Finally!!

The Liberals have finally realized that this guy is never going to change and he's as crazy as people have been saying he is. Interesting that no one is talking about the one provision that freaked me out the most. They wanted to give the Finance Minister untrammeled power to handle the crisis. I can't remember where I saw it but it was part of one of the original summaries of Flaherty's budget update. And then the little resident rovian (Harper's lastest Joe boy) says there's going to be a coaliton including the separatists. I guess Harper has given up on ever getting another vote in Quebec. What a difference a day makes!

Flaherty and Harper Busy "Puzzling"

So Flaherty and Harper have to wait till they read the papers in February to know what Obama is going to do. How interesting. Shouldn't our people be down there now talking to his people so we can have a coordinated approach? Oh right, they don't trust Harper's people, loose lips, Rovian tactics and all that. So much for those important ties to the US Harper went on and on about ad nauseum. Maybe Harper and Flaherty should go on vacation, nothing to do but "puzzle", as today's Globe reported, and wait. Pathetic,pathetic, pathetic.

More Silly Nasty Games

Flanagan said it flat out, with his weird little smirk, Harper is trying to systematically destroy the Liberal party. Interesting the whole planet is in an economic crisis and Harper has only this one mission in life. Now towards this end he wants to end party financing, - translated, destroy the opposition and ergo democracy. So you Canadians who voted for this nasty piece of work, someday you will finally realize that this guy has a very limited agenda and it doesn't include Canadians well-being one iota. Stevie one-note.

The Cons Only Have One Playbook

The playbook - do almost nothing, take credit 25 times for any one little thing they do, copy everyone else because they have no ideas of their own and so they will have someone else to blame, and spend all your energies and resources on fighting the Liberals. Well guess what, your chickens will come home to roost big time if you screw up our economy, so play your silly little nasty games - the future is on your heads. And Liberals learn from your mistakes: don't help them (yet again) when they finally realize they're drowning.

I Knew He'd Use the Recession as a Cover

Just as I said, H. doesn't care about solving the crisis or helping out Canadian 'families', he's just going to use the crisis to pursue the same agenda he has had from day one: cut all the things he doesn't like, starting with anything that is a check on his power, like the civil service, then continuing on to such frills as the cultural identity of this country, and while he's at it make all things easier at all times for big business, especially oil.

I was in a Vancouver cab with a driver originally from Bangladesh yesterday. He gets it, too bad not enough Canadians do. Too bad the country wil be utterly changed before they will realize how stupid they were.

Plus Ca Change Plus C'est La Meme Chose

Tonight as I flicked from one channel to another, trying to avoid the blathering nothingness of Canada's new political reality and the face of Flaherty, I saw two disturbing scenes juxtaposed: the devastating news and appalling suffering of young girls in Afghanistan who had acid thrown in their faces for going to school, and images of fawning fathers escorting their daughters to the Grand Purity Ball in Oregon. For how many more centuries will women be treated as pawns in the vicious sick games men play to make themselves feel important. It makes me physically ill.

Dion's Plan & Harper's Ad Hoc Scenario

Harper's Doings
Tell everyone everything will be fine, make fun of Dion, tell us to go buy some stock market bargains, tell Flaherty to keep bashing Ontario (albeit less obviously), bail out the banks, find out what the US is doing. Meet with the banks to see what else they need. Take credit on the world stage for the stability of canadian banks - ensured by Liberal banking policies.

Dion's Plan
1) Call upon the heads of Canada’s financial regulatory agencies – the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and the Bank of Canada – to evaluate the status and appropriateness of Canada’s financial regulatory framework within the context of the new global economic circumstances.

2) Convene a meeting of leading independent private sector economists to report on the state of the economy and assess both domestic and international trends for the coming year.

3) Direct the Department of Finance to prepare an Economic and Fiscal Update to be presented no later than the end of the third week of a new Liberal government.

4) Convene a Meeting of Canada’s first ministers to address the new realities of Canada’s economic situation and to ensure the best possible coordination of efforts with the provincial and territorial governments.

5) Work in partnership with the provinces and territories to identify infrastructure projects and opportunities in the manufacturing sector that have the greatest potential to stimulate investment and create jobs. Support will then be provided through the accelerated flow of funds under our infrastructure program and our $1-billion Advanced Manufacturing Prosperity Fund.

Can't Help Feeling Sad & Jealous

A whole new world just opened up last night and we're still stuck with the old one. I just can't help feeling sad for our great country on the road to being great no longer and set to have the world see the stark comparison now between us and our southern neighbours. We missed the boat.

While the world celebrated did you see CTV choking on its bile?