Canadian Press
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
MONTREAL -- The federal Liberals should reimburse more than $5 million to Canadian taxpayers for the sponsorship program, the Bloc Quebecois told the Gomery inquiry on Wednesday.
-Good Work Gilles!
"The Bloc Quebecois estimates that at least $5.4 million found its way to the Liberal Party of Canada,'' said Clement Groleau, lawyer for the sovereigntist party.
-I'm guessing it could be $54 Million or even $540 million?
"All this money should be returned.''
-how about with interest too?
Groleau said the program helped to secure funding for the Liberals in its political battles with the Bloc.
-helped to win elections that they probably would have lost otherwise
The Bloc's tally includes $2.9 million in contracts received by Jacques Corriveau, a friend of former prime minister Jean Chretien; $1.7 million in contributions by ad man Jean Brault; and another $769,000 in official donations to the Liberals.
-will we ever know the true depth of this depraved regime's deceptions?
The Conservatives, who agreed with the thrust of the Bloc presentation, said evidence presented at the inquiry proves the sponsorship program was designed to benefit the governing party.
-at the expense of almost everyone else
"There was systemic and improper political influence throughout the sponsorship and advertising programs and it was at the behest of the Liberal government that this interference and this influence perpetuated itself,'' said Tory lawyer Arthur Hamilton.
-comes from the very top and it was well known, even at the EDA level
But Liberal lawyer Doug Mitchell labelled both presentations as political efforts that were unfair readings of evidence presented at the inquiry.
"When you get to $5.4 million on the evidence, we're going way, way, way too far,'' he said.
-yeah the libeals don't want to pay back any amount even close to what they have actually stolen from taxpayers
Justice John Gomery interjected to say judicial experience suggests people don't always hope for the large amounts they claim.
-actually in this case they are lowballing the real amount John..
The Liberals have set aside $750,000 in a trust fund to repay any ill-gotten gains.
-peanuts, they probably had Belinda write them a cheque for this amount
Mitchell blamed the scandal on a rogue group of party members and reminded Gomery that Prime Minister Paul Martin's government took steps to ensure such abuses aren't repeated.
-rogue party members bearing cash are NOT rebuffed! Martin took steps to create a coverup that was entirely designed to save his own ass!
"The party has never at the time and has never since endorsed these actions and has rather sought to get to the bottom of it to make sure that it never happens again.''
-what lies, spin and hyerbole!!
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
LPC Slime survives + some socon laughs
Martin's weasels survive (where is he lately?), without him.
It's apparent that there will not be an election until fall or even next year now that the cheese eating and wine scoffing gang from Quebec wanted gay marriage rammed down Canadian's throats.
There is still many other tactics to try and save the remnants of god fearing collectives on this earth. All the same it is fun to watch the debauched crowd thumb their noses at the universe in nihillistic fashion thinking they are truly free.
Now for some laughs cause I need them today and likely you too..
US right attacks SpongeBob video
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4190699.stm
Spongebob is popular among adult gay menUS conservative groups are up in arms over a music video featuring children's TV heroes such as the cheerful cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
Focus on the Family and other groups say the video - a remake of the Sister Sledge hit, We Are Family - is a vehicle for pro-gay propaganda.
The video's makers plan to mail it to US schools in the spring to promote tolerance and diversity.
They say the attack is based on a misunderstanding.
-now I ask you, does not Bob look gay to you? For the rest of the story go to the link above.
It's apparent that there will not be an election until fall or even next year now that the cheese eating and wine scoffing gang from Quebec wanted gay marriage rammed down Canadian's throats.
There is still many other tactics to try and save the remnants of god fearing collectives on this earth. All the same it is fun to watch the debauched crowd thumb their noses at the universe in nihillistic fashion thinking they are truly free.
Now for some laughs cause I need them today and likely you too..
US right attacks SpongeBob video
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4190699.stm
Spongebob is popular among adult gay menUS conservative groups are up in arms over a music video featuring children's TV heroes such as the cheerful cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
Focus on the Family and other groups say the video - a remake of the Sister Sledge hit, We Are Family - is a vehicle for pro-gay propaganda.
The video's makers plan to mail it to US schools in the spring to promote tolerance and diversity.
They say the attack is based on a misunderstanding.
-now I ask you, does not Bob look gay to you? For the rest of the story go to the link above.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
MP O'Brien throws wrench into night of confidence votes
Last Updated Tue, 14 Jun 2005 17:31:35 EDT
CBC News
London-Fanshawe MP Pat O'Brien has issued an ultimatum, saying he and an unnamed Liberal MP will vote against the minority Liberal government in a series of confidence votes Tuesday night unless the same-sex marriage bill is delayed.
-this is more like it! finally a liberal that stands up!
If they carry out the threat, Paul Martin's government could fall, pushing the country into a summer election campaign. O'Brien, who left the Liberal caucus this month to sit as an Independent over the gay-marriage issue, told CBC News that he will continue negotiating with Liberal officials in the hours before the voting begins at 10 p.m. EDT.
