You either pay attention or pay through the nose. I would rather pay attention.
Pierre Poilievre does a number on Dominic LeBlanc and the Liberal Party.
Notice Dominic LeBlanc’s language
“appeared to be behind”
and
“charges MAY be pending”
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It’s a hot sticky Friday night. Since I look like a narc, I have made sure I haven’t shaved for three days, toss an old Grateful Dead T-Shirt and a beaten up Ottawa Senators hat and head down to Lowertown in Ottawa. As I glide my Honda through the streets, I keep an eye overhead for a sign.
About 5 minutes in, I spot them. An old pair of sneakers tangled up in the overhead wiring. I slowly pull my truck over and wait.
Out of the darknes a shady looking guy with an oversized T-shirt and baggy pants comes over and leans in the window of my truck.
“Whatcha got?”, I ask.
“I have some Killer X, man.”
“Killex?? I’ll take three cans.”, I reply.
“How about some weed, my friend. You interested in some weed?”
“Sure”, I say, “Weedex is perfect. Give me two big bottles.”
“How about some fungus, man? You need some fungus?”
“Damn straight I reply. Give me a couple of batches of antifungal.”
“Now man … you need some doses?”
“Nah… but I’ll have me some nice roses.” I reply. “See you next year my friend.”
This may seem a bit farfetched. But is it really? Look what happens when cigarettes hit $7 or $8 a pack? Everyone and their brother starts buying them out of the back of some guys trunk who has a friend who knows the cousin of the secretary for an agency that hires a manpower guy who used to fix cars for a mechanic who also fixes the car of some lady whose son knows a guy with a boat that skims from a native reserve to and from Cornwall weekly.
In addition to Premier of Ontario, Yellow Bellied McShifty, announcing that the use of chemical pesticides use will be banned, this past week the Supreme Court of Canada said that random searches are illegal, which sent left leaning ACLU types partying into the streets.
This begs the question…
If I have a stash of these illegal pesticides hidden under a tarp in my garage, would having a beautiful, safe, green lawn be enough probable cause for the cops to search my home for the contraban?
Tuesday April 15th was a memorable day for me. I got the phone call right around 6pm telling me about a hockey game between the Conservative MPs and the Liberal MPs taking place here in my riding to raise money for the Bell Kids Help Phone.
I quickly grabbed my Conservative Party baseball cap and scooted on down for the 8pm start.
Walking into the Bell Sensplex, I had no clue which rink to go to but noting one gentleman wearing a small earpiece, I immediately asked him “So which rink is the big game being held in?” He chuckled and pointed to the main rink to the left. You have to love government security guards!
I made my way into the mostly empty stands and waited for the game to start. About 815pm or so, the players started showing up on the ice for warm up and it was clear that more than just MPs were going to be playing when a young Ben Harper skated out on the ice for the Conservative team.
It was right about then that the Prime Minister made his way behind the bench to coach the Tories.
I spent the evening with a group of Conservatives including my MP, the Honourable Gordon O’Connor and Ottawa South nominee Elie Salibi in cheering on the boys in blue.
Conservative fans clearly outnumbered the Liberal fans, but it was nice to see Martha Hall Findlay show up to cheer her team on. Highlight number one of the evening was watching her belt out one heck of a finger whistle when the Liberals scored. She probably whistles better than anyone I know!
Highlight number two came in the second period when Ben Harper skated up the left wing, crossed the puck off the right wing boards where Gord Brown played decoy leaving the puck for speedster Patrick Brown who slid it down low where Ben Harper deflected the puck into the net on a great give and go tip in.
Highlight number 3 happened between the 2nd and 3rd period when the Prime Minister came around to the stands and had photos taken with pretty much everyone who wanted one. It was a pleasure meeting him again.
After one more full period and a five minute scoreless overtime, the final score was 5-5.
Post game there was a small party upstairs in the restaurant/bar where most of the players and a few spectators enjoyed some socializing. I was lucky enough to have my picture taken with the Honourable Jim Prentice and MP Dean Del Mastro who played one heck of a game between the pipes.
A friend of mine wanted his picture taken with Stephane Dion who showed up after the game. After taking two photos of friends with M. Dion, Martha Hall Findlay jumped up and took my camera so I could get a shot with him. I must note, that I am proud to say I wore my Conservative Party baseball hat in the photo. I thanked her and congratulated her on her recent win in the by-elections.
