Stephen Harper is Delusional

I spent all of last night listening to the Ontario leaders debate that I taped off the radio on good old-fashioned cassettes (how archaic am I? LOL) and tomorrow I'll give a laser-guided summary of it all.

Listening to or watching the debate once is not enough to know what these 3 leaders were really saying.
I was able to stop the tapes and take notes whenever I wanted, so now I have a TOTAL grasp on the issues facing Ontario.
McGuinty has ignored the people of Ontario. He's taken them for granted at every turn and raised taxes 3 times. (and gave us the BEAUTIFUL Harmonized Sales Tax).

In the debate Dalton McGuinty seemed really pre-occupied with the company Samsung.
He mentioned it emphatically.
He talked about 4 manufacturing plants and 16,000 jobs that Samsung wants to give Ontario.
That's all well and good, but McGuinty decimated the forestry sector in Ontario.
He offers no remorse and no ideas on that one.
But he damn well wants us Canucks to build cheap electronics, just like our Chinese friends. He said it himself:
"Embrace Globalization. We're IN this. We're UNITED!"
OK Dalton. You da man.

6 questions were posed from members of the public for the debate.
The first was about jobs, but I missed the actual question- I started taping too late for that.
But I got the responses from McGuinty and Andrea Horvath.
Horvath states bluntly that McGuinty's ideas for Energy have killed jobs in the province and that his deals have not been competitive.
McGuinty just talks about Samsung. "One of the responsibilities of leadership is to find an opening and run through it!" he carped.
He said Ontario should be first in lowering the price of electronics. (?)
Right-O, Dalt-O.

Question #2 was
How will each leader cut spending? And by how much? And in which areas?

Andrea Horvath said the NDP will get rid of the debt (balance the budget) by 2017-18 by rolling back these huge blank checks that McGuinty has been handing corporations for the last 8 years. She will reward companies that create jobs and training. She said families will definitely be given a break by changing government priorities by putting people and jobs first. The economy will be a focus, and she said their plan is costed and all decisions will be reasonable, practical and prudent. (Sounds good to me).

Tim Hudak (Conservative) said he will set 2 priorities: health care and education. He said he will save 2 cents on every dollar. (How? who knows)
He said we need the economy firing on all cylinders so that money comes into the Treasury. He said we need to give people the confidence to spend again. He stole an idea from the NDP (which Andrea called him out on): taking the HST off home heating. Bravo Tim. Original is your middle name, huh?
Tim promised to go through all of the 600+ government agencies to see which are absolutely needed and which should be scrapped in the name of the taxpayer. That's a good idea for ANY leader to do. I like it.
Supposedly Stephen Harper is going to roll back corporate taxes. We'll see.

McGuinty's answer was that Ontario is the biggest job producer in the country (does he also know that Ontario is the biggest job LOSER in the country?). He said his government is reducing the Ontario Public Service by 7% (5000 jobs cut, saving us $500 million).
He said he'll find another $200 million inside government agencies, boards and commissions by trimming the fat.
He said there are better ways to deliver health care by providing provincially supported health care in the home. (House calls). He offered a $1500 tax credit to seniors who renovate their home in order to modify it for home health care, which will allow them to stay at home in their golden years as opposed to going to a separate old age home, where it's been reported husbands and wives are split up and sent to different homes!
WRONG. SHAME.
Let's eliminate that practice, shall we? For the love of God?

McGuinty bragged about how 400 new schools and 18 new hospitals have been built under his watch, how he brought in 2900 new doctors and put up thousands of miles of transmission lines across the province.
Andrea Horvath called him on his tax credit *bribe* saying that he had 8 years to implement such a thing and he never did.
Only during elections does he make these tax offers. And then they never materialize...
She also ripped him apart on the health care system in Ontario, using a scathing example of her son's visit to an emergency room.
She will make sure that a mother who goes to emergency on a Friday night is not sitting there with her child on saturday afternoon.
Bravo Andrea!

Tim Hudak slammed Dalton on his health care ideas, because as every Ontarian knows, McGuinty is responsible for the absolute nightmare scandal that was E-HEALTH. A billion dollars went down the drain on that one. For jack-fucking-shit.
Hudak said The economy only grew by 10% and the Ontario Liberal government increased spending by 80%!
Andrea also mentioned she will cap gas prices and lower the deficit to GDP ratio. (a little muddy on how she'll do it tho. Would like to know more, but time didn't allow it)

Question #3 was
What specific steps will you take to help Ontarians who are living on fixed incomes who are facing financial difficulties with rising costs and taxes with goods and services?

McGuinty said "a tax credit to renovate! We are re-building our energy systems to reduce energy bills by 10% We are looking at home care".
He liked to mention David Suzuki's name, saying that the Great Canadian supports his energy plans, and how he's shutting down coal production.
Someone mentions a carbon tax.....

Horvath said "the HST was unfair. There is no way to make it up as a taxpayer, other than getting another job.We will take the HST off heating, hydro and gas. We will offer municipalities to take 50% off operating costs for more streamlined transit systems. The hours of home care will be bumped up. For 8 years McGuinty's "status quo" hasn't worked".

Hudak said "McGuinty has got to stop listening to his Bay street friends. Smart Meters were nothing but a tax grab. He can't set priorities, that's why he takes the easy way out every time by raising taxes. It's easy to raise taxes. It's not easy to tighten your belt. Can you conserve power effectively? Most people can't. We'll offer rebates for old appliances".

Question number 4 was wonky to me:

We need bold ideas and shouldn't be afraid of important truths. Why not ask the people of Ontario for shared sacrifice to take us through this difficult time?

Um, I hate to break it to the dolt who asked that question, but Ontarians have been sacrificing for eons. The government hasn't sacrificed anything except countless jobs from residents. That was a really dumb question. You think it's a bold idea to ask Ontarians to sacrifice?
What do you think they've been doing for 8 fuckin' years? shitpump?
How was that chosen for a debate question? Can anyone enlighten me? Shit.....

