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LP 35, CP 33, NDP 17, BQ 8, GP 7 - Harper leads as best PM (New Nanos Poll) (2008-08-29)

• larryl - That is an odd statement since Harper has forbidden his Caucus from even speaking to Mulroney. Another of your unbiased but untrue remarks?
• Foxer, Lets not forget the first Gulf War, Bosnia, Kosovo and the airstrikes against Serbia.
• RBB – Another of parnel’s fabrications. You know his reputation. Can’t believe anything he says. Here is a recent article from the Edm Journal which accurate...
• PART TWO Elections draw donations out of supporters in a way ordinary years cannot. So if a federal vote is called for this fall, the Liberals can expect ...
• Foxer, the Liberals are also the ones who for three years did nothing about young Khadr as he sat in Gitmo. So who was it again that "abandoned our world lea...
• More fabrications by parnel. No law is being broken and the only treason that has been committed is by the LPC flagrant pilferring of taxpayers's money inclu...
• Foxer - You are right the first Gulf War started when the PC's were in power (91) but the Grits did vote to support it and continued to provide forces to en...
• TPQ - Listen to yourself man? No wonder no one takes anything you say seriously! I mean does anyone else out there of any political stripe think that this is...
• larryl - I generally agree with your last post. Duceppe should be allowed only in Quebec debates but in both languages. But I doubt that it will ever happen...
• TPQ - Shawinigate. Nuf said.
• Foxer - You know the Liberal methodology - Run on the left, govern on the right or in other words say anything to get in power then do whatever you want.
• rsharp - you must have visited a different Europe than I lived in? One vacation in one part of France is hardly long enough to make you an expert on all of E...
• Foxer - Today's CTV poll validates your analysis. You have very good insight into the political scene, unlike others on this Blog that live in a fantasy worl...
• Apparently those two people aren't so stupid after all and are guffawing even louder now!
• TPQ - I don't see any of your friends joining in to agree with your wacko comments above. Perhaps you should re-think your position? After all it is a bit ov...
• The Liberals are leaderless, 8 points behind in the polls nationally, financially on the verge of bancrupcy and in disaray over their core policy issue, the ...
• larryl - Wait a minute, did't you emphatically state just a few posts ago that ALL parties were as equally corrupt as the others? Or have you changed your vi...
• So, not so unbiased after all. is this from the same guy who said a few posts ago that he was not a Liberal? larryl, your true colours show so why not just c...
• larryl - What an odd thought process you have. First, to say that the Leader of the Official Opposition has no power shows a deep lack of understanding of ho...
• larryl – I know that you do not see it, that much is obvious so let me explain. Not sure why you are going on about a majority govt since we do not have one...
• larryl - If you are biased, you are biased. In politics you cannot be biased against someone unless you are biased in favour of someone else so that makes yo...
• larryl - The leader of the opposition holds a lot of power, especially in a minority Parliament. You said that Dion “can't defeat a minority without the help...
• Well being happy is what life is all about so best of luck with that plan. I am sure it was you that made such a big deal about showing others the respec...
• TPQ - Hows that whole turning over a new leaf, name change thing working for ya?
• larryl - What "unethical and virtually illegal tactics" have you so upset and who is the CCCE? Also, what does YO mean?
• Martin did not call the Gomery Enquiry because he wanted "to do what was decent and right" as rsahrp asserts. His goal was to finish off the Chretien faction...
• larryl – The fact that the govt had to use non-confidence motions to pass minor legislation is exactly my point. That Parliament is dysfunctional as a result...
• Foxer - Well put. The Grits have along way to go before they have their act cleaned up. At least a couple of Harper majorities I should think?
• larryl – You are right, the opposition does have a job to do. But they are not there to hijack committees and tie up govt bureaucracy and the Senate for poli...
• Foxer - Once again I agree, they need to burn that house down and start over, just like the Tories did. I don't think Dion is the man to do it though. He has...
• Foxer - This is already being viewed by the MSM as a flip flop and Dion did little in his press conferance last night to dispell that impression. Of course t...
• Foxer - Dion will not be able to hang on much longer if the defeat is decisive, which I believe it will be. If he stays with about the same number of seats p...
