How Is It Possible for the Media to Get Away with This?

Last night at 3:00 a.m. I couldn't sleep, so I got to watch Stephane Dion for half an hour. When I wanted to watch CBC Newsworld noon news today there was Harper for half an hour. Every time a media person mentions the Liberals, it is negative, negative, negative. If Harper wins the election it will be because the media was either bought or suffering longterm temporary insanity.

H.'s nasty people, his nasty nature, his complete fabrications (they have a good economic record!) all float by the media. Dion answered unscreened questions on any and all topics at UBC and not once was there disdain, smirky little smiles; instead there was rational considered thought on issues that matter very much to people and a vision for the future and hope for change for the better. Oh and no RCMP to keep people away from the candidate.

Harper believes in everything the current US government stands for - war, deregulation, disdain for the average citizen - and look where they are now and H. is trying to say that's the only way to go.

What is wrong with people, that they don't see it. How stupid does one have to be to think those involved in art and culture are a niche sector - really, really stupid. If the creative part of your brain is turned off, you get stupid, which is why Atom Negoyan is bloody brilliant and H. is not.

Where are All the Blah Blah Artists We've Had to Endure?

Now the election is on Harper is smart enough to tell Baird, Poilievre, Kenney, Moore etc etc. to go home and shut up lest the public remember what a bunch of bozzos are in government. Good posts over at Foot to the Fire.

Harper's Founding Premise - the People are Stupid

James has it in a nutshell at http://www.jameslaxer.com/blog.html. Harper is an ideologue and we deserve to know where he is taking us, but his ideology includes the belief that people are too stupid to get it so everything has to be done on the sly.

If I Were the Media This is How I Would Cover the Election

Over at Far and Wide, an excellent discussion on the dumbed down media and their inability to grasp Dion's rather straight forward policies. They are much more fascinated by Harper's re-shaped image. Maybe those of us in the blogosphere who are appalled and frustrated by the terrible coverage to date on the issues might want to try our hands at headlines and daily updates on content. For example:

"Conservative and Liberal Candidates Take Opposing Stands on the Future of Oil and Gas.

"While the incumbent seeks to make Canada a leader in oil and gas and nuclear energy by allowing sufficient foreign ownership to fund a considerable expansion of these industries, the Liberal leader sees a broad economic shift focusing on new energy technologies to prepare for a future with a predicted shortage of traditional energy and an increasing rise in prices.

Harper is focusing his policies on working with the US to control many of the major oil reserves around the world, especially those in newly deglaciated areas in Canada's north. Dion sees a diverse research and development approach to create new energy sources that will create new sectors in the Canadian economy and lower the energy bill of the average Canadian. Perhaps the most significant difference in their energy policies is the very different focus Dion has put on addressing the problem of global warming and climate change. Harper's energy plan seems not to include any proposed solutions to these issues."

Today's Positive Litmus Test for "Integration by Stealth"

Earlier I blogged that harper wants to to "integrate Canada with the US by stealth" and that his campaign promises will test positive for this. I tried to find an explicit connection for the diesel tax announcement but other than it being an obvious encouragement for his oil buddies who already own Canada's oil, I found little. Today, however, his latest promise is blatant:

From today's National Post "Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged to loosen restrictions on foreign investment if he's re-elected next month, in a bid to bolster the country's competitiveness.

The governing Conservative Party would raise the threshold at which a foreign acquisition triggers a government review to US$1-billion, and allow non-Canadians to own bigger stakes in airlines and uranium miners, according to a statement released by the party today in Halifax, Nova Scotia."

Talk about hitching your wagon to a falling star.

Gotta Love That Danny Williams

What can I say? he's done a great job with puffingate, and he's right about Harper to a tee, and his way with words is dynamite, and I'm really grateful to him as a Canadian. Let's expand on the ABC theme for the rest of Canada - "ABC as long as it's Liberal".

My Gawd He's Perry Como

I can't even escape to the House and Home channel anymore - there he is trying to pretend he's human - by being BLAND!! I know you haven't figured women out yet Mr. H. -try this: we're not stupid!!!!