McGuinty responded by saying we are already sacrificing by building a giant tunnel under Niagara Falls (at about a Billion dollars in price) in order to provide 100 years of power. It's fallen to this generation to build it he said. He also said that the HST was "absolutely essential" even though it was a difficult decision.
Uh, no it wasn't Dalton. It ain't hard to agree to tax the people. Not hard at all. That was a giant fib, and Tim Hudak jumped on it:
"Dalton McGuinty never tightens his belt. Families always pay for his "Big Ideas".

McGuinty had an interesting quote: 30 years from now our kids will still be saying: "Why can't we affect or fight those gas prices?"
He said that Ontario is first in North America for creating clean energy technology, and that's how our children won't be asking that question in 30 years. Because of his "vision" for clean energy.
Right-O.
As I said Dalton, you da man. The writing sure is on the wall for a bounty of riches in the future.
I can see the future prosperity as you speak! Thank you for such prophetic bon mots!

Hudak also mentioned that in July of this year Ontario lost more jobs than all of the provinces COMBINED.
And that 300,000 manufacturing jobs were lost under McGuinty. (and he's carping about SAMSUNG? Holy shitballs)

McGuinty lied again: We are continuing to lower taxes and we have the highest educated workforce in the world.- Hard to believe, Dalton...
VERY hard to believe...
He mentioned Ontario is #1 in the world for producing cars and that Ontario spends more money on clean energy than fossil fuels.
See how many facts and figures he can rattle off?

More of Dalton's "facts":

After California, Ontario is the second most-favored place in North America to invest.
His Liberal government will offer to reduce tuition by 30% (approx. $1600 per student)- YEAH RIGHT.
The province has got 2000 big and medium sized projects in the fire and 30,000 small projects on the go.
What they are or what they entail is a total mystery. Just pay, Mr. or Mrs. Taxpayer! we've got your back on these "projects"! Ha Ha.
They are NOTHING like Tony Clement's "projects" for his riding in Muskoka. NOTHING AT ALL LIKE THOSE. *snicker*

I wish I could remember who said "A degree is a ticket to the middle class".
No it's not.
It's a ticket to get hired at McDonald's.

Question 5 was from a student in Ottawa who asked about the huge financial risk students take and how education is a major part of a person's life


Andrea Horvath said she will take the interest off the OCAP loans for students and freeze tuition for 4 years.
I love that idea and I'm not even a student. Let that idea take off and see if it has any impact 4 years from now- I think it definitely would.
She also stated quite bluntly that Ontario has the highest undergraduate debt in the land (and second highest for graduate students).
"Student debt today is daunting. This is not a province that invests in Education. We have to get a handle on tuition fees. Ontario should not be ten out of ten when it comes to per capita investment." she said. AMEN Ma'am!

Hudak wants OCAP to offer more assistance for students. He offered no positive items for students, even though he says Education is one of his top priorities. He just wants them to take on more debt from OCAP!
Yeah, OK.
He also nailed McGuinty on the apprenticeship programs that Ontario runs, saying they are "from the 1970's" and that young apprentices give up and go out West to Saskatchewan and Alberta to be apprentices because there is less red tape involved (and usually a good job waiting).

Question #6:
There is already limited privatization in our health care system. Will any of the leaders consider a larger role for the private sector for health care delivery?

GREAT QUESTION in my opinion. I listened intently to the responses.

Andrea Horvath said that a lot of improvements are needed to health care in Ontario and priorities must change NOW to bring back the kind of health care that our people used to expect. She mentioned that it costs $1200 per person to stay one night in a hospital yet it's only $120 for long-term care per day. HOME CARE could only cost $60 per day! Why aren't we moving in that direction already? LET'S GO! It saves money.
She's also going to cap health care CEO salaries, making it plain that it's ridiculous to have a CEO collect his 6-figure bonus every year when nurses are being laid off. That shit must end PRONTO. I loved that idea.
She asked the voters to consider who will follow through on promises made. (Hint: she will. SHE'S IN IT TO WIN IT, FOLKS)
"We are watching the health care system ERODE before our very eyes" she said.
It's true. We've seen & heard horror stories in rural Ontario where people have DIED due to clusterfucks with regards to getting medical, among the legions of stories right from cities.

McGuinty offered no answer on this question, except to say that he will "hammer out a new Health Accord with the Feds".
(so re-assuring, isn't he?)

Hudak wheeled out a story about his daughter being in Sick Kids hospital and how he's seriously committed to health care.
How committed? He wants it "patient first" so he's gonna drop 6.1 BILLION into it.

How and why and wherefore he'll do that no one knows.
That number is clearly just a pie-in-the-sky uncosted figure.
A big carrot he's dangling during an election.
He wants votes.
And saying he'll drop an astounding 6.1 Billlion into Health will make people get all warm and fuzzy.
But any sane person would balk at that astonomical sum. (particularly because that money's got to come from SOMEWHERE)

They all were given a chance to say a final spiel, and they all thanked the viewer/listener for their time and hoped each voter will make the "right choice"

I had a huge shudder today when I read in the Ottawa Citizen that they want Dalton McGuinty back.
WE'LL TAKE THE DEVIL WE KNOW was the exact line.

They said his "experience" in office gives him the edge and will be needed during this rocky road.
Ugh.
We know his "experience".
And it's abysmal.

Like on May 2nd, this one's all up to the people.
Let's hope we don't stay doomed.

Back to our DELUSIONAL Prime Minister, which is what this thread is REALLY about.

Another fresh scandal today, and an old one has been re-issued.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay has been fleecing us taxpayers to the tune of 3 million dollars for the last three years.
On what, pray tell?

Military flights, of course!
He even had a military escort flight pick him up after vacationing in Newfoundland this summer, right at his lodge!
Understandably, the Official Opposition fired Howitzer Questions at the PM about this scandal, and Harper defended his Con Man MacKay, saying he used most of those flights to be there when a dead soldier arrives on the tarmac from Afghanistan.

