Abdul Rahman or Shariah The Issue for WW III

There is one story deserving more attention then it is getting and that's the one about Abdul Rahman, 40, of Afghanistan. Alternatively, "Christianity versus Islam" should be the headline. I get this feeling that there is a war acoming

And this issue is attracting real women as opposed to feminists who are silent. I don't see too many Liberal type organizations protesting what Afghanistan has done to Mr Abdul Rahman. Both sides Christians and Muslims use hearsay propaganda against one another. But, if I may, let me keep it simple. In Afghanistan a Muslim who converts to Christianity will be charged and can be hung until dead. That being the case ,why are we fighting to protect that society?

Now Afghanistan is using a legal out to sidestep the issue by saying Mr Rahman is not fit to stand trial but that doesn't excuse the fact that such a law is on the books to begin with, now does it. Islam as a religion must be reformed for democracy to work in Afghanistan. Canadians will wind up being shot by Muslims who resist that reformation and insist on the Shariah way. And Muslims around the world are insisting on the Shariah way. Ontario, with a Liberal McGuinty in charge, almost allowed Shariah to be legal here.

Abdel Rahman ,a Christian covert, faces death in Kabul after being charged with converting from Islam to Christianity. "A crime under this country's Islamic Shariah laws", a judge said on Sunday. Truly this Islamic Shariah Law is the crux of the problem facing the world today and this crux will lead to a world war.

This is the war between Shariah Muslims (the kind supporting terrorists) and Democracy(Christians). Muslims and Christians are fighting it already. The rest of us cannot ignore it and pretend it will go away. We cannot turn a blind eye to the murder and abuse of Christians in Muslim countries world wide while reaching out and accommodating Muslims in our democratic countries while these Muslims are advocating Shariah. We would be fools. A wolf is a wolf is a wolf is a wolf. He doesn't change just because you put him in the hen house.
In Afghanistan Abdul Rahman, 41, was arrested last month after his family accused him of becoming a Christian. The accused was charged with rejecting Islam.

The Afghanistan Judge Mawlavezada said. "We are not against any particular religion in the world. But in Afghanistan, this sort of thing is against the law," the judge said. "It is an attack on Islam." He said he will rule on the case within two months. Now Afghanistan is using an out to sidestep the issue by saying Mr Rahman is not fit to stand trial but that doesn't excuse the fact that such a law is on the books to begin with. Islam as a religion must be reformed for democracy to work in Afghanistan. That is like asking water to freeze at 50 degrees above. Canadians will wind up being shot by Muslims who resist that reformation and insist on the Shariah way. And Muslims around the world are insisting on the Shariah way. It is easy to foresee a war over this. I can now start to understand why Israel and the Palestinians have never been able to make a peace

The question then becomes why should Canadians soldiers lose their lives fighting for democracy and a stable Afghanistan when that country would hang until dead any man who converts from one religion to another. To make such an event a crime is the antithesis of democracy as we know it, Liberal or Conservative. Why should Canadians die to permit that? We should be at war with it.

The new Afghanistan Constitution proclaims that Islam is the "religion of the state"; however, it does not prohibit the practice of other religions. The new Constitution also declares "no law can be contrary to the beliefs and provisions of the sacred religion of Islam." The sacred religion of Islam prohibits conversion with death as the penalty. It also states that "followers of other religions are free to exercise their faith and perform their religious rites within the limits of the provisions of law." That is a contradiction especially when you consider that this conversion law is still a serious crime over there severe enough to justify the capital penalty. Mr Rahman has now escaped to Italy.


I am not a religious person. But anyone with a brain can figure out that there can be no morality without free will. We must make the choice ourselves. Islam strikes me like a political body not a religion. In fact Islam strikes me like the opposite of a religion in the same way that FEAR is the opposite of FAITH. Islam would have you fear for your life if you abandon Islam for Christianity. Therefore that is not a faith. It is a fear. Without that free will choice, there is no morality; so Islam is without morals. A body without morals is not a religion. It is a political system. And the way Shariah Muslims define themselves, it equates with fascism as it is unilateral, unilingual and accepting of no other free will; in fact it is completely opposed to other choice, to free will, to democracy; that is to anything other then based on Islam.

Meanwhile in Iraq...

Yes! Blood is Thicker then Water and Always will Be

The more I read the posts on line, the more I know in my mind and heart that Canada needs Harper. It is time to get that pendulum going right; back to the center where people have choice and freedom. The negative judgmental left wing Liberals are politically correct to themselves only. Think about it. For instance! If you read the Communist Manifesto or Karl Marx you will see the Liberal blue print spelled out in black and white. It describes exactly what and where the left wingers want to take us. It says what they want to do with the family unit which is basically do away with it. They want to put them all in condo communes, so the men and women can stay working in the fields and factories. But fortunately as the Soviet Union found out, blood is thicker then water and always will be.

Children will always be better with their moms and dads then at a day care, always and forever no matter what.