-they know what we want, guaranteed protection for all religious institutions
"I met with two senior elected MPs from the Liberal party earlier today," said O'Brien on CBC's Politics. "I suspect I will meet with them and others later." He wants a promise, in writing, that the passage of the same-sex marriage bill will not happen until after Parliament resumes in the fall.
-even better as this allows us to mobilize against it!
INDEPTH: Divided Parliament http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/election2005/index.html
O'Brien did not say which Liberal member of Parliament is joining him in seeking the delay. At least five confidence votes will take place late Tuesday night as the House of Commons tries to pass the federal budget before the summer recess.
-a hot summer indeed!
The votes deal with the government's main budget bill and approval of operational funds. The Liberals have 133 seats in the House of Commons, including Speaker Peter Milliken, who will vote only to break a tie. That's followed by the Conservatives with 98, the Bloc Québécois with 54, and the New Democrats with 19. There are four Independents, including O'Brien.
The combined Liberal-NDP alliance gives the government 151 votes, or 150 if one of the Liberal MPs votes against the government.
-nobody is sure of what Cadman is doing or if Grewal is showing up (quite likely I'd say..), then there is the prospect of LPC vote buying... but they may be hesitant this time though.
The Bloc-Tory alliance has 152 votes. But three Tories are ill, including MP Gurmant Grewal, who is on stress leave, and are not expected to make the vote. One BQ member will be absent, said party whip Michel Guimond. That leaves the opposition camp with 148 votes. Of the four Independent MPs:
Former Liberal Carolyn Parrish has said she will support the government.
Chuck Cadman, who voted with the Liberals in the last confidence vote, has cancer and is not expected to be in the House.
-we will see .. what Chucky does!
Former Liberal David Kilgour may back the Tories as he did in the May 19 vote.
-I also expect that he would vote against the liberals also.
That could leave the last Independent, O'Brien, and the unnamed Liberal MP holding the government's fate in their hands.
-Yes and I bet that it could be more than two defectors too.
FROM MAY 19, 2005: Government survives 2 confidence votes
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/19/second-confidence050519.html
Martin's minority government barely survived a confidence vote on the budget May 19 after Milliken broke a tie vote by casting his ballot for the government.
-gee what about the illegal vote buying by the liberals? CBC?
Although Conservatives say they're pushing for a strong attendance by their members for Tuesday night's votes, they appear to have lost their enthusiasm for an immediate election.
-depends who you talk too, I'd say.
Polls have shown their popularity has plummeted in recent weeks.
-a poll a few days ago only showed them 8 points behind the liberals nationally, so where are you getting your information?
CBC News
London-Fanshawe MP Pat O'Brien has issued an ultimatum, saying he and an unnamed Liberal MP will vote against the minority Liberal government in a series of confidence votes Tuesday night unless the same-sex marriage bill is delayed.
-this is more like it! finally a liberal that stands up!
If they carry out the threat, Paul Martin's government could fall, pushing the country into a summer election campaign. O'Brien, who left the Liberal caucus this month to sit as an Independent over the gay-marriage issue, told CBC News that he will continue negotiating with Liberal officials in the hours before the voting begins at 10 p.m. EDT.
-they know what we want, guaranteed protection for all religious institutions
"I met with two senior elected MPs from the Liberal party earlier today," said O'Brien on CBC's Politics. "I suspect I will meet with them and others later." He wants a promise, in writing, that the passage of the same-sex marriage bill will not happen until after Parliament resumes in the fall.
-even better as this allows us to mobilize against it!
INDEPTH: Divided Parliament http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/election2005/index.html
O'Brien did not say which Liberal member of Parliament is joining him in seeking the delay. At least five confidence votes will take place late Tuesday night as the House of Commons tries to pass the federal budget before the summer recess.
-a hot summer indeed!
The votes deal with the government's main budget bill and approval of operational funds. The Liberals have 133 seats in the House of Commons, including Speaker Peter Milliken, who will vote only to break a tie. That's followed by the Conservatives with 98, the Bloc Québécois with 54, and the New Democrats with 19. There are four Independents, including O'Brien.
The combined Liberal-NDP alliance gives the government 151 votes, or 150 if one of the Liberal MPs votes against the government.
-nobody is sure of what Cadman is doing or if Grewal is showing up (quite likely I'd say..), then there is the prospect of LPC vote buying... but they may be hesitant this time though.
The Bloc-Tory alliance has 152 votes. But three Tories are ill, including MP Gurmant Grewal, who is on stress leave, and are not expected to make the vote. One BQ member will be absent, said party whip Michel Guimond. That leaves the opposition camp with 148 votes. Of the four Independent MPs:
Former Liberal Carolyn Parrish has said she will support the government.
Chuck Cadman, who voted with the Liberals in the last confidence vote, has cancer and is not expected to be in the House.