Let me make something clear to both Harper and MacKay:
I served in 1PPCLI in the 90's. I was a 031 Grunt.
Had I stayed in the service I would have gone to Afghanistan. No question about it. I know 5 guys personally who died over there.
If I knew that the Defence Minister was fleecing and fooling the taxpayer by jet-setting to my "re-patriation ceremony" my ghost would haunt that fucker until his dying day.
Great, you're showing you care by being there when my dead ass arrives back in Canada Pete!
Awesome. You Rock, you Joe-Camel looking Mofo.
Glad you flew first class on the taxpayer nickel.
You earned that RIGHT, didn't you? Jerk-off?

THREE MILLION DOLLARS in flights he's racked up!
Where the fuck do you go and what the fuck are you doing to rack up a $3 mil tab?
Reminds me of when David Collenette was minister of Defence and he choppered his way out to our training area in CFB Suffield Alberta.
We were in the field for about a month when that jackass flew out in pristine combats and a field cap with "MP" emblazoned on it.
He looked like a clown in a soldier suit, which is what he was. After telling us that we were the most respected Army in the world he took ONE QUESTION.
ONE.
A corporal asked LOUD AND CLEAR: "WHY DID YOU DISBAND THE "BORNE?!"
Whoosh!
He was whisked into that helicopter faster than you can say "Fuck off, Mucky-Muck!'
Didn't even TRY to answer that in front of a thousand tired and dirty troops who've been training for a month with no proper showers or food.
That corporal was charged for asking that question. ONE OF US. A REAL GRUNT HE WAS....
It was surreal, being there, watching that helicopter take off. We were all like "What the fuck was THAT?!?"

It's been reported that Stephen Harper is "LIVID" that this fact about MacKay's jet-setting has leaked out, because it would've come from someone in his OWN CAUCUS.
Keep your eyes peeled for anyone leaving his party.
Oh Yeah. KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED.
MacKay must've gotten tips from Michelle Jean about how to jet-set on the taxpayer nickel.
You're paid a handsome salary asshole! Take the fucking Greyhound!
It would show respect for the taxpayer AND give you more time to go over your portfolio with a fine-toothed comb.
Maybe a little noisy on the bus, but you can suck it up.
The troops deal with much worse shit. For far less pay. Suck it up Pete. Grow a spine.

And just yesterday Harper has made his callous and horrifying decision to halt per-vote subsidies for other political parties.
He's ACTING on that one, Baby.
Yessir.

He's gotta put up roadblocks to his opponents every chance he can get.
What does it mean?
It means that all political parties must raise money on their own for political campaigns, with no help from the government.

I agree with that idea, but it's not a priority right now.
Why not do it when there is a somewhat level playing field? Why do it NOW?

What the fuck are you so worried about Mr. Harper?
Why is this matter such a fucking PRIORITY for you at this juncture?
This is partisan all the way.
This is a Conservative FEAR move.
They are afraid and they gotta act. Because the next election will creep up on us like a fart in a car.
And he can't have anybody threatening his precious *thieving* majority.

I said it before and I'll say it again (from the top of EVEREST too):

You're fired HARPER.
FUCKING FIRED.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said this week that Canada is "unlikely" to be hit with a recession.

That's nice.
Since when have this oblivious man's predictions ever come true?

It's so sad I could almost laugh. Time for a beer.

Yes Indeed, Peter MacKay has been using military Challenger jets as his own personal taxi.

CTV news reports that only 9 of the 35 flights he racked up (247 hours of flying time) were for repatriation ceremonies of dead soldiers.
So Stephen Harper lied in the House of Commons. *Again*.
Who knew?
I had a hunch we didn`t lose so many soldiers that MacKay was constantly on that jet....
We've only lost 157 troops!

All of the other flights were for political announcements, not emergencies.
I blame Harper, not MacKay.
Harper lets his doggie go wherever he wants, with no penalty. After all, Harper himself likes to go to NHL hockey games with his Challenger taxi!
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty also likes to travel by Challenger jet.
For WHAT?
You don`t DO anything Flaherty!
You don't conduct any "business".
Man, what vultures.
Paid a huge salary, and they STILL eat at the taxpayer trough!
The taxpayer pays your way for EVERYTHING YOU DO.
Fuck off and die.
In this time of "economic uncertainty" you look like a smug rich prick by jet-setting for no reason.
There is no "security concerns" with your travelling. No one even knows who the fuck you are or what you do.
You're like Noyce's THE SAINT for fucks sakes!
Self-entitled, grinning-in-your-mind self-satisfied fuckfaces. That's what you are.
Period. Full stop.

People are losing their jobs in record time in this country and you fly around like Sheik Ali Simbatta!

FUCK OFF. and KNOCK IT OFF.
People are fed up with this chickenshit.
If there were no charges or jail for murder I would be getting BUSY right now.....

Here's a short video compilation of the Hon. Jack Layton.

I think it's good for my American friends here and others around the world to see what kind of guy Jack was.
(and what a HUGE loss it is that he's gone). We could've had his smile and temperament for another 30 years and it would've been amazing, a real antidote to the Fifth Reich currently in power.

Enjoy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGu682FUDsQ

Well, the people of Ontario have spoken.
They did indeed want Dalton McGuinty back.
BUT
he didn't get a majority government, which is what he's been enjoying for 8 years.
The voters slapped him down to a minority government and the NDP DOUBLED their presence in the Legislature.
I'll take it.

It means everybody will be doing their jobs at Queen's Park with everybody watching who's doing what.
I'm just really glad the Conservatives didn't get in there. NO HAT TRICK FOR YOU HARPER! Ha Ha
Your man was too weak.
Eat it, beyotch.
LOL

It was tense last night, because McGuinty was only ONE SEAT away from a majority!

The NDP are no longer written off as a joke party with no traction.
They are HERE. and READY TO ROCK THE CASBAH.

So we'll see how Ontario improves or erodes in 4 years time....

Canada Post's workers union has launched a lawsuit against Harper's government for that illegal legislation back in June that forced them back to work.

