Why Toronto City Councillor Adam Vaughan is a complete and utter moron
Toronto City Councillor Adam Vaughan is a complete and utter moron if he thinks that banning the lawful sale of products to law-abiding citizens will have any impact at all on the violent criminals shooting up downtown Toronto. This isn’t…
Is Governor Scott Walker’s victory a sign of Obama’s demise?
Governor Scott Walker is the first governor in American history to survive a recall vote. While the political left will no doubt crawl back under their rocks and ignore this fact, the reality is that everyone from Obama on down…
Earth Hour 2012: Why and How I will be celebrating this awesome event
Earth Hour is one of the most amazing events of the year. Never have I been so impressed with a cause that has, as its reason for being, the saving of Planet Earth, since Global Warming is going to kill…
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews: Are you really as incompetent as your protestations make you appear?
I couldn’t help but laugh as I read reports that Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is suddenly shocked to learn what Bill C-30,the “Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act”, actually contains. I find this odd, since I’ve listened to him…
Vic Toews: Politicians, like diapers, should be changed often, and for the same reason
While claiming it’s perfectly reasonable for the government to spy on its citizens, the shoe is clearly on the other foot in a lovely social media twist that makes a point to Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, Vic Toews. Toews…
Vigilantism vs Self-Defense: Why Bob Rae is a buffoon completely out of touch with reality
Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae is the perfect Liberal. He hates his fellow citizens and believes the State should, indeed MUST be all-powerful, especially when it comes to a monopoly of force. It is the state and ONLY the state…
NDP’s François Pilon the latest nutbar to buy into Gun Registry Lies and Deceit
It’s really not surprising to find more NDP hacks coming out of the woodwork crowing how the country will collapse into anarchy of the error-riddled gun registry is killed, as Conservatives plan. Clearly looking for some easy and free publicity,…
Christy Clark’s Overblown Sense of Entitlement
BC’s unelected Premier, Christy Clark, has really only done one thing since she began her run for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party: campaign. She hasn’t stopped. She’s transformed the Premier’s Office website into a grand spectacle promoting, not…
Bob Rae’s Hypocrisy (and the Liberal Party’s along with it) knows no bounds
Watching the ongoing furor over the living conditions on the Attawapiskat reserve provides some amazing educational moments, if one is paying attention. If you listen only to the mainstream media, you would think the manufactured crisis on Attawapiskat just happened….
Poking fun at the NDP “elite”, who clearly know nothing about guns or gun laws
The NDP is trying to make a name for themselves by protecting that most sacred of Sacred Cows in Canadian Politics, the gun registry. It’s failed on every front imaginable, yet even NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen, who voted FOR…
So much for democracy in the New Democratic Party!
The New Democratic Party’s Interim Leader Nycole Turmel needs to pick up a dictionary and learn some basic facts, such as the definition of “democratic”. Taking great offense at two MPs who voted the will of their constituents and supported…
Our Canadian Prime Minister, Clarity and Sun Media’s Coverage of 9/11 Anniversary
Hello there, it’s me………again….. Don Laird… I watched the Sun Media coverage of the 9-11 Remembrance in New York and was very pleased. The points Ezra Levant made were quite relevant and should be made again and again in order…
Peter Stoffer’s personal pet issue brought forward for the 6th time
The other day I wrote a piece commending NDP MP Peter Stoffer for acting more conservative than the Conservatives for his proposals to remove the GST from books and home heating fuel. I think both his private members bills are…
GST Still on the Books
This submission is offered as a companion to Christopher di Armani’s September 4, 2011 post “Sometimes Politicians Actually Get Something Right” in which he brings to our attention that NDP member of Parliament Peter Stoffer has put forth a proposal…
Of all people, Peter Stoffer astounded me. Sometimes politicians actually get something right
