August1991 Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 He should be whipped through the streets!Why? Quote
Slavik44 Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 He should be whipped through the streets!Why? because he is a conservative Quote The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. - Ayn Rand --------- http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Economic Left/Right: 4.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54 Last taken: May 23, 2007
Guest eureka Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 Klein came in on a similar platform to Harris. He gutted the welfare system. He gutted the education system. He gutted the healthcare system. He sold off assets - revenue producing assets to achieve a temporary benefit and a long term loss. Klein passed a "law" outlawing deficits: the same law that other idiots have had passed elsewhere. A law that has no teeth and canniot bind future governments. A law that is convenient to win political Brownie points at a time but would be fatal to economic and social growth in other times. Klein is nothing more than he started out to be: a glib, not very bright, talk show host. He parlayed that into a populist popularity. Oil has saved him from the consequences of his actions as it has not in Ontario which now must try to recover from the damage done by Harris. Quote
stamps Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 Klein came in on a similar platform to Harris. He gutted the welfare system. He gutted the education system. He gutted the healthcare system. He sold off assets - revenue producing assets to achieve a temporary benefit and a long term loss.Klein passed a "law" outlawing deficits: the same law that other idiots have had passed elsewhere. A law that has no teeth and canniot bind future governments. A law that is convenient to win political Brownie points at a time but would be fatal to economic and social growth in other times. Klein is nothing more than he started out to be: a glib, not very bright, talk show host. He parlayed that into a populist popularity. Oil has saved him from the consequences of his actions as it has not in Ontario which now must try to recover from the damage done by Harris. Harris tried copying Ralph and probably would have been successful if he would have stuck to his guns..... trying to fix a mess created by an NDP government also did'nt help and put Harris that much further behind the eight-ball.... Quote
stamps Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 He gutted the welfare system. He gutted the education system. He gutted the healthcare system. He sold off assets - revenue producing assets to achieve a temporary benefit and a long term loss. Alberta has the best health and education system in the country, if it was gutted so terribly what does that say about the rest of the country? As for welfare we look after our own out here.... if people need help they get it but this everybody owes me something and it's everybodies fault but mine attitude that is rampant across this country is not very popular in Alberta, self reliance and accountability is the norm not the exception in our great province.... Quote
Cartman Posted October 20, 2004 Report Posted October 20, 2004 Let's face it...Alberta does have some of the best social programs including health care, but not because of some mystical leadership quality. It is simply because of oil revenues. Even George W. Bush could not have screwed up this economy... I think. Quote You will respect my authoritah!!
caesar Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 Stamps x the USA has banned every country that has ever had a positive BSE case from exporting live cattle to their country and has never once lifted that ban well that is ridiculous. They had one cow test positive too. The owner of the cow in Canada was an American. The American government has been brow beating Japan to reopen their market to the USA. Their own experts that they commisioned stated that there was NO valid reason for closing the border to Canadian cattle; that the N America market is so intermingled to be one and the same. The feds woouldn't waste too much time trying to get an audience with the Bush regime; Bush has been very childish and ignorant from the day he was elected. Why bang your head against a wall. Quote
caesar Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 As for welfare we look after our own out here.... Yes sure. I remember a few years back; under Klein, I believe; Alberta was handing welfare recipients a one way bus ticket to BC. And they were not former residents of BC, either. Quote
Smiling Moose Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 Yes sure. I remember a few years back; under Klein, I believe; Alberta was handing welfare recipients a one way bus ticket to BC. And they were not former residents of BC, either. If you honestly believe this crap, I've got some great ocean front property for you on Cold Lake. Honestly, this is one of the stupidest things Alberta-bashers have been peddling. Get a clue, Quote
caesar Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 You get a clue; because it was true. Quote
caesar Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 But one constituency that continues to be forgotten -- as has been the case for the last 12 years -- is Alberta's poor. Some of the harshest cuts Klein made in the early 1990s came at the expense of the province's least fortunate residents. Welfare rates were slashed by around 20 per cent. The government decreed that "employable" welfare residents -- by which it meant nearly everyone but the severely handicapped -- must seek job retraining or risk losing their benefits. Tens of thousands were struck from the welfare rolls. Some fled to British Columbia, where monthly welfare payments were significantly higher, clutching one-way bus tickets supplied by Alberta social services. Quote
caesar Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 here's another one for you smiling moose; getting the clue yet?? Alberta Social Services offers welfare recipients one-way bus tickets out of the province. A Sarnia landlord with many vacancies in his buildings takes out ads in Alberta papers promising bigger welfare cheques in Ontario - $500 per month more in some cases. The issues of subsidized housing and the welfare system are examined. Quote