Kudos to them for not putting up with that horseshit. They will win that lawsuit too.
You see how much of an asshole Harper is?
He lets the taxpayer pay legal bills for shit that he implements, nullifying any "gains" his legislation supposedly generated.

I'm waiting for the big scandal, the big bombshell.
Waiting for it to drop.
I'm gonna prophesize something: Harper is sitting on a scandal that would horrify even his most ardent supporter.
We just don't know what it is yet.
It's there, I'm certain of it. It's just a matter of uncovering it. Hopefully a member of his own caucus hates the Boss so much that they come out with it, either incognito or in the glare of the midday sun.
I have a real big hunch that Harper has got a Monster of a skeleton in his closet, one that would destroy his already flimsy integrity.

My eyes and ears are open for anything at this point. If all these little scandals exist then there is a DOOZY lurking somewhere...

Dalton McGuinty's first order of business in Ontario was to flat-out refuse a meeting with Andrea Horvath to discuss the issues facing Ontario.

HERE WE GO...

Dalton is saying EAT SHIT to everyone, even BEFORE he's back on the job.
Wow. Thanks ONTARIO!

I'm reading a biography of Brian Mulroney right now and it's riveting. I read most of it in one night, now I'm just cherry picking facts from it.
What a sensitive asshole he is.
He betrayed our 13th Prime Minister Diefenbaker and got slapped around in the House of Commons the day after he became an MP.
Trudeau just flashed grins and ATE HIM ALIVE on day 2!!
Brian complained about the Liberals "playing their trump card" on him, but he should have known better.
It wasn't a Mock Parliament game like he was used to on campus at Saint Francis Xavier.
I also loved reading how Diefenbaker got his revenge on Mulroney in 1976. LOVED that.
Made me want to buy a bio of Dief, a Conservative WHO GAVE A SHIT about this country.
Harper loves invoking Diefenbaker's name but he really doesn't have anything in common with that man.

A Facebook friend posted a picture today of a student holding up a sign that says he doesn't blame Wall Street or anybody else for his problems. He's graduating from University with no debt because he "lived within his means" and we should all do the same, ending his signage with "if you are part of the 99% then that's YOUR CHOICE"

I agree to an extent. Why be responsible and live within your means when the government doesn't?
When Wall Street doesn't?
When corporations don't?
Why be responsible and live within your means?
The people who run the show don't.
Where is the incentive?
Where is it??
It's a damn good question.
They want everyone to sacrifice except themselves.
Our leaders have lost sight of everything.
You can't blame my generation.
Note to Baby Boomers:
Stephen King said "My generation had a chance to change the world and we didn't do it. We opted for the Home Shopping Network".

My parents didn't change the world, and not too many people can claim that theirs did either.

We all know where the ROT is.
Why aren't we dismantling it?
What will it take?
I'm getting to the point where I don't care either way.
Let it all rot.

I'm one of the few people in Canada who does not bash the CBC (a state-sponsored news network) but they employ one sack of shit who needs to be fired PRONTO.

KEVIN O'LEARY gets my vote for most disgusting Canadian.
Why?
Well, for starters he's a full-bore capitalist. He's a "personality" on Dragon's Den, a show where poor saps with a business plan pitch it to a panel of rich fucky-fucks, to get their idea off and running. I watched the show once and was so revolted I've never seen it since. It was pathetic to watch. Really cringe-inducing.
It's horrifying to watch people grovelling to wealthy and arrogant capitalists for breadcrumbs, even turning their whole business idea over to them! Just to get some cash! It's a mirror of our society, a total reflection of the imbalance and greed of man.
O'Leary famously said to Amanda Lang on National TV: "I Love Money. Money is the only thing that matters in life. Try life without money Amanda!"
To which she quickly replied: TRY MONEY WITHOUT LIFE, DUDE!

But whatever. I can choose not to watch. I can turn the channel. *swiftly*
My anger with O'Leary today is with his interview with an OCCUPY WALL STREET Pulitzer prize winning journalist (who he calls a "left-wing nutbar") which I'll post here as soon as I find a good link.
He basically says Unions come from hell and that if he was Prime Minister he'd throw all union members in jails, among other sickening bon mots.
O'Leary crossed the line, and the CBC Ombudsman has received formal complaints from many unions over it. What O'Leary said may be illegal, as violence has been perpetrated against union members over such inflammatory remarks.

I've always believed in Freedom of Speech. You can say anything you want, but you have to wear what you say. You have to answer for it.
Sometimes a person just goes so far beyond the pale of "free speech" that it becomes something more than just voicing an opinion.
When you make statements that FUCK WITH THE PEOPLE, the people of this country (or any country) you have crossed the line, and you need your dick knocked into the dirt.

I hope the CBC shitcans this asshole.

If I was Prime Minister I'd confiscate this bald fucks' bank accounts and parade him around naked on the lawn of Parliament with a sign that says "I Love Unions so much I gave all of my wealth to them- spare a shirt, brother?"

Watch this and MARVEL at the Fuckhead that is KEVIN O'LEARY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqeGQ...eature=related

Well I finally saw Stephen Harper in the flesh last Friday.
He's not a hologram as previously thought.

He appeared with Skeletor at the Remembrance Day service, and there were snipers on every single roof.
Tactical cops everywhere, JTF guys in black SUV's ready to pounce!
I was amazed. I thought only George W. Bush got such security.
It was a beautiful service, Harper's presence notwithstanding.
The only thing I don't like about it is the millions of coffee cups on the ground and overflowing in garbage bins.
Do people think they are at a hockey game???
In 1945 you wouldn't be at a Remembrance day service with fucking coffee....

Harper was in Hawaii for APEC yesterday, and I was glad to learn that President Obama shot down Harper's idea for another pipeline.
Obama might as well be leading Canada AND the States! Ha Ha! I love it.
That's what I love the most about Obama- at least he's not a fucking oilman.

I was happy to learn that Peter McKay was in Afghanistan for Remembrance day.
He's slowly learning....

