Visual Verification Not Very Visible!

Okay, some of you blogger's are missing out on my words of wisdom in your comments sections. Why? Your visual verification does not appear to work, so I can not post my awe inspiring comments.

This has happened to me on over 40 occasions, so that is 40 comments missed. Typically the blog in question does not have an email, so I can't even tell them their visual verification is not working.

So, do you really need visual verification? If I can't post a comment how many other comments are you missing?

Maybe it's my computer setup, I'm not sure, but you can bet that if one person is having problems, other non-teckno's like me, are having the same problems.

Make those visual verifications visible (or get rid of them all together), then my words of wisdom will appear like magic on your blogs.

Where's Waldo, Oops, I Mean Where's Dion?

So, the Conservatives come out with their green plan, and where's Dion? Did he wave a white flag and retreat to France? Is he hiding out in Quebec? Has Kyoto taken him sledding in the melting Arctic? Where's Dion?

Oh, okay, who really cares.

Funny how quiet it has been in the media since EcoAction has been released. Sure we have all the econut's like Suzuki ranting and raving, but seems like the media is downplaying this announcement. Are they getting their ammo (oops, they don't like guns) ready?

I know that I was relieved that we would not be sending our hard earned tax dollars to Russia, guess even the media feels the hype over global warming has gotten out of control. Maybe their corporations have clued into the fact that they too will have to comply. Imagine how much energy is wasted by those high powered TV cameras and lighting studios.

It's also funny how two lawyer's file a complaint about detainees in Afghanistan, and a newspaper just happens to run an article, at the same time, about finding 30 out of 40 Canadian detainees that all claim they were tortured.

Something smells very fishy here. Where is the reporter that filed the story, why isn't he on all the TV stations telling us about what proof he has of torture? Why aren't we seeing this proof? Why are we not seeing any evidence? The Globe and Mail better step up soon with verification of that story, or face lawsuits from our troops Mom's. My advice, never tick off a Military Mom.

If the Liberals hatched this whole thing with the help of the media, it needs to be exposed.

We Sighed.

Today after hearing the Minister of Environment's plan, I sighed. Thank goodness, no Kyoto, no loss of my job.

I bet many Canadians sighed with me.

Show Them The Costs

of Kyoto, and keep pounding at those costs until the voters cry Uncle!

Seriously, the Conservatives have been allowing the opposition and MSM to frame the word "Kyoto" into voters brains, until they actually think it means the "environment". This has got to stop! How, my 2 readers ask? SHOW THEM THE COSTS!

Minister Baird did great getting some very respected economists to cost out Kyoto, now POUND THEM with those costs. In every response in Question Period, bring the costs into the picture.

You get a question on immigration, talk about how Kyoto would kill immigration because too many Canadians would be unemployed to allow for much immigration, Kyoto kills jobs.

You get a question on the arts, explain how the government would love to fund more cultural events, but that money now has to be diverted to carbon credits for Russia.

You get a question on the manufacturing section losing jobs, well what did we tell you, meeting Kyoto targets are more important than worrying about manufacturing jobs, those are all going to China.

You get a question about a national daycare and more funding, sorry, if we are going to meet our Kyoto targets, 275,000 jobs will be lost, and those people will not NEED daycare anymore, because they will be sitting at home.

Okay, you get the idea. For every special interest group who wants more money, it's a big FAT (okay I know that word isn't politically correct anymore, but so what) NO, because, as we have been told, the environment is our number one priority and Kyoto targets MUST be met or our international reputation will be in shambles. Everytime an opposition member gets up in the house, ask them to choose, Kyoto or a road for their community.

So, international reputation or pocketbook? I wonder which one the average hardworking Canadian will choose?

How Much Did The Globe And Mail Reporter Pay Them?

I am sick of the opposition using our troops in Afghanistan as punching bags! They are way over the top when they even suggest that our troops MAY be breaking the rules of engagement under the Geneva Convention. The vote today in Parliament was such a farce, it would be funny, if it wasn't hurting our troops.

One reporter gets some, supposed detainees to say they were tortured, my question is how much did they pay them to say that? This is the same ploy that those ever fattening Gitmo prisoners are using, cry wolf, watch the MSM rally to your cry. Disgusting.

What I have seen so far this week, is that the lefties support the Taliban more than our troops, and most importantly our country, Dion wants the Taliban to be brought here! Our troops are over there to help Afghans create a better life, and here in safe Canada, we have opposition politicians talking about war crimes? First there has to be a war, then proof of that crime. So far we have some Afghan's saying they:

1. Were detainees of Canadian soldiers. They knew this because the vehicles "look" different.
2. Were tortured, but no pictures of scars, same as Arar. Claims, no facts.
3. Were innocent, guess so if they were released from the jail without a trial, they must be glad they weren't beheaded.

So of the 40 detainees that Canadians have handed over to the Afghans, one reporter was able to find 30 of them? Surprisingly, ALL 30 had been tortured!!! Humm, something smells.

30 Out Of 50 Tortured!

Okay, torture is not nice. That being said, here's the problem I have with the Globe and Mail article.

In 30 face-to-face interviews with men recently captured in Kandahar province, a Globe and Mail investigation has uncovered a litany of gruesome stories and a clear pattern of abuse by the Afghan authorities who work closely with Canadian troops, despite Canada's assurances that the rights of detainees are protected.

So, 30 men captured in Kandahar by Canadians. Alright, then how come Amnesty International Canada, spokesperson John Tackaberry, on CBC Don Newman, stated that at most the number of captured Afghans transferred by Canadians was no more than 40 or 50 people. (Click Monday, it's around 5:30 in)

He also stated that this was the first time they had testimony from actual detainees, first time since 2001? Hum....now it appears that the Globe and Mail just happens to find 30/50 or 60% of the detainees that Canada has handed over to the Afghans, and 100% of them were tortured? And this is the first time Amnesty International has heard actual proof?

Something is very, very stinky here. I bet no-one will be able to find those Afghans again to confirm their stories.

By the way Dion, BAD IDEA, sending Taliban prisoners to Canada. VERY BAD IDEA.

Suzuki Lies, Poll Shows.

Okay first we have this little tidbit, which was front and center on CTV's webpage all day, until a CTV poll went wrong, then I had to look for it because it had suddenly been buried.

"We met over 30,000 Canadians. They recorded over 500 personal statements about what they would do if they were minister for the environment," Suzuki told Question Period co-host Craig Oliver.
"And I'm telling you, they want carbon taxes."

Alrighty then, let's see how much we want those carbon taxes. From the same site, CTV, we get a poll;

Poll Result
Would you be willing to pay a carbon tax?
Yes
1025 votes
(24 %)
No
3284 votes
(76 %)

Total Votes: 4309

So, 76% of Canadians do not want a carbon tax, humm, not quite the results Suzuki predicted.

Who's lying now, who's fear mongering, who's predicting floods, droughts, and 20 foot waves?
Suzuki, go home, name your next pet "Carbon Tax" and just leave us alone. You have no credibility left.

Knut Killed!

I am sad to say that today they killed Knut, the polar bear baby, by stabbing scissors into his brain, and sucking out his brain matter.

Okay, I'm lying, he's perfectly safe. Did I get your heart going? Were you outraged? Ready to fly to Germany to protest this travesty?

How about this, does it outrage you that it is legal in Canada?


If this gruesome procedure were done on, say, an Arctic polar bear and the public got wind of it, radical animal rights groups such as PETA would bleat louder than a flock of sheep in a shearing shed. Cable news and the three network morning shows would have grist for the mill for days, perhaps weeks!
This begs the question, “What’s up with humans who “love animals” but wouldn’t lift a finger to save precious babes in the womb?” Babies are completely helpless, they can’t speak for themselves, plus they’re members of the human race, so it’s perfectly rational to consider putting the rights of animals before the rights of human beings patently absurd.

So, rejoice that precious little Knut is safe, no thanks to some greenpeace nuts who wanted him killed.

When will we be able to rejoice that unborn babies are just as protected as Knut, the bear is? When do we finally tell feminists that, my body, my choice, was fine in the 60's, but now it's time to protect the unborn, who have no voice, no rights here in Canada.

Who's Scaring Who?

The lefties are jumping all over the Conservatives for "scaring" people about Kyoto. So, who is scaring who?

Here's what happens if the world doesn't meet their Kyoto targets:

Click on some of the links, you will be astounded.

Sea level has risen around 130 metres (400 feet) since the peak of the last ice age about 18,000 years ago. Most of the rise occurred before 6,000 years ago. From 3,000 years ago to the start of the 19th century sea level was almost constant, rising at 0.1 to 0.2 mm/yr. Since 1900 the level has risen at 1 to 3 mm/yr;[1] since 1992 satellite altimetry from TOPEX/Poseidon indicates a rate of rise about 3 mm/yr.[2]

Okay, 3mm/yr, hardly the 20 feet Gore talks about, 3mm? Are you kidding me, 3mm? Wow I wonder how New York is going to handle that massive amount of increase? They better get one sandbag out there FAST!!

