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I just caught Stephane Dion’s interview on the John Oakley Show and it provides another reason why I think so much of Oakley.

Most guys talk a big game on the radio but when they sit face to face with the people they criticize on a day to day basis they turn into suck holes.

Not Oakley.

He went after Dion about Kyoto and Bali and although he got nothing but Liberal mishmash in response, it was refreshing to hear Oakley challenge Dion at every turn.

I’m sorry, but I for the life of me can’t understand how some Canadian’s are so unwilling to give Stephen Harper a chance when they’re faced with a weakling leader like Stephane Dion and a Liberal party with such a long history of lies and corruption.

Oakley challenged Dion on China and why that country should be exempt from any agreement that Canada enters into. It’s a valid and sensible argument that seems to escape a large number of people in this country who refuse to consider anything Conservative.

Dion’s response was typical. I’m not really sure what he said, but from what I could gather, he still wants to expose Canada for a sucker punch. Have us follow Kyoto to the letter of the law while the rest of the industrialized world snickers at us behind our back.

I was going to make the point that the Liberals would probably be better off “not” having Stephane Dion do any radio or television interviews. Just keep him behind the scenes and let the anti-Harper propaganda do its job.

But it really doesn’t matter. The Liberal party could have a baboon as the leader of their party and that would be fine with their blind followers and uninformed peckerheads who don’t look beyond the headlines.

Sad but true.

Category: Politics | Radio

Chalk up another victory for the environment and the hysterical over-reaction this issue has created since Al Gore produced his award winning fantasy flick “An Inconvenient Truth.”

The latest Canada poll results reveal the governing Conservatives have plummeted in the polls and their environmental policy is being blamed.

Believe it or not, the wishy-washy Liberals with their limp dick leader have now passed the Conservatives in popular opinion.

The Liberals, who had 13 years to establish and act on an environmental policy – but didn’t – have 32 percent support while the Torys have plunged six points in the past week to thirty percent.

In shameful Ontario it's even worse with the Liberals holding a ten point lead, 41 to 31.

I’m not surprised because it was just over a week ago when I heard the results of another poll that said the environment has clearly become the number one issue for Canadians.

What a joke.

The only reason most Canadians say the environment is the most important issue is because it’s easy.

When asked, it’s easier to sound like a hero and blurt out “the environment” than it is to take the time to actually learn about other issues.

The environment is sexy and makes you sound like you care even though you probably take no measures to help the environment yourself. You’ve seen Gores cool movie and it made you mad at all the polluters and you want to make a statement.

You pick up newspapers like the Toronto Star and listen to people like David Suzuki and when you’re told that Stephen Harper is an enemy of the environment it makes the choice rather easy when asked what party you support. You choose Liberal.

You don’t take the time to really understand what the Prime Minister is trying to accomplish or take the time to appreciate how he’s looking out for the best interests of your country. No, that’s too hard.

Instead you just read the headlines and take from it that Stephen Harper wouldn’t sign an environment deal in Bali so he must be that rotten guy that everybody says he is.

The environment! I can only shake my head and laugh.

It’s such a bullshit issue when it comes to political polling. It’s just so fluffy. It allows people who pay no attention to politics on a day to day basis to actually feel informed and important when asked about it.

And given the extreme left wing media influence in this country, especially in Ontario, people are led to believe the Prime Minister doesn’t care about the environment, when it reality he’s actually trying to do more for the planet than the previous government did in well over a decade.

And to all those people who don't buy into Harpers strategy, and then claim he doesn't have an alternative policy - save it - because he does. It's a plan with realistic standards that holds all major polluters accountable.

Stephen Harper wants a deal, but he wants the right deal for both Canada and everybody else. It’s the right way and the only way to attack this issue.

But he’s painted as an environmental villain and it’s played out in the polls and puts us right back where we started.

In "la la land" with the lyin' Liberals.

Category: Politics

I direct you to Paul Romanuk's blog this morning. Paul writes a nice piece about Al Gore and his acceptance of the Nobel Prize.

