...born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad

Phew!: That's me breathing a huge sigh of relief that Stephane "Rhymes With Yawn" Dion (ditto) will not be taking command in Ottawa. I have to admit, though, that I wasn't at all sure it would turn out that way. That's probably a function of my innate pessimism coupled with the palpably anti-Harper stance of the vast majority of the mainstread media: The likes of the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail kept assuring us that Canadians wanted a leader who was touchier-feelier; someone who felt their pain in these difficult economic times; someone who evinced the faux-empathy of Bill Clinton, and who maybe gave them lots of freebies, like Oprah Winfrey (the queen, the empress, the czarina of empathy) when she gives pajamas and Plymouths to her studio audience. Then there was Ceeb radio (I can't speak of TV, since I didn't watch it), which, throughout the campaign, gave up all pretence of impartiality and sounded like it was doing pro bono PR for Smilin' Jack; were one to crunch the numbers, I have no doubt that Jack (a guy whose world view is sympatico with the Ceebers) was given more way air time than any other leader. (It did seem to pay off, though, since the Socialists picked up six seats. Not enough to become the official opposition, but you can count on Jack remaining on the scene long after Stepahne has been given the hook. Even as we speak, the lean and hungry Liberals--Iggy, Bob Rae, maybe even Gerard Kennedy--are circling the carrion that is Mr. Green Shift's political career.)

So--hurray! Because of Harper's win, there will be no cockamamie green shift (the "social credit" of our time). We will not be going to the UN's Wannsee II Conference in Geneva come April. However--and it's a big however--there are still a couple of sticky issues that this government must tackle. First and foremost, it must do something to curb the power of a parallel justice system that is the antithesis--and makes a mockery--of Western law. (It's an excellent fit with sharia, though). At the very least, the Harper government must get rid of Section-13 and its provincial/terrirorial equivalents, so that, at a time when voices are being silenced around the world, Canadians know they have the freedom to speak, to be politically incorrect, to criticize their government, to balk at the encroachments of sharia, and, yes, to be as sarcastic, disrespectful, derisive, iconoclastic, disrespectful and "mean" as they want to be, even if upsets the likes of Mo Elmasry and Harpoon Siddiqui, and even if the nervous men of the Jewstablishment fear that such unfettered freedom could lead to a Kristallnacht on Bathurst Street.

Also--I think it's time for the Canadian government to stop paying for Gaza's infrastructure planning, at least until such time as Hamas, a terrorist, jihadi organization which, for religious reasons, wants to slaughter the world's Jews, is no longer in power.

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#1  15 October 2008 - 10:52

 

Ig did very poorly against Boyer. I forecast Rae v. Kennedy.

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#2  15 October 2008 - 12:59

 

And I can't see McKenna sitting this one out- nor Manley.

Also, I reckon the Tory knives are also being sharpened, to be used at a future date uncertain as of yet.

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#3  15 October 2008 - 13:13

 

There is no mandate for the Tories to do anything about Section 13. It was never an election issue and the only MP trumpeting a change, Keith Martin, barely held on to his own seat. I predict Harper won't touch this issue with a 10 foot pole.

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#4  15 October 2008 - 15:25

 

#3 We'll see. No one thought he had a "mandate" to tell Duban II to take a hike either. I'm not saying he'll touch the whole kit and caboodle, but I wouldn't be shocked to see an effort to do something to defang the Section 13s.

scaramouche

#5  15 October 2008 - 15:29

 

I agree with #3. I live in Peter Kent;s riding (yes the new Tory MP Yay!!) and asked him point blank whether he would consider, if elected, any changes to Section 13. He said back to me point blank NO. He said the issue never came up at the doors when he was canvassing and even when he asked a number of voters they all told him they wanted limits against hate speech. Go figure!!

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