not allowed to.
Another classic case of: the sphincter hatband on their hat is just a little too tight, reducing the circulation of a much-need, life-supporting, supply of fresh blood to their physically atrophied and morally bankrupt brain.
At least we now know who has ‘The Hidden Agenda.’ And now, with disappointing clarity, we all knowjust what that heretofore ‘hidden agenda’ is really all about.
tj
t.e. & o.e.
Any chance all those fossil awards could be displayed in a museum in Fort Mac. Stimulus money could be used to build it.
I do hope that Prentice will bring them home with pride, and put them on the govt website.
OT, but our gal who shall not be named is having a fit over at Taylors. I would like her rose colored glasses for Christmas.
I believe there’s a section of the criminal code of Canada that covers the incitement to hatred. There are other sections as well that may cover the photo incident.
I’d say that photo is an indictable Federal offense. It goes much further than an incitement to hatred.
Under the law, if I’m correct, the “intent” determines if any law is broken. In my opinion, the intent of the photo is clear cut – assassination.
At the very least, charges should be laid and the “intent” determined. This is a very serious situation that must not be ignored.
As for the Liberals, they absolutely disgust me!! If Canadians fail to see the Liberals as nothing more than scum, then we live among morons.
Among them, morality has become a stranger. You have to be brain-dead to vote Liberal. Time for a new opposition party. The Liberals are dead.
Mega OOPS, she is losing her mind at Jankes, not Taylors re the photo and detainees.
The cbc and liberals spent a lot of time today bringing up the Puffin ad. But, no one has recalled why that ad was done. Hadn’t iffy just made wonderful stmts re that bird and commented it could be the liberal mascot. Iffy brought up the puffin first. Then the knives come out for Dion and it was a perfect time for the puffin and dion together. And it was prophetic, didn’t the liberal party s**t all over dion.
I hear you Ontario Girl!!! I get the feeling that if you were stranded on a cold road begging for help Pete the head man on the National would give you the finger as he drives by. From what I hear in my neighborhood, Canadians are tuning out because we are sick of being lectured.
Kinsella and Powers just on Canada AM this morning. Some interesting things said. I hope they put it up on the website.
Joanne, could you give us a clue as to what you heard that was “interesting”? I never watch CBC AM/Canada AM. I’m thinking Kinsella must be getting lost for words by now, he’s been looking pretty stressed. It’s got to be hard to keep up the charade called “I support my leader”.
Liz, he was playing that old ‘bullet hole’ card that James mentioned at 10:07 yesterday. It’s also on Warren’s website if you care to go there. They say the pic is still on the Conservative site but I can’t find it.
BTW, haven’t heard any more about the “secret” documents Kinsella was offering Tommy boy on PP.
Poor old Warren, what would he do without his little bag of props?
They WERE NOT bullet holes!!
It was a platform FULL of HOLES! This is BS!
Contrary to all of the slams to media(not all are lowlife) here this story has gotten plenty of press all around yesterday, today and it’s likely got legs for tomorrow…on the Internet forever.
Taylor and Kinsella showing the most class and scoring the most points if you ask me.
Add this diversion to Copenhagen and the nonsense re: Afghan issue and along with the opposition the focus is on everything else here except that Harper’s still confidently in charge and in control.
What better way to go into a new year?
Sorry, I just can’t join the ranks of the obsessed with all journalists, it’s simply not true that they all ignore stories. You have no idea how many outside of the PPG do a great job of supporting the efforts that deserve their attention and pick up on the inequities.
I don’t understand why this blog pulls negative when we’ve got so much else to champion?
Call me a fruitcake….um, nope…I hate fruitcake, but I see far more positives these days for Canada and the PM than I do chasing the Liberals around. They’re simply not worth the ink for me.
I don’t understand why this blog pulls negative when we’ve got so much else to champion?
See, the thing is that this blog is not a CPC mouthpiece. This is a blog for conservative supporters who want to voice their thoughts and frustrations.
“Window Blind Warning
Health Canada is warning people about the dangers of window blinds” (cfra.com)
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“World leaders try to save troubled climate talks Reuters Canada”
Ignatieff Liberal talking points
change the channel
recommending the murder of the Prime Minister happened by ACCIDENT I don’t think so
someone is responsible have the chutzpah to stand up and come out of your hole and apologize
to all Canadians
Ignatieff apologize to Canadians and the Prime Minister of Canada you are the Liberal LEADER
fh
“You have no idea how many outside of the PPG do a great job of supporting the efforts that deserve their attention and pick up on the inequities. ”
But Richo…it is the PPG that get all the air time – it is the PPG that the majority of Canadians have to watch on the major networks news cycles. I am sure you are right about others, but I can assure you that even in our local papers, the editorials and the majority of the letters to the editors are bashing hte CPC and specifically Stephen Harper.