-we will see .. what Chucky does!
Former Liberal David Kilgour may back the Tories as he did in the May 19 vote.
-I also expect that he would vote against the liberals also.
That could leave the last Independent, O'Brien, and the unnamed Liberal MP holding the government's fate in their hands.
-Yes and I bet that it could be more than two defectors too.
FROM MAY 19, 2005: Government survives 2 confidence votes
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/19/second-confidence050519.html
Martin's minority government barely survived a confidence vote on the budget May 19 after Milliken broke a tie vote by casting his ballot for the government.
-gee what about the illegal vote buying by the liberals? CBC?
Although Conservatives say they're pushing for a strong attendance by their members for Tuesday night's votes, they appear to have lost their enthusiasm for an immediate election.
-depends who you talk too, I'd say.
Polls have shown their popularity has plummeted in recent weeks.
-a poll a few days ago only showed them 8 points behind the liberals nationally, so where are you getting your information?
Bulletproof Liberals can't lose for losing
JAMES TRAVERS
Toronto Star
June 14, 2005
Crazy doesn't quite capture what's happening here. Tonight the minority government faces a confidence vote Liberals would be happier to lose than Conservatives win.
-If that is the case will the liberals throw out their own government, I doubt it.
That isn't a fearless forecast for a summer election nobody wants. It is the new political reality of a capital gone all wobbly.
-I know lots of people that still want an election, oh, conservatives, the bloc amongst others.
How wobbly? Well, just weeks ago the issue was ethics, Stephen Harper was set to end Paul Martin's uncertain rule and conventional wisdom put Gilles Duceppe en route to Quebec where he would win the next provincial election before ripping the country apart.
-With MSM aquiescence the liberals have managed to avoid being labelled as corrupt like Michael Jackson has avoided obvious incarceration
Now the Supreme Court is again making medicare top-of-mind, Harper's Conservatives have executed a public opinion flip-flop with Martin's Liberals and Duceppe isn't abandoning an Ottawa sinecure.
-UH? last time I checked the supreme court was just annother place to put liberal toadies.
As they say in the infomercials: Wait, there's more craziness hidden in those three issues.
Less than a week after the Supreme Court belled a health-care problem Liberals largely created, the ruling party is, one more time, positioning itself as public medicine's brave defender.
-Yeah just like your friends in the supreme court didn't vote for this. Now liberals have to spin this to make it look like the court's outcome is not desired (but it is..), and do some fake maneouvers to make it look like the LPC is going to prevent an inevitable two-tiered health care system.
Harper's typically stubborn refusal to distance himself from Gurmant Grewal and the now infamous tapes has somehow become the moral equivalent of a litany of Liberal ethical failures, pushing voters back toward a party that, even after breaking public trust, is still seen as more likely to implement agreeable public policy.
-Last time I checked it was expedient to support one of your own... furthermore the liberals cheap attempts at fear mongering eg. deporting Grewal are going to blow-up in their faces. Somehow become the moral equivalent of Gomery? Just annother example of liberal spin by the spin meisters. The agreeable public policy is that dictated by the MSM to the masses and for which the masses have no input nor interest. It is the top-down method of governing that we observe in many third-world dictatorships.
Finally, and most mind-boggling beyond the Ottawa-Quebec axis, Martin's cabinet colleagues accuse Duceppe of cowardice for not going home, where he is both the province's most popular politician and, arguably, the separatist leader most likely to provoke another constitutional crisis.
-Just as I suspected, you guys engineered the stepping down of the PQ leader so that you could move out Duceppe, but you lost that one. Obviously, Duceppe knows all about liberal scheming and corruption and he saw your moves telegraphed well ahead of him. He did the right thing, for Quebec and for Canada and ultimately for conservatives too.
Not understanding this is not a sign of dementia. Viscous but relatively predictable federal politics has been turned on its head by a confluence of forces.
-which forces are those Travers? your globalistic/socialistic/humanistic/atheistic friends?
First there is that old favourite, the absence of an alternative. Mad-as-hell Albertans, forgetting that Ontario twice elected Mike Harris, blame the province's voters for rescuing federal Liberals with much the same logic applied by corporations when they fault consumers for not buying products they don't want.
-The reality is that Ontarians like the deer frozen in the headlights of the truck don't know what to do... stay where they are or make an uncertain move. A position that they do not like being in but sooner or later they will have to make a move, like it or not.
Until Conservatives change, many Canadians will hold their noses and vote Liberal.
-conservatives will never become PC's or liberals lite as you want them to do. Never if I have my way!
Then there is the split personality of a Liberal government that can't remember how to govern and a Liberal party that hasn't forgotten how to win.
-it is always about winning at any cost any ends justifies the means and the real prize is the money and power to be given to some of the slimiest humans living in Canada.
These few weeks are witness to a turnaround in Liberal fortunes every bit as dramatic — and forcefully executed
-what are you suggesting here? more graft and cheating and arm-twisting?