Not convinced yet?

A report by economist Sir Nicholas Stern suggests that global warming could shrink the global economy by 20%.
But taking action now would cost just 1% of global gross domestic product, the 700-page study says.
Tony Blair said the Stern Review showed that scientific evidence of global warming was "overwhelming" and its consequences "disastrous".

Okay, that's one side, overwhelming and disastrous consequences. This has been the language used for over 20 years. Kyoto is a new God, but he is a powerful God, because Gore and Suziki tell us.

So, over to the darker side:

Here's an interesting site, haven't read all the articles, but I will read some.

Of course, the bad Conservatives, dared to inform Canadians that there just might be a cost to Kyoto.

Gasoline will cost more than $1.60 a litre over the 2008-to-2012 period
275,000 Canadians working today will lose their jobs by 2009
Job loss will cause unemployment rates to rise 25 per cent by 2009
The decline of economic activity in the range of $51 billion
"I don't expect Liberals, NDP or Green Party members to come out and support the Conservative plan... which I think is going to be very effective at reducing green house gas emissions in a balanced way," Baird said Friday.

Now, the question is, who's scaring who?

20 foot waves crashing down on New York, or 275,000 jobs lost in Canada?

So, the average voter needs to decide, job or Kyoto, hummm tough one!

All Quiet On The Holland Front.

Okay, what the heck is happening with the "Contempt of Parliament" ruling? The Speaker stated that he would like to hear from Holland and Jennings before he ruled, I haven't seen Holland in Parliament yet, is he hiding?

Jennings is too stupid and egotistical to not show her face, guess she's only an accomplice to stealing confidential documents.

I don't think Holland can hide until an election is called, but I suspect his mouth has been duct taped by the Red Green party.

If you are not sure what I'm talking about, here's a refresher.

So, Liberals lie, cheat and steal, now they have rifled through confidential documents to get dirt on the Conservatives, watch for this all coming out during an election.

It's what the Liberals do best.

One More Step Out Of The Dark!

Congrats to PM Harper and the Conservatives for appointing Bert Brown to the Senate, after 23 years of waiting, he finally gets his chance. Most importantly, he was elected by Albertans, we wanted him in the Senate, he is now going to be there.

I was never so mad as when ex-PM Martin appointed 3 Senators for Alberta, not one of them a "senator in waiting" that we had voted for, he snubbed all Albertans. He appointed Grant Mitchell, someone we had never wanted in power, as a Liberal leader in Alberta, but he is now in the Senate. Here are the current Senators for Alberta:

Banks, Tommy, Lib – ex-band leader
Fairbairn, Joyce, Lib – ex-journalist
Hays, Dan, Lib – ex-lawyer, farmer
McCoy, Elaine, PC – ex-lawyer
Mitchell, Grant, Lib.- ex-Liberal leader of opposition in Alberta
Tardif, Claudette, Lib – ex- French Dean at U of A

The last three were appointed to the Senate by Martin on March 24th, 2005, less than 2 months later Belinda crossed the floor to prop up the Liberals.

So, ex-PM Martin knew his government was in trouble, and to punish Albertan's he saddled us with 3 senators (for life), we did not want, and ignored the "senator's in waiting". This one act, even more than adscam, infuriated me more than anything else the Liberals have done.

What they said to Alberta voters was that a democratic vote for a Senator, by a province was useless because the PM is supreme, all knowing and it's okay to screw the provinces because the FED's rule, and us peons should get used to it. I am still mad, it's kind of like NEP, Albertan's have long memories.

So, to all the Liberals spouting off about how this is not constitutional, BUG OFF!

How is an appointed Senator (5 Liberals in non-Liberal Alberta) better than an appointed Senator who has been elected by the province that they represent?

This appointment makes my heart sing, thank you PM Harper, you did the right thing, makes me proud to be a Canadian.

SOW's Bellyaching Contines.

Today after question period, Liberal Minna got up on a point of order, and said that she had received a complaint from Monica Lysack about MP Mike Lake's comments during Statements by Members. It appears she was upset because he had destroyed her good name. So, I looked up what he had said that was so upsetting.


From hansard, March 28th, 2007.

MP Lake:
Mr. Speaker, between 1993 and 2005, the Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada received a mind-numbing $2.2 million from the previous Liberal government.

Last week, its executive director, Monica Lysack, appeared before the human resources committee and tried to defend her organization, saying that the Liberals gave her $600,000 of that windfall to “monitor whether or not government investments in child care are actually being spent on child care”. What a typical Liberal manipulation.

By Ms. Lysack's own admission, her organization has never created one single care space, but the Liberals gave it $2.2 million and then asked it to track down organizations, like its own, that received taxpayer dollars and did not create child care spaces.

Fortunately for Canadian families, the days of Liberals' big talk and zero action on child care are over. With nearly $5.6 billion invested in children and early learning for the next year, the new Conservative government is clearly getting the job done for all Canadian families.


Do these advocates just not get it? Why would she protest what was clearly the truth? Now we get to hammer at her even more. Let sleeping dogs lie, Lysack, you can't win this one and you look like a whiner for bringing it up. Try going out and raising the funds you need, for, um, well, for what ever you seem to do. Did you and Minna spent all Easter coming up with that lame duck? Personally, I think MP Lake is spot on!

Oh, by the way, why haven't those two peekinafile Liberals, Holland and Jennings, risen in Parliament to explain the Contempt of Parliament charges leveled against them? I looked for them today, they appeared to be missing, along with most other Liberals. Are they still consulting their lawyers on the little matter of opening confidential files that were Conservative property?

Sleep With A Dog, You Get Fleas!

Okay, the Dion-May pact is still a head scratcher. I don't think it's a win-win for anyone, except maybe the Conservatives.

Now, that Dion has made this pact, he has to understand that he will be tarred with not only loony Liberal candidates, but also loony Green candidates.

We bring up Mr. Potvin not because we believe Mr. Dion personally shares any of his notions about 9/11, but because Mr. Dion has painted himself into a corner while he waits for the official reaction to them from the Greens' leader. How will his lovey-dovey rhetorical cuddling with Ms. May look to voters if she decides that Mr. Potvin deserves to run as a Green candidate and that his "bold," "alternative" ideas, true or not, are exactly what Canada needs to hear? Go ahead, Stephane -- lie down with losers; and just watch how long it takes you to wash the stink off.

See my Thursday posting for more on Potvin. Now, I hear May has booted the guy, but those writing of his date back years, didn't anyone in the Green party check this nut out, or is May too busy making backroom deals with Dion to really care about the Green party? Does she really even care about the Green party at all, or is she just out to make a name for herself?

Well, Mutt and Jeff, seem to be quite the pair, two incompetent leaders of failing parties, holding hands and skipping down the yellow brick road, or should I say, driving their smart car right into the brick wall.

PM Harper Is Having Too Much Fun...

...to call an election! Granted an election will be loads of fun for him too, but why stop a good thing with an election.

Even when Parliament is on a break the opposition parties manage to get themselves into trouble. The Red Green huggy kissy fest is only one example of Dion, the gift that just keeps on giving, kind of like the energizer bunny, except in this case he's more like Alice in Wonderland, going down the rabbit hole.

He meets Mad Queen May, and is spellbound, he eats the Kyoto cheese and thinks he actually did something about global warming while he was Environment Minister.

Oh well, I never was really good with fairy tales, I always thought they were stupid and not representative of the real world. Guess sometimes you are just born with common sense.

So, back to PM Harper and the Conservatives having too much fun. This should not be allowed as we all know that Conservatives are not supposed to have a sense of humour. They are not allowed to even appear to care about the disadvantaged. They are not allowed to mention religion, this is guaranteed to send the lefties into shrill hysterics. They are not allowed to have emotions, only the lefties can have emotions, don't you dare try to make your point using FACTS, that's unCanadian.

You know what, I am sick and tired of being told that I can only have an opinion if it is the sanitized, politically correct garbage that the lefties spout. I am supposed to shut up about divorce, abortion, SSM, gay adoption, legalized drugs, legalized prostitution, swingers clubs, supporting our troops, hating Kyoto, stem cell experiments, and numerous other lefty ideals.

Well, I will never be a weak minded, whiny, morally bankrupt lefty, THANK GOD!

May, It's So "Unfair"!

Okay, I know Dion thinks everything is "unfair" but now May has not only semi-joined the Liberals, she has started parroting Dion's, it's "unfair" lines. You don't want to listen to all her garbage, but if you click on Mike Duffy Live, select Green Leader, and then fast forward to 8:30, you will clearly hear her say, it was "unfair". So, we now have two party leaders who think everything is "unfair".

