(UPDATED) The BC Liberal Convention: Christy’s Free-Enterprise Fraud Days
It is remarkable, indeed, how Christy Clark continues to survive in a BC Liberal party that is demoralized and despondent, and in no small part, due to her viral fabrications about what a marvelous job her government has done and the amateur-hour leadership she continues to provide.
You didn’t hear either of those two complaints over the weekend, because the spin was in. And most of the people who would be principled enough to complain (or request that she leave) are long gone from the party.
“We’re united!” claimed the talentless Ms. Clark.
I suppose she had to say that, with almost a half dozen constituencies anxiously waiting (and telling anyone in the party who would listen) to vote against her should a leadership review be available. Oh yes, a leadership review. The one that didn’t happen because everyone is so happy with the premier. Honestly, I’m amazed that this intel doesn’t hit the rest of the media.
Clark is so in over her head, that it cannot be underestimated how far down this merry band of hucksters will descend in the polls prior to the next election. Regardless, be quite prepared for their wipe out.
“We’re going to win the next election, because, this, this was a big step in beating the NDP,” claimed the premier.
Oh no it wasn’t.
1) Volunteers were at an all-time low. Never in the party’s history have they had to pay so many for so little. Even at Gordon Campbell’s lowest they could count on at least a dozen constituency associations calling the party prior to convention and offering specific help. This time, NOT ONE call.
2) Money: Other than those delusional enough to believe there is any hope, the big money is hedging their bets by placing major money with the BC NDP, too. This is devastating to the government. It means that on operational dollars, many of their traditional donors will be matching monies dollar for dollar; Liberal and NDP. I was at the most recent BC NDP fundraising dinner, as a guest, and I can tell you it was just like the Campbell dinners of 1999: all the major players–well, most of them anyway, didn’t hesitate to drop $3,500 – $5,000 cheques on the NDP. The room was packed with 950 strong, to the extent that there was hardly any room for the media. Think about it: there were more active participants at an NDP one-night-only, downtown fundraiser, than there were for the government at a three day convention in one of the most prestigious winter destinations in the world. Tell us again, premier, how well you’re doing?
3) For free enterprise Friday, Phil Hockstein offered several BC Conservative leaders, including constituency presidents, “free rides” to the convention. Who paid for such an extravagance? What else would be offered? Is this how the BC Liberals intend on having us believe that they are confident of a win??? They are so brimming with faith they will be victorious, that one of their top lickspittles is offering rides to constituency presidents of a third party plummeting in the polls. Translation: they’ll need every single vote not to fall below six seats, but will settle on something less than a dozen.
4) Star candidate sightings were few and far between. An interesting footnote remains that the premier’s brother, Bruce Clark–of BC Rail fame (Erik Bonrmann claimed that Clark bribed Dave Basi), is thick in the middle of vetting candidates, particularly in the Lower Mainland. I guess after he chased away Joe Trasolini, this was considered such a huge success story in the BC Liberal book, that he’s back on to add to the pain. Unbelievable. Li’l sis sure knows when to call in the big guns…
5) During the closed session(s), where media were excluded, the kind of fluff offered was equal to that of their leader. The push to seed the decertification of BC TF membership was a beauty, among others. I’m not sure how they’d pull that one off but it wasn’t just one or two making the inbred cousins on the BC Conservative side look sane. One delegate was adorned with a special lapel pin: ‘Fuck the BCTF’. And yet another: “Remember the SOCIALISTS.” Sure you’re going to have a decade’s long labour peace with the teachers, Christy. Sure, you are…
6) The entire convention was so highly scripted, one MLA remarked: “I’ve never been to a worst show in my life. It’s great that Buffalo Bill’s was packed at midnight with all our people–I suppose that’s what conventioneers do, have fun–but at the caucus meeting Thursday night in Squamish, all we got was more cheerleading. It was depressing, frankly, as there was no path to victory presented, no real discussion of how she’s going to pull anything off, just more empty claims. I don’t know how Christy does it. She just lies through her teeth and some people like Shirley (Bond) and others must be so stupid that they actually believe her. Alex, I hate to say it, but you are right. Christy is completely unworthy of that office, and it’s so obvious, only her blind supporters won’t acknowledge it. I think vanDongen had it right, too; with her, we’re doomed. Anyway, the rest of the convention was more of the same. Every one of her defenders was spinning the same bullshit about how we were going to beat Adrian. No, we’re not. It just won’t happen; not under this premier.” As if that wasn’t damning enough, at any open session when the party thought yet another bozo eruption likely, they put out Stock Day or Senator Gerry St. Germain. Where were their MLAs??? Where are their stars???