LET'S BE CLEAR: Harper has a long history of lying right to our faces:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hud-RA7OqCI

Just six months ago, the Conservative party ran an election campaign based on killing the deficit by 2015 (and also by fearmongering over coalition fears).

Well, just last week the Harper government announced that they WILL NOT kill the deficit like they said they would.
Isn't that nice? It took you six months to re-arrange your mathematics?
You lie through your teeth to get elected, and then formally say "My Bad! We'll never kill the deficit! Oops!"

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was asked about balancing the budget, and guess what his response was?
He said "A balanced budget? I don't know. I'll be dead by then."

Can you believe that?
They are telling us straight to our faces that they don't care one iota about the debt.
They aren't even hiding it. They think we as a people are fucking dumb.
And maybe they're right.
We allow this horseshit to flourish.
We allow sacks of shit to dictate how things are.
When will we care?
Probably never. We're ten years behind on so much already.
All I see is complete erosion. Perpetuated by the Conservative party.
The debt will not be killed when they said it would.
People talk about the debt to GDP ratio and how it's so miniscule. How it's not even a blip.
I say ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID????
That kind of thinking causes CATASTROPHES!
THINK ABOUT IT.
RETARDS!

And about all these new jails that Harper is building:

INVESTORS make money off more jails, don't they.
It is 1000% a business in the United States.
So Harper decided to jump on that bandwagon, even after experts testified that the new crime omnimbus bills that Harper has cobbled together into one giant bill will cost us taxpayers HUGE in the future.
One Corrections Canada expert said "the bill is half-baked. Prisons are schools for criminals. You send more people to jail, you breed more criminals. That's a fact. YOU MAKE THE COUNTRY UNSAFER"- (paraphrasing)

The Harper government brushed off such testimony as "ridiculous".
Yeah, experts in the field of which you are wading without a clue are telling you it's half-baked and you say it's ridiculous.
When have you ever been right on ANYTHING, Harper?

WHEN???
did you get my memo?
YOU'RE FIRED.
You ignorant idiot.

Today's 24H paper has an article by Mark Dunn:
Opposition questions PM's pipeline ties

(reprinted entirely by me):

The NDP has joined Hollywood actors and environmentalists who want the Keystone oil pipeline to be nothing more than a pipe dream.
And while the Official Opposition torpedoed the $7 Billion project, the Liberals charge that oil giants funded Prime Minister Stephen Harper's 2002 bid to become the leader of the Canadian Alliance.
"Just how far indebted is he to the energy sector in this country?" asked Grit MP David McGuinty (brother of Ont. Premier Dalton), who suggested Harper's drive to promote and sell crude from Alberta is because he is "beholden" to undisclosed fundraisers.

While the Liberals said they support pipelines, the NDP said it opposed the project. Megan Leslie, the party's environment critic, was one of the two NDP MP's who jetted to Washington to convince lawmakers not all Canadians support the development of the oilsands.

Me, Johann:
Well we KNOW how far indebted Harper is to the energy sector.
We know all too fucking well.
You can't even calculate how much he is their bitch.
He's only Prime Minister for one reason.

Dan Gardner had an article in the Ottawa Citizen today about Stephen Harper. It cleared up some things for me and gave me something to disagree with him on too.

He reminded readers that when Harper was the Official Opposition, his party was treated like the Lunatic Fringe by the Liberals.
That annoyed Harper to no end. That lit a fire under his candy ass. Dan says it "seared his psyche".
He was determined to DESTROY the Liberal party, if it was the last thing he ever did.

Funny, that's exactly how I feel about the Conservatives....
And now, here we sit, with Harper triumphant with an untouchable majority, and the Liberal party being nothing but a pile of ashes.
Steve's resolve got him what he wanted.
But there is rich irony here.
Harper is doing exactly what the Liberals did to him. (big difference being the Liberals knew what their job was as government)
He's treating the NDP like the Lunatic Fringe.
He's running massive deficits and increasing spending every single year- that's a recipe for success, huh?
Dan Gardner pointed out with a quote from somone close to Harper that the man is only interested in politics.
He's obsessive about it, paralyzed and consumed by it.
He doesn't paint. He doesn't fish. He doesn't like to travel. He doesn't watch TV. He doesn't take long walks with Skeletor
or the kids. He only cares about politics.
WHAT AN EMPTY MAN.
Speaking of his kids, why weren't they at the Remembrance day ceremony? hundreds of high school students and young people from all walks were there. Why wasn't Harper's offspring there? Are they exempt? Did they tell Dad to go stuff it? I'm curious.

Everybody in the media said that once Harper gets his majority he'll mellow out, that he'll "Play Nice With Others".
Not so.

Did you know that he blocked two political parties from rising in the House of Commons to speak about Remembrance day?
He did.
He blocked the greens and the Bloc Quebecqois from standing up and saying something about the meaning of the day to their own.
why?
Because they don't hold a significant number of seats.
That's proof he's 1000% political!
You prevent Canadians in government from saying their piece about Remembrance day?
What the fuck is partisan about our WAR DEAD?!??!
WHAT!!!???
Answer me, you fucking political slimeball!

It's shit like that that makes my blood boil. This man HAS NO CLUE.
Nothing exists for him outside the PMO. (Only big oil puppeteers who yank on his strings)

Dan said that Harper reigns supreme right now, and I can't ignore the truth of that.
Canadians voted for him. We're stuck with it.

But I totally disagree with him saying that the Official Oppostion is weak, with no leadership.
Totally disagree.
They are just hog-tied by this fucking majority!
Hard to be strong when almost everything you try to get done for the country gets shot down and steam-rolled over!
It's frustrating beyond belief.
I wish people were more informed on this shit.

But in the end I'm not worried.
Harper is such a fuck up that he will be run out of Ottawa on a rail.
The clock is ticking on big bamboo scandals, which keep raining down on us like April showers....

Another fresh scandal:

Conservative MP Rob Anders is a YouTube sensation today, as he was filmed in the House of Commons falling asleep in his Commons seat, while a fellow conservative MP was speaking.

