Females In Prison!

Okay, I got sidetracked last night into posting about the CTV bias covering the Hamas/Israel crisis, but I really wanted to continue with the discussion about prisons and whether they are effective or not. I talked about juveniles and how farm camps might be a better solution than prison. Next, let's look at women in prison.

I am much like most Canadians, I have never been involved with any criminal activities, although I did get called up for jury duty once (I was rejected because they were looking for grandma types). I read the newspaper, form an opinion and condemn people from my couch. It's easy because I think I am safe from those criminal elements.

Women in prison, is this the place for them? I'm not sure, but I have met some of them, and maybe prison for a short period of time is helpful. It depends on the people who they can react with and the programs that are available.

I volunteered to go to the woman's prison in Edmonton so they could learn how to train a dog. We never asked them why they were there, but the leader of the group admitted that her boyfriend got her involved in drug dealing, and one girl who didn't look a day over 15 was a prostitute.

I'm sure you have heard of the programs that allow dogs into prisons, this was something like those programs, except the dogs did not stay in the prison. We brought dogs into the prison and showed the ladies how to walk them and train them to understand commands like sit, down and stay. Attendance was 100% and many who had not signed up for the course were jealous of those who got to play/train the dogs.

To the point:

What struck me most was that these women seriously wanted to change their lives, but they would be released back into the very situation that had gotten them into trouble in the first place. A mean boyfriend, a pimp waiting to get that youngster back into his stable, that was what was waiting for these ladies.

The dogs provided them with an escape into the possibilities, like a dog grooming business, or selling pure bred puppies to provide them an income. The dogs didn't care what they had done, they didn't judge, they didn't demand anything, what they did was to provide a chance for these ladies to love without condition or fear. Unfortunately, not enough volunteers came forward to keep the program working, but the prison could have instituted their own program.

The ladies were charmed by the dogs, but they were also intrigued by us, the human volunteers. We were told not to give ANY personal information except our first names, but you could still talk about your family life, and the ladies questioned us about all sorts of things. Most of them did not know what a normal family was, and hearing things like what we cooked for supper fascinated them.

What is missing from the prisons is real people, with real lives willing to share stories and expose themselves to the criminal element. They need to see people who do not judge them. They need to understand what a real family can be like, they need to take responsibility for their actions, but society needs to provide real help to these ladies. Releasing them into the same situation that lead them into prison is not going to change their lives. Taking a dog training course while in prison might lift their spirits, but it's not going to change their after prison life. Only they can do that, no matter how much we want to help them.

Israel = War, Gaza = Suffering

CTV offers us the 3% solution. If you show only 1 picture of Israel's pain, and 29 of Palestine's pain, out of 30 photos, you CAN shape Canadian opinion. Oh, don't get me wrong, they show plenty of pictures of the Israel tanks, and helicopters and planes, lots of shooting by the Israelis, and they balance that with plenty of pictures of Palestinian children hurt, and suffering.

Watch the slide show, can you see it? I can see it!

This is a totally disgusting display of bias by CTV and their reporters. Israel = War, Gaza = Suffering. Not one picture of Hamas firing rockets into Israel. Every picture, except one, shows Israel using tanks, rockets and aircraft against helpless children.

CTV needs to get some balance, but they get away with it because people think they are less biased than CBC. I say, don't turn the channel (they are all just as bad) turn to the advertisers on these channels, write down who is advertising on those stations and let them know why you will not buy their products anymore.

We can't do that with CBC, because they use taxpayers money and do not rely on advertising, but CTV does, and when their pocketbooks get hit, they listen.

CTV is presenting a VERY unbalanced picture of this conflict, and they need to be called on it.

UPDATE: frmgrl has provided two excellent links that call out the media bias that is occurring.

Honest Reporting Canada has multiple incidences of MSM bias in reporting.

And....

Charles Adler has an excellent article on media bias in this crisis.

Thank you frmgrl!!

Boot Camps For Youths!

I was thinking about how we can save youngsters from a life of crime. I look at my 15 and 13 year old boys and can't ever imagine them stealing a car or belonging to a gang. Crossing fingers and praying. They have not given us a lick of trouble and I think a strong family life, with both parents united, has reduced the risk of them ever running with the wrong crowd. I went looking for programs that might help young offenders, not by jailing them, but by putting them into work camps.

One article about the new "super" youth detention centre in Toronto thought it was wrong because the family and community would not have access to the young criminals. I disagree, I think the family and community life is what has created this young criminal, and therefore they should be taken totally out of their current situation, a time out if you will.

Do we put them in jails? No. House arrest? Right, let the little criminal sit at home in the environment that created the problem in the first place. Not. What about a boot camp for baby criminals? This seems to have some effect, especially on the young ones that are forced to do such horrible things as get up early, play nice and listen to adults. It appears that lefty Canada doesn't have any of these boot camps that I could find (if anyone knows about one, I would love to hear about it), but lefty California has a bunch of them, and they work better than jail.

Should the camps be closed?

L.A. County might close its 19 youth "day camps" because of state budget cuts. A day camp is not a boot camp or a summer camp—it's a type of jail where youth serve time after they're convicted of a crime. It's worse than being on house arrest or being in a group home placement, but not as bad as being in the California Youth Authority, the youth prisons where more serious offenders are housed.

L.A. Youth asked nine teens who had been in the camps: Should the camps be shut down? They said no. Even though they felt the camps didn't help them, the camps were safer and less strict than a youth prison or juvenile hall.

Read the nine teens opinions, what struck me most was that they didn't think they were the problem, they took no responsibility for their actions, here is one of them:

By D.C., 17-year-old male from Los Angeles

What did you do that first got you into the juvenile justice system?
Possession of a firearm.

Have you ever spent time in the day camps?
I was at Camp Holton [in San Fernando] for four months, then at Camp Smith [in Lancaster] for four months, then Camp Paige [in La Verne] for nine months.

What was your experience like in the day camps?
It was very boring and it does not teach you anything. It is just stressful and a waste of time because nobody seems to care and a lot of people get blamed for things they didn't do.

Do you think the day camps should be closed?
No, because more kids will go to prison or Y.A.

What are your future goals?
To graduate from high school and go to college.

Do you consider yourself a bad kid?
No, I do not consider myself a bad kid. I just hang around bad people.

