Monday, February 20, 2006
Candian Women Win GOLD!!
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Does Canada Need the CBC?
Have you ever felt powerless against the mainstream media (MSM)? Maybe you even started a blog, because the MSM is biased. Speaking of bias, the CBC (media arm of the Liberal Party) is one of the worst offenders. Here is your chance to stick it to the man. The Globe and Mail is running a little survey that is just for you.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Proven - Women=Complicated Men=Simple
Phew...No Attacks
Friday, February 03, 2006
Muslims React to Cartoons With Calls For Beheadings and Butchering
So this is how the Muslim community expresses their supposed outrage over satirical cartoons published in newspapers? To say that I am offended that they resort to threats such as 'beheading' and 'butchering' anyone they perceive has insulted islam is an understatement. How many years have Christians endured continual mocking and ridicule from the progressive left, including those in Hollywood? If Christians said that they would slaughter anybody they perceive has insulted Christianity, they would be thrown in jail faster that you can say Al Frankin.
I will not be intimidated by these thugs! In the name of Free Speech, every blogger of every political strip should post a Muhammad cartoon:
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Windsor May be a Super Bowl Target for Terrorists
For the first time in the history of the esteemed sporting event the Super Bowl will be co-hosted by two cities, Detroit and Windsor, in different countries. As part of the festivities, there are huge events for fans on both sides of the border. An article appearing on the World Net Daily (WND) website suggests that it is likely that terrorists are planning to crash the party.
WND draws on the fact that there has been increased ‘chatter’ terrorist community about a major new attack in the West, explicitly citing the February 5th date in their communications. Supporting this supposition are other facts about al-Qaida:
- February 5th is significant to bin Laden
- The release of al-Qaida videotapes appear to provide clues about the dates of future attacks and, in this scenario, Feb. 5 becomes the most likely near-term terror strike date.
Being from Windsor, I got an uneasy feeling about this. First, the ‘chatter’ does not specify the attack would be on American soil. The only target cited was that the attack would be in the West. Second, the highest security will be concentrated on the primary target, the Super Bowl event in Detroit. According a recent article in the Windsor Star, Windsor’s security will consist of:
- 500 officers pulling Super Bowl duty to ensure the huge party remains just that.
- OPP presence will include two "public order units" consisting of specially trained riot control officers
- another OPP team of specially equipped experts is ready to intervene in the event of a chemical, biological or even nuclear attack. (After the fact!!)
- police will be assisting a bolstered presence of AGCO liquor inspectors checking for such issues as bar overcrowding, serving minors and intoxicated patrons.
- Counterfeiters and the vices will also be targeted, and traffic officers will monitor border crossing flows.
Emphasis mine
So where’s the anti-terrorism teams, JTF2, radiation detectors…anything??? As long as the terrorists don’t get drunk and pee on the sidewalk, they seem to have little to fear from our made in Canada security solution.
It has been long known that Canada is a soft target for terrorists. We even made it on bin Laden’s hit list. Most Canadian’s believe that we won’t be hit because, as a nation, we are nice and haven’t gotten ourselves involved in the Iraq war. A friend of mine, who has been an OPP officer for over 15 years says that it is because terrorists are like dogs, they will not crap in their own house. It is a well known fact that, relative to the US and the UK, Canada is soft on terrorists and their activities. The mostly unprotected border with the United States made Canada a great place to stage attacks from. Terrorists would not attack Canada because it would eliminate their ability to organize so close to the great satan. All that has changed with the strict tightening on the border and America’s increased focus on security for its northern border. The super bowl may provide the terrorists with just the opportunity they have been looking for to scratch another country off their ‘to do’ list.
I am hoping and praying that I am all wrong. Windsor would appreciate your prayers as well.
Afterthought 1: With NORDAD and the US security complex concentrating on the Super Bowl, the terrorist may choose another target in the US. This is still a very unhappy situation.
Afterthought 2: The WND article cites unspecified terror experts for their article. What is the credibility of these people? Why hasn’t the terror threat level in the states increased if this supposition had any credibility? I will be watching to see if they do raise it.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Candians Will Wake Up to a Nice Surprise Tuesday
Windsor West
Winner: Brian Masse - NDP
2. Werner Keller - Lib
3. Al Teshuba - Conservative
Masse’s popularity in the former Liberal stronghold will be impossible to overcome for the other candidates. Tough luck Al.
Windsor Tecumseh
Winner: Joe Comartin - NDP
2. Rick Fushi - Conservative
3. Bruck Easton
This one is very tough to call. I hope I am wrong on this one (I voted for Fushi), but I think that Comartins support will squeak this one out. Bruck is not a factor, given his turncoat history and a pathetic national campaign.
