tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post3605814665039173470..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Move those goalposts, baby. MOVE THEM!CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-5893207274435987322008-08-23T15:54:00.000-04:002008-08-23T15:54:00.000-04:00Let us not forget William Aberhart, whose Alberta ...Let us not forget William Aberhart, whose Alberta government passed recall legislation, which they then repealed when Aberhart's own constitutents started working to recall him.<BR/><BR/>http://74.125.95.104/search?q=cache:AqEABQpYH5kJ:www.cpahq.org/uploadedFiles/Programmes_and_Activities/Professional_Development/DP%252020.doc+aberhart+recall+petition&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=caHolly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-19410460277661030592008-08-23T14:57:00.000-04:002008-08-23T14:57:00.000-04:00"I loves me a good Mel Brooks reference."Me, too. ...<I>"I loves me a good Mel Brooks reference."</I><BR/><BR/>Me, too. In fact, when it comes to politicians, I frequently quote another line from that movie: "We have to protect our phony balony jobs!"Chimerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15329465566330158171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-78769360135170471262008-08-23T14:02:00.000-04:002008-08-23T14:02:00.000-04:00Good thing you didn't read any further. All that ...Good thing you didn't read any further. All that splatto realised is simply the latest talking point, pasted all over Boggin' Toree Fuckwit land. And it's still incoherent; Harpy was already heading a minority government when the legislation was introduced and subsequently passed.<BR/><BR/>...legislation that we should all acknowledge is largely unnecessary anyway, since Canada already has fixed election dates...five years from the day a parliamentary term begins.<BR/><BR/>Parliament doesn't need to be reformed for Canadians as much as it needs to be <I>explained</I> to them.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-7556878724955345932008-08-23T13:58:00.000-04:002008-08-23T13:58:00.000-04:00James Travers made a great anology in the Toronto ...James Travers made a great anology in the Toronto Star the other day, comparing Harper's threat on his own government's life to the black sheriff in Blazing Saddles taking himself hostage.<BR/>I loves me a good Mel Brooks reference.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10183891839987655906noreply@blogger.com