Oh, Canada!

**houseisland** · February 18th, 2009, 10:43 PM

Missed this one first time around....

http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/video...ject=947975116

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It is my pure and virtuous heart that
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**houseisland** · February 21st, 2009, 10:13 AM

http://i44.tinypic.com/1zeggu1.gif

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It is my pure and virtuous heart that
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**NooNoo** · February 21st, 2009, 01:21 PM

Is he french by any chance?

**houseisland** · February 22nd, 2009, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by NooNoo

Is he french by any chance?

Nope... Alberta Anglo.

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**houseisland** · October 11th, 2009, 12:09 PM

Monkeys and Turnips.... spot on!

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_.../ID=1286380734

The lack of choice, monkeys or turnips, breeds public apathy. Public apathy brings out the worst in governments. We are in big trouble.

The Liberals don't seem to be able to do anything without tripping over their own shoe laces... the right foot and the left foot can't agree on anything.

Mr. Harper is a loser, who might get lucky on a third try for a majority government only because the opposition parties are doing all they can to help him get elected.

At least you Americans have a leader, as much as everyone appears to be trying to saw him off at the knees. Hey, if you guys don't like him, lets trade. You can have Harper - he is/was very Republican friendly, and he would very much like to be a president.

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It is my pure and virtuous heart that
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**CCT** · October 25th, 2009, 05:23 AM

In Ontario, the last Conservative Government was defeated because, largely, they were accused of mismanaging the economy by over-zealous saving and STILL had a 5 Billion dollar deficit which they hadn't made clear.

The Liberals have since made that into a 20 Billion dollar + deficit and have added after-income health fees and are now introducing a repressive merged fed-prov sales tax that will further kill sales.

Trust no one!

**El_Squid** · October 30th, 2009, 12:41 PM

Well, we're coming up on a year of the "Change" administration, who has only managed to run the deficit up to astronomical proportions, with no relief in sight. Once again, we have been duped by a fast-talking con artist, but I should feel some consolation that he suckered the Nobel Prize Committee as well.

The rest of the major world economies are recovering, while we continue to flounder, because they did the opposite of what we did: they cut taxes, curtailed their spending and promoted small/middle businesses. We pretend our unemployment is getting better, while ignoring the fact that many people are simply running out of benefits and dropping off the unemployed statistics, not actually getting a job. Many people have simply given up on finding anything.

So, count your blessings, oh Canada! You are much better off then we.

**houseisland** · November 7th, 2009, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by El_Squid

Well, we're coming up on a year of the "Change" administration, who has only managed to run the deficit up to astronomical proportions, with no relief in sight. Once again, we have been duped by a fast-talking con artist, but I should feel some consolation that he suckered the Nobel Prize Committee as well.

The rest of the major world economies are recovering, while we continue to flounder, because they did the opposite of what we did: they cut taxes, curtailed their spending and promoted small/middle businesses. We pretend our unemployment is getting better, while ignoring the fact that many people are simply running out of benefits and dropping off the unemployed statistics, not actually getting a job. Many people have simply given up on finding anything.

So, count your blessings, oh Canada! You are much better off then we.

Hey. The trade offer still stands.

Obama is a better fit with Canadian Liberalism than he is with the Democrats, never mind the Republicans.

You guys can have Harper. He might be a little too left for the Republicans (but so too would most Canadian libertarians) but I suspect that there is a covert element of Christian fundamentalism in his and Stockwell (Doris) Day's "Family Values" agendas.

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It is my pure and virtuous heart that
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**El_Squid** · November 16th, 2009, 01:22 PM

I really don't think it matters much who we put into the Oval Office, so long as Americans as a Society continue to fail to make the hard decisions and let "Big Daddy" Government run their lives.

There are very few people out there who would disagree that our elected officials are dishonest, greedy and relatively dim as a whole. And yet, we are continually pushing for the Federal Government (run by the aforementioned dim-witted thieves) to take charge of everything, including the lion's share of our income. We will soon be spending 300% of the USA's annual revenue and projected to reach 500% in the next few years. This is not a secret, nor very hard to verify. It does not take a Rocket Surgeon to see how this is not only incredibly stupid, but a great excuse to rachet our personal income taxes up, as the single largest revenue source the Fed controls.