I suggest we take the "good" kids out of the situation that makes them feel comfortable hanging with "bad" people. Maybe not a "boot" camp, but what about a farm environment. Seriously. Take the Toronto baby gangster and put them on a farm where they have to get up and milk the cows at 5:00 in the morning, then shovel out that barn, and then ride a horse to check on the herd, etc. Keep them so busy they don't have time to think about what their problems are at home. Give them a sense of accomplishment, and pride in their own abilities. Let them help plant that field of corn and watch it grow.

A simple, "you are awesome" can light up any kids face, but you can't BS them, they know the difference, they need to earn it. Like kids plant beans in grade one, and hopefully watch for it to sprout, take the disturbed youth into a new and positive environment and watch what can happen.

Forget the psychiatrist who talks endlessly to families and effects no change. Send the family out of the community, out of the problem zone, into real life on a farm.

Boot camps for youths can work, because they give discipline, and a sense of purpose to a kid that has had little help or guidance.

Thou Doest Protest Too Much!

Really lefties, we are tired of your endless bleating about any cause that cranks your engines. Think back to the "ban the bra" protests, how's that working out for you ladies, a little droopy now are you? Then there were the protests against the Vietnam War, blaming the soldiers that were fighting for freedom, while the hippies did LSD and forgot what had build America.

We have protesters for everything these days, the most recent, those protesters against Israel. Let's not forget the protesters for the Tamil terrorists, the childcare protesters, the union picketers, and the environmental protesters. The list is endless, and people are getting protested out.

I find myself getting immune to these protests. All those rallies, with flags from other countries flying, make me mad. Immigrants come to Canada to escape their pathetic lives in their "old" country, but they still protest what is happening back home. Tough, either get with life in Canada or go back to your conflicts. Either you want a new life here, or you want to bring your old hates here, but as a born and breed Canadian, I do not want your conflicts spilling over into my families life. Go back and help your people if you feel so strongly for your cause. Like the hippies of old, only you care about Hamas, Hezbollah, Tamil and the Taliban, all of which are terrorist organizations.

Some comments from CTV:
ML
Remember this for here is truth!

As many have said before, if the Palestinians would lay down their weapons, there would be peace. If the Israelis would lay down their weapons, there would be no Israel.

Pat in Ontario
Does anyone "deomocratically" elect a terrorist regime? Didn't happen in USSR, didn't happen in Cuba. The Palestinians need to get rid of the Hamas, the cowards who hide behind their "people" (read pawns) & at any opportunity launch rockets into Israel. Palestinians are being terrorized by their own leadership!

Judging by the planned protests that have been televised, the Muslim leaders have orchestrated this whole event worldwide.

Let Israel & the Palestinians duke it out once and for all. As far as I'm concerned, Israel will be doing the Palestinian people a favor by getting rid of the Hamas.

DWR
Israel is acting in the only way that the Hamas understands. It was Hamas that started to fire rocket into Israel, hundreds every day so this is the only logical move to be made. If Hamas and the Palestinian people want peace then they should prove it and stop attacking any one that is not in agreement with their beliefs.

Jan Webb, Victoria, B.C.
From Jan. through Nov. of 2008, Hamas, who is funded largely by Iran, launched 1212 rockets and 1290 mortar bombs from Gaza into southern Israel. For many weeks, Israel had been imploring Hamas to stop shooting, to allow farmers to attend their fields. Hamas refused. Israel responded after a long 11 months with an offensive into Gaza. At least they telephoned prior to this, informing Hamas to move any civilians away from the targeted military areas to avoid casualties. It is not their desire to see innocent people and children suffer. Israel's offensive remains a military one, as opposed to Hamas. I have little respect for Hamas' bombing of Israeli day cares, schools, supermarkets with the INTENT to kill Israeli civilians. Their agenda remains to wipe Israel off the face of the map. I support Israel in her efforts to have an international team to help enforce the ceasefire. It seems the rest of the world is more concerned with the fate of Palestinian children that Hamas is.

It appears that Canadians are not being fooled by these protests.

Thou doest protest too much.

I Miss Ralph!

Sure Stelmach won the last election and gained seats when the media was telling us that he was going to lose big time, but really, who else did we have to vote for?

I miss Ralph! He might have been more liberal than conservative, but one thing you could count on was that he would stick up for Alberta, always. It seems some other people miss him too!

Give 'em the bum's rush

It was on a cold January day 27 long years ago that Ralph Klein gave his famous "Eastern Creeps and Bums" speech.

He urged the police to employ a little "cowboy" justice in dealing with the wave of criminals descending on Calgary and Alberta generally.

Of course, it immediately got twisted by the central Canadian media, who jump at any opportunity to Alberta-bash.

Klein was the rookie Calgary mayor back then. But those four words propelled him onto the national stage, turned him into an instant folk hero and set the wheels in motion to him becoming one of Alberta's most popular premiers.

Klein told the newcomers they were "welcome to stay here for a couple of weeks."

But if they haven't made it by then: "don't go out and rob our banks and our convenience stores or mug our senior citizens or snatch purses," he warned. "Get the hell out of town!"

Well, it's getting cold again, and 2009 is beginning to feel a lot like 1982.

With one big exception: we don't have a dynamic leader like Ralph Klein to tell it like it is.

One thing you could always count on with Ralph, was an honesty that few politicians have ever tried. I remember him telling us that if he was elected we would have to take a 20% reduction in the work force (mainly civil servants) to reduce our debt. We voted him in and kept voting for him because he was good for Alberta. We are now debt free, thanks to the voters who understood that a little pain would lead to a huge gain.

Saskatchewan gets it, BC is trying to get it, and Newfoundland has their own Ralph. Ontario and Quebec just don't get it. Both have not provinces think Liberal governments can get them the most from the federal government. I feel sorry for Ontario because they do not need to be a have not province, especially after years of supporting the rest of Canada. At least they have smartened up and realized that voting Conservative federally might help them.

Quebec is another matter all together. They continue to elect a separatist party federally because they think that party can actually gain them more entitlements. Why has Quebec never been a have province? Lazy, heavily unionized Quebec is like an anchor on Canada. I love their culture, but I can't stand their arrogance. What will they do next election when the Conservatives get a majority, without Quebec.

