tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post8390174117514170185..comments2024-01-07T08:41:13.864-05:00Comments on C A I T I - O N L I N E: Clement thinks he can be half pregnantBrent Fullardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08515599756822506137noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-17797441215563340982009-02-23T03:16:00.000-05:002009-02-23T03:16:00.000-05:00Oh, the Right is Where it is at, shall I tell you ...Oh, the Right is Where it is at, shall I tell you a story?<BR/><BR/>Remember the last election campaign? Canada seemed to be doing fine. The Liberals had the Green Shift as climate change and tax policy, to deal the real problems of climate change and advancing poverty. Stephen Harper had no climate change policy at all (and still doesn't), and his tax policy was to cut them, so that we could finally have a deficit, just like his model country, the united states, and his tax policy was to shovel tax cuts and spending at every conceivable bloc amenable to having their vote being bought off with their own tax dollars. The media loved the Harper policy, and Stephane's plan was hard for the man on the street to understand, and omgwtf: carbon tax??? Tax tax tax! Tax!!! tax tax tax tax ???? tax????!!!<BR/><BR/>Then the financial crisis began: and Stephane Dion noted this crisis <B>actually existed</B>, minimized the details of his green shift plan while realizing that the economics of this country were about to change so policy would have to change. And Harper ran ads showing a puffin pooping on Dion (ha ha ha: what a great policy: look, the other guy's a dork!), claimed carbon taxes were a threat to Canada and no economist would ever support them (yep, so true that :p), claimed Dion was panicking, told everyone to buy stocks and be positive (good plan: with that, the cons checked "deal with financial crisis" off the to-do list: and look what was next on the list: screw the opposition parties by crippling their finances!), and pretended Canada might cook up something to deal with global climate change ... in thirty years. Great plan that.<BR/><BR/>And the Conservatives won the election, and of course, what the responsible party in parliament had been worrying about began to happen: a financial crisis. The kind of crisis that having a large surplus, of the kind Harper wasted, might have come in handy for. And Harper panicked: he had NO PLAN. Harper's budget was a [i]disgraceful farce that would utterly ruin the Canadian economy[/i]. What's Dion to do? Should he let the country go down the tubes in letting Harper's idiotic first attempt at a budget pass, or should he take over and pass a budget the country needed? The Conservatives now still had no idea at all what to do. So they went into attack mode. The media, and the country, emphasized the idea that having a minority government led by a minority party would be somehow very illegitimate and a power grab, while utterly ignoring the question of why the coalition had been made in the first place. And they and the country killed Stephane Dion as a leader. Power grab? The only reason why the coalition was suggested was because Harper refused to actually lead the country against a looming terrible recession, and was instead bent only on leading a petty war against the opposition parties in parliament. They managed to save their skin by proroguing parliament to give them time to come up with a half-baked budget, that barely passed the test of the new liberal leader.<BR/><BR/>There is only one party in parliament that has a track record of recognizing economic and social realities, respecting the electorate and all parties in government, and shaping policy to deal with reality. It's the Liberal party. It's not Stephen Harper's conservative party.<BR/><BR/>The sooner Ignatieff calls an election, the better, as far as I am concerned.crfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726414637021391906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-22038997468266375172009-02-22T16:34:00.000-05:002009-02-22T16:34:00.000-05:00A bag of cement for Tony Clement?SunstoneA bag of cement for Tony Clement?<BR/><BR/>SunstoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-24732968867201550822009-02-22T15:45:00.000-05:002009-02-22T15:45:00.000-05:00Do you CAITI have any concrete solutions to this p...Do you CAITI have any concrete solutions to this problem besides just criticizing the government? I thought so! No mater what this government tries to do it will never be good enough for you.<BR/><BR/>What has your liberal party proposes to the government that they should be doing about this bailout? I mean besides just giving vague comments. I haven't seen any media releases concerning this bailout from your precious liberals. Have you seen any CAITI?<BR/><BR/>Can you just imagine what would have happened if the government had refused to bailout the auto industry? Oh yea they tried that,didn't they? Everyone including your liberals were all falling over each other, saying that the government should be doing everything they possibly can to save the auto industry in this country! Just typical liberal nonsense! But I digress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7141615629701321642.post-16807320594625295452009-02-22T13:38:00.000-05:002009-02-22T13:38:00.000-05:00My God , now doesn`t this sound about "govern...My God , now doesn`t this sound about "government level" typical.<BR/><BR/>Clement is willing to sink us several billion in debt to "maybe" produce a solution.<BR/><BR/>This is our several billion & I don`t know about anyone else , but I want some real freaking assurances & not some half-baked promise (not backed-up with a "real" plan) to repay.<BR/><BR/>What do these clowns have as collateral---How is their credit rating--how have they done in the past business-wise.<BR/><BR/>If I had credentials like GM , nobody , no-where , at no-time , except for maybe Jimmy "the Wrench" , would lend me 50 cents.<BR/><BR/>So good news, give them a few billion & see if it sticks.<BR/><BR/>Bite me you gov`t nimrods if you think this is a plan that sits well with anyone other than GM , it`s workers & it`s retirees.<BR/><BR/>This turkey could not fly if it had 9 wings & I see nary a one.<BR/><BR/>Dr Mike Popovich.Dr Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16915911929286615081noreply@blogger.com