The fact that puffin poop, and wafers and bathroom breaks and perceived Chinese slights get instant play for days and something like this goes on the bottom of the page – or are one day stories because they don’t want to appear biased, just reeks of unfairness. The fact that so called journalists actually choose to ignore or brush off something like this as nothing when they rate some of the other anti CPC smears as top news defines them as biased.
While you may be right about some journalists doing their job, many are not – that is the problem I have with them.
MaryT says:
December 15, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Any chance all those fossil awards could be displayed in a museum in Fort Mac
Why not? we are winning ‘fossil’ awards for the best fossil fuel- fuel which environmentalist like to put into the cars.
Keep on winning fossil awards for our hard woking men women at FORT MAC.
Those fossil awards mean that our Government is standing up for Canada’s economy.
we are not any better than the afghans when they were under the regime of the taliban when it comes to the ‘media reporting.
In fact today, women hold the news they have their own radio shows and hold television interviews. They not us, came from the dark side of the taliban ritual media, while we remain with/in the same ‘dark’
ritual of the LPOC NATIONAL MEDIA. No wonder, our soldiers whether maimed or hurt have this need to return to Afghanistan they see progress from all areas while we still wallow in self pity- same dark media. It is no wonder that the prime minister is constantly under lock and key by the canadian/taliban like media.
If the afghans can progress into the light away from the taliban media- we can dam well do it as well.
The national pathetic media and their corrupt LPOC will go down together.
“This is a blog for conservative supporters who want to voice their thoughts and frustrations.”
Thank goodness for that and I am so very grateful! Group hug!
Joanne says:
December 16, 2009 at 9:34 am
Those fossil awards mean that our Government is standing up for Canada’s economy.
I am aware of that Joanne but sometimes a jive of sorts is worth giving.
Our PM is quietly and confidently going about his job, taking care of business, keeping his head when so many in the opposition are trying to steer him off course. They are failing and they’re failing miserably.
Fossil awards are giving us assurance this PM will not do anything detrimental to our economy to appease over-the-top eco nuts who would see us pounded back two hundred years to horse and buggy days. Not sure how they’d propose handling the manure, that would be interesting.
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I am aware of that Joanne but sometimes a jive of sorts is worth giving.
I agree Jen.
Liz – “Our PM is quietly and confidently going about his job, taking care of business, keeping his head when so many in the opposition are trying to steer him off course. They are failing and failing miserably.” EXACTLY MY POINT….yet we against give The Waffle the spotlight and wait with baited breath for an apology that makes not one bit of difference to this country at this moment. None whatsoever. It’s as irrelevant as the LPOC is these days….NOT!
Joanne – “…the thing is that this blog iw not a CPC mouthpiece. This is a blog for conservative supports who want to voice their thoughts and frustrations.” Thanks for clearing that up, but you’re giving forum to all those “mouthpieces” for the Liberals? I get that being a vehicle for conservative frustrations is useful, but we WON the election and whatever those who try to divert our attention to other scandals and idiot photographs will not change that. Do we conservatives even know how to be winners? Maybe we need to better define what it means to be “a mouthpiece” and a “supporter” because I see them as being one and the same..or could overlap.
Albert Girl – you raise great points “But, Richo…it is the PPG that get all the air time…”
Yes, and even so the polls lately are telling a very different story, right? Media bias has been around for ever but presently some have the same problem as do the LPOC – they’re not relating to individual Canadians at all. Proof of that is how they’re hanging on the Afghan “hit me in the head with a shoe” issue. It’s news because Copenhagen is falling flat not because it’s going to make a hill of beans difference to the average Canadian. It’s not going to be a campaign issue
either I’m betting. My point was that local media is reachable and each one of us has the capacity to change the bias in their own way, in their own hometowns. It all starts there. I can tell you that conservative journalists feel their own fair share of bias outside their control but they press on – Mike Duffy stands as one example of that.
Airing frustrations is fine and necessary especially doing so in the company of others who get it, but by lumping ALL journalists into the same criticism you’re doing them a huge disservice at every level.
I guess I just tend to gravitate to the positive and leave the rest behind because it’s unhealthy for me personally and the negative is easy to dwell on otherwise those dailies and shows like Power Play wouldn’t hang on them as they do. Look how many here still tune in to Power Play. Why? It doesn’t deserve the attention and patronage.
Ok, my new puppy’s eating my Christmas tree – the efforts of journalists to buck the bias exist. It’s often hard to see through the other pap but it’s there.