I miss Ralph, because he stood up for Alberta, he took the flack from the eastern media, and he protected our interests. He also was a down to earth guy that the average Albertan could relate to, drinking problem and all. You come to Alberta and work hard, no problem. You don't want to work, the bus to BC is revving it's engine as you pack! Granted BC didn't appreciate all our welfare cases, but hey, at least they didn't freeze in the winter.

Could we have Ralph Klein back at least for a day, so he could give us his Eastern Creeps and Bums speech again?

Once more, with feeling.

Yup, Ralph has been too quiet for too long! We miss you Ralph!

Safe In Canada!

Safe in Canada, it is hard to get my head around hate. Yesterday my youngest had 2 friends over, one was Chinese/Canadian, the other was African/Canadian, but no one saw any difference, they were just three best friends playing. They are our future, they are colour blind. I wish it was the same for all people....



Let us not forget that Israel withdrew from Gaza, with great pain to their people, and expected the rockets to stop. Instead they stopped bombing Israel settlements in Gaza and started bombing Israel. The withdrawal solved nothing.



So much pain from both sides. My question is what has Hamas done to make their peoples lives better? What do they offer the average Palestinian except more pain and death. They spend all their money on rockets not food. What have they done to make Gaza productive?

Just as we came to realize during the first intifada that the occupation was untenable, so we have now come to realize that peace is impossible with Palestinian leaders for whom reconciliation is a one-way process. … So long as Gaza refuses to heal itself, Israelis will rightly suspect that the Palestinian goal remains Israel's destruction. Not even a full withdrawal from the West Bank, they fear, will end the war, any more than the pullout from Gaza stopped the rockets. Israel's crime isn't occupying but existing.

The hate:

excellent video
it is great that the Jews are getting kicked out of their homes even before their next house is built... really cool
Yusaf , Ramallah (08.19.05)

Jewish Gaza capital 'Hamas terror camp'

Senior Hamas sources say group turned former Gaza settlement Neve Dekalim into ‘military training camp for martyrs,’ boast several Qassam rockets fired from former Jewish capital into nearby Israeli Negev towns

So the greenhouses of Neve Dekalim have been turned into a bomb building facility. Everything I read convinces me that Islam builds nothing but hate.

"Israel's crime isn't occupying but existing"...that is the heart of the matter.

Friday.. Oops..Saturday Funnies!

Seeing as I just had New Years funnies, my supply of jokes is limited, but I think some of these are funny:

Three little ducks go into a Bar.......

'Say, what's your name?' the bartender asked the first duck.

'Huey,' was the reply.

'How's your day been, Huey?'

'Great. Lovely day. Had a ball. Been in and out of puddles all day. What else could a duck want?' said Huey.

'Oh. That's nice,' said the bartender. He turned to the second duck, 'Hi, and what's your name?'

'Dewey,' came the answer from duck number two.

'So how's your day been, Dewey! ?' he asked.

'Great. Lovely day. I've had a ball too. Been in and out of puddles all day myself. What else could a duck want?'

The bartender turned to the third duck and said, 'So, you must be Louie?'

'No,' she said, batting her eyelashes.

'My name is Puddles.'
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It was a hot day in Minnesota. Helga hung out the wash to dry, put a roast in the oven, and then went downtown to pick up some dry cleaning.

"Gootness, it's hotter dan hell today," she mused to herself as she walked down Main Street. She passed a tavern and thought, "Vy nodt?" So she walked in and took a seat at the bar.

The bartender walked up and asked her what she would like to drink.
"Ya know," Helga said, "it is zo hot, I tink I'll have myself a cold beer.
"Anheuser Busch?" the bartender asked.
Helga blushed and replied, "Vell fine, tanks, und how's yur viener?"
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To save the economy in 2009 the government will start deporting all of the
weird old people.

I started crying when I thought of you.

Run, my friend, RUN !!!!

Well....what can I say....someone sent it to me! I'm not going alone.
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Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.

The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.
The man bought thousands at $10 and, as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. He next announced that he would now buy monkeys at $20 each. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.
Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so scarce it was an effort to even find a monkey, let alone catch it!

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50 each! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would buy on his behalf. In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has already collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each."
The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys for 700 billion dollars.
They never saw the man or his assistant again, only lots and lots of monkeys!

Now you have a better understanding of how the
WALL STREET BAILOUT PLAN
WILL WORK !!!!

It doesn't get much clearer than this.................
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The Roomba, from a cat's prospective:


And from a dog's prospective:



Who's smarter?
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If Santa missed your house this year, I might have found out why:


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Have a great weekend! Dang holidays make me tired.

In 2009 Can We Have Some Common Sense?

A new year, a new start. Let's start with something called common sense. Try to apply it to what is happening around you, and spread it around. Some examples of the lack of common sense and the intrusion into our personal space:

1. The 30 second idling rule.
2. Banning guns.
3. Smoking laws.
4. Taxpayer paid abortions.
5. Free needles and drugs.
6. Bailouts.
7. HRC's
8. Lack of property rights.
9. Coalitions.
10. Unions.
11. Global warming.
12. House arrest for murder.

Those are just a few examples of how special interest groups and socialists are taking away our individual rights for the "good" of society. Feel free to add your pet peeves.

Free society? How free are we anymore? You can't open a bar that allows smoking because it will take away business from other bars. If we actually had property rights, they could not dictate to us like this is Russia. This is supposedly for the good of society because smoking, though legal is socially undesirable, but at the same time we are told that marijuana should be legalized and special smoking rooms should be allowed for those who want to toke up.

We are told that we should herd our children into daycares, for their own good, that having a child actually raised by one of their parents is undesirable for society. The family has become a threat to socialists because it forms the basis of a secure and stable society.

Common sense has disappeared to be replaced by political correctness and multiculturalism. Special interest groups abound, mostly funded by governments, the majority of them are only interested in restricting our freedoms, or intruding into our lives with stupid laws. A 30 second idling rule in Edmonton during -30 weather, is just stupid, but the lefties at city hall have nothing better to do than plan how to make us peasants conform to their socialist ideals, meanwhile our streets are a snowy mess.

I am really, really sick of all the rules and regulations that are designed to take away our freedoms while allowing special interest groups more power. Where has common sense gone?