Are we going to see the Red Green Party? I don't think so, because both leaders are so incompetent, they wouldn't know how to join their parties under one banner.

Talk about the opposition firing blanks though, the Conservatives have outed Belinda and 14 other Liberals, so far, without an election being called. Now, the Red Greens has shown their hand, and it turns out they have a pair of twos. Meanwhile, PM Harper is playing his cards close and has not revealed even one card, but I suspect he has a few aces in his hand, and a few up his sleeve.

This is going to be fun.

Green Party Candidate Cheers 9/11

Okay, this is totally disgusting. A Green party candidate for Vancouver-Kingsway thought it was "beautiful" when the second tower went down. Don't believe me? Here is the article, you decide.

I have a terrible confession to make. When I saw the first tower cascade down into that enormous plume of dust and paper, there was a little voice inside me that said, "Yeah!" When the second tower came down the same way, that little voice said, "Beautiful!" When the visage of the Pentagon appeared on the TV with a gaping and smoking hole in its side, that little voice had nearly taken me over, and I felt an urge to pump my fist in the air.

This is the Green candidate for the next election, does May care, probably not she is too busy making backroom deals with Dion, the master of backroom deals.

Nor was I alone, I know for a fact, whenever I passed a TV or newspaper with a report on the ensuing US war to capture Osama bin Laden, and I secretly said to myself, "Go, Osama, Go!" I am happy he has eluded capture by the Americans. I am in love with those Afghans who, whenever asked, said, "He went that-a-way," and their fifty hands pointed in fifty different directions.

So, this is what we can expect from a Liberal/Green joining of forces, backroom deal. Disgusting. If this guy was a Conservative, he would be skewered by the media, so far, all quiet on the Griberal front.

h/t to a freedominion poster doggedlyright

May, Counted In The 33% Of Liberal Females?

So, will May be counted as one of Dion's 33% of female candidates?

If I was in that riding, I would be insulted that May thinks she can win by stealing Liberal votes. I would also be ticked off with the Liberals for thinking I'm stupid.

May and Dion have just lost any credibility they had left. Backroom deals, what Dion does best. Where's the famous Dion integrity now? Where's his famous intellegence? This move is neither.

What other deals does Backroom Dion have on the burner? Look to the ethnic communities for that answer.

It's Payback Time, And I'm Loving It!

The opposition turfed one of Canada's best CEO's, now come the consequences.

Morgan was president and CEO of Canada's largest energy company, EnCana Corp., from 2002 until he stepped down Jan. 1, and he was named Canada's most respected CEO in a survey conducted by Ipsos Reid last year. Harper calls Morgan "an outstanding Canadian" who has championed transparency and ethics in the private and public sectors throughout his career. In the job, created under the Conservative government's new Accountability Act, Morgan will develop guidelines, review and approve selection processes proposed by ministers to fill vacancies within their portfolios, and report publicly on government compliance with the guidelines. He'll be paid $1 a year.

After that disaster, PM Harper called off appointing anyone to the Public Appointments Commission. I don't blame him, who would be willing to work for $1 a year, except someone who really wanted to help Canada. If the opposition would not accept one of the most respected CEO's in Canada, who could you appoint?

Okay, that's old news, but it ties into this new story. It's pay back time, and I'm loving it.

Liberal and NDP MPs said Paille is in a conflict of interest because he will get access to confidential opinion research commissioned during the 1995 referendum when he was campaigning to break up Canada.
"So they appointed a friend of (former PQ leader) Jacques Parizeau -- somebody who hates federalists, who hates Liberals," said Quebec Liberal MP Denis Coderre.
Added NDP MP Paul Dewar: "The person being appointed here has questionable credentials. We have the back-room, back-door process still alive and well. That's exactly the problem with the previous government."

So, the opposition rejects one of Canada's most respected CEO's, and therefore the Public Appointments Commission has not been set up. This gives the Conservatives free rein to appoint anyone they want to investigate government wrong doings, but the opposition are whining that it is not fair. If they would have accepted Morgan, there would have been a fair commission, but too bad that politics got in the oppositions way.

The ultimate irony is that the opposition are now calling this a witch hunt, when they did exactly that to Gwyn Morgan, they went on a witch hunt. Suck it up you whiners, you got what you deserve for your disgusting performance against Morgan.

Ban Common-Law Relationships, Not Guns!

Okay, those sneaky Conservatives have quietly extended the long gun registry deadline! I'm SHOCKED!!! I never would have guessed that this would happen.





Families of victims of gun crime, who support the long gun registry, are calling the amended order a bad move that will make the registry two years out of date -- and essentially useless to police.
"It think that it's totally and absolutely ridiculous," Audette Sheppard, a gun control advocate whose son Justin was shot to death in Toronto in 2001, told CTV News.



And was he shot to death with a rifle/shotgun? Just asking.


Well, let's look at some statistics from where else, Statistics Canada

If you look at the graph, you will see that gun crimes started to rise around 1998, and have been on the increase ever since. Most importantly, it's handguns that are creating that increase. Handguns have always had to be registered, going back way beyond 1975. Yet crimes using handguns are increasing. Guess that handgun registry is working. Rifles/shotguns, decreased way before any long gun registry, from 1975 to now, some blips have occured, but it definitely shows that rifles/shotguns are not the problem.


People living in common-law relationships were more at risk from their partner than those living in legal marriages. In 2005, the homicide rate of people living in common-law relationships was nearly five times higher than for those living in legal marriages.


Forget banning guns, if we are going to ban anything, I suggest that we ban common-law relationships, as they are 5 times more deadly than being married.

The Dead and The Disgraceful

What to say, but my heart goes out to the families of the six new dead in Afghanistan, while my heart also goes out to the over 60,000 WWI dead. Imagine those numbers, at Vimy alone, close to 3600 dead in four days, for their new country at that time. It's hard to imagine the losses. It wasn't instant news at that time, so every community made do the best they could, without really understanding how many young men and women were giving their lives.

Today, three speeches were given at Vimy, that I couldn't watch live because I had to work. Thankfully you can see some of the Vimy Ridge coverage at CTV. Go to this site, then click on Remembering Vimy, watch PM Harper's speech, the PM of France, and the Queens, they were very inspiring.

Now, to the disgraceful, well is it any shock that it might be Layton's NDP (who couldn't bother to show up at Vimy) and the Liberals? The Bloq who cares, the Quebec French didn't fight at Vimy, so why should they even be there?

NDP Leader Jack Layton called for major changes in the mission.
"We believe that this mission is not going to be able to succeed in the long run and more and more people seem to be drawing that conclusion. A new approach is needed," he said.
The NDP has held the current approach focuses too much on counter-insurgency and not enough on development.

Oh, and let's not forget the Liberals. Where was Dion anyways? He's like Alice in Wonderland, he's gone down the hole into a strange new world, never to be seen.

Deputy Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff urged caution in linking the two.
"I think it's right to take pride in our military traditions but we ought to be very, very careful about using them to justify current conflicts. Let's keep them separate," he said.
Harper didn't raise Afghanistan in his Vimy speech Monday. (Guess he kept politics out of it, too bad the Liberals couldn't) He didn't take any questions from reporters during his two-day stay in France. (that must have ticked them off big time!)

The Liberals have said the mission should not be extended beyond February 2009.
Huebert said the Taliban's goal is to make the cost so high that the Canadian public gives up and say, "enough already.
"Conversely, it's very important for Canadian leaders to understand, now they are engaged in this conflict, that ... is what they're up against. And they have to make sure the political will remains (so) that they can in fact stay the course."

The public is the last piece of the puzzle. Are the weenie, lefty, hippie, tree hugging, marching with Hezbollah crowd, going to win this battle, or are the common sense, God fearing, people who love Canada, and truly support the troops going to triumph?

Crime, Guns and Lefties

When the Easter break is over, some very important crime bills will be in the spotlight. As someone living in the homicide city of Canada, I know that serious crimes have increased, and it is very much top of mind for me, even though I am lucky enough to live in a very safe area of Edmonton. I think other Mom's are starting to support the Conservatives because they are worried about their kids, and they see that the only party actually tough on crime are the Conservatives.

I have watched question period, and the lefties are always quoting Statistics Canada, saying that the crime rate is decreasing. Lefties love banning things, like guns. So, do bans work? Is crime decreasing? I went on a hunt, it was a short one, it took me no time to find what I wanted at none other than Statistics Canada.

The national homicide rate increased for the second consecutive year in 2005 to its highest point in nearly a decade, after reaching a 30-year low in 2003. The number of homicides committed with a firearm rose for the third year in a row.
Police services reported 658 homicides last year, 34 more than in 2004. Of these, 222 were committed with a firearm, up from 173 in 2004.

