Yeah but to me the UK Parliament is fun to watch because they are witty and they confront each other directly and rapidly.
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Yeah but to me the UK Parliament is fun to watch because they are witty and they confront each other directly and rapidly.
The Conservatives have invoked closure or shut down debates 26 times since May 2 last year.
Nathan Cullen (NDP House leader) implored the Speaker of the House to consider the restrictions on Members of Parliament to debate the issues and make things clear for Canadians, so they understand what the Government is doing. The Harper government was awarded the dubious distinction of being THE MOST SECRETIVE government in Canadian history. They win that award hands down.
Nathan Cullen asked why have Members of Parliament at all if they cannot go back to their home ridings and tell their constituents with a clean clear consicence that the government was held to account, and all i's were dotted and all t's were crossed?
The word "Parliament" means to speak, to debate. It is the very essence of determining what is right and best for Canada.
You take that away, as the Tories have done so contemptuously, then you have a Dictatorship, not a government representing the whole of Canada.
The House of Commons is a shell of its' former self.
Parliament means TO SPEAK, TO DEBATE. What do we call it now that debates are irrelevant?
Conservatives have a "catch us if you can" agenda, and when you catch them, they ignore you and say it's all "baseless smears".
Then they attack you as socialists or union whores.
It's despicable.
They have no qualms dividing the country bitterly, while hypocritically saying it's the Opposition doing so.
I want these shitheads to suffer badly. Tories have got to go, Man.
Experts and Authorities have testified at committees recently about major items that will be affected by this ridiculous budget bill, and the government expunges all records of their testimony from committee reports!!!!!
When I heard that yesterday I nearly threw my TV out the window.
Abuse of Power?
THEY ARE WRITING THE BOOK BABY.
Their policies are a recipe for a financial crisis far worse than the one they never even saw coming and then took credit for bringing us through it.
And then what will they say?
It was Europe's fault?
Who will they blame then?
The writing is on the wall, and it's in blood.
Mr. Leonard Cohen was right: I'VE SEEN THE FUTURE, BABY. AND IT'S MURDER.
To any Conservative fuckhead reading this:
1. What mandate did Harper receive from Canadians to change Employment Insurance legislation in the last election?
2. What mandate did he receive from Canadians to raise the retirement age for OAS from 65 to 67 in the last election?
3. What mandate did he receive from Canucks to gut environmental regulations and give full authority of such matters solely to the Minister of the Environment in the last election?
4. What mandate did Steve get from Canadians in the last election to eliminate the Environmental Assessment Act (which took almost a decade to perfect) and replace it with a brand-new Act that strips environmental groups the ability to contest anything and forces the government to fast-track environmental assessments of pipleline projects?
5. What mandate did he get from Canadians to perform Robo-Call fraud?
6. What mandate did he EVER GET from Canadians? Enlighten me.
Did you know that the changes to Immigration that the Tories have wrought are beyond insane?
They have just totally overhauled the immigration system, and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has the sole discretion to accept or reject an immigrant. ONE MAN has all the power!!!! Never have we seen something so Orwellian here in Canada.
I call Kenney "Turban-Boy", because he was on a shady and shifty trip to India two years ago, where he sported a blue turban for the entire visit, walking around lavish compounds with oil sheiks and doing God-knows-what kind of backroom business with them.
I got your number, Turban-Boy.
You have no idea how much I will celebrate the Conservative parties' destruction.
When did Canada become so stupid?
There will be a 24-hour straight vote on the OMINOUS budget bill tonight, the last and final thing the opposition can do to stop this OIL MACHINE.
Over 70 pieces of legislation have been repealed in this budget, thousands and thousands of jobs have been obliterated, Search and Rescue has been cut in Vancouver- that city is outraged by the removal of the Coast Guard's only rescue centre for boats that get lost. The government said that the new hovercraft that Vancouver is getting will cover all search and rescue missions.
RIGHT. Vancouverites are THRILLED, I'm sure...
No housing crisis plans for Canada in this budget. No money for seniors in any capacity. E.I. legislation is completely overhauled- which they are legally not allowed to do, but hey, it's a Majority government. Watch it and weep.