New Years Funnies!

I know it's not Friday, but in the spirit (HA) of New Year's, I thought a few funnies would ring in the new year on the right note! I wish you all a Happy New Year! I want to thank you for all your comments and making blogging fun! I will keep blogging, if you keep commenting! Now to the funnies:

When an engineer owns a dog!


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A Little Canadian Humor,
Forget Rednecks,
Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about Canucks.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from
September through May,
You may live in Canada.

If someone in a Home Depot store
Offers you assistance and they don't work there,
You may live in Canada.

If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time,
You may live in Canada.

If you've had a lengthy telephone conversation
With someone who dialed a wrong number,
You may live in Canada.

If 'Vacation' means going anywhere
South of Detroit for the weekend,
You may live in Canada.

If you measure distance in hours,
You may live in Canada.

If you know several people
Who have hit a deer more than once,
You may live in Canada.

If you have switched from 'heat' to 'A/C'
In the same day and back again,
You may live in Canada.

If you can drive 90 km/hr through 2 feet of snow
During a raging blizzard without flinching,
You may live in Canada.

If you install security lights on your house and garage,
But leave both unlocked,
You may live in Canada.

If you carry jumpers in your car
And your wife knows how to use them,
You may live in Canada.

If you design your kid's Halloween costume
To fit over a snowsuit,
You may live in Canada.

If the speed limit on the highway is 80 km --
You're going 90 and everybody is passing you,
You may live in Canada.

If driving is better in the winter
Because the potholes are filled with snow,
You may live in Canada.

If you know all 4 seasons:
Almost winter, winter, still winter,
And road construction,
You may live in Canada.

If you have more miles
On your snow blower than your car,
You may live in Canada.

If you find 2 degrees 'a little chilly',
You may live in Canada.

If you actually understand these jokes,
And forward them to all
Your Canadian friends & others,
You definitely live in Canada.
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One more bambi saved!
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I hope you look better than this guy tommorrow!! Stay away from the rum and Pepsi's!!

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After serious & cautious consideration . . .

Your contract of friendship has been renewed for the New Year 2009!
It was a very hard decision to make. So try not to screw it up!!!
My Wish for You in 2009

May peace break into your house and may thieves come to steal your debts. May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet of $100 bills. May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your lips! May your clothes smell of success like smoking tires and may happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy. May the problems you had forget your home address! In simple words . . . May 2009 be the best year of your life!!!

My Pick Of The Year!

My salute goes out to the people who line the Highway of Heroes to show their support for our troops! You represent all Canadians by honouring our fallen heroes. I will never be able to be there, so those of you who can be, have my thanks for going out in all kinds of weather to represent me and all Canadians.

Silent, sad salute for fallen

PORT HOPE — The sound of the three revving engines of the hearses was all that broke the mournful quiet cast along the Highway of Heroes yesterday.

None of the more than 400 men, women and children huddled in the cold across the Ontario St. overpass broke the salute of silence as the convoy of hearses bearing the flag-draped caskets of Sgt. Gregory Kruse, Pte. Michael Freeman and Warrant Officer Gaetan Roberge headed to Toronto.

Please click on the link and watch the video. I can not be there in person, but I am standing there in spirit with you!

I salute our brave troops for upholding Canada's flag with honour and valour. May 2009 be a kinder year for all people involved in conflicts.

Rum And Pepsi For New Years?

Why not rum and Coke anymore? Well, it's all about the drowning polar bears. You know those cute, playful bears that eat those cute seal pups and the occasional human. Why do we never see the white fur of the polar bear covered with baby seal blood? Those same polar bears that our northern people could hunt to keep themselves warm and fed in the winter, but that's now a BIG NO NO! They are so busy drowning because the arctic is melting, that Coca-Cola has joined up with WWF to save them. That's right, buy a Coke product to save the polar bears!



So, I clicked on the link about polar bear populations, and I got a nice map of where polar bears live, but no data on how many polar bears actually exist and how badly there populations are being reduced by climate change.



I went looking for actual facts about polar bear populations and wasn't surprised that Kate from SDA's had already posted the facts a year ago:

"We are concerned," said Mr. Kempthorne, that "the polar bears' habitat may literally be melting" due to warmer Arctic temperatures. However, when we called Interior spokesman Hugh Vickery for some elaboration, he was a lot less categorical, even a tad defensive. The "endangered" designation is based less on the actual number of bears in Alaska than on "projections into the future," Mr. Vickery said, adding that these "projection models" are "tricky business."

Looking at the facts, it appears those cute polar bears are safe from extinction, but Coca-Cola might be their next victim. I wonder if they know this little fact about polar bears:

There are records of polar bears going after humans at all times and
all places encountered. They are not the misunderstood sharks of the
frozen north. They are large, hungry, dangerous as hell mammals, and
in their human-avoidant behavior not at all like their close cousins
the grizzleys. At no time or place can you be even reasonably sure of
being safe out on the ice with one. Unless you're in a polar bear
proof cage. Or you and several persons in your group are armed with an
automatic 12 or 10 guage shotgun loaded with OO buck (a horror weapon
that will stop anything at 20 feet, excluding possibly elephant-- and
even then I would not want to be the elephant).

Maybe Coke should rethink their new campaign, because I'm not buying Coke until they stop this nonsense! Maybe Coke should go up north, and try to interview one of those starving polar bears, or maybe they should get Paul McCartney to cuddle up to one of their cubs, see how that photo shoot goes. HA!

Leave the polar bears alone, they are doing just fine without human interference, unless you want to be their next snack!

Blogless In Kelowna!

The sun trying to peek through the clouds!

What do you hear when you have no access to the internet?

It's normally easy for me to get up, go to Blogging Tories, and start my day reading what has been posted there before I go to work. My parents have the internet, but it's dial-up and they only have 5 hours a month, so I didn't bother with it. Instead, I watched what they watched. All I can say, is no wonder they are Liberals, they watched CBC, and drank in the pablum they were fed.

I hope Iggy listens to my Dad, he thinks the coalition is the only way the Liberals can go to get back into power. If enough Liberal supporters send emails in support of the coalition, Iggy, being a political newbie, might just think it's a good idea.