In 2005, handguns were used to commit 128 homicides, up from 112 in 2004. The number of homicides committed with a handgun has increased in six of the past seven years.
Since 1997, police reported that 83% of recovered firearms used to commit homicide were not registered. Where ownership could be determined, the accused owned the firearm in 60% of these homicides. Among homicides committed with a firearm, four out of every five accused persons did not possess a valid firearms certificate.

So, how's that ban on hand guns working Jack? 83% of guns are not registered by murderers, I'm shocked!!!!

Maybe we should ban lefties, those soft on crime judges included. I am sick and tired of ridiculous sentences being handed out by judges for murder. Here in Edmonton, the murder capital of Canada, a judge just recently let some teens off with house arrest for the brutal murder of another teen, who they murdered because they had been banned from a house party. SICK.

To the opposition parties, us soccer Mom's are watching how you vote on the crime bills coming up, especially the one that raises the age of consent from 14 to 16, only a sicko would vote against that one.

He Suffered, So We Could Live.

Good Friday has come and gone. Easter is next.

He suffered, so we could live.

What have we done with that power? Abortions, and same sex marriages. I'm sorry, but killing babies is not about choice, it's about being selfish. Same sex marriage is the road to the destruction of morals.

What is wrong with having morals? I have been faithful to my husband, I have raised my children to be moral, I have nothing to be embarassed about. Can others make the same claim?

17,000 sq ft of Fear!

Okay who's running scared? The CBC press gallery pundits. Go to Thursday, they are at 30:15. I can't believe that CBC doesn't even try to hide their Liberal bias by having at least one Conservative pundit. Guess that would mess with the love fest they have going amongst themselves.

I just watched them and they are fearful of what that 17,000 sq feet of media power is going to do to their jobs. They don't say it of course, but you can just about smell the fear through the TV/computer. The most shrill of all is Susan Delacourt, it drips off of her, she can barely hide her hate for anything Conservative. Poor thing. . They couldn't even stand to talk about the latest poll, 39 Conservatives, 30 Liberals.

Why are they so scared? The Conservatives can now get their message out locally to any region in the country, without those pundits being able to spin the message. More importantly, if the pundits try to spin it, they will get called on it, by other journalists in local areas. So spin away, we are not buying it, as the polls are showing.

If the media had planned to give PM Harper a rough ride next election, their little plot won't work. Hope they have hired their own plane, or maybe they can hitch a ride on the Liberal plane, oh wait, the Liberals can't seem to find a plane to lease. Maybe they can bike across Canada.

17,000 sq. ft. of fear, for the media, one big factory of fear for the Liberals. Works for me.

Backroom Deal? Dion and May?

As soon as I started to read this article, my spidey senses started to tingle.

Maybe people who were thinking of voting for the Greens because of their stands on environmental issues will now strategically vote for the Liberals instead. After all, May has given Dion her green seal of approval.
In fact, that's what some Green party members, who are not big fans of Dion, are worried about.

We already know that Dion is a backroom boy. He and Kennedy cooked up an agreement during the leadership convention, that won him the election. Then he changes his stance on the anti-terrorism vote, pay back to some members that won him the election for leader. If it worked so well then, why not expand your reach?

Do Dion and May have a backroom deal? Just suppose for a minute that an election gets called. May comes out, AFTER the election call, and states that she is merging her party with the Liberals, or even throwing her support behind the Liberals, how would that 5 to 8% of the vote change the election? Is that why Garth went to the Liberals, does he know whats up?

I know, it's too strange to contemplate, but could that be why the Liberals are not going to run a candidate against May? Is it a bigger deal than that? Are the Liberals and Greens running strong candidates against weak ones? Where does this leave the NDP?

Those senses are tingling about this, and in politics things change from week to week. If May doesn't come out strongly against the article and stop acting like she is part of the Liberal party, both the Conservatives and the NDP better pay some attention to those two parties. The Green candidates better sit May down and find out exactly what she is up to, or they might find themselves without a party.

Call it my sixth sense, call it spidey senses, but something is stinking to high heaven.

UPDATE: I'm not the only one thinking this way!

Early Aging Seniors, A New Breed!

Wow, if it's not the Liberals whining and shrilling and yelling about fear factories, it's the environmentalists fear mongering to get more research dollars, to study water vapour, ahem...I mean greenhouse gasses. The MSM prints anything these wackos say, and they gleefully ratchet up the fear.

Here's an outstanding example of their fear mongering.

Climate change is likely to significantly affect the health of many Canadians.
For example, the report notes that Canada's population is going to age early in this century and that seniors are particularly vulnerable to health problems caused by heatwaves and air pollution.
A warming climate is going increase the number of heatwave days in Canada's major cities and intensify problems of pollution.
"Climate change could more than double the potential for increased heat wave deaths in urban areas," the report says.

Hello, our seniors are going to age early because of climate change? WOW, that is scary. Maybe if those early aging seniors could keep their air conditioners on, or go to a cooling centre, they wouldn't have to die. What 9th grader wrote this story?

Ski seasons could be drastically shortened, possibly by as many as six weeks by the middle of this century.
And fewer and fewer lakes and ponds will freeze or stay frozen long enough for skaters.

Seeing as Jasper and Banff had one of their best seasons in years, I vote for more global warming...oops, climate change. So, no frozen lakes, a longer growing season, and more CO2 to grow my plants? I'm excited, this climate change is a good idea, whoever thought of it is a genius! What, it's been around since the beginning of earth?

Maybe I'm getting cabin fever here, I know, for a fact, we had snow on Halloween, that stayed, and now we just got a new dumping of snow, in April, that looks like it will stay until Easter, so, by counting on my fingers, that's 7 months of snow.

I know, I know, human are causing global warming....oops, climate change, so, I just started my car, no, I'm not going anywhere, I'm just trying to warm up my part of the earth, because, I AM SICK OF WINTER!

I have already scientifically proven that beer drinking increases dramatically with temperature, next, I'm looking into how we can grow bananas here in Canada, now that our climate has become so warm. As soon as I get back from shovelling my sidewalks.

Fear Factory!

Okay, did the Liberals even think about how this sounds? Who's scared? Fear factory, wow, yup, I'm shaking, those kitten eating Conservatives, have, ready for this...........put together an office, with TV studio, for the next election.

Grab your kids, head for the hills, the Conservatives have opened an office, and not just any office, a 17,000 square foot office, with...........wait for it...........desks, and computers! I heard a Liberal muttering about, "the expense".

So, why would the Liberals call it a fear factory? It's already called a war room, guess that's not scary enough, now it needs to be renamed, a fear factory. Who could possibally be scared by Conservatives? Check your shorts Liberals, that smell of fear is coming from you.

Storks, Babies, Beer and Global Warming!

Okay, I am sick of the global warming alarmists. Here's my take on their supposed science, which by the way they never actually show, because, us dumb lay people would never understand it anyways.

First statistics course I took in University, talked about the correlation between storks nesting and human babies being born in the spring. It is a proven statistical relationship. That's how it came to be that storks deliver babies! Well the same kind of correlation between CO2 and global warming is being used by the alarmists. So, the average thinking person knows storks do not deliver babies, why then are we buying the alarmist's garbage?

The Infamous "Hockey Stick" Curve and Other Inconvenient Truths

I got busy today and did a multiple regression on temperatures, sunlight hours, and beer drinking. Imagine my surprise when I found out that there is a direct correlation between temperatures and beer drinking. I was dumbfounded to find out that beer drinking increases in the summer. I was disappointed that sunlight hours had to be tossed from my analysis, because it appears that the sun has no effect on the amount of beer drank. I do have a graph to show this startling relationship between temperature and beer drinking.

So, given my research into temperatures and beer, I am waiting for my research money. It is imperative that we solve this problem immediately, as summer is rapidly approaching, and a disaster is in the making, as you read this. We have a definite problem here, temperature is CAUSING an increase in beer drinking!

Curling in Edmonton, Hurry Hard And Lose The White Belts!

Seeing as I'm an ex-curler, I will be watching the World's here in Edmonton.

So, I watched Canada's first game with Finland, Canada just won the game!!!

But, they lost the fashion contest. Black and white outfits (isn't Canada, red and white?) that look like motorcross bikers, and worse of all, they had WHITE belts that looked like the 70's disco fad. What's with that?

Go out and curl, no need to make a fashion statement boys. By the way, the skip, from Finland speaks better English than Dion.

RCMP Independent Investigator, Who Will It Be?

I heard Stockwell Day saying that they have someone in mind. Who could it be?

Here's my guess: Ed Broadbent

He's highly respected, totally honest, and believeable. Also, we know that no one can then state that the Conservatives are appointing a investigator who is Conservative.

I'm I out to lunch? Is he qualified?

Contempt of Parliament

I forgot to change the channel after question period on CPAC, and what did I hear?