• TPQ - Thank you once again for not talking to me. I cannot tell you how deeply and sincerely grateful I am that you do not respond to my posts. You know I de...
• larryl- that pamphlet that you are misrepresenting was on Parliamentary procedures for new MPs and was reviewed and sanctioned for release by the Speaker of ...
• larryl- Any half wit reading this string of posts (yes even parnel) knows the context that the sentence was used in was in response to you calling the PM a l...
• Larryl – I have no desire to go off topic and get into some long philosophical discussion about the technical meaning of flip flop. It does not matter, I sai...
• larryl - thanks
• larryl - Don't know about the Texas police thing but your Blackwater statements are total nonsense. Where do get this crap from?
• "The famous out of context line" is just a license for people to twist and misrepresent facts and the words of others. There are indeed many forms of lying w...
• rsharp - Obviously you have not changed either. You are quick to jump to the defence of your friends. If look up a few posts you will see who initiated the d...
• rsharp – if you do not believe me how about Chretien himself? Excerpts from a left leaning US news outlet. Note the direct Quotes from Chretien. Entire text ...
• rsharp- I guess you will see what you choose to see, even when the evidence stares you right in the face. The only Chretien Cabinet minister to survive the p...
• rsharp - how is it that you feel entitled to insult others but feign disgust and whine like a sissy whenever you or your nasty little trunk monkey are insulted?
• larryl - Have you nothing better to do than actually count how many posts others make and then break it down statisically. Get a life man! By the way I be...
• rsharp - TPQ's post above makes my point well.
• rsharp - I am sure that in the name of fairness and consistency you will chastize your friend for his nasty comments so I won't bother?
• Foxer - I will take that as a compliment.
• larryl – Thank –you for your patience but apparently unlike you I actually have a life and do not live only for this site. I went to cbc.ca and did a search ...
• larryl – Are you actually reading my posts or are you just totally missing the point. I will say it again as clearly as I can. I DID READ THE CBC ARTICLE ON ...
• rsharp - Maybe we should all just move to France? You are exactly the reason that the left should never govern this country. I don't mean the LPC when I say ...
• larryl - "waiting patiently" for a reply?
• rsahrp you are just a left wing nut who has no idea of what you speak. To accuse a man of Rick Hillier’s stature of purposely lying and causing the needless ...
• I don't normally ask for favours from people I do not know but in this case I will make an exception. Would you both PLEASE campaign openly and very loudly f...

Time for federal politicians to refocus (Nanos Sun Media Column) (2008-08-18)

• larryl - What "real democratic government" are you referring to? The theft of $100M of taxpayer’s money? The "loss" of $1B in Human Resources funds? A $2B gu...
• larryl – I think that Foxer has covered the Gun Registry very well but I will just add that even if you were correct (you aren’t) that it was only $1.2B tha...
• larryl - Guite was a federal civil servant who was loyal to whoever was in power. He was appointed to his last position by the Liberals, specifically by Davi...
• larryl - just stop talking. It will go away.
• Foxer - I agree with your assesment but who is the best choice for Americans is of less concern to me than who is the best choice for Canada and that has to ...
• larryl – Just meant as a joke, not meant to offend. Sorry if you took it otherwise. I see that your friend below is up to same old nasty name calling. Time t...
• larryl – Not sure why you are making such a big deal about who hired Guite. The fact is though that he was hired in the 70’s under the Liberals, he was made ...
• Foxer, I agree. Obama will likely win unless there is some shocking revelation about him that turns the voters away from him. Not likely to happen though. I ...
• larryl - OK, I agree that every party favours one advertiser over another and awards contracts accordingly. But that was not only what Adscam was about and w...
• larryl - Not the same thing at all. There are two distinct differences. One is that while the Tory govt may give a contract to a party friendly firm, the ser...
• larryl - Interesting. I have not heard anything about this? Thanks, I will be watching the media and the convention with interest to see if there is anything...
• Ronald - Despite TPQ's assertion the Bill does not require the govt to be "defeated in Parliament". The Bill allows for the GG at the PM's or the Leader of t...
• larryl - I thought that we had this discussion? Chuck Guite was hired by the Liberals in the 70's. He was made head of advertising in the 80's under the Tori...
