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Either that, or he must be making a list of all those “rabid lefties” and “anti-semites” over on Twitter.  He has just left us with a warning about his new Sun column come this Tuesday.  Wait a minute! Didn’t he and the Sun part company in 2007? Ah yes, this is the new guard which advocates “locking and loading”; he should be their star.

Anyway, he is ranting about George Soros, a billionaire who spends his money on left winged agendas. More specifically, ol’ Ezzy’s got his intestinal tract twisted in a pretzel because of Soros’ supposed  ”Nazi” activities during the Holocaust. He is referring to this interview on Sixty Minutes.

KROFT: My understanding is that you went out with this protector of yours who swore that you were his adopted godson.

Mr. SOROS: Yes. Yes.

KROFT: Went out, in fact, and helped in the confiscation of property from the Jews.

Mr. SOROS: Yes. That’s right. Yes.

KROFT: I mean, that’s — that sounds like an experience that would send lots of people to the psychiatric couch for many, many years. Was it difficult?

Mr. SOROS: Well, of course I c — I could be on the other side or I could be the one from whom the thing is being taken away. But there was no sense that I shouldn’t be there, because that was — well, actually, in a funny way, it’s just like in markets — that if I weren’t there — of course, I wasn’t doing it, but somebody else would — would — would be taking it away anyhow. And it was the — whether I was there or not, I was only a spectator, the property was being taken away. So the — I had no role in taking away that property. So I had no sense of guilt.

Mr. SOROS: Not — not at all. Not at all. Maybe as a child you don’t — you don’t see the connection. But it was — it created no — no problem at all.

KROFT: No feeling of guilt?

Mr. SOROS: No.

KROFT: For example that, ‘I’m Jewish and here I am, watching these people go. I could just as easily be there. I should be there.’ None of that?

You see, Ezzy, of course, will believe anything his beloved Ann Coulter spews.  His beloved Ann, who, as we remember, believes that Jews need to be “perfected” and I imagine ol’ Ezzy is included in this badly needed improvement category.

Rich for ol’ Ezzy to go neanderthal on a scared 14 year old in hiding and doing what he needed to do to survive while losing much of his family and watching the attrocities around him.

Really rich for Ol’ Ezzy, considering he so proudly and vigorously defended Marc Lemire,  a known white supremacist who worked with  the likes of neo-Nazi leader,  Paul Fromm, called a bigot by the NattyPo’s  Johnny Kay, of all people, for Gawd’s sake and former president of the Heritage Front, a Neo-Nazi organization, until it disbanded in 2005, against a  Canadian Human Rights Commission, striking down Section 13. Yes, kids, he was feeling festive about it and probably still does to this day.  All about free speech, supposedly.

What a hypocrite! He chastises George Soros for events he had no control of as a teen-ager, but vigorously defends thugs like Marc Lemire, who chose their own twisted, psychotic, bigoted paths in life and would more than likely defend other such neo-Nazis and holocaust deniers in his quest to stay relevant and attempt to close down Human Rights Commissions.

Between his defense of white supremacist neo-Nazis, his known bashing of B’nai Brith and the Canadian Jewish Congress, & his pathetic school boy admiration of Ann Coulter, one has to wonder who the anti-semite really is?

One also has to wonder if ol’ Ezzy would still be turning purple over Soros’ past if he were funding the tea-bagger movement along with the Koch brothers and/or World Net Daily instead of Media Matters?

I wonder if this will get me on his Anti-Semite hit list now? I’m starting to feel lonely.

H/T Rusty Idols

You all remember  Gary Breitkreuz, right? That yahoo who, through the use of a sock puppet, who is now long gone (naturally), basically threatened to beat Iggy black and blue? Oh yes! Gary Breitkreuz, just a “Good ol’ Boy!” But, unlike Waylon Jennings’ theme to “The Dukes of Hazard”, he really does mean harm, just like the rest of those Harpercons. Well, he just got dumped by NDP MP Charlie Angus, who previously supported Mullet-head Hoeppner’s bill.

We all remember Breitkreuz, the brute sending an email ‘proposition’ to the NDP MP of Timmins-James Bay; that email that pretty well pushed Angus to change his mind. In an odd sort of way, the gun nut, who once advocated for  new regulations that would make it a-okay to carry restricted firearms like hand guns and semi-automatic assault weapons in cars in cities, may well be the one to sink Mullet head Hoeppner’s bill. What an idiotioc redneck!  Brute Breitkreuz probably couldn’t even shoot the broad side of a barn.

According to the Toronto Star, it seems that the other 11 rural NDP MPs have also a distaste for the behavior of the Harpercons as of late.  It seems that they will either change their vote or at the very least, be absent from the day of the vote.

“You’ve got the Conservatives turning off our rural guys,” said Brad Lavigne, national director of the NDP. He added that two “very real options” are available to rural members — stay away or reverse their earlier support for the Conservative bill.

Charlie Angus correctly points out that it’s the Harpercons, themselves, that are portraying rural Canadians as  uneducated hillbillies. Something Angus and his other rural colleagues, I’m sure, wish to dispell.

“The Conservatives are unfortunately creating an impression that rural Canadians are somehow nut jobs, but they are not. For me, at the end of the day, I just don’t want to be standing beside these guys,” Angus said.

“At this point I am going to vote against this bill because I think the Conservatives … are treating Canadians as if they are fools on this.’’

Will the rural NDP MPs take heat for this? Perhaps.  Could they lose their votes to Harpercons? Maybe not. If they can persuade their constituents with the reports from the RCMP showing that the gun registry is not only useful, but also cost efficient.

Also, there must be other things, besides the long gun registry,  these rural NDP MPs can sell to their consituents that would address their other concerns better than the Harpercons ever could. I mean, were they really voted in because they promised to help Stevie spiteful kill the gun registry?  Not likely.  I would think that they were voted in because they convinced their constituents that they were better trusted to look out for their interests than the Harpercons. These NDP MPs should stick with that.