A giant oil spill in Red Deer Alberta a few days ago makes all environmental gutting in the budget all the more rosy. Makes us all feel REAL COZY about gutting environment regulations.
Guess who discovered the spill?
First Nation Natives. In their backyards.
It wasn't an oversight agency. It wasn't the government, because there IS NO oversight. Whatsoever.
It was Natives who discovered it and sounded the alarm.
Alberta Premier Alison Redford basically said the spill wasn't a problem, clean-ups are underway, go back about your business, people...
No infrastructure projects or transit plans with the provinces, no vision, no plan, NO NOTHING.
Bill C-38 is called the Jobs, Growth and Prosperity Act.
It's proper name is the Jobs (slashed and cut like crazy), Growth (for oilmongers) and Prosperity (for rich bitches) Act.
That's the PROPER title of this bill.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was just on CBC, telling the World that this budget bill must pass quickly and that the opposition is just stalling.
HEY FUCKY:
A reporter asked you if your Government was just bullying their way through this vote. You LAUGHED and SNICKERED.
You said that the opposition has no justifiable reason for opposing this bill.
REALLY.
How about raping democracy? In the name of a buck?
That's the only reason you need, but there are scores more. It amazes me how much the Cons think Canadians don't know what they are up to.
It's so disrespectful and sick to insult Canadians' intelligence like this.
You're all fired, Jim.
You all fail with flying colors.
Thanks for showing the world how stupid and incompetent your team is.
And why have a media scrum to tell the Opposition to pass this bill quickly when you know full well that it will pass anyway?
You have a Majority. The Opposition is hog-tied. Any bill you conjure up will pass and you know it, so why the charade?
Why pretend the Opposition can do anything to stop your money train?
They can't.
Especially when you invoke closure and shut down debates every single time on every single item of business.
Why not tell the Opposition to not even show up to work? That your goon squad can handle running the country by yourselves?
Because that is essentially what you are saying, you fuckhead FLEECER.
The longest day in Canadian government history ended late last night, and I was overwhelmed to see Democracy in Action.
I actually teared up at the very end- at the final vote.
When Green party Leader Elizabeth May stood up, turned around, and put her head down on her lectern I almost sobbed.
What happened Wednesday night cannot be understated.
The Arrogance and Sheer CONTEMPT of the Conservative party was on full display in glorious technicolor.
They voted down EVERY SINGLE AMENDMENT to the "ominous" budget bill. ALL 700+ amendments!
They told Canadians point blank: "WE KNOW BEST. WE DON'T CONSULT EXPERTS, SCIENTISTS or AUTHORITIES ON ANY SUBJECT WHATSOEVER.
OUR BILL WAS PRISTINE AND FLAWLESS. A MINTED MASTERPIECE ON CONCEPTION. FUCK CANADA. WE HAVE A CORRUPT MAJORITY."
They said to everyone in Canada: FUCK YOU. WE HAVE NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT FOR YOU. We will ram through our agenda whether you like it or not. Our Economic Rape Plan must pass immediately! We know we will be fired in the next election so this shit must pass NOW! Don't argue about it- don't debate me- don't form a sound, reasoned attack on this brick of a bill. Because we do not listen to reason. We are the Fifth Reich Republicans, and don't you EVER forget it, peasant!
I was beyond proud of the Opposition- and let me remind you that ALL FOUR opposition parties were voting against this fucked up and sick bogus bill.
24 hours straight the Members of Parliament voted!
It was amazing to see Jim Flaherty simmering with rage at having to sit in his Commons seat for a marathon vote.
Harper didn't even get up out of his seat for a couple votes- and NDP MP Yves Godin called him out on it to the Speaker- guess what the Speaker did. Nothing. MP's would rush to their seats for votes after taking a piss break, ingesting caffeine or to eat some dark chocolate, and some wouldn't be there in time for the vote- but the Speaker knew the deal. All votes were counted, because we know EXACTLY what this was about:
HOLDING THE GOVERNMENT TO ACCOUNT.
Which the Opposition did Gloriously. BRAVO TO ALL OF THEM.
If they DID NOT hold the gov't to account, I would have been screaming bloody murder and given up on politics altogether.
It was beautiful to see the resolve of the Opposition to make these shitheads suffer for their boneheaded ideology.