• I think the fact that the Leader of the Opposition is refusing to meet with the PM to discuss how to make Parliament work goes a long way to making the case ...
• Larryl – I seriously doubt that Mulroney ever made that remark so unless you can provide a quote from a reputable source it is not proof of anything. It real...
• larryl - Please do continue your research but in doing so how about actually providing some fact. There is not one in any of your last post. Simply stating y...
• larryl - Have not heard anything about this. Can you point me to a source for this story?
• It seems that the GG's decision to remain in Canada is signalling that she will both grant the PM's request to disolve parliament and not delay the process. ...
• larryl – Not sure what article you are referring to but I find the statement you quote as a bit odd? “The abuses of patronage and power in Liberal Ottawa sin...
• larryl – I did read Cameron’s speech. Perhaps you should re-read it. She said that she came from a conservative family which prompted her join the Young Prog...
• None of the MSM organizations are running anything about Emerson running or not running so not sure where this came from? There is an interesting article in ...
• At least my so called “undying loyalty” to the Tories is based on fact. Your undying loyalty to the Liberals is based on fantasy whereby you rationalize crim...
• Larryl – I meant a true conservative. Being a member of UBC youth group does not count IMHO. Anyway I see that you have chosen not to provide any substantiat...
• larryl- I thought that in every post we write we are telling others what we mean so I hope that I am adept at it? Anyway, I hear you saying that both “partie...
• Taylor, good post. I agree with you, we are closer in ideology with the Dems than the cons. Don't get me wrong I think that Obama is the Best choice for the ...
• Taylor - Yeah I agree, my opinion of McCain's judgement has been lowered somewhat in the past few days with his choice for VP. I hope you are right about Oba...

Both Harper and Dion face greater risks than their rhetoric suggests (Nanos Sun Column) (2008-07-21)

• While I agree with the general premise of the article I do not agree with some the conclusions arrived at within it. First of all the statement that: “Co...
• ursus – I am not a “party provocateur”. I am not even a card carrying Tory. I am not active with or work for the CPC in any capacity either as a paid member ...
• TPQ- Does your P stand for parnel?
• Tom – With respect I think that you are a bit off with some of your assumptions / opinions. First of all I am not sure how they are “not recognizing the dive...
• Tom - No one "controls" the speaker. He is an elected MP (Liberal at the moment) with a mandate to control the House but is completely independent and does n...
• TPQ - Which Parliamentary committee "forced" the PM to make the apology? Your statement is just nonsense. It was in their per-election platform to make these...
• larryl - It only took one post. Can't mistake that nonsense for anything else.
• pornel – Interesting that you could only name two. First, there is no plan for “the dismantling of equalization payments”. Every province and every part...
• ursus - Really? Can you provide that quote? I have not heard that one. You really need to bone up on your party handbook . You are mixing up your rhetoric...
• pornel – Harper is not destroying Equalization, he is reforming it as every Province has asked be done. Some don’t like the formula like NL and NS because th...
• pornel - I did ask myself where most of the GHG in Canada are produced. The answer is that both ON and AB produce about the same amount, about 200MT a year b...
• pornel – Which “copycat policies” are you referring to? Can you list at least five or is this just some line you pulled out of the party handbook?
• Foxer - Well put. As I sure you have noticed by now, pornel is infamous for making up his own "facts" to support his twisted view of the world. He never lets...
• arsus - You are clearly delusional and this is such a ridiculous, buffoonery laden, over the top left wing rant it is not worthy of further comment. You are ...
• pornel - Watch that you don't plagerize now. Remember it will put you in violation of copyright laws. Then you will be forced to go and tattle on yourself to...
• pornel – Make them up you mean that you sure can make them up. The tax Shaft can't be that simple, you don't understand it and you are the simplest person on...
• larryl - I should not say that I knew for sure in one post but I suspected it was him. I was not sure until the last one above. If parnel wanted to stop the ...
• The first Canadian Afghan mission was conducted by 3 PPCLI from Edm AB. The operation was called OP APOLLO and started in Feb 02. Canada's role in the invasi...