I haven't watched CBC in years, but I recommend it to everyone for a week. No cheating and watching any other channel, just watch CBC to get your news. See how quickly your brain atrophies. At least my brother-in-law recognized that all news, is lefty news, but don't tell that to my parents.

They talked about how crime in Kelowna is getting really bad, and that the judges should impose stricter sentences, they don't want marijuana legalized, they think the auto companies should not be bailed out, and that Vancouver's In-Site should be shut down, but they still vote Liberal. They are more Conservative than I am, but they watch CBC and they still believe PM Harper is "scary", that's what they have been told, they even believe in global warming and don't think the BC carbon tax is that bad, plus they like the huge garbage bins they have to roll to the curb, it makes them feel like they are doing something for the environment. Can you say brainwashed?

One week without the internet made me appreciate the Blogging Tories even more than ever. We don't always agree, but we are not automatons, listening 24/7 to CBC and believing the slop they feed viewers. So thanks Stephen and Craig, where would we go without the Blogging Tories site?

This Is So Sad, And Scary!

You all know my family just got back from a trip to Kelowna. What many who have never been to the Rockies don't know, is that the threat of avalanches are always present, not just in the outback, but on the Trans Canada Highway.

I hope that the last person missing will somehow be found alive, but I suspect that will not be the case.

Rescue crews find seventh body at avalanche site

Rescue crews have found a seventh body after avalanches struck a group of snowmobilers in a backcountry area near Fernie, B.C., on the weekend. One person is still missing.

The group was hit by back-to-back avalanches on Sunday, burying a total of 11 people. Three escaped, and officials began a desperate search for the remaining eight.

This is very sad news for all those families, my heart goes out to them. Meanwhile, at the Globe and Mail, some of the comments were disgusting and very uninformed:

Catalina Nina from Canada writes: I am wondering who pays the cost of rescue and care for those irresponsible faux-sportsmen. It's time to make that kind of people pay for themselves.

"That kind of people"??? I guess my family was irresponsible because we were traveling on the Trans Canada Highway.

As you drive through the Rockies, you see signs that say "Avalanche Area, Do Not Stop", and around Revelstoke you go through 8 snow tunnels like this one:


If that's not enough to convince Catalina that the danger exists not just to those who go snowmobiling in the outback, here is a picture taken on the Trans Canada, where we were stopped for over an hour because they were doing avalanche control.



My family thanks the dedicated people who keep the mountain roads clear, and the people who keep the avalanche threat to a minimum. To idiots like Catalina, I have no words to fight such stupidity.

Global Warming On Our Trip, Or Not!

We had a wonderful Christmas, I hope everyone else did too! Funny what a week without the internet can do for you.

As we were driving, we heard that PM Harper had appointed 18 Senators, and that Mike Duffy was one of them, then the station cut out, and through the mountains you only get CBC Radio if you are lucky, so I had to watch TV to get confirmation that it really was true. I'm happy for "The Duff", but sad for Conservatives because the only balanced TV reporter (except Rex Murphy) has now lost his voice, and we have lost ours as a consequence. Craig Oliver must be livid, maybe he can console Phil Fontaine, but the Senate appointments are old news for everyone but me.

Global warming hit us on both the drive to and from Kelowna. You would not have believed how the frozen waterfalls were melting because of all the cars driving through the mountains. It was very disturbing! (If you look really hard, the salt on the road has melted some of the ice.)

The only conclusion I can reach is that we must close all routes into BC so we can save the planet! Sorry Mom and Dad, but the BC carbon tax seems to be working so well that you BC'ers must be isolated so that the rest of Canada doesn't pollute your world. This might also help to keep BC Bud in BC, but I'm sure that pack mules through the mountains will still somehow make it to Alberta. HA.

I'm looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, and after white knuckling it through the mountains one more time, I leave you with this video, which expresses my joy that my family is once again home, safe and sound.



Okay, I'm not Celtic, but music is a unifier.

Christmas At The Gas Station!

We leave for Kelowna tomorrow morning, so this will be my last post until after Christmas. May everyone traveling home for Christmas arrive safely, and may you be wrapped in the loving arms of your family.

I found this modern version of the Christmas message and thought you would enjoy reading it:

The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve. He hadn't been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away. It was just another day to him. He didn't hate Christmas, just couldn't find a reason to celebrate. He was sitting there looking at the snow that had been falling for the last hour and wondering what it was all about when the door opened and a homeless man stepped through.

Instead of throwing the man out, Old George as he was known by his customers, told the man to come and sit by the heater and warm up. "Thank you, but I don't mean to intrude," said the stranger. "I see you're busy, I'll just go." "Not without something hot in your belly." George said.

He turned and opened a wide mouth Thermos and handed it to the stranger. "It ain't much, but it's hot and tasty, "Stew ... made it myself. When you're done, there's coffee and it's fresh."

Just at that moment he heard the "ding" of the driveway bell. "Excuse me, be right back," George said. There in the driveway was an old '53 Chevy. Steam was rolling out of the front. The driver was panicked. "Mister can you help me!" said the driver, with a deep Spanish accent. "My wife is with child and my car is broken."

George opened the hood. It was bad. The block looked cracked from the cold, the car was dead. "You ain't going in this thing," George said as he turned away.

"But Mister, please help ..." The door of the office closed behind George as he went inside. He went to the office wall and got the keys to his old truck, and went back outside. He walked around the building, opened the garage, started the truck and drove it around to where the couple was waiting. "Here, take my truck," he said. "She ain't the best thing you ever looked at, but she runs real good."

George helped put the woman in the truck and watched as it sped off into the night. He turned and walked back inside the office. "Glad I gave 'em the truck, their tires were shot too. That 'ol truck has brand new ........" George thought he was talking to the stranger, but the man had gone. The Thermos was on the desk, empty, with a used coffee cup beside it. "Well, at least he got something in his belly," George thought.

George went back outside to see if the old Chevy would start. It cranked slowly, but it started. He pulled it into the garage where the truck had been. He thought he would tinker with it for something to do. Christmas Eve meant no customers. He discovered the the block hadn't cracked, it was just the bottom hose on the radiator. "Well, shoot, I can fix this," he said to himself. So he put a new one on.

