Sweet blue-eyed Brian has been complaining that Peter Newman recorded conversations with him without his knowledge. Yet this week in an interview on CIUT, Newman wondered how Brian could not have noticed the tape recorder that was placed on the table between them during 98 conversations.
98 conversations. And Brian didn't notice.
Is Brian lying? Shall I trust the journalist or the politician who thinks he has been treated worse than Hitler by the Montreal Gazette?
To clarify that point; the Montreal Gazette did not say good things about Hitler. Mulroney was upset that the Gazette did not have anything good thing to say about him during his reign, and that "Even f***ing Hitler had someone writing one good adjective". Even the most retarded of you will note that the Gazette never had the power to kill millions of people, so Brian should stop whining about that point. Why does the man need so much love? Did daddy not give him enough hugs? Get over it, or get back on the sauce.
And Brian, tell your boy to get off our televisions. Or tell him to at least stop wearing so much purple. Barring that, tell him to change that Eddie Munster hair style. Better yet, let him have a pay-per-view slap-fest with Justin Trudeau and maybe we can be rid of them both.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Friday, September 16, 2005
An E-Mail Calling For Harper's Head
Shamelessly ripped from Paul Wells's blog:
Inkless Wells: "I checked and this email, being sent around Ottawa this afternoon, is from who it purports to be from: three candidates and an 'organizer' for the Conservative Party who want Stephen Harper to resign as leader now.
I spoke to one of the undersigned, who told me they would not have done this if the Gomery report hadn't been delayed, but they figure that now there is time to replace the leader. I'm not going to oversell this — that's the Globe and Mail's job — it's only four guys. But they are members in good standing of their party, and in three cases, past or current standard-bearers for the party in a region where Harper has worked hard. Anyway, read for yourself. Oh, and a translation note: the 'crazy hillbillies' thing is not a reference to Western Canadians but to fringe elements in the candidates' own ridings — this is clearer in the French version, where the writers refer to 'illumin�s de votre comt�,' visionaries or wackos in your ridings. Anyway, enough from me. Here's the letter — pw
We have worked together during the last leadership race to offer a new solution to our party, a winning solution. Mr. Harper won; we decided to go along with the majority and support our party's leader. Until today. Mr. Harper was a good transition leader; but his competence stops there.
We must not dream in colour; our party is in crisis in the province. Membership is not increasing here, it's declining. Those who say the contrary are doing so with a single goal in mind; keep their job.
While at a reunion of the candidates in Montreal a few weeks ago, it was mentioned to Harper that elections could be launched in fall, which would probably translate in a majority government led by the Liberals.
Harper simply answered that our party sold a record number of membership cards, and that our finances were doing extremely well. While the liberal government is suffering from the sponsorship scam, what we can rightfully call the greatest scandal in Canadian history, our party cannot manage to move up in the polls. Our finances are doing well, but it's simply not enough to win votes; the recent TV ads in Ontario prove that.
Polls do not lie. Those of you who were candidates or participated in last year's election know it. At the last meeting of the candidates in Montreal, a lot of them told Harper they were optimistic as to their chances of getting elected in their ridings. Reality is that it's not by sitting down and talking with a few crazy hillbillies that are already conquered that will make a candidate win a federal election.
Aren't you tired of being stuck behind the NDP? Or even the Green party in some cases? Do you want to have a chance to beat the Bloc? Why do you believe that Quebeckers are willing to vote for a political formation that has no chance of being part of the government? We must offer them a better option. For Quebeckers, Harper is not and never will be an option.
After a few terminations earlier this year in Ottawa, the wave of firings reached a new peak last week; the head organiser, Norm Vocino, who had made tremendous efforts and progress to make the party work in spite of the few resources at his disposal, was thrown out the door. We no longer have an organisation. We have no support from Ottawa. We have been abandoned by the inner circles of our party.
Harper and his gang don't care about Quebec. They will never make a breakthrough in Ontario. That is reality.
We will never win the next elections. Harper will resign after, that's for sure. But why wait after the elections? Isn't it better for him to get out NOW?
We have more then enough time to find ourselves a real leader before the next elections.
We all know what has to be done for the good of our party and country, and that's why we are asking publicly our leader to resign.
Lucien Richard – 2004 election candidate
Francis-Pierre R�millard – 2004 election and current candidate
Philippe Gigu�re, BAA – 2004 election organiser
Payam Eslami-Manoucheri – 2004 election candidate"
I can't say that I am surprised. Martin gave Stephen the keys the henhouse, a map of where the eggs were hidden, and the guy still came
up empty-handed. So the real question now is: do the Conservatives want a quick election, or an election in the spring, AFTER they have had a leadership convention?
Inkless Wells: "I checked and this email, being sent around Ottawa this afternoon, is from who it purports to be from: three candidates and an 'organizer' for the Conservative Party who want Stephen Harper to resign as leader now.