Thanks for clearing that up, but you’re giving forum to all those “mouthpieces” for the Liberals? I get that being a vehicle for conservative frustrations is useful, but we WON the election and whatever those who try to divert our attention to other scandals and idiot photographs will not change that.
Richco, I would say that in this particular case the Liberals were not very happy to have the focus shifted to this glaring error in judgment. They would have been much happier to have the media continue to spew out columns on Afghan detainees.
Richo,
Our Canadian Newsprint bias is valuable.
For potty training for your puppy.
You can always find something positive from a negative.
The Canadian News TV personalities are leftovers past their due date. The Global Trend for TV/Film talent is to follow the money and markets to the US. These TV personalities only look Big in our small pond.
Richo, I fully support highlighting Liberal stupidity, if we don’t do it who will? There’s nothing they’d like more than having their inane behaviour ignored, the media may report some of it but it never gives it “legs”.
Joanne – The Afghan detainee thing is falling off the radar very quickly. With ordinary Canadians it never made it ON the radar, but I understand what you’re saying.
Canadiansense – “Our Canadian Newsprint bias is valuable” – from the PM and CPC perspective that’s true also. Who doesn’t like it when the MSM gives kudos to Harper.
“Canadian News TV personalities are leftovers past their due date” – no argument from me there but the new crop is being churned out of much more “liberal” post-secondaries that will leave you craving the old boys. (Gag me).
“These TV personalities only look BIG in our small pond.” Yep. I agree there also that’s why I guess I don’t see them as having much influence on Canadians…especially at vote time.
Liz “if we don’t who will” – well, considering that the CPC so-called “truth” ads worked so well, I’d say that the LPOC and The Waffle all by themselves have done a great job.
Sure, I see value in blogs hammering this home because on blogs it’s almost like water-torture and can stay alive for a long time. I also see plenty of value for the PM if Iggy resists an apology.
Has Harper commented on this issue yet? Maybe he should?
Richo, there’s only value for the PM if iggy resists an apology AND we keep hammering them with it, if we don’t, it will die.
The fact that “contest entry” by a “kid” got past scrutiny by the brains of the outfit is another story, it’s telling it the adults must have thought it funny as well.
The problem with stuff like this, some less than stable person may think it might be a good idea to try to assassinate the PM, in that way it needs to be taken very seriously.
Lets hope the PM prorogues, stop the Taliban Committee and the Liberal senators plying silly beggars one last time to interfere with legislation passed by the elected HOC.
Liz J,
I don’t buy the story, I have cached the contest had seven entries as finalists. One was removed the finalists list. They have not corrected “seven” entries on all their pages.
So it was allowed and judged by someone in the LPOC. The LPOC has no problem demanding secret documents but won’t come clean on who is responsible and how this happened.
When the CPC made an tastless stunt AD it was dealt with an apology from the leader of the party.
The leader of the Liberals does not accept responsibility for his party. (Reminds me of Adscam) Apologist blame ‘low level’ people, it was NOT them.
The same problem of accountability still exists.
Porogue may be a problem, let the committee call meeting if the CPC are busy so be it. Too bad the rules allow them to miss meetings.
They can continue to speak to the media about the meanie CPC who won’t show up to discuss the detainee issue. So what. Let them and the liberal media cry about this issue for the next few weeks during Christmas.
The best defense is a good offense. I believe we ought to confront the false news wherever it comes from. We need to highlight it, bring it out in the open so people are aware of it rather than to simply ignore it.
There are too many gullible Canadians out there who tune in to Global National, CTV and CBC. We have some excellent stations and reporters across Canada but, unfortunately, they do not have a national audience.
The biggest threat to democracy is an uninformed population. Sadly, there are many, many uninformed Canadians. Thanks to the internet, and blogs like this, we will become an increasingly informed people.
For one thing, I believe it’s important to listen, read and watch biased media in order to confront them and point out to the general public the error of their ways. We ignore them at our own peril. To look the other way is a recipe for disaster.
Please add The Hill Times to your list of must-reads on this issue. It raises similar questions.
ooops – make that MacLeod at Hill Times via NNW.
make that MacLeod at Hill Times via NNW.
Yeah, I read that too. The link up at next post.
Actually now that I reread that column I can’t believe what MacLeod is suggesting. i.e that it was a very clever pic and that it was preplanned. Well if that’s true then the Liberals are lower than scum.
Another illustration of why partisan politics is bad for our health, bad for the country.
If nothing else, Copenhagen proved why bickering over “Me good, You bad” solves nothing.
We’ll have to learn how to work together. Can we do it? I think so. But it’s going to require self-discipline.
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