Alberta Envy!

Print an article about Alberta and sure enough, the Alberta envy shows up. I am glad that Saskatchewan is doing better, I would love to see Ontario get back in the game as well as all other provinces, but a little bit of appreciation for Alberta would be welcomed.

Alberta no longer holds economic bragging rights

Updated Sat. Mar. 7 2009 9:20 PM ET

The Canadian Press

EDMONTON -- Alberta's bragging rights as Canada's economic engine are fading and Premier Ed Stelmach says people seem to be a little grumpy about it.

"Everybody's saying `Ooh! This province is doing better than we are,"' Stelmach said. "Man, I don't know what it is that somebody does better and it's like everybody gets concerned."

The title itself sets the article up as an envy piece. "Bragging" rights? I thought Ontario was the economic engine of Canada?

From the comments:

JEP
@Maureen,
Alberta does NOT have an excellent education system. Coming from Ontario and teaching here, the standards are ridiculously low, expectations of performance the same, and knowledge of the outside world less than the much maligned Torontonian child's.
You guys dig money out of the ground for free...doesn't take much intelligence to do that.

If this person really is a teacher in Alberta, I hope they move back to Ontario. This is the common attitude of lefties...Alberta hit the jackpot, even a monkey could run Alberta, etc. Well, how come Saskatchewan is just now getting it's engines running? How did Alberta get to be debt free, without a provincial sales tax? They don't care. Us red necked, bible thumping, trailer dwellers couldn't possibly have an excellent education system. Hard work and an independent attitude has nothing to do with success. You see, they can't ALLOW us to be successful. It goes against everything they think is wrong with society today.

Here is a prime example of lefty thinking:

The Conservative government is killing a small program for Canadian documentaries as it spends $40 billion to stimulate the economy.

The move to cancel the $1.5-million program that helps fund thousands of projects has sparked outrage in the film industry.

...... "And both those films became, each in their time, the top grossing feature documentaries ever made in this country," he said.

Montreal producer Eve Lamont made her first feature-length documentary with a $20,000 subsidy from the fund. "Without this fund, my career would never have taken off," she said.

So, did the producer pay back the subsidy? Why does she DESERVE taxpayers money? That's what she is saying, that she deserved this money. Reading the article, it sounds like producers are running the funding and rewarding themselves with our money.

It's not about Alberta, it's about lefties dislike of conservative values. They don't want us to succeed because it proves that socialism doesn't and ultimately can't work. They yell about the "dirty tarsands" while Ontario's coal burning plants are way more polluting. Didn't Dalton say he was going to close them down? How come eco-nuts are giving him a free ride? Alberta will spend over $2 Billion for carbon capture technology, and what do we hear? It's untested, and might not work! Right, like those new light bulbs are such a good idea, or ecofuels? Maybe now that Obama is supporting carbon capture the lefties will shut up.

Don't envy Alberta, you see, it's not the Canadian sand we have that makes our province so great, it's the people and their can do attitudes. We do not sit on our rumps and expect money to be given to us by the government, we get out and do the work!

It is lefties who are dividing our country. Look at where the lefties get votes, in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, the rest of the people in this country are just like Albertans, they work hard, support their families, and build their communities. Maybe lefties should try it sometime, instead of forming committees to see who can get the most money from the government. Don't waste your time with envy, it just makes you look foolish and petty.

Friday Funnies: It Depends

For the first time, the real Question Period makes it into the Friday funnies, because well, this had everyone, even the Speaker, laughing. Minister Baird is laughing so hard he can't answer the question, and watch Peter Stoffer, he had to cover his mouth to hide his laughter as the question was asked.



Believe it or not, my American friend had emailed me this skit about a no-frills airline.


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Sticking with the bathroom theme, here is a mural created by females for the mens bathroom.

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Girls learn early:

A man was seated next to a little girl on the airplane . He turned
to her and said, 'Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if
you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.'

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and
said , 'What would you like to talk about?' 'Oh, I don't know,'
said the man. 'How about nuclear power?' and he smiles.

'OK,' she said. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask
you a question first.'

A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass. Yet a
deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty,
and a horse produces clumps of dried grass.

Why do you suppose that is?'

The man, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence,
thinks about it and says, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.'

The little girl replied,
'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you
don't know shit?'
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Somehow I don't think this kid is going to ever get another cake from his Mom:


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THE BEST BLONDE JOKE OF THE YEAR - SO FAR
A man was in his front yard mowing grass when his attractive blonde female neighbor came out of the house and went straight to the mailbox.
She opened it then slammed it shut and stormed back in the house.

A little later she came out of her house again went to the mail box and again, opened it, slammed it shut again. Angrily, back into the house she went.

As the man was getting ready to edge the lawn, here she came out again, marched to the mail box, opened it and then slammed it closed harder than ever.

Puzzled by her actions the man asked her, 'Is something wrong?'
To which she replied, 'There certainly is!'


(Are you ready? This is a beauty...)
My stupid computer keeps saying, 'YOU'VE GOT MAIL!
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Saving the best for last:

1st look and see the Whale under the water.
Keep your cursor OUT of the picture until you see the Whale.
Then move your mouse cursor onto the picture, but stand back, you
might get wet (it's like it's 3D). Click on the picture when it loads
completely, and be sure that your sound is on.

World's Most Dangerous Creature!
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Have a great weekend!

