Thatcher and Reagan together did decisive damage to our democracies, though here general shared prosperity began seriously eroding, I understand now, in the 1970's. Both are virtually canonized.
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Thatcher and Reagan together did decisive damage to our democracies, though here general shared prosperity began seriously eroding, I understand now, in the 1970's. Both are virtually canonized.
Amazing, isn't it?
"Don't Tax The Rich" earned them Sainthood.
I want to PUKE.
They were both decisive in crushing labor. For Thatcher the miners' strike was her big milestone in that area and Reagan's was destroying the air traffic controllers' union.
I forgot to mention a MASSIVE scandal here in Canada that was a direct result of Harper's government.
This is a government that says it wants to create jobs. But they left out the part that they want to create jobs for ANYONE BUT CANADIANS.
Here's Why:
The Royal Bank of Canada is now known as the Worst Bank in Canada, and all because they fired long-time Canadians who worked for them and replaced them wholesale with workers from India.
Yep, you read that right.
Not only did they fire these Canadians, they had those very Canucks TRAIN their replacements, without knowing that their jobs were on the chopping block. Next thing they know, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai has their job and they have nothing but a pink slip.
Did the shit hit the fan? Yes it sure did.
The Royal Bank found themselves in a boiler, and they put out full-page ads in all newspapers across the country "apologizing" for what they had done. Canadians were justifiably outraged and still are. I heard that they have hired back some of the workers who were canned, but the damage is done.
The reason Royal Bank did this is because of the new rules for workers entering Canada that was passed by Harper's pathetic government.
CANADIANS LOSE THEIR JOBS UNDER HARPER.
Never forget it.
These are slimy sacks of corporate shit. Harper is pure SLIME.
If his party survives the next election.......I'm moving to Siberia.
Those Tory Trudeau attack ads are on every fifteen seconds these days. It sickening.
It shows Trudeau stripping off his shirt while a shithead voice says "Justin Trudeau has a famous last name, but is he qualified to be Prime Minister?"
Trudeau was stripping his shirt off to raise money for cancer patients. They don't tell you that in the ad.
So yes, Tories will smear you even when you are doing something in the name of cancer patients.
They must really think Canadians are dumb.
We'll see come election time.
Harper is finished.
I think people are really fed up with him.
Even Die-Hard Conservatives are murmuring that they will sit on their hands in the next election.
GIANT scandal right now:
Harper's right-hand man, Chief-Of-Staff Nigel Wright paid off Conservative Senator Mike Duffy's debt (over-payments for housing claims) in complete secret.
$90,000. One cheque. Off Wright's own personal bank account.
How's that for crime and corruption? Wow that's some serious "gift" he gave Duffy there.
90 Grand. That's a lotta bread. Harper spokemen say that Duffy couldn't re-pay the money "in a timely fashion", so they paid it for him.
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Disgraced Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau is fighting the order he has to pay back almost 50 Grand, and another Senator (Tory of course) also has to pay back the money they illegally claimed. Why does Duffy get such preferential treatment?
Is it because he's a "journalist" who could bury the Tories?
What the FUCK is going on?
Ethics violations abound with the Harper Gang of Goofs.
It never fucking ends.
Enough is Enough.
Kick these frauds OUT!
If this stuff is available in newspaper articles available online?
It would be nice to have links to some of them so we can read up on the background of your more juicy items, Johann.
I'll see what I can dredge.
This is a MAJOR scandal, and it is the top news item on all of the news networks today.
Another major scandal that received massive press was the Harper government sending letters to soldiers who served in Afghanistan telling them that they had to re-pay $1500 in combat pay, DEMANDING that it be paid back, actually.
Defence Minister Peter Mackay made a quick about-face, saying that the government "has nothing but respect for our men and women in uniform", and that they will not demand the troops to pay back such a paltry sum for putting their lives on the line.
I mean, this is absolutely shocking and sickening, what this disgraceful, CRIMINAL government has wrought.
The soldiers' "debt" is one thing that really irked a lot of Conservative supporters- to the point that some of them say they will sit out the next election.
And Peter Penashue has lost his seat in Labrador in the by-election.
It went to a Liberal. A sign of things to come?
I was wrong, and happily.
:)
BYE SCAMMER!
Huffington Post has something recent, b ut that turns out to be from The Walrus, a less-known publication no doubt. Huffington is sort of an aggragator.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/05...n_3280764.html
Tomorrow I will be posting about this Titanic scandal in great detail, a scandal which stands to crush the Tories under their own criminal hubris.
Mike Duffy, the fat fucking scumbag at the centre of this horrific mess, has resigned from the Conservative party, as of last Thursday. The next day, fat Conservative Cunt Pamela Wallin also resigned from the Tories. Right smack dab in the middle of an audit of her rape of the taxpayers.
But the real Beaut of these resignations is Harper's Chief of Staff Nigel Wright, who quit yesterday, saying that he is solely responsible for the debacle. That's GREAT that you quit, Nigel, but guess what FUCKFACE?
we want fucking answers. NOW.
i AM GONNA UNLOAD tomorrow.....stay tuned.
