Montgomery Burns

Sad to hear. Always sad to hear about terminal cancer. From what I've heard, though, pancreatic cancer is a death sentence whether it's metastasized or not, and because it's always inoperable and aggressive. So, as much I dislike our healthcare system, it's hard to blame this guy's death on poor healthcare. I'm not blaming our healthcare system for this situation, but I earlier blamed our sytem for the guy having to wait 5 months for a general diagnostic X-ray and 7 months for a consultation to schedule a gastroscope. As you can see in my OP, the Reverend could've been taken in in 1 week if he went to North Dakota. I guess the doctors erred in his diagnosis, but I can't blame that on our healthcare system because I believe that the overwhelming vast majority of doctors try their very best.

Okay I have calmed down since my rant in the OP. Do I think that Harper should axe the CBC right now? No, it is too politically dangerous for a minority govt. Do I think he should axe it when they get a majority govt? Yes. With Harper and the CPC growing in popularity, the political atmosphere could be changed as Harper slowly moves the country to the right. -Think of the money taxpayers would save annually. -What kind of a country has a state-run TV station that constantly and openly mocks and ridicules conservatives, then greedily demands that conservatives pay their hard-earned dollars to support said state-run TV station? That's for the former Soviet Union, North Korea, Saddam's Iraq, Europe, etc, not Canada. -What kind of a country bids against its own citizens (private TV channels)? If there is such a demand for "progressive" views, then the CBC should have no trouble making it on its own, instead of leeching off the taxpayer. Right? -Think of a country where its citizens can choose what TV channel to support with their dollars, versus being forced to support a channel with their dollars. What's next? Am I going to be forced to take out a subscription to the ultra-left Toronto Star? -I have never ever heard of a TV station threatening a blogger with legal action (using taxpayer money, yet) if the blogger show its videos on his/her website. There are videos from TV news stations all over the internet. It's totalitarian and it should worry each and every one of you. -And perhaps the best thing about axing the CBC is that its brainwashing of the public would stop and that will make Canadians much smarter. With all due respect - there are many intelligent reasonable posters on this forum - but on the whole, Canadians are dumb and I attribute much of this to brainwashing from the CBC. -31% of Canadians voted for a thoroughly corrupt - and everyone knew they were corrupt to the core - party. I watched those "man on the street" interviews on CPAC during the election, and Canadians would say that they didn't care that the Liberal Party was corrupt; it was more important to stop Harper and his "extreme rightwing agenda". But these are the same people that consider Bush an extreme rightwinger--even though Bush often acts like a centrist liberal (giving the victims of Katrina brand new mobile homes, blowing money on Medicare, funding with far too much "pork" in it, etc). -One in 6 Canadians vote for an party whose leader is on the record as saying that he prefers to be called a socialist, rather than a social democrat. Indeed, if you throw out Quebec, about 1 in 5 Canadians vote for the NDP. In the USA, these clowns would be a fringe lunatic party. -The viewers of the CBC actually chose a man whose views were similar, in some ways, to Adolf Hitler--as the greatest Canadian ever. WTF?! -Look at the attitudes toward banning handguns in Canada. Many Canadians think the public should be disarmed (shades of Soviet statism, Mao's China, and Hitler's National Socialists) so the public cannot defend themselves from scumbag goblins. Or they believe that no one will ever have access to guns if they are banned. How naive, no, STUPID can you be? The banning of guns worked like a charm in the UK and Australia, didn't it? -Look at the attitudes towards socialist healthcare. People are suffering, and even dying, through this grossly inept system, and yet many Canadians stubbornly insist on keeping things the way they are--and the remedy is to just throw more billions and billions of taxpayer dollars at it. They demand that pharmacutical companies be non-profit, thus killing the investment and initative so valuable to society. What advances in medicine and drugs does Canada invent? 90% of the advances in medicine, which has allowed society to become healthier and lead longer lives, come from the USA. The pharmacutical companies spend loads of money on years of R&D and their products should be protected by patent until they can recoup their investment and, yes, make a *gasp* profit. -What kind of a country makes the people who pay for the vast majority of the healthcare system through their taxes--wait in line behind some cradle-to-grave welfare bum? NOTE: I am not talking about the disabled or mentally challenged. Most conservatives I know believe in protecting these people; the culture of life. Instead, many Canadians just tell these people who fund the healthcare system to go get healed in the USA if they don't like the long waiting lists, i.e., because you are a productive member of society, you should have to pay twice to get healed. -Look at the attitudes towards defending freedom in Afghanistan. I was reading the reader comments at a Globe & Mail article the other day about the upcoming vote in Parliament about our troops in Afghanistan. I couldn't believe some of the comments. Rants about Bush and the neocon's "illegal and immoral" war. Rants about the mythical thoroughly debunked pipeline in Afghanistan canard. Comments about fighting "terrorists" (their sneer quotes, not mine). Comments claiming that the Taliban did nothing wrong except that they wouldn't turn over a suspected criminal named Osama bin Laden. But the worst was the commenter who said that our troops should leave Kandahar and move to northern Afghanistan where it is safer. Is that this country has turned into--a nation of cowards? -What kind of a country has no abortion law and thinks that taxpayers should fund abortions at even 8 or 9 months into a pregnancy? To head off the shrieking about "american-style", let's look at Europe. In the UK, abortion-on-demand is available only until the 24th week. In Sweden, YES SWEDEN, women must seek permission to have an abortion after the 18th week. In Germany, it is available only in the first 12 weeks. About 100,000 babies are aborted every year in Canada and as I have proven before on this forum (granted it was data from the US, but I doubt Canada is much different), 97 to 98% of these babies are aborted for merely being an inconvenience, not because of the mom's health being in danger, rape, or incest) To hell with personal responsibility! If it feels good, do it! I firmly and truly believe that the CBC has, via brainwashing, greatly contributes to so many Canadians being morally bankrupt and idiotic. If you don't believe that people can be brainwashed by state-run news, just look at Old Europe--some of the dumbest brainwashed people around. Why do you think that the Liberal Party-controlled CRTC banned the Fox News Channel for 5 years? P.S. Nice to see the CRTC is losing some of its power. Go Harper! Do more. Even HBO is banned in this country.