The Harper Agenda Litmus Test

Harper appears to have no policies because, as we have known from the beginning, his real policy is kept as quiet as possible. If you want to know what Harper wants to achieve, watch and listen to Stockwell Day, he's the one who let slip the 'integration (of the US and Canada) by stealth' agenda. Whenever Harper makes an announcement, apply the litmus test: does it fit in with the 'integration by stealth" agenda?

New National Parks just announced in BC have created a seamless natural reserve with those in the states. Listeriosis outbreak takes place as cons move to harmonize their inspection system with those of the states. Arctic sovereignty, not about Canada but about the US and Russia - we have to defend the Arctic until the joint US and Canada defence system effectively controls the North American perimeter. Alberta-US pipeline security: create an international zone from one end of the pipeline to the other, eventually patrolled by security for hire.

As the election campaign unfolds apply the test and see the true colours come to light.

More on Mr. H.'s Economy Management Skills

Yup we really need Mr. H.'s firm hand at the wheel!!

John Morrissy, Canwest News Service covered the job stats for July of this year at http://working.canada.com/resources/story.html?id=361bab58-e18d-46b6-a23c-841336bf5f1f

"55,000 jobs lost in July, most in Ontario
'Stunningly bad' number sends dollar down

The July decline, described by TD Securities economics strategist Charmaine Buskas as a “stunningly bad number,” struck Central Canada’s manufacturing sector particularly hard, with 41,000 factory jobs lost in Ontario.

The news sent the Canadian dollar down more than one cent, to 93.68 US cents. It closed Thursday at 94.97 US cents.

The unemployment rate dipped to 6.1 per cent from 6.2 per cent the month before, but the data is well short of economists’ estimates, which called for a modest uptick in employment of 5,000 jobs.

“This was way worse than expected and there was hardly a silver lining in the data. It will bring forward expectations for a rate cut that the market has already priced in,” Buskas said, referring to an anticipated interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada.

BMO Capital Markets economist Jennifer Lee said: “Canada’s economy is clearly downshifting,” with July’s job losses combining with the 5,000 jobs lost in June for the worst two-month stretch since the 1991 recession.

“Anyone reading the newspapers has been aware of the flurry of plant closings and downsizing announcements, and Statistics Canada surveys are finally catching up with the reality,” CIBC World Markets economist Avery Shenfeld wrote in a research note.

Private-sector losses came from manufacturing, construction as well commercial and educational services.

"Over the past 12 months, manufacturing employment across Canada was down 88,000, with nearly all the losses in Ontario," the federal agency said.

Net employment in Quebec declined by 30,000 jobs in the month, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.2 per cent to 7.4 per cent. Ontario shed 19,000 jobs - all in full-time. It was the largest-ever monthly drop in manufacturing jobs in Canada’s most populous province, according to Lee."

So Mr. H. Is Great at Managing the Economy?

So one of Mr. H's spins for the election is "who better to run the economy in difficult economic times" - well off course the obvious question is why are the times difficult? So for the next few days I'm going blog on his wonderful economic record. For the first topic, the Softwood Lumber Deal. In northern BC: Prince George, Terrace, Fort St. James - all communities flourishing until the Softwood Deal. Now: a major downturn in the softwood sector, people moving away in large numbers, houses for sale everywhere, rentals available everywhere and before long a downturn in the whole northern BC economy. Those of you who know the effects of this deal in other parts of Canada please post a comment.

Is There Enough Sanity Left in Canada to Oust Harper?

This was a comment on my last post. Normally I would simply not publish it because it is in bad taste, but I thought that I would to show why I am freaked out about the upcoming election. Are there enough of this kind of people in Canada to re-elect Harper?

Anonymous said...
Please stop huffing paint before you post; if there's a MORE blatant LIEberal on CTV than that senile turd Oliver, I haven't seen him or her. Taber is only slightly better, in that she doesn't spit after saying "conservative", but she still doesn't hide her biases.