The Conspiracy Theorists in BC Know the BC NDP Numbers are Somewhat Soft: A Fear on the Left that the Right Will Unite
1) There were three gunmen on the grassy knoll in Houston on November 22nd, 1963. They killed John F. Kennedy, and not Lee Harvey Oswald.
2) The United States banking system is governed by the Illuminati; they of the New World Order. The current recession is their fault.
3) Israel is behind every war and upheaval in Europe. The Zionists on the move against Islam.
4) 9/11 was a deal between the binLaden and Bush families. President George W. Bush knew that 3,000 American souls would be extinguished. He’s a mass murderer that should be convicted and sentenced to death.
5) We are selling our water, in secret, to the United States. As a result, a dozen judges have died in “mysterious circumstances.”
6) The judiciary in BC is run by the Freemasons. All judges are Freemasons and all Freemasons can be judges. It’s a RIGHT WING conspiracy against innocents.
Off the top of my head, the aforementioned are some of the greatest, most nonsensical, contrived stories that I’ve ever heard; so far are they removed from reality, that only fools would believe them.
I guess I can be a judge whenever I want to, since I was raised to Freemasonry in 1993. But what about the right wing angle? Frank Harcourt (former Premier Mike’s father) was someone I used to see at functions all the time when I was a regular. I guess the Harcourts are really secret right wingers, too. What a load!
The idiocy of some people is endless. But I am forever amazed by the amount of people, who actually piece together stories like these and make them fly.
Case in point: PR consultant, BC NDP operative, self-proclaimed wine expert and “journalist” Bill Tieleman recently provided one of the most lavish tall tales to his readers that I’ve ever read. Apart from Bill’s outstanding work on the BC Rail file, this is the type of drivel peddling that leaves me wondering if it wasn’t concocted during an extra-long session of his beloved wine club.
Tieleman, a sure left wing ideologue, who was instrumental in removing Carole James as leader of the BC NDP, and equally instrumental in electing Adrian Dix as Carole’s replacement, is trying to spin that Dr. Allison Patton and other associated BC Conservatives who logically want to remove the mortally wounded and terminally useless John Cummins as their leader, are really part of a BC Liberal ‘Trojan Horse’. So fast is Tieleman’s spin, that he can’t help but reveal his thunderous bias, by even adding a disclaimer about the truth: Don’t attack him because he’s really an NDPer masquerading as an impartial writer, the BC Liberals are really behind the push against Cummins.
But it’s true: It’s precisely why Tieleman is foaming at the mouth about this. He knows, from inside polling, that if a united right were to emerge, without Christy Clark and John Cummins in the mix, the split between such an animal and the NDP would be within the margin of error almost immediately. He ignores, intentionally, that with Christy at the helm the split would manifest itself at the polls and Adrian would still win, regardless of any formal separation between Liberals and Conservatives.
But what if she were replaced?
Bill’s post wasn’t about fact, it’s about fear. Tieleman knows that with his BC NDP and Party Right-X within even ten points of one another, the writing is on the wall–any faltering by the NDP and it becomes a dead heat.
Then what?!
Well, add the significant push Dianne Watts would get from political power brokers springing out of EVERY CORNER of the political spectrum–including some on the left who don’t like Adrian, and Tieleman must have written his ridiculous column while gripping his Taliban Jack bobblehead and drenched in a cold sweat. Remember Bill’s hatchet job a few years ago on Carole Taylor’s possible run for leader of the BC Liberals? I was still his colleague at 24 Hours, and I thought he was going to have a stroke. Why was Tieleman so worried then–and now? Well, I’ll tell you below, but let’s first look at his flimsy case with respect to this phantom BC Liberal ‘Trojan Horse’ trying to eat up the BC Conservatives.
Bill claims Dr. Allison Patton was pictured with Kevin Falcon and Christy Clark at this summer’s ‘Beans and Jeans’ BC Liberal fundraiser. Well, that’s true. But the facts are quite different from those Tieleman presents. Dr. Patton was INVITED to attend and represent the naturopaths of BC and was a long time contact of Falcon–a Conservative–NOT Clark, as Tieleman alludes. In addition, in order for this fantasy of Tieleman’s to be true, one need go no further than this fact: Patton thinks about as much of Clark as Falcon does. In truth, they hate her. So why help a woman you dislike? If Dr. Patton were motivated as Tieleman claims, it wouldn’t be to help the BC Gliberals, but instead, to unite the right after getting rid of Clark–precisely what Tieleman fears. This is such a huge conspiracy??? It wouldn’t have been a plan if the BC Conservatives had a good leader, but Tieleman also ignores that as well. You see, if that WERE the case, then a larger portion of the center-right splits and Adrian Dix could get caught on an evening out with Ken Boessenkool, and still win the next election handily.
Tieleman then tries to tells us that there is some great significance to former BC Conservative and BC Liberal John vanDongen keeping in touch with BC Liberal MLAs Donna Barnett and Moira Stilwell. It’s significant, claims Tieleman–can’t you hear the oohs and ahhs? No? Ridiculous. Here’s the truth: Stilwell and Barnett despise Christy, as does vanDongen. When vanDongen sat in caucus, Stilwell was usually on one side, with Barnett not far away. They’re friends. So, in Bill’s world, MLAs from different parties shouldn’t talk to one another. No wonder there is so much disunity in this province. We are to adopt the tact of dinosaurs.
Then Tieleman comes around again with the departures from the BC Conservatives by Ben Besler and John Martin. Instead of calling it what it really is, Tieleman couldn’t help by attach that to the BC Conservative convention. But in doing so he assails his own logic: IF the BC Liberals had inside operatives, why are they leaving? Why parachute to the BC Liberals a day before convention? Why not stay and fight? Why the need to dump the Martin defection the day before the convention if their operatives were inside committing to all sorts of skulduggery and destruction? I think during that wine meeting, Tieleman must have been watching ‘From Russia with Love’.
Finally, after producing such flimsy evidence of a BC Liberal infiltration of the BC Conservatives, he ignores that his ‘Tyee’ colleague Will McMartin is the one running the show behind the scenes at BC Conservative central. The Tyee online is a decidedly left wing exercise, with little balance most of the time. So, is McMartin a BC NDP plant, to keep the BC Conservatives alive? Do you see, how anyone can twist facts like Tieleman and come up with the same thin gruel?
Of course, Laila Yuile, who assails her credibility from time to time with ridiculously absurd conspiracies, couldn’t help herself. She suggested in a post plus pictorial worthy of birdcage liner, that Dr. Patton pictures in an naturopathic industry magazine demonstrates her complicity in the ‘Trojan Horse’ hypothesis. Problem, being (and as usual) Laila didn’t dig when it didn’t suit her: Patton has been pictured in that same magazine, with JOHN CUMMINS, more times than with anyone else. Also, the pictures Yuile features of Patton, do include ones with BC Liberals–but in the same pictures as members of the Green Party AND BC NDP.