Question Period: Liberal MP Supports Tamil

It's long been known that Liberal MP's support the Tamil Tigers, like this report:

Liberal MPs mark Tamil Tiger's death

BILL CURRY

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
Liberal MPs took part in a community event last night commemorating the recent death of a senior member of the Tamil Tigers in defiance of the Conservative government's decision to list the organization as a terrorist entity. S. P. Thamilselvan, 40, the public face of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, was killed in an air strike by Sri Lankan authorities last Friday.

Today, another Liberal MP showed his support, as Tamil Tiger flags waved in front of his face. Remember the Liberals refused to declare the Tamil Tigers as a terrorist organization even though the Americans and others had. It took the Conservatives to declare them terrorists, and try to help Tamil immigrants who were being threatened and blackmailed into supporting terrorists. But the Liberals and their media try to make it seem normal. Not buying it!

What is happening to the Liberal party? They are supporting terrorists, they want killers like Khadr home, they want Newfoundland to separate, and they want to stop the seal hunt. I wonder how many Liberals are yearning for Dion, at least he was picked by the party to represent them and he had integrity, not like Iggy who won because the backroom boys wanted him as leader.

Maybe the Liberal MP was showing his support for the Tamil Tigers because he needs 400 memberships to keep his seat. Is this a sign of what is to come with the Liberal party? Scary!

The last part of the video is really funny, PM Harper accuses Iggy of sucking and blowing at the same time! Good to see our PM fighting back instead of pleading for support from the lefties.

Prime Minister Harper is the leader of our country, not just the leader of Conservatives, as such he deserves respect. Too bad the media haven't figured that out. They continue to ignore 40% of their clients, no wonder they are going down the tubes.

Recession Brings Opportunities!

First, question period was boring today so no video. Instead I venture into the realm of economics, boring stuff normally, but interesting when the world is in trouble and everyone is trying to second guess what is going to happen next.

We know our Canadian banks are the most stable in the world, although you will never hear the opposition mention that fact, they are all doom and gloom. The MSM is on survival mode, so anything negative is a good thing, it sells papers.

I prefer to look at the brighter side of this downturn, there are opportunities for business, especially in the west. I'm not the only one who thinks so, read this article...

Oil patch juniors team up to buy Talisman Bakken lands

CALGARY -- Crescent Point Energy Trust and TriStar Oil & Gas Ltd., two junior oil companies, shrugged off the global meltdown Wednesday and teamed up to buy for $720-million the Saskatchewan and Montana assets of senior producer Talisman Energy Inc......

"When we started the company, oil was at US$17.60 a barrel, and US$45 is a pretty good number," said Scott Saxberg, CEO of Crescent Point.

He said his company can generate substantial rates of return in the Bakken even at today's low oil prices.

Interesting, the juniors are investing while the big boys are stopping development.

Look at what every country is doing right now, stimulus packages. This is what the Keynesian model tells them to do in a recession, increase government spending and lower taxes. Normally the problem with this is that government borrowing crowds out business investment, leading to higher interest rates. With the unstable banking sector though, they are not lending to businesses, at a time when businesses could use the low borrowing rates to expand operations. Enter the governments from around the world, they borrow instead, not a bad thing if that money goes towards infrastructure.

The problem is that all countries are going to issue bonds to raise money, but what if no individuals or banks what to buy those bonds? They have to print money, a sure fire inflation measure. Staglation (high unemployment and high inflation) anyone?

Why might Canada do better than other countries? If you are an investor, and you have pulled your money out of the stock market, where do you put it? Well, you look around for the most stable economy, and invest there. That just happens to be Canada, why to you think PM Harper was in New York talking to world business leaders? Add to that our low corporate taxes, and Canada becomes even more attractive.

Those tax cuts, what if everyone saves that money? Where are they most likely to save it? How about in our stable banks, who can then lend it out to businesses for expansion. This is where the big oil companies are going wrong, by stopping projects, now is the time to get cheap credit and labour so they can expand their companies. Why expand when you are paying a premium for labour and materials?

As for buying stocks, isn't the rule; buy low, sell high? I just wouldn't be buying any media stock these days.

PM Harper got slammed by the opposition for mentioning that now is a good time to buy stocks, but now that Obama has said the same thing, the media is silent. The recession can bring opportunities for people and businesses to streamline their bottom lines, while expanding their operations.

Maybe if the Liberals/NDP/Bloc stall the budget long enough, we will not have to borrow as much from the banks, and businesses will take up the slack. Somehow I don't think that's what the opposition are hoping for, they want the economy to do bad, because politicians are all about getting elected into power.

Question Period Summary: One Brave Liberal!

Question period makes strange bedfellows, one brave Liberal goes against Kinsella and the Liberal party. Notice no Liberals applaud his statement. This is not an issue that should be us against them, this is an issue about common sense, you support all people who are suffering not just one side, this is where progressives fail.



Feminists support women who want abortions for free, but do not support women who want children. Feminists yell blue murder when they think their right to equal pay is being eroded by Conservatives, but we get silence from them on the right of Afghan women to an education. Feminists support gay rights, but forget about all those children that are being killed because a family thinks they have been dishonoured, and have the right to kill their daughters for not wearing a head covering. Feminists want more research into why women get beat up by their husbands, but fail to rally around the women who need actual shelters to live in. Feminists are part of the problem, they are not the solution.