All in all the evening was a treat because it said to me that despite the battling in Parliament and on the ice, all of those involved got together for a good cause and enjoyed some friendly mingling together afterwards. And although the game ended up deadlocked, the winner was the Bell Kids Help Phone.
This morning on CTV’s Canada AM they are having a poll on flying the flag on the Peace Tower at half mast. The Liberals are proposing a motion that would have this flag fly at half mast when a soldier dies. Yet never in history has this one flag been lowered for an individual soldier. That was something done everywhere else in the nation. But the Peace Tower is different. It is representative of the nation and has set dates which it is lowered.
Well when i went to vote at the CTV poll on this subject today I noticed that the question does NOT mention it is for the PEACE TOWER and simply states “Should the flag be lowered every time a Canadian soldier is killed?”
As the results will be tied to the Peace Tower, this question is obviously going to misrepresent the nation’s opinion because we ALL know the flags should be lowered for soldiers. Just NOT on the Peace Tower.
I urge you all to vote with me NO on this issue. Click Here to vote.
Below is a jpg screenshot of the misleading question.
Well I am going to give this another crack. Last year turn out was slim pickins so hopefully this year we get a bit more hype going.
The NCAA Men’s Basketball final 64 tournament is probably one of the most exciting tournaments in sports and we are going to once again run an open AND FREE basketball pool using Yahoo’s pool tracking system.
Signing up is easy.
Picking your teams is easy.
Picking the winners??? That’s a whole different story.
The link below goes directly to the sign up page for our league with the password already plugged in.
We encourage you to take advantage of Yahoo’s email notifier upon sign up which tells you when the final 64 teams are closed. At that time you can log in and pick your teams. But don’t wait long. The teams are selected on Sunday March 16th, and the first rounds begin on the Thursday Marcy 20th at NOON!!! (with the preliminary game on Tuesday March 18th.
This year I am digging deep into my pocket and willing to send the winner of the pool an OfficiallyScrewed.com coffee mug. I know I know, I’m breaking the bank on this one. But heck, it’s not like there is a cost to play. This is FREE!!!!
So good luck, have fun and enjoy the tourney.
Sign up Link Below
Well I am going to give this another crack. Last year turn out was slim pickins so hopefully this year we get a bit more hype going.
The NCAA Men’s Basketball final 64 tournament is probably one of the most exciting tournaments in sports and we are going to once again run an open AND FREE basketball pool using Yahoo’s pool tracking system.
Signing up is easy.
Picking your teams is easy.
Picking the winners??? That’s a whole different story.
The link below goes directly to the sign up page for our league with the password already plugged in.
We encourage you to take advantage of Yahoo’s email notifier upon sign up which tells you when the final 64 teams are closed. At that time you can log in and pick your teams. But don’t wait long. The teams are selected on Sunday March 16th, and the first rounds begin on the Thursday Marcy 20th at NOON!!! (with the preliminary game on Tuesday March 18th.
This year I am digging deep into my pocket and willing to send the winner of the pool an OfficiallyScrewed.com coffee mug. I know I know, I’m breaking the bank on this one. But heck, it’s not like there is a cost to play. This is FREE!!!!
So good luck, have fun and enjoy the tourney.
Sign up Link Below
An MP is driving by the zoo, when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents.
The MP jumps off his bike, runs to the cage and hits the lion square on the nose with a powerful punch.
Whimpering from the pain the lion jumps back letting go of the girl, and the MP brings her back to her terrified parents, who thank him endlessly.
A reporter has seen the whole scene, and addressing the MP, says: “Sir, this was the most gallant and brave thing I saw a man do in my whole life. What do you do for a living?”
“Well, I’m a Member of Parliament. And, it was nothing, really. I just saw this little kid in danger and acted as I felt right.”
“Well, I’ll make sure this won’t go unnoticed. I’m a journalist, you know, and tomorrow’s papers will have this on the first page. What party are you with?”
“The Conservative Party of Canada.”
The journalist leaves. The following morning, the MP buys the paper to see if it indeed brings news of his actions, and reads, on the front page:
HARPER’S THUG MP ASSAULTS AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND STEALS HIS LUNCH!
I have been watching the Federal Liberals smearing lately and it made me decide to share my recipe for Sugo A La Dion.
A really good recipe for Sugo A La Dion starts out with some really fresh allegationions. If you don’t have some really fresh allegationions you can always use some that were picked a year or so ago, provided they were kept in the dark until needed. This allows you to bring them out just as you start making your sauce.
