Stephen Harper Says the NDP Refused to Support War on Hitler? ~ He Needs to Be Relieved of Duty ~ He is "Clearly" Insane ~

IN the last couple of days has Harper crossed the line. In his insane rant/answer to a question of urgent import on his plans for Afghanistan, He was asked directly if he would be extending the deployment past 2014. Watch the Video. He is losing it.

Yes, he said Hitler.  "We are ^NOT like the NDP we are not going to have an Ideological position .... regardless of circumstances". That was insane enough, as it was. No one is as ideologically driven as Stephen Harper. Then he went on the add, breathless and stammering.....:

"the NDP, ....the NDP, .....the leader the NDP ..  in 1939, did not even want to support War against Hitler! ...... "  

The New Democratic Party of Canada was hardly responsible for anything said in 1939,  being founded in 1961! **********************************************************************

History of the New Democratic Party of Canada

From Wikipedia, the free 

encyclopaedia         (DON'T wonder Off!   ~  OPEN THESE LINKS IN A SEPARATE TAB ! ttSm )

n 1956, after the birth of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) by a merger of two previous labour congresses, negotiations began between the CLC and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) to bring about an alliance between organized labour and the political left in Canada. In 1958 a joint CCF-CLC committee, the National Committee for the New Party (NCNP), was formed to create a "new" social democratic political party, with ten members from each group. The NCNP spent the next three years laying down the foundations of the New Party. During this process, a large number of New Party Clubs were established to allow like-minded Canadians to join in its founding, and six representatives from New Party Clubs were added to the National Committee. In 1961, at the end of a five-day long Founding Convention which established its principles, policies and structures, the New Democratic Party was born and Tommy Douglas, the long-time CCF Premier of Saskatchewan, was elected its first leader.^[1] In 1960, before the NDP was founded, one candidate, Walter Pitman, won a by-election under the New Party banner.      **********************************************************************

Both the PM and John Baird (CON MP ) repeated the absurdity
on Friday the 27 April, 2012.  I am searching for the video.

#HARPERHISTORY ON TWITTER

Harperland day 17 ~ Harper Wants Direct Control Over CSIS?



WE WERE WARNED OVER & OVER

 In Canada, (1867-2011) the prime minister was the Chair of only one Parliamentary Committee. Stephen Harper plans to change that. He has decided to set up a new Committee, right here in Harperland, of which he will be the Chairman. This guy moves fast. In fact there was even a bit of Confusion surrounding his willingness to hand over power to a coalition even if the governor general gave the go ahead. This was on (day -1 ~ Harperland) back on the eve of the election on May 1st, 2011. Day zero, or election day was no better as Harper openly broke the rules by going on the radio and actually campaigning while the Polls were actually Open!. 

The first 100 days may very well be the most troubling in Canada's long history, or Harperland's short history, if you follow me. And I sure hope you do!

Always the optimist, Jack bravely musters his troops!

Combine that with his new-found and ill-gotten total control of the Senate (day 15) and his new 39% majority (day 1), the end of Sheila Frazer's tenure as Auditor General, (day 29) just before the Throne Speech, his appointment of a new very and likely more conservative House Speaker, (day 33), his upcoming opportunities for replacement of three of the nine current Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Harperland, his dismantling of the Human rights Commissions, (a long time goal, already in progress) his planned new powers over the Internet, and his (so called hidden) Agenda will be complete.  At that point, it may already be too late.   It is ^NOT like there is any way that I can see that  Jack Layton can stop him!

'The way he micro-manages things, he's going to micro-manage that, so we’re going to have Cabinet ministers involved in things they shouldn't be involved in." ~ So says NDP MP Joe Comartin on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's addition of a Cabinet Committee on National Security.

So, where does this leave us? Are there other options?

Will the International Criminal Court suddenly ask us to extradite Harper in connection with the treatment of Afghan Detainees? Probably not! Is lightning likely to strike him as he lights up the barbecue at 24 Sussex? Not very likely, really. Will 12,000,000 Canadians sign a petition asking he be removed from power? Even a ''Conservative' estimate (and those tend to be unreliable 19 times out of Twenty) would make more than 8,000,000 signatures unlikely. Will the "In and Out" scandal "Rise Up" and take him out in the "Mother of all Administrative Disputes"?  Again, not a good bet. Will he suddenly realise that he is a danger to democracy and change his mind? Or realise that he will ^NOT be among the number, come judgement day? I am ^Not convinced.

As fruitless as any of these avenues are likely to be, just listing them is a helpful exercise, as any among us who hold any hope for any of these astronomical improbabilities, has already realised the necessity of stopping his headlong descent into infamy. He can not be allowed to implicate us in that infamy, nor can we stand by and be judged complicit in this affront to all things Canadian.