7) The real numbers were more like 750 attendees over THREE days. Not the 1200 they claim attended and stayed. And that counts MLAs and staff, etc. And this from a party whose eventual “winner” (read: cheater) claims to have signed up over 20,000 members. They couldn’t get 1000 people to show up! Kevin Falcon and Christy Clark alone, claim to have signed up almost 40,000 new members. Well, where were they? At least 2500 of them. Nowhere, and it’s not just because of the staging that there was “peace”, but because half the people who voted BC Liberal in 2009, are now either with the BC Conservatives, BC NDP or will vote with their feet and stay home–such is the unpopularity of this premier; such is the enmity against her and the BC Liberal brand. Is this not the time to have shown your strength? It’s the last convention before the election, and this is all they can muster??? Spin and lies? Buffered by contrived slanders about the opposition and viral scare-mongering?
Never mind her unpopularity with women, Christy Clark is leading her party, to steal a popular theme of the last 24 hours, straight into the eye of the hurricane.
And there is no one that can save them now.
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UPDATE:
Guess what the number one issue is that Christy has been told she should go into the election with?
I’ll tell you tomorrow.
You’re not going to believe it, but it’s true.
These people MUST be out of their minds to think they’re going to get away with this.
Stay tuned.
What is behind the political reporters anyway that the pander fluff instead of facts? Over a 1000 in attendance when news clips show large groups of empty seats? Is government advertising that powerful? Oh! I forgot it is and the owners know government dollars more important than facts.
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I know. It’s just stunning how they get away with that.
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Too bad the MLA talking about the scripted caucus meeting has no balls to leave the Liberal Party and become an independent. This tells me that the MLA either is not running in the next election or is hedging on the bet that he/she will be one of the few Liberals elected. Easy to moan about Shirley Bond believing in Christy, but what has this MLA done to get rid of the Premier? These jelly fish MLA’s are the reason the Liberals are in the position they are…gutless cowards. Such a chicken shit MLA gets no respect from me.
In 1991, only 5 MLA’s had the gonads to public denounce Vander Zalms as Premier. If only a majority of the Socred MLA’s had any respect for the public in 1991, there would most likely be a Social Credit Party today in Government….the Party that built BC under the Bennett’s.
Not 1 Liberal MLA has the guts to publicly go against Christy…. These weak individuals are who some of the electorate entrusted their faith with. Yikes. How can these Liberal MLA’s stare at themselves in the mirror and truly be proud of their role in this Government. Problem is that so many of them feel they are now part of the Cabinet (which they are not) since being appointed Parliamentary Secretaries since Cabinet was already full of followers of the Leader. Keep the MLA’s happy with such appointments….pat them on the head and they will kiss the Premier’s ass. That is strong leadership…….May 2013 is too far away!!
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People who wear pins at a convention maligning certain professionals are proving they are uneducated trailer trash……collecting a paycheque off of the tax payer instead of calling an election !
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Oh Sir Alex… I want the BCTF destroyed. The BCTF Kremlin on 550 West 6th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – go look it up on Google Maps or Google Earth, it’s a beautiful building – got an easy break they don’t deserve.