Nice one, Laila. Yet another boner.
So, let’s cut close to the bone to show you how some conspiracies really work.
Since it was discovered that John vanDongen is going to bat for every British Columbian on the BC Rail/Basi-Virk file, NOT ONCE, did Tieleman pay tribute to John vanDongen–who is, naturally, everyone’s hero. The man is spending at least $100,000 out of his own pocket to try to get to the bottom of what Clark and Co have to hide on the sale of BC Rail.
You’d think Tieleman, who recently lauded the BC Liberals on something as utterly meaningless as allowing you to bring your own wine to BC restaurants, would leap at an opportunity to hail vanDongen a champion of the people for what he’s doing–AND (!!!) on a story Tieleman is heralded as THE trailblazer. No? Wouldn’t that make sense?
Apparently not. Tieleman has gone quiet on BC Rail and Basi-Virk. I can’t imagine why…even Bill’s performance in the Bob Mackin produced CKNW documentary, was loaded with hefty qualifications and statement buffers. He couldn’t even bring himself to tell it like it is.
Why?
Conspiracy? A REAL conspiracy? You be the judge.
Guess who was, not long ago, quietly hired as a consultant to the BCMA–a propaganda arm of the BC Liberals?
Bill Tieleman.
And the contract was given royal assent by none other CEO Alan Seckel. You remember him, don’t you? The man Tieleman and others (including me) told you was responsible for all sorts of Gordon Campbell-mandated, behind the scenes machinations during the trial and subsequent transaction with David Basi and Bob Virk.
Interesting, no?
Who looks like a ‘Trojan Horse’ now, Laila? You tell us sweetheart, since Billy’s busy…
Next time someone complains about me, you tell them I’m respected because I can’t be bought, and won’t shamelessly shill for my end of the political spectrum.
And, no, I’m not necessarily suggesting the BC Liberals found a way to buy Tieleman’s silence on BC Rail. Bill’s an ethical man, after all.
It’s not like he’s biased for any reason.
He’s just biased. It’s an innocent thing, ya know?
Ain’t socialism grand, my darlings? It’s all about the people…ya, right, you betcha.
Jokers.
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WRITER’S NOTE:
I contacted Bill Tieleman this morning for comment on his contract with the BCMA. Tieleman, who will usually respond almost immediately, remains silent.
He’s welcome here, any time, to explain himself.
Laila Yuile will, of course, appear at her leisure and tell me what a meany I am for calling her out.
No wonder people generally disrespect the blogosphere. With soft treatment of stories and crazy conspiracy theories..honestly…what a waste.
But the BCMA angle is interesting, isn’t it?
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The above post preempted more specific coverage on the BC Conservatives freefall and my piece on the failures of social media–many of which contributed to Amanda Todd’s death.
As you note, Bill did outstanding work on the Basi-Virk BC Liberal party BC Rail caper.
Is the BCMA totally beyond redemption i.e. a Liberal party surrogate, Alex?
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I don’t know, and don’t care.
What’s Bill doing there? And under the watchful eye of a former nemesis? It begs explanation against he backdrop of Tieleman’s disregard for vanDongen and soft peddling of the Basi-Virk aftermath.
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I often wondered about that soft peddling. Thank you for the info. I would love to hear Bill’s explanation. I had the displeasure of meeting Seckel once and will never do so again.
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In fact, the Nazis murdered Freemasons with the same relish as they did communists, Jews, Gypsies, the mentally ill and the physically handicapped, and just about everyone who disagreed with their philosophies. (Mind you, it could be that the Masonic regalia was even prettier and more flamboyant than was their own). Remember the words to the song:
Oh when I wore my apron low, he’d follow me through ice and snow;
Now that I wear my apron high, he goes right down my street ,
And passes by!
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HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
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Pardon my language, but what the fuck is in your shisha pipe today, Larry?
Jay-sus.
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Yeah, I don’t do drugs Emily, don’t even know what a shisha pipe is, though it is obvious that you do! My post was merely supporting Alex’s contention that Freemasons aren’t necessarily right wing fanatics, otherwise, why would the Nazis oppose them. It would seem that you and the other 2 dorks haven’t the slightest understanding of history, and don’t have the least understanding of most of the blog threads. Perhaps only Alex would be aware of where I’m coming from in the lyrics to an old song, about “aprons” even if he chose not to acknowledge so. He does have his grumpy moments when I try to get one over on him.
By the way, Emily – do you put food in that mouth of yours? Oh and whiterockj if you are having trouble discerning the subtleties of some of the communications here, you might want to look into some of the millions of blogs that have a total following of a half dozen illiterates.
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I do not discuss Freemasonry other than to acknowledge that it was a privilege to become one.
I think it’s well known what we wear during meetings or ceremonies. Some people find it odd. Good for them.
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Yes, Larry, only you and Alex know what is going on here…….rigggghhhhtttt. And you are so clever, with your wisps of historic knowledge.
Anyway, I was replying to whiterock; thought his reply was amusing.
If that bruised your ego, sorry.
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“My post was merely supporting Alex’s contention that Freemasons aren’t necessarily right wing fanatics, otherwise, why would the Nazis oppose them”
???????????????????????? what does the nazi’s of ww2 killing a group of intellectuals/businessmen that they saw as a possible threat to their rule have ANYTHING to do with the victims political leanings????? or are you suggesting the nazi’s only killed gypsie’s,jews and others who were not right wing?
they killed ANYONE they thought might oppose them. geee how could i have missed that obvious connection?
and strangly enough i am not a freemason and dont know much about them…. why would the majority of people? you know the majority of people larry… the ones alex is posting this all for?
and admittedely my english skills are not great, but having someone refer to me as an illiterate after there second post explaining what they meant in their first post was actually longer…. is well….. comical.
especially considering only half of the explanation even makes sense.
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James1 – you’re really to sensitive, gotta remember it is only a blog and though you know who I am, I have no idea who you are – just so long as you’re having fun!
whiterockj – you seem to have a very serious loathing of me – can’t imagine why!
Now, what’s taking Emily so long? Oh you say, she’s washing out her mouth and refilling the shisha pipe?
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Larry, I actually worked eight hours today and then went right to four hours of school. So while I’m actually stimulating my cerebral cortex, I don’t have time to come here and respond to your somewhat witty reparte.
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Then, why did you?
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Because I have a little pissant streak in me that likes to piss people off every now and then.
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God bless your little pea-pickin’ heart!
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Actually “too sensitive” L.B. So much for the Illiterati.
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My bad!
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“Oh when I wore my apron low, he’d follow me through ice and snow;
Now that I wear my apron high, he goes right down my street ,
And passes by!”
