tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post3516405645748654476..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Harper's Canada and the Attack on Parliament HillSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-14173910420397542452014-10-24T19:51:07.366-04:002014-10-24T19:51:07.366-04:00Dont forget to mention his speech in the HoC yeste...Dont forget to mention his speech in the HoC yesterday in which at the end he mentions his omnibus bill for building up CSIS etc., as if daring the opposition to oppose any of what is contained in it at such a time. This reminds me so much of how the US Patriot Act (written before 9/11) was passed in the US.<br /><br />There is a BIG odor around the happenings this week. It is coming from the PMO Gonzogalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-105807542514871882014-10-24T11:19:21.323-04:002014-10-24T11:19:21.323-04:00"Did he really apologize to Cheney?"
As...<i>"Did he really apologize to Cheney?"</i><br /><br />As the expert on Russia, from studying it from her porch would say........You Betcha, and if I'm not mistaken the guy who got shot in the face was a lawyer.kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-16311747637159540932014-10-24T04:19:27.158-04:002014-10-24T04:19:27.158-04:00hi kootcoot....Did he really apologize to Cheney? ...hi kootcoot....Did he really apologize to Cheney? Well it's not like he could shoot him or anything. With all his bionic parts the chairman is practically indestructible... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-71314516827545038192014-10-24T04:15:05.528-04:002014-10-24T04:15:05.528-04:00hi UU4077....Yes, it wasn't the finest perform...hi UU4077....Yes, it wasn't the finest performance Great Leader has ever given. I understand that it came from an "undisclosed location" which probably means a nuclear bomb shelter about a mile underground.<br />So no wonder the hair was off, and he looked like he was suffering from shell shock...<br />Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-34882193353641523942014-10-24T04:10:48.888-04:002014-10-24T04:10:48.888-04:00hi anon....yup, correct on all counts. When you...hi anon....yup, correct on all counts. When you're contemptuous of root causes, they do have a nasty tendency to come back and bite you...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-3009488868548648502014-10-24T04:08:30.295-04:002014-10-24T04:08:30.295-04:00hi salamander....I see that they hid Harper in a b...hi salamander....I see that they hid Harper in a broom closet. What more could we ask for ? And as for our Con friend, you're right I probably shouldn't waste my time trying to reason with them. Life is too short and I'm lazy... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-33346891902662097682014-10-23T21:29:02.565-04:002014-10-23T21:29:02.565-04:00In fairness to Harper, he was barricaded in with h...In fairness to Harper, he was barricaded in with his Con caucus in their meeting room, just as Mulcair was barricaded in with his NDP caucus in their meeting room. And I assume the same with Trudeau.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-49909200438969452382014-10-23T21:26:08.847-04:002014-10-23T21:26:08.847-04:00The undisclosed location turned out to be 24 Susse...The undisclosed location turned out to be 24 Sussex Drive. I still want to know whether it was red wine, cola, or something else in Harper's glass during his RCMP briefing (and photo op) with Bob Paulson <br /><br />http://rt.com/news/198408-canada-ottawa-harper-wine/<br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-46508284889904454112014-10-23T13:16:35.629-04:002014-10-23T13:16:35.629-04:00Stephen Harper, our own version of Dick Head Chene...Stephen Harper, our own version of Dick Head Cheney. Maybe he will go hunting with Rob Ford and/or brother Doug and shoot them in the face, The victim of Dead Eye Dick not only didn't sue Cheney, but actually apologized to the asshole for his face being in the way of Dick's shotgun pellets. kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-85552427907219455972014-10-23T09:33:46.963-04:002014-10-23T09:33:46.963-04:00Did Mr. Harper stand there leading his country in ...Did Mr. Harper stand there leading his country in the face of danger. No, he ran and hid. What would Churchill have done? Churchill was a war correspondent so he encountered real war. One envisions Mr. Harper running like a rabbit away from action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-37006862914981065282014-10-23T09:29:55.035-04:002014-10-23T09:29:55.035-04:00At the risk of committing sociology and trying to ...At the risk of committing sociology and trying to understand actions, there are thousands of young men wandering around the middle east unemployed and hopeless and conditioned by brutality and destruction, loss and war visited on them by some western nations. More war isn't going to stop them. It will just make them more angry. AND wandering around Canada under the present regime are lots of unemployed and hopeless young men. Their jobs are being taken by temporary foreign workers and their salaries are being lowered by government actions and they can't seem to find the imaginary training schemes. Young men need positive things to do. Anyone who has raised a teen aged boy knows that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-32153943176232991302014-10-23T07:01:18.197-04:002014-10-23T07:01:18.197-04:00.. stay the course .. Simon. You don't need to..... stay the course .. Simon. You don't need to defend or explain your feelings to those you allow to comment freely. Yet another Canadian is dead, killed by a deranged individual with a gun. The other day it was a deranged & cowardly attack with a car. The pronouncements of Stephen Harper.. on 'the facts of the matter' as he is