This shit is unbelievable. That Harper knew NOTHING of a cheque being (politically) cut by his right-hand-man to sweep this crime and corruption under the rug makes me want to rip Harper's throat out. He knew. He fucking Knew.
No one is buying it.
Not even his dipshit supporters.
How lucky you are. If only a huge scandal would destroy the Republicans in Congress. . . and then the most entrenched Democrats. But instead it's Obama who's got a scandal to deal with, from his penchant for invading everybody's privacy and locking up whistle blowers and throwing away the key.
See below.
Yes indeed. He's got a few to deal with. Obama is a sham. I am very saddened to say that, but you can't get around it anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Knipp
The man is a charlatan and always was. Painful to admit it, but hey, the world sucks, don't it?
What he has done is Nixonian, and that is the LAST man you want to be compared to.
Now onto the GIANT debacle that is Duffy-Gate:
Steve Harper has shown no Leadership on this. He will not take a single question on the Senate scandal for fear of being caught in a lie, which is what he has done from day one to Canadians: NOTHING BUT LIE.
He's taking a page from Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who is also in a scandal (he smoked CRACK?!?!!?on VIDEO??)- Harper is silent.
No questions from anyone.
He allowed reporters into his caucus meeting Tuesday (for 5 minutes-what a joke) and would not take a single question on the $90,000 cheque, Mike Duffy, Conservative Senators resigning or his role in the whole matter. In fact he mentioned nothing except that he would "tighten Senate rules", that "no government is perfect" and that he is "very upset" (even though he smirked when reporters bombarded him with irate questions until they were escorted out of the caucus meeting).
I mean, this stinks to high heaven.
And Harper rushed off to Peru for a trade mission with South America on Tues. afternoon.
CBC reporter Terry Milewski (a great man) was on that flight, and Harper still wouldn't answer a single fucking question.
He left his pathetic MP's to answer questions in Question Period and John Baird was visibly at a loss for the situation.
It was HIS buddy Mike Duffy who campaigned for him on the taxpayer dime while he claimed per diems during the last election- per diems that racked up into the thousands, per diems that he claimed was "SENATE BUSINESS" when it was nothing of the sort.
My blood is boiling. Can you tell?
Duffy is being investigated by Elections Canada for violating the Law, and so is Nigel Wright, who has also remained silent. Duffy is tight-lipped too. The audit of his housing claims was halted after he "paid back" the money, mysteriously. It was a whitewash. They tried to sweep this criminal activity under the carpet, and they got caught. I would sure like to know who let it slip that this secret check was cut....
BOY DO I EVER!
in 2005 Harper gave a speech saying "If you bend the Rules, you will be Punished. If you break the Rules, you will go to Prison".
Well, that turns out to be a complete LIE, because those Senators are now INDEPENDENT Senators, they still collect their $155,000 a year salary. No one can kick them out. They were not elected- they were appointed by the PM. Why hasn't Harper had them REMOVED PERMANENTLY?
So many questions here. Nothing passes the smell test.
Harper has thrown his Chief of Staff under the bus, but it doesn't matter- Nigel made his multi-millions. He will not suffer.
Will he go to jail? Who knows. Will Duffy? Who knows. Will HARPER? No.
My man Charlie Angus has been awesome lately- he has requested the RCMP to investigate this as a crime and that elections laws were broken.
The Conservatives are once again in Contempt of Parliament. And this one they will not get away with.
Where is the Governor General?
Why didn't he tell Harper to halt his trade trip to Peru?
Why doesn't he tell Harper to give the Canadian people answers?
Why hasn't Harper (or anyone else in the Tories) APOLOGIZED???????????
Not even an APOLOGY from these sacks of shit.
This week has been rough for me.
My Mayor is a crackhead, My government is corrupt as FUCK and doesn't even apologize, and a founding member of my favorite band has died.
BYE RAY.
I'll post again later when I'm not so depressed.
Another scandal (I can't fucking KEEP UP anymore!):
3.1 BILLION DOLLARS that was supposed to go for security measures has vanished from the Treasury.
The Tories have misplaced 3.1 BILLION.
I'll say that again in case you didn't hear me:
The Tories have misplaced 3.1 BILLION DOLLARS.
They have no answers on where it went and no one to point the finger at.
Am I in the Twilight Zone?
Or is this Canada?
I was watching a Noam Chomsky interview on the topic of Obama and he said now Nixon is our most liberal president in recent times. It has all moved steadily to the right.Quote:
What he has done is Nixonian, and that is the LAST man you want to be compared to.
It was Bill Clinton who signed off on "extraordinary rendition" and the draconian "three strikes" sentencing mandate and killed welfare, ending the US social safety net.
Harper is going to adjourn Parliament early for the summer break, to "Help People Forget That This Scandal Ever Happened".
It's part of his Economic Action Plan, which was just approved for $100 million more of taxpayers dollars being spent on those pathetic ads.
He's also buying advertising ads for grants that haven't even been discussed in the House of Commons!!!!!!
Wow!
STOP. THIS. TRAIN. WRECK.
Somebody.
Anybody.