It's long but most will be hooked and will read the entire article. *Note: Macleans erred/typoed in regards to the date of this article. It is brand new - May 15, 2006, not May 15, 2005.

Update: Sad to hear.

Hmmm. Maybe that is why I couldn't log onto this a few days back. When I hit "Enter" after typing the URL, an unwanted file would load and then it would "kill" the window that I was using. Ah well. Things are good now.

Darn you Shoop, I wanted to post this first. But I can add more to your OP. Warren Kinsella was not the first person to break this story; it was a liberal blogger who attended the Liberal Party Convention (look at his blogroll--all liberal sites and even *gag* a blogroll of progressive liberal websites--I didn't see any conservative websites on his blogroll). Here's what he (Jeff Jedras) reported: Kudos to Jeff Jedras for having the integrity to report this instead of ignoring it like the MSM shamefully did.

BHS: You're wrong. CTV hasn't threatened legal action against proudtobecanadian.ca. Joel is a critic of their leftwing bias, albeit not as harshly as the CBC, and they have not issued any threats of legal action. Indeed, I linked to PTBC's video of the John Duffy vs Mike Duffy scrap and the CTV Question Period episode where Duffy backed up Scott Reid's "beer and popcorn" comment--right here on MLW. Posters here thanked me because they had missed this on TV. Ever been to Exposetheleft.com? The entire site is mostly videos from the MSM with a bit of commentary by the site owner. ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and the Fox News Channel have not issued threats to Exposetheleft. Indeed, there are sites all over the internet where they have video from the MSM. This is your typical leftwing totalitarianism by the left; by the CBC--and people should spread the word about this despicable tactic. This is Canada, not Cuba, the Soviet Union, North Korea, or some Middle East sh*thole.