Of course he passed you by – he’s embarrassed – you’ve got your Masonic apron yanked up so high, the surprise Masonic message on your OES classic star thong is showing.
http://www.cafepress.com/+the_oes_star_classic_thong,55199676
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Yow, I wouldn’t wanna try riding a goat wearing one of those…
From the “Lion’s Paw” to the “Moose’s Knuckle”!
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That’s not Job’s Daughters or or the Royal Purple, so it must be Order of the Eastern Star. Ah the mysteries of the pyramids and the labyrinthine ways of the Orient! Very cute, one wonders if the wives of the Knights of Columbus have such exotic basic fundamentals?
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Always a pleasure, Mr. Bennett……….
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Oh Larry, Larry, Larry…. a shisha pipe is like a bong…. and the only reason I know “so much”about it is because when my aunt was in palliative care a few years back the ganga was the only thing that gave her any pain relief in her last few weeks. She wouldn’t smoke it unless someone was with her and I was the only willing family member.
And dear Larry, if you think dropping the f bomb offended you to the very core…. you should hear me at my place of employment. There’s no way one could be a delicate flower where I work and come out of that place alive. You simply grow a thick skin, and accept these are the people you work with, in that particular male dominated industry and if you complain to the shop foreman, they will laugh at you.And that’s the way I’d rather have it. Screw all this political correctness crap where the boys can’t have nudie calendars in the shop anymore because someone might get butthurt offended.
And when one of our suppliers gives out the bikini girl calendars each year (nice ones too), he always gives me what I call the man-ass calendar….. near naked hot men. I have it hanging in my department where customers won;t see it.
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Such intelligent repartee! And these all count in the ‘most read blogger’s’ tally?
And “Tieleman has gone quiet on BC rail and Basi-Virk”. What about AGT? We’re still waiting for “I have something much bigger on the way” regarding CC on June 26th @9:48 The suspense is killing.
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You’re problem John, is that you don’t pay attention, and when you do…
I’ve done several exclusives on Basi-Virk since then, but you’re right, that bomb will wait until I decide to release it–NOT YOU!
It’s frankly none of your goddamned business why that’s not out yet, but I’m gald all my left wingers are out trying to defend Tieleman, on points where he is indefensible.
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John, the problem with lefties like you, is that when AGT is attacking those on the right, you and your hordes fall over yourself to praise him.
But oh no, don’t your dare attack someone on the left. No sir. Then AGT, and we all here, are vile, not intelligent, mean, etc. etc. etc. etc.
John, it’s called balance.
And to answer your question above re: why is AGT the most read blogger.
BALANCE and FAIRNESS.
If someone or some party deserves a thrashing, then they get it, regardless of the political stripe.
Now run along…….
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It’s self-serving of me to write the following, but it needs saying:
That’s the single most accurate comment ever on this blog. It’s inspired me to do a post right now.
Thank you.
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well james…
your implying there was no people on the right tripping over themselves to attack alex when he went after Cummins?
that people who support the liberals have not done the same thing?
that those same people were not singing praise when he wrote things that they liked?
there are people of every political type that have done exactly what you are saying…. and dont want to hear what alex has to say when he turns his eye towards them…..it is not just those on the left.
i like reading tieleman… i know i am getting a biased left point of view, i like reading alex, i know he is usually to the right.
i read both then form my own opinion.
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And Bill Tieleman does some exceptional work.
But we have to now ask what his motivation for doing so is, because, clearly, the altruistic narrative has been dispelled.
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And therein lies the crux of the problem. What is his motivation for taking that contract (other than money).
And whiterock, I am not implying that only the left react as they do, and not anyone else.
I am just being case specific.
And that is why I stated the following:
“If someone or some party deserves a thrashing, then they get it, regardless of the political stripe”
I appreciate your comments.
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Hold on Stubby Fingers. No need to panic. Your still in charge. NEVER, in more than two years of following your blog, have I ever suggested to you when to release your bombs. However, two weeks in this craft is a long time – four months is an eternity.
AND, I never made it MY business why your teaser is not yet out. Its you’re blog, as you never fail to remind us.
And by the way, you’d better throw your compass. Never in over 50 years have I EVER voted NDP. But there always is a first time and its coming!
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“Say six ‘Hail Mary’s’ real fast and your soul will be cleansed of your sins, dear child!! .. unless your are of course a CA dissident of JC Cummins .. then you better go home and pack your ‘speedo’ for where you are going!!
Sorry, eaf .. more sarcasm .. me bad!! I’ll just go away for the rest of the day!
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Am I supposed to be worried or scared you think I’m going to hell?
I’ll say Hail Marys while I’m sipping some very fine Hennessy, thank you very much.
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Oh Emily, I never thought of you as a delicate flower – far from it – at the very least, a Tiger Lily but more probably the Black Dahlia or a Snap Dragon, and please don’t picture me as Monks Hood or Sweet William, more like Stinky Willy, which the Irish prefer to remember William of Orange as, and we won’t get into the vagaries of Orange Men and their off-shoots!
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Well said, James1.
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Excellent column, Alex, & and a huge scoop on the Tieleman thing. MSM? ZZZZZZZ……. Despite political differences I had a lot of respect for him. It’s always a shame when someones squanders their integrity, self-respect, and reputation for money. Never a good trade.
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Bob, do you think Pam Martin feels shame?
Or did integrity, self-respect and reputation never concern her to begin with?
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HAHA. She’s too full of Botox and air.
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Spot on Emily. I didn’t think it bore mentioning.
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Last time I spoke with her (that was a while ago now) she didn’t really have much to say, except “Hi, I’m Pammy.” and then cue airheaded silence.
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Tieleman is out of his mind. This isn’t the first time he’s tried to
earn points with his disciples.
The theory he preseted doesn’t square with the actual outcome.
and Alex, Old Boy, you forgot one.
The world is flat..
and another.
Niel Armstrong did not land on the Moon. It was all filmed at a studio in Hollywood for CBS.
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In the end, I guess it’s all boils down to how you make a living here in British Columbia.
Like a ruling party MLA’s keeping their collective mouths shut for the best part of 10 years while their bosses take “the best place on earth” into a corkscrewing nose dive into the swamp.
Nothing surprises me anymore.
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Wait for the next 10 years when BC has an NDP government.
Boy are you ever going to be surprised…
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If it wins (I have zero confidence in the majority of BC’s citizens), I think the BC NDP will do extremely well. It was a completely different world the last time it governed. The party is older, wiser and certainly it learned from the BC Liberals how not to govern BC, if it wants to exist long-term anyway.
If I’m wrong, well hey, no biggie. The BCCP has also learned some valuable things over the past few years. Such as all it has to do if its next to sit in opposition is SHIT-FUCK-ALL and its turn to govern BC may very well arrive as early as only 2017!
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1) There was one on the knoll, one helping Oswald re-load, one eating chicken in a restaurant to the rear of the motorcase, and one in Nixon’s limo.
