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And I will argue what Harper has said in the past. He said no deficits and we have a deficit. He has said no new taxes and that is a promise he can't make. This thread is about anything we want to talk about that is on the subject of taxes.

Here is the advertising part. http://mediamatters.org/items/200904080025?f=h_top

And if Harper raises taxes I'll be sure to remind you of this conversation. Canadians don't want deficits from here to eternity. So, unless revenue shoots up to surplus numbers through exuberant growth, we will see deficits for some time to come. Now, you can argue that he has a plan for cutting spending but if he has, he certainly hasn't made it public.

Latest count: http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/04...er_Tedisco.html More to come.

I'm sure revenue will pick up. However, even the Parliamentary Budget Officer says that is going to be a deficit for some time to come. Harper has not cut spending so if he raises taxes, I guess that means you will quit the party.

Well, if your leader isn't going to cut service or spending, where is going to get the revenue to end the deficit? We aren't talking about ifs. Harper's record is major cuts on spending.

If Harper raises one tax, I will remind you of your stance now.

When has Harper dramatically taken on spending cuts? You are saying that you will quit the Tory party and go to another party if Harper ever raises taxes? Ignatieff has already said he won't be introducing it.

Hannity's transcript of how Obama deserves no credit from his April 13 show is hilarious. http://mediamatters.org/items/200904140007?f=s_search And so on. And his radio show in the last days has been hilarious. Not as bad as Limbaugh with saying the Democrats are in support of the enemy but right up there.

Don't think I denied FOX is from a conservative viewpoint in their shows. However, they are also that way in their news. They are promoting their anti-government tea party protests in their news as news despite the fact that they are the organizers. As for the left wing viewpoint, it seems most people point to Colmes but he is a very weak example and has been expunged from Hannity's show because that it not what viewers of FOX want to see. Talk radio is almost exclusively right of center, anti-Democrat. Hannity and Limbaugh's shows are three or four hours a day of consrvative talk. I suppose in a multi-channel universe, the right can have their mediums like FOX and AM radio but I don't think they should pretend that is actually news.

Where did I mention it was on his TV show? I said on Hannity last week and he has TV and radio broadcasts each day. I pointed out that his TV show this week tried to say Obama deserved no credit while his last Friday show on radio revolved around the stand-off and recapture of the ship captain. It was a four hour show that covered everything from his tea party rally to how Obama was to blame for an American ship being in jeopardy. By all mean check out his podcast archive. http://www.hannity.com//Article.asp?id=466805

Utter lies on your part. It is right in the opening post how they are all accepting stimulus. They were all posturing about how they wouldn't accept it. That is crap and you know it. They were making noises about not accepting the stimulus package and have all signed on except for one governor who has accepted most of the federal mandate but is posturing on a portion of it. Why don't you listen to your own governor pals who are all signing up one by one? That he wasn't going to win. Do you need to see your posts on the subject again?

However, do news organizations organize anti-government protests and then try to say they are only reporting the news? That is exactly what is happening with Fox and it is tea party rallies.

It is the editorializing while reporting the story. The clip has it right there.

http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1&id=2521 The Feds are paying $100 million for this trade port at Winnipeg International. I swear that Premier Doer is able to play Jedi mind tricks on Harper because he seems to be able to get any money he wants out of the man.

The ones where the reporter, not a columnist or talk show host, questions why Obama is doing nothing.

I believe they do that now and to Harper's credit, he maintained the stable funding of the previous government. I think people are well aware of a daycare is. It means care for children when many parents are away working. I believe that is the deal that the Feds worked out with the provinces in 2005: It was a way to create spaces for child care, a major concern for parents in rural and urban areas. I know very few unionized daycare workers. You have many in your area?

Well, for one it is including Hannity's tea party coverage in its regular news. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/12...erican-hostage/

One of those links included clips of regular FOX News.

My view is that FOX does it as a basic tenet of their existence. I have given those links already. http://www.mapleleafweb.com/forums//index....st&p=410026

I haven't promoted any news over the other. I personally think CNN has gone entertainment and CBS hurt its reputation badly with the Rather report. I just affirm that FOX distorts the news and they've admitted it in court.

Which is what FOX News is mostly about plus distorting actual news stories which they admitted in court in 2000.

Against CNN? I don't make any such claim. I do know that FOX News has argued in court about the veracity of their news. http://www.organicconsumers.org/rbgh/fox-news.cfm

The fact that Hannity on his radio show last week was talking about how Obama had made the U.S. less secure. It was all over conservative talk radio and FOX News about how Obama let the ship be subject to attack and they mocked him for bringing in a FBI negotiation team in. The question was asked many times "Where are the marines?" And why the ship was not protected. There podcasts of Hannity are illuminating.

Not really. As you say it is an entertainment channel. Even the news is slanted against the Democrats. It is the station of the right.