Look at it this way, Jack’s stubbornness at not whipping his caucus to vote against Mullet-head Hoeppner was most certainly not winning him any appreciation from Stevie Spiteful in addition to not winning him and his party any favor with many Canadians, including much of his own base.

“In effect, rhetoric aside, both Coalition leaders intend to keep the wasteful and ineffective $2 billion long-gun registry,’ the Tories say. They conclude that neither the NDP nor the Liberals care about rural voters. “Rural Canada: either its voice is important, or it isn’t.”

Note that the above quote came from an article that was published one day before the little email exchange between Brute Breitkreuz and Charlie Angus was published. At that time, things still looked like those MPs were going along with Mullet-head Hoeppner.

No, Stevie, and the other rednecks, the NDP rural MPs did and still do want their constituents to have a voice in Canada. They just prefer that their constituents have all the correct information before them; the good, the bad and the ugly.   Facts, figures, evidence, truthiness, all inconvenient  pesky details that go against Stevie and his flunkies’ agendas.

Stay  classy, Harpercons! ,Jack Layton and his party were risking  losing urban seats to align himself with the mullet-head she redneck herself and this is the thanks you give him?

No matter, Jack, looks like your MPs are saving you in spite of yourself.  But really, those Harpercons and their own stupidity and redneck ways are what would kill the Mullet-head’s bill in the end. Talk about your ironies.

It ain’t a political party…yet! But, when one of the six founders is, get ready…Blogging SupposiTory, the Rancid Dr. Jabba the Roy, hisself! And he’s just all ga ga giddy over it!  I guess the Lucides movement was just too Progressive Conservativise-ish/not enough soCon-ish tea-baggy enough, was it?  What a circus! Here’s the site if you dare! If Jabba the Roy is involved, as well as the .ca, the Reseau Liberte Quebecois – Quebec Freedom Network. Now don’t that just sound Tea-baggish?

I remember Jean Lapierre telling Andrew Carter quite often on CJAD that there is now a vaccuum in Quebec politics and he believed that this one would get filled, however, he has his doubts this particular far-right movement will warm the hearts of Quebecers. I believe that he’s correct, but then, I never thought that Canada, east of Manitoba, would embrace Steve’s sharp right socon tea-bagging bull-shit. Lapierre,  too, believed that any new party that may have come to light would be a more centered party. 

What’s even more bizarre is that Lucien Bouchard of that clear eyed movement is endorsing this motley gang of misfits which touts among other tea-bagging goodies, climato-skepticism. Hmm, wasn’t Bouchard an environment minister in Brian Mulroney’s cabinet before going off to form the Bloc Quebecois? But then, Bouchard has proven, over the years, to be a walking self-contradiction.

Prepare for shale gas exploration, I mean, don’t let facts and truthiness like  pesky reports, warning of environmental concerns like  carbon-dioxide emissions, encroach on wildlife habitat and sap freshwater resources get in the way of that tea-bag agenda, now.

They’re going to “redefine nationalism”. I would tell you what they mean, but, frankly, that is indicated on their site, that it is “to come”. I wonder if they even know?  If Jabba the Roy is involved, the pro-monarchist, with his love of titles like “HM PM” (what a brown nose!), count on it pushing for Quebec to be beaten to submission by Steve and the Harpercons.  Insidious ways of decimating the Bloc Quebecois would definitely be on the menu.  After all, if  King Steve can’t win Quebec even by pork barreling,  they’ll find other ways to cheat, right?

Jabba the Roy is involved with five others: Andre Pratte of La Presse, a Harpercon friendly writer; Ian Senechal (please note, I had site translated via yahoo Babelfish, so language would leave something to be desired); Joanne Marcotte, who Radio Canada’s Simon Durivage referred to as Quebec’s Sarah Palin; Gerad Laliberte and Eric Duhaime; who worked as an advisor to the now near-decimated Action Democratique Party of  Mario Dumont and in a previous life, worked under ol’ Stock Day when he was leader of the Canadian Alliance.

As much of a monarchy suck up as Jabba the Roy is and I will guess that, like most French Quebecers, his partners in crime are anti-monarchy; as well as other differences to come, I’m sure, I wonder when this will collapse like a house of cards?

Another part of their mandate? To “defy the media establishment”; yes, they must do something to  get Quebec media to work in their favor; it’s too slanted to the left for their tea-bagging sensitivities;   not to mention, their aversion to things like balanced journalism and actually facts and data.

Perhaps like Steve, they would like a media monopoly a la Pierre Karl Peladeau? A French version of Fox North? They will be holding a shindig  come October in Quebec City and the keynote speaker will be none other than Kory Teneycke hisself! I wonder if he speaks joal?

“It is a great pleasure for me of collaborating with the team of the Freedom-Quebec Network”, affirmed Mr. Teneycke, who intends to explain to the audience the importance of the project that it sets up at present at English Canada. “A fall of the Canadian audience of news televised uninterrupted, a mentality of herd among the journalists and a frankly skewed cover of the topicality explain well that the Canadians are badly served by the media “mainstream”, he adds. “It is time to offer an alternative and it is what we intend to do with SUN TV News.”

Getting cocky, aren’t we, Kory?  There might be a little snag with your mentor’s appointment of Luc Lavoie. Once again, a little problem with legalities here. Details.

Here, of course, are  more of the their tea-bagging goals:

“We all agree on one common ground — the fact that the state needs to be smaller in many many ways,” Duhaime said.

“Some of us are going to push on health-care reforms, some others are going to talk about tax reforms.”

Well, tea-baggers, no matter what language they speak or where they live; they’re nothing, if not predictable.

Yes, for about 25$ or 35$ you can get in to watch Kory lead the clown car brigade at it. I wonder though; what does one get for 10$ more? Poutine? The peas are unfrozen? The rubber chicken is actually cooked? Or one gets to not get touched by Jabba the Roy?  Scary that we would want to be led by idiots who look like their mommies dress them every morning.

Each of the six founders, apparently, coughed up 500$ to start up this little tea-bagging cult.