Progressives think the government can solve all problems. They reject individualism and capitalism. They crowd together in solidarity, because they can not function as individuals, they are failures masquerading as successes. They hail the racist United Nations as progressive, they yearn for a global government because they hate anything that smacks of patriotism. They embrace global warming because they realize it could lead to global government where everyone suffers and no one is happy or successful. The weak always try to take out the strong, they do it by corrupting our justice system, and making every criminal a victim. They cry crocodile tears for terrorists like Khadr, but offer no support for real victims. They cry about the average worker needing help, but then fail to support any measures that would actually lift the people out of poverty. They develop whole industries around poverty and climate change yet never pick up a hammer to build a house for them, they prefer to hold useless protests while dressed in polar bear suits, yet they have never even bothered to tour the oilsands.

They are intellectual midgets who chant about not flushing your toilets and think that will save the world. You never find them planting a vegetable garden, they are too "hip" for that. They never actually get their hands "dirty" but they are quick to label people "deniers" without any proof that they are right. They are the weak, the misfits, the people who are unable to achieve, so they try to take what is not theirs, they create nothing, they build only discontent, they are the destroyers of freedom, but only for those who achieve. They love being victims, and they are so discontent with their own lives that they want us all to become victims too, sobbing into our collective glasses of water about how unfair life is.

Well, I refuse to be their victim. I refuse to think that my success and happiness in life can be destroyed by some wet behind the ears idiot living in their parents basement screaming at the top of their lungs...."I want to be loved, I deserve it".

Get a real job, and suck it up kiddo.

Question Period: Liberals and NDP Hurting Canadians

The Liberals voted for the budget and they think that's where their responsibility to the Canadian people ends. The NDP voted against the budget before they even saw it. Now the Liberals want to stop the seal hunt! A Liberal Senator and Warren Kinsella are both named. Three different Conservative MP's mentioned him, by name, is he going to sue them all? I wonder how the Liberal MP's from Newfoundland are going to vote? Do they get another free pass on this issue?



What really made the bile rise in my throat was NDP MP Linda Duncan spouting off against Alberta. She talks about the "tarsands". No self respecting Albertan calls them tarsands, she might as well have said "dirty oil". What a traitor to her province, you can hear the Conservative MP's yelling, "where are you from?", they know how Albertan's will feel about her remarks. Total disgust! I will be door knocking in her riding next election, she has betrayed 45% of her constituents with her blather. She needs to realize that she is not a professor anymore, and that people do not have to believe everything she says. If any of my readers are in her riding, I suggest you phone her office and give her some idea of how she is not representing ALL of her riding.

Mostly during question period you get the distinct impression that the opposition is trying to stall any money for Canadians. I didn't like the budget, but now that it is passed, let's get the money into projects as fast as possible. The Liberals do not want that, they want to be able to point fingers and say, "see, we told you they wouldn't do anything". Babies, grow up, all of you. Pass the budget and stop hurting Canadians.

Oh, and I find it pretty funny that the Liberals are complaining about "attack ads" that haven't even been created or aired yet, that's how low they are willing to go to get in the papers. Too bad no one but us political junkies care.

Are The Greens Really Green?

The greens talk a lot about the environment and climate change, but are they themselves green? We already know that Al Gore has his mansions paid for with carbon credits, and Suzuki has two houses on the beach (thought beaches were going to disappear because of global warming?) paid for by taxpayers because of his CBC shows and appearances, so the two head honchos in North America are not green, but how about green organizations?

I started thinking about this because of this article:

The price is fright

OTTAWA -- While the world has slumped into recession, taking the price of oil down with it, the sudden rise in the cost of food is hitting Canadians when they can least afford it.

And experts predict there will be no sudden drop in prices at the grocery store cash register like there was at the gas pumps at the beginning of the economic downturn.

A comparison of food prices tracked by Statistics Canada shows that from January 2008 to January 2009 food bought from Canadian stores rose by almost 9%. Fresh fruit went up by 16%, vegetables by 20%, breads and cereals by as much as 11% and non-alcoholic drinks by 12%.

"Food prices rose dramatically around the world last year and there is no one simple answer to it," said John Scott, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers.

Isn't this what the little green guys have been warning us about? Are we not supposed to buy our food within a 100 mile radius? Are we not expected to spend more and buy organic food? I expect the greens to be on this like wheat in Alberta, it's right up their alley, right? Well a google search turned this up:



No Pembina Institute, no Suzuki Foundation, just one guy who wants Obama to grow his own food. So, what are the greens doing?

Well, Pembina is sucking up donors money and getting in the media to ....well blast politicians. They do have clients (not revealed), who I suspect pay them money, and they talk a lot about sustainable development, but they do not DO anything. They tell us what we should DO, but greenies don't seem to be organizing any projects, just protests. Earth4Energy wants to SELL you the secrets of creating your own solar panels, saving you hundreds of dollars, nothing about growing your own food.

Could it be that there is NO money to be made in organizing community gardens? I did check out this promising site, Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables, all of their external links are to universities, oh, and they have some books to sell you too! Environmentalists, appear to be in it for the money, not the earth, not to improve our lives, but to improve their bank accounts.

We hear about wind power, as if that is a new concept.



We also hear that we shouldn't flush unless it's brown. Do they want us back to this?



Environmentalists are not forward thinking, they want us to go backwards. They do not start programs, other than those that brainwash our children, they do not actually show those children have to plant a garden, weed it and harvest it, that would be too much work. They are not over in Africa, helping the people there to grow their own food? Nope they are protesting genetically modified food, that seed that produces more, can be made drought and disease resistant, it's a seed, how can modifying it be bad? We couldn't grow wheat in Alberta if we didn't modify the seeds for our shorter growing season. Don't even mention nuclear energy to these nuts.