2) System is run by Enron executives with assiatnce from Donald Trump
3) Everyone knows the Jamaican bobsled team is responsible for ALL of them.
4) They got the target wrong. It was supposed to be Niagara falls to accomplish #5.
60 The judiciary is run by Mel Brooks.
Ps, Trojan does not make a product appropriate for a horse.
Bill needs to re-think his position.
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“Ps, Trojan does not make a product appropriate for a horse.”
Oh ya!
http://2.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/22/80/28dc07bbd2d3b80a71ee70c7d6ad6f6f.jpg
LOL!
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You forgot that the flu shot is made of animal blood and antifreeze
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Is not the BCMA simply hedging their bets against the predictable outcome of the next Provincial election. Who better to talk and advise about the NDP that Tielema. Think of it as a pre-emptive house call.
As to wing ding “Trojan Horse” conspiracies, is it conceivable that those 2000 mine workers from China will be members of their military or intelligence branches?
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Let me tell you. I’ve received a number of phone calls today about Tieleman’s now revealed possible bias due to his new relationship with someone he told us was the anti-Christ.
Billy ain’t lookin’ to good to the brethren right about now.
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Well, we’ve got a “Jesus Christ”, I guess we needed a “Judas Iscariot” too…
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Brilliant!
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Can I get a “hallelujah”?
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i still dont understand how anyone is confused that there is people who have more Liberal views than the leadership of the BCCP in the party.
the BCCP might as well have not existed 2 years ago and is filling its ranks with people who no longer are willing to support what the BC Liberals have done over the last 11 years, but none the less DID support and vote liberal in the past.
this conspiracy theory also ignores the fact that for years and years whichever version of the conservative party and liberal party existed they have ALWAYS eventually formed a co-operative party to oppose the NDP (i am using the current party names but all 3 parties have gone by various names over the decades)
a photo of a conservative standing next to a liberal is the evidence of a “conspiracy”……….. not for the last 50 years or so afaik….
the comical part imho is that the current BCCP leadership actually thinks they are going to replace the Liberals as the “united right party” without themselves being replaced by more moderate people who the people of BC will find more acceptable.
only one thing is going to happen in the next few years… the center right will unite under a party in the next few years.. it might take 5 or 6 years, but it will happen.
the only question is which party cleans up its act first… do the liberals toss CC and start to show that they want to start having some morals and ethics…. or do the BCCP move more towards center, where more people can support them (this of course means replacing a lot of their current leaders)
at this point, i think its even money. CC IS GONE once the libs get wiped out in may… so that does not give the BCCP much time to find an acceptable leadership group that more center minded people will vote for.
the only wild card i see at this point is who will be replacing CC….. its hard to imagine the Libs could do worse…. but i remember saying that about Campbell…. then the liberals picked the only candidate imho that was FAR worse than Gordo.
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Never been a Tieleman fan due to his overt political affiliations. Thanks for re-affirming my position.
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So you would be if his political affiliations were covert?
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Let me say, that your scoop regarding Mr. Tileman’s now being hired as a consultant to the BCMA, is a real eye opener, to say the least.
I too await his explanation. I hope he takes up your invitation and comments here.
But I am not holding my breath……..
Oh, and btw. Alex, you are being such a bully!
How dare you report the truth.
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My pal Bob Mackin cornered Tieleman earlier today and Bill apparently said he would respond on his own blog. Of course, he couldn’t deny he’s busted, so prepare for great sanctimony about what a swell guy he is and attacks against me galore.
It’s classic Tieleman. At BC NDP leadership convention he was there covering for 24Hours and the Tyee, but saw nothing wrong with openly wearing an ‘Elect Adrian Dix’ button.
That’s journalism, eh?
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“That’s journalism, eh?” Apparently in BC it is.
Integrity is optional, and Mandarin is mandatory!
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You forgot to mention that Hitler and Borrman are alive and well in Argentina, secretly running the government there from behind the scenes.
Oh, and one more. Snooki is a MENSA candidate, but hides that behind her veil of incompetence.
Conspiracies anyone?
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Hahaha…….More like they’re in Victoria. With Goebbels running PAB.
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If the Conservatives can’t get my vote with (pseudo) Jesus, I doubt anyone else would influence my vote sending the clown troupe to the penalty box until all the skack from the ruling years is open for public to purvey and Gordon Campbell is doing the Tennessee two step with a large bald guy in the hoosegow.
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great post alex,
ok bill t prostituted his integrity for a couple of bucks.
we have to ask how many others are out there?
unless a person like dianne watts unites the right it is going to be a ndp coronation,
so we have to ask how many other groups and agencies are hedging thier bets by hiring influential members of the ndp?.
lobbying with out bieng a lobbiest.?
the liberal trough is closing and the ndp trough is starting.
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Yeah, and chats the point.
Is Tieleman the new Kinsella???
Then the NDP don’t deserve to be govt if all they’re going to do is steal the Campbell/Clark playbook send simply change the cover.
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harry lawson is absolutely right, Dianne Watts would be the only hope and she’d have to clean house in a huge way, but if she could be persuaded it would be the best thing that’s happened to the Right in decades.
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Nobody can outdo Kinsella. Period.
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Kinsella. The Puppet Master. Need I say more?
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Now you’ve gone and done it Alex. You have insulted the Saint of Dundas St, who is a holy mix of Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Jesus, and Jimi Hendrix.
Is your mailbox overflowing with hate mail yet?
If the NDP were ever government , they would make a law, life in prison, for any mention of Saint Jack, not in a most leftist manner!
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He was a shameless political whore that had great timing, but was ultimately unlucky.
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Dear Alex,
pardon me for being off topic but what on earth can we do about chairman harper’s new china-canada FIPA agreement which will be passed by nov 1st without parliamentary debate. this makes me very uneasy about the ramifications this new law will open up. is this part of cc’s new vision for bc? she sure seems to be willing to accommodate everyone of late , especially the bctf. when the reporter, Marcella Bernardo asked what if the libs lose, cc replied, we won’t.
In his piece, Nikiforuk defines what is at stake this way:
“By Nov. 1 three of China’s national oil companies will have more power to shape Canada’s energy markets as well as challenge the politics of this country than Canadians themselves…
“The new agreement will not only support more foreign takeovers of Canada’s natural resources, but pave the way for CNOOC’s dramatic $15-billion purchase of Nexen.
“That controversial deal, which the majority of ordinary Canadians oppose, represents the largest-ever overseas takeover of any firm by a Chinese national oil company.”
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I’m not up-to-date on FIPA but was planning on looking into it over the weekend.
As for Christy’s contention that she’ll win: Delusion is her strong suit.
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Just when are the BC Liberals going to throw Christy under the bus? Are they waiting until they lose the next election?