Fortunately by living in Vancouver I see from the Chinese and East Indian communities the intrinsic value of the strong "family" unit. The Liberals have been undermining the family unit for decades. They are forcing people to live the way they (being the Liberals) want. They have been taking away the responsibilities of families and giving them to nicely paid unionized workers be they teachers(BCTU) or care workers(BCGEU). Why not give that money to the family to begin with! Give families the choice and freedom. Do something that is for sure in the best interests of children. The Liberals talk about being politically correct and push the Belinda Stronach example which I am sorry is repugnant to me. Completely alien and undesirable.

Think about it. The Liberals keep taking away the responsibilities that used to be a family's responsibility and foreclosing their rights. The Liberals think they know better what is best for everyone. God forbid that families are able to afford popcorn and beer with more years of Liberals. The Liberals know best how to waste our money bribing their way to power with our money and making that politically correct.

40 years ago families were responsible for their children's education, and care of babies and the young and care of their family's seniors, the sick and the handicapped and these families stayed together forever. Now the Liberal government wants to do it all almost from birth. Keep those men and women in the fields and factories and tax em to the hilt. Make it so expensive that staying at home is not a choice. Staying at home is not taxable. God forbid.

You can't tax a parent sitting at home looking after his or her kids.Thats exactly what Karl Marx wanted or the Liberals want. The Liberals don't trust people with their own money so it must be taken away from them and they must be sent back to work and 50% or more of their wages sent to government so the Liberals can spend it to stay in power while our kids are cared for by homosexuals in day cares working at a union wage.

Enough of these socialists Liberals. Trudeau said it best when he took the Liberals left saying "when the pendulum goes too far in one direction, it is time to take it back in the other direction." We need to sent the Liberals to the same wilderness that we sent Mulroney and the Conservatives. We need to send them a "shut up" message. I am so sick and tired of hearing them whine the politically correct blues. They need to regain a respect for the value and intelligence of the heterosexual, married, nuclear, family unit that I see in the Chinese and East Indian family units in Vancouver.

It is time to get back to basics and away from the unethical Liberals complete and total lack of principle or any respect for the individual. I trust the individual much more then I trust the state. Once the state has control, they don't trust the individual any more.(insert big laugh here)They side with the institution they represent. In fact they invent a whole new bureaucracy to over see the institution they invented to replace Mom and Dad and waste even more money on middle management just like the Ministry of Child Family and Community Services in BC does. The negative success rate of that Ministry can be see in Criminal Provincial Court over and over again.

The Left Wingers view the individual Mom and Dad as too ignorant, too untrustworthy, too uncontrollable , too free. These individuals might waste any extra cash they have on beer and popcorn. These free individuals might be politically incorrect and teach his kids to be right wing unlike the way striking BC teachers do. The Liberals think that the only people that can look after children are overpaid unionized workers who are trained to be caring and who have an educated professional approach to children. These so called professionals are the ones who will then use their position to indoctrinate their young charges. Liberals think parents need to get back to taxable employment asap. Excuse me, and I am sorry, but to the Liberals, fuck you. You bastards can go to hell. I prefer a real woman and a real mother.

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911 Muslims, Canada and my choice.

Finally, the issue gets in focus. I remember seeing a picture shortly after 911. It was a picture of a big black man who was in mid air, his arms by his side, as he hurtled down 115 floors head first, and straight as an arrow, going down fast, yet almost seemingly in slow motion, to a certain death. I can remember squinting and getting closer to this picture. I wanted to see his face. It was obvious by the man's arms being beside him, while going down head first, that THIS was a deliberate act on his part. He was diving to his death head first, bravely.

It took a bit but then I realized why. He had had to choose between burning to death or diving down 115 floors to his death. Can you imagine? He had choose to dive knowingly and did so bravely. It is a picture I will never forget. A Muslim like Osama Bin Laden, with support throughout the Muslim world, put that diver in that "straight from hell" position; burn or dive to death. That black man, for all intents and purposes, was completely an innocent man. The Muslims who brought down the WTC represent an unchangeable traditional Muslim view that is not open to negotiation; completely intransigent. We recently saw them protesting and killing world wide over a cartoon.

I don't know if the diver was one of the 25 Canadians that died in the World Trade Center or one of the other 3000 innocent people from 30 plus countries that died because of this Muslim based terrorism; a terrorism based on their religion; a traditional Shariah Muslim view as espoused by the lunatic Osama Bin Laden and followed by many Muslims throughout the world.

The West may have had its Reformation, Spanish Inquisition, it's Catholic based theocracies some 300 years ago. There is no doubt that this Muslim based Fascist approach to government and society grounded solely by Islam theology has to be confronted. If Osama's Islam had it's way every non-Muslim country in the world would be pushed into the sea. I am surprised that any Conservative or Liberal minded person could argue otherwise. The Muslims in Kosovo (the KLA) got away with it only because Milosovic got carried away with Croats first.

Bush's detour into Iraq may have diverted or clouded the issue because of the American bias towards Israel and their hunger for oil, but there is no doubt that the extremist Muslim theocratic Shariah government issue must be confronted. Ask that black man who jumped off the World Trade Center. Ask Captain Trevor Greene. The traditional Taliban type Muslim, being protected initially by Afghanistan and now by Pakistan, are a barbaric virus that needs to be eliminated if they resist the Muslim Reformation which given the nature of their religion I know they will. Consider the tens of thousands who protested a cartoon yet were silent about 911!

