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The Americans started it! Remember "Yasmin"? What gos around comes around!

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouvers...ad-e847689328f5 Carol Jamieson, vice-chair of the Greater Toronto Area Conservative Party Presidents Council, had this to say about Stephen Harper. Said she: "The Liberals are happy Stephen Harper is our leader. The only thing they fear is that we will change the game on him. No amount of burger flipping can fix the image problems of this leader. He can change his wardrobe, try more cornball commercials. But nobody can hear our message if they can't stop looking at the pitch man in disgust." Aren't these the same childish tactics that were successfully used against Preston Manning? Nerdy, high squeaky voice, funny haircut, clownish wardrobe, crooked teeth, etc.. Who's behind it? Reading a big bunch of excerpts from my Czech compatriet's new book on Mulroney I'd say Brian is a definite candidate. But then so is HO HO HO Joe Clark, if he is anything like the NPWBN's poster, Uncle Joe, used to discribe him. Who else could it be?

How split up they are. More than ever. You've got Harper and his bunch on one side, while big name conservatives like Manning, Harris, Klein, Mulroney, Joe Clark and their admirerers are on the sidelines ready to vote Liberal. It's nuts!

Remember Joy MacPhail? How she once famously mused about having "platonic mind-sex" with federal cabinet minister Pierre Pettigrew, an event, according to Ms. MacPhail, that would be "very gratifying." Little did she know.

Of course he is right! He doesn't talk out of his ass as much as Mark Steyn sometimes does, and freely admits to doing. Remember the time when he was contemplating renaming his butt in honor of Jean Chretien but changed his mind when he realized that his friends would then be saying "Steyn is talking out of his Chretien again."? A good example of Steyn talking out of his ass was when once, about two months ago, he said to his Chicago audience that it's more likely that it is the Russians and not the Chinese who pose a bigger danger to the United States. Of course he was wrong! And he has most likely changed his mind since.

Not really! It's more like "natural instinct" as you dreamers like to call it.

Yet they're ready to behead anyone who smokes tobacco a bit. Go figure.

Why bother? Once in a blue moon if some Canadian scientist actually DOES come up with something GOOD, the chances are that he/she will just sell it to the highest bidder. THAT'S the way it's done these days! But I must say that I sincerely hope it's still the beautiful Americans that they sell it to. Not the Chinese, please! Why, you ask? I'm sorry but I just can't shake the quote I read in David Frum's National Post piece of tomorrow where he will say .... "North Americans are facing a future in which the democracies of Europe will matter less and less - and an aggressive and possibly hostile China will matter more and more." He is right!

You mean like cutting down on sin taxes and such? That would be good too!

If you believe that I have Bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. The number is 71% at best! And I think I can prove it !

OH SH*T DAMN Canuckman, I didn't know that! Would it help if I wrote a cheque for, say, 5000 bucks to Maple Leaf Forum? If so please write one up and give it to Argus, I'll pay you later! Much later!! MUCH MUCH MUCH later!!! THANKS!!

Just to carify, if you owned a media outlet which way would IT be leaning? If ever so slightly? Hm! Hmm? Hmmm?

Well ... Argus made a suggestion that Pierre may be perking Bruno with his pecker. Can you beleive that?

I don't believe you! I don't believe that either! I CAN BELIEVE THAT! Sure ...... sure there are!

Lemme guess. Telephone Solicitor!?

Pierre DID say that he "takes Bruno along to bounce ideas off of him and that he gets great suggestions from Bruno", didn't he? Aren't there professional consultants for that? I bet Bruno already has a grievence in, demanding to be back paid a consultant's salary from the time he started driving Mr. Pettigrew.

But you don't KNOW if he is a slacker! He could be just MENTALLY slightly disabled, thus having to take extra time to figure WHICH pieces to pick, and WHERE to drop them. DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?! Did your mum ever tell you tell you that Sinterklaas (Dutch), Santa Claus (English), Santa Clause (Czecho) will not bring you any gifts just because you're slightly dumb? I didn't think so. That Grocers Union, obviously, managed to put in in the contract a clause that Czechos invented, called the "Santa Clause Clause" (YES THAT'S WHERE THE WORD "CLAUSE" CAME FROM !!!), the clause that started the whole Communist movement (work according to your ability & receive according to your needs), the clause that states that the company ..."CAN NOT judge their employees on performance" ... . It is there to protect the workers whose disabilities can not be seen by the naked eye from employers who like to jump to the conclusion that the guy/gal must be a slacker. You know, the more I think about it, the more I think that our Liberal government ain't ALL that bad. I'd better stop thinking!

I'll believe it when I see it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Let's keep our fingers crossed.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean that! (and that applies to ANYTHING that I ever said that bugs you) Please don't have me banned. PLeeease!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/4256540.stm

Explain that one to god... God knows it! Or do you think it's just by accident that so many poor countries are bunched together, as are the rich ones?

Even damn Costco prices are lower in Washington State than here in BC! :angry: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This a good example of why a high CDN dollar is not necessarily good. If the CDN dollar was at $0.75, Lotus likely would not slip across the border; the $4 he/she saves would be wiped out, or virtually wiped out. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You mean Costco would lower the price of my Gatorade if the CDN dollar dropped? Why the hell would they do that?

So Harper is now also stomping his feet over softwood lumber, saying he will NOT bargain with the U.S. over softwood. Tsk tsk tsk. You know, the way I see it, if Saul Goldberg owned the Canadian forest and decided to give Mr. MacMillan a good deal on trees, all the Americans could do is offer Saul more money for his trees & a gurantee that they'll buy just as many trees as MacMillan is guaranteeing to buy and ... PRESTO ... Saul would, knowing he's got trees hanging out of his ears, switch buyers in a heartbeat. "It's a dog eat dog world out there" would be Saul's answer to MacMillan. Except that the American's probably couldn't guarantee Saul that they'll buy just as many trees ... so Saul's answer to the Americans could very well be "toughski shitski", and the Americans couldn't do anything about it. Is that the message Harper wants to send to our greatest friends who are like family to us? Saul would never do that to HIS family.

I never cared for Mulroney much but after reading a bunch of excerpts from Peter Newman's book I can see why he is liked by so many. I wonder what kind of cut Newman is giving him. One thing's for sure, this book will be the reason why Mr. Mulroney's upcoming book will sell like hot cakes.

What accomplishments? Free trade? It was the Americans' idea, no? The GST? I don't consider the idea of putting extra tax on people an "accomplishment". Speaking of peeing in someones soup ........ Two Canadians boarded an airplane. One sat in the window seat, the other sat in the middle seat. Just before take-off, an American got on and took the aisle seat next to the two Canadians.. The American kicked off his shoes, wiggled his toes and was settling in when the Canadian in the window seat said," I think I'll get up and get a coke." "No problem," said the American, "I'll get it for you." While he was gone, one of the Canadians picked up the American's shoe and spat in it. When the American returned with the drink, the other Canadian said, "That looks good, I think I'll have one too." Again, the American obligingly went to fetch it and while he was gone, the other Canadian picked up the other shoe and spat in it. The American returned and they all sat back and enjoyed the flight. As the plane was landing, the American slipped his feet into his shoes and knew instantly what had happened. "How long must this go on?" he asked. "This fighting between countries? This hatred? This animosity? This spitting in shoes and pissing in cokes..."