If you fell asleep at your job, would you be fired?
I would.
This guy makes $150,000 a year, PAID BY US, THE TAXPAYERS, and he can't even stay awake on the fucking job.
I know it's hard to listen to Conservatives speaking, but My God, you fall asleep in the Commons? When you know there's a live fucking feed 24 hours a day?
I want his fucking HEAD.

The Conservative party are FUCKED.
I'll post the video to prove it.
And in case you were wondering, yes I would be just as outraged if it was an NDP MP.
You don't sleep on the job when you're paid so fucking much.
You get your walking papers for that shit.

MORE SCANDAL!: (even though this one has been an ongoing one)

The NDP have just uncovered documents that contradict Tony Clement's claim that he didn't divvy up G8 infrastructure money.
Clement has *feebly* defended his actions, saying that he has a "clean record".

NOT ANYMORE, TONY.
NOT ANYMORE.

You're a fucking liar. You're a thief and a scam artist.
I hope this destroys your career, because I happen to believe you are a worthless fraud.
You even look like a fraud.
The first time I saw your picture the first words outta my mouth were: "I wouldn't trust this guy to walk my dog!"

You and John Baird are in for a rude awakening.
You thought this was gonna go away, didn't you?
Silly Man.
This is for you and this is for your horse.
I'll shell out for a bottle of Dom Perignon if you are fired.
I will.
I hope Harper invites you into the PMO for a chat. Because you are a LIABILITY to him.
You shouldn't have done that. You thought Steve had your back!
How little you know, Clement...How LITTLE you know.
LOL

Yes, Dan Gardner is a breath of fresh air. He has great intelligence and insight that illuminates the murky world of federal politics.
The Ottawa Citizen is lucky to have him as a writer/journalist.

He said the Conservative party is just like a dog chasing a car.
When the dog gets to the car he doesn't know what to do with it.
The Conservatives were chasing a majority forever and when they got it, they didn't/don't know what to do.
They are like chickens with their heads cut off, running around the barnyard, pulling legislation out of a hat.

It will be their doom. They have contempt for Canadians. They feel entitled, not humble.
No evidence of humility to be seen from coast to coast.
They walk with an air of arrogance not seen since Dubya and the gang of war criminals down south were in charge.

I love it.
It means that they will be serving us scandals until we say "ENOUGH!"
Pretty soon we'll be making our own Shepard Fairy HOPE posters for elections, with voters all wielding brooms, making it clear we want to clean up Ottawa, which is what Jack Layton was saying for YEARS.

It's your tax money Canada. I don't know why you don't give a shit or don't pay attention.
These fuckers are playing us for fools.
I'm glad the NDP have such strong resolve. Nycole Turmel is my MP, from my riding (Hull/Aylmer, Quebec). I'll be meeting her next week- her office is only a 20 minute walk from my place, and her door is ALWAYS open. Can't wait to have a chat with her.
Harper is a guy you can never meet.
You need to ask the privvy council, and they need to screen your ass. I don't think any member of the public has ever met him in his office or has even gotten to have a significant chat with him. EVER. That kind of thing is beneath him. He is King Steve, and you're not. Who cares if the taxpayer pays his salary. He doesn't want to know you. He's not good with meeting humans. His microchip prevents him from meeting anyone who doesn't share his non-values. It's nothing personal. It's all political.
Even his HAIR is political. His hairstyle is known as "The Pro-Rogue".

More Scandal: (surprise surprise)


Peter MacKay is a fucking hypocrite.

I just read in today's Ottawa Citizen that when the Conservatives were the Official Opposition, Peter was the most vocal critic of the Liberals using a military Challenger jet (wasting taxpayers money). And here he is, the biggest abuser of the priviledge in history!! THREE MILLION BUCKS AND COUNTING he's billed us taxpayers!
The front page has an extremely damaging article about DND, and how they replied in an e-mail to the paper that they don't know the cost of the Nortel reno, when it's public record how much they've spent on it, and it's not cheap. The government is being totally secretive on how much it's costing taxpayers. I'll post quotes from the article, as it's about to light a firestorm on Parliament hill.
MacKay hides what he does.
The public is not allowed to know what he gets up to, for fear that his actions would be criticized to the hilt.
well, DUH!
If you're fleecing and fooling and not being forthcoming in any way to the people who pay your salary and put you in your Commons seat what the fuck do you expect???

SHITCAN THESE FRAUDS.
Now.

If it wasn't for the governor general saving his government when he pro-rogued Parliament, Harper wouldn't even be on my fucking lips!

Thanks Michelle Jean! You fleeced and fooled us LARGE.
Bravo.
You're our version of Condi Rice.

Harper confirmed today that he did indeed change government policy on official documents.
He said he changed "Government of Canada" to "the Harper government" on all official federal stationary "to clear up any confusion".


I give up.
This man is so out to lunch I give up.
What's next?
The gift shop in the Peace Tower selling "Harper government" merch?

The YouTube video of Conservative MP Rob Anders sleeping in the House of Commons has been removed.
No trace of that smoking gun to found ANYWHERE, except the Huffington Post!

Always Remember: STEPHEN HARPER IS A CONTROL FREAK.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/11...n_1108730.html

Here's the bombshell about the Department of National Defence & the Feds, and how they withold information and costs to Canadians.
When Canadians pay their salaries. That's the most scandalous part of all this. They completely forget that this is public money!
That fact goes right out the window. They just don't give a shit. They are ENTITLED to do that, don't you know?


DND officials hid cost of Nortel renos (Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 28/2011):

Senior Defence Department officials kept the multimillion-dollar price tag for renovating the Nortel campus under wraps, worried the public, media and parliamentarians might raise concerns about the bill if they found out about the cost.