• larryl - You and he seem to have concocted this little scheme to try and deceive everyone but of course the one thing that you could not plan for in your lit...
• ursus - how about that quote?
• pornel - Apparently you are stuck for even one.
• larryl - I did not lie and if that is the tone that you want to have this discussion in then I would prefer that you just mind your own business. No I was n...
• Tom - I don't recall Zimbabwe harbouring, funding and otherwise assisting terrorists who then attacked N America killing 3000 people so how is that the same?...
• larryl - Do you actually read my posts? When did I say that TPQ called anyone a liar, idiot or any other name? It was done under the parnel handle. So what?
• larryl - You really are piece of work. You zero in on one small thing and over exagerate it into something that it is not just so you have an excuse to call ...
• pornel - Thank you so much for not talkng to me. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it! I don't know what prompted this but if it was something that I d...
• larryl - yes I agree reading his posts is agonizing.
• Whatever larryl you call it whatever you want. Like I said what you think does not much matter to me anyway. Again though you just zero in on one little thin...
• ursus - Like I said - what point? If you would like to make one I would happy to respond but long winded ideological, badly worded rants about commie facists...
• Tom - Quite right that the govt controls the speaker, but only in the broadest sense of the word. They do not control his day to day to day actions. The Hous...
• TPQ – Nope, wrong again. Blowing hot toxic air around was the Liberal tactic and they had plenty of it. The facts are that GHG emissions as of the end of 200...
• TPQ - You must have missed this when it was announced. If you are so ill informed as to not be aware of this major announcement it goes along way to explaini...
• Hi Tom – While they might try and introduce legislation it has little chance of passing and even if it did, in terms of actual control, well that and buck wi...
• Bernie – You are certainly entitled to your opinions but I suspect that they are based on misinformation or a lack of it? If they are not and you are fully i...
• Hi Tom – I guess we will have to agree to disagree on Khadr? I just do not feel that a technicality in the law should be used to let a murderer and terrorist...
• TParnelQ – As usual you are WRONG AGAIN and once again you show how misinformed you are. It is likely because you are so blinded by hate for everything Tory ...
• Foxer - You are doing great. I enjoy your posts.
• TPQ - You are strangely silent? I guess that is because you are still trying to extricate your foot from your oversized mouth.
• Anyone who ever doubted that the CBC, our publicly funded national media outlet was a propaganda machine for the LPC and have been manipulating the news in a...
• TPQ - "the courts are ruling against them time and time again." Really? Can you give at least three examples of that?
• larryl - The Tories will win their lawsuit and as a result there will be no charges from EC. Since it has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt now that ...
• TPQ – I guess he “sort of forgot to mention that” because it isn’t true. Another whopper, two in under an hour! Well done. Charest has NOT come out in suppor...
• Bernie & larryl Bernie I agree with the first part of your post regarding the general treatment of citizens. I don’t care what his name is either; I wi...
• Bernie you have no idea how prisoners are treated at GITMO. They are not tortured or abused and their human rights are respected. You make over the top state...
• TparnelQ - A while ago you said that there would be criminal charges in the Cadman affair. WRONG! Yesterday you also said that the Ice Breakers had not been ...
• Foxer - You make a good point and the issue of identification was discussed at length by commanders in the field as well as legal authorities for the UN. As ...
• Bernie- You tend to arrive at your opinions based largely on emotion and assumptions that are not accurate rather than on facts and the reality of the situat...
• TPQ – I knew when I saw that headline this morning that you would not be long coming up with some witless comment about it. There will not be a $3b deficit; ...
• Larryl & Tom larryl - You are clearly labouring under some misconceptions. You keep repeating the same old tired inaccuracies. The term was not invented b...
• Tom - I am not the one “justifying” terrorists into freedom fighters which is the ultimate in rationalization. I have no doubt that they consider themselves ...
• larryl - Do you red my posts or do any research of your own before making some of the statements that you do? The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan commenced on...
• Tom - You are welcome. What I have said and continue to say is that this is a UN mandated, NATO mission. It is necessary and justified because it had become ...
• TPornelQ - In case you missed it the first time. Thank you so much for not talkng to me. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it! I don't know what pro...
