Category: Society/Culture

In a bit of a hurry here, so I’ll be quick. Just got this forwarded to my email (thanks, Larry) and it’s too damned good not to share.

Enjoy.

It’s still Thursday and the election is still chugging along. On the one hand, I’m tempted to bitch about it; on the other hand, I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun. 😆

One thing that I like about times like this is that some interesting folks tend to pop by and say howdy.

I’m not talking about politicians or pundits or such. I’m talking about what King Ralph would call “severely normal people.” Joe and Jane Lunchbox. I like those people. They’re the reason why I have the comments enabled on this site. Here’s two from today so far:

Shawn stopped by to give us a heads-up on what Elly May seems to think about us:

“Politicians are scared to death to mention the word tax. They think Canadians are stupid, and I fundamentally agree with that assessment.”
[pardon me whilst I trim the link for length -D

Always nice to know what the EnviroElitesâ„¢ think of the rest of us.

Pyper stopped by to, but she seemed to have something specific on her mind…

Would you please contact me directly. We are looking for assistance with a get out and vote campaign and could use your help.
Many thanks,
Pyper

Well Pyper, I have no idea what your politics are and guess what? I don’t care, either. If you’re interested in getting people off their butts and out to the polls, I’ll give you a hand. Nope, no strings. After all, it’s not like it would be the first time I gave space here to another point of view. Reply to the email I sent you and we’ll see what I can set up for you.

And on the third day, the Steffster had himself a “road to Damascus” kind of experience. Yes indeed, ladies and gentlemen, it seems that li’l Stephane has gone and seen the light when it comes to the Tories’ 1,200-buck-a-year child care allowance.

Never mind that his party fought it tooth and nail when the Conservatives first brought the idea forward (can you say “beer and popcorn,” boys and girls?). Like carbon taxes, this is just another bad-idea-become-good.

Oh, yeah… he also wants to resurrect up the CCP and give it give it a little jolt of juice while he’s at it:

MONTREAL — Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion has moved to trump the Tories with a promise to double the Harper government’s $1,200-a-year child care allowance and restore the court challenges program abolished by the Conservatives.

Um, Stef? You do remember, don’t you, that there was a reason why that damned thing was killed in the first place, right? Oh, wait… the reason they were killed was pretty much because they were a Lieberal end-run around parliament, weren’t they? Yes, they were:

CCP-funded groups have achieved through the courts new rights and laws they would never have been able to win democratically.

In that way, the

CCP is fundamentally anti-democratic.

But hey, since when do the Librano$ like democracy? After all, if they’re left to their own devices, the unwashed masses might vote wrong (ie, un-Liberal).

Pomo gets to start it off

As you’ve likely figured out, I’m totally pissed about Dion’s blatant ass-kissing of the gun-grabber crowd lately. You’re likely wondering when I’m going to sound off about it. Don’t worry, I will… just as soon as I cool off. In the meantime, PomoChristian does a nice job of keeping a cooler head than I:

Stephane Dion is trying to make gun control an issue in this campaign, and this morning his party posted this notice on what constitutes an ‘assault weapon’ (which he plans to ban):

Military assault rifles are defined as fully-automatic and selective-fire rifles along with selected semi-automatic rifles designed for military purposes and possessing military features such as: use of a large capacity magazine, folding/telescoping stock, a protruding pistol grip, a bayonet mount, or threaded muzzle or flash suppressor. It is these military features – features whose sole purpose is to render the rifle a more effective tool for killing other people – which make these rifles a threat to public safety.

Let’s take these in turn:

Read the whole thing, he does a pretty good job.

Whaddafu…..???

I have NO bloody idea what they’re trying to get across with this, but it creepily reminds me of the axe-clanking cult in that Stallone movie, Cobra (anybody else remember that one?)…

Elly May boo-hoo du jour

Well, so much for putting all the blame on that big bully Stephen Harper for locking the Blathering Boogers® out of the leaders’ debate. Turns out that the Smirkin’ Gherkin® didn’t want her in the room, either. BTW, there, Elly: bawling that old “it’s all because I’m a woman” line is likely to come back and bite you on your Yankee-born ass…

And now, the latest enviro-hairball…

…from the Gang That Couldn’t Stay In Office. I’m not 100% certain, off the top of my head, but I’m pretty sure that if you lined all these bozos up nose to arsehole, they wouldn’t stretch to a full four-year term in 24 Sussex. These clowns represent some of, if not the, most disappointing PMs in Canadian history. And they’re presuming to lecture anybody on anything????

