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The reason there are no manufacturers of sofas is that real westerners don't use sofas, no time to sit down. Too busy making $$$

Polls were being fed to us a couple of months back a week after they were taken. This poll was taken on JUNE4-8, how come they waited to release it 6 weeks later? Seems like some Liberal media hanky panky going on here.

Mr Stanford is a economist for the CAW, he's probably right about the 10,000 manufacturing jobs being lost. When auto workers earn close to $30 an hour for sweeping floors at the plants and unskilled productiion workers earning about the same, you really have to wonder if GM doesn"t have a point about labour costs. How is Stanford and the CAW going to compete with Toyota(which Mr. Stanford doesn't mention in his article) who has no union and still pays their workers a good wage. Toyota is expanding in Canada and will open a new plant that will hire 1200 people. So why are manufacturing jobs being lost in one area but expanding in other areas? Bad products? businesses being out of touch with their market? Labour costs? China? The manufacturing sector is going down the tubes. Remember the campaign a couple of decades ago "buy the car your neighbour builds" maybe we should support the manufacturing sector more by buying Canadian built goods.

Two opposing politicians, Paul and Jack, head out for a charity match 9 holes of golf. Paul offers Jack a $50 bet. Jack agrees and they're off. They are having a great game. After the 8th hole, Jack is ahead by one stroke, but cuts his ball into the rough on the 9th. "Help me find my ball. Look over there,'" he says to Paul. After a few minutes, neither have any luck. Since a lost ball carries a four point penalty, Jack secretly pulls a ball from his pocket and tosses it to the ground. "I've found my ball!" he announces. "After all of the years we've been in charity matches and playing together," Paul says, "you'd cheat me out of a lousy 50 bucks?" "What do you mean, cheat? I found my ball sitting right there!" "And you're a liar, too!" Paul says. "I've been STANDING on your ball for the last five minutes!

Martin gets a call from Belinda. "I've got a problem," says Belinda. "What's the matter?" asks Martin. "Well, you told me to keep busy in the Human Resources Office, so, I got a jigsaw puzzle, but it's too hard. None of the pieces fit together and I can't find any edges." "What's it a picture of?" asks Martin. "A big rooster," replies Belinda. "All right," sighs Martin, "I'll come over and have a look." So he leaves his office and heads over to the Human Resources. Belinda points at the jigsaw on her desk. Martin looks at the desk and then turns to Belinda and says, "For crying out loud, Belinda - put the corn flakes back in the box."

God invited Martin and Layton to come talk to him in heaven. He says each of them can only ask one question. "When will the Liberal scandals ever end?" asks Martin. "In forty years," answers God. "I regret that it will not happen in your lifetime." "And when will the Canadian people elect the NDP as their government in power?" asked Layton. God answered, "I regret that it will not happen in my lifetime!"

Start by connecting the dots to the history of weather in the world, going back way back and not the last thirty or forty years. Because in your life time it may seem to be weird weather but it doesn't mean the world hasn't gone through this cycle many times before. After all, we are talking about the earth being billions and billions of years old. In that period of time today's weather is just a drop in the bucket of time. I don't think weather records go back but three hundred years. So is the "normal" for the earth, how do we know? There are arguements both ways on that subject.

With no Miss Universe in Nathan Philips square I suppose that means Toronto won't have those sexually exploitive bare ass Gay Parades anymore? Or is that different?

It's the first day of school and the teacher thought she'd get to know the kids by asking them their name and what their father does for a living. The first little girl says: "My name is Mary and my Daddy is a Postman The next little boy says: "I'm Andy and my Dad is a mechanic" Then one little boy says: "My name is Jimmy and my Father is a striptease dancer in a cabaret for gay men" The teacher gasps and quickly changes the subject but later in the school yard approaches Jimmy privately and asks if it was really true that his Dad dances nude in a gay bar. He blushed and said "I'm sorry Miss, but my Dad is really a Member of Parliament in Ottawa, and I was just too embarrassed to say so"

At Jean Chretien's retirement dinner, a reporter said, "Madame Chretien, your husband has been such a prominent public figure, such a presence on the international scene for so many years! How quiet retirement will seem in comparison. What are you most looking forward to in these retirement years?" "A penis," replied Madame Aline Chretien. A hush fell over the table. Everyone heard her answer... and no one knew what to say next. Le Grand Jean leaned over to his wife and said, "Aline, in Hinglish dey pronounce dat word, ‘Appiness’."