maplesyrup Posted October 22, 2004 Author Report Posted October 22, 2004 Final word “I don’t mind being a symbol but I don’t want to become a monument. There are monuments all over the Parliament Buildings and I’ve seen what the pigeons do to them.” — Tommy Douglas Leader of Canada’s NDP 1961-1971 Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
Newfie Canadian Posted October 22, 2004 Report Posted October 22, 2004 Well, here's one guy who won't be voting for Cherry......Cherry. http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...test041022.html Quote "If you don't believe your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else." Stompin' Tom Connors
caesar Posted October 25, 2004 Report Posted October 25, 2004 Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 The CBC is running a contest to decide which of ten finalists is the 'Greatest Canadian' of them all. Who would you vote for ? Frederick Banting 2209 votes (7 %) Alexander Graham Bell 2851 votes (9 %) Don Cherry 1184 votes (4 %) Tommy Douglas 4254 votes (14 %) Terry Fox 5723 votes (18 %) Wayne Gretzky 1392 votes (4 %) Sir John A. Macdonald 2550 votes (8 %) Lester B. Pearson 2413 votes (8 %) David Suzuki 2201 votes (7 %) Pierre Elliott Trudeau 6733 votes (21 %) Total Votes: 31510 Trudeau wins this poll Quote
maplesyrup Posted November 3, 2004 Author Report Posted November 3, 2004 Watch it tonite @ 8 PM Tommy Douglas & Don Cherry are fighting it out for the lead at the moment. I guess Canadians like their medicare system and are missing their hockey games, eh! Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
Slavik44 Posted November 4, 2004 Report Posted November 4, 2004 Watch it tonite @ 8 PMTommy Douglas & Don Cherry are fighting it out for the lead at the moment. I guess Canadians like their medicare system and are missing their hockey games, eh! 1 Tommy Douglas 2 Don Cherry 3 Terry Fox 4 Pierre Elliott Trudeau 5 Wayne Gretzky 6 David Suzuki 7 Sir Frederick Banting 8 Lester B. Pearson 9 Sir John A. Macdonald 10 Alexander Graham Bell Well good luck to Tommy Douglas, I certainly hope he beats Don Cherry, mind you I think everyone on the list should beat Don Cherry. Quote The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. - Ayn Rand --------- http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Economic Left/Right: 4.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54 Last taken: May 23, 2007
caesar Posted November 4, 2004 Report Posted November 4, 2004 What a dumb joke. Don Cherry????? what a waste of time. Quote
Newfie Canadian Posted November 4, 2004 Report Posted November 4, 2004 My man Mike isn't doing too well. He's stuck in 8th. Quote "If you don't believe your country should come before yourself, you can better serve your country by livin' someplace else." Stompin' Tom Connors
maplesyrup Posted November 30, 2004 Author Report Posted November 30, 2004 Is it tonite they chose the winner? Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
maplesyrup Posted November 30, 2004 Author Report Posted November 30, 2004 CBC just announced that the final two contestants had equal votes from women and men. Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
maplesyrup Posted November 30, 2004 Author Report Posted November 30, 2004 And the winner is a Prairie boy - finally Tommy Douglas is getting the recognition he deserves: Final standings: 1. T.C. Douglas. 2. Terry Fox. 3. Pierre Trudeau. 4. Sir Frederick Banting. 5. David Suzuki. 6. Lester Pearson. 7. Don Cherry. 8. Sir John A. Macdonald. 9. Alexander Graham Bell. 10. Wayne Gretzky. Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
August1991 Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 I voted for Don Cherry because I think the whole exercise is silly and pathetic. A Swede started this with Peace and Literature. (About the same time, we got the Olympics.) Then, Hollywood copied the concept as a marketing gimmick. A century later, the CBC version arrives in town. VOA seulement. It's what the Chinese call Face. ---- What say we call a recount, a la Ukraine. I mean, seriously, TC Douglas, CBC insider tabulation, what are the chances for fraud? I insist on a recount! Quote
ticker Posted November 30, 2004 Report Posted November 30, 2004 With all the left leaning politicians running Canada and the CBCs leaning it was no surprise that Trudeau and Douglas would be in the top 3. At least it was Douglas and not Trudeau. Terry fox would have been a nice surprise as someone that was neutral. Quote
maplesyrup Posted November 30, 2004 Author Report Posted November 30, 2004 Tommy Douglas 'father of universal health care' voted Greatest Canadian TORONTO (CP) - T.C. (Tommy) Douglas, former Saskatchewan premier, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party and touted as the father of the country's universal health-care system, has been voted The Greatest Canadian.The late politician emerged victorious in the public contest initiated by CBC Television this fall and which climaxed in an hour-long prime-time special Monday night. "I feel that Tommy Douglas is getting the recognition he deserves," declared a jubilant George Stroumboulopoulos, the TV host designated as Douglas's official advocate. "When we started this campaign in the summer, folks had never even heard of Tommy Douglas." Douglas's victory came at the end of a show in which the other advocates were asked to throw their support, political leadership convention style, to another candidate when theirs was voted off. But it was a moral support only, not affecting the public tally. Despite an impassioned two-hour debate among designated celebrity advocates for the top 10 contenders, which CBC aired Sunday night, the post-weekend standings remained virtually unchanged. In second place was one-legged runner Terry Fox, with former prime minister Pierre Trudeau placing third. Interesting that Canadians would chose a preacher man, a minister from the Prairies, as their most admired person who ever lived in Canada. Just shows it doesn't matter where you are born in this great land, but what you do with your life. Truly remarkable show! Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
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