BHS: No no no. You are confusing the British conservatives with the British Liberal Democrat Party. The conservatives were for the war and finished 2nd to Tony Blair. The Liberal Democrat Party was against the war and they finished a distant 3rd place--forcing the media to change their tune and claiming that Blair won a historic 3rd term because of the "economy". Just like Australia's John Howard who was supposedly in political trouble because of his staunch support for the war against Islamonazism. When Howard won a historic 4th term, the media suddenly claimed he won because of the "economy".

I disagree Geoffrey. We must intimidate these people. These thugs understand only one thing; force. Indeed, I learned this concept at a young age when dealing with bullies. This "it's immoral" concept only shows weakness on our part. Read your history.

Even an aid to the loathsome Pierre Trudeau says that Beverley McLachlin is playing God with our constitution: Ouch! Maurice Vellacott is despised by the left here in Saskatoon; he's one of dem der religious folk who believes that 8 month old innocent babies should not be killed at taxpayer expense. He is also the guy who appeared on a local Saskatoon cable show where someone phoned in and accused him of sexually harrassing a church secretary (when the phone call was traced to Goodale's campaign office--Goodale rolled out the Paul Martin "I dun no nuttin" excuse). Shockingly, the Canadian MSM ignored this disgusting smear tactic by the Liberals and gave it little or no attention. There is a reason why liberals try to push their agendas through activist courts; they know damn well if it was put to a vote, their agenda would be rejected by the public.

Do y'all remember when I linked to the CBC video of Scott Reid saying that Canadian parents would spend the $1200 annual childcare cash on beer and popcorn? You won't be able to watch that video anymore. Why? Here's why. Joel - from proudtobecanadian.ca - has been forced to yank all the CBC videos from his site or he will be sued--plus they informed him that they are monitoring his site. The CBC even served him papers at his house. Please tell everyone you know about this totalitarian antic by Canada's Pravda. These radical leftists (who showed their true colors when they linked to extremists like Michael Moore and Ted Rall when they were on strike) must be stopped. Even some of my liberal (decent liberals--I don't hang with "progressives") friends were shocked about this. Joel rants about the CTV also, but they have not issued a cease and desist with a threat of legal action. They call it "intellectual" property. CBC and intellectual should never be used in the same sentence. Plus Joel is forced to pay for these CBC videos via taxation. P.S., the CBC has all of the NHL's Coach's Corner segments archived...well all of them except for one. The one where Don Cherry took Ron Maclean's bait about the Iraq War where Cherry said that he was embarrassed that Canada crapped all over its good friend and ha-yuge trading partner--the USA. That video is not on our state-run CBC website--but the ball-waxing video is still there. Luckily Harper is more pragmatic than hot-tempered me; I'd privatize the CBC right this minute--minority govt or not! :angry: That.is.all. :angry:

I liked one of the reader comments in this story: "We have the best healthcare system in the world, just don't get sick."

Playing with people's lives You might peruse the comments section (lots of venting), especially the lady who had a painful knee and an X-ray could find nothing wrong. When she went to a private clinic, the X-ray concluded that she had bone spurs in her knee. When she confronted the "nationlized healthcare" hospital about this, they sheepishly admitted that their X-ray machine was from 1952. And more from a Reverend in Winnipeg: From one of those evil religious people!

Here's an op-ed by Cindy Sheehan whining about BushHarper. Guess who Captain Canada is in the comments section?

Didn't happen, liar. 1) The man himself - Lt. Governor Michael Steele - was on Hannity & Colmes last night (Tuesday) and confirmed the Oreo cookies incident. You calling him a liar? He also talked about NY Democrat Senator Charles Schumer's two aides who fraudulently gained access to Steele's confidential credit report, a crime with a maximum 2 year jail sentence under federal law. Steele was a guest on H&C when the topic turned to the crap, often racial, that minority conservatives have to put up with from Democrats. Which leads me to.... 2) Michelle Malkin had to pull her kid out of school because the "progressives" from Students Against War posted Michelle's address, phone number, and even the name of the school her child, all over the internet. Just when you think the "reality-based community" can't sink any lower... :angry:

BD: A regular contributor. You can click his name and read his past articles--if you have a strong stomach. I don't recall those two doing everything they could to undermine support and morale for the troops.