In the past, Paul has accused me of being a "goose stepping" conservative, buying into everything and anything Stephen Harper stands for.

It's not true, I'm poised and ready to jump when Harper comes even close to committing the horrendous acts that are "anticipated" by the left, but until then I choose to give the guy the benefit of the doubt and support him as my Prime Minister.

And I especially support him when it comes to his stance on global warming and protecting the interests of Canada.

It's interesting that in his column Romy claims that all the wonderful things that Gore is doing now, couldn't be done while he was in office. Well surprise, surprise.

When you're in office you have to deal more in realities than promoting yourself as some world saviour who stands behind some suspect data compiled in a feature film that borders on fiction.

Even if Al Gore did have these feelings towards global warming when he was in office, (which I highly doubt he did) he didn't act on them because there's a lot more to the issue than showing some overly dramatic pictures and claiming we're all going to fry while padding your bank account.

There are economies to consider, jobs to consider and then you balance that against the data, the hysteria, and the willingness of others to help tackle the problem with you.

That was the position Gore was in while he was in office and like it or not, that's the position Stephen Harper is in right now.

Category: Politics

I'm not going to spend a lot of time on what happened in Bali this weekend. I must be some kind of stupid.

I see the position that Canada has taken, the position that was conveyed by Environment Minister John Baird, and I honestly can't see how anyone can argue with it.

There is no use going forward with any agreement on global warming until the United States, Indian and China agree as well.

Yesterday Stephane Dion said Canada should sign on and lead by example, but that's nothing by naive bullshit.

If he thinks the big three polluters will follow the lead of Canada he's sadly mistaken.

We sign, they don't. We suffer and they won't.

Category: Politics

On Tuesday NDP MP Irene Mathyssen stood up in the House of Commons and accused Conservative James Moore of looking at a scantily clad woman on his laptop on Tuesday.

Mathyssen claims she saw the image on Moore’s computer when she stood to address the house.

“I saw the member from Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam with a laptop on his desk. It was open and on the screen was an image of a scantily clad woman. This was in my clear view and in the clear view of the public,” Ms. Mathyssen said.

At the time she had no proof of what she saw and nobody else saw it but she didn’t hesitate to take large steps towards ruining Moore’s career by getting overly dramatic and jumping to extreme conclusions with this little gem.

“I feel very strongly that this is not only disrespectful of women, but it's disrespectful of this House. It reflects an attitude of objectifying women, and we know that when women and other human beings are objectified and dehumanized, they become the objects of violence and abuse.”

How’s that for being a hysterical whack job? But there’s more.

Noting government cuts to a number of women's programs, Mathyssen said that Moore's actions added to the impression that the Conservative government is no friend of women.

It was even worse, she said, that it was coming up to the 18th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, in which a lone gunman killed 14 women at a city college.

"When a member of the House sits in the House and uses this kind of material, I think it's very clear that this lack of respect is something we need to be very concerned about," she said.

Wow! Mathyssen took an image that she claimed to see on a computer and turned it into violence and abuse against women and then linked it to the Montreal massacre. A bit of a leap I’d say.

And while we’re at it, nuts to Liberal MP Karen Redman who stood up and gave her two cents worth without having any more proof than Mathyssen.

“This is a serious allegation” said Redman. And then she proceeded to link it to the Montreal massacre.

Bullshit.

"Serious" is taking an alleged incident of very little consequence and blowing it way out of proportion with little or no regard for another politician’s reputation.

But here’s the best part. After claiming that he had no idea what Mathyssen was talking about, it finally dawned on Moore that Mathyssen must have seen a picture of his girlfriend in a bathing suit and when he offered this explanation she immediately apologized and promised to apologize in the house.

But the damage had been done and it displayed politics at its worst.

Category: Politics

Toronto Ward 7 Councilor Georgio Mammoliti raised a few eyebrows yesterday when he suggested the army should be utilized to deal with the gun problem in Toronto.

As attractive as that may sound to some, this would open a can of worms that could end up being worse than the actual problem itself.

Unless you have your head shoved up your ass its common knowledge where most of the gun crime comes from.