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No, they’re waiting for the bus to arrive at the bus stop.
Driver’s on a break at the Timmie’s next to the bus loop.
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after the next election.
they will blame CC for all that went wrong then try to rebuild.
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Aren’t they already? All the resignations as of late speak really loudly….. El Gorderino must be laughing his ass off as he drinks his Bombay Sapphire in Trafalgar Square…..
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Hooray! Please do Alex. The problem is Harper’s secrecy and contempt for democratic process. If the rumours about what is in this agreement are half true, he is selling us to a communist dictatorship. How can we have an agreement that allows China to set or to fetter our political agenda? All buried in yet another omnibus bill?
I would love to know the truth and if it is as suggested, it really needs to be exposed and those who are true Conservatives who love Canada need to stand up to their own bully.
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FIPA = Chinada
Alex, what is your take on Harper and his approach on FIPA, the Canada-China Foreign Investment Protection Agreement?
Do you think there is merit to this link suggesting he’s selling us out?
http://www.leadnow.ca/canada-not-for-sale?t=te
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No, I don’t. China has been buying us for decades. Their own economic on the brink. They need further investments that can buoy their bottom line. Canada is a safe bet under Harper: steady as she goes economics and measured fiscal plan. They own too much of us and we need to deal with them. It’s the elephant in the room. I’m not happy about it either way.
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I agree we need to deal with them….the problem is that everyone “deals with them” on their terms. Its just part of their 50 year plan – and we are falling for it.
Want to plan for your kids future – teach them how to speak Mandarin.
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I agree. My son and daughters will be dropping French in high school to pursue Mandarin. We’ve already agreed on that. It’s essential.
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The Communist dictatorship known as China Corp. should not be able to buy our companies (energy, telecom, resources) until Canadians can buy theirs. They claim national interest / security to protect themselves. It’s time we did too. They are expanding their Navy, supporting terrorists and there is no real number on what they spend on the military. For all we know it could be more than our friends to the south.
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Wait – While discussing outlandish conspiracy theories, how did you miss this one:
The planet’s climate scientists are in a secret cabal led by Al Gore to institute draconian measures to divert Oil Company assets to the UN and institute World Government.
Oh, right.
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Um, that’s not entirely a conspiracy theory…
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OK here it is. Mitt Romney when at Bain Capital knew he was going to run for President in 2012. Knowing his plan would take twenty years to bear fruition he exported millions of jobs and bankrupted American companies. When he wins, the Chinese will send 24 million jobs back to America over the next 8 years.
The fine print that Mitt didn’t read was that the Chinese were also going to send 24 million Chinese over to fill those jobs.
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Where did you get that from? BC Mary?
Now THAT’S a conspiracy theory.
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No I made it up,tongue was planted firmly in cheek Alex. But I can just imagine some of the Looney Toon excuses that will float should Obama lose. And the scary thing is about all these types of conspiracy people is their absolute belief in the theories. The 9/11 guys have engineering, structural etc. etc. info on their sites that boggle the mind. Of course belief in a old Jewish book of fables is just as preposterous. Belief = the total absence of reason?
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Oh, okay. Gotcha.
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Pssst over here.
Want to buy some carbon credits cheap?
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All this talk of the Libs possibly being re-elected if or when the BCCP implodes overlooks the fact that if the Green vote had gone N.D.P. in the last election the N.D.P. would now be government. I’m sure most of those Green voters have been second guessing themselves for some time now, and I doubt they will split the vote in 2013.
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anyone who thinks that the liberals are getting all the votes back from the BCCP even if they fall apart is delusional.
the entire reason for the meteoric rise of the cons this year has been primarily (almost soley) due to the liberals looking like corrupt, incomptent idiots, and people looking for ANYWHERE else to park their support.
many might go back, but i would guess most of the current BCCP supporters would either stay home, vote independent or….. gasp…. vote NDP just to get rid of the liberals and CC. why not… Cummins understood last election that even the NDP is better than having the current version of the liberals.
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Complete agreement.
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What evidence do you have that those that voted for the Green Party in the last provincial election would have otherwise supported the NDP instead of another party, an independent candidate or just stay home?
Or is this another example of a conspiracy theory?
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I know you won’t print them or Billwon’t post them here Alex, so I will.
These are quotes from BT’s blog today.
I think you hit a nerve here……..a deep nerve that might go back a ways.
“But I won’t take criticism like that from someone who not once attended a session of the Basi-Virk pre-trial hearings or the trial over all those years.”
Gee that’s funny…..I seem to remember a lot of play by play from you at the court house.
“Lastly, I do not disclose who my clients are any more than Alex discloses his clients or his sources of income or anyone else in the business world does.”
Here is where the rubber meets the sky. A bit sensitive I’d say.
I receive some of my income from the CNIB, Beacon Community Services, Victoria Cool Aid, along with other great organizations……so that statement is inaccurate.
You know it just started to dawn on me……you don’t think Laila planted that Tsunami Harley for Bill and his brother to find do you?
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I see BT has recanted his lie about your not attending a BC Rail court case.
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I suggest that there are many in the NDP “grassroots” who believe all 6 theories on your list.
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id suggest that their are bat shit crazy people who support every political party.
i would also suggest that the party any one of those people claims they support does not support their views.
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Gotta second that. I know some of them myself. It’s the water exports to the USA paranoia that always boggles me. Maybe that’s because it’s a uniquely Canadian nutbar delusion while the others are believed by widely spread whackos.
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http://billtieleman.blogspot.ca/
Case closed I guess? Appears Tieleman is taking a page out of Clark and the Liberal’s play book.
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Of course. And I’ll reply tomorrow.
Why wouldn’t act like Christy? He’s taking money from her side!!!
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Christ, I find Tieleman’s blog boring. I much prefer your style, AGT. No bullshit, just the facts and you write with flair. I wish I had your writing talent.
….well, actually, I sort of do, but I need the help of a good copy editor.
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I agree with you . Went there to check out the story and the only thing of interest was a picture of dummy looking wide enough to pull the carriage that was sitting in back.
I will keep my daily reading here just because I can believe most of what is presented by everyone. Although the conspiracy theories didn’t once mention aliens feeding the Germans advance info even 1 time.
Excellent as usual.
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Not to mention Tieleman’s blog layout suuuuuuucks. All those pictures of him and whoever on the sidebar scream egotistical prick to me. But what do I know? I’m just a smartass girl from the wrong side of the tracks that for some absurd reason the Liberals love.
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When I read Laila’s piece on this story, and a few of the comments back and forth between the two of you, I didn’t notice any insults from her towards you.
I also read several of the other comments on Laila’s article by people giving their opinion about how they feel about you, a few not so flattering, but I would think you could care less about that.
Of course and no doubt those comments would be totally considered absurd to you, how could they say/think that about you ?.. conspiracy theories no less almost sounds like.
