tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post5320851776387460103..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: The Con Assault on Marci McDonaldSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-61137012859082964212010-05-16T02:11:04.673-04:002010-05-16T02:11:04.673-04:00hi Skinny Dipper...yes I completely agree with you...hi Skinny Dipper...yes I completely agree with you. I have also heard some talk about a committee of doctors that would be required to approve every abortion. Although Harper is a great manipulator he shrinks from personal confrontation.<br />But if he gets a majority a stream of order will be pouring out of the bunker, and he will change Canada beyond recognition. As far as I'm concerned he already has, but it can and will get worse.I'm quite sure I'll e proven right on that one, but of course I'd be only too happy to be wrong... for once. :0Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-77886819537012906392010-05-16T00:32:34.832-04:002010-05-16T00:32:34.832-04:00hi Nick...you know I didn't realize how pissed...hi Nick...you know I didn't realize how pissed off I was about the pathetic way the MSM has ignored or dismissed this story, until I started to write this post. Nobody is asking for a witch hunt against Christians. I mean some of them are my best friends eh? ;)<br />What we need to expose is the way a small group of powerful Cons are using their extremist American-style religious beliefs to shape government policy. Because in a democracy that's INTOLERABLE...<br />And yes like the media the opposition doesn't dare say anything either lest they be accused of being anti-religious, which is both irresponsible and cowardly.<br />Sometimes it makes me want to give up, but of course we can't....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-44478590789764867992010-05-16T00:26:10.570-04:002010-05-16T00:26:10.570-04:00hi Bene D....your welcome and thank you for doing ...hi Bene D....your welcome and thank you for doing such a good job of rounding up the reaction. I'm sorry I didn't have the time to take Stackhouse's ridiculous post apart.<br />Especially the bit about the secularity of Quebec, and how McVety was right. I mean REALLY. McVety is never right about anything. And if Quebec is secular it's because it endured about three-hundred years of Catholic dictatorship, and enough is enough eh? Could somebody please explain the Quiet Revolution to that idiot, because I don't have the time or the patience... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-25446205451383503642010-05-16T00:20:36.669-04:002010-05-16T00:20:36.669-04:00hi Jymn...Ezra Levant on the CBC? Whew. I'm gl...hi Jymn...Ezra Levant on the CBC? Whew. I'm glad I missed that one.<br />There's far too much of Porky Boy in the MSM these days as far as I'm concerned.<br />Can't we swap him for David Frum? He's sounding almost reasonable these days.<br />I'm looking forward to reading the book, although it's probably very expensive so I might have to steal it from the library. ;)<br />Seriously though...whatever the Levantines say about the Armageddon Factor, Marci is a respected journalist, in 400 pages you can disagree about this or that, or you can hate her dramatic flair, (I don't)or whatever, but the weight of the evidence she presents is overwhelming. Especially, as I mention in the post, when the actions of the Harper regime speak for themselves.<br />I am sorry to see that no journalist in this country has managed to pin the tail for this state of affairs on the rabid donkey Harper...even though he runs a one-man government and NOTHING happens if he doesn't approve. But don't worry Jymn I'll take care of that one... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-36810216056050047812010-05-15T23:40:59.401-04:002010-05-15T23:40:59.401-04:00hi ck...the Blogging Tories are about to blow a ga...hi ck...the Blogging Tories are about to blow a gasket? EXCELLENT. <br />Please tell me when the final eruption is about to happen eh?<br />Because I want to watch it on TV... :)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-8363610113203961392010-05-15T08:45:33.388-04:002010-05-15T08:45:33.388-04:00Let's imagine that Harper ran a majority gover...Let's imagine that Harper ran a majority government. What laws would He enact? On the issue of abortion, I don't think His government would enact an outright ban on abortion. That would be too easy. Instead, I think the Conservatives would enact some convoluted laws that could effectively ban abortions. I don't think the Conservatives would enact laws with fines and imprisonment against women. Instead, they would go after those who provide abortions--the doctors and pharmaceutical companies. The government may limit the time that doctors can provide abortions, e.g. first trimester. The may provide for prosecution if a woman receives complications due to an abortion. They may cut health funding to provinces that provide abortions--a de-facto de-listing from Medicare. A woman would still be able to receive an abortion in the second (and possibly third) trimester, but it would be on her own dime. The government could impose a minimum age-of-consent for abortions such as age 16 or 18. Anyone under-aged could required parental approval. All of these laws could be legislated under a euphemistic "Providing Enhanced Safe Abortions for Women Act."Skinny Dipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818163310102120130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-45111929317581211882010-05-15T07:22:50.141-04:002010-05-15T07:22:50.141-04:00THANK YOU for your comment re the real story is ho...THANK YOU for your comment re the real story is how the media missed it. They are cowed by the Tories. So are the Opposition, who I haven't heard a peep from.Nick Van der Graafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-20833967578803431552010-05-15T05:48:39.919-04:002010-05-15T05:48:39.919-04:00Thank you for the link.
Incrementalism.
Yeah.
Bl...Thank you for the link.<br /><br />Incrementalism.<br />Yeah.<br /><br />Blog on!<br /><br />Bene DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-31318751816795347142010-05-15T04:36:57.558-04:002010-05-15T04:36:57.558-04:00Ezra Levant screaming today on CBC, calling McDona...Ezra Levant screaming today on CBC, calling McDonald a bigot, was typical of the lies and misdirection these wingnuts pull out every time they are confronted with the truth of their own 'secret' plans. He did not address the actual facts he said were wrong in the book; he just blasted the author. I just finished the book. It is finely-balanced and lets Harper off easy, giving him the 'moderate' term, something the wingnuts have not acknowledged. The transportation of the Catholic kids at the recent Ottawa rally was paid for by Canadian citizens gives even more credence to McDonald's point.Jim Parretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331887342292476909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-81629586912515781362010-05-15T01:39:17.853-04:002010-05-15T01:39:17.853-04:00Yep, the Blogging tories are in emergency shriekin...Yep, the Blogging tories are in emergency shrieking mode now. I think their blood pressures have collectively hit new highs. <br /><br />It's like climate change. They do their damndest to fight feverishly to ram down our throats that climate change is a hoax rather than admit they can't give up their wasteful and selfish ways.<br /><br />Same for the Armageddon Factor, instead of admitting this exactly what they want for Canada, they deflect and dismiss as rantings of the looney left<br /><br />And it keeps going, and going.ckhttp://sistersagesmusings.canoreply@blogger.com