tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post5093143005364463253..comments2024-03-17T03:55:21.696-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: They lie because they're cowards.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-58724891433503901442010-01-07T19:31:57.046-05:002010-01-07T19:31:57.046-05:00In my riding, Northumberland-Quinte West, we enjoy...In my riding, Northumberland-Quinte West, we enjoy the services of The Backbencher's Backbencher -Rick Norlock, MP. Mr. Norlock, a Harper Bum Boy all the way and former O.P.P. officer is (or lasdt time I checked he was) on the board of a canned hunting group that went after pet elks in Montana. Mr. Norlock has garnered a certain degree of attention because he is King Of The Mail-outs -$87,000 in flyers last year alone. And no wonder. The big duffus does SFA except sit around with his size twelves up on the desk waiting for the phone to ring while he makes elastic band cat's cradles to the astonishment of his staff and family -mostly one and the same. But....he'll get re-elected. Why? Because the Highway Of Heroes runs through this benighted riding and Sgt. ick is there front and centre every time some baby-faced kid gets a ride into T.O. for a free autopsy. Yep, if Rick Norlock is stupid, what does that say about The Bridgell People -the Made-In-China flag wavers that stand on those godamned bridges and strive to out-patriot each other each and every time. They're the simpletons that vote unquestioningly (they do almost everything unquestioningly) for Conservative Values each and every time. They, along with The Three Stooges, George W.Bush, Osama bin-Laden, Anita Bryant and Lassie, all signed the 62,000-signature Highway Of Heroes petition which, in my opinion, like all Internet petitions, isn't worth the paper it isn't printed on. But by gawd there's no shortage of these three-pack-a-day knuckle draggers and, to our eternal shame, they have the same right to vote as anyone else. And they'll vote for Rick Norlock every time. Gauranteed.Merklin Muffleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05850284624604652178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-65083191964365449682010-01-07T19:25:48.694-05:002010-01-07T19:25:48.694-05:00He made a bad call and now he's going to lose....He made a bad call and now he's going to lose. Happens all the time in politics.sooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259420303500863081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-76019956344728853382010-01-07T15:46:23.813-05:002010-01-07T15:46:23.813-05:00The benign dictatorship is what he's after. Ru...The benign dictatorship is what he's after. Rule with absolute power and affection, and the plebes will consider him merciful. <br /><br />Really hoping Canadians have enough of a spine to send this guy packing, I really really do.<br /><br />Also, what kind of extenuating circumstances would force an emergency session of parliament before March 3rd? Anyone know?ForestPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10466163869816804397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-36599710824486202222010-01-07T14:53:30.025-05:002010-01-07T14:53:30.025-05:00In order to be helpful to my Canadian friends, I p...In order to be helpful to my Canadian friends, I propose a compromise: <br /><br />But before I get to the compromise may I remind you that George W. Bush managed to decide everything he needed to decide while spending a third of his presidency on vacation. The advantage The [Original] Decider had was that he was not expected to spend half the day in Congress, responding to every mealy-mouthed left-wing fifth-columnist in Washington.<br /><br />Think about this. Any run-of-the-mill prime minister is busy. But HMPM Stephen Harper is even busier because he shoulders the entire burden of government in Canada.<br /><br />But he gets no respect.<br /><br />If he said what he thinks, the lefties in the press would literally go — you keep talking about Republics like this so let's say it — Bananas. Shutting down Parliament is one thing; shutting down the main stream media — or the CBC — is something else. Not to mention the blogosphere.<br /><br />I think as a compromise, we ought to agree that the prime minister doesn't have to sit in Parliament any more, so he can concentrate on governing Canada. Then you can have your Parliament, and the members can argue all they want, but it won't interfere with anything. After all, Caesar let the Senate keep meeting even after he became Emperor, though this did not go well for Caesar in the end, which, Caesar got that point about fifty times in one afternoon. But Caesar didn't have a security detail with all those Mounties.The Seerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115651806512267553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-65461314968582490252010-01-07T12:55:56.816-05:002010-01-07T12:55:56.816-05:00Quite right, theo, but let's not lose sight of...Quite right, theo, but let's not lose sight of the irony I was trying to identify. While Canada's big-C Conservatives howl with laughter over the ineptitude, incompetence and (let's face it) outright impotence of the Opposition, they're the absolute masters of running cowardly from their own positions.<br /><br />I have yet to see them defend one of their positions with actual honesty. It's always fiction. Always.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-78952719035602203292010-01-07T11:19:19.710-05:002010-01-07T11:19:19.710-05:00All true CC, but let’s be more precise. That Harpe...All true CC, but let’s be more precise. That Harper and his ilk are cowards and liars is like saying the sun rises every morning. Harper is an ideology driven power junky with a narcissistic bent but he isn’t suicidal. He knows perfectly well if he told the truth his current fix of power junky control would vanish like the proverbial snowflake in hell.theohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648489093666189741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-33889471041992976492010-01-07T07:58:42.038-05:002010-01-07T07:58:42.038-05:00I think he's stupid. And I think he knows he&#...I think he's stupid. And I think he knows he's stupid. That's why he was so desperate to mention his "fellow economists". He actually thinks people still respect economists, even after last year.sooeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259420303500863081noreply@blogger.com