From the Pembina website:

Research to date concludes that no other energy source combines the generation of a range of conventional pollutants and waste streams — including heavy metals, smog and acid rain precursors, and greenhouse gases — with the generation of extremely large volumes of radioactive wastes, that will require care and management over hundreds of thousands of years. The combination of these environmental challenges, along with security, accident and weapons proliferation risks that are simply not shared by any other energy source, place nuclear energy in a unique category relative to all other energy supply options.

So is Pembina outright lying about the EXTREMELY LARGE volumes? It appears so:

Almost all activities, from making dinner to driving cars,
produce “waste”, i.e. undesirable material left over. The
use of nuclear energy is no different, except that the
amount of waste is small and, while potentially hazardous,
it is very well managed........

In contrast, toxic heavy metals such as mercury and
arsenic, which are emitted from coal-fired plants and
various industrial processes, last forever.

So, you know those energy efficient squiggly light bulbs that contain MERCURY, ask your favorite environmentalist about that environmentally friendly "waste" product!! While you are at it, ask them to explain how CO2 is so bad if plants need it to grow, and ask them how to plant a vegetable garden. I predict you will get blank stares and you will be told that "the science is settled".

Personally, I like CO2, it keeps my plants happy and my house gets fresh oxygen, even in winter. Oh, and if you greenies need to learn how to grow vegetables, come on over to my house this spring, I'm planning an edible front yard!!

Out With The Old, In With The New!

It was a busy week, our seeing eye dog in training, Enzo, graduated and is now with his blind person. He is a real star, and we were very sad to see him go, but he is needed way more by Ray then we needed him. Be good big buddy!

He is one of these puppies, learning the ropes early:



And this is him now:



Usually we get a break between dogs, but Dogs With Wings needs volunteers badly right now, so, today, we got Rigger, a small black lab who will start formal training tomorrow. We don't know yet if he will be a seeing eye dog, assistance dog or a dog for an autistic child, but so far, he's just adjusting to his new family.
He's only eaten one tennis ball so far!



Each dog is an experience for us, they are easy to love, and seeing them graduate is worth all the tears we shed when giving them up. I encourage you all to find an organization that makes you feel as good about giving your time and money as Dogs With Wings (The dog in the plane is Enzo!) makes our family feel.

Bill Of No Rights!

NEW PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION
This is probably the best e-mail I have seen in a long, long time.
The following was written by Lewis Napper, a Libertarian and former U.S. Senate candidate
and a self-described amateur philosopher from Mississippi.

"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self evident: That a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."

ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.

ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc. : but the world is full of idiots and probably always will be.

ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful; do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.

ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes. (This one is my pet peeve . . . get an education and go to work...don't expect everyone else to take care of you! I see no reason I should be working my butt off to support people who are flat lazy and/or insist on making stupid decisions -- as in what did you think would happen...).

ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.

ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.

ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.

ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. (AMEN)

ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness which, by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.

ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is OUR language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from! (Lastly . )

ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of prosecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!

I checked with Snoops to make sure this was a valid email, and it appears that it is. This was printed way back in 2000, but it applies now more than ever. It's not politically correct, but it is patriotically correct, not just in America, but in Canada as well. The UN is doing it's best to erase countries, maybe we should stop funding them. It's time for common sense to make a comeback. I do not want creepy third world dictators telling me how I should think as their countries burn down around them and their people starve. That is not my idea of a peaceful world.

I am tired of having to watch my p's and q's around everyone who does not look or think like me because I might offend them. I am tired of the victim mentality that is gripping the world, where the "pretend weak" expect to be rescued by the government without taking any responsibility for their own actions. Enough!

Once in awhile, you just need something that sings to your mind and heart, something that you read and you go YES, that's what I think too. The "Bill Of No Rights" sings that song, and so does this remarkable group of sayings by some very smart people.

Profound Statements

1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress. -- John Adams

2. If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. -- Mark Twain

3. Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain

4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle . -- Winston Churchill

5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw

6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -- G. Gordon Liddy

7. Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. -- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

8. Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.-- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

9. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

10. Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. -- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

11.. Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
-- Ronald Reagan (1986)

12. I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
-- Will Rogers

13. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free!-- P.J. O'Rourke

14. In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. -- Voltaire (1764)

15. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! -- Pericles (430 B.C.)

16. No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
-- Mark Twain (1866)

17. Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -- Anonymous

18. The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.-- Ronald Reagan

19. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. -- Winston Churchill

20. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. -- Mark Twain

21. The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)

22. There is no distinctly native American criminal class...save Congress. -- Mark Twain

23. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -- Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995)

24. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -- Thomas Jefferson

Shows you how shallow Iffy's famous phrase, the "coalition if necessary, but not necessarily a coalition", really was. Our country was not built on fancy phrases from the elitists, it was built by the blood and sweat of our pioneers, who crossed this great country to make a better life for their families, who understood what "community" really meant, who went to war as boys and came home men filled with an appreciation of what this country, Canada, was all about.

The "Bill Of No Rights" rings a clear tune, is anyone listening?

Friday Funnies: Harley Versus God!

Silver on the Hair

Gold on the Teeth.

Stones in the Kidneys

Sugar in the Blood.

Lead on the Feet.

Iron in the Arteries.

And an inexhaustible supply of Natural Gas.