The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 1996. It hosted and protected al-Qaeda and Osama, not to mention his training camps. It allowed him to plot and carry out the 911 terrorist attacks on the WTC in 2001 against our NATO ally the USA. I mention all this just in case Jack Layton is reading. PM Stephen Harper is on the right track.

Thanks Stephen. This is one of the pictures showing that falling man. The one I remember shows him higher up and with his arms by his side. If I can ever find that photo again I'll post it here.

Shura and Dishonourable Two Faced Muslims

Lieutenant Trevor Greene was whacked in the head with an axe by a Muslim who came at him from behind while all parties were sitting at a Shura with the elders of the community. The fact that all the children were moved away two minutes before this dishonourable cowardly act shows that this was planned by the Muslims in attendance at this meeting. Who says Muslims can be trusted. Not me. Not any more.The Muslims that did this at a Shura were dastardly, barbaric, two-faced phonies with no honour and deserving of no respect. Lieutenant Trevor Greene had removed his helmut and was sitting cross legged with the Muslim elders when he was attacked from behind. He was sticking his neck out to help them. And they attack him with an axe from behind. Barbaric assholes like that deserve no respect. None.

Lieutenant Greene is a Vancouver BC man; an author, a journalist and a soldier who was always committed to helping others. The book he wrote was about the missing East Side Vancouver Women.

Lieutenant Trevor Greene is now a Captain. A Shura is supposed to be a place where the host guarantees the safety of it's guests. A peaceful place to consult. As opposed to enticing one to remove his helmut so someone can whack him from behind in the head with an axe. It is a good job I'm not in charge of the army. I would not talk to that Afghanistan village anymore, not after such cowardly sneakiness. I'd just nuke em. And I'd do it with a bomb that said, "Here you go Allah Akbars, you cowardly bastards." If that's the way you want to play... Fortunately I am not in charge of the Army. In fact the army will continue to use the Shura and I must say I am very proud of their patience and discipline.

It was the Afghanistan Muslim yahoos who started this with their unprovoked attack on the World Trade Center.(Albeit, to accommodate those Liberal drive by smears, utilizing Muslims from other countries) It is time they were showed the same level of respect. I'm not sure where in the Koran one would find it, but it will be in there. It is the part that says "what you put into the lives of others shall come back into your own". Canadians will remember the Shura Axe. All Canadians except Liberals who have no honour, unless it is politically correct.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia runs by way of the Shura. Would a foreign leader be safe visiting Saudi Arabia and speaking to their King or would he be axed from behind. How valid is the Shura? Saudi Arabia claims the Shura is a time honoured Koran santioned deeply ingrained practice of Muslims. Has Saudia Arabia spoken against what happened to Captain Trevor Greene?

Will we see 10 of thousands of Muslims protesting this flagrant abuse of the Koran?
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Health Care "The Third Way" starring Klein, McGuinty, Campbell

No matter whether you are Conservative or Liberal(NDP), left wing or right wing, there is one fact we must all agree is a solid fact. Just as sure as H2 and O make water when it comes to being efficient and effective the private sector will always beat the public sector simply based on cost and time always and forever in every case without exception.

So I pay attention and believe him when I see Premier Campbell, the Liberal head honcho in BC, say, "The thing we all know is that the health care system is not sustainable the way it is over the next 25 years. It is going to have to change." Premier Klein says, "The health system must change to survive." Since the next 25 years are my last 25 years, I pay attention. Another 500,000 senior immigrants and there might not be room for me.

When it comes to health care the Doctor is sometimes left out of the picture. What with all the money going to administrators (BCGEU), Nurses (BCNU), janitors, restaurant workers(CUPE) and various other CUPE workers, it is the Doctors who seldom get mentioned. They study and work hard to be where they are.

I have often wondered what if Doctors behaved like Teachers or Nurses and went on strike as opposed to being professional and following their oath. Well yesterday in BC it was revealed that some BC doctors are sending an annual bill to some patients to cover what the Medical services plan does not pay for like phone calls, sending out letters; things that take time but for which cannot be billed. These annual bills are $$140.00 for single people and $$200.00 for family's.

Of course everyone in BC pays an annual bill for about $$$500.00 to get your MSA card. But I noticed in Sweden there is no annual card payment but there is a user payment of $$$20.00 per visit to a max of $$$130.00 This was brought to light by Premier Campbell's tour of four European Nations; Sweden, Norway, France and the United Kingdom. So the consumer pays less and and the system gets used more efficiently as the "pain in the neck" person doesn't abuse the system cause it costs him 20$.

I know from personal experience that if the service is free people abuse it. If you have ever had anything to do with a divorce where one spouse is on Legal Aid you know there will be legal games played that would not be played if the party were paying for the service. Since the service is free, so are the games.

