Politics-Federal

Dear Press Reporters … Just Stop!

Mulder

Just stop. You aren’t helping.

My thoughts and prayers are going out to every family member and friend of the VT victims, but I have to tell the press….Just stop.

Your repetitive naming of the shooter is not doing society any favours…so just stop.

You can repeat the victims names ad infinitum but when it comes to the shooter just zip your lips. There is no need to turn this monster into an icon for whack jobs everywhere, but more importantly, others like him should be seeing that they will NOT be infamous when they go on killing sprees. There names should NOT be known to the world. Let them die with no one remembering them.

Just stop.

And airing the videos and photos of this whack job?? Just stop. We don’t care.

Go ask the family and friends of the victims if they want to see this guys face over and over.

I heard someone say today that if a monster was holding hostages and told the press to give him coverage, the press would not do it.

So why do we give the coverage to the monsters who do go postal? They don’t deserve it so just stop!

Just stop making this monster a reality TV star.

I never thought this would come out of my mouth, but go back to covering the Anna Nicole Smith saga.

Julian Fantino Taking (Lack Of) Ball(s) And Going Home

Mulder

In an effort to imitate an 8 year old, new OPP commissioner Julian Fantino is looking to pack up his officers and leave Caledonia because one Caledonia city councilor feels the OPP has created a two-tiered justice system.

Well “Wahhh wahhh wahhh!” to you too Julian.

Fantino’s anger was directed at one councillor in particular, Coun. Craig Grice, over an e-mail he sent to Gary McHale, a controversial Richmond Hill resident who has staged protests in Caledonia against the OPP and Six Nations presence on Douglas Creek Estates.

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Grice said he does not support the April 22 march and does not endorse McHale’s actions.

But he does agree with McHale that the OPP has created a “two-tiered” justice system in Caledonia.

“Caledonia citizens are frustrated with the OPP,” he said.

Grow up and address the problem Julian. Running and hiding won’t help matters for you or your boss, the Yellow-Bellied McShifty.

It's Not All That Bad When You Can't Blog Consistently

Mulder

Well, I have recently discovered a few interesting things that I CAN do (and a few I can’t):

1) I can still attend a blogger gathering in Ottawa and enjoy political banter with Victor (PhantomObserver), Clive (DoggerelParty), Jordan (Clear Conservative Thought) and Jordan’s friend Vanessa as I did last night.

2) I can still post my Smackdowns as they are pretty clearly part of the public record.

3) I can still do book reviews and as a matter of fact, I just finished reading Lowell Green’s How the granola-crunching, tree-hugging thug huggers are wrecking our country! And outside of the fact it took a few chapters to realize Lowell was writing the way he actually speaks, it was a very informative read with plenty of URL’s and places to go to look up the facts he presents. His views on social program waste, environmentalist deceit and criminals getting away with nothing but a slap on the wrist are surely an eye opener.

Lowell was even nice enough to dedicate my book with the words “To Steve at Officiallyscrewed.com. Keep up the good work Steve. Lowell Green”. Truly an inspiration and a big reason so many ridings in Eastern Ontario vote Tory blue. Thank you Lowell.

4) I can continue to promote the good solid values of the CPC that I agree with.

5) I still can’t figure out how to set up the site to manage the three guest bloggers who have stepped forward to keep OfficiallyScrewed.com alive … but I will so bear with me Mac, Matt and W.

6) I can still slag on the CBC (although I will refrain from doing so while playoff hockey is on)

I guess this is my way of saying I am not totally gone, nor are my Smackdowns!! If the sidekick to an American Icon (Peace Moonbeam) can make his way to my site and whimper at my announced hiatus, then I know I need to continue to blog, even if it is sporadic.

Another Liberal Supporting The Budget?? Is Keith Martin Coming Home?

Mulder

If I heard correctly in todays Oral Questions, Jim Flaherty mentioned that the member from Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca (Liberal Keith Martin) plans on supporting the budget.

Hmmmm…..

Keith Martin actually left the Canadian Alliance Party to sit as an Independent before running for the Liberal nomination back in 2004 according to Wikipedia in protest of the merger between the CA and the PC Parties. He eventually won the nomination and the seat and sits as a Liberal now.

This could be a very interesting turn of events shaping up. Perhaps a homecoming?

Thank You For Officially Unscrewing Me Mr. Flaherty

Mulder

I still say spending on tax credits is not really spending. And because of this, I want to thank the Minister of Finance for his budget because it DID drop my tax burden.

The new $2,000 child tax credit will help my family with $310 more for Cookie and $310 more for T-Bone, my two children. The end of the marriage penalty will help my family with $209 more dollars for TBH, my wife.

Thank you Mr. Flaherty for giving me back $829 every year. This may not seem like much to some people out there, but it’s a month’s groceries to me. It’s the cost of the registration fees for my children’s sports. It’s the cost of two out of town trips when my kids compete in a sport that they excel at. It’s two or three monthly car payments. It’s 14 or 15 gas tank fill ups. It’s the cost of that new computer for my kids. If you’re Scott Reid or John Duffy, it’s 20 cases of beer or 1000 bags of microwave popcorn.