Last week, the Citizen reported DND will spend more than $600 million on preparing the Nortel site to be it's main location in Ottawa.
That is on top of the $208 million the government spent to purchase the Carling avenue campus.
In an e-mail statement, DND officials claimed they did not know the cost of refitting the Nortel location.
But documents obtained by the Citizen show DND not only knew about the cost a year ago, but senior officials ordered references to it removed from public statements and documents.
Some officers say such tactics are just the tip of the iceberg of DND efforts to keep information from the public.

A recent example is the decision to not inform Parliament about plans to spend $477 million on a U.S. military satellite.

While it is common for ministers to keep close tabs on information being released to the public, media and Parliament, officers say efforts by the Conservative government and Defence Minister Peter MacKay have reached new levels of control.
The main effort is to reduce the "risk" to the minister of questions being raised in the Commons or embarrassing articles in the media, they say.
Minimizing the risk to the Conservative government about issues that might raise questions has become a hallmark of federal communication strategies.

Me, Johann:
Secrecy is too excessive with the Conservatives.
Peter Mackay used a Challenger military jet to take him to a lobster dinner in his home riding. $11, 000 an hour to take him to a lobster dinner!!!!!!
He had a search-and-rescue helicopter pick him up at his private fishing lodge!!!!!

HOW IS HE NOT FIRED FOR CONTEMPT!?!??!??!?!??!!?!?

Chief of Defence Staff Walt Natynczyk came to MacKay's defence: "When we fly the Minister in CF aircraft, it is not only because his duties require it, but also because we are proud to support him in his work".
WOW.

I'll leave it to Stephen Staples to say it best, as he argues that DND's beaurocracy views it's job as PROTECTING MacKay, not looking out for taxpayers, who pay his fucking salary:

"I don't know what's worse - the minister using a government jet to fly to a lobster dinner or the Chief of Defence Staff trying to justify it".


AMEN.
They're all fired.
Fucking thieves, liars and swine. All of 'em.
Good luck when you meet your maker, mucky-mucks.
No quarter will be given to your fucked up lives...

Peter MacKay has yet to even apologize for his actions.
That just goes to show you how selfish our politicos are.
I guess we should've known, huh?
All I've seen from Peter MacKay are grins and smirks.
Let's fire this idiot, OK?

If it takes Bob Rae to get a reaction out of these crooks and criminals.....Wow.
We're hurting over here, Chachi.
Hurtin' BAD....

The Offical Opposition demanded Peter MacKay's resignation yesterday in the House of Commons, with my MP Nycole Turmel stating:

He's an embarrassment to the government, he's an embarrassment to the Prime Minister, he's an embarrassment to the whole country.
And what do you say to an embarrassment? You say 'Good Riddance'.


But Harper defended his Con Man once again, lying again in the House of Commons, by saying that his use of a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter to pick him up after a hard week of fishing was "government business".
But it wasn't "government business".
E-mails from MacKay contradict that. E-mails obtained by the NDP totally contradict that.
MacKay lied in the House of Commons, just like his Boss is so fond of doing.
Bev Oda misleads Parliament? She keeps her job.
Harper is in contempt of Parliament twice in a row, with his government falling on those charges, triggering an election, and what does he get?
What he wanted all along: a majority.
Peter Mackay lies and misleads Parliament (and steals $3 million from the public coffers) and what happens to him?
HE KEEPS HIS JOB.
Tony Clement and John Baird pilfer $50 million of the public's money and what happens to them?
NOTHING.
They stay right where they are, Buster!

So what exactly is Harper telling the country with his actions and non-firings?
That he can't accept responsibility for anything.
When the crooks are his own, it's OK.
It's allowed.
The Fuhrer said so.

Yes, the Conservatives are just doing what they always do: RIDE IT OUT, BABY!
They hope it'll just die down and go away forever.
Hmm, what happened to your election money mantras, Harper?
You know: "Accountability!" "Transparency!" Pro-Roguery!", You know, your mantras!!!!!

No.
The days of these jokers running roughshod over our laws and Parliament are over.
I'll remind them that their actions today would, in fathers of Confederation times, result in them being publically shamed and sent to some colony down south by mounted police escort. Denounced as traitors and thieves, ordered never to set foot in Canada again.

I'm watching how this issue will be handled with an eagle eye.
C'mon Harper, you can't tell me you're gonna allow a minister who stole three million of the public's money to keep his job, are you?
ARE YOU?!?!

So instead of apologizing to Canadians for stealing $3 million in taxpayers money and getting a $32,000 lift from his fishing lodge, Peter MacKay says he's looking into suing MP's who have accused him of lying in the House of Commons.

His arrogance knows no bounds.
This just gets juicier and juicier.....

Military personnel who conducted the "training mission" to airlift Mackay from his fishing lodge to an airport in Gander, Nfld have also defended MacKay, saying that the flight was "going to happen anyway- if he tagged along for a ride, all the better!"

Excuse me???
I beg your pardon?
You just happened to be doing a "training mission" over MacKay's fishing lodge??????
You saw him on his porch and said "HEY PETE! Let us throw down a pully! You can tag along with us! Fuck the taxpayers!!! What do they know anyway?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!"

Can you believe this shit?

I want this lawsuit to go full throttle.
Let's really air out some stinky dirty laundry.
Because this sack of shit in a suit thinks his integrity has been affronted.
TAXPAYERS got fucked in the ass for 3 million from a political loser, who refuses to apologize, let alone pay a dime of it back.

Let's NAIL him to the wall.
Because he just. doesn't. get. it.
Merry Christmas MacKay!
Your days of acting like an untouchable James Bond are over.
It's time for you to go back to Belinda Stronach.
You two can cuddle by the fire and drool about how you flew around on the taxpayer nickel until you got caught like A DEER IN THE HEADLIGHTS.

Fuck you MacKay.
I see right through you. And I want you on the street, hitting the pavement. TOMORROW.
You're done like dinner.
The Official Opposition are the ones with the integrity. And they're gonna prove it to you in Grand Style.
Get your Johnny Cochrane Pete!
Get him on the phone.
Because you are in DEEP SHIT over this.

The National Post has a great article today about MacKay and his lies.