“The push to seed the decertification of BC TF membership was a beauty, among others. I’m not sure how they’d pull that one off but it wasn’t just one or two making the inbred cousins on the BC Conservative side look sane. One delegate was adorned with a special lapel pin: ‘Fuck the BCTF’. And yet another: “Remember the SOCIALISTS.” Sure you’re going to have a decade’s long labour peace with the teachers, Christy. Sure, you are…astounding…”
I agree. Christy Carter and her colleagues are engaged in policies of APPEASEMENT for not deciding to allow membership in the BCTF be voluntary. Just voluntary and yet the BCLibs backed away. APPEASERS!
What part of the BCTF is run by socialists and communists does this Premier and her clique not understand? That a heavy hand is always necessary against the Soviet Union of the Public Sector Unions?!?
I await your replies friends.
Josef
P.S. If you wonder why Sir Alex why so many hard core BCLibs – not Christy Party but real BCLibs who want their Gordon Campbell bobbleheads and their autographed posters of right-leaning BCLib Caucus members – want to damn the BCTF to hell, watch this from 8 minutes, 9 seconds in: http://youtu.be/RMGg4sJHoVI?t=8m9s
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“Christy Carter and her colleagues are engaged in policies of APPEASEMENT for not deciding to allow membership in the BCTF be voluntary. Just voluntary and yet the BCLibs backed away. APPEASERS!”
earth to josef… what do you not get about the supreme court of BC ruling the last deal the liberals forced on the BCTF being illegal? what part of the members of a union can vote to de-certify if they choose do you not get??? appeasement??????? yeah, i guess… IF YOUR DEFINITION OF APPEASEMENT IS VIOLATING PEOPLES HUMAN RIGHTS.
“What part of the BCTF is run by socialists and communists does this Premier and her clique not understand? That a heavy hand is always necessary against the Soviet Union of the Public Sector Unions?!?”
ummmm… the leaders of the BCTF are elected by the membership of their union. so what you are really saying is that the majority of teachers in BC are communists…..
WAKE UP JOSEF. your tenuous grip on reality is fading fast….. AGAIN.
ohh and just in case you have not checked in the last day or two… stalking is still illegal in Canada.
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Good points WRJ. Since when is belonging to a union bad? As a salesperson of large ticket items most of my life, they (Union folk) are among the only people left that can afford to purchase/finance these things. Of course entrepreneurs and northern resource workers (some union, some not) can afford to as well. I don’t understand why people like Josef want everyone earning $10.25 per/hour. Perhaps a socialist Utopia/Animal Farm type collective?
The other motion voted down was to not allow unions to support political parties, despite the courts allowing it. I for one would back the total blocking of money to campaigns, all of it, corporate and union alike.
Speaking of money Alex any thoughts of a future column on the sale of Canada to China Corp? Speaking of Communist dictatorships Josef.
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The vast majority of union members are salt of the earth people.
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Thank you.
Never understood this hate-on for those that are in a union.
Just like every other organization, they have good members, and bad.
Stannis: Bang on with your comment.
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Oddly enough, I find most of the union bashers are kids of parents who worked in unions…making their university educations possible. Now they’re at the top, they want to yank the ladder to everyone but their own spawn.
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Gisele, not me.
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Josef. Change BCTF to LPofBC and just maybe the light in that small orb on the top of your neck will light up. Just how can you even equate teachers with the looting of the Provincial treasury by this crowd of idiots in the legislature in Victoria? At least the elected head of the BCTF doesn’t spout rhetorical lies day in and day out. BCFerries, BCHydro, BCRail, BCforests, Etc. Etc. the list goes on and on and on and on. Who are you anyway? Gordon Campbell?
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The biggest fan of Gordon Campbell there ever was.
Burgess, well not the biggest but you get the idea.
The BCTF is led by a bunch of people who never have understood business and want to tax & spend for-ever. After all, they for months demanded a 15% pay increase and other demands that were in the Billions.
Hence my comments.
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Josef:
The 15% pay increase (over 3 years) was the BCTF’s opening proposal on what was intended to be a starting point for negotiation. It was never a demand.
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The BCTF stuck to it for too long to believe that.