— as the one that in the last days of last year's campaign snatched minority from the jaws of defeat.
-the media saved you last year, it may not be able to do the same next time, I promise you.
There isn't much justice in that reversal. It ignores Liberal failures, puts voters in the queasy position of effectively endorsing serial wrongdoing and minimizes not only Jack Layton's success in advancing NDP priorities, but also the implications.
-then why do you defend it, you slack jawed gay loving, snivelling weasel?
In helping shift now small-c conservative Liberals closer to their small-l roots, Layton forced the ruling party to make a readjustment it has resisted since Preston Manning's reformers became a force. Countering a short-term threat from the political right by moving left, Liberals are exposing what its strategist fear is its most vulnerable flank.
-finally you said something that I actually agree with. The liberals have no choice but to move left and absorb the NDP, with the Greens becoming the new NDP in Canada. With this shift will come small-c liberals to our camp or they will face defeat in the future elections. We will also take more supporters in the crucial middle ground. At the same time, conservatives have to go more right to cover the vastness barely covered by political politics on the right. Although, I am happy to say that several more right or centre political parties have been formed, their day is yet to come and they are not any kind of force in the Canadian electorate system at the moment.
Among other things, that shift makes a Prime Minister who made his name as a prudent finance minister the greatest threat to his own legacy. But politics is mostly about winning and what Martin and the Liberals are doing now is, at least in the short term, working.
-politics is NOT ABOUT WINNING (although I agree that a liberal would think this way..), politics is about helping people, as many people as possible.
Willing again to be bought with their own money, voters aren't looking past Martin's scattered promises to worry much about cost or how the underlying helter-skelter deals push the country toward the banal vision of a community of communities. Still, in a capital now living only for the moment, that's good enough for a government as surprised as it is grateful to be positioned so well for tonight's confidence votes.
-the vote hasn't been held yet, don't be too certain. But again I do agree with you in your comments here, the political landscape looks bleak but it can and will change.
A country embarrassed by so much political bad behaviour doesn't deserve to be further punished by a summer election. But, should craziness prevail, Liberals are set to be its beneficiaries, Conservatives its victims.
-that is exactly why this country deserves a summer election, its own reticence to face reality. I expect a loss of seats for liberals and that is when the fun begins.
Toronto Star
June 14, 2005
Crazy doesn't quite capture what's happening here. Tonight the minority government faces a confidence vote Liberals would be happier to lose than Conservatives win.
-If that is the case will the liberals throw out their own government, I doubt it.
That isn't a fearless forecast for a summer election nobody wants. It is the new political reality of a capital gone all wobbly.
-I know lots of people that still want an election, oh, conservatives, the bloc amongst others.
How wobbly? Well, just weeks ago the issue was ethics, Stephen Harper was set to end Paul Martin's uncertain rule and conventional wisdom put Gilles Duceppe en route to Quebec where he would win the next provincial election before ripping the country apart.
-With MSM aquiescence the liberals have managed to avoid being labelled as corrupt like Michael Jackson has avoided obvious incarceration
Now the Supreme Court is again making medicare top-of-mind, Harper's Conservatives have executed a public opinion flip-flop with Martin's Liberals and Duceppe isn't abandoning an Ottawa sinecure.
-UH? last time I checked the supreme court was just annother place to put liberal toadies.
As they say in the infomercials: Wait, there's more craziness hidden in those three issues.
Less than a week after the Supreme Court belled a health-care problem Liberals largely created, the ruling party is, one more time, positioning itself as public medicine's brave defender.
-Yeah just like your friends in the supreme court didn't vote for this. Now liberals have to spin this to make it look like the court's outcome is not desired (but it is..), and do some fake maneouvers to make it look like the LPC is going to prevent an inevitable two-tiered health care system.
Harper's typically stubborn refusal to distance himself from Gurmant Grewal and the now infamous tapes has somehow become the moral equivalent of a litany of Liberal ethical failures, pushing voters back toward a party that, even after breaking public trust, is still seen as more likely to implement agreeable public policy.
-Last time I checked it was expedient to support one of your own... furthermore the liberals cheap attempts at fear mongering eg. deporting Grewal are going to blow-up in their faces. Somehow become the moral equivalent of Gomery? Just annother example of liberal spin by the spin meisters. The agreeable public policy is that dictated by the MSM to the masses and for which the masses have no input nor interest. It is the top-down method of governing that we observe in many third-world dictatorships.
Finally, and most mind-boggling beyond the Ottawa-Quebec axis, Martin's cabinet colleagues accuse Duceppe of cowardice for not going home, where he is both the province's most popular politician and, arguably, the separatist leader most likely to provoke another constitutional crisis.
-Just as I suspected, you guys engineered the stepping down of the PQ leader so that you could move out Duceppe, but you lost that one. Obviously, Duceppe knows all about liberal scheming and corruption and he saw your moves telegraphed well ahead of him. He did the right thing, for Quebec and for Canada and ultimately for conservatives too.