TORONTO — Four of the country’s former prime ministers have co-signed a statement demanding more be done to tackle climate change in Canada.

Paul Martin, Joe Clark, Kim Campbell and John Turner issued a joint statement today with a lost of business, academic and other leaders.

Clark says he is “very concerned” by a lack of decisive action on climate change and that Canada is “falling further behind.”

He adds Canada “cannot afford another round of posturing and denial” and a clear and honest commitment is needed for strong, simple and effective climate laws.”

Campbell says when it comes to tackling climate change, “there has been a persistent void at the highest political levels in this country.”

Two prime ministers did not sign the document from a group called Canadians for Climate Leadership entitled “Time To Get Serious on Climate Change” — Jean Chretien and Brian Mulroney.

Seriously, you twits; we couldn’t stand you before (that’s why we dumped your sorry asses) and we can’t stand you now. Go away.

Ta-da! Day two of the lovely ’08 federal campaign.

Are we having fun yet?

If you’re aren’t by now, you’re in trouble.  Gawd knows, we’re stuck with all this buffoonery for the next five… long… weeks.  Oh, my achin’ head.

Well then, let’s see what we have here…

• Somebody out there seems to think the Tories are gonna just up and walk away with the whole enchilada this time:

OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian poll released on Monday predicted for the first time that Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper would be able to transform his minority government into a strong majority in the October 14 election. The Segma poll, taken for La Presse newspaper, put support for the Conservatives at 43 percent, which the pollsters said would translate into 183 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons.

Some folks think this makes sense, some think it’s an anomaly, others think this is just a poll designed to rally the Grits. You decide.

• The attack ads have come out. No surprise there, God knows the Grits loved using them. Now look for them to whine about how nasty the Tories are behaving. Me, I kinda like them, especially this one…

See the rest, if you like. There’s three French ones, too.

• Meanwhile, the Boogers want in the debates but it doesn’t look like that’s gonna happen…

“This is anti-democratic, closed-door, backroom decision making by four national party leaders who are all men and five television executives – who are all men – to keep out the one woman leader of a federal party,” Ms. May told reporters on Parliament Hill, where she responded to the announcement that she will not be invited to the debates. “And I don’t think many Canadians will think that was fair.”

Ms. May said the party has decided to pursue legal action against the broadcasters in Federal Court. She criticized the consortium for not spelling out clear criteria as to what hurdles the Greens must meet to be included.

Ms. May was reacting to a statement from the consortium of broadcasters that control the televised debates, who said there might not have been a debate at all if they invited Ms. May.

Sucks to be Elly May today, eh? Speaking of things missing, the Quebec landscape looks interesting. The Tories and the BQ have full slates in Quebec but the Dippers are missing about 30 candidates and the Grits are short by 4. Look for the Blocheads to panic soon.

• Dion’s Great GST Flipflop continues…

Mr. Dion made his statements just hours after two Tory ministers, Jason Kenney and Lawrence Cannon, held an almost pre-dawn press conference — at 6 a.m. — in Ottawa to address the so-called Dion “triple-threat”, which they say includes Mr. Dion wanting to raise the GST.

The Liberals are denying this.

No idea who they think they’re fooling.

• The Surly Beaver caught UberDipper Jumpin’ Jack Jerkweed telling fibs.

Go on, you know you want to…

(tip o’ the hat to Paul)

… cartoonists. Really, I do. Not just because they can make me have a good chuckle from time to time, but also because it can be downright eerie sometimes how they can give you a peek behind the curtain of what’s on the collective mind.

They can be complimentary or insulting (sometimes both simultaneously), insightful or oblivious, highbrow or crude. They can be impartial observations or blatantly partisan hackery. Yes some, like the much-missed team of Cox and Forkum that we lost in January of this year, are better than others. But one thing that all the good ones manage to do, whether you like it or not, is to get you to think. That’s been on my mind lately.

Soooooooo… with that in mind (because, God knows, we could all use a little light something before the Election Anvilâ„¢ clobbers us all like Wile E. Coyote), let’s have a quick look at what the little scamps have been up to (click to bigulate, of course)… (more…)