Of course, the alternative, our dim-witted, greedy corporate thugs are even worse. The incompetent government agencies (refer to previous dim-witted reference) who have failed miserably to oversee the stock and commodities market, continue to fail miserably in managing the obscene governement bail-out monies, so liberally dispensed by our Glorious Leader. Rather than turn these funds into interest-free, direct loans to the actual citizens in need, our illustrious Federal Bureaucracy turned the money over to the same short-sighted, incompetent boobs that created the problem in the first place.

America is so screwed!

**CCT** · November 16th, 2009, 04:48 PM

There are disturbing statistics about the failure rate in inner-city US high schools these days.

Canada isn't doing much better.

We have to teach 'ethnical targetted studies' to 'pass' some people, it appears.

Universities, colleges and the like are getting some wonderful students (??).

Good to know your heart surgeon has a good 'beat'!

**slgrieb** · November 17th, 2009, 03:27 PM

I'd say the two major problems with politics are: 1 Lack of involvement. Most people don't really want to get into the trenches and fight for what they believe. The Blame Game is much easier, and you can keep the moral high ground instead of having to face up to the nasty compromises that are the reality of politics.

2: Most people vote with their emotions; not their intellect. Few ever bother to take a look at what the policies they vote for have actually accomplished. Fewer still can separate the rhetoric about issues from the reality. As an example, let's say that Congress wanted to pass a bill to reduce the prison population by putting a random sample of 1 in 4 inmates through a commercial wood chipper. If the sponsors called it the Prison Reform Act to Reduce Overcrowding, you would be assured of getting a certain block of voter to support the bill, regardless of the content. Calling it the Patriot's Freedom Act to Reduce Incarcerated Terrorists would also draw a guaranteed base of support.

**CCT** · November 17th, 2009, 03:42 PM

If people used intellect about politics, we'd have the politicians impanted with an explosive device when they 'won' an election.

If 51% of the voters pushed their 'impeachment' button at 9 am on any Tuesday (that is my preffered time and day) the politician would cease to exist.

Emotionally, there have been few that I have cared about - that's why I could come up with the foregoing idea.

**El_Squid** · December 10th, 2009, 10:27 AM

I remeber reading a sci-fi story along those lines. Elected officials had an explosive collar put on after being elected, which would detonate after so many "impeach" votes. But, thay also were issued high-powered, scoped rifles and were able to "eliminate" people that looked like they were going to become criminals.

The main thrust of the story was that the wealthy men would have their spouses criogenically frozen until such time as they were needed, like to host a party, etc., and then refrozen. Our hero decides this is unfair to his wife and refuses to have her put on ice. So, she divorces him on the grounds he is forcing her to live the "boring", "unfun" parts of life and making her waste her best years on dreck.

Can't remeber the author now!

**houseisland** · January 15th, 2010, 12:29 PM

If you can't stand the heat, shut down the kitchen.

Harper and his cronies have been taking a beating in the House of Commons and in the media over the economy, the environment, war crimes, etc, etc.

There is a rarely used option to prorogue Parliament - Discontinue a session of (a legislative or other assembly, esp. Parliament) without dissolution. Harper has invoked it. The Conservatives are sliding in the polls, and they would be in serious trouble if there were any opposition party with greater credibility than the minimal amount that Harper and his minions possess. The Olympics are coming up and there are lots of photo ops to be had hanging around with Canadian athletes, especially if they are medal winners. The option of prorogation is for extraordinary circumstances. Hmmm....

The closing of the kitchen has not helped them: "The EKOS poll found that almost 64 percent of respondents felt suspending Parliament was 'anti-democratic.'"

http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/201...e-suspend.html

Meanwhile.... the Liberals..... hmmm.......

We are still in trouble.

Here is a nice touch from the Conservative's, something worthy of Bejing or North Korea: http://www.thegreenpages.ca/portal/c...tes_parod.html

Oh Canada!

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It is my pure and virtuous heart that
gives me the strength of ten!