Category: John Q Public

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.

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.

Just a little something for those boneheads out there who just don’t get it yet (are ya listening, Wendy?)

… that one in five Canadians actually has some balls (I guess it’s better than nothing):

Now can we get some laws that will allow us to defend ourselves??

This is me.

These are my dingleberries.

This is me, laughing my dingleberries OFF. (tip o’ the toque to Kate over at SDA for this)

Let’s see now… what have we got here? It’s not your gun. You were told “not to mess with it.” But did you listen? Nope.

Well, then, you get what you deserve and you deserve what you get. 😉

I think the “so-called mayor of Toronto” just pooped himself. 😆