Not understanding this is not a sign of dementia. Viscous but relatively predictable federal politics has been turned on its head by a confluence of forces.
-which forces are those Travers? your globalistic/socialistic/humanistic/atheistic friends?
First there is that old favourite, the absence of an alternative. Mad-as-hell Albertans, forgetting that Ontario twice elected Mike Harris, blame the province's voters for rescuing federal Liberals with much the same logic applied by corporations when they fault consumers for not buying products they don't want.
-The reality is that Ontarians like the deer frozen in the headlights of the truck don't know what to do... stay where they are or make an uncertain move. A position that they do not like being in but sooner or later they will have to make a move, like it or not.
Until Conservatives change, many Canadians will hold their noses and vote Liberal.
-conservatives will never become PC's or liberals lite as you want them to do. Never if I have my way!
Then there is the split personality of a Liberal government that can't remember how to govern and a Liberal party that hasn't forgotten how to win.
-it is always about winning at any cost any ends justifies the means and the real prize is the money and power to be given to some of the slimiest humans living in Canada.
These few weeks are witness to a turnaround in Liberal fortunes every bit as dramatic — and forcefully executed
-what are you suggesting here? more graft and cheating and arm-twisting?
— as the one that in the last days of last year's campaign snatched minority from the jaws of defeat.
-the media saved you last year, it may not be able to do the same next time, I promise you.
There isn't much justice in that reversal. It ignores Liberal failures, puts voters in the queasy position of effectively endorsing serial wrongdoing and minimizes not only Jack Layton's success in advancing NDP priorities, but also the implications.
-then why do you defend it, you slack jawed gay loving, snivelling weasel?
In helping shift now small-c conservative Liberals closer to their small-l roots, Layton forced the ruling party to make a readjustment it has resisted since Preston Manning's reformers became a force. Countering a short-term threat from the political right by moving left, Liberals are exposing what its strategist fear is its most vulnerable flank.
-finally you said something that I actually agree with. The liberals have no choice but to move left and absorb the NDP, with the Greens becoming the new NDP in Canada. With this shift will come small-c liberals to our camp or they will face defeat in the future elections. We will also take more supporters in the crucial middle ground. At the same time, conservatives have to go more right to cover the vastness barely covered by political politics on the right. Although, I am happy to say that several more right or centre political parties have been formed, their day is yet to come and they are not any kind of force in the Canadian electorate system at the moment.
Among other things, that shift makes a Prime Minister who made his name as a prudent finance minister the greatest threat to his own legacy. But politics is mostly about winning and what Martin and the Liberals are doing now is, at least in the short term, working.
-politics is NOT ABOUT WINNING (although I agree that a liberal would think this way..), politics is about helping people, as many people as possible.
Willing again to be bought with their own money, voters aren't looking past Martin's scattered promises to worry much about cost or how the underlying helter-skelter deals push the country toward the banal vision of a community of communities. Still, in a capital now living only for the moment, that's good enough for a government as surprised as it is grateful to be positioned so well for tonight's confidence votes.
-the vote hasn't been held yet, don't be too certain. But again I do agree with you in your comments here, the political landscape looks bleak but it can and will change.
A country embarrassed by so much political bad behaviour doesn't deserve to be further punished by a summer election. But, should craziness prevail, Liberals are set to be its beneficiaries, Conservatives its victims.
-that is exactly why this country deserves a summer election, its own reticence to face reality. I expect a loss of seats for liberals and that is when the fun begins.
Biron: Homolka treated in totalitarian style
Alexander Panetta, Canadian Press
Friday, June 10, 2005
OTTAWA -- A Quebec senator is standing by his contention that schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka's freedom is being violated by a totalitarian-style law.
Liberal Senator Michel Biron's comments raised eyebrows on Parliament Hill on Friday, but he didn't back down.
Conservative deputy leader Peter MacKay called Biron's "moral support" for Homolka repugnant.
Good for you Peter!
And one member of the Liberal caucus in the Commons called on Biron to resign.
Wow there is evidence of life there after all!
The senator said there's no excusing the horrific crimes Homolka committed, but he's against the law imposing restrictions on Homolka's post-prison life _ including monthly check-ins with police and avoiding contact with former criminals.
Typical Liberal, more concerned about the welfare of criminals than that of the innocent public.
He says he's revolted by Section 810 of the Criminal Code and it should be scrapped because it repunishes criminals even after they've paid their debt to society.
The voter is society and they have spoken out about the nasty deal that the courts made with Homolka and they are in their rights to demand restrictions on here freedoms, you idiot!
"This law is the kind of law used in totalitarian regimes," Biron said in an interview Friday.
Are we not living in one right now? Your friends in the LPC sure know about totalitarian regimes, running one in this country and being friends of myriad world dictators.