Wow, when the right feels the need to stomp all over the left bloggers, for whatever reasons, they really stomp, don’t they? Ouch! Perhaps they must feel so much better about themselves afterwards. Mind you, Laila calls herself non-partisan. I have seen her go toe-to-toe on NDP nonsense as well.
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Total bull. It’s the hypocrisy.
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A little off topic.
But did I not hear CBC’s Mr. Smart (or not so smart) report that it is conceivable that the BC Gov (cc) could reach an agreement with the BCTF next Spring, based on the fact that they did so recently??? WTF?
I can’t bear to watch him report anymore and won’t.
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You can’t be seroius. This is a pile of crap.
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Can you be more specific with your scatological assertions?
Tieleman’s shameful position is crap or my post is crap? Pls explain.
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Between the “bimbo” eruptions in Victoria and the shifting fealties and values of various political pundits, I would be very interested in knowing what Alex thought of the 2nd presidential run-up debate.
I was only able to watch less than half (the first half) of the debate, but I do recall Ms Crawley, the moderator, telling Mr. Romney that he would definitely be given a chance to answer a couple of bombs dropped at the end of some of Mr. Obama’s comments. She promised him that any over-runs in time allotted to Obama would be made up later on.
However, the last I’ve heard is that the President got between 4 and 5 minutes more air time than the Republican. Now we hate to sound whiney here, but given the extent and importance of the debate, this seems to be a huge disparity of very important exposure. That said, I again thought it was a pretty evenly balanced in content. Still, Mr. Obama wasn’t swooning about the podium as well as when he has it to himself.
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Obama needed a knock out and didn’t get it. Far from it, he was miserable, angry and unpresidential.
Another Romney win, although not as decisive as the first. Simple stuff. And obvious.
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So who do you think will be the next President of the United States?
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I hope Romney, but I fear some last minute trick by Obama’s cabal.
It’s really way too close to call.
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I’m kinda on the fence. You know how I feel about womens’ reproductive rights and I think the Romney camp seems to think it’s okay to strip away those rights. But then again, Obama hasn’t been the shining star we thought he would be…..
Obamacare. Thoughts on that?
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In EIGHT YEARS George W. Bush ramped a deficit that Obama eclipsed in four.
Go further.
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Romney’s wife speaks and answers questions as though she were in a cult.
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I don’t know where yiure seen that. She’s his biggest asset. A very down to earth woman for someone of such wealth.
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A bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities?
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“A bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities?”
This sorry bunch can barely bring themselves to criticize Iran. No, it won’t be anything so dramatic. Just taking individual states to court for trying to prevent voter fraud may give Obama a 2nd term.
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You never know. He sent Navy Seals after Osama bin Laden. Iran is now in an economic turmoil and the risk is minimal. Americans are not fans of Iranian nukes.
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Stuck at the office doing some computer maintenance work, I watched almost the entire debate — something I’d not normally do. Romney mentioned Canada twice, which to the best of my knowledge is two more times than it ever has been in presidential debates. The first was on the energy question, where he stated that he “can’t understand why we’re not building that pipeline” meaning the Keystone XL. The second was on the tax question near the end of the debate, where he stated that American corporate tax rates are some of the highest in the developed world, while Canada has a corporate tax rate of 15% (which is correct if you’re only talking about federal taxes). Have to say that Romney was actually pretty impressive.
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Romney has a fair shot at a term in the White House. Obama is all talk without too much substance and reveals almost total misunderstanding of basic macroeconomic concepts. Romney is a way better candidate than the incumbent.
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I quite agree. Obama is a failure who doesn’t deserve another term.
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Why did NATO go into Iraq again?
What was it that Colin Powell showed us at the UN again?
Opium production in Afghanistan is down right?
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Oh, good grief…
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Is there something in the water the last few days? A lot of people are behaving like they’re drinking paint thinner. Good grief.
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so Tielman is working for the BCMA. I don’t care. I like some of his postings & others not. People hve to make a living and sometimes that means working for people we don’t always share an opionion with. If he is happy about the wine in the resturants and he wants to complement the government on it, good for him.
As to appering in pics with people who have opposite political positions, people might want to know, that at one time in Canada, people might have belonged to other political parties but were actually quite friendly with each other outside of their legislatures & the House of Commons. there are rumours some even married each other back in the day. I wish we might hve more of that today.
Not all bloggers are equal but I do believe most of them try their best. I think its a shame they go after each other because frequently they have the same message, they just don’t agree on how to get to the goal. Yes, I understand the word hipocracy, even if I don’t spell it correctly.
It could be the BCMA is looking to build a few bridges before there is a change of government or they get wiped out by a new organization. On the other hand, back in the day, I do recall a unionized computer business couldn’t make a go of it because unions wouldn’t buy their product. They said it cost more than the others. How do I know? I was one of those unionists who had to dump from great heights & deadly accuracy on my boss the union president to get him to go with the more expensive, unionized product & firm.
I came to the conclusion, a long time ago–when I was a kid, everybody does what they think will get them through life. Some can afford to maintain their principles because they have the money. Some maintain their principles because there is no money worth loosing their principles over.
I enjoy reading most of the political blogs. As a leftie I enjoy this blog because it has a number of redeeming features as does the writer. I view things this way, I’m a leftie but if my party, NDP, started to act like the lieberals once they become government I would leave them to join a more principled group, if I couldn’t change it from the inside. Some times people don’t agree on how to get there but they do agree on end result. Some times people don’t agree on the end result but agree how to go somewhere.
I realize there are bloggers you don’t really like you. (o.k. they are less than flattering when discussing you.) I have concluded you are a rightie. However, you do have the redeeming features, you don’t like child poverty, you don’t like dirty hospitals, you don’t like “dirty dealing”. works for me. I would like it if people/bloggers would quit slapping each other around. We have bigger problems than who is the best blogger or most principled. Most of us agree, the lieberals need to go on vacation & the BCCP isn’t the replacement. I would like to see a right party so there can be an opposition which can do its job. No one is perfect.
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Then go to your own and get them to clean up their acts.
Tieleman’s position is offensive and indefensible.
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eaf are you on twitter?
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no I’m not on twitter or any other drug. I finally managed email & that is about as far as it goes. The appeal of “twiter” etc never made it for me. I always thought, “twit”.
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Since 2003, child poverty has been reduced by 45% in BC. To reduce something, it has to be at a high point … who had the keys in the decade before?
BTW: BC is now in the shameful position of 2nd worst. Any guesses which province is now the worst? HINT: the only NDP government left in the west.
Regarding ” dirty hospitals” … try to get at least a little informed, your solid position of ignorance gets a bit tiresome.
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“Since 2003, child poverty has been reduced by 45% in BC.”