And it was utterly disgusting to see Tories act like little children. I hope many Canadians watched that marathon vote with a laser eye, because it showed for all time that the harper goofs are beyond arrogant and stupid- they have struck a new mold for arrogance and stupidity.
They voted down every single amendment. Not one was accepted. NOT ONE? NOT EVEN ONE?
How can any Canadian (Conservative or not) say that those vote results were justified?
I mean, it was BREATHTAKING, Bubba.
Dean del Mastro has also been served affidavits to search his bank records. Pierre Spoilivere keeps speaking up for Dino- Dean can't speak for himself on this matter? even though he hasn't been removed from cabinet? He still sits across the aisle and can't speak on his own behalf on this?
Hey Tories:
YOU FUCKERS ARE TOAST. THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR GAME NOW.
I'm glad Canada had a good day. Apparently this has been brewing for some time. But as you know we down here find Canadian news if at all on page 15. I looked for this 24-hour budget session and found a story online only on BBC News. I cannot find it in the NYTimes. I still need to know just what happened exactly. Not sure you can say "THE WORLD KNOWS YOUR GAME NOW," because form the US position, the world isn't watching.
Yep, it doesn't mean jack shit to Amercians, and maybe it shouldn't.
They've got their own disasters to look after.
Did you see The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night?
The Idaho environment catastrophy?
The JP MORGAN bombshell about how they OWN Republican Senators?
I could not believe my EYES.
I didn't see that; I don't have TV. But I saw how the JP Morgan Chase CEO pranced and preened himself before Congress. He knows most of them work for Wall Street.
The Conservatives have spent $28 million to "celebrate" the War of 1812.
Re-enactments, a new monument, all kinds of fancy ceremonies...
When will it fucking END, Lord?
Is this a time of fiscal constraint or not?!?!?!?
No. It will never end.
:)
Pretty much. LOL
Dean del Mastro is in DEEP SHIT over election fraud. Now we know that there was a kickback scheme he offered to friends and family to contribute to his 2008 campaign- "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.."
That fat fucking CLOWN is going to jail. And the Tories won't say a peep about it when it happens.
They'll just act like nothing happened, a blip on the radar..
DEL MASTRO IS THE PRIME MINISTERS RIGHT-HAND MAN ON ETHICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How does this shit fucking LOOK, TORIES!?! Have a gander at the optics of this!
He refuses to step aside during this investigation and the PM will not remove him either.
As I've said before (and I'll say until I'm blue in the face): He won't leave unless he's in handcuffs.
JUST LIKE HARPER! Who knew?
And then the Conservatives will act as if there was no harm, no foul, like nothing even transpired.
Immigration Minster Jason Kenney is just a bag of hammers these days.
During the marathon vote on the ominous budget bill he spilled a big bottle of water all over his deluxe laptop in his Commons seat.
NERVOUS?
You Betcha. Go Rogue!
And this week he sent a nasty e-mail to an Alberta PC member and accidentally hit "SEND TO ALL".
His expletive laced e-mail shows great strain on the Conservative brand.
What gaffes we are seeing lately. I'm excited about it because it means that more doozies are on the way, some real LARGE Doozies.
Tories never change their ways. Secrecy will kill them silently, like a ninja.
The more you duck and jive, dare and scare, the more you will hang yourself with your own rope.
Watch it and weep.
We have a profoundly arrogant and dumb Conservative party here in Canada.
They can't see the forest for the tar sands.
Parliament has broken for the summer- they will reconvene in September- what a lush life these sacks of shit have, no?
Peter MacKay is rumoured to be demoted and shuffled off to another portfolio this summer. He should be shuffled off to death row as far as I'm concerned. He's such a fucking moron it's beyond comprehension. He's just an abomination. I saw him sucking Brian Mulroney's cock last week on CPAC, and Mulroney gave GIANT kudos to the Conservative party. How much were you paid, Brian?
Your crimes have earned you a special place in hell.
Send word when you get there! LET ME KNOW WHAT I'M MISSING!
I will say anything I want about our Government in Canada- I have never made more than $25,000 a year and I like it that way.
It ensures that I don't lose my soul and earn my place in hell.