Scott Reid, stood up on a point of privilege and charged that Holland and Jennings were in "contempt of Parliament", because of the documents they had "found", and kept for over a year. MP Reid, stated that at least one box had a label that clearly stated that it was to have been moved, but it never made it.

Most importantly, he stated that those boxes contained personal information about him and other Conservative employees, and he had no assurance that during an election, information might not come out on an MP or one of their employees, because the Liberals had kept some of the documents to use, as they stated in the paper that they had done.

Speaker Milliken, stated that he had seen a picture of the transfer of boxes, and that he would need more information before making a ruling. He stated that both Holland and Jennings needed to state their case.

This is indeed serious, and could lead to searches of Liberal offices, for the documents, they themselves stated that they had held back.

Devil's Horns On Canada AM, Too Funny

Okay, I was trying to watch the Canada AM interview by Marci Ien and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, until I noticed her hair. She's got two little devil's horns sprouting from her head, and everytime I looked at her, that's all I could see.

So, if anyone can tell me what anyone said, I'd appreciate it, because those little horns took up all of my attention.

Click the link and go to the interviews on the right and click on Canada AM: Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

I seriously don't know how Minister Flaherty kept a straight face throughout the interview. Maybe he was at a different angle and didn't see it. But, those are devil's horns if I've ever seen them.

Too funny!

MP School, Harper is a Bully, or Bully For Harper?

Thanks to Connie over at FreeDominion for letting me use this image, she did a great job!

Williams, Cries Wolf!

Before you get mad at me calling out some Newfies, I've been married to a PEI'er for over 21 years, so, I think of myself as an honourary Maritimer, why else did I put up with one all these years?

Here in Alberta, we have a bunch of wonderful Maritimers, all hard workers, most like to party, none of them came here to collect welfare.

So, why does the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, want to collect welfare? If, they didn't get enough money, how can they afford an ad campaign to attack the federal government?

Full and half-page ads will appear in newspapers including the Globe and Mail, beginning Wednesday, that slam Harper for including oil and gas revenues in a new equalization formula as well as implementing a fiscal cap.

Williams was yapping about this minutes after the budget speech, so, he had not had time to read anything about the deal. Williams needs to get an accountant to read and explain the details to him and his cabinet.

Well, at least when we had Klein here in Alberta, he was protective of Alberta's rights, without being too stupid. Not sure we can say the same thing about Williams. Balance, Williams, it's about balance and fairness, not about who has the biggest mouth, and can shout the loudest. Even the Newfies here in Alberta are embarassed.

GROW UP! You look like a fool, and remember, you can only cry wolf so often.

89 Federalism versus 36 Separatists!

Well, a clear win for only one party, PM Harper and the Conservatives! Federalism is alive in Quebec, by a clear margin. Finally the liberal/separatist only parties are broken, they will need to actually take Quebecors concerns into consideration.

Way to go Quebec, glad you took back your province!

I Am Honoured!

I am honoured to have been named the Blogging Tory Site of the week.

Sometimes I wonder if anyone out there is reading my thoughts, now I know that a few actually are, and that makes a big difference. So, thank you, Brian, I am thrilled to be this weeks winner. (Is there any money involved here? Just kidding. )

On to something I've been thinking about all day, the pet food scare.

I love animals, my greyhound is 14 years old, and she gets special meals, made by Mom, we had a rodent, okay, a hamster for 3 years, that I actually got attached to, even though I told my boys, I wouldn't allow one in the house, but what I find disturbing about the pet food scare, is that it's making more news than the spinach scare.

Humans are dying because of bacteria, the bird flu is killing humans, people are dying for the lack of clean water, and we are more concerned about pets dying?

An ad on the radio talks about how you can clean your CAR with fresh water. Does no-one think about what some people would do to get fresh water to drink? Now, I know us Conservatives are not supposed to be interested in helping the poor and starving in this world, but that's not true. We keep our promises, and care deeply for people. The Liberals/NDP talk a good game, but they are premature ejaculators, they never get the job done because they are so busy, talking about doing something.

So, yes something needs to be done to protect our pets, but, can we protect people too?

Rational Thought Is A Hate Crime!

An interesting speech by Evan Sayet, "How Modern Liberals Think".

Some things that struck me;

Rational thought is a hate crime to modern Liberals.
Modern Liberals have the mindset of a 5 year old.
Common sense is rejected by modern Liberals.
The term liberalism is now considered bad, so they have become progressives instead.
Global warming is an attack on America in an attempt to make it evil.

What was funny is that I went to the Globe and Mail site and read some of the lefties comments on sanctions for Iran, and everything he said was true, from the 5 year old level of arguments, to the supporting of terrorists, to the making of America into the "bad" guy.

Clearly Liberals do use a 5 year olds thinking, and never, ever, ever, present a fact to a Liberal, they can't handle the truth.

So, for an interesting perspective on modern Liberals, Watch it now.

Enjoy, I did!

Checkers Or Chess?

It seems to me that the opposition parties are playing checkers, while PM Harper is playing chess.

So, the opposition are busy jumping Kyoto and Kelowna checkers, while PM Harper has moved away from socialist programs, to programs that stamp an inprint on this land. Even the SOW's have undergone a transformation, NO more activists get any funding, only programs that actually help females get funding. Wow us redneck, prairie dog shooting, knuckle dragging, illiterate, hillbillies, actually care about the disabled and women, who would have thunk?

PM Harper is so many steps ahead of the opposition, it's like shooting gophers on the prairie, lot's of splatter, and a whole lot of fun!

YAH, YAH, email me with your outraged protests about killing those rodents. But, I must protest against the greenpeace, environmentalists, suzukified, hippy protesters who want to kill a sweet, lovable polar bear baby, called Knut. WHERE ARE YOUR HEADS? GORE SAYS POLAR BEARS ARE AT RISK, THEY ARE DROWNING, BUT YOU WANT TO KILL KNUT? This is totally stupid, it shows everyone how moronic the enviroweenies actually are, and forces us to send them to the prairies, where we can watch for them to poke their heads out of their holes, and smack them so they get some common sense.

PM Accused Of Hate Mongering!

Alexa, NDP MP, called PM Harpers comment, hate mongering. She did, I'm not lying.

"I can understand the passion that the leader of the Opposition and members of his party feel for Taliban prisoners,'' Harper replied.
"I just wish occasionally they would show the same passion for Canadian soldiers.''

That's the statement that Alexa calls hate mongering. Well, Alexa, you are the one who wants to talk to the Taliban, your party should all head right over there, and talk to the guys who behead teachers who dare to teach girls, yup, you should volunteer to teach those girls, seeing as you are the party of the people.

It's time to get off the pot and show what the NDP are really all about. NO? You are good at spouting about families, but when the budget supports families, you vote against it, bad move. I will be happy to keep $620 more of my tax money because of this budget, that only leaves me $16,000+ in the hole.

As an aside, John Reynolds ripped Martha Hall a new one by telling the Liberals to grow up, I laughed so hard that my son came to check on me.

Just as I was recovering from that one, Duffy commented to a reporter (click on Mike Duffy live, go to talk radio panel) he was interviewing who lives in Hedi Fry's riding about crosses to burn!!! My son was ready to dial 911 I was laughing so hard.

So, all in all, a great day to be Conservative.

Majority In Sight, Poll!

Interesting that this poll has been ignored, or maybe I'm asleep at the wheel, but being a statistics junky, I doubt I've missed this one being discussed in the media. So, why aren't we hearing about this poll?

Majority in sight, so the media does a shhhhh, don't tell the voters.

Okay, I hear you all yelling that it was an online poll, but, this is not a click and vote poll like most online polls, go to page 6 of the report, this is a carefully conducted poll.

So, what are the highlights?

-PM Harper is at 35% for preferred PM, Dion is at 19%. Ouch!
-29% say their opinion of Dion is worse, only 9% say it's better. Ouch, ouch.
- In Ontario 41% would vote Conservative, 36% Liberal, triple ouch!
-38% would vote Conservative, 28% Liberal. Too may ouchs to count!

Oh dear, I think the Liberals are in serious trouble.

Just today, PM Harper smacked down Dion and all whimpy "make peace" opposition parties!

"I can understand the passion that the leader of the Opposition and members of his party feel for Taliban prisoners," Harper said Wednesday during Parliament's question period.
"I just wish occasionally they would show the same passion for Canadian soldiers."
As his MPs jeered the prime minister's remarks, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion called the statement shocking and asked for an apology.
He didn't get one.
"I would like to see more support in the House of Commons from all sides for Canadian men and women in uniform," Harper said.
"I think Canadians expect that from parliamentarians in every party. They have not been getting it, and they deserve it."

Outstanding! Truly outstanding.

I hope the media runs with this story for days, people need to know how "soft on terrorism" the Liberals and other opposition parties really are. A few more zingers like this from PM Harper, the Liberals are going to force an election to get rid of Dion!