And folks, if you’re in the Quebec City area and if you wish to crash the party, it is being held at Hotel Gouverneur de Ste-Foye on October 23. Their site is here, but in French. No, they don’t have an English version. Funny, given that Jabba the Roy is one of those idiots who shriek about English rights in Quebec.

I wouldn’t be too surprised if these clowns actually actually made it easier for Duceppe to promote sovereignty in Quebec. As mentioned before, Quebecers are center. Some, particularly in rural areas may even be socons to some degree. However, most of them are elderly and do remember living through the hell that was the Periode Noirceur of Maurice Duplessis. I’m sure they don’t want to live through that again and they certainly wouldn’t wish it on their children and grandchildren.

After reading Dr. Dawg’s post, dripping with sarcasm,  a  take on the mentality of many Canadians regarding those four men arrested on terrorism charges earlier last week which included a Canadian Idol Reject and McGill University Med School Grad, Khurram Sher.  A very accurate take as Dr Dawg usually has with these things. DeBeauxOs drives it home in about ten words or less in Dawg’s comments section (sorry, I can’t link the Echo comment box for some reason, but you can find it at his post):

Trial by media.

The way things are going, Harper’s New™© Government can abolish the court system and send alleged criminals directly to their mega-jails.

Well, yes, that is more than likely exactly where Stevie Spiteful and Super Toews are headed. Trial by media; more to the point, trial by NattyPO,  Kory Klan, and other Harpercon friendly outfits.   Guilty until proven innocent is the mantra of the day being taught, particularly regarding non-whites, specifically, Muslims and accusations of terrorism and related charges.

And a devoted student following this order of the day is none other than Blogging SupposiTory, Ottawa’s Bimbo & Military trophy wife, Rightchik, Tammeee, the Tammy-Faye Baker look-a-like herself!  Yes, I caught her little open letter to none other than the Canadian Council of Immams.  Here goes. I will inserting my own quips in brackets in regular typeface, italics are her words ):

Gentlemen – it is time for you to speak out and condemn armed jihad (Translation, ex-communicate them and lock them in a dungeon if they don’t comply with this). Condemn all jihad that would use violence, deceit and threats to any and every non Muslim (I guess she means it’s ok if they use violence, threats and deceit on other fellow Muslims, though). Tell your congregations that the only way to convert someone is through dialogue (Really? Conversion? To what? Christianity?). Any other method is unacceptable. And if someone does not convert then it is the will of God (so you’re admitting that a die-hard jihadist who refuses to listen to reason from his Immam or community is in God’s hands?).

Preach a message of acceptance (They are! It’s you & your ilk that don’t accept them, or any other non-white for that matter!) . Every Christian, Jew, Buddhist, Pagan, Hindu, Atheist. Agnostic and everyone else should be loved and embraced as a neighbour, friend and brother (Really? Then practice what you preach, little girl. It seems to me you only love and embrace the God of Prada or Nine West or Gucci and faces that come from jars).

Issue a press release not only condemning the men who have been recently arrested – condemn their motivations and actions. Speak loudly and clearly as you denounce all violent jihad. (Ok, here is a classic example of what DeBeauxOs was talking about when she commented over at Dawg’s: trial by media; or in this case, trial by middle-aged barbie doll. Barbie ain’t alone, sadly. Classic example when shallow right wingnut  Barbie Dolls who have no life outside of being a military trophy wife are let loose with a keyboard. Dawg has links here and here of other wingnuts with their accusations and how they think these defendants as well as any other future off-white defendants should be handled.)

I’m going to let you in on a little secret – we’re not as stupid or gullible as you might think. (Really? Oh, this would take a novel, so I’ll just move right along here; remember, she thinks she’s no one unless she’s in 5 inch heels and 5 inches thick of make-up ) In spite of what our music, movies, politicians, liberal media (what Liberal media?) or guilt ridden lefties (guilt ridden? I’m a lefty, I can assure you, I ain’t guilt ridden! Why on earth for? I haven’t done anything to these folks or anyone else for that matter. I’m not the one preaching bigotry and injustice. Embarrassed would be a more accurate description of my feelings today)  would lead you to believe, most Canadians are very, very different (many, anyway, and not in a good way).

We’re tolerant, we’re patient and we will give anyone a chance (Really? News to me). You’re getting yours right now. But we’re not ones to be pushed around. Look at our history (Well, Tammee got one thing right; we did push Native people off their land, stripped them of their livelihood, forced them to assimilate,  kidnapped their children and hid them in Gawd awful residential schools under unspeakable conditions and forced them to convert to Christianity).

Do the right thing. Show us that you are truly Canadian (yes, do show Tammee and her friends and tough military hubby what a great ‘Canadian’ you are;  publicly humiliate and ex-communicate any member of your congregation even so much as having the same last name as someone on a terror watch list).

What I was trying to point out in the little excercise above was Tammee’s own hypocrisy and that of many who share her views, like those of the Blogging SupposiTories and other Harpercon cheerleaders.

Dr. Dawg did a fine job proving  DeBeauxOs correct  in his follow-up post, Oil on Troubled Flames, citing many of the right wingnut bloggers with links to prove this. This is troubling for Canadian society; a supposed democracy to say the least. Where would it end? Who or which group would be the next targetted? By the looks of things, it could well be the new Tamil refugees if they’re ever released from detention and allowed to stay.  Thanks to the Harpercon propoganda machine, bigotry is on the rise and now, since these kind of cases are being splashed in the media with all the  yellow journalim characteristics we’d find in some tabloid like the National Enquirer, more and more; each new case being reported with increasing degrees of sensationalism and innuendo without even hinting what evidence police or the prosecutors may have or may not have.

Those of us who dare to  vocally express our beliefs in “innocent until proven guilty” or allowing all criminal defendants, yes, including those accused of terrorism,  to a have a fair trial are given the label from these wingnuts, as bleeding hearts who would practically welcome Charles Manson in our homes.   No, gotta fill Uncle Steve’s mega prisons and how dare we speak against the great man. How dare we point out logic? In a Harpercon Utopia, I guess Defense attorneys, crown prosecutors and Judges would all end up on the unemployment line.