• larryl - No one knows war is wrong more than a soldier. You make soldiers sound like a bunch of crazed killers who enjoy taking human life. Once again a good...
• larryl - It is you that think you have all the answers but in reality have no idea what you are talking about. You have pre-conceieved notions about what is ...
• Can anyone tell us all how much the Elections Canada lawsuit against the LPC to try and get some of the stolen money from Adscam returned has cost taxpayers ...
• Tom - I have not read the Time article yet but whoever wrote it has not been to Afghanistan if they are saying that there has only been "a litttle progress i...
• TPQ - Exactly! The criminal types involved in the poppy trade are the Taliban and Al Qaeda. The sooner we eliminate them the better.
• larryl - You said that the Russians were in Afghanistan for 20 years. I pointed out that you were incorrect. Then you said it again. You did not say that the...
• Tom – First of all the only ones who got the shit bombed out of them was the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Secondly, it is a war. No one credible that I know of is c...
• Bernie – One more time, please pay attention. Under international law there are two types of “Enemy Combatants” – “Lawful” and “Unlawful.” Lawful get treated...
• Tom - So what? Those Saudis you speak of were in Afghanistan for years planning and executing terrorist attacks throughout the world. Why would we go to Saud...
• Larryl – The insults, as usual were started by you a few posts ago and continue in subsequent posts. It is unfortunate that since as you correctly point out,...
• larryl - Interesting that the one time you actually research one of your comments and it is by asking a local store owner? Of course it is not rue and I can ...
• Tom - There is one fatal flaw in your Afghan plan. If you were to remove NATO troops, within a week the country would be back in the hands of the Taliban. Th...
• Tom - You are welcome. GITMO should be closed. I never advocated keeping it open. US laws should be changed to allow foreign criminals to be brought to the U...
• TPQ - So the I guess that the high road was short one and you are back to just plain nasty old parnel again. I knew I would'nt last long.
• larryl - Next time you feel the urge to email me apologizing for your poor conduct, don't bother. Posting personal information about me on the blog is the ul...
• Bernie – You are right when you cite the quote “about when they come for your enemy and you do nothing, they come for the other, you do nothing, they come fo...
• Hey you guys, here’s your poor down trodden “freedom fighter” friends striking another blow for all that is right and good in the world against the Great Sat...
• larryl – if you don’t know when you insult someone or not you must do so much of it that it just comes naturally to you. Here are your comments: Fri Jul 2...
• larryl - Now you are just being coy as well disingenuous and downright dishonest. Besides being a murderer, a bigot, a pedophile and war profiteer along wit...
• pornel - try looking in a mirror you will see someone who is far worse. At least we agree on one thing - you should not respond to me because you have no hon...
• larryl - Your first mistake was sneaking around trying to find dirt on other bloggers. Your second mistake was getting caught. Your third mistake is lying ab...
• larryl – Nice try on the name thing but just not credible since the email that you used it in did not even address the issue of heritage. Another lie I guess...
• Larryl – I didn’t accuse of threatening. I am trying to point out to you why I find it so odd that you would “research” me and how dangerous it is to then pl...
• larryl - No one else will get accussed of starting name calling. You have already earned that moniker and the "proof of who actually did it first" is all ove...
• larryl – A quick review of your past posts will confirm to you that it was you and not me that named the town. Also if you did not use sources outside of thi...
• Bernie & Tom As I have been saying all along the purpose of GITMO is to circumvent US law. Not international law as was asserted earlier. US law says that...
• larryl – I do not want to return to that kind of debate. Let’s agree to drop the whole thing and move on. We have had some good discussions in the past and t...
• Foxer - I agree. I do not think that there is any great liberal conspiracy at the CBC but the leadership's failure to clean up the organization and demand a ...
• larryl - Agreed. lets go forward and leave the past behind. I will certainly read Greenfish66's comments and others when I get a chance. I'll think about the...
• Tom – The Calgary School is a name used to refer to a group of like-minded academics from the University of Calgary’s political science and history departmen...
• Tom and Bernie. Sorry I misspoke and did some poor editing. The Fraser Institute is in fact a conservative think tank. That sentence in the second para of my...