But more than anything, it is just plain appreciated.

Thank you.

Releash….The Hounds

Mulder

No, that’s no typo. This post is going out to all those who have jumped on the “Bash the Tories for spending like Liberals” bandwagon.

Call off the attack dogs.

The Tories are NOT spending like Liberals. They are, in fact, spending like Tories but making it LOOK like they are spending on Liberals. How so you ask??

Well let’s start off by looking at how they have structured many of their spending announcements since taking office. They offer tax credits for companies to open up on sight daycare. They offer tax credits for people who use bus passes and submit them. They offer tax credits for tools for apprentices. They offer tax breaks to students on text books. They offer tax credits for many other “specific” needs and I am sure there will be more “tax credit” initiatives to come.

This is great for those who can take advantage of them. But I honestly think that most, if not all, of the “tax credit” programs will rarely, if ever, reach the financing levels that the government has allocated for them. This is not a bad thing. It just goes to show us how a little money can go a long way by letting people take advantage by reducing their taxes without the need of a giant bureaucratic brick and mortar office complex to run it.

This means there is more money in the surplus which means a bigger debt pay down and/or more money for other tax credits. The last budget was touted as a “something for all” budget, but in reality it was a “we’ll take less from more people at tax time” budget.

An added benefit to this method is that you get to spend on what YOU want to spend on and then receive bigger tax credits for those expenditures that help build up a strong Canada.

It may take another year or two to see how effective the plan is. Because the bottom line is the bottom line. And whether your taxes go down via tax credits or a reduced tax rate is really quite irrelevant. They are still going down.

Problem Solved : Just Get Everyone Voting At The Same Time

Mulder

So the Supreme Court Ruled that a publication ban was acceptable in order to ensure west coast voters were not influenced by the east coast results before the western polls close.

This whole situation is ridiculous. We all know that with the internet, American bloggers like Captain’s Quarters kept us all in the loop on Gomery despite a publication ban.

How does the Supreme Court suggest we monitor for those breaking the law? In a day and age of instant information, live, up front, and in your face, there is no way they can lock up every blogger that posts results. Heck, there are people who live blog this kind of stuff on the minute.

This problem does not affect most smaller nations in Europe or Africa because they only have one time zone. But Canada has four. So what are we to do?

My suggestion? Open up the BC polls at 6 am, the Mountain time zone polls at 7am, the Central time zone polls at 8am, the Eastern time zone polls at 9am and the Newfoundland time zone polls at 9:30am. Run them for 12 or 13 hours each and close them all up at the same time. either 9:30pm or 10:30pm.

If society can’t adhere to the rules, then simply adjust the rules so that it doesn’t matter.

The Supreme Court Had Ruled … (but Citoyen Dion doesn't care)

Mulder

When the highest court in the land makes a ruling, there isn’t a whole lot that can be done to change that ruling. The 9 member panel that is often divided on issues makes decisions regularly without a unanimous consensus. The whole reason for having an odd number of justices on the highest court of the land is to make sure there is not a tie on decisions.

Although a few weeks late, I came across some video which shows Stephane Dion disrespecting the Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the anti-terror measures which the Liberals voted against extending. (well, all Liberals present except Tom Wappell.)

Dion claims that the divided court means it is a contentious issue.

No Stephane. A divided court that has ruled means the decision is made and the majority wins.

Watch Citoyen Dion disrespect the Supreme Court by clicking the play button on the video below once.

If you can’t see the above video play, please try clicking the link below and don’t forget to rate the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l47BDssPtxk

EcoTrust Is A Made In Canada Approach To The Environment

Mulder

In the past week, Stephen Harper has gone on a cross country tour making several announcements pertaining to the EcoTrust spending that is a “Made In Canada” approach to reducing green house gases, while at the same time working towards providing cleaner energy.

Coal fired plants to be taken offline in Ontario via Hydroelectricity piped in from Manitoba. Cleaner mass transit to the outskirts of Toronto. Hydrogen power programs in B.C.

The Liberals are claiming these programs were their ideas and that they were ready to fund them or they had indeed earmarked money to fund them. The Liberals are even stating they were going to give more to these environmental programs.

What’s funny is Stephen Harper did not have to “earmark” money for these, or even do any serious number crunching or increase taxes to accommodate these “Made In Canada” programs.

All he had to do was turn off the Kyoto payments to China and divert the funds. Something the Liberals were not ready to do. Of course, the Liberals were going to put an extra $3 to $5 Billion into the environment. They just don’t tell you that this was going to Maurice Strong’s China via a dog of a program named Kyoto. (on that note, I have to plug a friend’s blog, A Dog Named Kyoto. The name is quite fitting.)

How simple was this solution for the Conservatives? How awesome was this solution for Canadians? We get our cake (programs) and we get to eat it too (no higher taxes to do it).

First slice goes to Rona Ambrose for holding the fort.