Can you imagine the outcry if the Army was brought in to put them down?

Can you imagine how that would be perceived by certain communities and bleeding heart liberals?

As it stands the Police can hardly look at some people without being accused of being racist and/or intolerant.

Does anybody think a raid by the army would make things any better? If anything it would probably unify the gangs and turn the city into downtown Baghdad.

Now, if the army has anyone who’s an expert in family values and taking responsibility for the sperm you spray, and they have an effective seminar that could possibly get through to a certain culture, then by all means use the army.

Category: Politics

Prime Minister Harper is setting himself up for more Liberal bashing this week as the United Nations gathers in Bali, Indonesia to discuss the next phase of global warming.

All indication are that the Prime Minister will not waiver on his stance which was summed up nicely by the Canadian Press.

"Any new agreement must incorporate all the world's major emitters of greenhouse gases and must impose binding, absolute targets on them.

"We already saw at Kyoto, if we get a third of the world to sign on first and wait for the other two-thirds it's never going to happen."

Bang on and good for you Mr. Prime Minister.

Category: Politics

Today I'd like you to visit Paul Romanuk's blog. Paul is a good friend but he doesn't like my politics.

Yesterday I mentioned one of Romy's responses to my blog so he turned around and wrote about it on his blog.

Paul once described me as a goose-stepping Conservative.

Category: Politics

I paid a visit to Toronto Mike the other day. He wrote a piece about Toronto councilor Rob Ford and it was a case of backhanded support.

Mike doesn't really like Rob Ford. He thinks he's full of hot air but I beg to differ so I responded.

Have a read and see what you think.

Category: Politics

Quite the response to yesterday's posting "A Solid Leader." It never fails, any posting I make with Stephen Harper as the focus gets a lot of reaction.

You either love him or hate it seems, with the majority on the hate side and I still don't fully understand it. I wrack my brain and I try to determine exactly what this man has done to be so disliked by so many and I can't find a lot of evidence.

His first crime obviously is that he's a Conservative and to many it doesn't matter what you say, what you do, who you save or what you support, if you're a Conservative you're automatically a heartless bastard.

Of course some of you will come back and claim I'm the same way with Liberals, but I have a track record to point to, I have evidence of 13 years of bad and corrupt government.

But Liberals like to turn the other way when it comes to such evidence and direct their energy and scorn towards the right.

I for the life of me can't understand why Harper is being so vilified for his stand on global warming. All he's trying to do is rally the world behind one unified attack on the issue, knowing full well if we buy into the bullshit that's on the table right now, we'll end up going it alone.

What is the use of Canada signing on the dotted line only to have the United States and a whack of developing nations not part of the deal? It makes no sense.

Sure, if we did sign Harper could walk away from the table like a hero in the eyes of some and Canada would be considered a good global citizen, but what would it accomplish, what would be gained? Absolutely nothing would change.

I think its time that we recognize and appreciate that our Prime Minister is sticking his neck out with an eye on the big picture. He's putting his reputation on the line to make sure that the fight on global warming becomes what it has to be, a fight that includes every goddamn polluter on earth.

Yesterday I chuckled at some of the responses accusing Harper of being some kind of a wimp because he won't move forward "unless the other guy does."

When applied to this issue that's ridiculous. Stephen Harper knows that in the best of situations, even those who sign on to any deal will probably end up breaking the rules, so what's the use of having a deal without having everyone involved and at least having everyone accountable.

Yesterday my dear friend Paul Romanuk, who I'm quite sure would vote for Jack Latyon and the NDP in the next election, offered this.

"Here's the reality: Most people outside of Canada don't even know who Stephen Harper is; nor could they give a rat's ass what he thinks about anything."

That's fine Paul, but what has it got to do with anything relating to this subject?

The Prime Minister is acting on behalf of Canada first with an eye towards creating a game plan that actually has some teeth.

Give the man time, lay of the hysterical global warming rhetoric and just for a minute don't judge along partisan lines and all of sudden it might make sense to you: Stephen Harper might become a global hero.

Category: Politics