"Rehabilitation is more important. We are not living in the time of Victor Hugo, with Les Miserables."
The vagabond in Hugo's Les Miserables, stole because he was starving in an era where there was no support for the poor and the upper-class were as distant from the man on the street as many of us are from men on the moon. But Biron shows his ignorance when he indicates that he does not know the moral of the story.
Biron said he's never met Homolka and isn't excusing her actions.
"I want to reiterate my sympathy for the victims and the victims' families . . . and in no way am I defending the crimes Homolka has committed," he said.
Obviously, you have little concern that such behaviour could be repeated unlike many people that know her.
Homolka will be released between June 30 and July 4 after completing a sentence for her role in the grisly sex killings of teenagers Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French.
Just a few of the total victims, which included her own younger sister... facts which the media like to gloss over by the way.
She was given a reduced jail term after testifying against her husband Paul Bernardo. He is serving a life sentence for the killings.
How does one go from a life sentence, issued on a twenty-something adult to 12 years for Homolka? Makes the head spin I think.
Walt Lastewa, Liberal MP for St. Catharines, Ont., the scene of Bernado and Homolka's crimes, said Biron should quit if he wants to lend her his personal support.
Why is an idiot like Biron in the senate in the first place? Does anybody know why? Biron is just annother example of the pressing need to revamp the senate or get rid of it.
"I feel he has totally made bizarre statements and as far as I'm concerned he should resign," Lastewa said.
"If he wants to do things in a personal light, he should resign from the Senate.
I say he should be forced out... oh I forgot, he has more protection than a professor on tenure or even gasp... a school teacher in the teacher's union!
Biron, 71, attended the hearing in Joliette, Que., last week that resulted in conditions on Homolka's release.
Why? Maybe he is sympathetic to Homolka.. maybe he was on the list to buy some certain films..
Appointed to the Senate in 2001 by then-prime minister Jean Chretien, Biron is a former telecommunications executive and recipient of the Order of Canada.
Why is he in the senate and what does communications have to do with Homolka? Figures that he was a crony of Chretien's though, one of the worst Prime Ministers in Canada's history.
Section 810 came into effect in 1994 amid a public uproar over repeat sex offenders who resumed targeting children following their release from prison.
Annother example of why Biron is an idiot. There is much precidence for what has been done with Homolka and the public demanded it. Biron needs to find a new job, I for one do not like the idea that he is in the senate collecting hard-working tax payers wages that are stolen from them.
Friday, June 10, 2005
OTTAWA -- A Quebec senator is standing by his contention that schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka's freedom is being violated by a totalitarian-style law.
Liberal Senator Michel Biron's comments raised eyebrows on Parliament Hill on Friday, but he didn't back down.
Conservative deputy leader Peter MacKay called Biron's "moral support" for Homolka repugnant.
Good for you Peter!
And one member of the Liberal caucus in the Commons called on Biron to resign.
Wow there is evidence of life there after all!
The senator said there's no excusing the horrific crimes Homolka committed, but he's against the law imposing restrictions on Homolka's post-prison life _ including monthly check-ins with police and avoiding contact with former criminals.
Typical Liberal, more concerned about the welfare of criminals than that of the innocent public.
He says he's revolted by Section 810 of the Criminal Code and it should be scrapped because it repunishes criminals even after they've paid their debt to society.
The voter is society and they have spoken out about the nasty deal that the courts made with Homolka and they are in their rights to demand restrictions on here freedoms, you idiot!
"This law is the kind of law used in totalitarian regimes," Biron said in an interview Friday.
Are we not living in one right now? Your friends in the LPC sure know about totalitarian regimes, running one in this country and being friends of myriad world dictators.
"Rehabilitation is more important. We are not living in the time of Victor Hugo, with Les Miserables."
The vagabond in Hugo's Les Miserables, stole because he was starving in an era where there was no support for the poor and the upper-class were as distant from the man on the street as many of us are from men on the moon. But Biron shows his ignorance when he indicates that he does not know the moral of the story.
Biron said he's never met Homolka and isn't excusing her actions.
"I want to reiterate my sympathy for the victims and the victims' families . . . and in no way am I defending the crimes Homolka has committed," he said.
Obviously, you have little concern that such behaviour could be repeated unlike many people that know her.
Homolka will be released between June 30 and July 4 after completing a sentence for her role in the grisly sex killings of teenagers Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French.
Just a few of the total victims, which included her own younger sister... facts which the media like to gloss over by the way.
She was given a reduced jail term after testifying against her husband Paul Bernardo. He is serving a life sentence for the killings.
How does one go from a life sentence, issued on a twenty-something adult to 12 years for Homolka? Makes the head spin I think.
Walt Lastewa, Liberal MP for St. Catharines, Ont., the scene of Bernado and Homolka's crimes, said Biron should quit if he wants to lend her his personal support.