We never thought to have accumulated such a wealth!
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A guy is driving around the back woods of Tennessee and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale'. He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.

The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Labrador retriever sitting there.

'You talk?' he asks.

'Yep,' the Lab replies.

After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says 'So, what's your story?'

The Lab looks up and says, 'Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so I told the CIA. In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping.'

'I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running. But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals.'

'I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired.'

The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.

'Ten dollars,' the guy says.

'Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?'

'Because he's a liar. He never did any of that shit.
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Benny Hill, Wishing Well!

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Noah Today! Unfortunately all too realistic!
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The Harley-Davidson Facts

The inventor of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, Arthur Davidson, died and went to heaven.

At the gates, St. Peter told Arthur.'Since you've been such a good man
and your motorcycles have changed the world, your reward is, you can hang out with anyone you want to in heaven.'

Arthur thought about it for a minute and then said "I want to hang out with God".
St Peter took Arthur to the Throne Room and introduced him to God.
God recognized Arthur and said, "Oh, so you were the one who invented
the Harley-Davidson Motorcycle?

Arthur said,'Yeah, that's me...'

God commented: 'Well, what's the big deal in inventing something that's pretty unstable, makes noise and pollution and can't run without a road?'

Arthur was a bit embarrassed, but finally spoke,
'Excuse me, but aren't you the inventor of woman?'

God said, 'Ah,yes.'

'Well,' said Arthur, 'professional to professional, you have some major flaws in your invention:

1. There's too much inconsistency in the front-end suspension!
2. It chatters constantly at high speeds!
3. Most rear ends are too soft and wobble about too much!
4. The intake is placed way too close to the exhaust
5. The maintenance costs are outrageous!!!!

'Hmmmmm, you may have some good points there,' replied God, 'hold on.'

God went to his Celestial supercomputer, typed in a few words and waited for the results. The computer printed out a slip of paper and God read it.

'Well, it may be true that My invention is flawed,' God said to Arthur, 'but according to these numbers, a lot more men are riding My invention then yours.
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Odd Couple, so inspiring!

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Back by popular demand....Find The Canadian!!!

A favorite game in Florida
It's time to play "Find the Canadian!"
This week's challenge is especially difficult. View the attached candid photograph and use logic to locate the clues that will let you 'Find the Canadian!'
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Do you have the skill?
Do you have the ability?
Do you know enough about your Northern Cousins?
Can You FIND THE CANADIAN?
Taking notes is permissible but try to limit your time to no more than 5 minutes!
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Good luck!

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The stupid mindless game: I'm not sure how this works, so it is freaky! She guessed my gift right off the bat, twice!

Regifting Robin!

Have a great day tomorrow! Global warming is just around the corner....it's called SPRING!!

Question Period: Liberals Hide Controversial MP, Attack Females

Where's Dr. Bennett? Where is her apology? Hidden agenda by the Liberals anyone? Puffin poop being shoveled into the great unknown. One rule for Liberals, another for Conservatives.

Personally, I am disgusted by the continued attack on Helena, while Dr. Bennett hides behind her feminist buddies. We have had 3 Ministers attesting to the fact that she was mocking a Minister, but it has been swept under the carpet with all the Adscam puffin poop. The opposition are bullies, they pick on Conservative females, and then proceed to yell about gender equality.



The Bloc goes ballistic because a piece of history doesn't agree with them. They get called on it, and can't take the heat. If this video is an indication of what it means to be progressive, count me out.

Conservative women are strong, and refuse to be victims. Liberal females are all about being victims, especially with this "pay equity" garbage. We already have pay equity, it's the law, so what are these feminists belly aching about? It seems that secretaries do not get paid as much as engineers, so Liberals are demanding that they get equal pay for unequal work.

My advice to women, get educated. Stop playing the victim.

Question Period: Arrogant Liberal MP Refuses To Apologize!

Yesterday I posted a "point of order" that stated that Liberal MP Dr. Bennett had been mocking a Conservative Minister, but unfortunately this could not be verified because she was not on camera at the time. Today, we had three Cabinet Ministers stand up and verify her behaviour. Do we believe a Liberal backbench MP or three Ministers??

Watch the video and decide for yourself.


I am seriously starting to think that this MP needs professional help. Dr. heal thyself isn't working. Funny how a comment about dogs in question period, got national attention and the lefty media is silent on this Liberal MP mocking a Minister of the Government.

The opposition has been targeting female Conservative Ministers, and they have been ugly about it. We had the opposition bellyaching about Rona's hair, and now we have them attacking the Minister of Status of Women. Bev Oda is constantly under fire, and Diane Finely gets her fair share of attention, but holds her own.

What disgusts me is the feminists in opposition yapping about women and their rights and then gleefully stomping on a female Conservative Minister. It seems that feminists only like feminist women, and can't stand independent women who are confident and don't need the herd mentality to make themselves feel more confident. Go to the Parliament of Canada and look at the pictures of the female MP's. Anything strike you??

Strong women walk away from a bad relationship, weak women stay and make themselves victims in the process.

Question Period: Liberals Provide Amusement!

So, what's with the Liberal female MP's are they are suffering PMS at the same time, or are they just that dippy? As a female, I'm embarrassed for them, as they prove Peters principle holds true for both males and females.



First PM Harper slaps down Duceppe for his Alberta bashing. Thank you, someone has to make those Bloc MP's understand that the 8 BILLION they get in transfer payments comes from those "dirty" oil sands, or as the US reporters are calling it, Canadian sands!