• larryl - I think that it is reasonable to assume that the PM's closest advisors can be found in the PMO and around the cabinet table. If one wants to try and...
• larryl – Advisors can be whomever the PM chooses to seek council from. A good example of this process is the Aboriginal apology. The PM noted in his comments...
• Foxer-The PM has publicly mused for years about privatizing this grossly over funded and under managed white elephant. The new guy running the show at the CB...
• larryl – The Skydome was built with both private and public funds from all three levels of govt totaling some $600M. It was built under the Liberal Peterson ...
• larryl – In 1986, David Peterson, a Liberal was the Premier of Ontario (85 – 90). The previous Tory govt under Bill Davis (71 – 85) initiated the project in ...
• TPQ - I agree with you about CBC Radio. I don't think that anyone, including the govt has ever advocated changing it in any way. TV is another matter. How do...
• Larryl – How is the CBC making a profit a cost of $1B a year to taxpayers? And yes it could make money but not in govt hands. Govt’s are not structured to ru...
• larryl – The $1B is for both radio and TV. 66% is for TV. Believe it or not the other major networks have French Language services as well, both inside and o...
• larryl – I am not missing your point, it is just based on the incorrect premise that the CBC does not compete? There already are three networks bidding on th...
• larryl - More, Non Refundable Tax Credits have nothing to do with reducing your basic exemption. They are applied in the taxpayers favour after all other ...
• larryl – I do in fact do my own return. With respect perhaps you should not be doing your own because you are not clearly understanding the way the amount is...
• larryl – Hey it’s your tax return and your money. You can do it any way you like. I would just make sure that it was the govt screwing me and not me screwing...
• larryl - You said something a few posts ago that I found odd? You said "The C.B.C is only trying to protect itself and showing bias toward the Liberals might...
• larryl - I think that is it is you that is rationalizing now and seeing what you want from the figures. I see the figures for what they are. I am not picking...
• Larryl – Just because they are not winning bids does not mean that they are not competing. The unfair advantage is the $1B in taxpayer money that they get an...
• larryl – I don’t see your logic that “the other 2 private networks benefit from having it there to reduce competition.” Whether they purchase US programming ...
• Foreign programming was increased under the Liberal appointee Mr. Rabinovich. When the Tories came to power they could do little to stop him until they got r...
• larryl – What you refuse to see is that the CBC is competing. You don’t need US programming to be competitive. If they were not being competitive for viewer...
• larryl – I agree he is not forcing their reporters to be unbiased and conduct themselves ethically. Just because he is appointed by the Tories does not mean ...
• larryl – Just read in yesterday’s paper that the CBC has outbid CTV for the two highest priced US game shows on the US and Canadian TV market. They have purc...
• larryl – I can see why you do not want to discuss this issue because all of your points are just wrong. The Tories are not running the CBC the way I would l...

Who Canadians trust on the issues (New Nanos National Poll) (2008-07-07)

• Deb - How will it affect bahaviour overall if it is, as Dion claims, revenue neutral to consumers? If as he claims, the increased costs for consumers will be...
• parnel - Events in BC last week prove that your entire post is a bunch of nonsense.
• parnel - I wasn't talking to you. If I want you I'll pop the trunk, but what a brilliant statement! You have the nerve to call me a dummy with this little di...
• hollinm - Look out parnel learned a new word!
• parnel - When did you "thnk the furor in BC is gouing to die down"? I wasn't citing any poll you illiterate twit and what you think has never been right yet...
• parnel - I am biased but stupid is your sole domain. Another example of your illiteracy: "And I succeed" Keep going, you are three for three. The only ...
• parnel - Maybe you should stick to capitals and one or two syllable words? That seems to at least allow you hide your illiteracy.
• Foxer - Well put. It did not take you long to figure out that parnel is pre-schooler of the blog.
• pornel - From now on that is what you will be called because of what my mother used to call, your potty mouth. Although I liked someone else's idea - "our re...
• pornel - Plagerizer, hmmm... now let me see? That moniker would be going to your great leader along with an $8.5M prize.
• hollinm / Foxer - pornel thinks that anyone with a differing opinion is an idiot and a liar. I gave up trying to have any kind of reasonable debate with this...