Why is an idiot like Biron in the senate in the first place? Does anybody know why? Biron is just annother example of the pressing need to revamp the senate or get rid of it.
"I feel he has totally made bizarre statements and as far as I'm concerned he should resign," Lastewa said.
"If he wants to do things in a personal light, he should resign from the Senate.
I say he should be forced out... oh I forgot, he has more protection than a professor on tenure or even gasp... a school teacher in the teacher's union!
Biron, 71, attended the hearing in Joliette, Que., last week that resulted in conditions on Homolka's release.
Why? Maybe he is sympathetic to Homolka.. maybe he was on the list to buy some certain films..
Appointed to the Senate in 2001 by then-prime minister Jean Chretien, Biron is a former telecommunications executive and recipient of the Order of Canada.
Why is he in the senate and what does communications have to do with Homolka? Figures that he was a crony of Chretien's though, one of the worst Prime Ministers in Canada's history.
Section 810 came into effect in 1994 amid a public uproar over repeat sex offenders who resumed targeting children following their release from prison.
Annother example of why Biron is an idiot. There is much precidence for what has been done with Homolka and the public demanded it. Biron needs to find a new job, I for one do not like the idea that he is in the senate collecting hard-working tax payers wages that are stolen from them.
Monday, June 13, 2005
A letter to Jean Chretien
Brian Walsh
Recent headlines indicated that you felt betrayed Jean.. I assume you believe that your country has betrayed you since the articles I read didn't actually name a guilty culprit or two. You probably believe that you made the ultimate sacrifice.. your integrity and that of your political party in order to prevent Quebec from leaving Canada. Yes, adscam was your baby and according to you and your friends was unavoidable, a last ditched attempt to save such a great thing as this country.
But there is an old saying Jean, cheaters only win in the short run and lose in the long run. Much like the sprightly rabbit and hare, the age old story of the deceitful young buck hare vs the plodding and careful turtle. You Jean remind me of that hare, heady with the prospect of victory won easily such that it would reflect as example of your own prowess. No Jean, I don't think you were betrayed at all, you sir betrayed us. We have a right to expect more from our leaders and you let us down. But I know as well as you know that you were not alone in all of these machinations and schemes, you had many helping hands and conspiring minds to resort to inorder to see these events to completition.
WE all know that Mr. Paul Martin, old friend in politics and cohort and now our present Prime Minister of Canada, was front and centre in the plan to keep Quebec on side no matter the cost. This is obvious to all of us political pundits but not obvious to those in the generally apolitical public. That is why you need to do something now Jean, you need to come clean and tell the Gomery inquiry the exact role and nature of PM Martin's involvement in Adscam now... before time runs out. You need to do this to improve your own image, to improve the image of Canada abroad, and most of all to increase faith of Canadians in their parliamentary system. You can do so much Jean by doing so little.. doing what you need to do and want to do. Spill the beans Jean, and at least know that in the end when it is all said and done, Jean Chretien stood tall one last time.
Recent headlines indicated that you felt betrayed Jean.. I assume you believe that your country has betrayed you since the articles I read didn't actually name a guilty culprit or two. You probably believe that you made the ultimate sacrifice.. your integrity and that of your political party in order to prevent Quebec from leaving Canada. Yes, adscam was your baby and according to you and your friends was unavoidable, a last ditched attempt to save such a great thing as this country.
But there is an old saying Jean, cheaters only win in the short run and lose in the long run. Much like the sprightly rabbit and hare, the age old story of the deceitful young buck hare vs the plodding and careful turtle. You Jean remind me of that hare, heady with the prospect of victory won easily such that it would reflect as example of your own prowess. No Jean, I don't think you were betrayed at all, you sir betrayed us. We have a right to expect more from our leaders and you let us down. But I know as well as you know that you were not alone in all of these machinations and schemes, you had many helping hands and conspiring minds to resort to inorder to see these events to completition.
WE all know that Mr. Paul Martin, old friend in politics and cohort and now our present Prime Minister of Canada, was front and centre in the plan to keep Quebec on side no matter the cost. This is obvious to all of us political pundits but not obvious to those in the generally apolitical public. That is why you need to do something now Jean, you need to come clean and tell the Gomery inquiry the exact role and nature of PM Martin's involvement in Adscam now... before time runs out. You need to do this to improve your own image, to improve the image of Canada abroad, and most of all to increase faith of Canadians in their parliamentary system. You can do so much Jean by doing so little.. doing what you need to do and want to do. Spill the beans Jean, and at least know that in the end when it is all said and done, Jean Chretien stood tall one last time.
Current News and Comments
Bush Admin DemandsIsrael Sack 4 Over Weapons To China
http://www.rense.com/general66/sack4.htm
Current crisis
The current crisis stems from a recent upgrade of unmanned drones, developed for China by Israel Aircraft Industries.Israel says it has merely supplied "support for the drone system, as per the original contract of sale, but the Americans reject the claim.