A funeral service is being held for a much despised politician who has just passed away. At the end of the service the pall bearers are carrying the casket out when they accidentally bump into a wall, jarring the casket. They hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find that the politician is actually alive! He lives for ten more years, and then finally dies. A ceremony is again held at the same place, and at the end of the ceremony the pall bearers are again carrying out the casket. As they are walking, a voice cries out, "Watch the wall!"

Pollara poll headed by Michael Marzolini, who was once the Liberals' pollster. Maybe Mikey couldn't get an advertising contract,so he went into the polling business. This poll should definately be taked with a shaker of salt.

At the end of the tax year the Revenue Canada sent a newly graduate hotshot tax inspector to audit the books of a synagogue. While he was checking the books he turned to the Rabbi and said, "I notice you buy a lot of candles. What do you do with the candle drippings?" "Good question," noted the Rabbi. "We save them up and send them back to the candle makers, and every now and then they send us a free box of candles." "Oh," replied the government auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious way: "What about all these matzo purchases? What do you do with the crumbs?" "Ah, yes," replied the Rabbi, realising that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question. "We collect them and send them back to the manufacturers, and every now and then they send a free box of matzo balls." "I see," replied the auditor, thinking really hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all Rabbi. "Well, Rabbi," he went on, "what do you do with all the leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" "Here, too, we do not waste," answered the Rabbi. "What we do is save up all the foreskins and send them to Revenue Canada, and about once a year they send us a complete dick."

from Big Blue: "Don't worry, there's still lots of time for him to trip and fall on his face." Looks like he's starting to fall over. He was warned about making a deal with the Liberals, but no-oooo-ooo, he went and did it anyway. from yesterday's news: Simon Doyle The Ottawa Citizen The Liberals have "double-crossed" and "outfoxed" the NDP by delaying funding from the $4.5-billion NDP-Liberal budget for a year, a re-election move that will attempt to take political credit for the party-negotiated spending, say New Democrats. Last Monday, Liberal MP John McKay, parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Ralph Goodale, seemed to spark a storm of confusion within the NDP caucus when he told the Senate finance committee the $4.5-billion budget money, brokered by the Liberals in exchange for NDP support in the House on confidence votes, can't be touched until summer 2006 at the earliest. … "It's a double-cross and a breach of the agreement," said NDP finance critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis. She added that in this minority government, where parties are known to be in steady campaign mode, she suspects the Liberals are delaying the funding because they can roll it at a later date and take credit for it. "Whenever the election is, I think it is to their own advantage to present this as their own idea and to do all the announcing so people credit the Liberals," Ms. Wasylycia-Leis said by phone from Manitoba.

Interesting bit by Worthington on Canadian political Leaders. http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/...16/1134860.html

this is not Canadian Idol. We should try to vote for the party that has the best answers and policies to the problems we face. I would care less if the media thinks this is a grumpy white guy or a millionaire who who doesn't have to worry where the next buck comes from. Canadians have to stop listening to the stuff the media is feeding us and start looking for the solutions by doing some homework. The democratic deficeit in this country can be corrected if those who are concerned get after their parties to do something about the problem.We need change in this area so we actually have a democracy instead of a dictatorship with one man rule. It's not the man it's the message.

Big Blue Machine,-to big of a liability for us? Who the hell is us? Canadians ,Those east of Manitoba,from Ontario,Maritimes? I sense that a lot of posters feel that anyone that does not come from where they are ,are not "us". Westerners are "us" and deserve to be included in "our" government . Why do people reguard westerners as outsiders. For God sake they're not from Alabama as some may think. Ninty-nine percent are true blue Canadians and want whats best for Canada.Open up a little.