so fond of saying carry little weight or meaning. I don't recall reading he remained at the scene, Parliament.. in any leadership role.. instead he disappeared 'was whisked away' as Manbridge intoned, to an undisclosed location as the PMO speechwriters got busythe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-5833393995589444612014-10-23T06:16:42.681-04:002014-10-23T06:16:42.681-04:00What is sometimes called Dies Irae is approaching ...What is sometimes called <i>Dies Irae</i> is approaching - and it appears to me that the day grows very long indeed. I should thank you again - your tarnished and deeply flawed example is a perfect model for what anyone shouldn't do, in anticipation of that day. You have been warned, but you will not listen. You'd prefer to drown in your own hatred. Perhaps He will give you exactly what you desire. It's not too late, but perhaps soon it will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-77914284157215521272014-10-23T05:57:57.900-04:002014-10-23T05:57:57.900-04:00hi David...I agree. With the huge police forces we...hi David...I agree. With the huge police forces we now have, we should be able to keep a closer eye on those who would like to join ISIS, and make sure they neither get there, and play their crazy games here. But this is a government that panders to religious fanatics of all stripes, so we can't expect anything from them...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47138150155741729432014-10-23T05:54:20.074-04:002014-10-23T05:54:20.074-04:00hi anon....you're right, war is being used as ...hi anon....you're right, war is being used as a distraction by the Con regime. Instead of declaring war on hunger and poverty they would waste millions killing people....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47525815542161918472014-10-23T05:52:19.084-04:002014-10-23T05:52:19.084-04:00hi anon...I despise the Con government with every ...hi anon...I despise the Con government with every bone in my body, but I don't approve of violence, when we can remove them with a ballot. I also agree that there are some "good" wars, like the Second World war to defend ourselves from the Nazi beasts. But most wars are bullshit and only make things worse....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-72290900575439928732014-10-23T05:48:20.513-04:002014-10-23T05:48:20.513-04:00hi anon 10:15....save your pious sermons for you a...hi anon 10:15....save your pious sermons for you and your depraved leader. The day I will listen to anything a Con has to say about the decent way to behave is the day I'll die or the world will end. Canada is the same as it was the day after this attack, as it was the day before. Your thuggish leader would have us believe it has changed but it hasn't. It is possible to mourn the dead and ask hard questions about that tragedy, and that's exactly what I intend to do. And as for comparing me to that terrorist you know where you can shove that one you dumb bestial Con hog...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-19186311112820445432014-10-23T02:37:07.942-04:002014-10-23T02:37:07.942-04:00It is a terrible thing which happened at Parliamen...It is a terrible thing which happened at Parliament today. The death of the solider was horrible and unjustified. This is what big mouth P.M. "lets go to war and kill them" harper has wrought. This is harper's big moment. Now harper has his election issue. Betcha the boy gets to do the eulogies at the funerals.<br /><br />Canada was not asked to participate in the middle east, but no harper wanted to be one of the "big boys" and he volunteered 6 jets. So now we have two dead Canadians on top of all the other dead Canadians from fighting a war which got no one anything, well the arms companies got a lot of money.<br /><br />I am not surprised this happened. I expected it, from the minute P.M. "lets go to war and kill them" harper "volunteered" 6 Canadian jets. We might want to ask, why didn't this happen in England, Australia, U.S.A., France, Saudi Arabia? Because Canada was the one who "volunteered". While P.M. "lets go to war and kill them" harper was flapping his gums about how we had to kill people in the middle east, who had never done anything to us here, he was cutting military budgets, the RCMP and CISIS budgets so he could slay his other big dragon: the deficit. <br /><br />England has already gone through its terrorist "warm up". They had the IRA. France, they had to deal with Algerian independence fighters. They are ready. Australia is just tougher. The U.S.A. got with the agenda after 911. Canada had harper and his continual cuts to everything in this country so he would have goodies to hand out in an up coming election, his version of an erection. <br /><br />If you are going to go to war with a bunch of terrorists you have to be prepared for them to bring it to you also. harper didn't think about that. We are lucky there was only one person attacking with a gun in Ottawa and only one vehicle attacking. <br /><br />David is very correct with his figures and his comments. It was all about the money with harper and his herd. Now we have another 2 dead solders and harper has his election issue. <br /><br />I still feel very safe in this country because there is a better chance of being killed by a drunk or distracted driver than a "terrorist". P.M. "lets go to war and kill them" harper will use this as an excuse to pass laws which will further supress our Canadian democracy. For me, the most frightening thing/person in this whole thing is harper and his herd. If harper hadn't "volunteered" those 6 Canadian jets, I'm sure the extremists wouldn't have bothered with Canada. e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-65646544965936663972014-10-22T22:15:13.794-04:002014-10-22T22:15:13.794-04:00Nonsense.