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For what it’s worth, I’ve recommended to the BCTF bargainers that they pick more realistic targets for the next round — and test them on a focus group before releasing the starting positions to the press and teacher-haters.
We’ll see where that goes.
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Good idea Mr. Stewart. I concur.
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You know, honestly, I just thought Josef was satire. You telling me this is actually what you-Josef think?
Seek help.
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Keep up your blather.
Blah, blah, blah.
Making membership in the BCTF voluntary should be perfectly fine. Let people choose – after all many teachers vote BCLiberal. A friend of mine in the BC Conservatives who is not too thrilled w/ John Cummins anymore also has had teachers whisper that they’d vote BC CON long, long before the BCNDP.
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Clark and Co are engaged in full scale corruption beyond what anyone has even been talking about, why are pipelines, and copper mines being backed by the CPP? Amazed not a word of it is being mentioned, by anyone…even Alex…but if you want to know why FIPA, Enbridge, Heritage Contracts… look no further
http://socialmediabar.com/corruption-defined
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Uh….. Josef? Who’s Christy Carter? Any relation to June Carter Cash?
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Try I’m comparing Christy Clark to Jimmy Carter.
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Oh c’mon….Jimmy Carter wasn’t THAT bad!!!
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and Josef doesn’t understand sarcasm……
I wouldn’t dare to compare Krozo Krunch to Jimmy Carter…. while he may not have been the best president, he simply didn’t fade away, and (I believe) won a Nobel prize as well… feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
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Considering the source, I consider myself schooled by an action hero.
That said, Carter is still palling around w/ dictators and tyrants. Reagan stood up to the Soviet and defeated them with cunning and moxie and special operations (i.e. Charlie Wilson’s War). What is needed to finish off the BCTF is a Reagan – such as Alise Mills, Alex G. Tsakumis, or Kevin Falcon. NOT an appeaser.
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That a heavy hand is always necessary against the Soviet Union of the Public Sector Unions?!?
Josef – Pubic sector workers live here, BC is our home , we like it here , we are allowed to vote, But I am beginning to think the BC Liberals define “free enterprise” to mean “free labour”. Your bitterness toward the teachers of this province is astounding. Most teachers I’ve met are nice people.
And why is the Communist Soviet Union so EVIL, and Communist China so wonderful.
And maybe someone can enlighten us on how successful unions are in most communist countries.
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Great comment.
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Unions in the Soviet Union were quite successful considering that their members were mostly members of the Communist Party and dissent amongst the worker’s unions over there was non-existant. Many Union leaders were well embedded into the CPSU.
Think Josef should get out of his Wing Commander virtual Fighter Jet.
The Cold War ended 20 years ago.
and let’s face facts here. He’s no Maverick and Alisa Mills is no Charlie Blackwood. He’s no Major Tony and Alisa is no Jeannie (although many would want Alisa put back into her bottle belly dancer outfit and all).
Josef would have the piloting skills of someone who read the first few paragraphs of chapter one of how an airplane flies primer for kids.
Geeus, I hope this guy doesn’t want to get into piloting commercial aircraft or worse join the air force.
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It’s Alise Mills and she’s a great pundit.
Me, I can fly you safely anywhere you want to go. Including a US Navy Aircraft Carrier Deck. Roger ball!
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I am not ready to sing the praises of sexist Commie China, for one.
For two, I have no beef with teachers. But a greedy public sector union that makes outrageous demands on taxpayers like a 15% wake hike and massive bereavement leave? No wonder I call them the Soviet Union of Public Employee Unions! Let the good teachers split away from the BCTF. Nothing wrong with competition and choice, it’s called FREEDOM.
Let us also remember that even the BCNDP had to legislate the BCTF back to work. Tells you even the social democratic or even “soft socialism” – thanks Alise – of the BCNDP isn’t enough for the Soviet Union of Public Sector Unions. Do battle with them on the Twitter sometime, you’ll get it.
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Josef, do you have a problem with private sector unions? I have had jobs in both. My qualifications would pay me more in the private sector job that I am now making working as an employee in a public service, Both require special skills and certification. I am not an NDP supporter..