"Those tires ain't gonna get 'em through the winter either." He took the snow treads off of his wife's old Lincoln. They were like new and he wasn't going to drive the car anyway.

As he was working, he heard shots being fired. He ran outside and beside a police car an officer lay on the cold ground. Bleeding from the left shoulder, the officer moaned, "Please help me."

George helped the officer inside as he remembered the training he had received in the Army as a medic. He knew the wound needed attention. "Pressure to stop the bleeding," he thought. The uniform company had been there that morning and had left clean shop towels. He used those and duct tape to bind the wound. "Hey, they say duct tape can fix anythin'," he said, trying to make the policeman feel at ease.

"Something for pain," George thought. All he had was the pills he used for his back. "These ought to work." He put some water in a cup and gave the policeman the pills. "You hang in there, I'm going to get you an ambulance."

The phone was dead. "Maybe I can get one of your buddies on that there talk box out in your car." He went out only to find that a bullet had gone into the dashboard destroying the two way radio.

He went back in to find the policeman sitting up. "Thanks," said the officer. "You could have left me there. The guy that shot me is still in the area."

George sat down beside him, "I would never leave an injured man in the Army and I ain't gonna leave you." George pulled back the bandage to check for bleeding. "Looks worse than what it is. Bullet passed right through 'ya. Good thing it missed the important stuff though. I think with time your gonna be right as rain."

George got up and poured a cup of coffee. "How do you take it?" he asked. "None for me," said the officer. "Oh, yer gonna drink this. Best in the city. Too bad I ain't got no donuts." The officer laughed and winced at the same time.

The front door of the office flew open. In burst a young man with a gun. "Give me all your cash! Do it now!" the young man yelled. His hand was shaking and George could tell that he had never done anything like this before.

"That's the guy that shot me!" exclaimed the officer.

"Son, why are you doing this?" asked George, "You need to put the cannon away. Somebody else might get hurt."

The young man was confused. "Shut up old man, or I'll shoot you, too. Now give me the cash!"

The cop was reaching for his gun. "Put that thing away," George said to the cop, "we got one too many in here now."

He turned his attention to the young man. "Son, it's Christmas Eve. If you need money, well then, here. It ain't much but it's all I got. Now put that pee shooter away."

George pulled $150 out of his pocket and handed it to the young man, reaching for the barrel of the gun at the same time. The young man released his grip on the gun, fell to his knees and began to cry. "I'm not very good at this am I? All I wanted was to buy something for my wife and son," he went on. "I've lost my job, my rent is due, my car got repossessed last week ..."

George handed the gun to the cop. Son, we all get in a bit of squeeze now and then. The road gets hard sometimes, but we make it through the best we can."

He got the young man to his feet, and sat him down on a chair across from the cop. "Sometimes we do stupid things." George handed the young man a cup of coffee. "Bein' stupid is one of the things that makes us human. Comin' in here with a gun ain't the answer. Now sit there and get warm and we'll sort this thing out."

The young man had stopped crying. He looked over to the cop. "Sorry I shot you. It just went off. I'm sorry officer."

"Shut up and drink your coffee." the cop said.

George could hear the sounds of sirens outside. A police car and an ambulance skidded to a halt. Two cops came through the door, guns drawn. "Chuck! You ok?" one of the cops asked the wounded officer.

"Not bad for a guy who took a bullet. How did you find me?"

"GPS locator in the car. Best thing since sliced bread. Who did this?" the other cop asked as he approached the young man.

Chuck answered him, "I don't know. The guy ran off into the dark. Just dropped his gun and ran."

George and the young man both looked puzzled at each other.

"That guy work here?," the wounded cop continued. "Yep," George said, "just hired him this morning. Boy lost his job."

The paramedics came in and loaded Chuck onto the stretcher. The young man leaned over the wounded cop and whispered, "Why?"

Chuck just said, "Merry Christmas boy ... and you too, George, and thanks for everything."

"Well, looks like you got one doozy of a break there. That ought to solve some of your problems."

George went into the back room and came out with a box. He pulled out a ring box. "Here you go, something for the little woman. I don't think Martha would mind. She said it would come in handy some day."

The young man looked inside to see the biggest diamond ring he ever saw. "I can't take this," said the young man. "It means something to you."

"And now it means something to you," replied George. "I got my memories. That's all I need."

George reached into the box again. An airplane, a car and a truck appeared next. They were toys that the oil company had left for him to sell. "Here's something for that little man of yours."

The young man began to cry again as he handed back the $150 that the old man had handed him earlier.

"And what are you supposed to buy Christmas dinner with? You keep that too," George said, "Now git home to your family."

The young man turned with tears streaming down his face. "I'll be here in the morning for work, if that job offer is still good."

"Nope. I'm closed Christmas day," George said. "See ya the day after."

George turned around to find that the stranger had returned. "Where'd you come from? I thought you left?"

"I have been here. I have always been here," said the stranger. "You say you don't celebrate Christmas. Why?"

"Well, after my wife passed away, I just couldn't see what all the bother was. Puttin' up a tree and all seemed a waste of a good pine tree. Bakin' cookies like I used to with Martha just wasn't the same by myself and besides I was gettin' a little chubby."

The stranger put his hand on George's shoulder. "But you do celebrate the holiday, George.

* You gave me food and drink and warmed me when I was cold and hungry.
* The woman with child will bear a son and he will become a great doctor.
* The policeman you helped will go on to save 19 people from being killed by terrorists.
* The young man who tried to rob you will make you a rich man and not take any for himself.

"That is the spirit of the season and you keep it as good as any man."

George was taken aback by all this stranger had said. "And how do you know all this?" asked the old man.

"Trust me, George. I have the inside track on this sort of thing. And when your days are done you will be with Martha again."

The stranger moved toward the door. "If you will excuse me, George, I have to go now. I have to go home where there is a big celebration planned."

George watched as the old leather jacket and the torn pants that the stranger was wearing turned into a white robe. A golden light began to fill the room.

"You see, George ... it's My birthday. Merry Christmas."

George fell to his knees and replied, "Happy Birthday, Lord."

~ author unknown ~

Let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas, love and giving trumps all, no matter what God you believe in.

I want to thank all my readers for making this year a very fun and challenging year. We may disagree, but when it comes right down to the important issue of family, we all do what is best for our little ones.

