Moonbox

Prime Minister??/ :|

I went to the advance polls around 7pm Good Friday. I walked right in and was the only person there voting. Seems like you went at a bad time. For the record....... I didn't vote NDP

Your posting is a brilliant example of your infant-like logic and your rabid attempts to convince people of things they don't agree with you about. Shouldn't you be starting another topic about something equally idiotic right now?

So why are only Conservative signs getting vandalized in Guelph? What sort of intimidation tactics? Are you sure you're not completely making this up???? Rick this is so dumb you're really making me laugh! Keep it up I'm really entertained!!

As a side note, does anyone else think it's absolutely hilarious that the Toronto Star even published this article? I mean this crap goes on everywhere but the Toronto Star, being the loyal Liberal hack newspaper it is, somehow decides this is unique and newsworthy? Come on....

Oh okay that's good to know. Your testimonial about the NDP supporters you know really makes all the difference. Come to the downtown area of Guelph and meet some of the NDP wack jobs here. Those ARE the type of people who wreck signs and slash tires. Probably about 50% of the Marty Burke (CPC candidate) signs have been vandalized and although nothing has come up this year, people were getting their tires slashed in Guelph last election. I think it's far more likely the unemployed and bored NDP wackos are out there causing mischief than the CPC.

Oh man...you're so naive. I'm sorry. There's a laundry list of lies Paul Martin was pinned on. He promised to eliminate the GST, which he never did. He used a picture of Harper whispering to Duceppe at a Holocaust memorial to support fears of a coalition. The fact that the Liberals campaigned on health care throughout the 90's and early 2000's and then slashed health spending like no other government in Canadian history go to show you that he VERY MUCH the every day politician. I voted for him the first election when he got his minority because I liked that he at least went after the deficit. I saw him for the liar and politician he was, however, and I'm kind of chuckling about your comments. I'm not sure you were even voting when he was first elected though. You were probably still in highschool? The most honest politician you ever met is a pretty dubious honor. You have to be pragmatic with politicians. Understand that they will lie, and why they have to lie, and you'll be a lot better for it.

Proof that he was a liar, or conniving, or that he was a weasel? Or proof that he was all three at the same time. I think we could easily find proof that he was a liar and that he was conniving. I'm not sure about the weasel part. I'd need blood samples for that. Here's a pretty despicable lie Martin told just off the top of my head: http://www.lufa.ca/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=5203 Do you remember that one? As for conniving, his budget magic with EI reform and slashing transfers to the province to make himself look like a finance guru was pretty interesting. Do we need to go on?

I hate to say it but I think it's almost time that Harper starts taking Jack seriously. In about a week he's turned himself from a distant third to a strong second and you have to worry that the momentum could continue. Layton doing well in BC and Quebec could actually lose the conservatives some seats rather than split the vote and kill the Liberals like they were hoping.

I'm not sure what you were expecting. Mansbridge tried to do the same thing as he successfully did with Ignatieff but Harper was more composed. Harper has completely revamped his image and he's sticking to it better than anyone I can think of in recent memory. Gone is the cunning and ruthless wit, which has been replaced with a boring, yet resolutely consistent intelligence. Harper's doing it on purpose. I think any interviewer would have had a tough time cracking Harper.

Because it's not really an issue. There is some pretty obvious criteria to get a temporary visa.

That's generally how an interview is supposed to go. You're not there to hear the interviewer speak.

WWWTT why are you so AAAANGRY!???

I know what our economy is. Yes, those sectors exist. There's no arguing it. We are, however, a largely resource based economy, any way you slice it. The increased price of energy will be felt across the globe, not just in Canada either. Because we're a vast net energy exporter, we will fare FAR better and will become far more competitive overall with increased energy prices. There's certainly a price where the economy just becomes crippled altogether, but we're not nearly there yet nor will we get there just because of how international energy markets work.

The Canadian economy is mostly energy and resources. Because we sell so much of it, higher energy prices increase our tax revenues etc etc.. The average household sees only the literal price of gas at the pumps. They never see or take into account the tax revenue the government gets from all the oil, which helps keep other taxes down and government spending available. They also don't see how much effect higher energy prices have on making our dollar more valuable, and thus every dollar should be able to purchase more. The only reason we haven't seen so much inflation over the last year or so is because of our inflated dollar. Interest rates are going to start going up very soon, which will drop the inflation rates back to normal. The other benefit we'll see from higher energy prices is (gasp) more manufacturing at home. Eventually higher energy prices will start to erode the labor cost advantage of Asia because transportation of larger items will become prohibitively expensive. If energy prices continue to go up, or stay where they are, it will help keep jobs here. The higher the energy prices go, the more export $$$ Canada is getting.

Wow. I'm surprised by how dumb this statement is. Seriously. Go sit in a dark corner by yourself and think about what you just said. We're ignorant and uneducated compared to Americans? What did you base this on? Could it have been.....NOTHING? How much a candidate goes to Church or what type of mustard they put on their hot dogs doesn't seem to come up in a Canadian election. It sure does in the US. I'd be surprised if you really understand the economy much yourself with a comment like the one above... Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

August does that compare to the ANNUAL $6-7B bailout Quebec gets, most of it from Ontario taxpayers? Methinks not....

I already guessed: 1) Burger Flipper 2) Factory button pusher or lifter of stuff 3) Farm Labourer Given your writing skills and your knowledge of the world, I might even guess a CSR or something of the sort...perhaps call centre agent? After that I just can't guess! Maybe I'll be surprised? I'd really like to know what you do for a living seeing as though you seem to think you're a tremendous net contributor to Canadian society.

I'm really curious WWWTT. What do you do for a living???

Some are, some aren't. We need to replace the F-18 either way. The costs our out of control for the F35 even from US sources are estimating the final price to be in the $120M/plane area instead of the $75M Harper is insisting on. How many Canadians would vote for a $60B fighter jet program? Pas moi. 99% of Canadians don't know anything about what I just said, however.

A real job like what? Flipping burgers? Is that a real job to you? Perhaps you're more inclined to consider monkey work pressing buttons or lifting things in a factory 'real work'? Maybe plowing fields with the other muzhiks? Comrade, please explain to us what a 'real job' is. I can't wait...

Lowering taxes and letting people spend their money as they see fit isn't ever a 'waste' really. Deficits are only a problem as they relate to taxes. It may not exactly balance the books but it's the 'spending' that piss people off and that's why Jack from subsidized housing will never get elected.

Well the majority of Canadians seem to vote for those other parties. Jack's problem is he's a good speaker but he's full of BS and he's a slime bag to boot. His policies are garbage and they never have to stand up to scrutiny. He gets to promise the world and the poor, young and uneducated (or the unions) vote for him because they'll never actually look into anything he says beyond the smile and the zingers.

Pierre Trudeau (a Liberal) was the worst fiscal manager the country has ever seen and the numbers (facts) support that easily. Bob Rae was the worst fiscal manager Ontario ever had. It seems fitting where Bob Rae is now.

The people in BC didn't watch the French debate. The uptrend for the NDP reflects how much better Layton was than Ignatieff in the English debate. Like I said before, this is good news for the conservatives and terrible news for the Liberals. Split the vote and give Harper his majority.