The Harpoon who heads the band of idiots that passes for Canada's federal government right now could learn a thing or two from Barack Obama. In fact, Harpoon could learn from grade school kids but there's no chance of that - he doesn't listen and he doesn't believe anyone knows better than him on anything. I thought Trudeau was arrogant - and he was - but at least he had some reason to be, unlike Puffy Face.
The economy mismanaged, promise broken everywhere, scandal in the cabinet and scandal in the Party's illegal advertising in the last election campaign, screw ups in foreign policy, screw ups by a minister of finance who thinks 2 plus 2 equals 1.5, and lack of vision everywhere are the hallmarks of the Stevie Harper government. Add to that list the appalling ignorance of Vic Toews, who's disparaging remarks about Louise Arbour, one of Canada's most respected international figures, told you everything you need to know about red necks and small minded yahoos from the back of beyond. The result is a government this country can hardly wait to bid adieu to.
Harper and Flawerty, the rednecked yahoo from Ontario, see no relationship between the federal government and the cities of this country. They have no vision beyond cutting taxes and cutting them again and if that doesn't work why, we'll cut taxes!
What a difference between these sorry lumps of stupidity and the suave, intelligent Senator from Illinois running for president in the US.
Last week at a conference of mayors in the US, Obama said the following:
"Yes we need to fight poverty. Yes we need to fight crime. Yes we need to strengthen our cities. But we also need to stop seeing our cities as the problem and start seeing them as the solution because strong cities are the building blocks of strong regions and strong regions are essential for a strong America."
Substitute Canada for America and the shoe fits absolutely - and everyone in Canada except the Alliance understands and gets the message.
Obama went on:
"The stakes could not be higher. Our children will grow up competing with children in Beijing and Bangalore and Berlin. And make no mistake - their governments are doing everything they can to give their countries an edge by investing in regional growth. As Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution has pointed out, China is developing an advanced network of ports and freight hubs, and an advanced network of universities modeled after our own. And Germany has launched rail and telecom projects to bind its major metro areas more closely together. Other governments are aggressively pursuing strategies to unlock the potential of their metro areas. To compete and win in our global economy, we have to show the same kind of leadership."
Wouldn't it be heaven if we had some of that intelligence and thinking in Ottawa, instead of the 18th century view of the world and a suspicion of everything that doesn't cut taxes.
I have a suggestion. Let's simply throw the bums out. No need to feel badly about tossing them on the unemployment rolls - we'll get them nominated to the board of directors at Maple Leaf Gardens. Harpoon and Flawerty are mirror images of Richard Peddie so that would work - and the rest of us could spend idle moments trying to determine who the brightest bulb in that batch is. On the other hand, who cares - they'd be out of our hair. The Leafs are already home to the biggest incompetents in their industry so adding others won't disturb the balance. We should do this. Quickly.
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Obamawhama is an "Empty Suit" just like citizen Dion.
Fortunately Harper is the polar opposite of Obamawhama, who has record of voting for extreme leftist causes.
How could the intelligent, Harvard-educated Barack Obama attend Trinity Church for twenty years and not understand the politics of Rev. Wright and Father Pfleger? Why did such an intelligent and well educated man believe his association with domestic terrorists William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn would be irrelevant to his political future? Why doesn't he understand that the values and beliefs of those with whom he associates reflect on his values and beliefs? Barack Obama has distanced himself from Rev. Wright, Father Pfleger, and most recently, Trinity Church, but he took that action only after it became politically expedient to do so. It's likely he still doesn't understand why religious and political leaders who promote Black Liberation Theology are bad for America.
As for William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, Obama dismisses their acts of domestic terrorism as old news and, therefore, irrelevant to his relationship with them today. If William Ayers had molested children 40 years ago, do you think he and his wife would have hosted Barack Obama's very first political fundraiser? Not a chance. Tolerance for those who killed Americans 40 years ago could explain why Obama is willing to meet with those who are killing innocent Americans today. Chicago is full of politically-connected people, so why choose Ayers and Dohrn? Could it be the man with impeccable judgment didn't realize that associating with domestic terrorists might be a problem down the road?
Obama counts among his friends, supporters and contributors, two radical activists who killed innocent Americans as a means of expressing their displeasure with the Vietnam War, escaped prosecution because of wealth and political connections and, after 40 years of reflection, lament that they didn't do more.
Obama's affinity for America-haters should not be dismissed simply because he claims it's unimportant. At the end of the day, it will be the voters, not Obama, who decide whether his questionable associations should preclude him from serving as President of the United States.
What ARE you smoking?
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