Really? Wow, Everything I’ve read about poverty in BC must have had it wrong. Can you please provide your evidence? I would love to read it I certainly wouldn’t want to write something on a blog without first gathering some facts. Might sound a little stupid in fact.
And it would be great if you could clear up the whole ‘dirty hospitals’ thing too. I feel that I may have the wrong impression about that as well. If you get a chance it would great if you could please provide me with something to refute what may be my misconception here as well…
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I agree. One may wonder where “∞² says:” has taken the statistics from. BTW, the whole comment doesn’t make sense to me. From what I know the child poverty rate in BC went dramatically up since Gordonokkio and his band of merry thieves took over, and started falling since 2003 but is still remaining above Canadian average holding a place of honour; the worst in the land in 2011 (http://www.vansunkidsfund.ca/2011/12/the-truth-about-child-poverty-b–has-had-the-highest-rate-in-canada-for-eight-years/).
Here’s the link to a comprehensive study: http://www.firstcallbc.org/pdfs/economicequality/3-reportcard2011.pdf .
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You read to much NDP/Union propaganda.
Child Poverty
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/06/18/bc-child-poverty.html
The Stats Canada page:
http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a03?lang=eng&pattern=202-0801..202-0809&p2=31
The relevant table is 202-0802
“dirty hospitals”
A phrase dreamed up by either lazy or stupid union workers to discredit non-union cleaning workers. This one you can try to do yourself … I know, thinking for yourself is hard … but try.
Google c difficile. Google will offer you some variations … try it with UK, Canada, Ontario. Now this is the hard part – how many of those deaths can you correlate with non-union cleaning staff?
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Forgive.me but you must be kidding.
We’re second and things somehow an accomplishment. That’s only because Manitoba skyrocketed.
Gimme a break.
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It is I that must ask for forgiveness. I think there are times that things are slightly more complicated than a socialist chant or a bumper sticker slogan … hence my comments. I hardly believe that “we are 2nd worst” is much of an accomplishment.
That being said, under the BC NDP we trended to the apex of child poverty. The Manitoba NDP finally beat us to the bottom. Why don’t the Manitoba NDP adopt the plan the BC NDP have? No one wants to be worst.
Truth be known, I strongly suspect the numbers are greatly influenced by how the native community is measured – numbers and methods that are protected by the poverty industry. Since the poverty numbers have dropped by 45% since 2003, have the number of employees in the Ministry dropped by an equal amount?
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“You read to much NDP/Union propaganda.”
Should be ‘You read too much NDP/Union propaganda.’
And no. I don’t read union or NDP propaganda. The fact that you use the phrase lazy or stupid in reference to hospital workers reveals much about your character and certainly your choices in propaganda.
Thinking is not hard. Even gerbils do it. Try critical thinking for a change. Maybe you should google it.
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EAF – you started eleven sentences with the word “I”……
I wonder what Freud would say about that……
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I don’t know what Freud would say about that, but I’ll be sure to check with a shrink. I think I might as a shrink why you felt a need to count the number of times I started a sentence with “I” I’m not even that enthralled with my writing to go back & count it.
Now if you are perhaps suggesting I have a problem, its like this, at the age of 63, it is all about ME. After having done 28 years of volunteer & community work the next 28 yrs are all about “I”/me.
If you have any suggestions as to how “I” may alter my writing style to eliminate “I”s please feel free to share.
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Try passive voice: responsibility for opinions and actions are dispelled to implicit pronouns. Stock-in-trade of politicians and social scientists…hilarious to hear the the latter argue that it somehow eliminates bias.
Think of Reagan on Iran-Contra: ‘Mistakes were made’.
I was once criticized on a poli-sci paper when I said, ‘I will argue that…’. Wonder if he’d have been happy if I’d said ‘It will be shown that…’
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Excellent points eaf, we must discuss the issues not attack people.
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Give it a rest. Only because a left winger revealed himself as a hypocrite.
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You imply its OK for a right winger to reveal himself as a hypocrite.
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No, I don’t at all. My point is that because Tieleman is left wing the boo birds on the left have come out. If it was a right wing pundit who gother caught like this, you’d be all over this post including anything I wrote about said pundit.
Two standards. Totally unfair.
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dont forget Alex, LEFTIES are ENTITLED to a double standard
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Look, I don’t deny Tieleman the right to earn a living. But for too long, he’s been in a conflict of interest. HE shouldn’t even be writing.
He’s either a PR consultant, or he’s a pretend journalist with clients in the realm of his writings.
This particular contract with the BCMA is lucrative and totally offside for Tieleman as a “journalist.” In his columns, he should’t touch healthcare or anything related to unions–but he does anyway!
What does this say about the state of the media today???
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Now I’m no right winger, but it does seem like the lefties cry all sorts of leftist propaganda and then turn around only to shoot their toes off their feet. Bravo, you lefties, bravo.
I’m generalizing here, people.
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I am but a lowly machinist…a neophyte on the political thing, not qualified to comment…however, that has never stopped me. If everyone was to read this thread a year from now I think the comment from that guy in that debate that said “This reminds me of the legislature and here’s a classic example of why nothing ever gets done in the Province of British Columbia” would ring true. Balance is a word spoken often on this blog….Tielman has said and done some goofy things and so has AGT (well, OK, I better reword the goofy part if ever to be allowed on again)….but by and large they both have integrity (unless the neophyte part is kicking in) and are working towards an improvement in the current situation…all be it from different sides of the spectrum. I am a redneck environmentalist with a lot of behaviour that could be considerd inconsistent…but…the trend in that behaviour is a good one. I admit the last few years in this province has turned me into a low level conspiracy theorist. In that vein, I say “they” are more than happy to see all this kafuffle while contracts get signed before the next election.
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That being said…if there was any involvement in the Dix voting thing it would be a pretty big minus on the integrity side. Not wanting to have a double standard, I took that voting issue to heart when choosing a new financial institution to deal with. Ironic in a way, because it was the reporting on the BC Rail financial deal that prompted me to change in the first place.
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AGT, can you explain Freemasonry to me in an email? I know you don’t want to bring it up here and that’s cool with me.
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Sure, happy to do that over the weekend.
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Would you mind sending me an e-mail copy of your Freemasonry explanation? It would be greatly appreciated.
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Sure. I’ll do that this weekend.
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Thank you
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Freemasonry is a the largest fraternal organization in the world as well as the oldest. It’s mandate, so to speak, is to make good men better. It is not a secret society as some would have you believe but a society with secrets, which can be argued are in the open domain today.
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Absolutely correct.
I’m proud of it, too!
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Awesome!
I’m proud to be……… um…… the one who spied on Clucky?
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Glen Clark is a good guy. For the most part was a very good premier and dumb for dealing with his neighbor that built his deck. Mike Harcourt was far too honest and honourable a man to hold the title of Premier of this province. Wee Davey Barrett should have been the leader of the Federal NDP, and did some great things for this province, Hows that for conspiracy theory kids? And lastly….the fast cats were great boats that should have gone full throttle to Seattle and back. They would still be running today. I hate it when I am right all the time….
