CBC Advocates The Death Of The NDP

I watched the National's piece (there is no time signature on it. The story is about three quarters of the way through) on the so-called "unite the left" movement last night, with a mixture of horror and amusement. The CBC has swallowed the premise that the Liberals are a centre left party. It completely ignored the record of the Liberals in power. It ignored the broken promises on the GST, NAFTA, daycare and Kyoto.

The CBC, in effect became a mouthpiece for the usual Liberal propaganda spouted on the Liblogs. The NDP is too partisan (as Don Newman has said on his show I thought that's what politicians do). The NDP only is looking out for itself. The NDP doesn't care if the Tories win. If only the NDP would get out of the Liberals way, we would have a "progressive" government. Not once did the reporter stop to question that ludicrous idea. Not once.

The topper of course was the reporter's choice in "witnesses". She used such well known "progressives" as the Liberal candidate for Central Nova, Elizabeth May and Paul Martin hugger, Buzz Hargrove (Jamey Heath was also included, "for balance", but he was never allowed to get the last word. Ever.) to whine about the NDP's "selfishness" and push "strategic voting".

Strategic voting is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the Canadian public. It posits that you can elect a Liberal government by voting for the NDP "where they have a chance to win". At least that is the surface message. The real message is "Everyone panic, the Tories may win if you vote NDP, vote Liberal or kittens will die!".

Where was the discussion about electoral reform? Nowhere. Electoral reform is the elephant in the room that the Liberal hierarchy want to ignore (and encourages everyone else to be polite enough not to mention in their presence). What a missed opportunity. The CBC could have had a good discussion about the real way forward for progressives. Instead, it pushed forward the agenda of the Liberal Party. What a diappointment.

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Dumb As A Sack Of Hammers

All I can say is any government that would hire an anarchist to monitor the media for it, deserves everything it gets.

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You Say Whistle-Blower. I Say Enemy Of The State

Our glorious Environment Minister said:

“I don't think there's any suggestion that this was involving a whistle-blower,” the minister said. “Someone on an unauthorized basis leaked something, sensitive information, anonymously.” (emphasis mine)

That used to be the definition of whistle blowing. I guess, under the benevolent leadership of Chairman Steve, it now means the releasing pre-authorized press releases, written by the PMO. After all, we all know that whistle blowing is meant to point out the flaws of evil people, ie Liberals, not Conservatives.

The other interesting bit from this incident is the continuing NKVDing of the RCMP. Anyone who is waiting for serious reform of the RCMP in the face of overwhelming evidence of incompetence, may as well expect the moon to fall from the sky. As long as dangerous criminals like this nameless Environment Canada employee are out there challenging the authority our beloved Conservative regime, and the RCMP is willing to track them down, no questions asked, they will have the backing of the government.

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The Tories Never Ending Election Mode

If Conservatives want to know why people are turning away from them in droves, they need to look no further than this story. Rather than tackle real problems like Afghanistan or the environment, the Tories seem consumed by their need to embarrass the Liberals at every opportunity. I have a message for the Tories. We get it. The Liberals are no good. Please stop using the machinery of state power to slap at them. It makes you look petty and unconcerned with anything but partisan politics. It as subtle as a Mac truck and it turns people off. Get on with governing and stop running for re-election every second of every fricking day.

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Wanna Feel Really Good Today?

Watch Feist and smile my friends. We live in a wonderful world. You can thank me later.

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I Never Had Sexual Relations With That Woman: The Afghan Detainee Edition

Another day, another story. If your just read the headlines, it makes it look like the military brass is claiming that Col. Steve Noonan is either crazy or a liar -- that he doesn't know whether or not he had someone in his custody. But if you look closer, you can pretty quickly see they are doing something else. They are using the "Clinton Defence". Here is the key section of the story:

"Nothing in the circumstances described can lead to the conclusion that the individual was tortured and that CF members were aware of such torture," he said.

"This individual was not processed by the CF as a detainee; he was arrested by the ANP."

Canadian troops questioned the man in the Zangabad region west of Kandahar -- known to be a haven for Taliban insurgents.

But they didn't consider him enough of a threat or intelligence source to treat him as a detainee, Natynczyk said. The man was then arrested by the Afghan National Police, according to his statement. (emphasis mine)

In other words, it all depends on what you mean by "custody". Col. Noonan may have thought he had the guy in his custody, but he was just mistaken. The proper paperwork had not been filed with the proper bureaucrats, so he was just a guy who was in the general vacinity of Canadian troops. None of our business really. Pretty cute, eh? A little too cute, if you ask me. I wonder how the war crimes court in the Hague would react to such a brazen attempt to evade responsibility? All I can say is it is a sad day when your whole defence comes down to semantic games. Our troops deserve better than that.

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National Security

The last bastion of crooks and liars everywhere.

Update: Once again, this shows the uncommon decency of the common Canadian soldier. If our government showed one billionth the integrity of the front line troops, it wouldn't be in the mess it is in.

Update 2:This quote from Steve shows he doesn't understand anything, aside from the politics of smear:

"Why has the story gone on? I'm not sure we've heard any new information beyond the unsubstantiated allegations from a handful of former Taliban prisoners," he told reporters. "Apparently the opposition has little else to do these days than attack the good work that the Canadian troops are doing."

Apparently the rule of law is only to apply to good people. The troops in the field deserve much better leadership than this turd can provide.

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