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In Praise of Individual Rights and Freedoms

Month: May 2011

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“RAV” writes that I’m talking down RCMP Constable Matt Wright without good cause

A reader wrote me last night expressing grave concern over my article about RCMP Constable Matt Wright, wondering how I can possibly sleep at night. First, here is the full comment that “Rav” emailed to me, followed by my response:…

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BC Wildlife Assn writes PM Harper about Firearms Act promises

Kudos to the BC Wildlife Federation for writing a great letter to the Prime Minister reminding him of his promises to freedom-loving Canadians everywhere.  I’m trying to get a copy of the actual letter from the BCWF, so at the…

Negligent Discharges

Webhosting-induced panic attack!

If you tried reaching ChristopherDiArmani.com this morning, you probably were greeted with a big white page that said “this customer has exceeded its bandwidth” or something like that…  I didn’t write down the exact message because I was too freaked…

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Innocent until proven Guilty? No thanks, this is Canada!

…or “Give us your DNA or else!” That’s basically the statement from Ontario Provincial Police Constable Peter Leon the other day.  If you don’t give police a DNA sample, then you will be presumed guilty of murder and treated as…

Abuse of Police Authority Politically Correct Madness

Disgusted at TSA groping and fondling your wife? Don’t show it… or else.

For daring to express your displeasure at watching a total stranger grope your wife… all because you want to take her somewhere romantic for a vacation… you’re placed on the TSA’s domestic extremist watch list. It doesn’t have to make…

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The Hunt for Sonia Varaschin’s Murderer casts a wide net

Sonia Varaschin was a beautiful woman, cut down in the prime of her life by an unknown killer.  Unkown at least for now. Sonia was reported missing on September 1st, 2010, and her body was found five days later in…

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Blastogram: Be Aware and Beware Google

I’ve come to hate all things Google. And, though I am ashamed to admit that I was into the Google-sponsored YouTube site, I am guilty of pawing around for the May 23 release of Freedom Watch and saw the message:…

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TSA threatens to “shut down Texas” if they dare outlaw TSA sexual assaults

In a move that shocks even the most jaded of us, the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has threatened to shut down the entire air transportation system in Texas if the Texas State Legislature passes a law making it a crime…

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Valley Rifle Club writes an Open Letter to Prime Minister Harper

Don Klein is a friend of mine who is very active in Alberta, both on the firearms issue, and on the broader issue of our God-given rights and freedoms. He has written a letter to Prime Minister Harper asking him…

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Illegal RCMP Searches in Slave Lake?

The residents of Slave Lake Alberta have been through the worst disaster most families will ever have to face: losing everything you own overnight.  If you haven’t been following the news, a massive fire took out about half of Slave…

Guns

Huron University College and terrorist funding — my request for investigation

Please circulate this email and my request widely…..this is the messy business of “Democracy Maintenance”…..it’s much easier than “Democracy Building”……….but, as with everything that goes without maintenance…it decays into a useless shadow of its former self……and believe me if I…

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Texas to TSA: Stop Sexually Assaulting Passengers

God Bless Texas and the Texas House of Representatives for having the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) sexual assaults of passengers, all in the name of “safety”. As Benjamin Franklin so famously said: Those…

Feeding at the Government Trough

The end of per-vote subsidies is in sight… at last!

One of Jean Chretien’s legacies is about to go the way of the dinosaur, and not a moment too soon, as far as I’m concerned.  The only question that remains is whether the end of this ridiculous trough-feeding exercise will…

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Murray Crawford — “Hey you ignorant Eastern Elite”

Murray Crawford — “Hey you ignorant Eastern Elite”… Don’t blame me for the rude comment…  it’s how Murray requested he be addressed at the end of the latest piece of  drivel he’s attempting to pass off as intelligent commentary. Murray…

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Is Jonathan McCormick and Rural Crime Watch out to lunch?

Jonathan McCormick has written some really good stuff in the past.  I ought to know.  I published it in the print magazine I used to run.  But his latest column on his Rural Crime Watch website is NOT, sadly,  one…

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Police are treated differently than the rest of us when they break the law

To those who say the law is applied equally to citizens and police, I’ve only got one word: Bullshit. I’ll cite the case of Chilliwack RCMP constable Matt Wright this time to make my point. RCMP Constable Wright, according to…

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When all else fails, charge gun owners with “unsafe storage” charges

It’s the default position for police forces across Canada when faced with law-abiding Canadians who own firearms.  Seize their firearms and charge the owner with “unsafe storage of firearms” charges. It’s also the absurd method the Toronto Police Services (TPS)…

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Allen West – a man speaking the truth to a nation that doesn’t want to hear it

Never, in the history of the United States of America has there been a president that has done so much to put a great nation on her knees with her throat laid bare in the face of her enemies than…

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Canadian Firearms Program Fee Waiver and Refund

One less “tax” to deal with for another year…  🙂 http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/notice-avis/fee-frais-eng.htm Fee Waiver As of May 17, 2006, individuals no longer have to pay the fee for the renewal of their possession only licence (POL) or their possession and acquisition…

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Thank God we’re safe from dangerous 72-year-olds!

The Canadian Border Services agency and the RCMP are crowing over their ability to protect Canadians from the dangers of 70-year-old Americans, as well they should. It’s not every day that such dangerous and violent men as Fred Rodolf cruise…

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Of Doctorates and Duplicity

“The University of Western Ontario receives its 30 pieces of silver”. RE: http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/million+gift+that+might+want+turn+down/4776418/story.html Before we get started here’s a quote….food for thought…. “Islamic gender apartheid is characterized by normalized daughter- and wife-battering, forced veiling, arranged marriage, child marriage, first cousin…

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A tribute to brave troops everywhere

Love them or hate them, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has made a great tribute video to the troops… enjoy!  

Common Sense Political Antics

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…

Political Antics

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…

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Dialing 9-1-1 will not save your life… it’s sad but true

The majority of Canadians believe the police are there to protect them.  It’s a lie promoted incessantly by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and other political organizations that want a monopoly on the use of force in Canada….

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Tim Hudak bails on pledge to kill Human Rights Tribunals

Tim Hudak, the winner of the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race, is now backtracking on his pledge to get rid of Ontario’s Human Rights Tribunals (HRT). It’s a decision that’s pissed off a lot of conservative people, especially those who…

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Chicago’s Mayor Daley, a pig just a little more equal than the rest of us

Chicago’s Mayor Daley is just a little more equal than anyone else. That’s certainly the claim he’s making right now with his demand for bodyguards after he retires from office. That’s right.  Mayor Daley is requesting three around the clock…

Common Sense

Ezra Levant on Bell Canada’s Business Practices

Bell Canada is refusing to carry Sun TV.  They’re afraid of the competition for their own CTV network, and with good reason. People want to watch Sun TV, and that will cost them viewers. Their short-sighted and protectionist attitude, however,…

Common Sense Political Antics

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…

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Canada’s Firearms Act is as effective as ever… which means not at all.

Canada’ Firearms Act keeps Canadians safe from gun violence.  That’s what the head of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) will have you believe, anyway.   It’s a load of Public Relations garbage, but they keep saying it. Let’s…