Then Head is Fried, well, you watch it, is she really that dumb??? Seriously, is BC bud getting to her, or are feminists just that wacky? It seems so, because DR?? Bennett appears to be in trouble for mocking a government Minister, too bad the cameras didn't show it, but this is one DR who needs to heal herself, she is seriously out of control!!! Where is Iffy in all this? I suspect, busy writing another book about himself!

My kids stopped using "mocking" as a way of getting attention when they were about 5 years old, too bad Liberal MP's have not progressed that far.

The opposition has NO ammo to fire, they are trying to pretend that they are worthwhile, but as I watch this session of Parliament, what hits me most is their utter uselessness in the face of a strong Conservative party, with a very capable, down to earth, and honest Prime Minister leading us out of this economic downturn with a very sure hand. Sure Hand Harper!

PM Harper Rocks New York!

Okay, he did it quietly, but he was awesome because he finally got his wings. He is no Obama, thank goodness, but he outshines any world leader because he actually understands the economy and can talk to us on a level we can all understand. He does not talk down to us, he explains, without bi-partisanship, what is happening not just in Canada, but globally.



It bothers me that other nations look up the PM Harper, yet our own media is so biased against him that all they do is spew venom DAILY. Maybe they should consider that fact, look at their declining readership and advertising dollars and understand that maybe, just maybe, they might be losing readership because they have an agenda that close to 40% of Canadians are not buying into. HA! Not going to happen until they start losing their jobs too.

I was very proud of PM Harper when Obama visited, he more than held his own, he excelled. He continues to excel now, as the video clearly shows every thinking Canadian.

My sixth sense is tingling, the opposition made a big play with their coalition and they were shot down. They continue to be marginalized and stunts like photos on bill boards shows how desperate they have become.

As Rome Burns...

This article says it all about where our society is heading if we do not wake up.

Boy Shoots Dad's Pregnant Fiancee Before School, Police Say

WAMPUM, Pa. — Fifth-grader Jordan Brown boarded the bus and headed to school like he did most other mornings in this rural western Pennsylvania community.

But before he left home on Friday, authorities say, the 11-year-old boy had shot his father's pregnant fiancee in the back of the head as she lay in bed. He then put his youth model 20-gauge shotgun back in his room before going out to catch his bus, police say.

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The boy told police there was a black truck on the property that morning — possibly the man who feeds the cows — sending investigators to follow a false lead for about five hours, Bongivengo said.

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"An 11-year-old kid — what would give him the motive to shoot someone?" said Houk's father, Jack Houk. "Maybe he was just jealous of my daughter and the baby and thought he would be overpowered."

This is an eleven year old boy, who shoots his pregnant stepmother in the head, then goes to school as if nothing happened. He also makes up a story to the police about seeing a black truck. This kid is a clear example of what is wrong with society today.

It all started with divorce. This caused the breakdown of the family unit. I don't care if it's a husband and wife, two husbands or two wives, define family however you want, but understand that a lack of commitment to make a relationship work is what is causing our society to destroy itself. It is our kids that are suffering. They need stability and direction, they need a sense of who they are.

The Academy awards tonight were a perfect example of how society worships the vacuous super star over the doctors who save lives. I noticed that most celebrities did not wear the million dollar jewelry, as if that fooled anyone. What bothered me is that they are supposed to be role models to our children, and their lack of morals become what our children aspire to. It reminded me of Rome where people partied day and night while their society was crumbling around them.

Social workers are not going to solve our problems, coddling criminals is not going to root out the real rot in our society. Throwing more money towards every problem that exists is not going to change anything, if it was going to, we would have no more poverty.

As a society, we need to get back to the family unit. We need to care about where our children are, and what they are doing. Me, me, me, has not worked out, it's time to get back to the family, and the community. That is what will see us through this economic situation.

What Is Up With The Lefties?

Seriously, I'm used to posters on this blog getting emotional and name calling, on both sides of the aisle, that's why comment moderation is on, but what's up with the lefties?

We have Iffy pretending to be the Prime Minister of Canada by having his picture with Obama on a Times Square gumbo tron, hoping for American votes next election I guess.

Iggy's Times Square coup
Posted By ELIZABETH ELIZABETH THOMPSON THOMPSON, SUN MEDIA

All in all, the PR coup cost the Liberals $1,100 for U. S. distribution, $300 for the high-definition picture and $500 to distribute the photo to Canadian media outlets.

"We wanted to be sure that media had an opportunity to see that he did meet with the president," said Liberal spokesman Jill Fairbrother,

Dimitri Soudas, the prime minister's spokesman, said Harper doesn't have to buy advertising to get coverage.

"I guess Mr. Ignatieff is still more preoccupied with getting coverage in the United States rather than in Canada, where he has actually come back after 36 long years of being absent."

Well Elizabeth Elizabeth Thompson Thompson, maybe maybe you you should proof read your own article. Just a thought!

Then we have some sort of Catsella attacking everybody from bloggers to TV show hosts.

I love it: Steve Paikin makes a pathetic mockery of an Ignatieff crony's crude attempt to censor TVO

Now, it turns out there's another reason to respect Paikin: He stands up to windbag bullies who attempt to censor his show — even windbag bullies who work for Michael Ignatieff and try to pull strings with higher-up in the Ontario government. You can read Blazing Cat Fur for a very good summary. But I also suggest you read Paikin's own blog entry on the subject (which I have pasted in below), in which he describes the obnoxious tactics a certain Ignatieff strategist applies in a crude, unsuccessful attempt to censor the Feb. 12 installment of The Agenda.