With the Liberals talking more and more like the NDP ,then why not vote for Jack Layton and company? I think your using Harper as an excuse.You wouldn't vote for anyone but the Liberals because you are a true blood Liberal and right or wrong on any issue or any scandal you'll always stick to your team. You pass a lot of wind about why the Liberals do what they do, but the fact is You would never consider anyone else.

Mirror, I'm afaid Mr.Layton gives himself too much credit for this $4.5 billion budget. The Liberals have other ideas.Maybe a few more years of experience will teach him about making deals with the LIberals. Simon Doyle The Ottawa Citizen The Liberals have "double-crossed" and "outfoxed" the NDP by delaying funding from the $4.5-billion NDP-Liberal budget for a year, a re-election move that will attempt to take political credit for the party-negotiated spending, say New Democrats. Last Monday, Liberal MP John McKay, parliamentary secretary to Finance Minister Ralph Goodale, seemed to spark a storm of confusion within the NDP caucus when he told the Senate finance committee the $4.5-billion budget money, brokered by the Liberals in exchange for NDP support in the House on confidence votes, can't be touched until summer 2006 at the earliest. … "It's a double-cross and a breach of the agreement," said NDP finance critic Judy Wasylycia-Leis. She added that in this minority government, where parties are known to be in steady campaign mode, she suspects the Liberals are delaying the funding because they can roll it at a later date and take credit for it. "Whenever the election is, I think it is to their own advantage to present this as their own idea and to do all the announcing so people credit the Liberals," Ms. Wasylycia-Leis said by phone from Manitoba.

"If you want to disagree look at how these people stonewalled in front of the Gomery inquiry - why would they have been anymore forthcoming with someone who was the 'enemy'?" Stonwalled in front of the Gomery inquiry? Are you serious? I seem to remember "St.Martin" leading his caucus meeting to a rousing cheer for Chertien after Chertien went before the inquiry. Martin is no better than Chertien. "I believe that once he heard the rumors he may have quietly looked into it and then decided that he wanted to know nothing more until he took over as leader - his thinking would be that he could clean it up then." The truth is ,his thinking was not to say a damn word and only when it hit the fan, and the fact that he has a minority government ,did he deal with it. Martin's plan was to sweep it under the rug. He called an election before the inquiry got anywhere hoping to shut it down once he got a majority.With a majority he would have five years to have Canadians forget all about it.

Well Cartman, I have to agree with you (see post#10) the whole campaign seens like a waste of tax dollars,ineffective yet expensive. Typical of government ad campaigns. Who runs this stuff? Analysis of government advertising would probably show there isn't any strategic plan in doing it. The Quebec ad scandal is typical. I always thought Ad agencies plan stragegy for getting the message across. Who in government actually has the expertise to run this stuff to make sure it's effective? Hiring mickey mouse agencies and giving these people contracts for "ideas" without substance seems to be the government way. Never mind the lost monies in the Quebec ad scandals, how about the ablility of these agencies to actually deliver a good campaign. Doesn't an ad agency have to show they can produce results(from past campaigns)and why doesn't government have as expert in advertising monitoring the effectiveness?

That's very interesting about the dollar, and about Liberals liking to keep it low. With the impending rise would it help the Liberals if I kept it real low like down in my shoes?Or should I do like a true Liberal and send it to party head quarters. I will want a receipt of course.

So then today , what we have based over the last fifteen years is an economy that is part Liberal deficit, and part commodity bull market, then it could be called- the Liberal Bull Market. Makes sense to me.

Boy am I mad, I just heard on the radio that the Klein Cons in Alberta stole these "new" reforms from the BC'ers who had these reforms for some time now, and these reforms have also been used in Toronto for some time too. So these " American style" of health reforms the Alberta government presented to the public as the "third way" was really ripped off from the provincial Liberals in BC and Ontario. Doesn't that just tick you off?

The best Canadian for GG should be a non political Canadian, one that most of us respect. Who better than Rick Hanson, man in motion. He's an average guy who done good. Paul should give him the job. I don't think anybody would be offended with Rick.