We are many.  We are smart. We are brave. We have information. We have voices. We have each other.

What we do not have is Mainstream Media that can be counted on. What we do not have is Corporate support. What we do not have is a magic spell, potion or wand. But most of all, what we do ^NOT have is Four more years.

An Afterthought: I just opted in at OpenParliament.ca to get news whenever my ( ughh!) Newly elected Conservative MP opens his mouth in Parliament. Straight to my email! In a Majority there really is Nowhere to hide. It has been quite a while since there were protests in my riding, but that may change with a New Con in Town.

Keep Your Eyes Wide.

GET AN EMAIL EVERY TIME YOUR MP
(or any other that interests you)
SPEAKS IN PARLIAMENT

If you have; insights, observations or other options, please leave a comment. Anonymous comments may or may not get published.

Bill C-51 Is Insidious Mr. Harper ~ Personally, I Can't Wait!

The Internet is ^NOT Always a Safe Place.

Enter the Harper Government. They say that they have a plan to make it safer. They say that they have a plan to rid it of misinformation. They say that they have a plan to help catch criminals using it. They say that they have a plan that will make the information found on the web more reliable.

They say a Lot of things!
The Harper Government's answer to all of these problems is Bill C-51. It will make three changes to the existing Legislation.

1) It will make using an online 'Alias' while spreading what ever they decide to be 'misinformation' illegal.

2) It will make it mandatory for all Internet providers to supply real time information about the identity of it's clients to the Government without judicial oversight. It will also require that all Internet providers disclose their technical surveillance capabilities within six months of the law taking effect. (It is promised within the first 100 days of the throne speech in late May or early June, 2011) Follow-up reports are also required when providers acquire new technical capabilities.

3) It will establish new powers for the police. These include new transmission data warrants that would grant real-time access to all the information generated during the creation, transmission or reception of a communication including the type, direction, time, duration, origin, destination and termination of the communication.

Law enforcement could then obtain a preservation order to require providers to preserve subscriber information, including specific communication information, for 90 days. Finally, having obtained and preserved the data, production orders can be used to require the disclosure of specified communications or transmission data.

Welcome to "Harperland"
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So, what are the implications of this Insidious legislation?
 
I really hate to speculate. But it is obvious that the Harper "Majority" Government is ^NOT going to apologize for trying to cancel dissent, and that in his own words, Harper is rapidly losing his moral authority to govern.

I am convinced that this will have to be challenged  at the level of the Supreme Court of Canada. I am also convinced that that will have to happen before Harper replaces enough of the nine members to have all of his anti-democratic and in some cases illegal activities to be rubber stamped and accepted as "just the way it is in Harperland". I am sure also that many of us want Harperland to still be recognizable as the Canada we know and love.

Personally, I am confident that I will not be affected by this particular legislation, as I have been using the Alias "The Twain Shall Meet" for over 4 years, and I have never hidden my identity from anyone. In fact, I have long objected to CBC.ca's policy of keeping me and all others as anonymous as is possible. They will NOT publish personal information, or anything that tends to identify even those who want to be known, at least not in the comments. They do reluctantly allow a poster to use their own name, and very recently to connect through facebook. Sadly after 4 years that would require a change from the moniker that I have come to be identifyable by.

A quick google, however of "The Twain Shall Meet" will instantly connect to my blog, my profile page on CBC.ca, and with very little effort allow you or anyone else to get my personal information through Facebook, the Fan page for this blog on Facebook or to view my videos on Youtube or through Xtranormal.

The new wording of this intended legislation goes beyond anonymity and makes it illegal to spread misinformation on the web or in fact by any method. Only a juvenile mind like that of Harper could write such unworkable laws. Who is the ultimate arbitrator of the veracity of all of the Billions of pieces of information on the net and who in their right mind thinks that it is possible to sort it all out?

For instance, I have long maintained that Harper is a "Problem Child" and have clearly, on some occasions, qualified that statement as my opinion. I have often maintained that Mr.Harper is a "Bully" and a man consumed by a "Cult of Self". I have never spared the epithets that in my opinion describe this most inappropriate and ridiculous man.

Personally I can Not wait to see the veracity and accuracy of those statements argued in Court. I suspect that a quick reading of Bill C-51 should provide all the evidence that is required to prove them.

I would also like to ask the "Right Aweful Stephen Joseph Harper" if he realises that the "Astroturfers" he has been paying to, in his mind, "Correct" 'online misinformation', each of whom are paid to spread his (Harper's) opinions and not their own, and to use (each of them) some dozens of fake identities, and if he has any idea how this law will consider them? I suspect that he believes that he is above this law, as he considers himself above all other laws, whether Electoral, Criminal or International in nature.