Meanwhile thinking of the Liberals federally I noticed that Federal LIBERAL Keith Martin announced today that he is proposing a public/private hospital and a publicly funded day-care center on the Esquimalt Canadian Forces Base. He said, "There isn't enough money to pay for what we want." Further more he said he proposes a plan to build publicly funded primary health care clinics at 10 military bases across Canada which he will introduce as a private members motion. I guess he is trying to make up for that negative ad approved for the Liberals by that goofball leader that Emerson left.

Meanwhile, like in Abbotsford, Vancouver Island will get a private MRI facility. CML HEALTH Care Imaging that provides service diagnostic testing for a fee. The company opened a clinic in early January to do such. Vancouver Island being the worlds greatest collection of people into alternatives, is only fitting to have such a facility in NDP territory.

But you gotta love Klein who carrys an honest baseball bat and is so honest you can feel the bat hit you. The former PM Martin sees a Dr Sheldon Elman who runs a private clinic in Quebec and works in the public system. What's goose for the francophones is beaver for the Albertans. That approach by Dr. Elman in Quebec is Klein's "third option" where he proposes paying for choice and access while protecting the public system and permitting a doctor to work in both. That is probably the smart thing to do constitutionally speaking if one thinks of the Doctors protected charters rights.

Kleins approach is one which asks, "who can do it cheaper and quicker". The way to achieve that, one might say, is to have an abundance of graduating doctors; an over supply of trained Doctors. But in all reality he is feigning a swing and quite frankly taking a page out of the union play book. Prime ministers Harper will obviously stand up for the Canada Health Act. Klein will get 9 out of 10

Health Care and the 6th Principle: DRAMA, 4 stars

The NDP Federal leader Jack Layton says, “The Conservative election platform included a commitment to the 5 principles of the Canada Health Act.� Premier Campbell in BC is about to add a 6th principle. The political or bureaucratic gobboligook is couched in words like (1) universality, (2) accessibility, (3) comprehensiveness, (4) portability, and (5) public administration, and maybe (6) the principle of sustainability. Premier Campbell in BC would add the 6th. In my view after all is said and done the issue is really about unions.

Firstly, for those people out East, you must understand that the Federal Liberals and the Federal NDP are both left wing. This is to be contrasted with the BC Provincial Liberals who are centre right while the NDP are left of centre. For instance under no circumstances would you ever see Buzz Hargrove giving the BC Liberal Premier, Gordon Campbell, a United Auto Workers jacket. So if I sound like a blogging Grit on a blogging Tory site, please appreciate that in BC there isn’t much of a difference for the Liberals.

Essentially, the battle in BC will be between a jigabug in one corner and a game of bridge in the other corner. The voters will have to choose the winner. Premier Campbell is going to lead the BC press around Europe to expose the blended public/private health care systems over there to the BC media and public. This traveling jigabug exercise is to educate the public so as to evaporate the fears generated by the NDP about allowing some private clinics in the Province. While the NDP leader will continue to harp about the slippery slope to an American style health care system. In bridge this would be called a finesse. Except Carole James doesn’t comprehend that one can not finesse an Ace,with the Ace representing the sustainability, so the jigabug wins.

Basically this was brought about by the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said long waits for various medical procedures violated a patients constitutional rights to life and personal security. This decision ruled as unconstitutional Quebecs attempt to outlaw private clinics.

Meanwhile I, the average Shmoo, can and will continue to stand in the line up for health care. You would think that the NDP would stand up for the average Shmoo. But nooo! It is the right wing that is standing up for the average Shmoo. The NDP want to protect the union monopoly. The NDP want to ensure that any health care provided is provided by a doctor behind a unionized person and which union can then blackmail the public into giving the union whatever they demand. The right wing Provincial Liberals are the ones standing up for the average shmoo and I applaud them.

Even the Province cartoonist is depicting the words and the fear the NDP would advance; Care Card versus Visa Credit Card.

NDPers, Federal or Provincial, will yak about how Premier Campbell’s BC’s initiative on health care is distressing and try to instill fear. But let’s face it, BC is not alone. Quebec and Alberta have promised legislation that will permit private hospitals and private practices. That means that three of the country’s biggest provinces are headed in that direction. This is happening out of necessity; a necessity brought about by the high cost of labour which threatens the sustainablity of health care. At present 44% of all tax dollers go to health care. Even a dumb leftist must appreciate that can not go on.The wages earned by a health care worker are a profit to that worker who then says profit is a dirty word in health care. Ya right!

It really is a shame. I believe in Unions. They are a great thing not only for the people they represent but also for the economy. If people have more money, they spend more. Add the multiplier and viola. But all unions go overboard. Being placed in a position of power, a monopoly, they let their pork choppers lead them into greed and price themselves out of the market. The customer becomes irrelevant. It matters not if it’s an airline, an auto producer or a nursing or teachers union. The only word they know is “more�, “more�, “more�.

BC will see that game in abundance this coming summer. In 2006 some 145,000 BCGEU types will want more. Also in 2006 some 83,000 BC health care workers will be wanting more and 93,000 BC public school teachers and universities types will want more.

