tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post7837504719776613875..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Stephen Harper's Senate NightmareSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-89711645288565886032013-02-15T00:43:26.953-05:002013-02-15T00:43:26.953-05:00hi Way Way Up....OK I vote for your cat too. That ...hi Way Way Up....OK I vote for your cat too. That should make it more representative than all the Senators put together. ;)<br />Seriously though, what I can't believe is how much scandal and controversy the Senate is causing, when there are so many other far more important things our elected representatives should be concentrating on. Let's face it, whatever party they support, surely nobody can disagree that what is going on is absolutely crazy. Summer can't get here soon enough... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-37873449185185204142013-02-15T00:39:09.118-05:002013-02-15T00:39:09.118-05:00hi wazz...I just hope that Wallin and all the othe...hi wazz...I just hope that Wallin and all the others are properly audited, because I'm afraid I can't trust the Senate to correct this problem, when so many are causing it. Also, Harper's plans to give the Senate more power by having it elected makes no sense, for it would inevitable clog up the proceedings, and pit one body against the other. The man is insane and should be removed immediately... Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-65702856705957873242013-02-15T00:35:47.843-05:002013-02-15T00:35:47.843-05:00hi thwap...as I've said the whole thing makes ...hi thwap...as I've said the whole thing makes no sense. Why would he try to elevate the institution and pack it with such hacks. Unless Great Machiavelli Leader figures if he debases the existing institution enough he can replace it with an elected Senate. But if he thinks that can work he has clearly lost his judgment, and/or his marbles...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-90562712378670120622013-02-15T00:32:15.048-05:002013-02-15T00:32:15.048-05:00hi bcwaterboy... I agree with you, they should pay...hi bcwaterboy... I agree with you, they should pay back every cent, and the trough should be removed. For it's not like any of those people are poor. I note that Wallin dropped into Toronto recently and bought not one but TWO condos, for almost a million dollars each. It's a hog fest and the pig sty should be abolished...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-28185274329795639322013-02-15T00:27:43.433-05:002013-02-15T00:27:43.433-05:00hi anonymous...I watch Question Period when I can ...hi anonymous...I watch Question Period when I can out of a sense of duty, and so others don't have to. I also frequently read the transcripts and make notes, so that one day I can put it all together, and leave it as a record of a dark age in Canadian history. And sometimes I see things that are never reported by the MSM. Like when Justin Trudeau stood up the other day in QP, and Cons like James Moore mocked him by pretending to comb his hair, while Stephen Harper sitting close to him, cackled like a hyena. It was a disgusting spectacle. Hey, when I think about it I should be paid for that !!!!! ;)<br />Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-90889243343955947142013-02-15T00:21:59.636-05:002013-02-15T00:21:59.636-05:00hi e.a.f....I can only conclude, like others have,...hi e.a.f....I can only conclude, like others have, that the Cons have run out of steam and ideas. For everything they do these days is so contrived, so cheap, and so obviously political. And as for the Senate, nothing illustrates so well the hypocrisy and the corruption of the Harper Cons. It's almost unbelievable. He talked about reforming the Senate and then packed it full of hacks. He may be hoping that will cause Canadians to scrap it in favour of an elected body, by I think it will only lead to demands that the Senate be abolished. Period...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-71235690499342703292013-02-15T00:17:39.262-05:002013-02-15T00:17:39.262-05:00hi Kev...I hadn't thought of that, but you'...hi Kev...I hadn't thought of that, but you're right. Although I hope that Duffy and Brazeau can stick to him like a tattoo on BOTH buttocks.... :)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-27905777844046288982013-02-14T21:09:57.329-05:002013-02-14T21:09:57.329-05:00If this is what the CONS had in mind when they adv...If this is what the CONS had in mind when they advocated for Senate reform prior to their election(?) than good grief! What a sad mockery of democracy this has become. Frankly I'd vote for just about any Party at this point that would abolish this shameful mess. Christ, I'd even vote for my cat if she could pull it off!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-63779431742746434732013-02-14T12:12:58.438-05:002013-02-14T12:12:58.438-05:00Outrageous and disgusting, is all I can say about ...Outrageous and disgusting, is all I can say about $13,000 a month in "travel" expenses. Wallin should go to jail for fraud. But chances are, with Great Fiscal Responsibility Leader Harper, she won't even be forced to pay it back.wazznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-87665212312151955532013-02-14T09:20:06.004-05:002013-02-14T09:20:06.004-05:00harper has made no honest effort to reform the Sen...harper has made no honest effort to reform the Senate. All he's done is appoint the dregs of society to be his trained seals.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-80098033464897683122013-02-14T08:34:01.272-05:002013-02-14T08:34:01.272-05:00make them pay back every cent.
I agree eaf, and a...make them pay back every cent.<br /><br />I agree eaf, and at dept store credit card interest rates that the job creators charge the middle class to have nice things....29.99%bcwaterboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00506402752799423770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-67498654670338587582013-02-14T08:33:03.949-05:002013-02-14T08:33:03.949-05:00I don't know how you can stomach watching QP. ...I don't know how you can stomach watching QP. Seeing just exerpts of the Con Caucus cheering Harper for telling Rae to, "Put up or shut up", regarding allegations of rape of aboriginal women by the RCMP in Northern BC, is way too much for me to take. <br /><br />Even worse, when I see Kelly Leitch shilling for these monsters, it drives me crazy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-8723772566526890162013-02-14T01:22:07.263-05:002013-02-14T01:22:07.263-05:00stevie slime wears all of it! he appointed 3 out ...stevie slime wears all of it! he appointed 3 out of the 4 senators under "a cloud". It happened on his watch. if he was as committed to senate reform as he said he was, he would have started with senators lack of work and their spending habits a long time ago, but no, he used the senate for his own political purposes and it will help bring him down. <br /><br />While Canada continues to run a huge deficiet, people are loosing their jobs, social programs are being cut we have the senate spending one themselves like there is no tomorrow. Fire all of the bums caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Might set a standard or something like it. lOh, and make them pay back every cent.e.a.f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-44551358457833147792013-02-14T00:15:57.697-05:002013-02-14T00:15:57.697-05:00Harper may be able to insulate himself from Duffy ...Harper may be able to insulate himself from Duffy and Brazeau but if as suspected much of Wallin's travel expenses were incurred on the Conservative speaking/fund raising circuit then Harper wears itKevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.com