I spoke to one of the undersigned, who told me they would not have done this if the Gomery report hadn't been delayed, but they figure that now there is time to replace the leader. I'm not going to oversell this — that's the Globe and Mail's job — it's only four guys. But they are members in good standing of their party, and in three cases, past or current standard-bearers for the party in a region where Harper has worked hard. Anyway, read for yourself. Oh, and a translation note: the 'crazy hillbillies' thing is not a reference to Western Canadians but to fringe elements in the candidates' own ridings — this is clearer in the French version, where the writers refer to 'illumin�s de votre comt�,' visionaries or wackos in your ridings. Anyway, enough from me. Here's the letter — pw
We have worked together during the last leadership race to offer a new solution to our party, a winning solution. Mr. Harper won; we decided to go along with the majority and support our party's leader. Until today. Mr. Harper was a good transition leader; but his competence stops there.
We must not dream in colour; our party is in crisis in the province. Membership is not increasing here, it's declining. Those who say the contrary are doing so with a single goal in mind; keep their job.
While at a reunion of the candidates in Montreal a few weeks ago, it was mentioned to Harper that elections could be launched in fall, which would probably translate in a majority government led by the Liberals.
Harper simply answered that our party sold a record number of membership cards, and that our finances were doing extremely well. While the liberal government is suffering from the sponsorship scam, what we can rightfully call the greatest scandal in Canadian history, our party cannot manage to move up in the polls. Our finances are doing well, but it's simply not enough to win votes; the recent TV ads in Ontario prove that.
Polls do not lie. Those of you who were candidates or participated in last year's election know it. At the last meeting of the candidates in Montreal, a lot of them told Harper they were optimistic as to their chances of getting elected in their ridings. Reality is that it's not by sitting down and talking with a few crazy hillbillies that are already conquered that will make a candidate win a federal election.
Aren't you tired of being stuck behind the NDP? Or even the Green party in some cases? Do you want to have a chance to beat the Bloc? Why do you believe that Quebeckers are willing to vote for a political formation that has no chance of being part of the government? We must offer them a better option. For Quebeckers, Harper is not and never will be an option.
After a few terminations earlier this year in Ottawa, the wave of firings reached a new peak last week; the head organiser, Norm Vocino, who had made tremendous efforts and progress to make the party work in spite of the few resources at his disposal, was thrown out the door. We no longer have an organisation. We have no support from Ottawa. We have been abandoned by the inner circles of our party.
Harper and his gang don't care about Quebec. They will never make a breakthrough in Ontario. That is reality.
We will never win the next elections. Harper will resign after, that's for sure. But why wait after the elections? Isn't it better for him to get out NOW?
We have more then enough time to find ourselves a real leader before the next elections.
We all know what has to be done for the good of our party and country, and that's why we are asking publicly our leader to resign.
Lucien Richard – 2004 election candidate
Francis-Pierre R�millard – 2004 election and current candidate
Philippe Gigu�re, BAA – 2004 election organiser
Payam Eslami-Manoucheri – 2004 election candidate"
I can't say that I am surprised. Martin gave Stephen the keys the henhouse, a map of where the eggs were hidden, and the guy still came
up empty-handed. So the real question now is: do the Conservatives want a quick election, or an election in the spring, AFTER they have had a leadership convention?
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Thursday's Rant
Can all of the hack writers, bloggers, and blow-dried newsreaders simply use the word New Orleans for...New Orleans. Dont' say, or write, N'Awlins, N'Awleans, or any other miscontruction of the name. We get it. They have an accent. You aren't from there, so stop being such an ass. Oh yeah, just so you know and aren't frightened by it; there are different accents in Texas and New England.
And while we are at it, your three visits to New Orleans for Mardi Gras do not make you a Jane Goodall-calibre anthropolgist. You stayed in your hotel, got drunk on Bourbon Street, and then slinked back to the hotel. You never wandered around the truly poor sections; you didn't get a feel for what the locals do or think, you were a tourist. So no more reminiscences.
And while we are at it, your three visits to New Orleans for Mardi Gras do not make you a Jane Goodall-calibre anthropolgist. You stayed in your hotel, got drunk on Bourbon Street, and then slinked back to the hotel. You never wandered around the truly poor sections; you didn't get a feel for what the locals do or think, you were a tourist. So no more reminiscences.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Wired News: Young People With Old Ears
I am sure that some of you may already be suffering from this.
I knew that Walkman was going to bite me in the ass one day. Luckily I now have an IPod and can listen for 15 hours straight. I am so going deaf.
Wired News: Young People With Old Ears: "Hearing specialists say they're also seeing more people in their 30s and 40s — many of them among the first Walkman users — who suffer from more pronounced tinnitus, an internal ringing or even the sound of whooshing or buzzing in the ears."
I knew that Walkman was going to bite me in the ass one day. Luckily I now have an IPod and can listen for 15 hours straight. I am so going deaf.
Wired News: Young People With Old Ears: "Hearing specialists say they're also seeing more people in their 30s and 40s — many of them among the first Walkman users — who suffer from more pronounced tinnitus, an internal ringing or even the sound of whooshing or buzzing in the ears."
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