• hollinm - pornel is real chicken s*#t here. Notice how he avoided commenting on my last post? He makes a big deal accusing me of plagiarizing because I repri...
• Anyone know who "Don" and "sharper" are?
• Foxer / hollinm, Not sure if this is the article / poll you are both referring to but it is a good read all the same. Poll points to shifting political...
• pornel- Blah, blah, blah. More of your witless nonsense. I bet that Nik laughed his hinny off when you went tattling to him. You haven't a clue about copyrig...
• Foxer – This is typical pornel. When he loses a debate he just covers by name calling and accusing the other person of lying. The fact is that I continually ...
• pornel - Thanks for proving my point. I knew that I all I had to do was pop the trunk and the trunk monkey would come out right on cue.
• hollinm - pornel is right. No one is making Dion look like more of a fool than Dion himself. Now he is getting sued again, further compounding their already ...
• holinm - There are a couple of good articles on the NP website that you will be interested in. They are titled: "Not A Great First Impression: Only One In...
• How the Dion Tax Shaft and the Kyoto Treaty are closly linked Kyoto = take from western world & give to the east Dion''s Green Shift = Take from westen ...
• Who left the trunk open?
• parnel - Remember that next time you have the urge to make those low life, bigotted comments about people who are from the the West. What a hypocrite!
• hollinm – pornel tries to portray the abortion issue as a Liberal for – Conservative against issue. In fact, as is true with most of what he says, nothing co...
• pornel = Nice try but not even close. The LPC still has massive debt. Every leadership candidate except two, Rae and Bennett still have massive debt, the “Vi...
• pornel – actually it is you that is full of crap. 1. The only result of the Cadman affair will be that it will make the Liberals look stupid and dishone...
• On the issue of trust the MSM plays an important role. The fact that for the most part they seem to lack any sort of journalistic integrity is troubling. You...
• pornel - Lets see what you grit wonder boys think of the latest Liberal theft scandal? Plagiarizing and copyright infringement are also criminal offenses as ...
• pornel - How come you never talk about your great leaders plagiarizing? This act of theft and attempted intimidation will cost the party millions that it doe...
• TPQ - Just because someone is a Tory and has a different opinion does not make them a "rabid dog Tory" any more than being a Liberal automatically makes one ...

Democracy Online - Pushing the limits or creating a new frontier (Video Blog Post) (2008-07-04)

• I think that any form of communication that is in the hands of the people is a good thing. In the past we had only the MSM media to provide information to th...
• Hi Leda – I am in total agreement with your comments. One would have hoped the advent internet as a communications tool would have forced the MSM to be more ...
• gerry l - Well put. As an example of that subtle bias I was watching CBC Newsworld a few days ago and they had Bob Rae on talking about the Dion Tax Shaft. ...

Liberal Green Shift - High Risk and Potentially High Reward (Video Blog Post) (2008-06-23)

• Dion’s strategy of pedaling the tax increase as “cost neutral” will not fool Canadians and we are already seeing the cracks in his plan. Dion’s stated cost o...
• You forgot "stupid and ignorant".
• parnel - I cannot find any quote where Dion states that his plan is a "work in progress" so I think it is you that are doing a little "slanting of the facts"...
• larryl - good to be back, I was out of the country with work so not so restful but still a good break.
• degres - A more appropriate slogan would be the "GREEN SHAFT"!
• parnel - OK, can you provide the article that he said that in because everything I am reading from the time the plan was released is that the plan is complet...
• I am paying the lowest personal income tax rate in decades and the countries fiscal house in excellent shape. Dion is proposing both a rise in taxes and the ...
• parnel- Not true. Income splitting alone was the largest tax cut in decades for pensioners, not to mention the raise in the personal exemption and lowering o...
• parnel- I agree, we will see but that does not change the fact we are enjoying the best tax breaks in decades under the Tories.
• Erich, in response to your partisan bafflegab I offer this: Your assumption that “anything getting more expensive will result in reductions” is not necess...
• The President of OECD was just in Canada and he stated emphatically that Canada has made all the right moves and taken the right steps to weather what is a g...
• parnel - you have not responded to this post so I will take that as you agreeing with my position.