The Bible states that one should never waste time pursuing riches- your money can be gone in a nanosecond, and then you are no different from a cockroach looking to survive. So wealth and money is all in your head. And it's driven by FEAR.
Remember: people only do things for one of 2 reasons:
LOVE or FEAR.
And you can see how people in government behave- they are in fear of losing the best job they will ever have.
So I use a sledgehammer on 'em until they wake up.
By the way, I am in the process of moving to Montreal.
I intend to cover that film festival every year. After mulling over a move for quite some time, I'm now going to the cultural capital of Canada.
Ottawa's film scene is too limited.
And TIFF just pissed me off too much to ever reconsider moving back to the Big Smoke.
Quebec is home now.
Good luck in Montreal. Work on your French!
No different from college teachers. I don't want to condemn them for leading a good life.Quote:
Parliament has broken for the summer- they will reconvene in September- what a lush life these sacks of shit have, no?
Teachers earn their pay. In Canada only the Opposition parties are worthy of this summer holiday. :)
My french right now is comme-si comme-sa, merci beaucoup.
Harper has started airing nasty attack ads against Tom Mulcair. And those ads are just like the old ones we used to see by George W. Bush.
We're gonna see those ads all summer long.
The New Democrats are ahead of the Conservatives in the polls, and Harper is scrambling.
No election for another 3 years and he's just GOTTA smear the Official Opposition Leader.
Just GOTTA!
How weak is that? And last week the Harper gang was in Quebec, doing a massive photo-op: with Blue-turban Grewal, Lisa Raitt and Peter MacKay all surrounding King Steve, trying to seem like they care about Quebec. *snicker*
Wow, they really scrape the bottom. They really show Leadership, huh? It's all political with these goofs- never forget that.
They're just total political failures and always will be.
Anyone who looks at the Conservative party and feels PRIDE?
Give me your strong narcotics- you are obviously high as a Keystone Kite.
Even a little French is likely to enhance your Montreal stay.
Bev Oda has quit.
As of July 31st she is cashing in her chips and walking away with her gold and platinum-plated pension, which is what she wanted all along.
(Which is what ALL Conservatives are about. They're all about the dollars, the benjamins, the scratch!)
Fuck, it took long enough to get rid of that ugly cow.
She wasn't fired.
She quit.
What does that say about Harper? What does it say about the people who voted for Oda in her home riding?
Now she can enjoy $16 glasses of orange juice at home. Or maybe not. She probably only lived that ritzy life while in cabinet, "working hard" for Canadians. LOL
Good riddance to Bev Oda.
Ugly ain't got a home no more in the House of Commons.
NOW WHY HASN'T PETER MACKAY RESIGNED?!?!?!??!?!?!?!??!
Is he taking over his Lover Bev's portfolio? Minister of Helping Poor People?
THAT'S RICH!
Wish I knew what all this is about. Woeful ignorance of Canadian politics down here.
Bev Oda is one of the most disgusting Members of Parliament to ever "serve" in the House of Commons.
She embodies everything I hate about Conservatives: self-entitlement, arrogance, holier-than-thou bullshit.
She's the one who billed us taxpayers for her $16 glasses of orange juice in London England last year- a final hospitality bill that reached into the thousands, all for her high-end tastes. And she only paid it back out of pocket when she was caught red-handed- a YEAR LATER.
This is the same troll who demanded to have a limo pick her up and shuttle her around for the Juno Awards 2 years ago.
We don't even know the final fleece numbers from her, that's how secretive Harper is.
She was given her Ministerial review by Harper about a week ago, and he told her to quit or be forcibly removed from cabinet.
She decided to make it look like it was her idea and "step down".
GOOD RIDDANCE.
Rumor is that Defence Minister "Cormorant" Pete MacKay will move to another file.
Why?
Just to have him fuck up something else beyond recognition?
Fucking FIRE his ass!
When you lie and steal and shuck and jive as much as this shithead has, you get SHITCANNED.
As soon as humanly possible.
He doesn't deserve anything except a pink slip.
A pink slip for that fishing lodge pick-up (while a Newfie kid, Burton Winters DIED waiting for a Cormorant rescue).
A pink slip for lying to us about costs of missions and the F-35 DISASTER.