You take the allegationions and chop them up until no one has any clue what they originally looked like. This is important. The average citizen doesn’t need to know that the recipe contains allegationions. If Sugo A La Dion is made just right, people get the full flavour of the allegationions without knowing it. In fact, I have often heard Canadians who taste this recipe say things like “We need to get our troops out of Iraq”, or “That Mulroney stole our money, Stephen Harper is truly evil.” When you hear that from someone who has tasted your Sugo A La Dion, you know you made the recipe right.
Continuing on, you mix in some fresh tomatoes squeezed in a manner Jean Chretien squeezes the throats of someone who gets in his way. This is important as the fresh Liberal red in the tomato needs to be present. Another good thing to do is to put the fresh tomatoes through a “press”. This is actually the preferred method. If you can’t find some fresh tomatoes, you can always get some CannedWest ones.
Once you mix the tomatoes, the allegationions a few sprinkles of various herbs and spices, you let the whole thing simmer for awhile. Once the mixture is really thick you pour it over some very thin noodles and mix.
Once thoroughly mixed, you simply start throwing this slop at the wall and watch the horrendous stain that it leaves. Notice that because you used the allegationions not a single piece of pasta sticks, but thanks to a great “Press” your Sugo A La Dion made a fantastic stain.
Oh, I forgot to point out that Sugo A La Dion NEVER EVER EVER contains any meat.
Jeff Healey succumbed today to the cancer that he had fought all his life.
His music touched my heart and helped plant the seed in me that grew into a love for the blues.
God bless you Jeff. Rest in peace.
The past three days, I had the honour of attending the Manning Centre for Building Democracy’s Networking 2008 Conference here in Ottawa.
The three days started off with a wonderful reception at the National Arts Centre on Thursday evening at which I got to run into fellow blogger Dr. Roy Eappan and BT co-founder Stephen Taylor in addition to getting to share a few words with our Prime Minister. Throughout the evening I managed to say hello and talk to about a dozen MPs who were all gracious and open to some good political banter.
Friday and Saturday were day long sessions with some fantastic speakers.
The sessions included an introduction to rising Conservative Stars presented by Ralph Klein and Bernard Lord, A strategy session on winning close elections presented by Tony Clement, a panel session on what the Conservative movement should do about healthcare featuring past Ontario premiere Mike Harris, Dr. Brian Day (CMA president) and Joanne Marcotte of the ADQ. (Mike Harris kicked some ass here with his views). Friday ended with a discussion on the subject of Euthanasia presented by Dr. Margaret Somerville.
Saturday was simply a great day . It started with a wonderfully lighthearted view of politics from New Zealand perspective from Richard Prebble. During his question and answer period he had everyone in stitches when asked how New Zealand got rid of the sacred cow of farm subsidies and he replied “The best way to kill a sacred cow is to simply shoot it.” This session was in conjunction with a speech from Aussie strategist and pollster Mark Textor.
The late morning session saw BT co-founder Stephen Taylor talk on blogging and social networking and how useful blogs are becoming. Mr. Taylor managed to boost my ego BIGtime by showing a clip of my Peter Van Loan score on Ken Dryden. It was especially nice to have the crowd laugh in unison at the appearance of the name OfficiallyScrewed.com. (Thanks Stephen!!)
The next to last session was one I had seen much of before at the Leadership Institute sessions but it was full of great ideas on campaigning from some key minds in the conservative movement in Canada. Michael Davis, head of RMG, Richard Ciano of the Conservative Campaign University, Devin Iverson, veteran campaigner and Mark Spiro, principal with Crestview Public Affairs all had great insight which someone like me absorbed like a sponge.
The final session was simply a wonderful speech by past Nova Scotia premiere John Hamm. Mr. Hamm is promoting the 250th anniversary (this year) of democracy in North America. The very first of which was in Nova Scota in 1758. The goal is to engage as many young people to take part in politics and I encourage you to share politics with the youth of today. You can find out more via the website www.democracy250.ca .
The Manning Centre and their co-ordinators did a great job. The event was well scheduled, not rushed, very educational and the food at the Congress Centre was great for a conference. Kudos to everyone involved. I will most certainly be attending future events.
ADDENDUM: I was also lucky enough to get a photo taken of myself with the Prime Minister and autographed copies of Tom Flanagan’s book “Harper’s Team” and Preston Manning’s “Think Big”.