Sad Day For Toronto

June 21, 2007 @ 09:23

Toronto city council voted 39-0 in favour of extending the "Support our Troops" decals that grace city emergency vehicles, but it rings hollow.

The only reason the Mayor and several councilors flip-flopped is because they were embarrassed into it. There was a shit storm of controversy surrounding this issue and several media outlets in other cities across the country were organizing "boycott Toronto" campaigns.

That was enough for Toronto's disgusting city council to rally â€˜round its goofy Mayor and attempt to leave the impression that it was all a silly mistake.

Unfortunately, the damage is done. Toronto looks foolish through the whole thing, and wasted an opportunity to save a little more face by not extending the decal program indefinitely.

Instead, they voted to extend it for one year, which is ridiculous when you consider our troops will be in Afghanistan until at least 2009. The decals should stay on the trucks as long as the troops stay overseas.

And for the record, six councilors weren't present for the vote yesterday.

Pam O'Connell claims the decals do in fact support the war, not just the troops. Janet Davis doesn't think city vehicles should be used for political statements and Gord Perks had some other pickle up his ass.

And how about this; Adam Giambrone, Anthony Perruzza, and Frank Di Giorgio didn't vote because they were late getting back from lunch.

Way to go guys. On the day that three Canadians were killed in action that shows a lot of class.

Dickweeds.

And one more note. This morning on the Oakley Show, Rob Ford talked about how smug the mayor was on Monday. He wanted the decals off the trucks never dreaming it was about to become a major news story.

In the space of two days he wilted like a pathetic little weasel.

Category: Politics

37 Responses to "Sad Day For Toronto"

JIM
June 21, 2007 / 11:04

David Millers decision making process
I think we need to make a decision today Hum what way is the wind blowing
This guy is classless spineless gutless clueless
Ass
To publicly say one day that he doesn't support the war and then when a resident of Toronto becomes a causality of this war that he doesn't support he all of a sudden changes his stance
as for the members of council who abstained from voting on the ribbon issue
I would like to see them removed from any Remembrance Day ceremonies or any thing that has to do with our military
They are not worthy of any photo opps

Swampy
June 21, 2007 / 11:10

Who cares about the damn decals- it is a non-issue - decals dont stop soldiers from dying lets cover all toronto in decals - the benches, the sidewalks the trees- lets waist lots of money on damn decals - lets waist more time and money discussing it! How about take the damn money from all the fuckin decals and buy some decent fucking army trucks- when is Brampton getting thier damn decals- why don't you take the piss of the Brampton mayor!

JIM
June 21, 2007 / 11:12

Christy DePass
June 21, 2007 / 13:02

My friend and I were just discussing this this morning.
My stance is that if there are Canadian troops fighting anywhere in the world, we as Canadians should be showing them all the support we can. The yellow ribbon is not a show of support for the war, it is a show of support for the troops who are brave enough to do what I am not...give their lives for their country. We should show our support and gratitude to them every chance we get.

Mike from Lowville
June 21, 2007 / 13:18

I hate the fact that our young people are half way around the world getting killed. (For what? The war on terror? BUSH?)If it was all so important, why did we not support the other war, in the other country? I have two relatives over there. Of course I support the troops. What I do not support is Politicians grinding axes. Bring them home. We have NO business there! I wonder how many Politicians kids are there?

Murph
June 21, 2007 / 16:15

Why is there a reluctance to finish the job in Afghanistan all of a sudden? This is a country that was run by evil, evil people that had been training in camps to kill our way of life. The Taliban government needed to be removed from power to give the chance of restoring order. The job has proven to be much harder than most imagined, so should we should give up? I say finish the job as this conflict should not be confused with the mess in Iraq. Only those who are universally anti-American will lump the two together. Support the troops, and support the war.

Mike from Lowville
June 21, 2007 / 18:24

Well Murph, evil will always be around. But us Canadians will squash it in Afghanistan. (rolls eyes) Who declared a war? Not us!! Should we give up? Can anybody say Vietnam?

Mike from Lowville
June 21, 2007 / 18:25

Well Murph, evil will always be around. But us Canadians will squash it in Afghanistan. (rolls eyes) Who declared a war? Not us!! Should we give up? Can anybody say Vietnam?

LEW
June 21, 2007 / 18:29

Murph -Open a history book and take a look, there have been many attempts to overthrow Afghanistan by larger and more determined forces then what is there now and it has never been successful, so whoever believed it would be â€œharder than most imaginedâ€ should be sent there instead of the honorable Canadian forces, sorry, but that comment is just plain dumb. So, I guess the reluctance to "finish" the job, is a historical fact that we will never be able to "finish" the job. As for the confusion between Iraq and Afghanistan, you're correct, there shouldn't be any! The harboring of terrorist camps and becoming a base for war against our way of life by the forces in Afghanistan is not a debate, however the connection between Iraqâ€¦â€¦another dayâ€¦..let's just agree to support the troops and the efforts to free the Afgan people from the Taliban, and plaster the stickers with pride.

Anonymous
June 22, 2007 / 07:35

David Miller is a dangerous man and the left wing losers of Toronto bought right into his act. Toronto will be bankrupt before the next municipal election.

The sad part is that even if someone new comes in 4 years from now....the mess that these left wing losers are leaving may be too big to fix.

Toronto is becoming the 'joke' of Canada.

Craig
June 22, 2007 / 09:02

Rob Ford is a joke, Freddie,
stop relying on him and The Toronto Sun for your info, lest you look silly your own self.

Murph
June 22, 2007 / 13:50

Lew - I guess your right. Lets bring them home this weekend in time for Canada Day. That way we wont disrupt any upcomming Al-Qaeda graduation ceremonies.

Hey Freddie, please pull this blog-string on the next 911 disaster.

LEW
June 22, 2007 / 14:58

Murph - Either I'm not writing what I'm thinking or your not reading what I'm writing.

My response was to your statement about a quick victory in Afghanistan. To believe so is not only an irresponsible statement; it demeans the job being done by Canada and our troops by insinuating that without a quick victory, somehow we have lost. History and the belief by the natives that we are occupiers NOT liberators will lead to a long drawn out affair; that can only be won by proper reconstruction, not blind destruction.
As for the parade on Canada Day comment, please be aware that we are scheduled to bring our troops home in 2009, and I for one am for keeping them there. My reason is that if ever there was a country to help truly liberate the Afghan people it is Canada. So no celebration that day, just paying respects to those who deserve it.

Finally, the next 911 please post all the â€œblow'em out of the skyâ€ comments. Sorry, but â€œShock and Aweâ€ is not a winning mandate, it is antagonistic, which just leads to more recruits.

Murph
June 22, 2007 / 15:50

Lew, you had to go ahead and write a reasonable response like that? I think we are both on the same side of this one. Well said.

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