Meanwhile Shmoos like me who survived on $25,000 last year and next year and likely the year after will still have to send $5000.00 or more in taxes to government for these greedy government unionized workers not to mention the middle management piggy backing the union. Some day I hope some government comes a long, which I highly doubt, that says two words to these over-paid under-worked government workers and you know what those two words are.

The Battle of Khartoon Ridge

The Muslim reaction to those Danish cartoons reminds me of that Shakespeare line, "Methinks they doth protest too loudly" That was Shakespear's way of identifying someone whose lies have been found out. He has been outed! The exterior phoniness has been laid bare for all to see. And the one who has been found out protests in an excessive manner which exposes his shortcomings even more.


They say respect is earned not deserved. Muslims want us to respect this "not-to-be-seen" Mohammed but the followers of Mohammed have not been behaving in a way that deserves respect. This is especially so given the wholesale killing of innocent people world wide. There is an ever growing list of examples, dare I say convincing evidence showing Islam to be an intolerant religion equating with totalitarianism on the same level as Fascism. Or to put it more bluntly, either you are a Muslim or you are dead.

WE need only review the murder of innocents in Bali, Spain, New Delhi, World Trade Center, Beslan, London, Iraq and more. The cartoon depicting Mohammed with a bomb in his head dress is fairly accurate. It is definitely fair comment. If a picture is worth a thousand words, that depiction of Mohammed shows that one cartoon is worth ten thousand suicide bombers. Me thinks they doth protest too loudly.

If as Peter McKay would have us believe, the freedom of expression must be exercised responsibly, then the republication of those cartoons is responsible. Those cartoons hold up a mirror to Muslims. And basically asks, “Will the real Muslims please stand up?� Or does that cartoon depict the real Muslim? That is the question. It is a real serious question and one which the mainstream media in Canada and Peter McKay ignore.

Is the idea that there are moderate Muslims an invalid assumption? Let's face it. We did not see 10's of thousands of Muslims protesting the actions of Muslims in the slaughter of thousands of innocents in Bali, Beslan, London, Spain, Iraq, or the World Trade Center or more recently Fort Hood. But we do see 10’s of thousands of Muslims protesting a cartoon???? There is something wrong with these scales and it ain't in Denmark. It is in the Muslim community.



Why should anyone apologize for holding up a mirror to a group to show them the image they project? Or is that image an accurate projection of the very core of the group?
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David Emerson...A Question of Intent

David Emerson is left handed. But that initially ended the positive stuff at first blush. With voter cynicism at its peak, by accepting Emerson into the Conservative Party, Prime Minister Harper sends the wrong message. I have spent the whole day trying to distinguish the floor crossing by David Emerson from the one by Belinda Stronach.

But initially I kept coming to the same bottom line in my mind. If he can not be loyal and committed to his Party and the people who voted and just got him elected, how can you trust him? I think most Canadians that voted Conservative wanted change. They wanted integrity, genuine convictions, honesty and not having to buy into some spokesmans daily spin on something or another.

I tried the reasons David Emerson offered, " I came to the conclusion I can be more helpful to the people of my riding, the people of my city, the people of my province and the people of my country doing this, as opposed to being in opposition and trying to become a powerful political partisan which I have never been."

I tried the idea that Emerson's switcharoo shows that the Conservative Party has indeed moved to the centre.

I tried the fact that he is a competent MP and is not a bad fit into the Conservative Party.

I tried the fact he will add an educated economic viewpoint to the Cabinet.

I tried the fact that Harper never spoke against the right of an MPto cross the floor.

I tried the fact that Emerson adds representation from a big BC city to the Conservatives.

Finally, I read the Vancouver Province and specifically Vaughn Palmer's column and then Alan Ferguson, and I slowly began to see the difference between Emerson's floor crossing and Stronach's. Emerson used to be a head huncho with a major forest company in BC, Canfor. HE IS ALREADY UP TO SPEED ON THE SOFTWOOD LUMBER PROBLEM WITH THE USA. Combined with the more civil tone between Harper and Bush, Emerson will be able to get to grips with that issue forthwith. He has had his head into the Pacific Gateway initiative for months and sticking with him can only be to BC's economic advantage. With the 2010 Olympics coming up, it is really smart to keep a key Ottawa connection especially with costs going up. The positives for BC are innumerable especially when you consider upcoming new Ports and new trading relationships with the Far East.

Once I started to understand the benefits to the people of BC, I recognized that this decision by Harper was to benefit the people of BC, not a blantant attempt to keep power like Martin in the Stronach floor crossing. Same actus reus different intent. I must say to Vaughn Palmer and Alan Ferguson of the Vancouver Province newspaper, thank you for your thoughts. You helped me to sort mine out.

But initially it is sort like the judicial adage that, "justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done." Prime Minister Harper has squandered a major part of his political capital on day one by going along with a Belinda Stronach type situation in reverse. The perception is the message; never mind the rationalized explanations. But in reality and in time the smartness and justice of this decision will be seen to be done. The proof will be in the pudding or the results. With a more civil tone between Harper and Bush and with Emerson's knowledge so much more waccomplishedmpished. However as Alan Ferguson noted, "True reform probably requires future party-jumpers to again face the electorate before accepting a government post."