• Oh, I guess since he put "or" in there implying that they are all the same thing, I should not be offended? I do not find it an improvement. It is like a rot...
• larryl - It is all about context. Ask him how he meant it.
• signatureblack - good post, couldn't agree more with your assessment of the Dion GREEN SHAFT.
• larryl, you have your opinion and I have mine. You cannot expect anyone to believe that the only governments ever to tax anyone are the Conservatives which o...
• parnel - Better keep that dictionary close by. Perhaps a thesaurus and a grammar book would also be useful?
• Erich - I did not miss it and just because you do not understand my point does not mean that I am trying to mislead, but what you miss is the entire crux of ...
• larryl - I agree. Chapter 3 is also quite complimentary to the feds and is essentially the current governments view on taxation. But we cannot get there over...
• JSWnME I could not agree more with your post. Well put, particularly the part of the media.
• parnel - Never mind, just as I thought.
• That should be a good indicator of how little confidence the Liberal Party inspires from the left when even the G&M feels a need to support anyone but them.
• Larryl - First of all, we are all biased to some degree. Me, you and everyone else on this blog. I freely admit that I am so calling me biased is not a negat...
• larryl - A few words of encouragement are never misplaced and you can learn from anyone, even those you agree with. If you are not it is because you are not ...
• We'll see who they endorse in the next election?
• larryl - At the risk of being boring I will generally agree with that.
• Larryl – The concept of personal income taxes pre-date Conservatives and Liberals and all the other political parties by a few millennia. I will agree that i...
• larryl – The report covers the period 1 Jan 2006 to 1 Apr 2008. The next report is due in 2010. Most of the tax reductions introduced by this govt have been ...
• larryl - Do not despair! Something will indeed come up. The only constant in politics is that it is never constant. We can and already have learned from each...
• larryl - Speaking of learning, I just learned something that is relevant to our discussion on taxes and thought that I would share it with you. It turns out ...
• larryl-I don't hate liberals, I just disagree with them on most issues, but respect their views if presented in a civil way.
• Larryl – The O.E.C.D. Report calls for a cap and trade system for carbon, not a carbon tax. It does not call for an increase in VAT (GST). It calls for a bro...
• Erich – I am not faulting Harper for not complying with Kyoto, I am commending him. This is a flawed treaty that does nothing to stem the rise in GHG emissio...
• larryl - I think we are saying generally the same thing. I agree that business should pay their fair share of taxes and as far as I know the current govt str...
• Larryl – Perhaps you should read it again. The report clearly advocates for “user fees for various public services”. Only one example of which is health care...
• degres - Well stated. You hit the nail on the head regarding the Dion tax Shaft.
• holinm - Dion is feckless. That is a perfect descriptive of him. Remember, Dion needs to at least win a minority to survive as leader, that along with his ow...
• rsharp - I doubt that the Kurds, Isreal, Lebanon and every other country being attacked by Iranian sponsored terrorism would agree with your asessment that t...
• parnel - Perhaps a refresher of your grade three grammer text would be in order? Or would that be a new experience for you?
• Northern premiers reject Dion's carbon tax plan Updated Sun. Jun. 29 2008 1:36 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff It appears that Liberal Leader Stephane Dion ha...
• Ouch, you really got me with that witty retort.
• westerner - It will not be revenue neutral for anyone. Period.
• parnel - So are you saying that the press got it wrong and the northern premiers are supporting Dion's Tax Shaft?
• I just bet you can there Goober. Just watch that you don't strain anything.
• parnel- Here is one perspective from the left. There are others. From Mr. Marc Lee of the Progressive Economics Forum, (a left leaning economic group): “I’...
• larryl - I said it was generally favourable to the government, not totally. I doubt any report ever has been totally positive for any government. I also said...
• Where is the proof that Dion's Tax Shaft will be revenue neutral? That is the question I pose and one that you cannot answer because the so called plan provi...
• larryl - The report recommends consumption taxes at the user level, not a carbon tax on producers as the Dion plan does. No where does the report recommend t...
• parnel - As usual you are doing all of things that you accuse me of. 1) Lying, CD Howe is not supporting Dion's Tax Shaft and neither are "many right wing th...