Their Greed Knows No Bounds!

Provinces don't want to raise their tax rates, so they blame the federal government for not giving them enough money. What a bunch of babies they look like, especially Newfoundland, somebody should give Williams a serious talking to, he is destroying his province by shear pigheadedness. He won't negotiate with the oil companies, but he wants extra federal dollars, he wants to be more than equal with other provinces, sorry that dog don't hunt! He is not a leader, if he is the best Newfoundland has to offer, I feel sorry for that province. Same goes for Calvert in Saskatchewan. I say, if those provinces don't like the choices, give them another choice, NO transfer payment money.

So is Quebec happy? Nope, but they will take our money. I actually heard a Quebec MP say that it was their money, are they that dumb? Do they not realize that Ontario and Alberta are sending them money, over and above what Quebecors send to Ottawa? Is there something in their water that makes them stupid? Or they just so arrogant that they believe they deserve the money, just because they are French? Quebec needs to get off their butts and try working for a living, they have the lowest participation rate in all of Canada. If they aren't willing to work, I hope there is a vote to separate, and I hope they actually vote to leave Canada. I used to think differently, I wanted them to stay, but they are so socialist now, that I hope they leave so they don't pull the rest of Canada into that big socialist hole that we would never get out of, no matter how hard we try. I blame Trudeau for leading our country down the path of socialism. I will not let my children suffer because Quebec wants the government to support them, for life.

Their greed knows no bounds, nothing will satisfy them. Watch Alberta....something is brewing in that province that the rest of Canada might not like!

Tax Havens Gone! That Is Just Too Funny!

Okay, I know everyone is japping about the budget was too conservatives, or not conservative enough, but what had me and my office mate laughing out loud, was they ended tax havens.

Yup, you won't see it in the media, no-one will know about it's implications, so allow me to enlighten you, if I may.

Martin also came under fire from former Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark, who charged that the former finance minister was in direct conflict of interest when he did not close Canadian tax loopholes for firms like CSL that do business in Barbados. Barbados is a tax haven for foreign companies where they can avoid paying their country's taxes and wages. Some of CSL's subsidiaries are registered in Barbados and pay almost no tax on their profits.

So, this budget is priceless for no other reason than the Conservatives, with straight faces I might add, did away with the tax haven used by exPM Martin, you know, the one he would not close, for unknown reasons. So, exPM Martin and his company now finally will get to pay taxes here in Canada. If they would also stop dumping sewage into the Great Lakes, and smuggling cocaine into the country, I'd be happy!

How the Liberals get away with that garbage, and the Conservatives can't even make an honest mistake, like Gordon O'Connor, who is protecting some civil servants who gave him bad information about a liberal agreement, by apologizing to Parliament, is totally beyond me, because honestly, I think liberalism is a mental illness.

Thank goodness we no longer have a millionaire, cocaine supporting, oil dumping PM.

Someone Turned Up The Heat!

Was thinking about what to post about all day. After considering the anti-war protests, Kyoto, and the lint in my belly button, there was only one outstanding item to post on.

The awesome speech PM Harper gave to 5,000 party faithful! Could CTV have picked a sillier picture for their story? It doesn't matter though, this speech is my second favourite, my first is still PM Harper's acceptance speech that was so late in the evening that not many people got to see it.

The people who were there have stated how hot it was, and judging by PM Harper's wiping of the brow, guess that's true. The Liberals seriously need to send Scott Reid back into hiding, his comments on the speech lacked any class, and made him look like the crybaby that he is. Wait, maybe they should keep him, he is the perfect example of the Liberal mindset. Beer and popcorn! HA

Someone turned up the heat, and it was definitely the Conservatives. Even Craig Oliver called PM Harper a "powerful campaigner". All this and no election call yet, what fun!

Steaming Mad!

I blogged yesterday about how the Liberals somehow missed including the auto industry in the 700 big polluters. Guess that producing cars isn't very polluting, so the oil pipelines should be exempted as well, hummm? They don't pollute, they just carry the polluting oil.

Here's something that has been simmering in my brain since I heard it. PM Harper was in BC talking about the hydrogen highway, sounds good, except for something PM Harper said, he said something about how hydrogen cars are non-polluting because they only emit water vapour. Having read up about GHG's, this struck my as funny because, water vapour is the BIGGEST GHG.

The major natural greenhouse gases are water vapor, which causes about 36-70% of the greenhouse effect on Earth (not including clouds);

So 36% to 70% of GHG's are caused by water vapour, CO2, not so much (9-26%). So, why aren't the environmentalists screaming about how bad hydrogen cars are because they increase GHG's? What am I missing here? Are hydrogen cars good because they don't run on gas? Why aren't they insisting that we reduce water vapour?

This stinks to high heaven, environmentalists are ignoring the worse offender of GHG's, water vapour, and they are actually encouraging more water vapour by staying silent about hydrogen cars. Anyone else see a pattern here? Liberals will not punish the auto industry, and environmentalists will not say anything about hydrogen cars. Hummm!

All those water vapours, are making me steaming mad!

Auto Sector Is Still Exempted Under The Liberal Plan!

Dion and the Liberals are just helping the Conservatives win a majority! With Dion's latest Kyoto money grabbing (it's not a tax) announcement, more Canadians are grabbing their wallets and holding on tight. Thank goodness the Conservatives are in power. Keep it up, I'm enjoying the media trying to spin his announcement into something good for the economy and jobs.

One thing I noticed of the 700 big polluters, the auto industry is still exempt. Now, I know you are going to want proof, so, here it is, click on the link and go to Friday, at about 7:00, David McGuinty clearly states that the auto sector is exempted! Buzz will be happy, little Liberal Stronach puppy that he has become, too bad he can't get an interview with PM Harper, or not!

Alberta oil and gas, was mentioned a zillion times, those nasty Albertans, who never vote for Liberals, bad, bad, Albertans, but the auto sector aren't polluting! I had someone from Toronto in my office yesterday, he couldn't believe how clear our skies are, right here in big bad polluting oil country. Never had a smog day, but no-one will believe us nasty polluting Albertans.

So, just for you Dion, it's that big yellow ball up in the sky, called the SUN, not CO2. I know it's a lot of English words, but give it a try, you might learn something.

Today’s global warming is part of a natural 1,500-year, plus or minus 500-year, solar cycle operating for at least a million years. The Earth’s climate has warmed and cooled nine times in the past 12,000 years, in lock step with the waxing and waning of the sun’s magnetic activity (Science 2001;294[7 December]:2130-2136). Over the last 1,200 years there has been a "Medieval Warming" (900-1300), when Greenland was green; a "Little Ice Age" (1300-1850), when New York harbor froze, and people could walk from Manhattan across the ice to Staten Island a mile away (in 1780); and the current global warming (1850-?). Rather than "global warming," a better term for this phase of the solar cycle is "Modern Warming." Since 1850, temperatures have risen 0.8 degrees C, most rapidly in 1850-1870 and 1920-1940. Temperatures in the 1,500-year solar cycle fluctuate within a 4 degree C range – two degrees above and two degrees below the norm.

So, can we stop trying to kill our economy Dion, and start spending that Kyoto money, on cancer research instead? You know something that is really killing people? Or do you buy your carbon guilt credits from Gore and Chairman Mo?

Follow the money people, follow the money. The Liberals are infested with people like Chairman Mo, Martin Steamship Lines, and Stronach's . Money grabbers, all, in the first degree.

If you are stupid enough to think that a carbon tax will not be paid by consumers, go read any economics text.

For The Kids Sake, Well Done Canada!

I feel for the two kids stuck living in an airport for 9 months, no wonder the Mom fainted, what a relief it must be for her to know that finally their ordeal is over. As a Mom, I can't imagine having to go through what she did. It might have been funny when Tom Hanks was portraying it in a movie, but I'm sure she was at her wits end. I would have been.

"Now I see freedom," a visibly shaken Zahra Kamalfar told reporters. "I can see again the sky, the moon, the sun."
Overcome by emotion, she collapsed on her way out of the Vancouver airport.

If any family deserved our help it was this family. So, thank you Canada, for showing compassion and caring enough to help out some fellow human beings, who were truly in need of our help. This is a big country, with a big heart, and we just showed we do care about more than just ourselves.

Zahra Kamalfar, is one brave woman, who did everything a Mom could do to get her kids to a save place.

For the kids sake, well done Canada. Welcome to our country Kamalfar family, may your life be brighter, safer, and more secure. Don't look back, look forward.

Strong Gore, Or Mo Gore? Or Just Follow The Money?

Sick as I am about talking about the global warming religion, I feel we can't leave it lie. If we do, the money changers win.

So, if we continue to follow the money, what do we find? Here's a hint of why the Liberals are still beating the dead horse called Kyoto!