Over at wingnut, Jay Currie’s place of white worship,  he accuses Dr Dawg of being in denial. No, Jay, it’s just that these four suspects don’t really fit the terrorist criteria.  All four seem to be well adjusted, educated,  productive young men, who seem to enjoy life in Canada. It seems unfathomable that they would be sucked into even contemplate ruining  their lives; the lives of their families; everything they have for the sake of a terror group who doesn’t give a damn about them.   Haven’t we heard in the past that generally, the profile of  Jihadists are generally uneducated, disenfranchised youth who feel they haven’t much else to look forward to in life?

I’m not saying those four suspects are not guilty, nor am I saying they’re guilty.  We haven’t seen or heard all the evidence; the real evidence; not the vaccuum the right slanted media and the Blogging SupposiTories are only too happy to fill with their innuendo. Nor is it for me, or anyone else for that matter,  to judge.  That is up to a judge and jury of the defendants’ peers (if they can find an impartial one that is).  If they’re guilty, then let the judge assign the appropriate sentence. If they’re not guilty, then set them free and let them get on with their lives in peace, just like any other defendant in any other criminal case, be they white, off white, or yellow with purple polka dots.    I’m sure that statement to the wingnut element would  brand me as a Taliban sympathizer no doubt. Fine, so be it. They’re going to think what they like anyway, it’s what gives wingnuts  like Rightchik Tammeee  a reason to get up in the morning; far be it for me to begrudge them of that. There, some more of my lefty charity.

Another thing, I’m no legal expert, nor am I going to even attempt to pretend to be one, so, if there are any lawyers or even law students knowledgeable on the subject, please feel free to answer my following question in my comments section.  The defense attorneys for the accused must realize that their clients can’t get a fair trial with half truths and yellow journalism trying them before the court of public opinion, not to mention potentially poisoning a potential jury pool for the eventual trials; why haven’t they demanded a publication ban? Can they? Or has legislation changed on that too at the demand of  Kory and his Klan of Fox North?

Susan Delacourt is one of the few columnists who has been not only printing the facts about Iggy’s bus tour, but has actually remained positive about it. I only wish some of the more Liberal leaning columnist would have (and would) followed her lead rather than to continue nitpicking and lamenting him. After all, while Iggy may not be the first choice for leader of any federal political party due largely in part to his long absence from the country and many other reasons anybody could think of, he is here to stay and we should make the best of it. Anything less only helps keep Stevie spiteful in office longer to continue doing his damage; perhaps even get a majority.

If I may sidetrack for just a moment, his latest slap in the face to the civil service and by extension, to Canadians; particularly, vulnerable Canadians, he has just laid off 600 employees who work for Service Canada; employees who work for EI and Pensions. It becomes more ridiculous on the radio when we hear that the reason cited is because “the economy has improved”. No joke! The newscaster on the radio said that was the reason for the cuts. Never mind that folks are still losing their jobs. Never mind that the aging baby boomers are retiring, thus an increasing demand for CPP payments is looming.  Stevie Spiteful must gut the civil service for his own amusement.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand, I had seen a poll from Harris Decima earlier yesterday reflecting that the bus tour has provided modest gains in Liberal polling numbers (they’ve broken 30% for the first time in a long time), but unfortunately, Iggy’s approval numbers have not improved, according to Allan Gregg.  Now, how could this be?  Michael Valpy over at the Grope & Fail has recognized changes in Iggy:

There’s no doubt at all that a new political Michael Ignatieff is on stage. And no doubt at all – after 27,000 kilometres travelled and 110 events staged across the country this summer, with more to come on a tour intended to reintroduce Mr. Ignatieff to Canada – that the people he meets are responding to him with what looks to be a lot like enthusiasm.

His robotic body language has gone, along with most of his leaden phrases. He speaks with a lively cadence; he has lost the faux dropped g’s. He can be genuinely funny. He shows a keen curiosity in what people tell him and feeds back what they say in his speeches.

He now sounds like the 17 books he has written, warm, engagingly anecdotal and authentic.

I tell him on the final day of the B.C. tour that he has changed so much since I first wrote about him as a politician four years ago. He says: “A lot of it is storytelling, a lot of it is connecting to something I always used to do. I’ve been a storyteller all my life, and I had to recover, get back to that stuff. Nothing else was working.”

So, who has Gregg been polling? Folks in Calgary West or in other Harpercon strongholds?  I realize that Gregg, like  John Wright of Ipsos-Reid, is nothing more than a Harpercon shill, but, as I’ve pointed out, time and again, at the end of the day, those polling numbers, along with those columns are pretty much all those politicians have to work with before they make decisions. It’s the reason why I suggest to folks to write their MPs.

It’s also the reason why I’m thankful for social media outlets like Twitter, Facebook and blogs. If not for social media, we would only get the skewed version of how much of a failure the bus tour was. We didn’t. We got to see crowds warmly receiving Iggy. We got to hear him answering questions without missing a beat.  We saw him more relaxed and yes, having fun. There are those from the Blogging SupposiTories and even some Prog bloggers still determined to hate him who chided him for not being himself, but yanno, I think he was probably more himself over the summer than he has been since he joined the Liberal Party. I got that vibe when I saw him at the Papineau event.

By the interviews Iggy has been giving as of late and the vibe folks who have attended events on the stops of the Liberal bus tour seem to have been picking up, it seems to be that Iggy is in no hurry for the tour to end.  I remembered the NattyPo’s Kelly McParland lamenting earlier in the summer about Stevie’s summer of needless crisis in his column.  He sort of gave some simple advice to Iggy, although, I think he meant it more as a joke; sarcasm at the time:

If I was Michael Ignatieff, I’d stay on that bus tour until Christmas and leave the government alone. At the rate it’s going, it should have completed its self-destruction by then.