My ears are burning from all the phone calls I got today from people I have "fingered-wagged" into voting for the Conservatives who laughed and said, "So what's so different about your Conservatives? Ha Ha! The best I could do was say that Stronach was strike three for Martin. This is only strike one for Harper, and going through the above list of reasons. But the most poignant and validdefinitelys definately the difference in intent.

I do not see any short term gain to the Conservatives by Emerson's appointment. This will temporarily end the upward momentum by the Conservatives and the downward momentum by the Liberals. But in the long term it will be beneficial to BC's and Canada's economy. To me, that shows Harpers intent is the ultimate benefit of Canada as opposed to Martins intent (with Stronach) being to maintain the power of the Liberal Party.

However one disappointment that won't go away is not seeing Diane Ablonczy appointed. If Peter McKay is the man that represents the heart and sole of the Conservative Party, then Diane Ablonczy is the lady that represents the same thing. You can trust her to put in an eloquent fashion the truth of any situation.

Muslims, multicultural, and Canada

Last summer on a hot Saturday, I spent another most enjoyable afternoon and evening at Butchart Gardens here in Victoria. The Symphony of Fire in Vancouver is a Mickey Mouse effort compared to the fireworks every Saturday at Victoria's Butchart Gardens. The performance at Butchart is a spectacular display of light and fireworks in, around, out of, and above a forest setting. Intricate, coordinated, and creative! They are a liquid, celestial and floral mixture of water, light and fireworks in harmony with a musical score. Simply incredible! In the words of a former life...Wow!

There is nothing hollow about the fireworks on a Saturday at Butchart. The only thing missing is a sizzling, stand-out, marketing name like Vancouver's Symphony of Fire. On Vancouver Island,the Butchart display is simply known as the fireworks. This simplicity is so typical of Vancouver Islanders. We can't let anyone know how extraordinarily awesome things are out here, as it might attract other people; so we tend to keep it secret, simple, and quiet.

Last August on that hot Saturday I spent the day wandering between the huge begonias, giant rhododendrons, the roses, dahlias and an endless variety of flowers living and co-mingled together that somehow replicates the multiculturalism that makes Canada so unique. So many cultures living in harmony and peace mixed together side by each as the Nova Scotia types would say.

The particular Saturday to which I am referring was a couple of weeks after the London subway bombings occurred. At that time the newspapers and airways were filled with the news about the perpetrators of that London horror. The perpetrators were British home grown Muslims; 4 young men who had gone to Pakistan to train and learn and came back as terrorists. They were willing to kill completely innocent people for whatever insane reason.

I spent the sun-filled afternoon wandering the acres and acres of floral displays; western, European, Oriental, you name it. Then after an "Iron Chef" meal in their "Summer Cottage" styled restaurant, I went to the sloped field where the "fireworks" are displayed as night falls. Leaving the restaurant made me feel like I was leaving a painting.

I wandered into the sloped field early to find a place to sit. Being a smoker I found a spot where I could be comfortable and have a smoke without bothering the militant non smoker types. You know the ones who express their "progressive", politically correct attitude by waving their hands in the air when a smoker walks by. The smoking spot usually tends to be near the garbage cans of course. So I got comfortable next to the cans and people watched.

After a few moments I noticed a Muslim nuclear family coming down the graveled pathway into the grassy field. They had their traditional dress on, black, head to toe and completely covered except for the men's faces. Two men lead the way and the two women followed. It was so hot I wondered why they wore so many clothes but it was their choice. One lady pushed a Cadillac baby carriage and I mean pushed. It was a big heavy-duty baby carriage and I mean heavy. She struggled with the push on the gravel. You could tell it was a heavy load. I think it was a lady pushing this carriage but I couldn't see any part of her. Who knows it might have been Michael Jackson. She was covered head to toe with black twice over.

I wondered about the baby carriage. It too was completely covered in black both the top and undercarriage and covered again. The family took up a position far from me in the middle of the field which of course, especially the huge baby carriage, blocked the view of the people seated on the ground behind them. Some people moved away. I must confess I was glad to be sitting next to the garage cans and some 150 feet away. That carraige looked like it had 200 lbs of dynamite in it. The evening ended and the only explosions were the fireworks.


Today I watched the news about Muslims wanting to kill cartoonists in Denmark, over these cartoons. Last year I watched Muslims blow up innocent people in those London subways. The year before I watched as Muslims killed school kids in Beslan, Russia by shooting them in the back. The year before I watched the horror in Madrid, Spain. The year before that, I watched the news about Muslims blowing up people at a night club in Bali, Indonesia. The year before that I watched Muslims steer planes into the World Trade Center. So the question I have is simple. How do I distinguish between crazy Muslims and peaceful Muslims?
Today an Italian Catholic Priest,Andrea Santoro, was shot dead by a Muslim in Turkey. The gunman shouted "God is great" as he shot his pistal and murdered the Priest. If Christains did that to an Muslim Imam, we would have a world war. How often must we turn the other cheek.