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The fast cats were very good boats. they could full stop within one length, pretty phenominal for their size. They got high praise from the international people involved with the build and sea trials. They were just not the right boats for B.C. Ferries.
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Complete agreement. That’s why I was also one of the people advocating for routes to Seattle.
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For history buffs, there was a short-lived Victoria-Seattle hydrofoil service in the early eighties. i seem to remember that the plan was to work up to a Victoria-Vancouver-Seattle triangle. It failed after one season but I don’t recall why.
Given that Hong Kong has been running a catamaran service to Macau for ever, I’ve never grasped why we can’t conquer the Salish Sea. The Macau service takes 45 minutes to cover 65 kilometers and costs about $35 one-way. Granted we wouldn’t have the traffic volume but that looks like a pricing issue. Do any readers know what physical/regulatory obstacles there might be to running such a service?
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Re Bill Tielman : Socialism is good for the people, not the socialist.
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Yep. Apparently so.
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Slightly off topic – yet interesting sidebar: Quebec’s new Premier shows she’s adaptable and willing to learn – as well as compromise – CC take note:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-premier-floats-idea-of-tax-credits-to-attract-plan-nord-mining-investment/article4617814/
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It;s one thing to promise the proles a revolution, another thing to cover their welfare cheques. Even socialists eventually learn that all the money in the world comes directly or indirectly from business activities.
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just a thought we have witnessed what has happened to the city of vancouver under visions leadership.
it is up to mr dix to ensure the same does not happen to bc if he is crowned.
or does he owe to many favours to the unions and non profits?.
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Great question!
OVer to you, Adrian…
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umm harry…
dont you think he owes a lot more to gordon campbell and christy clark for essentially setting him up for what might as well be an uncontested election?
hey i am not going to deny that the unions and ndp have more in common that the libs and unions… but it is the liberals that are giving the ndp power imho.
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Good job on the Bearded One, Alex. The self-anointed need to get skewered regularly, just to keep ‘em in line.
Much awaiting your piece on Seibring&Co. Soon, please, soon…
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The fast cats were great boats?maybe but stainless steel and aluminum might look good together(nice and shinney) but don’t put them together anywhere near salt water….They actually launched one of them without putting zinc on it…you would think some of the people that got paid huge money to design them would know this.I only rode on one once and noticed right away all of the pipes were stainless
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So, whats wrong with stainless! One of the biggest issues with any ship I’ve ever worked on is RUST! You can paint steel, galvanize steel anything you want but you can’t stop it from rusting, and it will corrode which in turn screws with the integrity of the material. I’ve dealt with parts that have had stainless overlay on them and when I get the parts to repair the steel is rusted away but the stainless is just like new. Stainless certainly costs more but in the long run you have less structural issues and less down time.
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You bet stainless is wonderfull but don’t put it anywhere near aluminum and salt water it turns to crap!!!!!
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I had some respect for you Alex but … #2, #3, and #4 are FAR MORE CLOSER to reality then what has been accepted as fact. The way you wrote the statements using words like Illuminati, NWO, etc, etc obfuscates the issue.
To label me a fool for believing that 9/11 was in fact planned event is sad. Very sad. It is a relfection on you and your aims as well.
9/11 to my generation is one of the most important events of our lives. It woke us up. It made us aware.
As Obama’s true mentor Zbigniew Brzezinski put it, “For the first time in history almost all of humanity is politically activated, politically conscious and politically interactive. Global activism is generating a surge in the quest for cultural respect and economic opportunity in a world scarred by memories of colonial or imperial domination”
He’s right. We are aware…. while HELLO Magazine and the CBC have us falling over ourselves in reverence of the Queen and her Monarchy, we know the truth. We know what the City of London is. What it controls. What it has done to humanity…..
I dont know how old you are, but believe me when I tell you, OUR generation of 20-35 year olds know what happened on September 11, 2001. We have researched, we have read, we have compared both sides of the arguments. If you can stand up and explain how Building 7 came down, I will stand corrected. But you can’t. No one can. The official narrative doesnt even address Building 7. But hey, I must be a wing-nut right???? What brought down that building??? That is one of the most important questions of this century. It needs an answer because the following 10 years of global murder demands that answer. Why Afghanistan? Why Iraq? Why Iran? Why Syria?…. why?….. I am not questioning the 2 towers, or the weird object that hit the pentagon, or the other flights. Just building 7. Man, it came down real nice and even.
“The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, and more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.” — President Abraham Lincoln
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You need to check in with someone before you hurt yourself or someone else. You’re delusional.
There are AMPLE explanations from respected engineers as to how Building 7 collapsed.
You would have easily found them if you were so marvelously researched.
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Building 7 is thoroughly researched and your derision towards the issue is sad. The official NIST explanation is not plausible.
I focus on building 7 because it is one of the most glaring and obvious holes in the entire story.
Please provide your audience here with your sources for how the building 7 collapse is plausible? A building untouched by any aircraft with a few small fires burning on a few upper floors came down at free fall speed and collapsed entirely on itself.
It took me awhile to come to terms with it. Years and years. I don’t speak about it often anymore. But your opening post struck a chord.
Millions of lives lost yet you want to cast the whole issue aside and label truth seekers crazy. Your part of the problem on this one AGT.
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You mischaracterized my statements and are clearly confused.
Seek help.
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Thanks Alex. It was time for Tielman to be knocked down a few pegs from his socialist perch. He milked Basi-Virk for all its work and then post-deal sulks away to get fatter with the BCMA gig. You’re the only one who has been giving van Dongen his due credit. Just a footnote on the BCCP thing; I am sure I am not alone in feeling a wee bit tired of people saying the only person who can unite the right is the Mayor of Surrey. C’mon folks. Get real. There’s lots of leadership talent out there better than Cummins. Personally, I don’t want another mayor or other politician as premier. How about a non-politician with business sense and common sense who will unite the middle class against opportunistics of all stripes who aren’t selling out B.C.? Someone with principles like Alex. Seriously though, it’s not that hard to improve on the current situation. The obstacle we all know, is that there boneheads who voted to keep Cummins and allowed Siebring to get the presidency of the party and to have a stacked executive which is not respresentative of the silent majority in this party, and which limits our ability to attract a broader tent of support. Remember as well, a lot of new members like myself didn’t get our mail-in ballots sent to us, and those that couldn’t make it to the convention were denied their votes. So, we either get a special emergency meeting and have another vote, and make a deal for Mr. Cummins to bow out gracefully and let us having a winning chance of being a strong opposition to the NDP after May, or we have a complete socialist sweep. It’s up to you John. Do the right thing for the party. And Mr. Tielman, please no more lectures.
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