After reading Susan Delacourt’s column last night, it looks like Iggy is, at least in part, taking McParland’s advice to heart and extending the bus tour into the fall.

“I’ve got a job to do in Parliament, I will do the job in Parliament, because that’s what folks pay me to do. But I will also be out on the road a lot, because I enjoy it and Canadians are responding to it and they want to see their politicians up close and personal and they want to ask them questions.” The Liberal leader has made no secret of his joy at being out of Ottawa over the summer, often calling it an antidote for the toxic, partisan climate of Parliament under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government.

Oh dear, and now, given that Stevie spiteful’s pitbull, John Baird, is the new government house leader, count on the ambiance in parliament being even more toxic than before.  There is also the problems with the mass firings, demotions, potential firings and non renewals of contracts of public servants as of late. With such heated issues waiting such as Mullet-head Hoeppner’s scrapping of the long gun registry and the census scrapping (Liberals are introducing a new private members bill to reinstate it, minus the threat of jail time which is sure to pass among all three opposition parties) and of course, the threats of unreported criminals, Canadian Idol rejects and “Russian spy planes” in the north.

It’s great that touring the country, meeting and greeting Canadians suits him so well as the tour has achieved one of its’ goals; to prepare Iggy for the rigors of an election campaign.

If the tour is going so well for him and he is still getting positive responses, why not continue for at least awhile longer? Parliament doesn’t sit until later next month anyway.

Given the polling numbers that have improved the numbers for the Liberals, but not that of Iggy, maybe the strategy of Iggy continuing the road show and having his MPs do the politicking in Ottawa might have some logic to it on the surface.  However, like everybody else, he will eventually have to go back to work and yes, his true test will be how he handles himself once parliament is back in session. That, I suspect will be make or break for him. If  his newfound confidence can be seen in action in parliament, perhaps we may well see his approval numbers go up as well.  However, that is a two way street. It’s one thing for him to be more confident; to be more oppositional. However,  given the Harpercon friendly corporate media, with the latest addition of the wingnutty efforts of Fox North, as well as some of the nay sayers of the few more Liberal leaning columnists and opinion writers,  can he be more oppositional without getting smacked to the point where his polling numbers plummeting across the board to the point Stevie Spiteful’s  teeter around majority territory yet again?

Another test for Iggy will be how will he counter not only Stevie Spiteful’s attack ads, which as we’ve seen are doozies, and I’m sure, we ain’t seen nothin’ yet, but also those from the NDP;  Layton and Mulcair have shown to be more than capable of of attacking them sometimes (it seems)  even more often than attacking Harpercons, as well as those of Gilles Duceppe and the Bloc. While the Liberals may have begun to make some inroads in Quebec, given that Duceppe is slowly reviving the sovereignty movement with some modest degree of success and with the troubles of the Jean Charest Liberals as of late, I  wouldn’t be surprised to see Duceppe resurrect the Sponsorship scandal. That will be an uphill climb indeed. Dion couldn’t counter the attack ads, neither could Paul Martin before him.  Iggy had been lacking confidence to do so since that violent reaction from Jane and Joe Canuck and the pundits when he dropped the gauntlet last September.  Let’s hope he can draw from his new found confidence coming off the bus tour to effectively counter these attacks.   He will also have to go more on the offensive. Sadly, taking the high road will get him nowhere.

The Harpercon shill, Allan Gregg did point out an interesting fact I think we’ve all noticed:

Pollsters have discovered that the Conservative vote is much more resilient than the Liberal vote. That means when the Conservatives get in trouble, their support drops, but in the absence of trouble it springs right back again. The same isn’t true for the Liberals.

Why is that? Why are folks so much more forgiving of Stevie spiteful than they are of Iggy? It seems to me that Stevie Spiteful could put his own grandmother out on the street and most (from his own base, anyway) would hardly bat an eyelash, but the Liberals, with, or without Iggy can take forever to be forgiven for far less?

After writing all that, perhaps Kelly McParland was right all along: Iggy, stay on that bus and let your MPs take care of the rough and tumble in parliament.

My, are these geeks in Ottawa so bored that they have more than enough time to play on Wikipedia? Or are they under orders from King Steve?  We all remember when they played around with the Wikipedia pages regarding Stevie spiteful’s new war toys.  I wouldn’t put it past him. He is that hateful.

This time, some idiot, using computers over at the Correctional Services of Canada decided to give the Wikipedia page regarding the Canada Official Languages Act, inacted by then Prime Minister P.E. Trudeau in 1969, a makeover, calling it “Quebec’s Nazi Act”.  Ah! Classy! Here’s a clip that was added:

“The Quebec Nazi act is a law adopted by the Parliament of Canada in 1969 and substantially amended in 1988. The law gives Frenchspeaking Canadians more opportunity than English speaking Canadians in the government of Canada… It allows Quebecers to have preferential treatment in jobs over people who already live in Ontario.”

Really?

“Behaviour of this nature is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. The Minister’s Office has raised its concerns with the Correctional Service of Canada, who are investigating its origin and will follow up with appropriate action.”

I guess he would have to say that for the sake of posterity, even though, I’m sure his master and his  puppets, including ol’ Vic are more than likely all ga ga giddy over the latest act of their their little computer geek. After all, we all know what their base thinks of the French language. More specifically, what they think of Quebec.

Really rich for some Harpercon flunkies using the term ‘Nazi’ to describe the Official Languages Act, given how well they handle dissent and how the folks of Toronto were treated at the G20.

Here’s what Steve thinks about Canada being a bilingual country:

“It is simply difficult – extremely difficult – for someone to become bilingual in a country that is not. And make no mistake. Canada is not a bilingual country. In fact it less bilingual today than it has ever been… So there you have it. As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.”
- Stephen Harper on bilingualism, Calgary Sun, May 6th 2001.

And it might also be interesting to know,if I may go a little off topic here,  in Stevie Spiteful’s own words, not only what he thinks of Quebec, but perhaps he too, doesn’t want it to become a ‘have province’

“The only way we will ever get positive constitutional change is when these people are confronted, defeated, and then work constructively within federation.” BC Report Magazine, September 29, 1997.