I noticed in reading Dawg's Blawg that he tries to excuse the Muslim violence as an over reaction due to their suffering an inferiority complex and historical colonization. Nonsense. There is no excuse for this senseless violence. The Lebanese who burned down the Danish Consulate or the Palestinians and the Syrians who have other agendas did not help their causes by the over reaction. There is no excuse. They only serve to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Their behavior over serves to confirm, and validate as truthful, the image depicted in the cartoons which had been given front page exposure in Egypt some six months previously. . The depiction of Mohammed is not new.

Why Do We Get Dishonest Politicians?

It takes some people, like me, 40 years to learn that "if you keep doing what you are doing, you will keep getting what you are getting." That lesson is almost a natural law of the universe. It is not in a statute anywhere. It is just a natural sequence of events. A given. You can resist it, fight it, argue against it but eventually you have to admit to it. You can do it with proud acknowledged acceptance or resigned submission. Either way you get to a point where you have to say "OK, what must I do different?"

I watched Paul Martin say, " I have zero tolerence for that kind of thing", as he stripped Abbotsford Liberal, David Oliver, of his authorization as Liberal Candidate for trying to pull a political maneouver. This is the same Paul Martin who gave Belinda Stronach a cabinet post for leaving the Conservative Party. This is the same PM who sent Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh to entice Grewal to leave the Conservative Party. Why did he not strip Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh of his authorization as a Liberal candidate for trying to do the same thing with Cadman? Why did he not have the principles to stop himself from bringing Belinda straight into his Cabinet?

Why should he be surprised when David Oliver approached NDP candidate Jeffrey Hansen-Carlson to negotiate a political maneouver? David Oliver seems to be following his leader's actions and his party's leadership. Martin is discordant and inconsistent whereas Harper is harmonious and consistent and sticks to his beliefs popular or not. Martin has switcharoo convictions that switch in accord with whatever wind is blowing. He has values of convenience.

What does the Liberal Party stand for anymore? Who knows? It changes week to week. Exactly what is the difference between the left Liberal Party and the left NDP? I don't see a difference between the socialist Grits and the socialist NDP. They are both going at the same speed and both are being dishonest. They need to go through the same growing process that the Alliance and the Conservatives went through. They need to get back to listening to and representing the people, not just themselves.

Is there any center position left to the Liberals? They have avoided and hidden that question for years by playing the "we are the only unite-the country-party" card for years. Much like Duceppe plays the "we are the separate-Quebec-party" card to avoid the question of whether he is left wing or right wing. In typical Canadian fashion the voter isnt going to answer the question for them but rather sweep the whole issue under the rug and get rid of the whole lot.

Meanwhile we the voters who are disillusioned with politics, like Quebecers are, wonder why we keep getting the Gomery enquiries, the income trusts insider-trading investigations, and dishonest politicians. The answer is fairly simple. We keep voting them back in. We close our eyes to the Gomery type findings. Eventually the Canadian people coast to coast must and will say enough is enough, time for a change. Time to turn right at that corner instead of left. I ain't going to keep doing what I have been doing cause I am tired of getting what I have been getting.

I remember the headline two years ago asking, after the lying President Bush was re-elected, "How could 55 million voters be so stupid." If I believe the Canadian polls, I guess I can ask, "how can 8 million Canadian voters be so stupid?" When it comes to being a habitual liar, I do not see much of a difference between Martin or Bush.

I hope to believe that the Canadian voter is more insistant, more vigilent and demanding when it comes to ethics and principles and the most important qualities of a politician; honesty, sincerity,consistency and committment. I want
a man who is not afraid to stand up for his principles consistently and correctly. I certainly don't want a PM who gets on TV and hypocritically indicates the President of another country is lacking in a global conscious when our country does not walk its talk and that other country does. I want a PM I can be proud of. I honestly can not say I am proud of PM Martin. He is an embarrassment, inconsistent and unscrupulous. He truly needs the boot.

Let's Do The Liberals A Favour

Let us as Canadians reduce the current Liberal bunch to a handful and almost extinguish them.

Let us do to the Liberals what we did to the Conservatives after Mulroney. That will force them back to their grassroots and force them to re-invent themselves from the bottom up as opposed to their current culture of entitlement. In all honesty, if one looks at the current parties, Conservative, Liberal, NDP and Bloc, you have to admit that three of them are from the bottom up. Three of them represent the people. Three of them have policies that were created and based on what the people say at the door, face to face. The Liberals get their ideas from lobbyists, insiders and other well connected Liberals. They gain their support by fraud and deceit. Their policies are top down while the other three partys are bottom up.

After Mulroney the Conservatives had to get back to the grass roots and rebuild their foundation, their platform, their policies, their direction. They did that. They struggled but did it honestly and consistently by talking to people. We need to unite as Canadians coast to coast and we can accomplish that by sending the Liberals to the same wilderness we sent the Conservatives after Mulroney. That will force the Liberals to learn that they aren't entitled, that they can not assume the support of the people and behave in an unethical or dishonest manner. They can not ignor the people's wishes or values. They cant go in 56 directions at the same time.