Merry Christmas everyone!

CTV Interviews PM Harper.

I missed the interview, but you can watch it at CTV News online.

Here is the first segment, just keep watching they have the full interview.

Funny how every "average Canadian" asked a question was a lefty, except for one guy from Calgary. CTV should be embarrassed by their lack of respect for our Prime Minister. My advise to CTV, keep pushing the coalition, and asking the PM to apologize for wanting to cut off taxpayers money to political parties. Keep pretending that the Bloq is not an active participant in the coalition. This will sell real well to the lefties, who don't advertise on CTV, so your revenues will decrease. Funny how they are not allowing comments at the site!

I think I will go back to watching the CBC, at least they are honest in their Liberal bias. CTV pretends to be fair and balanced, but listen to the interview. Every question was an attack on, not just PM Harper, but every Conservative voter as well.

CTV might want to consider the fact that Quebec votes Bloq, and a majority of Canadians outside of Quebec voted for Conservatives. So, every time you dish OUR Prime Minister, you tick off the majority of Canadians. Liberal lefty lackeys just don't understand that Toronto is not the center of the universe for 95% of Canadians.

By the way CTV, how are those revenues going? Down??? No kidding! HA!

30 Second Idling Coming Soon....

To Edmonton? You heard that right, to Edmonton, thanks to our totally lefty city council.

Having said that, the current social trend of environmental bandwagon jumping approaches the nauseating and ridiculous when public officials begin to suggest that, at minus-15, you should only idle your car for 10 seconds, and that above that, 30 seconds should suffice.

This is, of course, rankly stupid to anyone who doesn't own a garage; that includes a lot of Edmontonians and disproportionately targets people by income. It's the kind of dumb idea that comes from listening to environmental zealots -- the far-extreme of the green movement, not the average person who has some concern.

In fact, the average car heater isn't going to need less than about three minutes -- and in some cases five or six minutes-- to get to a temperature that will keep windows free of frost at -20 C. And if you can't see, you can't drive.

The only conservative, Mike Nicols was dumped by the university elites in Ward 5 for ultra lefty Iveson.

I met this guy during the campaign, the only thing he had done was force ALL university students to pay for transit passes, whether they used it or not. A truly lefty dream, make everyone pay for the few. He was actually proud of making all students pay the way for only those students who use the transit. This was his crowning glory! Oh, and his wife told me that all post secondary education should be free!

Now, he's out to make a name for himself, by imposing a 30 second idle rule in Edmonton. Today, it is -25 in Edmonton, try warming up your car for just 30 seconds. Iveson appears to think that driving with only a tiny peep hole defrosted is a good thing, and let's just bundle those kids up better, who care if their little noses get frost bite, IN THE CAR!

Now the left-wing zealots at city hall -- the same happy gang that brought Edmontonians a 7% tax hike and jacked up user fees -- seem determined to bring the state into the driveways and carports of the city.

Word leaked out of silly hall that a "tough" idling bylaw is being readied by the bureaucrats. It's being urged along by rookie Coun. Don Iveson, determined to set himself up as council's Kyoto Kult high priest.

Iveson, a former student radical who appears never to have had a real job, now thinks he has the left stuff to run a billion-buck city, and impose his wonky idea of how the world works by having bylaw enforcement officers hand out fines to taxpayers who get caught warming up their vehicles.

Here is my solution.

1. All Edmonton city councilors must park their cars on the street.
2. They may NOT use extension cords to keep their blockheater's warm, this is against a city bylaw that prevents cords across sidewalks.
3. They can only warm up (idle) their cars for 30 seconds.
4. They can not drive their cars unless all windows are frost free and their license plates are clearly visible. (another city bylaw)
5. Because after 30 seconds idling, their cars will not be frost free, they must proceed to the nearest bus stop. Iveson should be in full support of this step, after all he loves the transit system.
6. If the bus does not come in 30 seconds, they must proceed to the next bus stop, and wait 30 seconds for that bus, if it does not arrive in 30 seconds, off they go to the next bus stop.
7. Once they have walked to work in -25 weather, because we all know, that no bus is ever going to arrive in 30 seconds, maybe their heads will thaw out enough to start thinking about real issues.

I suggest Edmontonian's enforce these 7 rules on all our city councilor's and let's throw some of the bureaucrat's on the list as well.

It will not take me 30 seconds idling to vote NO to Iveson next election, heck, if Mike Nicol's runs for Mayor, I would run in Ward 5 to beat these lefties. Here is a comment from way back during the election:

I agree -- Mike Nickel needs to be ineffective and negative somewhere else. Any councillor that can vote down a nine- year old's proposal for anit-idling in front of her school, and even an anti-idling educational campaign, needs to go. As well, I was amused to hear that Mr. Nickel wanted transit prices in edmonton to be on par with other larger canadian cities. Too bad Edmonton transit does not offer the same accessability that Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto do. So, we should not be paying the same prices unless we are receiving the same service.

Posted by: Mark | September 29, 2007 08:29 AM

The fix was in, and it was mainly university lefties that voted for Iveson, the same lefties who got another greenie, the NDP MP here in Edmonton elected, Duncan. Where is she lately, in hiding after wholeheartedly supporting the coalition?

Time to take back South Edmonton from the university weenies, who are only in this area for 4 years, then leave to do their damage elsewhere, while we are stuck with the likes of Duncan and Iveson.

30 second idling, an econuts dream. Let them protest today, in -25 weather, then I might start listening, but they must go first and lead the way!

Friday Funnies: You Guessed It Christmas!

Looking for that perfect mate at Christmas?

A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband.

Instructions: " You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six
floors and the value of the products increase as you go up.
You may choose any item from a particular floor,OR you may choose to go up
to the next floor, BUT you cannot go back down except to exit the building!"

So, a woman goes to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs.

She is intrigued, but continues : the sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.

'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.' The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.

'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.

'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims,'I can hardly stand it!' Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just across the street. The first floor has wives that love sex. The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.
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The rest of the world cannot understand how after bitter election campaigns, American politicians can return to reality. For Instance Sarah Palin has invited to her great state of Alaska the men who defeated her, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

She has provided a moose-hunting trip for their enjoyment and has hired two other prominent men to assist them. Dick Cheney will instruct them in safe gun handling and Ted Kennedy will drive them back to their cabins in the evening.