In Mr. Vickers, this tragedy has brough...Nonsense.<br /><br />In Mr. Vickers, this tragedy has brought out the best of Canada. <br /><br />In you Simon, it has brought out the absolute worst. I really should thank you for again, and again proving beyond all doubt just how far gone the left really is. Even Mulcair, and Trudeau managed to put aside the hatchet for a day, which is the absolute least they could do. Even Mulcair said that this attack was meant to get us to hate, but that we would not do it. I don't often agree with Mulcair, but there are times when he speaks soundly, and correctly.<br /><br />But no, not you... Rather than emulate the best of Canada, you've chosen the absolute worst. You've managed to drag the standard of decency and good taste even lower than the brute who arranged a firefight in the Center Block; at the very least, he probably had some idea that what he was doing was wrong. You can't see it, but you're just like him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-62085166383456642862014-10-22T22:04:38.806-04:002014-10-22T22:04:38.806-04:00If a person is put on a "watch list", es...If a person is put on a "watch list", especially if he has had his passport seized, he should be watched 24/7 by the RCMP/CSIS, whatever the cost. <br /><br />Let's say it takes about 10 people (eg. RCMP/CSIS) to watch 24/7 each of the 90 alleged ISIS sympathizers who are in Canada eg. surveillance (both in the field and electronic)<br /><br />Here's an OVER-ESTIMATION of cost......10 people X 90 alleged ISIS sympathizers = 900 X $100,000 (estimated salary per person per year) = $90 million a year. That's a pittance to spend given the amount of the entire federal budget.<br /><br />$90 million is small potatoes compared to the cost of sending 6 fighter jets + 600 personnel based in Kuwait for 6 months! <br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-31282763213442630692014-10-22T21:57:33.522-04:002014-10-22T21:57:33.522-04:00Soldier Shot on Parliament Hill, Multiple Shooter...Soldier Shot on Parliament Hill, Multiple Shooters May Be Involved<br />http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/10/22/Parliament-Hill-Attack/<br /><br />[snip]<br /><br />Doug •<br /><br />The conservative PM has been taking some of the most strident and one sided geopolitical and economic stands in Canadian history.<br /><br />On the actions of Russia.<br /><br />On the actions of Israel.<br /><br />On ISIS.<br /><br />On climate change and forcing tar sands oil down the throats of the world.<br /><br />On social justice issues.<br /><br />All while acting in the most undemocratic fashion ever seen here...and somehow this isn't going to have an effect?<br /><br />This is exactly what Harper has been waiting and hoping for, his chance to enact "war" measures acts to fully assume power in Canada. What we've seen before is going to be nothing compared to what's coming now.<br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09630890163958807048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-49801145709222241142014-10-22T21:50:52.874-04:002014-10-22T21:50:52.874-04:00No disrespected intended but we are not playing pi...No disrespected intended but we are not playing ping pong. There is not any reasoning that accompanies your claim. I now feel I must spell it out that wars of nations are not often justifiable yet the U.S. has the right to bear arms for a reason. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-912413170832460072014-10-22T21:24:17.418-04:002014-10-22T21:24:17.418-04:00hi anon....get a grip yourself. I owe it to the de...hi anon....get a grip yourself. I owe it to the dead to ask those hard questions. I'd tell you the truth will set us free. But being a filthy Con I doubt you'd understand that....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-69025146603460418802014-10-22T21:21:47.576-04:002014-10-22T21:21:47.576-04:00I think you do not understand my responseI think you do not understand my responseUU4077https://www.blogger.com/profile/10350775839411436865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-22219390926239566152014-10-22T20:54:19.695-04:002014-10-22T20:54:19.695-04:00You do not seem to get the point in my comment. It...You do not seem to get the point in my comment. It does not need much passion and wisdom to know that war between nations are almost never justifiable but wars that systems set against their citizens is another story ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com