Black Dog: The Democrats unlucky 13: 1. Emancipation Proclamation issued by...a Republican President. 2. Slavery abolished under...a Republican President and a Republican Congress. 3. Japanese interned under a Repub...no, wait...sorry, that was a Democrat. 4. (Percentage wise), more Republicans voted for the Civil Rights Act than Democrats. They must've had some ulterior racist motive of which only they were aware. 5. Affirmative Action implemented under a Republican President (Nixon). 6. First black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as first black Secretary of State, under a Republican President. 7. First black woman named as Secretary of State...under a Republican President. 8. Still, lots and lots of KKK members in Congress are part of the Republican Party. No...my mistake again - Byrd is the only one I found (and he's a Democrat). 9. Republicans oppose the school choice and vouchers that the...majority of blacks support. Oops, my mistake again - Republicans support them while Democrats oppose them. 10. Well, at least the majority of blacks are pro-choice, right? Nope, most are...pro-life. 11. Well, at least most support gay marriage. Sorry, my mistake again. Once more, Republicans are more in line with majority black views than Democrats. 12. Republicans throw Oreo cookies at...black people running for Congress. Darn, that's the Dems, too. 13. Republicans enacted the Jim Crow laws. Nope, wrong again. Easy. The left always takes the side of America's enemies. Do you honestly think the public hasn't noticed this? Oh great. I'm getting lectured on consistency by BD.

Which is why numerous eyewitnesses said otherwise and why the accounts from the Lt. Governor, governor and the governor's communications director all differed dramatically on everything from the number of DoubleStufs allegedly hurled to when the incident occured? The question of whether the incident actually happened is less important than how an incident where even the alleged victim can't get get his story straight can be accepted as Gospel by credulous cretins. The fact you guys are arguing about whether someone had cookies tossed at them is both funny, and sad. Can we just agree that any display of the such is wrong from either side? Isn't it a little ridiculous to just point at the other side and say 'but mommy, they are worse!' Such sillyness. I don't recall any Republicans throwing Oreo cookies at a Democrat Lt. Governor and then justifying it by claiming that "politics trumps race".

I found another short Michael Savage clip. If his show is always like this, I think I might have to check it out. Have a listen as another hatemongering progressive liberal gets a whupping by Savage.

Who wrote this? Isn't this considered a crime??? Inciting? Hate-crime? It was written by one of those compassionate tolerant progressive liberals at IndyMedia. Of course it is not a crime. Haven't you heard the new leftwing meme: "Dissent is Patriotic".

You know what? He is a respected man. Why do you think you're not hearing an anti-Murtha drumbeat? Because it's political suicide. He is the real deal, and you make yourself look stupid making a comment like "he has gone off the deep end". You want to challange what Murtha says, do it. You want to insult him then you lose. This guy is the real deal? A respected man? Murtha: "Troops are undermanned, underequipped and dying at rates higher than during World War II and the Vietnam War."

Despite Iraqi documents being released on a near weekly basis (and being virtually ignored by the MSM) showing the numerous links between Iraq and Al Qaeda, the left stubbornly refuses to admit the ties the two had. It's so bloody frustrating debating the left. They just blithely deny anything that does not fit their worldview.

Didn't happen, liar. It did happen (scroll two-thirds down), liar. Here's more, including the infamous Michael Steele photo defaced to make him look like a Sambo.

You've got to be kidding, Liam. You think that is worse than assaulting female conservative speakers with pies; throwing oreo cookies at black Republicans; the head of the DNC saying "I hate the Republicans and everything they stand for"; Air America doing on-air skits - twice - that ended up with Bush being assassinated, or progressive liberals penning letters to Muslim terrorists: That's just the 1st paragraph. I've said it before and I will say it again. No one harbors as much hatred as a progressive liberal.

I rarely hear anything about him. However, I just heard my first clip from his radio show. It's 2.5 minutes long and it is at the excellent rightwing (3 Native guys) blog: DustMyBroom.com. When you listen to the clip, you'll understand why they titled their post "When Liberals Cry"