What a gal, that Sarah is such a sport and thinks of everything.
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REMEMBER THIS AT CHRISTMAS TIME
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December.
Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.
Therefore, according to EVERY historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, EVERY single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen, had to be a girl.
We should've known…...
ONLY women would be able to drag a fat-ass man in a red velvet suit all around the world in one night and not get lost.
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This one was so funny I had to include it as my animal funny!


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Ladies, you are never too old to believe in Santa!!

Okay, I know you guys are going to whine, so, how about Mrs. Claus?


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Now, for the Santa game. I clearly do not make a good thief, because Santa kept on knocking me out. I never made it to round two.

Grand Theft Grotto! See if you can beat my 880 score (HA!).
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IF A FAT GUY GRABS YOU AND PUTS YOU IN A BAG, DON'T WORRY,
I TOLD SANTA I WANTED A GOOD FRIEND FOR CHRISTMAS!



MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I Stayed Quiet.

PM Harper did more to bring Quebec into the Canadian fold than any other PM in recent history, and how did the Quebec voters reward the Conservatives? They voted for the Bloq.

Now, they try to tell us that a vote for the Bloq is not necessarily a vote for separation, but I'm not buying it, not one little bit. Look at Duceppe's recent activities, colluding with the NDP and Liberals to gain control of Parliament. When PM Harper calls them on it, he's the bad guy for even mentioning separatists. Garbage!

Quebec has used up all it's goodwill with this Albertan. When the Conservative government gave Quebec billions to fix the "fiscal imbalance", I stayed quiet. When Charest, turned around and used that money to give Quebecers a big tax break, I stayed quiet. When ALL parties in Parliament supported the "this House recognizes that Québécois form a nation within a united Canada" motion, I stayed quiet. When the Bloq constantly called for Alberta oilsands to be shutdown, I stayed quiet.

I stayed quiet believing that Quebec was worth the effort. I stayed quiet believing that Quebec would take the hand that PM Harper was extending from the rest of Canada and that they would grasp it, in unity with us. Instead, we got the one finger salute.

I will not stay quiet again. Enough, is finally enough, no more pandering to Quebec, it's time for Quebec to join Canada. No more special status, you are one province in the rest of Canada.

That's why I think PM Harper's latest move to increase seats in Ontario, BC and Alberta is a fair move, it is democratic, and best of all, by adding 21 seats in Ontario, 7 in BC and 5 in Alberta it adjusts for population representation. How will 33 extra seats impact Quebec, given that the Conservatives only need 12 more seats for a majority? Here is their response:

The Bloc, on the other hand, is steadfast in its opposition to granting Ontario more seats -- unless Quebec also benefits. “We were opposed to the original bill because it diluted the political weight of Quebec. Once it’s been recognized that the Québécois nation exists, you have to ensure that it can be heard by federal institutions,” the party’s House leader, Pierre Paquette, told La Presse. This, even though Quebec has just seven seats where the population is more than 110,000, compared to 67 in Ontario.

Dilute away PM Harper, maybe when Quebec realizes that they are not the only kid on the bloq, they will take that hand that has been extended by Canadians.

The Opening Of Pandora's Box Has Occurred!

Lots of experts and reporters, are saying the coalition is dead, and that Canadians can relax and go back to the business of ignoring politics. But, the stink lingers on in the minds of voters, and it's not going to go away anytime soon. I expect it to rear it's head again next election, not just with political parties and ads, but in the minds of Canadians, we almost lost our most precious right, the right to vote and for that vote to be heard.

The MSM is working hard to make it seem like it was all PM Harper's fault, but that's not how voters are going to remember it. I remember being shocked with the naked power grab the three parties tried to impose on Canadians because it was "constitutional". I remember thinking that they can not do this, to me, they can not erase my vote, so it became personal.

That was the big miscalculation of the coalition, funny, for once they went with facts, and were shocked that Canadians reacted emotionally, when usually they are the ones that use emotion to make their points. It backfired, badly.

The opening of Pandora's Box has occurred. Every voter going into the polling station from now on, will ask themselves, "will my vote count, or will a coalition government wipe it out"? It was bad enough when people were voting only on party lines, but now they will be voting for or against a possible coalition government.

This issue is far from dead, it lives and breathes as a whole new idea that Canadians must consider from now on. It will be sitting in Parliament during question period. It will be sitting on opposition members shoulders, egging them on. It will spark arguments in committees that the opposition already rule. It will continue to smell bad to Canadian voters no matter how hard the MSM tries to cover it with a rosy gloss.

What amazes me, is that the opposition in a minority government, already holds the balance of power. They can bring any minority government down, at any time. They can vote any bill they don't like down, they can introduce their own bills and get them passed, like they did with their Kyoto bill. They already have the power to band together, at any time they want. Plus, they have the advantage in the Senate. They have the aces in their hands and they think they are twos. There was NO politically sound reason for these parties to band together, except for power, to get they hands on the till of Canada, and drive it into the ground, planting only bad seeds that never germinate, or if they do, they are a hideous, misshapen representation of democracy.

So why the need for a coalition? Why were they in such a hurry, after only 6 sitting days of Parliament to bring the Conservative government down by forming this coalition? Do they hate PM Harper so much that they risked this coalition with separatists?

I think the answer is yes, but it's not just PM Harper they can't stand, it's reform MP's that especially send them into spasms of indignation. They could see their parties reduced influence and that power had to be grabbed back quickly. Dion had nothing to lose, he was already a goner, but if he could have pulled this off, what a glorious rise out of the dung heap, into the PM's seat that would have been! ALL LIBERALS supported this move, with visions of sugar plum jobs dancing in their heads. New leader Iggy has not yet given up on Dion's vision of power, he has NOT ruled out a coalition in the future. The coalition is still stinking up the joint!

Let's be clear, the Liberals, NDP, and Bloq banded together to try and take power. Pandora's Box has been opened. Never again will Canadians think that their vote counts, as they intended. The coalition threat has been released, and will be used again. It is inevitable.

Canadian voters now understand that their vote is truly precious, and must not be taken lightly, because it can be misconstrued by political parties into something they didn't mean.

Pandora's Box, once opened, can not ever be shut again.