The next time you hear Rona Ambrose call her zombie party the new/nouveau Cons, send her a message with just two words in it: Larry Miller. Because O'l Larry is still there, he couldn't be more Reform or more redneck. He's still the "Keeper of the Flame" (more on that later.) And he's just made a beast out of himself again.
Yesterday I wrote a post suggesting that the opposition forget about Stephen Harper's Great War on Terror, because it's just a distraction. And that they should concentrate instead on his Great War on the Economy, and the tumbling loonie. Because that one is a real threat to many Canadians, and it has the potential to destroy him and his foul Cons. And in that regard this is just more evidence.
You don't have to be a weatherman, or an economist, to know that a cold wind is blowing in Harperland, and that a recession could be just around the corner.
So what are the Cons doing? Answer: Planning to cut corporate taxes even more, and taxing our paycheques.
Canadians will see the biggest increase in payroll taxes in a decade next year, according to a Canadian Taxpayers Federation analysis of how many of your dollars will go to federal government coffers.The combined net increase of 4.84 per cent is the highest since 2002.
Even though businesses are just sitting on their money, instead of creating jobs. And if you miraculously manage to qualify for employment insurance, good luck collecting any benefits.
As you know I spend most of my time on this blog attacking and mocking Stephen Harper and his Con government. Just like they attacked and mocked their opponents from the time they came to power. Because I hate bullies of any stripe more than I hate anyone in the world. And just like I did in school, I believe in giving bullies a taste of their own medicine.
But I attack the Cons so much that sometimes I worry that I am becoming like them. When in fact I want a kinder, fairer, gentler world, and they want to turn Canada into a jungle.
I also sometimes wonder what kind of person people who read this blog must think I am. Do you understand that the only reason I attack the Cons is because I want that better world? And I know it will never happen as long as they are in power.
Or do you think I'm an angry one-trick pony hedgehog on a one-track mission?
When the truth is I'd rather write about other stuff than politics. And I'm interested in a million other wondrous things, from the mysteries of the universe, to life at the bottom of the sea. And just about everything in between.
So I thought since it's the long weekend, I'd try to stay away from politics, and share some of those other things with you.
Starting with this German video on poverty...
Because poverty does tell many stories, I see it in the faces of the suffering every day. In one of the richest countries in the world. And we can't have that better world, until we heal it.
Oh well. It's going to be an interesting few days trying to stay away from politics. A bit like flying a plane I've never flown before.
So you better fasten your seatbelts eh?
But I have to admit trying to pretend I don't live in Con Canada will be a blessed relief.
A sweet taste of the glorious day when Harper and his bully Cons are finally defeated.
When Canada will once again be Canada.
And I can breathe again...
Harper. Who dat?
Have a great weekend everybody !!!
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When I heard that Robert Pickton had been convicted of second degree murder in the case of the missing women of Vancouver, at first I was disappointed. It didn't seem fair. It didn't seem enough for a man who not only murdered so many women. But also tried to destroy all traces that they had ever existed. Just like the Nazis did. But then I realized the convictions would probably be enough to keep him in jail forever. I remembered that this case was bigger than that miserable monster. And it was NEVER fair. All those women who disappeared were failed first by society. And then by the police. Because they were poor, and so many were native women, or drug addicts, or sex workers, police didn't care about them enough...until it was too late. And the pig farm was soaked in blood and full of shredded body parts. Even though every human life counts .... no matter how poor or how miserable. Even though all the women had families and friends who loved them. Just like Sarah De Vries did.
You can read more about Sarah De Vries....and see some haunting video of her...in this post. If there is a second trial....and there should be one....Sarah and the 19 other women Pickton is accused of killing will get a measure of justice. And so will those who loved them. But of course it's way too late. And it will never be enough. So what I am hoping for is a full public inquiry. Not just to determine once and for all why things went so terribly wrong. Why a killer was allowed to go on killing. And so many lives that could have been spared were lost. But also because hopefully it will finally bring some help to the desperately poor and vulnerable people of the Downtown Eastside. So they can be treated like human beings at last. And escape the nightmare that is Canada's shame. During my brief stay in Vancouver a few years ago I saw some sights in that neighbourhood that haunt me to this day. It wasn't scary or threatening just terribly depressing and sad. I saw so much poverty and despair it was hard to believe I was really in Canada. So I can only imagine what it must be like to live and die there. Just like so many women who disappeared did. And so many desperate women still do. In her diary not long before she disappeared Sarah DeVries wrote:
"Will they remember me when I'm gone...or will their lives just carry on? Will the tears fall from their eyes? When they try to say their goodbyes..." Nobody who loved these women ever had a chance to say goodbye. Their tears will flow forever. And life does carry on. But if the rest of us want to remember Sarah and all the others...and try to extract some good out of this monstrous tragedy and horror show. The only decent and Canadian thing to do is try to make sure that something so cruel and so horrible... and so shameful. Never ever happens again...
