More Mantras

We're going with a made in Canada solution ....(whatever that means).

Conservative Mantras

Herein begins s list of conservative mantras. Feel free to add any I've missed.

Canadians voted for change, so we're going to ....

We're not going to cut and run (used by any cabinet member in any situation, as today Amber will not cut and run from the Kyoto talks).

I need a majority to ...(This appliesto just about everything).

More later.

The Real Issues

So far I've been sort of drive-by blogging on my site - not a lot of time in a day - not one of those stay at home moms subsidized by the state - anyway, what really amazes me is the complete lack of discussion on root causes that seems to characterize everything that is in the public domain concerning our world - two fundamental issues that underlie almost all the world's problems - dependence on oil and the oppression of women.

Wherever there are problems, they are in countries oppressed by what used to be the US alone but "now we're Bush's suck-up buddy Canada" us too, so that we can have oil and economic dominance. How can anyone not remind themselves and everyone else that the Americans created Saddam, they created the Shah of Iran (remember him) and they created Bin Laden. It is short-sighted policies that have created a far worse situation in those countries than if they had evolved on their own. Colonialism and our support of it are destroying hundreds of countries around the world - we encourage and support dictators, leaving the population absolutely devastated by poverty and disease.

The second issue is the oppression of women. What is the best way to oppress women - say God told me to do it - fundamentalist religion, maybe even religion period (the jury's out on that). Societies where women are not oppressed are strong, vital, peaceful, evolving countries. To the degree a country and its religion oppress women that is the degree to which they are in collapse. So Canada should seriously consider the slippery slope it's on - on the news last night they were using the euphimism 'stay at home families' as something conservatives want to foster. What may I ask is a stay at home family?! I thought the conservatives didn't like 'welfare bums'. No that's doublespeak for 'stay-at-home moms', can't you just taste that apple-pie?

Well, more on this later, I have a paper for a conference to finish and then I have to go to work.

Parliamentary Cheerleader

I hope no one missed the jet sky queen (oops sorry king) in his new role as parliamentary cheerleader rallying the cries of his squad - blah, blah, blah NO!!! blah, blah, blah NO!!! blah, blah, blah NO!!! blah, blah, blah Yes!!! To think how proud one could be of this country.

All That's Left is Blair

He is dragging us into the Iraq alliance - England, the Us and Australia and us - we should be informed about his secret meetings and phone calls - with whom and what is being discussed - Canadians have a right to know the long-term agenda of this government.

Cobbling Canada Together

The P.M. is quite proud of cobbling together the Conservatives - he mentioned he might do the same for Canada - and his method: why, spend his time in office at the taxpayers expense campaigning for and against those premiers he wants or does not want in power - last time I looked, the premiers were democratically elected by the people of the province, not chosen and manipulated into power by the prime minister. I guess in his vision of the new Canada - don't forget they keep telling us we voted for CHANGE - having as many premiers as possible in his debt makes for the political capital to get his way in all things. And as long as he keeps meeting with those US types, they can tell him what to do with all that power. Well Canadians weren't impressed by Conrad Black and hopefully some of our future opinions will be as sound.

The New M.O.

I think I've got the new guy's M.O:

1. Do what you want and ONLY what you want - ceratinly not what the citzenry want and do as much as possible without parliament.
2. Muzzle everyone that might talk about what's really going on.
3. Make media events out of the most minor of decisions that can be spinned to make you look good - hide the rest.
4. Spin to the the precipice bordering on lies and let the media do the rest (tax cuts? -DO THE MATH!)

We need therefore to know what the new guy wants to do - now before it's too late - I think the phrase "a radical new federalism" might be a hint. It is time for the citizens of this country to pay attention to politics.