A pink slip for seafood dinners and Grey Cup trips billed to us. Does anyone pay for YOUR vacation? We Canadians pay for Pete's. And Bev Oda's OJ and Jason Kenney's jet-setting to nowhere, and and and and.................
You get the idea.
These are the most abysmal MP's in our Nation.
And they are CONSERVATIVE.
Never forget it.
I hang 'em high, every single day.
Thanks for the clarification. It sounds like though Harper covered for her, he had to dump her.
I notice "Bev Oda + freeloading" gets 13 million results on Google.
Oda was protected by Harper at all times. I said it before: Why?
Helena Guergis did next to nothing wrong (as far as I can tell) and she was kicked out of the Conservative cabinet with no warning, just "serious allegations" that were never justified or discovered. She's suing him for over a million.
Bev Oda is the first Japanese-Canadian to ever be elected as a Member of Parliament.
Harper loved her, because she won by a landslide in her riding, and he killed two birds with one stone with her:
Ethnicity and a Woman.
That reminds me: Watch out Mr. Grewal! Protect your blue turban! Harper only has one plan for you! Don't do anything that brings him more heat than he's already got, which is hotter than Hades right now.
Harper HATES immigrants, which is astounding, because he knows that Canada is a foreign country down the line. The only real "Canadians" are First Nation Natives. There is no such thing as a Canadian if you want to get technical.
What makes a Canadian Canadian?
Being born here?
Then we have about 20 million immigrants who are full-blown Canadians- and they all landed within the last 20-25 years.
It's almost become a cosmic joke, having countries and nations.
The world is so small now. Everybody is pissing on everybody else's lawn.
You want to talk Generations?
No such thing as a fifth or sixth generation Canadian.
Show me what one looks like and I'll show you his ancestors.
And Harper's reforms to immigration are so breathtakingly sick and fucked up that there can be no doubt that he hates immigrants and wants to deny them every opportunity to flourish. This is not a man who belongs anywhere near the halls of power.
He lives in the Stone Age, just like his oblivious and moronic supporters.
Keep voting for the Cavemen Lawyers and Oilmen!
They screw us sooooooo good!
Conservatives love punishment.
What's even sicker over this quitting move by Bev Oda is that she has just cost us taxpayers another half a million bucks to run another
by-election in her riding of Durham.
She was on the ballot last election to SERVE THE FULL TERM, was she not?
How does it look to quit just over a year after the election? What a clusterfuck she is!!!!
How does it look for Harper's ability to appoint competent cabinet ministers?
Pretty fuckin' bad.
No Conservative supporter can look at this and say all is good.
The whole Tory team is full of fuckheads and criminals.
If I were to do a run-down on every person that serves in Harper's cabinet you'd be shocked to learn just how retarded these "winners" are- Tony Clement used to be a theatre usher- now he is in charge of our Treasury- which he looted for the G-20 Summit in Toronto in 2010 and never even got so much as his wrist slapped.
He should be charged with fraud and thrown in jail- one of the new ones Harper is building. Let Tony break that fucker in.
Tory MP's have PRICELESS backgrounds. As parasites. (Which they have perfected to a T these days).
I pray the citizens of Durham have learned a horrible lesson about voting Conservative.
That seat is going somewhere else this time. If I were a betting man, I'd say it will be an NDP candidate who wins.
The only good thing is that that chain-smoking sow of a fleecer Oda will never been seen again.
Trouble is, she got a FULL pension out of the deal. She served EXACTLY 8 years, the time needed to qualify for a full pension at $50,000 a year.
Are you vomiting yet?
Do you feel a GIANT tight, queasy, knot in your stomach?
YOU FUCKING SHOULD, Conservative supporters!
YOU VOTED FOR THIS CHICKENSHIT.
Turn a blind eye to it.
You're the best at it.
A spokesman for Harper has announced that there will be no cabinet shuffle.
Every Tory stays put.
Every minister stays where he is, except criminal Julian Fantino, who takes over Bev Oda's file.
Did I say that Conservatives never change their ways? I sure did. And there's the proof.
No one goes anywhere. Peter MacKay is still the Defence Minister.
My mind is blown.
If he was in the private sector, he would have been fired and an investigation would have been launched post haste.