“The Canadian Dominion is itself safe unless … Quebec were ever to become a ‘have’ province.” IRPP Choices, September 2000, vol. 6, no. 6.

So, boys n’ girls, again, am I that off the mark?

Ah, poor Kathy. It must be hard being married to Blazin’ cat fur; Mr Shaidle. It must also be hard to be so unemployable and have to beg folks to buy books the 1$ bin at Walmart can’t even flog off.

She now wants to host a game show. Actually, it’s more like a cross between a game show and so-called reality TV. Kinda like a cross between American Idol and Canada’s Worst Handiman or something along those lines. No, it has nothing to do with talent or knowledge of Trivia.

I’ll just let Kathy explain it herself, in her own words:

People would nominate that neighbor or co-worker they hate, and they’d come on the show (because few people can resist going on TV even for the worst reason) and besides a driving test, they’d get ranked on:

• lingering, unpleasant cooking aromas and loud screeching “music”
• disgusting cultural habits like spitting (and worse) on the sidewalk
• refusal to speak English (even when they know how)
• refusing to line up for stuff and resistance to other quaint Canadian customs, like decent customer service and not marrying your cousin
• overwhelming attachment to the “old country”
• overall belligerence and troublemaking

The nation votes a la American Idol and the loser gets stuck in a dinghy and pushed out to sea.

What does the winner get?  Do they win dinner at Toronto’s finest restaurant as well as being trapped inside the CN Tower’s elevator with Mr. & Mrs. Shaidle? Nah, some booby prize.   Or does the winner get to push Kathy & hubby in that dinghy toward the winner’s home country? Or do they simply push them off the dinghy when they see the sharks?  Nah, don’t wanna frighten the sharks.

Blogging SupposiTory BC Blue is citing fellow wingnut from, you guessed it, Kory Klan, Brian Lilley, claiming that Tamil refugees all go back to Sri-Lanka on vacation.  I had a troll once who seriously believed that Sri Lanka was now a vacation destination, as well as another at some other progressive blog awhile back. I’m hearing it more and more these days. Sri Lanka is now a hot vacation destination. Okay, conbots, I will say this again; please, call your travel agents and book your next sun vacations there at our earliest possible convenience, please?  In fact, turn it into a whirlwind cruise.  Take an old rickety freighter. Don’t forget to pack the dixie cups now, you may need ‘em!  If you must take a plane and do it the easy way, ok.  Hurry now.  Don’t forget to write…

Seriously though, is this rabid racism in Canada a new thing, or has it always been around, but dormant until a like minded King like Stevie spiteful and his white evangelical flunkies came into the fold and stirred up those sentiments?  I mean, why not?  One thing Stevie spiteful is notorious for is bringing out the worst character traits in Canadians. Whatever the case, it is sure becoming frightening. They don’t like being compared to the Klu Klux Klan; they have made their feelings clear to me when I do that, but when I read things like “Torpedo” as an answer to the question what to do with the two more Tamil ships predicted to arrive  on Canadian shores or, worse yet,  a newspaper (if we can call it that: Kory Klan after all) editorial advocates the “lock and load approach”; perhaps the Klu Klux Klan is an inappropriate name for them. Statements like the above make the KKK look like Romper Room in comparison. (H/T Dr Dawg)

Last Friday, Kelly McParland’s column, arguing that Canadians were not necessarily racist per se,but…

It’s just possible that, as Canadians become increasingly familiar with how easy it is to take advantage of the country’s good intentions…

“They’re jumping the queue!”  seems to be a common refrain, as many attempt to continue justifying their racism under the cloak of injustice or shrieking that our refugee system is broken. Andrew Coyne  points out that there is no queue for refugee claimants.

Of the 40,000-odd refugee claims Canada receives every year, about a quarter are made from Canada (as opposed to being made at embassies or refugee camps overseas). You show up with a valid claim, you’re in: doesn’t matter how many people arrive ahead of or behind you. The Prime Minister complains that the Tamils did not go through “normal channels,” but in fact it’s a completely normal channel: the only difference is they arrived by boat, rather than by plane.

Well, so much for that excuse. Coyne’s article is well worth the read.

While McParland’s article may make some sense on the surface, given the obvious ignorance of many.  I would beg to differ.  Many Canadians just don’t like anyone who ain’t white.  It is obvious more and more each day.  I put to you, my readers, a hypothetical situation below. While unlikely, the following example I bring up wouldn’t be all that far fetched.

What if a boat load of Irish refugees dawned our shores?  Would Super Mustache Toews, himself board the ship?  Would the tea-bagger element all whine and go on about Ireland being a tourist destination? (which, by the way, still is) Would the obvious escapees from the institute for the criminally insane be advocating “torpedoing”  or “locking and loading” or some other equally or of greater insidious, gory attack of the ship(s)? I’m not so sure.

The reason I bring up the Irish as an example is that they’re predominantly white, Christian and speak  English; traits many of today’s conservative Canadians value more than anything else these days. While they don’t come from a country that is mired in violence (at least, not now; wasn’t always the case), they are suffering chronic economic problems with no end in sight.  Unemployment is on the increase, as is poverty. No one seems to be optimistic that the situation in Ireland will improve anytime soon. Many are abandoning their homes and cars and leaving their homeland for other parts of the world in search of work. Many move to Britain. Others migrating to Australia and New Zealand due to generous work visa programs.  But there are quite a few who are migrating to Canada and numbers are growing slowly.  Yet, they seem to fly under the radar. The corporate media isn’t making any kind of splash about their arrival. No one is complaining about them “taking our jobs” as they do when non-whites arrive.  They’re of course, arriving at airports and not by boats. But what if one day the situation in Ireland spiralled so quickly out of control that they left their shores for here by the boat load  like they did over 150 years ago?  I ask again, would they be  better received today? My guess is many would be more ok with them than with any non-white migrant either arriving by boat, airplane or  parachute.  It would certainly be an interesting test.