To continue the nonsense we still have the lefties wanting undesirables in our country.

War resisters:

Liberal-NDP coalition would protect war resisters from deportation: MPs


Terrorists:

A week before U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to Ottawa in February 2009, Canadian opposition MPs urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the new American leader to begin talks to bring terror suspect Omar Khadr back home to Canada.

When are terrorists not terrorists?When they're firing rockets into Israel. However, when they're fundraising in Canada, then they're seriously terrorists and somebody should do something about it.

How about Afghan Women? Remember when the female Afghan MP's came to Canada, and the lefties all rallied around their cause? Right me neither.

Ottawa – Members of the first Afghan parliamentary delegation visiting Canada, SAFIA SEDIQI (Nangarhar), FAWZIA KOOFI (Badakhshan), FARIBA AHMADI KAKAR (Kandahar), SAFURA ELKHANI (Bamyan), NASIMA NIAZI (Helmand) and SABRINA SAQIB (Kabul), spent a week in Ottawa meeting with Canadian officials, parliamentarians, NGOs, media and community representatives.

Accompanied by the Afghan Ambassador and Mrs. Samad, the Parliamentarians attended a reception in their honor hosted by Mrs. Laureen Harper, wife of the Prime Minister of Canada, on Monday evening at 24 Sussex, where they expressed their gratitude for Canada’s continued multi-faceted engagement in Afghanistan.

I read the whole press release and not one Liberal or NDP MP was mentioned, none were in any of the pictures. So, what are Canadian feminists doing to support and help Afghan women and girls, like the one blinded by acid because her face was uncovered on her way to school? Nothing it seems. They are too busy measuring Obama for a superman outfit:

Ms. Magazine on Barack Obama: “This is What a Feminist Looks Like”
Msweb

It’s not surprising to see President Obama gracing the cover of a magazine, except perhaps in one case. The latest issue of Ms. magazine features an illustration of President Obama tearing open his dress shirt and tie to reveal a T-shirt reading “This is what a feminist looks like.” Obama is the first male to appear on the cover in over a decade. Critics have questioned the decision to put Obama on the cover, especially at so early a stage in his presidency.

What's up with lefties? They appear to have lost any direction, because they stand for nothing except gaining power. The coalition was a clear signal that Canada comes second to the lefty desire for power. Why are the feminist MP's so quiet on Afghanistan women? Where are the protests against acid throwing Taliban? What do lefties stand for these days?

Friday Night Funnies: Confessionals!

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Financial Terminology:

CEO --Chief Embezzlement Officer.

CFO-- Corporate Fraud Officer.

BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.

BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.

VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.

P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.

BROKER -- What my broker has made me.

STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.

STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.

FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.

MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.

CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.

YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.

WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.

PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use.
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Automatic Confession:


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Keeping with the confessional theme:

A drunk staggers into a Catholic Church, enters a confessional booth, sits down, but says nothing.
The Priest coughs a few times to get his attention, but the drunk continues to sit there.
Finally, the Priest pounds three times on the wall.
The drunk mumbles, 'Ain't no use knockin, there's no paper on this side either.'

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THE WORLD'S SHORTEST PSYCHIATRIC JOKE

A man walks into a psychiatrist's office wearing only underwear made of Saran Wrap.

The psychiatrist says, "Well...I can clearly see your nuts."
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No silly game tonight, but I bet all married people are going to try this one:


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Have a great evening, what's left of it! Get out and enjoy winter tomorrow, spring is on the way!

Prime Minister Harper's CBC Interview

The visit yesterday went really well, and I think Prime Minister Harper and President Obama had an excellent time. This new level of co-operation should be very helpful for future meetings. If you didn't catch the CBC interview with the Prime Minister, here it is, well worth watching.



What a class act! No revealing of secrets, not like whiny Iffy, who couldn't wait to run to the media with all the details of his talk. What an embarrassment, but he's a Liberal so he doesn't even realize how childish, and "me too" he looked.

The media will also have to cover all the meetings that President Obama and PM Harper will attend, where Iffy will not be left back at home crying to our media.

Let's see if the MSM even bothers to cover PM Harper's trip to New York on Monday to meet with the UN chief and business leaders.

On the heels of meetings with US President Prime Minister Stephen Harper travels to New York City Monday where he will hold private meetings with the UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon to discuss "global security issues."

A spokesman for Harper told reporters in a background briefing, the meeting follows on Harper's discussions with Obama. "It is certainly related to that," the aide said.

But he would not specify the topics of discussion, except to say Afghanistan is part of the security agenda.

Later that day, Harper will also hold round table discussions with American business leaders.

Harper will not address any questions from Canadian reporters while there, however.

Poor Tonda, she can't follow the PM around and ask questions that are likely to embarrass Canada. Interesting that American business leaders want to listen to our Prime Minister, hopefully they will be persuaded to invest in Canada.

Obama and Harper - Climate Changers!

The environmentalists have been harping at politicians that climate change is real, and something has to be done about it, immediately. We are now seeing politicians reacting, but not to the liking of climate changers. Today is a great example of how politicians are starting to change the tune on the environmentalists.

