Off The Record?
Ian @ February 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Both the wife, & the daughter, confirm that the Conservatives, under Stephen Harper, offered a million dollar insurance policy to a dying man, in exchange for his vote to bring down the Government. Stephen Harper is on tape, admitting he knew of an offer, but not its details. So how does knowing of an insurance offer, but not its amount, make it not a bribe attempt? IT IS A BRIBE. This is far worse than any sponsorship scandal, this is about attempting to buy off a member of parliament, and in the nastiest & cruelest manner possible.
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Another Bribe?
Ian @ February 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
This whole Chuck Cadman affair that has erupted leads one to seriously wonder about the true ethics of Stephen Harper. If he is blameless, why is he hiding from a full blown investigation? He claims he did one, found nothing, but then why would the wife of Cadman say it? Specially considering she is a Conservative Candidate. The whole affair has a ring of truth to it, specially when you consider how Stephan Harper has protected Brian Mulroney in the Airbus affair. Who is he protecting now? Himself perhaps? After all, this could lead to criminal charges, if true. The problem is, while Harper blusters, he fails to allay the doubts. Instead he fans the flames, and how is that supposed to help people support him? Then too, it is just like him, after all his hero George Bush does the same thing, when cornered. He attacks, makes out like he is the victim, instead of helping to bring the truth to light. Stephen Harper aka George Bush junior has learned well.
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Ralph Nader a Spoiler?
Ian @ February 28, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Laying the blame for Al Gore losing to George Bush at Ralph Nader’s feet, is like saying that Hugo Chavez is a friend to the United States. It is simple whining, to make such a claim. Al Gore lost because he failed to ignite people, to draw them out. Then too, the VOTER has to shoulder the blame as well. Not those who voted, but those who could vote, but stayed home. It is their apathy, their laziness that altered the outcome of the election, not Ralph Nader. The Democratic Party is on the verge of winning the White House and control of both Houses, come Nov 2008. To whine and point at Ralph Nader as the cause of their loss in 2000 or 2004, is just stupid, childish, and perhaps shows that maybe they shouldn’t be running a lemonade stand, let alone a country.
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Which Hilary do you Believe?
Ian @ February 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The last debate before voting on Tuesday, and it was an artful display of flip flopping, that makes one thing of the failed campaign of Mitt Romney on the Republican side. Hilary Clinton doesn’t support NAFTA, but only in Ohio. In her run for the Senate, she praised it, and while down in Texas seeking their support, she called it a benefit that needed some minor tweaking. So from opposed, to minor tweaking, Hilary Clinton displays her experience. Not in being President, but in the art of campaign double talk, of being insincere. She is indeed an experienced old style, backroom politician, but as for being a leader, well that is still up in the air.
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Consumer Protection A Myth
Ian @ February 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Mounting food recalls, continued toy recalls, and Nancy Ord remains in charge of CPSC. Isn’t it time to make these appointed officials accountable for their inaction? It is bad enough Foreign Governments like China continue to poison children, but isn’t it time to stop Corporate America from also doing it? Isn’t it time a protection agency actually did what it was mandated to do, PROTECT THE CONSUMER?
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Is It About The Troops?
Ian @ February 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The politicians shout till the veins in their forehead pops, when it comes to how they support the Troops. Whether or not they believe in the War itself, they are quick to loudly proclaim their support of the men & women fighting over there, but are they? If equipment that can protect is not sent there, is not quickly ordered and made available, how can they claim to support the Troops? When profits of running a war take precedence over protecting the lives, how is that showing support? This war is being run on a supposed shoe string, despite its enormous cost of a billion dollars a day, but where is the money really going? Obviously not to needed equipment.
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Nader Enters the Race
Ian @ February 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Is Ralph Nader’s entry into the race for the White House, the edge John McCain needs to win in November? Can Obama work his magic with Ralph Nader in the race, or could Hilary Clinton, if she were the nominee? I think if Obama can take Ohio, Texas, when he isn’t supposed to, that even a Ralph Nader choice won’t prevent America from electing it’s first minority President. On the other hand, if Obama can’t upset Clinton on March 4th, then the bid by Ralph Nader would indeed be a boost for John McCain. Truth is though, Ralph Nader does more to help McCain only if Hilary Clinton wins. I don’t think he can be a factor if the nominee is Obama.