This duo has done more than anyone else to advance the alarmism of man-made global warming.
With little media monitoring, both Strong and Gore are cashing in on the lucrative cottage industry known as man-made global warming.
Strong is on the board of directors of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Wikipedia-described as "the world's first and North America's only legally binding greenhouse gas emission registry reduction system for emission sources and offset projects in North America and Brazil."
Gore buys his carbon off-sets from himself--the Generation Investment Management LLP, "an independent, private, owner-managed partnership established in 2004 with offices in London and Washington, D.C." of which he is both chairman and founding partner.

So, we have Chairman Mo and Gore, teaming up to bilk billions out of taxpayers pockets to put those dollars into their retirement funds. Disgusting.

So, Cretian, Martin and now Dion continue to bleat about Kyoto, why? One guy, Mo Strong, the guy who wrote the Kyoto rules, the same guy hiding out in China, one of the worse polluters in the world, but with hot air credits coming their way, potentially huge winners. The EU has bought into the madness, hopefully the Conservatives will hold firm, so far they have, but big money usually gets their way. We will see, PM Harper owes no big players like Magna, or Chairman Mo any favours, not like the Liberals, who are owned by big business.

Oh, by the way is EX PM Paul Martin's company still avoiding Canadian taxes?

Capital One Ads, Liberals = Rodents!

Last election everytime I saw the Capital One ads about hands in my pockets, I laughed because it was Liberals with their hands in our pockets for 13 years. Their ads helped us win a minority. I was at a town hall meeting and someone got up and hummed hands in my pockets, before they asked a question, everyone laughed. Annie, get your guns, just frowned. She knew she was toast.

Now, their new ads are just as funny, bankers are infesting homes, except everytime I see the ads, it's Liberals that are the infestation.

Here's some of their new ads, enjoy!

I swear these guys are Conservatives, or at least their ad company is, maybe the Conservatives should be talking to them about ads for the next election.

Excellent marketing, excellent ads! I also like the AIC commercials, you know the ones with the baby cooing, or the puppy chewing the slipper? People watch whose ads and smile. I watch those Capital One ads, and see Liberals scurrying out of the light into the dark. Seeing as my blog is the total opposite, Climbing out of the dark, into the Conservative light, these ads trigger my funny bone.

Oh, I know us Conservatives aren't supposed to have funny bones, but lately, even stern, no nonsense Conservatives are finding theirs, it's easy when the Liberals are the target, they are just so shrill lately. Coderre on Duffy last night was hysterical, about a meeting by O'Connor that hadn't happened that day due to bad scheduling, he actually called for his resignation as Minister of Defence. What an idiot. Liberal Whip Karen Redman looked just as bad calling for O'Connors resignation today, basically the Liberals are falling apart, they have the spin down pat, but don't realize that no-one is believing them anymore.

Looks good on them!

Hillier, A True Soldier.

One thing that the Liberals actually got right, appointing Hillier as Chief of Defence Staff. He's a straight shooter, a real soldier's soldier. Keep up the good work! Watching some of the coverage on CTV, he's obviously right at home with his troops.

He is actually smiling and relaxed, in a war zone! Doesn't say much about Ottawa, does it?

Glad he went to Afghanistan, I'm sure he's happy to get out of the poisoned atmosphere in Ottawa, with Liberals calling him a "prop to the Conservatives". What a joke the Liberals have become with their Conservatives behind every door, in every judical committee, next, it will be soldiers in our cities, oops, I guess they've already done that one!

I like Minister O'Connor too, he's another straight shooter, I laughed so hard the other day when he got up and called Coderre, a bottom feeder! That was classic!

Maybe Liberals should leave our military to do the job, or are tough minded, troops scary? Heck, maybe the troops are the ones with the "scary hidden agenda" like, helping Afghanistan. If you are soft on crime and soft on terrorism, what's to stop you from being soft on the military? Guess that's why they are attacking a true Canadian, General Hillier, he must scare them silly!

Someone getting things done for Canada, wow, now that's scary, kind of like our PM.

You Could Smell Spring Today!

Okay, I've been itching to start my seeds, but I have held off, until today, I just couldn't wait anymore. So, my tomato seeds and various flowers are now started. I am fortunate enough to have a south facing big picture window, and Alberta gets so much sun that I don't need special lighting, just a $50 Canadian Tire four tier mobile greenhouse.

Lefties yell about CO2, and greenhouse gases, while their God Suzuki spews from his diesel bus, guess I'm not helping there, but my plants sure love CO2!

Here is the mistake lefties make, they think that anyone not on board with them about global warming, must not be concerned about the environment, this is a huge mistake. Most people truly concerned about the environment tend to be conservatives. Most farmers are conservatives, why would they destroy their livelihoods by not conserving their lands?

We recycle most garbage here in Edmonton, we actually have one of the most advanced recycling plants in all of North America. Wind power, we have more turbines than all of Canada combined, yup, those Conservatives, really like to conserve, fancy that.

I recycle, I compost (even in winter), I have 4 rain barrels to use on my garden and flowers, I grow veggies without chemicals, I pickle and preserve, I start my flowers from seeds I collect in the fall, I keep my heat at 16, I do everything I can to help preserve this earth.

I talked to a lefty in Toronto, they out and out stated that they would never recycle, it would be too much of a time waster to rinse a can and put it in a recycle bin. Toronto sends their unsorted garbage to the US for disposal. Victoria (Suzuki country) dumps raw sewage into the ocean, that's right, raw sewage, but lefties are the saviours of the environment? Not so much!

The lefties yap about the environment and GHG's, Conservatives actually do something about it.

The Great Global Warming Swindle!

If you haven't watched it yet, it's worth your time!

Here's the link, enjoy!

Finally the other side is getting some exposure. Spread it around.

Conservative Women, Tough Minded!

I was at the Conservative rally in Edmonton on Thursday, and I really enjoyed the experience. I had never been to a political rally, I only became politically active last election, because I was so sick of the Liberals lack of values and morals.

So, some of us were asked to stand in a line so we might be able to shake PM Harper's hand. I wanted my 13 year old to get that chance, so we went up into the line, where I met a true Conservative woman. She came up with her stroller and stood beside us, as the PM was late, we naturally started talking to pass the time.

Don't know how old she was, but she told me that they came to Edmonton in 1950, before I was born! She is what built Alberta into the province it is today. Some of the things we talked about really got me thinking.

1. A true woman of action!
She was tired of renting a place, so, during the day she went out and bought a house, then showed it to her husband. He asked, are we going to buy it, she told him she already had!

2. Calls a spade a spade!
She thinks PM Harper needs to lose weight! She feels it's not healthy for him to weigh so much.

3. Knows her kids aren't perfect.
No wilting violet, she told me one of her sons was useless! She wasn't whining, she was just being realistic, bet she whips him into shape.

She is a true gem, a real Conservative woman!

Straight talking, common sense, and most importantly tough minded! I don't care how old she gets, you can't pull the wool over her eyes, she sees just as clearly today as she did when she was first married.

So, I totally enjoyed my conversation with her, but it got me thinking, what is a Conservative woman?

It's her! A pioneer at heart, out lived her husband probably by shear will power, rules her family with an iron hand, and has no time for fools (Liberals).

I started thinking about all the Conservative women I know, and came to the conclusion that all of them are tough minded.

They all know where they are going, and how to get there.
They don't complain, they act.
They don't demand equality, they make people understand that they are more than equal.
They don't want handouts, they want to help people who truly need help.
They take no guff from anyone, male or female.

Conservative women, tough minded, ready to change our country, for the betterment of their children, and most importantly, they drag their husbands into the fight and make them excel.

Conservative women, tough minded!

Poor English Causes Quebecer Suncor Job.

A Quebec ironworker is accusing Suncor of discrimination after he was fired for poor English, but a spokesman for the oil giant says poor communication can be dangerous.
The dismissal prompted a second Quebecer to quit Suncor in protest and has incensed the local ironworkers union, which is demanding Suncor do more to accommodate French-speaking tradesmen.

Well, I can hear the howling about this one! Maybe if Quebec allowed signs in both French and English, instead of French only, this wouldn't have happened!

"If they'd have just given him the tests in French he'd have passed with flying colours," he said

Last fall, he said, Suncor hired 30 non-unionized Filipino tradesmen to work at their Firebag site farther north.
"They hired translators for them," Anderson said, although Suncor spokesman Patti Lewis said the Filipinos all passed English-language testing.

I think the whole issue is not about language, it's about union versus non-union workers.

So, Quebec, hows that French only law working out? It's the province of Quebec that is discriminating, not Suncor. If I go to a doctor, and he only speaks French, it's not going to do me any good now is it?

The English test is there to protect workers, but don't let the safety of workers get in the way of French language rights. It's sad that Filipino tradesmen can pass the test, but a Canadian can not!

Will Anyone Support This Bill?