Another thing I don’t get: many of these  rabid racist Canadians are immigrants themselves or at least, are descendants of immigrants (most cases anyway); including (I would venture to guess) the blogger of BC Blue; did they forget where they came from, as John Moore suggested? They may try to pull the old, “but my family…it was different…they went through proper channels”…you get the idea…yech! Some of it may be true. Many would be amazed to find out that their ancestors may well have arrived the same way those Tamils did. One would think they would be able to empathize as many of the ethnic groups they came from weren’t so well received by their communities when they first arrived neither; be they white, Olive-toned,  black, or even yellow with polka-dots.

Mr. McParland, I do agree with the title of your  column though: Polls Show That Canadians Are Nasty, Anti-Immigrant SOBs Shitheads (hey! Mr McParland may have to watch his language over at the NattyPo, but over here at Sister Sage’s Musings, I certainly don’t (neither do any contributors here, for that mater); profanity is encouraged here).

So, conbots, on the horn with your travel agents yet, booking that dream sun vacation in Sri Lanka?

I don’t live in Toronto and this shouldn’t concern me all that much. However, my entire family does live there,  and I’m concerned about how life for them in that city would be, particularly with a wingnut like Rob Ford.  What I find absolutely mind boggling is how does a supposedly progressive city like Toronto even entertain the idea of voting this cantankerous evil twin of the Pilsbury Doughboy?  If any of  my Toronto readers from the Prog bloggers care to shed some light on this one, please do so…I’m at a loss here. I asked my mom why. She hasn’t a clue neither, nor do my brother or his girlfriend for that matter.  Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Cut the waste at city hall. Seems to appeal to so many.

So, let’s check the appeal of Rob Ford, shall we? Fern Hill has done the heavy lifting and compiled a rather impressive resume of the esteemed Mr. Rob Ford.

Rob Ford on AIDS prevention…

“(AIDS) is very preventable, if you are not doing needles and you are not gay, you wouldn’t get AIDS probably, that’s bottom line.” With respect to the increasing rates of women contracting the disease, Ford said; “How are women getting it? Maybe they are sleeping with bisexual men.”

Rob Ford on bike lanes…

“I can’t support bike lanes. Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks. My heart bleeds when someone gets killed, but it’s their own fault at the end of the day.”

Rob Ford on why oriental people are taking over…

“Those Oriental people work like dogs. They work their hearts out. They are workers non-stop. They sleep beside their machines. That’s why they’re successful in life. I went to Seoul, South Korea, I went to Taipei, Taiwan. I went to Tokyo, Japan. That’s why these people are so hard workers (sic). I’m telling you, the Oriental people, they’re slowly taking over.”

Rob Ford on G20 summit police brutality…

“I think the police were too nice. I would have had a zero tolerance approach.”

Don’t know about you, but I certainly don’t want to see what Rob Ford considers an adequate amount of police brutality.

Some more choice ‘colourful’ comments from an excellent round-up at the Globe:

April 17, 2002: During a council debate on whether there should be homeless shelters across the city, rather than only downtown, Mr. Ford says: “This is an insult to my constituents to even think about having a homeless shelter in their ward. And you want me to have a public meeting to discuss this? Why don’t we have a public lynching?”

(There’s video at the link.)

Yesterday, he called himself a ‘family man’ in a apparent swipe at married-with-child-but-gay George Smitherman.

Yeah, he’s a family man all right (from Globe link).

March 26, 2008: After Mr. Ford’s wife, Renata, calls police to their home, Mr. Ford is arrested and charged with assaulting her and uttering a death threat. A month later, prosecutors drop the charges because inconsistencies in Ms. Ford’s accounts make a conviction unlikely. “It’s the happiest time in my life when my family’s all together. … That’s all I wanted from the very beginning and that’s what I have now,” Mr. Ford tells reporters.

He also has truthiness and anger issues (Globe again):

April 15, 2006: Security guards remove a drunken and belligerent Mr. Ford from a Maple Leafs game after he shouts insults at an out-of-town couple. The attacks began after the man asks Mr. Ford to be quiet. Mr. Ford responds: “Who the fuck do you think you are? Are you a fucking teacher?” Failing to get a response, he turns his attention to the man’s wife: “Do you want your little wife to go over to Iran and get raped and shot?” The couple realizes the angry man’s identity after Mr. Ford leaves behind a business card. When reporters confront Mr. Ford with the couple’s complaint, he denies being at the hockey game. A day later, he comes clean, saying he lied because he felt “embarrassed and humiliated.” He also says: “I had one too many beers and I sincerely apologize.” Mr. Ford later e-mails the couple an apology, writing: “My complete lack of manners were unprofessional, immature, and do not in any way reflect my usual behaviour in public.”

Ford very recently also called for a cap on new immigrants in Toronto.

Ain’t he charming? After reading that and listening to my family after having visited them a few weeks ago, I have to cringe every time I hear or read about how Super Ford will just clean up that wasteful spending. Why do I get the feeling that in the wonderful world according to Rob Ford that the city of Toronto and its’ inhabitants are a waste? In fact, like Steve hates Canada, and handles it by ignoring facts to change it to his whims; Ford seems to hate Toronto to the point he wants to change it with total disregard for facts and realities.

All this Toronto municipal election talk is bringing me back to the Montreal municipal election campaign in November of last year with the rather odd assortment of candidates running. Let’s take a trip down memory lane, shall we? Trust me, after the depressing stories of Rob Ford and the abysmal candidates running against him in Toronto, I think you may find amusement in last year’s Montreal’s municipal campaign.

We have Louise Harel, a separatist who was instrumental in that whole forced  merger of Montreal debacle and will more than likely cut services. Her former right hand man, Benoit Labonte was caught lying about his relationship with a business man who was awarded some municipal contracts. He resigned in disgrace. He later told Radio-Canada that City Hall was run like the Mafia.

She claims she will ‘broom’ city-hall. All well and good, but as I mentioned above, she doesn’t have clean hands.

