Jesse Helms Spends First Full Day In Hell

Complains that he is poked with same pitchfork as "the coloreds".

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C-484

Antonia Zerbisias has written a pretty good piece on C-484 this morning, but I have to take exception to one statement she makes:

The problem is, with the current governments in Washington and Ottawa, which have demonstrably anti-choice elements, the pro-life side now has hope.

I have no argument with Antonia's contention that this government has a large number of anti-abortion fire breathers, but I do have a bone to pick with her because she fails to mention that these guys (and they are mostly guys) would be getting nowhere, if they didn't have a lot of support from the back bench of the Liberal Party. To read Antonia's column, you would think that the Conservatives have a majority government. They don't. This government only has the legislative power that the other parties are willing to give them.

While shaking one's fist at the Conservatives feels damn good, it is a waste of time. Those guys haven't changed their minds since the wheel was invented (a bad idea, by the way, since it gave women more free time). Antonia should be directing her fire at the Liberal caucus, (especially those members from the Duchy of Scarborough) and at the leader of her paper's preferred party.

Finally, lest anyone think I am letting the NDP off lightly, I would tell Jack Layton that he needs to have a talk with Peter Stoffer and make it clear that a he can vote to support a woman's right to choose or he can sit as an independent.

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Great Advice

I plan to use all of these ideas during the next Ontario election.


Today Now!: How To Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election

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The Prime Minister Of Alberta

Getting it done, for his constituents, again.

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What's Up Next For The Government?

A poster for Black History Month featuring Lincoln Alexander eating watermelon?

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I Smell The Scent Of Manure Wafting In The Breeze (With Just A Hint Of Holier Than Thou Hypocrisy)

You know, I wasn't going to comment on the Morgentaler thing, but screw it. All I will say is if Emmett Carter could be a member, why not Henry Morgantaler? This all just more bullshit from a government caucus full of bovine extruders.

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Two For Canada Day

Happy Canada Day all. Here are two of my favorite Canadian songs. Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers (forgive the Due South screen shots, unless you like Due South) and The Canadian Railroad Trilogy by Gordon Lightfoot. Both share a love for this vast country and capture its long history in just a few minutes. Enjoy and don't eat too much today.




Update: Btw. I have heard the Canadian Railroad Trilogy hundreds of times over the past 40 years and every time Lightfoot sings this passage :

Oh the song of the future has been sung
All the battles have been won
On the mountain tops we stand
All the world at our command
We have opened up her soil
With our teardrops and our toil

I weep like a baby. Must be some deep psychological reason for that, but it just pushes all my buttons.

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