Pentagon sources say they have been lied to, and that China sent spare parts to Israel to be upgraded, not merely maintained.
Let's make this clear: Israel needs to do a better job of being seen to support the US, because the US does so much for Israel.
RAGE AT AUTHOR AFTER CLAIM: BILL RAPED HILLARY, CONCEIVED CHELSEA
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3ek.htm
"I'm going back to my cottage to rape my wife,"
Klein quotes Bill Clinton as saying during a Bermuda getaway in 1979.In the morning, the Clintons' room "looked like World War III. There are pillows and busted-up furniture all over the place," an unnamed source tells Klein.
Klein source claims Bill later learned Hillary was pregnant reading about it in the ARKANSAS GAZETTE."The fact that his wife didn't tell him that she was pregnant before she told a reporter doesn't seem to phase him one bit, because he says, 'Do you know what night that happened?""'No,' I say. 'When?" "'It was Bermuda,' he says, 'And you were there!'"
Ah, American politics, where nothing is sacred. But then again, rumours that Hilary is a dyke, her big mouth, and her family's general dysfunctional disposition makes us want more and more!
Nortel Networks president quits
Last Updated Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:47:06 EDT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/06/10/nortel-050610.html
"It has become apparent to Gary and me ... that we have divergent management styles and our business views differ," Owens said in a release. "I respect him for his decision and I wish him every success in his future endeavours."
Nortel chief technology officer Gary Kunis.
Nortel also said chief technology officer Gary Kunis, who joined Nortel in April following the appointment of Daichendt, is also leaving the company.
Daichendt and Kunis worked together at Cisco Systems before they joined Nortel.
Last time I checked, Cisco systems was still a successful company. Oh, well the leadership of Canada is never suspect..
Yellowknife Gay Pride sees record turnout
Last updated Jun 10 2005 04:13 PM CDTCBC News
http://north.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=gay-pride-yellowknife-10062005
YELLOWKNIFE – Hundreds of people celebrated Gay Pride Day in Yellowknife Friday afternoon.
OutNorth, a gay advocacy group for the Northwest Territories, handed out free cake outside the post office.
Don Babey, who speaks for OutNorth, says this was the biggest turnout ever.
As usual media bias.. no mention whatsoever of the increase in numbers of people... just a sensational headline designed to mislead and misrepresent the truth of the situation.
http://www.rense.com/general66/sack4.htm
Current crisis
The current crisis stems from a recent upgrade of unmanned drones, developed for China by Israel Aircraft Industries.Israel says it has merely supplied "support for the drone system, as per the original contract of sale, but the Americans reject the claim.
Pentagon sources say they have been lied to, and that China sent spare parts to Israel to be upgraded, not merely maintained.
Let's make this clear: Israel needs to do a better job of being seen to support the US, because the US does so much for Israel.
RAGE AT AUTHOR AFTER CLAIM: BILL RAPED HILLARY, CONCEIVED CHELSEA
http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3ek.htm
"I'm going back to my cottage to rape my wife,"
Klein quotes Bill Clinton as saying during a Bermuda getaway in 1979.In the morning, the Clintons' room "looked like World War III. There are pillows and busted-up furniture all over the place," an unnamed source tells Klein.
Klein source claims Bill later learned Hillary was pregnant reading about it in the ARKANSAS GAZETTE."The fact that his wife didn't tell him that she was pregnant before she told a reporter doesn't seem to phase him one bit, because he says, 'Do you know what night that happened?""'No,' I say. 'When?" "'It was Bermuda,' he says, 'And you were there!'"
Ah, American politics, where nothing is sacred. But then again, rumours that Hilary is a dyke, her big mouth, and her family's general dysfunctional disposition makes us want more and more!
Nortel Networks president quits
Last Updated Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:47:06 EDT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/06/10/nortel-050610.html
"It has become apparent to Gary and me ... that we have divergent management styles and our business views differ," Owens said in a release. "I respect him for his decision and I wish him every success in his future endeavours."
Nortel chief technology officer Gary Kunis.
Nortel also said chief technology officer Gary Kunis, who joined Nortel in April following the appointment of Daichendt, is also leaving the company.
Daichendt and Kunis worked together at Cisco Systems before they joined Nortel.
Last time I checked, Cisco systems was still a successful company. Oh, well the leadership of Canada is never suspect..
Yellowknife Gay Pride sees record turnout
Last updated Jun 10 2005 04:13 PM CDTCBC News
http://north.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=gay-pride-yellowknife-10062005
YELLOWKNIFE – Hundreds of people celebrated Gay Pride Day in Yellowknife Friday afternoon.
OutNorth, a gay advocacy group for the Northwest Territories, handed out free cake outside the post office.
Don Babey, who speaks for OutNorth, says this was the biggest turnout ever.
As usual media bias.. no mention whatsoever of the increase in numbers of people... just a sensational headline designed to mislead and misrepresent the truth of the situation.
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