His employer would have not been impressed in any way. Millions and millions of taxpayers dollars wasted by this clown's actions or lack of actions.
Veterans are getting the shaft- they were attacked in this ominous budget bill with meat cleavers.
Because there is no oversight in Canadian politics, we have Bernie Madoff for a Prime Minister and a whole host of riggers and jiggers.
Anyone who can't see it isn't paying attention.
162 scam artists and opportunists.
Don't listen to what they say- listen to what they don't say. That is how you can really understand their game.
It's an art to listen to what people don't say- the pauses between lies they read off their talking points pages.
Dean del Mastro is done like dinner.
He held a press conference (in civilian clothes) on Wednesday, crying foul over Elections Canada leaking info to journalists and how he has no way to clear his name.
Well Dean, you're right that you can't clear your name.
The reason Elections Canada hasn't contacted you yet is because they were in fear that you would destroy documents before they had their ducks lined up in a row to formally charge you. You are guilty beyond anyone's wildest imagination and I will buy a bottle of something really nice to celebrate your jail sentence. You will be made an example of. The world will see what happens to fraudsters in Canadian government- and everybody will point to you. DON'T PULL A DEL MASTRO! will be the refrain.
Fat hypocrite sack of lying shit.
You made your bed. Lie in it.
No integrity whatsoever.
Dean said that someone will have to explain themselves. LOL
Look in the mirror Tubby. You are the exact kind of scum that I want to hang like dem fruit.
In the press conference Dean proudly proclaimed that Harper was the greatest Leader in the civilized world.
Dean, they are cutting your crack with something nasty in it. Look for a better dealer.
Your brain is swiss cheese- just like that budget bill.
Don't suck Harper's cock. He doesn't care about you Dean. You're just a political pawn, like everything else in his universe.
Harper is all about Harper. Everything else is the Enemy.
I thought that things were better in Canada than in the US. I thought Canada's economy had gotten through relatively unscathed. Yet the picture seems to be much uglier than I thought. However, we know nothing down here. Canada is never mentioned in the news. I go through the entire New York Times every day and I can remember no article about this cabinet non-shuffle or the removal of Bev Oda, or her wrongdoings. If it's been there, it's been well hidden, far off the front page.
Just a nice note on the Environment regulations that Harper has gutted in the ominous budget bill, something I heard in the House of Commons by a Liberal MP before the break:
IT'S THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH FOR HARPER. HE WANTS TO HIT A HOME RUN FOR HIS OIL FRIENDS BUT HE FORGOT THAT NATURE ALWAYS BATS LAST. HE DOESN'T GET IT. HE NEEDS TO BE SENT TO THE MINOR LEAGUES. THE BUSH LEAGUE MINOR LEAGUES.
Thanks Chris.
It's actually a dire situation right now.
Our National debt has tripled since May 2 last year and we have the most incompetent team of goofs leading us since Bush II.
It's hard to get info on Canadian politics in the USA I'm sure.
My finger is on it though. Readers are well-informed with me, even though I leave out all kinds of shit.
The basic nuggets are here. I am focused on this government implosion like nothing I've ever been focused on.
I want them all to fucking hang for what they have done.
They stole the election last year and have had nothing but contempt for Canada.
I mean, it's truly breathtaking how horrible this government is.
There is no man on the planet who can stand behind this government unless he is directly profiting from their actions.
Anyone disagree?
Debate me.
Put me in my place.
Make me see the fucking Light.
When I Google "Stephen Harper" plus "NY Times" not very much comes up. The Times "archive"on this topic is slim. The most recent article is from mid June it seems, a blog piece about tar sands. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/...=stephenharper
If I go on the New York Times's own website, which I have full access to because I'm a subscriber, "Bev Oda" brings up no articles from this year. They don't seem to have covered her resignation or scandal at all. It's in the Huffington Post. I don't see it (online) in any major US newspaper. It must be there somewhere, but I can't find it.
I think the Huffington Post is the only news source that covers Canadian politics with any degree of integrity.
The New York Times can hire me to write for them if they want. LOL
I'd have to check my swing tho.
But for the right salary, I can be an Angel, politically correct, erect and commanding respect.