In many respects, this law may just be much more dangerous to the Harper "Majority" Government, than it will be to the average law abiding Canadian dissident. See you in Court, Mr. Harper.

You may have millions of dollars in Taxpayer's cash and like always, will ^NOT hesitate to waste it on hundreds of lawyers, but in my opinion, they will all risk having a fool for a client.

Harper to Replace Auditor General ~ Another Piece of the Puzzle?

Sheila Frazer's ten year tenure as auditor General is drawing to a close. Appointed in 2001, she has been a well respected and respectable presence. She raised the initial concerns that led to the Gomry Inquiry and has always been seen as a non-partisan and balancing force in her position.  Her job will end on May 30th, 2011.

Harper's majority in the House will give him a free hand to fill the position with a person of his own choosing. Although the end of her term is but three weeks away, not a hint of who that person may be has reached these ears. You will excuse me if I am made nervous by the prospects.
She has already finished writing her final report, which includes chapters on the contentious issue of how the Conservative government spent tax-payer money on the G8 and G20 summits in Ontario last June. It includes, according to leaks, a scathing analysis of the Spending in Tony Clement's riding (known to have been in excess of 50 million dollars) and the origin of those funds.

"The report was supposed to be tabled in Parliament in April but was delayed by the election and won't be released until the Commons is in session in June — after Fraser's departure."

That of course is ^NOT exactly true, as it was really stopped in it's tracks before the Contempt charges were laid. It was a result of NDP MP Christopherson's vote in the committee. This is skirted entirely in the article quoted above, even though Christopherson's opinion on other matters was widely quoted.

“Liberals Want Canadians to See the Auditor General’s Report – but Mr. Layton’s stunt of calling for a meeting with the Auditor General took some nerve after his party blocked the report’s release before Parliament was dissolved,” said Mr. Volpe, Chair of the Public Accounts Committee in the last Parliament.

“If Jack Layton and David Christopherson had their way, voters would never know that the Conservatives spent nearly $50 million on G8 projects with no controls and without Parliament’s approval – and they missed their chance to expose this waste, abuse and contempt before the election by siding with the Conservatives to bury this report.

Two days before the election was called, Mr. Christopherson – the only NDP member of the House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee – sided with the Conservatives to kill a Liberal motion introduced by Liberal MP Jean-Claude D’Amours calling for the Auditor General’s G8 and G20 reports to be made public in the event of the dissolution of Parliament – even if there was an election.”

As we launch, or rather plummet headlong into this new Harper Majority, keep your eyes open, and let them know that you are not someone to be counted among the somnambulatory majority of Canadians who helped allow this situation to get this far. You should be easily identifyable as part of this group if you woke up Tuesday last and were feeling even a bit satisfied with the election result.

I Worry that Our Prime Minister has ^NOT exactly made a habit of making decisions that could be seen as non-partisan, open and transparent nor has he gained my trust in the Five long years since these appointments have been his to make.

He has appointed a record number of Senators, to a Senate that he promised to make an elected body. He has dabbled in any and all positions that he could turn to his advantage. How much of Canada will remain free from his control? hard to say, but this appointment may very well set the tone.

So, remember Mike Duffy. Remember Bill Elliot. Remember Christianne Ouimet who managed Over 200 files with no results. Remember all of the Contempt, and remember that it is now very likely that none of it will ever be dealt with. Remember the 2006 election, the Prorogations, the still Secret Afghan detainee Documents, the Guergis affair and the Countless other Deep Democratic Concerns.



Remember that Harper is ^NOT Teflon.

Remember that He is Proactive and Preemptive.

 

Somnambulate at Your Own Peril.

p.s. Remember CRUSH?


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toll-free 1-800-463-6868.

Don Cherry Enters the Political Circus!

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Very recently, Donald Stewart "Grapes" Cherry has, for reasons so far unknown, entered the world of politics. His latest 'gig' was an effort to tell Toronto, which recently was told by it's New Mayor, Rob Ford that from now on "the car is King" that the new mayor is a very serious man, and that all the bicycle riding left winged Blah Blah bablababla.... Yes folks, the Circus is inTown 

As Circuses go, I think it was mildly amusing, but I ride a bike and worry about my neighbours, and their rights which I am guessing makes me a left wing pinko type in Don's World. And as a left winged pinko type, my opinion is that whenever you can get a senile old white guy in an oddly tailored Hot Pink Suit to finish a speech in Toronto City Hall with the words  "Put that in your pipe... You left winged, Kooks", It is a good thing for the left because it demonstrates the worst of the Right.

Vive Le Cirque du So Lame!