Here's a way to get the opposition to vote against a bill and then use it to call an election.

The Conservatives, we are told endlessly by the media, are swimming in money, as if that's a bad thing. Well it is when all the other parties are scrambling for funds.

The opposition have been playing games, passing a Kyoto bill, the Kelowna bill, just about passing an anti-scab bill, and worse of all voting against the anti-terrorist bill. You see, the lefties actually hold the majority in Parliament and are using that power to their advantage in committees, and in the Senate. It's amazing that the Conservatives have managed to get anything done in this Parliament. No law and order bills are being passed, because they know that the Conservatives hold the high ground on that issue. So, it's all about stall, stall, stall, and if stalling doesn't work, past a useless bill.

I'm getting sick of this lack of cooperation, and I think a lot of other people are as well, so the question is, how do the Conservatives get the opposition to vote down a confidence bill? Here's the answer.

The government puts forward a confidence vote on a bill that would cancel the $1.75 per vote of taxpayers money every political party now gets.

Only the Conservatives are in a position to win on this bill, all other parties are too broke to be able to vote with the government on a bill like that, so the opposition brings down the government on a bill that saves taxpayers millions.

It not a big issue, but it could be the final straw that broke the Parliaments back, plus it makes the opposition parties look greedy!

Predisposed To Polls.

Okay just a quick post because it is late, and I have to be at work real early tomorrow.

We have all seen online polls go bad, like the poll that just got unSuzukified, also lots of Globe and Mail polls seem to get freeped overnight. That's to be expected, given the chance, someone will try to corrupt an online poll to reflect their opinion. Personally I think it's a big waste of time, but hey, if you have nothing better to do with your life, go ahead.

What I really want to point out is that the latest Angus Reid poll showing the Conservatives at 40% and the Liberals at 26%, has been called an online poll, and therefore everyone is saying it's not accurate, but it was an email poll, not an online poll. It's actually no worse than a phone poll. Here's some reasons why:

1. Most people will not take the time to answer a phone poll, those same people will not answer an email about a poll.

In my household, I love answering polls of all kinds, my hubby hates them, so when a polling firm calls, he hands the phone right to me. So, we are already biasing the poll, only a person predisposed to answering polls will agree, all others will say no and hang up.

2. I get all sorts of email invitations to answer polls, my name is on a whole list of polling firms, I even go to focus groups (mainly because they pay money). So, if I get an email asking me to participate in a poll, I am predisposed to do so, even though I don't know what the survey is about. This is the same thing that Angus Reid would have done, does it bias the survey? No more than a phone poll.

3. Email polls reach more people at a lower cost to the company.

Phone poll, you need people calling, email poll, all you need is an email address.

Now, just because I am Conservative, does that mean that I am more likely to answer either an email poll or a phone poll? Nope, I'm just predisposed to answering surveys.

So, a phone poll, or an email poll have their biases. Online polls are a totally different matter, they can be freeped, and therefore are not reliable.

Alberta Bashing, Again!

All right, this Liberal/Bloq/NDP trick of bashing Alberta to win votes in the rest of Canada is going to come back to bite them.

Watching question period sure opens your eyes about the Bloq. They do not support the war in Afghanistan, but when a contract for military equipment gets awarded, they start yelling about how they DESERVE 60% of that contract work. Well, okay, you can have 60% of a 3 billion contract, if Alberta doesn't have to send you 11 billion in return, just to keep your sorry, non-working butts in Canada.

The NDP, they want tougher restrictions on the oil sands, if they would just think about that (I know that's a foreign concept), they would realize that means fewer tax dollars to get spent on their favorite special interest groups, or that wonder of a healthcare system, they support.

The Liberals, are just about as bad as the Bloq, all they want is to raid Alberta's resources, NEP II on the way folks.

"In particular, greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands activities are of increasing concern and have yet to be tackled head on. As one witness from the Pembina Institute put it, Canada risks becoming known 'not as an energy superpower but as a superpolluter'."
It says the Alberta government owns the oil sands and should determine the pace of their development, but Ottawa also has jurisdiction to intervene through legislation such as the Fisheries Act and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
"The committee recommends that the federal government, specifically the Department of Natural Resources, base all of its actions in the area of oil sands development on sustainable development and polluter pays principles."
It recommends a firm limit on greenhouse gas emissions from the oil sands, saying they should be developed in a way that doesn't jeopardize Canada's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.
The Alberta government is likely to react strongly to any suggestion of a stronger federal role in the development of the oil resources.

The Alberta government is likely to react strongly? Are you kidding, the Alberta people are likely to revolt and separate!

Why will all this energy grabbing and Kyoto garbage fail? Well, Newfoundland/Sask/Ab, all have oil, so if they see a tax grab happening in AB, they have to know it will happen to them too. Next, if oil subsidies have to go, so do all the government subsidies, so, Ontario with the auto sector gets hurt, and Quebec with Bombardier gets hit. That leaves only BC as a have province, until they come after their forestry and mining industries.

Why would the Liberals want to kill off the golden goose? They know we will never vote for them, EVER, so they have nothing to lose by Alberta bashing. The Bloq, same deal. The NDP, well they just have their heads on backwards, and they actually think they are going forward.

Added to all the lefty political parties bashing us, we get Suzuki, coming to an ELEMENTARY school and bashing our Prime Minister. They are all doing such a good job of isolating Alberta, that we just might isolate from the rest of Canada, the only thing keeping Alberta from doing that, is that the Conservatives are in power, and Albertans are stronger supporters of Canada, than any other province.

None of these parties mention that Alberta is the only debt free province (not deficit free, DEBT free), and that we got there by taking a 20% reduction in jobs. We sucked it up, and got it done. We should be the shining example of how to make a province work, yet all we get is Alberta bashing.

But, beware, we will only be raped for so long in the name of Canada.

Conservatives And Common Sense

I went to meet some people I had only known on-line by posting at Free Dominion, it was an interesting experience.

The very first thing I felt was a level of comfort, knowing I was with like thinkers. There were no ackward lags in the conversation, because we had politics to talk about, and we were all on the same page, or mostly on the same page, but Conservatives like free thinkers who can support their arguments, that's what makes us interesting, and better people.

More Conservatives should do exactly the same thing, it helps you realize that Conservatives come in all shapes and sizes, but at heart, deep down, they are real people with real concerns about our country, not some made up, neo-con knuckle dragging fire, and brimstone breathing Liberal created monster.

Real people with real concerns, and a real desire to help make our country a better place to live for everyone.

We met over beer and chicken wings, not champagne and cavier. We are the hard working middle class, concerned about our families, not the global warming myth. We want safe streets and cities, not gay parades. We want our taxes spent on healthcare and helping the disabled, not special interest groups who suck off the government teat and accomplish nothing for real people.

It finally hit me tonight, it's all about common sense.

That's what Conservatives have that the lefties don't, plain and simple, common sense!

I Feel Sorry For Ralph

No, not Klein, he's doing fine, I mean Goodale. I know I shouldn't feel sorry for him, but I do.

He's the only Liberal left with any hint of personal integrity, and he's fighting hard for his party. He has had to step in and defend Dion's positions, and the only way he can do it is by bluster. It's really shameful to see what Dion has reduced him to doing. He's probably the only Liberal who should get re-elected. Dion and Iggy are so weak, it's really been left to him to try and fight the whole Conservative party.

He's been reduced to an old wind bag, and I wouldn't be shocked if he doesn't run again, but his loyalty to his party might make him try, just one more time. It's like an old hockey player playing one season too many instead of going out on the top of the heap.

One man alone can not save the Liberal party, but Ralph is putting up a good fight. Too bad he's looking like a shrill housewife (fishperson, houseperson, dang not sure what the politically correct term is, but you get the idea, right?) and it makes me sad that his party has reduced him to this level.

A Scary Thought!

I'm starting to think that the NDP are actually a better option than the Liberals! Now, that's a scary thought!

Liberals remind me of a fish out of water, flip-flopping to get back into the water (power), not understanding that their days are numbered.

The NDP, might be wrong on most issues, but at least they take a position and stick to it. They have also honestly been trying to make this minority work.

So, if I was a lefty (perish the thought) who would I vote for next election? NDP or maybe even the Greens.

Not the Liberals, mainly because they have no position on major policies, their leader is a joke, Bill Graham actually did a better job than the 1-2 Dion, Iggy punch so far, and they are so busy pandering to the ethnic voters they are leaving the center wide open for the Conservatives, and if they are smart the NDP.

How far can the Liberals actually fall? The NDP need to start attacking the Liberals, hard. They need to work with the Conservatives on the Clean Air Act, and position themselves as a true alternative to the Liberals. Jack, you're a smart guy, get your party singing the same tune.

Hope I don't have nightmares tonight, but actually the Liberals are the nightmare, can the NDP capitalize?