Ha Ha HA
Because I follow Harper's crimes so closely, I know exactly why there is no cabinet shuffle.
Optics.
If he moves his stupid jackasses around, it's a signal that the government is troubled, with respective files bungled, which is the Reality.
Playing one card, booting Oda, gives the impression that Harper is beyond happy with his gaffe-prone goofs.
Intelligent people know otherwise.
Guys like me have his fucking number.
And I will never relent.
NEVER.
I'll hammer him until he's in handcuffs.
You should have a column or at least a blog.
Do you know how easy it is to start a blog via Google? It take five minutes. I started one last January and it seems to get more hits than my website or Filmleaf posts for some reason.
http://chrisknipp.blogspot.com/
I don't have time for a blog. I barely have enough time to post what I do. I'm a working stiff, and internet time is precious.
A blog would be nice, but I don't have the time. I gotta pay my rent.
I'm not particularly worried about getting the word out on how much the Harper government sucks.
As long as the few of us here are aware, I'm happy.
I like the idea of someone stumbling on this thread- Conservatives especially.
I don't need fanfare.
Plus blogs seem like ego trips.
I'm on no ego trip.
A loss to humanity and, especially, Canada.
If time and money were not an issue....I'd be Spartacus.
:)
Huffington is filling a need then, but the Times would fill it better assuming their contributers are more carefully vetted.
Not sure a blog is ipso facto an ego trip; it would depend on the content. Though a little strongly worded, your posts here would be good material for an op ed column and your writing is snappy and energetic. Why don't you care about audience? Do you think you're preaching to the converted? No, evidently, since you hope some conservatives will come upon your posts. I understand your not having the time though. I wasn't suggesting writing anything difficult however, only posting what you write here also in a blog. if you can just cut and paste, you're there.
The signers of the American declaration of independence pledged "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." I was moved to read that in the Times again on July 4. Lives, fortunes, sacred honor: that's everything. That's what revolution demands.
I don't write with an audience in mind. I don't even know if there is an audience, beyond members here.
I noticed we always have around a hundred guests, but who are they?
Are they just gleaning? That's fine.
Getting something for nothing is a human desire- it's built in. Look at Bev Oda. LOL
I like our limited profile, and until someone steps up to pay my ass, I'm happy to be a talking head with "snap".
Thanks for your positive re-inforcement, because you are the genuine article Man.
I hope people realize just how much you have contributed here. It really is amazing. You have more time than the rest of us to write and that is awesome- you can really flesh everything out. Jealous green over your abilities and English.
I'm just happy there are no idiots here who can't converse. Anyone who even takes a passing look at the forums knows that we don't fuck around. You say your piece and then defend your piece. Then move up the trail to the next thing.
Very kind and well said. Who knows but what for people like us, having no visible audience inspires us to do our best. I've never cared much about audience myself, though during the period when I was a full-time artist showing and selling my work was an essential motivation. If I hadn't been selling it then, I would have had to do something else.
I'm not one to talk about myself too much, but I do sometimes write hoping Hunter Thompson would approve of the direction I'm going in.
He inspires me, and so does Jim Morrison, a man who said his greatest heroes are artists and writers, so it's not a bad thing to try to aim for the arena. Jim said that if Nixon fucks up, "we're gonna get him!". So thats what I do.
Stephen Harper has fucked up BIG TIME and I'm gonna get him. In fact, I already have.
And then there is Henry Rollins, of course.
That man is the textbook example of how to do it.
If you actually took the time to contemplate what Henry has achieved in his life and is still force marching on, you're head would begin to shrivel.
Shrivel indeed. Shrivel in disgust at how low the targets we set for ourselves are and how most people have no fire in their bellies to live like you will not be here the next day.
That is one hell of an amazing mentality to have, to maintain.
And I fall far short. I try to remind myself (with Henry's own Iron Reminder lesson) that you must yearn for things that split the sky and make planets slam into each other.
I'm seeing Alice Cooper tonight, who opens for the main event of Bluesfest: Iron Maiden.
Should be a HEAVY night Kids.
Alice said in the paper today that the young bands today suck. No testosterone.
And I agree.
What is with pansy music these days?
Get it on and bang a fuckin' gong. Don't pussyfoot around.