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I Agree with George Bush
Ian @ February 24, 2008 # No Comment Yet
George Bush is right, the Telecom Companies shouldn’t be held accountable for the illegal wire taps, ordered by his Administration after 9/11. In fact, he should be the one held accountable, for violating the Bill of Rights, and the US Constitution. Doubt if Congress would pass that law, though they might cave in to give Herr Bush his law. After all, they have done nothing to reverse his erosion and ignoring of basic Civil Rights, since they took power Nov 2006.
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What Is In Your Medication?
Ian @ February 23, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Heparin, a widely used drug for preventing blood clots, is under suspicion of causing deaths. It is not a drug you can do without, and it appears that Baxter International uses China as a major source of production of this important drug. A drug that might be tainted, just as the toys we buy are tainted, and potential health risks. Though the Toy Industry goes for a slow poisoning of children, Baxter is going for the quick kill. Perhaps someone should simply fire the entire FDA executives, replace them with Monkeys, because frankly Monkeys would do better job of protecting consumers than the FDA or the CPSC does today. And just where are the candidates on this issue?
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Managing the Money
Ian @ February 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Hilary Clinton lashes out, claiming she has the solutions, while all Obama has is speeches. Yet who is the one that is managing their millions of campaign dollars? She had to loan her campaign money, he hasn’t. She has come up short with cash, he hasn’t. She claims experience in dealing with the Economy, but can’t fund her own political campaign, but he can, the one she labels Inexperienced, unable to hit the ground running. Perhaps she is really talking about herself, about her ineptitude, not his. Who is the rookie here, Hilary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama? Judging by the way they manage their campaign finances, she sure isn’t coming across as a seasoned veteran.
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Obama & McCain Pushing Forward
Ian @ February 21, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Hilary Rodham Clinton is facing the end of the Clinton Magic. Her defeat in Wisconsin could be a sign of more to come. Her pinning her career on the upcoming primary results, is the mark of desperation. Her attack against words, shows how desperate she is for something to fight on. Words inspire people, they make people stand and fight, they make people reach for the moon but for Hilary Clinton they may be spelling the end of her Career. If she loses the upcoming three states, will she be like Mike Huckabee, and hang on in, becoming an embarrassment, or will she end her run? Course, that assumes she loses, but can she win? Can she comeback, or she is just blowing more hot air?
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BC Government Gone Green or Loco?
Ian @ February 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The BC Government released its new budget, claiming to be a pro environmental budget. Fact is, it is about taxing the poor, adding to the cost of goods, and tax cuts. While the tax cuts are nice, the raising of gas prices is stupid, lame, and isn’t about protecting the environment. It isn’t going to stop or reduce the use of fossil fuels, nor is it going to spur development of non fossil fuels, but it sure will enhance the provincial coffers. A stupid move, that will impact each person, with higher costs. Instead of taxing the gas guzzlers, it penalizes ordinary people, then tosses them a bone of a tax cut, that won’t make up for the increased costs.
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Clinton, Champion of Middle Class?
Ian @ February 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Now Hilary Rodham Clinton claims to be the champion for the Middle Class. Earlier she was the true Candidate for Change, despite her years as a political insider. Now she is the fighter for the Middle Class, but where was her voice when it came to dealing with the Sub Prime Mortgage crisis a year ago? Where was her voice when her husband signed NAFTA? How about her voice when Governor Spitzer wanted to give Illegal Immigrants driver’s licenses? Where was her voice over the years when Manufacturing Jobs were outsourced abroad?
Just which Middle Class is Hilary Clinton supporting? The one that earns a pay cheque every two weeks, or the Rich Middle Class, the ones who haven’t graduated yet from an income of millions to one of billions?
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Obama, McCain Cruising Ahead
Ian @ February 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
CNN is declaring a win for both Obama & McCain in Wisconsin. Hilary Clinton is staying silent on her defeat, so far, but you can bet the media pundits will be yapping all night about Obama’s victory, and Clinton’s continued defeat string.
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Bush Sr. Endorses McCain
Ian @ February 19, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Former President Bush is set to endorse John McCain on Monday. Bush Junior has more or less already shown his support of Senator McCain, but is any Bush Endorsement a boost or a negative? Among the Corporate Elite, the true OWNERS of the Republican Party, it could be. It isn’t about having support of people, but of having the money behind you, so you can campaign, and rally people to your cause. Or in the case of American Politics, confuse people enough to support you over the other guy. John McCain has put his principles aside, to win the Nomination, will he continue to do so once the nomination is confirmed on him, or will he return to being a Maverick?
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