Both President Obama and PM Harper talked cap and trade, NOT carbon tax. This must be giving Gore and Suzuki fits. You see, with cap and trade, the billions are going to the companies and actual researchers, not to the environmentalists. Gore and Suzuki talk a big game, but do nothing to actually reduce the problem. Gore's carbon credit company is going to suffer. HA!

Carbon sequestration is just as ineffectual as a carbon trading market, so billions will go towards a technology that will work only to make people feel better about using coal or heaven forbid, Alberta's "dirty oil". The MacKenzie pipeline might finally get built, again cutting environmentalists out of the money.

This clip is a huge smack in the face to environmentalists, and they just have to take it. Good job Premier Stelmach!

We have environmentalists against the cleanest form of power generation, nuclear power, and now they are against eco-fuels, carbon sequestration and are left with carbon taxes, bird killing wind turbines and solar. They have boxed themselves into a corner where they can not protest governments actually doing research and innovation on ALL fronts, not just the ones they like, they have after all told us that we are in a crisis with climate. Funny how they never mention real pollution.

Environmentalists have been out foxed, because they are good at protesting and suing, but have not contributed one good invention to cure the world. If the environmentalists protest carbon sequestration that Obama clearly supports, how can they justify it without looking like idiots? Now governments can point to the mega billion dollars being spent and say, "see we are doing something", too bad that is money that could have been better spent on health care.

Hint to the MSM, Obama calls them oil sands NOT tar sands, get with the program!

The Green Monster!

No, not the eco-nuts, the opposition parties, specifically the Liberals, are jealous. You see in their minds, they should have been greeting Obama, they are the naturally ruling party you know. This is so unfair! Iffy should be the PM, he is a Harvard grad, just like Obama, and he understands the US soooo much better than PM Harper, because he has CONTACTS! He has lived in the US, more years than he has lived in Canada recently, so really, he deserves to be listened to by Obama. He has written books, just like Obama too. HA.

Poor babies, it is tearing them up to not be in power at the time of the Obama coming! They are left begging for time to meet Obama, and by then, PM Harper will have already clued Obama in, and most importantly, both President Obama and PM Harper will have issued a joint statement. So, for Iffy to come out later and state that he had influenced Obama in any way, will look foolish. Well, more foolish than he looks now, after this little whine fest.

Ignatieff expects longer meeting with Obama

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff wants to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama for at least 20 minutes, amidst reports he may only get half that time.

The meeting was initially supposed to be 30 minutes. Ignatieff, who has close friends in Obama's administration, hinted it may have been the Prime Minister's Office that influenced the time of the meeting.

"The question of how much time I have with the president of the United States is still being discussed," he told reporters Wednesday. The Americans have their interests; the prime minister, needless to say, has his political interests. I'm not going to let the prime minister's political interests spoil an important opportunity."

He noted that when Harper was leader of the opposition in 2004, he had a "good and extended meeting" with then-president George W. Bush.

"I will expect no less, and I'm sure I will receive no less," said Ignatieff. "The Americans have certainly been very co-operative and helpful."

Oh, cry me a river Iffy! What a baby. Read the comments, they mostly agree with me. Some very good points are made.

Obama Fan
It looks like the reporter failed to include the fact that Ignatieff stomped his feet and then rolled out his lower lip in a pout after making the comments.

Dan D.
I certainly agree that Ignatieff has got to put his personal aspirations aside and realize he is not the prime minister therefore there is no point in him meeting with the president of the United States. We can not have all the opposition leaders take up Mr. Obama's valuable time.

As for the comments regarding Harper's meeting with Bush, please keep in mind Bush spent much longer time in Canada then Obama is spending.

Obama is spending a mere five hours here in Canada. He doesn't have time to meet with every prime minister wannabee.

Very good point made by Dan D. This is a working visit, it is much shorter than a ceremonial visit, so if PM Harper is only getting a ten minute private chat with the President, why does Iffy deserve a 20 minute private chat? Also the Governor General, would normally get way more time as well, but won't because again this is not a ceremonial visit. When that happens, she takes the leading roll, funny how the media is forgetting all about that little detail.

The final point to be made, is that President Obama is dictating the timing and terms of his visit, so maybe Iffy should be blaming Obama, not PM Harper for his lack of time.

my 2 cents
Of course Iggy needs to spend time learning about all the issues by being involved in meetings...He hasn't lived in Canada for the past 30 years, so he has no idea what the issues are here.

If Ignatief gets to sit at the big people's table some day, then he can arrange his own meetings with Obama for as long as Obama wants to give him. In this case you can be assured that if Obama wants to spend more time with him, he will. The Conservatives are not dictating terms of this meeting as was mentioned in the story about today's press conference.

vince in trenton
Are people that gullable that they think Harper has that much power to tell Obama how long he meets with someone,even if it is tiny Iggy? You can bet the farm that the Canadians were given a timetable and told this is the way it is. But, all the whining about how Harper is robbing Iggy of his time in the spot light is being told by those who still think Harper has enough power that he caused the global economic problems...We Canadians are just a pawn in the great American chess game...always have been, always will be...BIG BROTHER IS KEEPING US IN CHECK....

Iffy and the Liberals are making themselves look real bad by whining and crying about how unfair it all is, poor things. Bet Layton will be seen prowling the halls of Parliament trying to get his photo taken with Obama. What an embarrassment the opposition is, I wonder if Iffy or Rae will ask Obama for an autograph? HA!

The green monster is loose, and it is making the Liberals look like the babies they are, pass them some soothers! Or maybe we should start mailing soothers to Iffy, now that would be funny!