Okay, granted, it’s not very often that they get things right, but sometimes they do. I’m specifically talking about a couple of proposals from, of all people, NDP MP Peter Stoffer. Now before you keel over in shock, yes, you…
Corrupt and Autocratic Politicians are the same the world over
Sadly, the human condition is one that always seems intent on oppressing our fellow human. Once we get our filthy little paws on even the slightest glimmer of power, it goes straight to our heads and we just can’t seem…
BC RCMP Audit remains hidden from the public, despite calls for it to be released before contract is renewed
Christy Clark’s government is hiding the report on the BC RCMP by claiming it would “compromise” BC’s bargaining position with the force, whose contract is due to expire next year. Bluntly put, the public has a right to know what…
Freedom of Speech? Not until you Pay The Fee
Here in British Columbia there is a pending referendum on the Hated Sales Tax (HST), or as it’s called in government circles as the Harmonized Sales Tax. While both sides wage the war over the HST, some municipalities are hell-bent…
A Responsible Gun Owners’ View of the CPC Convention Ottawa
by Edward B. Hudson DVM, MS As a delegate to the Conservative Party of Canada Convention in Ottawa last week I had an extremely enjoyable time listening to excellent speeches from Jason Kenny, John Baird, Stockwell Day, meeting and speaking…
Colorado Legislators to Voters: It’s not a tax, it’s a fee!”
Governments across North America are finding that their meal tickets are less and less willing to pay for bloated and wasteful governments. Here in Canada, the Jack Layton and his New Democratic Party can’t comprehend why we mere peasants are…
Will Harper End Taxpayer Subsidies for political parties?
In the wake of the utter destruction of the Bloc Quebecois and the Liberal Party of Canada the cries for saving the taxpayer subsidies to these failed political parties is already getting some backing. None other than the stalwart defender…
Ruth Ellen Brosseau — new parliamentary star or just another lottery winner
Ruth Ellen Brosseau got a lot of attention throughout the recent campaign for taking a trip to Las Vegas during the campaign. Like it or not, this is hardly the first time a candidate has been elected while being absent…
Feeding at the government trough… MP’s win the lottery
There’s something to be said for the ability to vote yourself raises, knowing that nobody can stop you. Such is the sense of entitlement of the elected ones, or the “entitled class” as I like to call them, at both…
Jack Layton to Kick Ignatieff’s Butt in Quebec?
The polls and news reports are filled with the notion that Jack Layton will do what Michael Ignatieff cannot… win votes in Quebec. There’s even talk that Layton will outperform the Bloc Quebecois on their home soil! Can you imagine…
Banks move to cap Debit Card spending to protect profits
A story coming out of CNN Money and LogisticsMonster.com caught the attention of my friend Jane Gaffin’s attention the other day. Her comment prefacing the links she sent me was: Still Have Your Money In A Bank? Are You Freakin’…
Canada’s First Family of Moral and Intellectual Bankruptcy
RE: The Conservative Party, as with most Canadians, finds outrage and revulsion in some of the more brutal facets of Middle Eastern and Asian culture. Previously, under the stewardship of the Liberal Party of Canada and its lunatic policies of…
Justin Trudeau isn’t “barbaric”, he’s a “moron”
Trust the son of PET to come up with such a stupid statement… As if riding on daddy’s coattails isn’t enough, he’s decided it’s time to make his own mark on the Canadian political landscape. Poor little Justin is all…
Obama wants more “gun control”… shocked, I am!
It’s no shocker that Obama wants more “gun control”. Of course he does! It’s also no surprise that he blames gun owners for the problems, without actually putting it into those words. Everyone know he’d be making some dumbass announcement…
A Politician’s Budget Cuts Explained
Politicians are forever talking about budget cuts, and how hard they are working to save taxpayer dollars. Someone in the states created a short video that puts all this into perspective, showing with stark clarity just how little our politicians…
Nothing spells H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E quite like “Hillary Clinton”
In yet another astounding display of hypocrisy, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke out of both sides of her face during a speech at George Washington University last week. Saying “There’s no app” for fighting internet repression, she was…