Is Don Cherry yet another old Conservative after a Senate seat? Hard to say. But probably not. He sure did not seem Senatorial at City Hall in Toronto and certainly his whole act was inappropriate, to say the least. At least Rob Ford seemed to like it. I suspect that most of Canada would rebel at the thought of this bombastic dandy strolling through the Halls of the Canadian Senate dressed like a harlequin jester and claiming that he knows anything at all about politics or had any experience with "sober second thought."


Is he about to throw an odd hat into the political arena and run as a Conservative MP? God I hope not, the last thing we need is another maudlin old fool in Ottawa. His militarisation of HNIC alone is enough to show us all how he would fit into Harper's attempts to glorify the military and to Americanise our attitudes.  But at any rate, it seems unfathomable that a man would be invited to visit City Hall in a World class city, to introduce a new mayor to the people, and act like a such jerk. He should be unelectable. So, what was the reason?

A Smoke Screen? A Change of Channels?

Again, I'm not quite sure  but I have a few thoughts on the subject:  From what I can see of the right wing approach to vote gathering, it is likely that his sudden appearance on the Canadian political scene has to do with their constant but completely false claim that they represent the common man. They have somehow quite successfully managed to convince some 34% of voting Canadians that they (the Conservatives) are not elites, and that it is incumbent on this base to vote repeatedly for huge tax cuts for the rich and the powerful Corporations, and that doing so is somehow magically going to translate into gains for the middle class. It is amazing how many people they fool really.
 I will give them this though: Don Cherry is common. But to argue that he is not also among the elite or that he represents the middle class, or Canadian values is preposterous.

Mr. Cherry: It is one thing to expect this country to forgive you for dressing up like a harlequin jester and acting like a complete jerk within the context of a trivial TV spot on a Hockey game (and even that took a bit of getting used to). It kinda snuck up on us. ...I mean you didn't always dress that way. We just got used to it, over your long career. 


Dress appropriately next time Don. Dress like a "Star Candidate" and not like Dame Edna.


Now, Dame Edna He/She can pull it off, it's what He/She is paid to do!

Nuff said!


Here is Cherry Telling us how Much he knows and about What.
There is a lot more to good government than just changing the lines. And just because Harper pretends that running a country is somehow about hockey should not make Don Cherry relevant. He is not relevant, nor is this ad that he (the so-called common man ) was paid a purported $2,000,000.oo for.


It would be hard to argue that he knows anything at all about Suits. Almost no one I know dresses like he does or would be caught dead dressing like he does, at least not unless it is Halloween.


Does he Really know Hockey?
~ " Anyone remember this Don Cherry quote?

"Mark my words. Corey Perry will be the best out of the three (sadly he was talking about ~ Crosby, Ovechkin, & Perry)." ~ Don Cherry before Sidney Crosby was drafted.


Funny how he has never followed up on that bold prediction. When he predicts something and it happens, we have to hear for the rest of the calendar year yet he never follows up on his wrong predictions (which is 80% of the time).

Give me break. There is absolutely no chance in Hell that Perry winds up better then Ovechkin and Crosby.


The only reason he predicted that by the way:
Corey Perry (Ontario Hockey League - supported by Cherry)
Sidney Crosby (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League)
Alexander Ovechkin (Russian) "


And Here is my favorite Cherry Fact. Don played one game and one game only in the National Hockey League. And as he demonstrates daily, He Remains POINTLESS!


He does seem to know dogs! He picked Fantino, he admires Ford, he loves Stephen Harper and he thinks Mackay is lovely.


I Believe Cherry also when he says that he knows very little about Mortgages. I'll bet that he has no mortgages that he could not pay off any day of the week. If he did, he would already realise that Canadians will not be able to pay the mortgage on Harper's terms. The government that he so willingly and pompously endorses has Mortgaged Canada's future while buying up votes with slick, subliminal and mind-numbing spending campaigns.  He would know that his trip to Afghanistan on Christmas Day is not a luxury that those with Mortgages can afford to pay.. It is hard to believe that anyone can support this government's wasteful habits and especially so while so many of us are out of work as they Arrogantly give billions more in Tax Cuts to big Oil. He knows nothing about Mortgages. 


No, Cherry knows very little about much of anything but dogs.

<>Not that that or any thing else will stop the Harper Government from using this circus clown to their own ends. The trouble with our little problem child Prime Minister is that even though he has already made Canada less Canadian, he is not done with us yet. The whole damned country seems asleep to any of his machinations, and now he has old weirdos (Fantino, Ford, Cherry) coming out of the woodwork to flood the airwaves and the Internet with circuses and side-shows of distraction and drivel.<>

Oh, this just in, It seems a certin Dominion employee was quite willing to express to doubts about Don Cherry's expertise in the field of Politics:


This may explain why these ads are ^NOT being aired lately.