MacKay was whisked off to BELGIUM yesterday!
He can't be in the House of Commons right now!
Why?
Who knows?
I have a hunch- the Conservatives have got to obfuscate this issue immediately- Parliament breaks for Christmas soon- they don't want this hanging over their heads during the holidays. Kinda makes your eggnog taste a little sour....

So Harper had an idea yesterday: send the offending idiot to Belgium for some waffles until this blows over!
On what business?
Don't ask!
And we won't tell!

You know, I have no real problem with a Defence Minister hopping rides on Military aircraft- it's supposed to be his bread and butter- it goes with getting to know your job/perfecting the ability to meet the military's needs and the needs of the country as a whole.

What I have a problem with is the arrogance, the lies, and the self-entitlement that these sacks of shit always adopt.
Because then it becomes what we have with Peter MacKay: an excuse to run roughshod. An excuse to go high on the hog, bill the taxpayers to no end, all the while collecting a giant paycheck (among other kickbacks- it IS the Harper government after all- you scratch his back, he'll send you to Belgium).

Peter MacKay has never hidden his contempt for taxpayers, even after being the most vocal critic of the Liberals doing the exact same thing.
He's OBVIOUS about his arrogance.
It emanates from his goofy suits.
I think it's clear: we pay our politicians too much. It goes to their heads. They think they're all that and a bag of search and rescue helicopters...

Check this out:

$32,000 an hour?
GOOD LUCK with your lawsuit Peter!
Good luck.
You're a lying sack 'O shit.
GOOD RIDDANCE!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D04hmEAt7w

I have to call out the Ottawa Sun once again.

Why is it that I have to look in other newspapers and online for information about Conservative scandals?
The Ottawa Sun has not had one single article criticizing the Harper clowns for anything since the election.
I remember when they said right after the election that they would hold Harper's feet to the fire if he forgets that the PEOPLE elected him.
Well he's forgotten it every single day since May 2 and not a PEEP from the Ottawa Sun.
You'd think the Capital city's most visible paper would have more interest in Harper and his scandals, which rain down hard on us.
You'd think they'd be screaming bloody murder over a Defence Minister stealing $3 million from the taxpayers.

Oh, I forgot.
Sorry.
My Bad.
That's only when it's a LIBERAL government.
Silly Johann, the Ottawa Sun has no problem with Harper fucking the country over!
It's only Liberals that that applies to!
But forget about it anyway.
The Ottawa Sun isn't a 'reputable' newspaper nor has it ever been. It toes a party line, and it ain't my party.
I can't wait to read the issue that has the front page with Harper's government being found in contempt of Parliament again.
CAN'T WAIT!

I'm getting all schoolgirl giggly over the very THOUGHT of it.
Because it will happen.

I'm no prophet, but I know way more than I let on.
The Ottawa Sun is like the National Enquirer, only more ignorant.

I just found out that Peter MacKay is a fucking lawyer!

Now I REALLY want him to sue.

Do it Pete. Sue MP's who are taking you to task for being a liar and a fraud.
You're a slick lawyer, huh?
How on God's green EARTH did you ever become Minister of Defence???

What the fuck does a lawyer know about the military? (and I'm not talking about the Legal branch/trade of the Canadian Forces or JAG, either)
How were you qualified for that portfolio Pete?
Just because you were friends with Harper???

Holy Shitballs.
This is INDEED getting juicier and juicier....

I said I'll never hold back on Harper.
I'll never back down.
Not until this CRIMINAL is run out of town in complete DISGRACE.

Stay tuned, because the way this is going, this is going to be BEAUTIFUL.

His majority government just passed the 9 crime bills that were shot down every single time when he had a minority government.
Now it goes to the Senate, where it will sail through, with no problem, as every Senator is Harper's friend. He put every one of them there, even giving two posts to two idiots who LOST THEIR RIDINGS on May 2.

Yeah, if corruption ever goes to $300 a barrel, I want drilling rights on Harper's head.

I've been reading the transcripts of the e-mails to MacKay from High-position military authorities who asked him point-blank:

"When the guy fishing next to you at your lodge sees the big yellow helicopter pick you up and starts snapping away with his cellphone camera, who's going to pick up the phone on that one?"

THEY TOLD HIM POINT BLANK THAT THE OPTICS SUCKED! and he still ordered it to pick him up!

Because he would've been late for his lobster dinner! He demanded a ride on the helicopter, then got on board a Challenger jet immediately after!
$32,000 an hour for a search and rescue helicopter
then
$11,000 an hour for a Challenger jet
To enjoy some lobster tails?????
Nice plum job you have Pete....

And he left no tip.
WORSE:
He handed the taxpayers the bills and said "FUCK YOU ALL. I'm Peter MacKay".

You bring your lawyers, Peter.
The NDP will bring their hardcopies of your e-mails.
YOUR FEDERAL CAREER IS OVER.
FINITO.

Still not a peep on this issue from the Ottawa Sun- but it's OK, because I just learned that Sun Media papers were stripped of all journalistic status in Canada. They are TABLOIDS.

I was so foolish to think they were an actual newspaper. *slaps forehead*

MacKay is avoiding the House of Commons, because as soon as he appears there he's levelled big questions by the Opposition.
Glad Harper is protecting his thief.
Really glad.
If Peter MacKay keeps his job, THEN ANYTHING GOES.
All bets are off and the gloves are off.
His jet-setting is a scandal that cannot be ignored. It cannot be swept under the carpet and forgotten about.
Mackay needs to be made an example of, for future Defence Ministers or ANY minister who thinks he might hoodwink the public again.
You are a PUBLIC SERVANT, PETE!
You SERVE US!
You answer to us! We sign your paychecks!
Are you aware of this? Because you appear not to.
I thought you joined Federal politics to improve the justice system because as a civvie lawyer you were disgusted with how victims were treated?
Was that a total lie? total bullshit?
Seems so.
Because your buddy and boss Harper just created a new class of criminals overnight with the passing of those 9 crime bills.

May God have no mercy on your soul.