The reality is that, based on Hansard, the Conservatives and NDP, more often then any of the other parties, vote together in the same direction on the same issues. That forced me to look at both the NDP and Conservatives and forced me to decide between trusting Government or trusting the individual. I must admit that the deciding factor is the difference between a party that must always side with their union base even if it means outpricing the cost of health insurance for us, the people and one that is not so beholding.

You have to admit that Layton sides with the union wages made by people in the health field and protects that first which belies, in fact undermines, his committment to free medical care. He is like the union business agent and sides with his support not the people being served. If there is one thing that I have learned after some 40 years, it is that the private sector always does things more effectively and efficently ( ie cheaper and quicker) then does government. Always. No matter the Conservatives are my choice. But NDP or Conservative is the answer. Let us get rid of the Liberals and do them a favour. And do the country a favour. After watching the debates you can sense the hatred between the Liberals and the Quebecers; a hatred that almost drips.

In reality Mulroney did the Conservatives an indirect favour by losing so badly. We need to send the Liberals back to the drawing boards so they can learn the values of integrity and honesty and principles and policies and consistency and based from the ground up. Then they lose their arrogant culture of spin and entitlement. In the next election we must insure there are only a handful of Liberals left from PQ to BC. That will mean a Conservative majority with fewer Liberals then the Bloc. Then the Liberals will look in the mirror which always only happens after a major defeat.. Lets do them a favour.

Harper Is Canada's Future

The more I read the posts on the net, the more I know in my mind and heart that Canada needs Harper. It’s time to get that pendulum going right; back to the center. If you read the communist manifesto or Karl Marx you will see where the left wingers want to do away with the family unit and put them all in condos so the men and women can stay working in the fields and factories.

Fortunately by living in Vancouver I see from the Chinese and East Indian communities the intrinsic value of the strong "family" unit. The Liberals have been undermining the family unit for decades. They are forcing people to live the way they (being the Liberals) want.

Think about it. The Liberals keep taking away the responsibilities that used to be a family's responsibility and foreclosing their rights. The Liberals think they know better what is best for everyone. God forbid that families are able to afford popcorn and beer with more years of Liberals. The Liberals know best how to waste our money bribing their way to power with our money. 40 years ago families were responsible for their children’s education, and care of the young and care of their family's seniors and these families stayed together forever. Now the Liberal government wants to do it all almost from birth. Keep those men and women in the fields and factories and tax em to the hilt.

You can't tax a parent sitting at home looking after his or her kids.Thats exactly what Karl Marx wanted or Paul Martin wants. The Liberals don't trust people with their own money so it must be taken away from them and they must be sent back to work and 50% or more of their wages sent to government so the Liberals can spend it to stay in power while our kids are cared for by homosexuals in day cares working at a union wage.

Enough of these Liberals. Trudeau said it best when he took the Liberals left saying when the pendulum goes to far one way its time to take it in the other direction. We need to sent Paul Martin and the Liberals to the same wilderness that we sent Mulroney and the Conservatives then maybe the Liberals and Belinda will rediscover integrity. And the value and intelligence of the heterosexual, married, nuclear, family unit that I see in the Chinese and East Indian family units in Vancouver.It’s time to get back to basics and away from the unethical Liberals complete and total lack of principle.

Listen Up Ontario. Please. How Many Jane Crebas Do You Need?

It is surprising that Ontario does not feel the same sense of alienation from Ottawa as does BC or Alberta. There have been Jane Creba type situations out here for 15 years. The Reform Party called for stiffer legal penalties, prescribed minimum sentences, automatic and quick deportations for serious crimes committed by non citizens. The Liberal Party ignored the pleas. The Alliance Party called for the same. The Conservative Party has called for the same thing. Again the touchy feely revolving door Liberals ignored them.

In fact Chuck Cadman who lost his son to the same senseless violence got elected as a Conservative in Surrey BC on that issue alone. The Liberals ignored him. Now, after Jane Creba, maybe the Ontario people will finally agree to get rid of these frigging Liberals. How many Jane Crebas do you need?

Please note this. Andre Thompson, the only person so far charged in relation to the Jane Creba murder situation, was sentenced for an armed robbery on Oct 6. He had a previous record for the same thing and for other charges like assault. What is Sam Hell is he doing on the street two months later? If the courts will not protect us from these lunatics, then the House of Commons must. Criminal Law is exclusively a federal jurisdiction. These matters are completely within Martins hands. The Liberals have ignored this area for decades with notice after notice. The Reform Party brought it to their notice. The Alliance Party did the same. The Conservative did the same. Where is the Liberal leadership? They are too busy handing out envelopes full of money to Quebecers.

Maybe after Jane Creba, the people of Ontario will start to feel the same sense of alienation that we feel out west. The west has been saying this over and over for the last 4 elections to no avail.

I can already foresee the Liberal approach. They will have a task force to develop some touchy feely approach that focuses on rehabilitation and take years to define. They will ban handguns as if that is the answer. We need answers not posturing. They will do everything except amend the sentencing provisions of Criminal Code which is the frigging answer. They will do anything that doesn’t change the mess they have with the Ministry of Immigration. If the people of Ontario re-elect the Liberals then I give up.