Essex
Winner: Jeff Watson
2. Taras Natyshak
3. Susan Whelan
Watson will win by a landslide. Today at the Harper rally in Windsor the crowd was shouting “Jeff, Jeff, Jeff…” An honour non of the other local Conservative candidates received. Whelan’s campaign has been controversial with her being endorsed by the Buzz “bomb” and the question of her lobbyist activities have not been resolved. It wouldn’t surprise me is Watson gets the highest percentage of the vote this side of the Manitoba-Ontario border.
National
Conservatives - 158 seats (MAJORITY)
NDP - 56 seats
Bloq - 53 seats
Liberals - 41 seats
Liberal support is soft. People that say they will vote Liberal will not necessarily show up at the polls because they cannot bring themselves to vote for a corrupt Liberal party and cannot bring themselves to vote for anyone else. That will not be enough to hand a majority to the Conservatives. I see the undecided voters (12 to 15%) hooking up with the party that has all but won the election. Together these conditions will hand the Conservatives a majority, leaving the Liberals in a political wasteland to strip the deadwood from the party.
UPDATE: I just visited Blue Blogging Soapbox and they are predicting 158 also (WOW). I never looked at that before I posted. What a co-inky-dink! I actually had 161 down before I changed it at the last minute.
Confirmed: Ford to May Cut Up to 25,000 Jobs
Ford may trim jobs in Canada as revamp plan to slash 25,000
Friday, January 20, 2006 Posted at 11:13 PM EST
Ford Motor Co. is expected to trim jobs in Canada as part of a plan to slash its work force by 25,000 people that will be announced Monday [as was predicted], industry observers said yesterday.
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If Ford takes an axe to its Canadian operations, the likely targets are the Essex Engine Plant in Windsor, Ont., with about 1,100 employees, and an assembly plant in St. Thomas, Ont., where 2,500 people work. Salaried job cuts that are expected as part of the announcement will also almost certainly affect Ford Motor Co. of Canada Ltd., which employs about 14,000 people at those two plants, other engine operations in Windsor and another assembly plant and head office operations in Oakville, Ont.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Did Whelan Violate the Lobbyist Registration Act?
During the eight week campaign it has come out that Whelan was working as a registered, paid, lobbyist (possibly earning over $100K), casting doubt on her motives. Through a back and forth with Whelan’s campaign manager, Keith Pickard, in the Essex riding forum on the CBC’s website, a startling revelation emerges:
Keith, Thank you for clarifying Susan Whelan’s lobbyist role in assisting the acquisition of $46 million on behalf of Chrysler. Why is it that you are forthcoming with this information in this forum and left these facts out of your “News” item (dated: 2005-12-08) on your campaign website? When you omit the facts it looks very much like you are hiding something.
One point that Keith and Whelan Friendly made is curious when you look at Susan’s lobbyist registration
Secondly, Ms. Whelan’s lobbyist registration filing indicated that Chrysler does not receive any other government funding. This is apparently another misleading statement because Chrysler receives millions of dollars from the federal government for its research and development activities in Windsor.
If these things are true, it suggests that Susan filed her lobbyist registration with misleading information. This would be a violation of the Lobbyist Registration Act*:
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14.(2) Every individual who knowingly makes any false or misleading statement in any return or other document submitted to the registrar under this Act, whether in electronic or other form, is guilty of an offence and liable
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both; and
(b) on proceedings by way of indictment, to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
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The Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists takes these matters very seriously. Ms. Whelan is intimately familiar with the Lobbyist Registration act since she helped implement its current version when she was Chair of the House Standing Committee on Industry. Keith, will Susan voluntarily submit to an investigation by the Registrar General of Canada?
*I cleaned up the links, they were a mess.
Indeed!
The Liberal candidate for Essex has some explaining to do. It is early, but I find it interesting that the Whelan camp (Keith Pickard, who usually responds quickly) has not responded to this potentially explosive development. It is plausible that they are afraid of responding and digging a deeper hole.
I had a look at the Strategis website for Whelan’s lobbyist registration filing. After consulting the Yellow Pages, it was clear that Whelan was working out of the Paroian Law office because she listed their address, phone number and email address in her lobbyist registration information. It seems that Susan Whelan breaks and bends the very rules she developed to get paid handsomely with taxpayer money. This comes from a politician that has heavily criticized other candidates for alleged dishonest statements. If this turns out to be true, Susan Whelan will be the personification of everything that is wrong with the Liberal Party. The Conservative Party has vowed to clear up this sort of dishonesty and unfair lobbyist access in the federal government.
Harper Blazes on CBC Tonight
I tried to look at this through an unbiased lens to gauge what others, possibly undecided voters, would be thinking about Harper's performance. I thought he was weak in the foreign policy area and that he would initiate opening the gay marriage thing within the time of his mandate. I do not see the latter point as a priority. There are much bigger issues facing this country, we should not be revisiting this issue. Overall, I believed what Mr. Harper was saying, especially in running the government with integrity and accountability, and could easily see Stephen Harper as the Prime Minister.
