Hip Waders Needed
Ian @ October 31, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The rise in fuel today is a classic example of the Oil Industry ripping off the Public. Our Politicians are uncaring or in bed with them to care. This rising cost of fuel is phony. The price of Oil on the market has been rising for weeks, months even. Hell its been at $90 for several weeks, yet the price of gas dropped. Suddenly it is up? Tell me again Stephen Harper, George Bush, how your buddies in the Oil Industry aren’t ripping us off? Tell us again how a High Loonie means greater income for Canadians, and cheaper prices?
Someone forget to tell your buddies in the Oil Industry Mr Harper?
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Buy Us Off, Sell Us Out, Screw Us
Ian @ October 31, 2007 # One Comment
The co called Mini Budget is a step in the right direction, or is it? Frankly the rate reduction for low income earners is NOW at what Paul Martin had introduced, which Stephen Harper defeated in the House of Commons, which brought about a winter election. Stephen Harper is hoping to entice the opposition to do to him, what he did to Paul Martin.
Whether they bite or not, it is wrong for Mr Harper to play politics with our economy. There is no substance to his plan, as low income earners will get back about $180 dollars. How about making it less expensive for the poor to exist? Things like establishing a proper program to reduce our dependence on Fossil Fuels, or about reducing Green Gas. Maybe a program to help ease the effects of climate change?
While money in my pocket is always nice, I would like to have a country left when things get rough. There is no plan to develop ways to insure the survival of our manufacturing base, our agriculture base as world oil prices continue to rise. No plan, just toss out money instead, is the Harper plan on protecting Canada.
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How High Can It Go?
Ian @ October 30, 2007 # One Comment
The High Loonie is supposed to help Canada, according to Flaherty and his boss Harper, but the truth is, it hurts our economy, while boosting profits for the Oil Industry. You know, the one’s who financed Stephen Harper’s campaign for leader of the Alliance Party? While Flaherty blasts retailers, it is interesting to see how quiet he is on the high fuel costs we are paying.
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Going to be More Assertive…
Ian @ October 30, 2007 # No Comment Yet
I suppose I am out of sync with most. I figure that anyone who enters a race does so because in their heart they believe they are best qualified for the position, such as President or Prime Minister. Yet they act like they are there for talking points only, not to actually win. I mean why raise millions of dollars, if you don’t believe you can win? Yet that seems to be the dogma of most who are running for President. They are not going to go after each other, because well it will be ammunition for the other side.
Like the other side doesn’t already have it’s attacks ready to go? Besides, if you go after a fellow candidate,and they do win, why would anyone want to use the same ammunition that has proven to not work?
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They Can’t Admit Mistakes
Ian @ October 29, 2007 # One Comment
The inability of the Bush Administration to own up to its failures, the drive to keep everything secret from the public, is driving people to the Terrorist Cause. It is this desire to hide, to ignore the very principles of Democracy that is losing the West the war on Terror. Thanks to Bush and his willingness to sacrifice the Bill of Rights, Harper’s willingness to ignore the Charter of Rights, the terrorists are winning. It is these documents that stand between us and them, yet our leaders ignore them, toss them aside at will, in the name of National Security.
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Recalls - Beef & Other Perishables
Ian @ October 28, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Another food recall, that has me wondering if Government is fully addressing the issue of Public Safety? I mean a recall for beef that might have been contaminated is one thing, but from possible contamination in June & August and the recall comes out at the end of October? That seems suspicious in itself, and makes me wonder, are Government Agencies ignoring their primary obligation to us, the consumer, in place of Corporate Needs?
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When to Test
Ian @ October 28, 2007 # No Comment Yet
So, it seems to me that the goal of testing is for control of what one eats, how one lives. You get to see the results for example if you eat a nice danish instead of perhaps a piece of fruit, or maybe a chocolate cookie.
Which is helpful, I’ll grant that, though I am not [...]
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Is Jack Layton Right?
Ian @ October 28, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Is Stephane Dion merely giving the appearance of retreat, does he have some strategy in place to end the Harper regime, or is he simply unprepared to become Prime Minister? An interesting question, given how he has abstained from voting, effectively allowing the Government of Harper to remain. Did he give in to Harper’s threats or was it smart politics?
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Testing Nightmare Continues
Ian @ October 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
You know, it pays to shop around.
Needed some new test strips, and Pharmasave wanted $90 for a hundred, London Drugs wanted $73. Guess where I got them from?
In some ways it seems like a real racket to me. I mean okay its a necessary evil, but I got this new meter, that came with a [...]
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Civil Liberties or Safety?
Ian @ October 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Stephane Dion does not want a winter election, and Stephen Harper is using that to push through legislation that strips away our basic civil liberties. Just as George Bush used ‘fear’ as his main political tactic to gain the White House, and to push his bills through Congress, Stephen Harper is doing the same. His bullying is not only distasteful, but disdainful. Yet Stephane Dion seems willing, which isn’t the mark of a leader, in my book.
Maybe the Liberals aren’t ready for an election, but then how can they not be? This isn’t a new threat, and I don’t know, protecting my Civil Rights would seem to be a pretty good reason to test Harper out on. Terror and Fear are good choices for Conservatives, who want to make people cower in fear, but a true leader will make people understand that the real fear comes not from Osama but from the dismantling of our Civil Rights.
Is Stephane Dion that man?
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Remaining Secret
Ian @ October 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The SECRET HEARINGS into the allegations of three Canadians being held in foreign prisons, and tortured due to false information from Canadian Officials will remain SECRET, according to the Harper Regime. (see comment ‘Accessory to Torture?‘)
OTTAWA — The federal government has rebuffed calls for more openness at an inquiry into the overseas imprisonment of three [...]
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Press Briefings, FEMA Style
Ian @ October 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
In some respect you have to laugh, in others you have to shake your head, and then you might also want to scream. FEMA, responsible for the aftermath of natural disasters held a press conference. They gave about 15 minute lead time to the News Agencies to get reporters to cover the event.
Not a lot [...]
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Raising Standards, A Little
Ian @ October 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
At last, something worth applauding. The step to provide a single site for consumers to check for recalls and health warnings is beginning to go online. Still not complete, but a start is better than just rhetoric. Hopefully it will continue to include more items, like drugs. It is also hoped that our standards will not just be increased, but that we will begin to properly inspect ALL GOODS entering Canada, from ALL COUNTRIES, including the USA, which is nothing but a conduit for Made in China goods. Fingers crossed.
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Blame The Other Guy
Ian @ October 26, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Harper Regime continues to set out to destroy Canada by blaming retailers for high prices, when the fact is that it is the Manufacturers who are setting the prices. Many of them are in the USA, and they are the one’s charging our Retailers & Wholesalers more than they charge their own countrymen. Yet Mr Flaherty thinks our Retailers should adjust prices to reflect the volotal currency market.
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Wearing Thin
Ian @ October 25, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The US Congress committee heard video testimony from Mr Arar of Canada, who was kidnapped by the USA, then secretly deported to Syria, where he was tortured. All in the name of protecting the USA. Under the Rendition Program, the White House maintains it is saving hundreds of thousands of US lives, yet it seems no one truly knows what the program is, does, or anything else about it.
Another example of a secret Government, tampering with the basic of Civil Rights and Justice, all in the name of Fighting Terror. Makes you wonder who is really the terrorists here, Osama bin Laden or George W. Bush?
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