Next:

Our incumbent, Gerald Tremblay, mired in so much scandal who said he would raise property taxes come January in order to maintain services. The highlight  of  Maclean’s the past week:
“Montreal is a corrupt, crumbling, Mob-ridden disgrace.”

And, I’ve saved the best for last. The third place candidate, Richard Bergeron.

Enter our third candidate and would probably be the most fun: Richard Bergeron, a quirky sort and an Islam convert who had all kinds of conspiracy theories like George W Bush and 9/11:

“…terrorists might not have been behind 9/11. He said “two of the four crashes are particularly suspicious. Photos of the Pentagon and Pennsylvania crash sites never show debris of downed planes, he said. He speculated the Bush administration carried out the attacks as an “act of state banditry of titanic proportions” – that is, it used them as a pretext for invading Iraq and controlling its oil reserves.”


Here is how he justifies his smoking to La Presse: he smokes to stay healthy because, he said, it reduces his lung capacity and keeps him from injuring himself when he runs marathons too fast.

Read full details here.

You know something?  The unhappy (or happy; depending how you look at it) dysfunctional family that is Montreal City Hall suddenly look very sane to me. I am so appreciative of our scandal-ridden mayor with our construction contractors and their alleged ties to organized crime (unreported of course; watch Super Vic’s mustache turn up to a handle bar now) nowadays with his merry band of councillors and borough mayors, as well as the colourful opposition.

Mom, Dad, if Ford the bad fat assed wingnut becomes the next mayor of Toronto, come back home to Montreal where my extended dysfunctional family from city hall and I will give you a warm welcome.

Tasha Kheiridin’s columns as of late really shows her off to be a wannabe, using terms that no longer exist, like small c conservative. No such thing anymore.  And no Tasha, the Harpercons are not right of center; they’re to the far right.  Right of center would have been the Progressive conservatives of days past such as lyin’ Brian Mulroney or Joe Who? Clark, and they look like rabid Marxists next to Stevie spiteful.

 Dear Tasha, why do you misrepresent yourself in many of your columns where you claim to be a small-c conservative. Especially after one gets to know your politics and values through reading your politics. Like many of the Harpercon cheerleaders, you are a Big, Hard C con like the rest of them.  But, she is not alone. How many short bios of Harpercon cheerleaders and Blogging SupposiTories who call themselves small-c conservatives, yet they come off as some of the biggest tea-bagger types ever.  Tasha may not be that tea-bagg-ish, but she’s certainly getting there, especially when she implies that Iggy could be capable of shaking babies, when expressing indignance over Iggy’s sulphur remark when he chastised her “dreamy” Steve. It’s ok for her colleagues to burn him with the voters and the media though.

Gawd. I mean, clearly, you’re against gun control and stand up for those too stupid and /or too lazy to fill out a simple form to register a weapon, real tea-baggy of you!  More evidence of  the neo-con movement which includes ignorance.  Sounds like tales from the NRA. Sarah Palin would be proud!

She now despairs, though, as Steve is planning some pork barrelling in Miramichi in order to make up for some of the lost jobs should Mullet-head Hoeppner’s little anti-gun control bill pass. Come to think of it, Tasha has a mullet too. What is it with these neo-cons and mullets? Anyway,  Stevie is pretty cocky there, putting the cart before the horse.  I understand that NDP Joe Comartin is at work trying to get the caucus to vote against the bill, although still no word on whether or not Jack Layton will be whipping his caucus into voting against it. Iggy is still planning to whip his caucus.  It may well not go through; bye-bye Mullet heads!

You push for the Americanization of health care; complete with discriminating practises based on socio-economic class and pre-existing conditions.  Wealth care for billionaires. Yessirreee Bob! Just one question I ask of all Canadians who advocate the Americanization of health care here in Canada. Have you burned your OHIP card? Like the tea-bagger hit parade, you whine about Canadians not having any choice regarding health care. Living in the GTA, you’ve got the Cleveland clinic and MedCan; two private for profit clinics with hefty membership fees to boot.  Are you a member, Tasha? Such clinics exist across Canada, legally, under the nose of the federal government.  Facts that punch holes in your little article, dear. Hell, I even did your homework for you. That’s how charitable some of us lefties are.  So, you gonna put your money where your mouth is and take the scissors to your OHIP card and start using the private for profit?

One of her latest efforts? And it’s a doozy, indeedy.   Bigotted, bloated, cantankerous, wingnutty Toronto mayoral candidate, Rob Ford is now likened to super hero status to this columnist. Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, dear Tasha’s latest, she compares the bloated pasty white Pilsbury doughboy’s evil twin to Barak Obama.  Think about this, kids,  This bigotted, evil tempered, uncompassionate, destructive, pompous ass is being compared to Barak Obama! Go read Fern Hill for  a complete synopsis of  who Tasha’s latest crush appears to be.  This clown’s idea of ‘cutting the waste’ is essentially destroying Toronto.  Like Canada, the way it is, is a waste on Stevie spiteful; Toronto, as it is now, for  Redneck Rob Ford, is a waste, period!

Moving right along.

Yes, Tasha, you’re  a Hard, capital C. A wannabe member of tea-bagger north; with zero compassion for your fellow man and probably couldn’t write for any other paper besides, perhaps Kory Klan papers.  You may bitch about sweater vest Steve’s acts in your columns, but, at the end of the day, we know you’ll still vote for him and come election time, which I hope is sooner, rather than later, you’ll probably be telling your readers to vote for dreamy Steve.

By the by,  the former small-c conservatives are now Blue grits who reluctantly vote liberal as they haven’t the stomach for Stevie spiteful and realize that Progressive Conservative Party they once supported are now extinct.  Hence, one of the main reasons why the mythical coalition Stevie spiteful is still milking, will never happen or work. While Blue grits (former red tories/small c)  may advocate for fiscal conservatism and capitalist enthusiasts, they still have a sense of  humanity to them. Tasha, you obviously, much like the shrieking tea-baggers, do not.