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So the “good” teachers would split from the BCTF leaving the “bad” ones to stay? Josef are you the Governor of Wisconsin? You’re a long way from home.
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I actually do feel that Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch are onto something…
Try: Why should public sector unions make these outrageous demands and then expect us taxpayers to bow down to them? The savings from Wisconsin’s reforms are being plowed right back into schools with new programs.
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Josef: You cannot compare the administrative costs of one American state with one Canadian province. The example isn’t like at all.
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ROFLCOPTER
what kind of brain dead idiot would take those demands at face value????????
go read some more liberal press release’s oh simple minded one.
its called a bargaining position. its somewhere to start so you dont end up with 50 kids in your classroom and a wage cut to boot.
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I think that Josef is onto something regarding allowing teachers to choose to not belong to the BCTF. One assumes that those that make this choice would do so based on principles, and as principled people would also remove themselves from any benefits that the BCTF has been able to accumulate over the years of their existence.
They would surely want to pay their own MSP premiums and have no part of the teacher’s pension plan favouring RRSPs instead. They could begin their teaching career at the same entry level salary as those that choose to join the BCTF but negotiate individually for any subsequent increases.
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No, they can always start their own union or negotiate individually.
Perhaps if the BCTF’s politics weren’t so extreme we wouldn’t have this conversation.
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Their extreme politics notwithstanding, making membership optional while trying to negotiate a ten year contract, is akin to signing a star player to a long term contract and sticking them with an AIDS loaded needle. Wake up, pal.
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I don’t agree with Christy as to the long term contract deal due to the extreme politics. Not going to work… one being the reason you just gave.
The creative destruction of the BCTF and replacement with a more moderate union – i.e. the BCGEU – that can make deals is my idea.
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Josef, I’d like specifics as to the BCTF extremes you speak of. You’ve got it all wrong. It’s the Liberal Gov’t who has taken ten years of extreme actions against my profession. Get your facts straight.
And I’d also like clarification as to your perception of the “evils” of Socialism. You sound like a die hard Reaganist to me.
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Josef….you are pretty weird
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I will surely hear from weird people, naturally, they’ll complain.
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As usual, I’ve been too up to my eyeballs dealing with the demands of my job as a high school teacher in a public school, that I’m hearing this for the first time here. Are there any pictures of said MLA sporting that button, Alex? I’d love a copy if it exists, for obvious reasons.
I find it hard to distinguish between attacks on the BCTF and teachers themselves. I am a member of the BCTF, and while I do not always agree with executive positions, I am a proud member of this union. It sickens me how constantly under attack we are as a profession and would like to know what the public thinks are solutions. I am no martyr, and like many, I work far more than 40 hours a week and am hardly rolling in the dough.
The ignorance of teacher bashers above is astounding and demoralizing. Other than politicians, I see no other profession that society so freely attacks on a regular basis. Our fight, over the last ten years has included issues of pay raises, class size and composition. This is what we are vilified over? Seriously? Fighting for OUR right to make a fair wage and YOUR children’s learning conditions? Oh yes, now I get it. Greedy, selfish public school teachers. For shame!
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It wasn’t an MLA. It was a long-time BC Liberal. The other was a Christy supporter and sometimes blogger.
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thanks for the correction, Alex. Still, any chance those photos could be circulated?
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I’m trying. One of my readers claims theybsaw it on Twitter.
Let’s see but I’m hardly surprised.
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fingers crossed.
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dont take josef personally vanessa.
he was on here posting a few weeks ago how he would be fine with the premeire of bc driving around drunk putting other peoples lives at risk as long as the NDP did not get into power.
he then went on to imply that he would be fine with his own fathers life being put at risk as long as the NDP did not get into power.
the man is ok with his own family dieing as long as he gets the government he wants. he is not exactly playing with a full deck.
i would sugest to you that allthough many readers here may have issues with the BCTF, none with the obvious exception are mentally impaired enough to think the union is communist. and that most have a great deal of respect for individual teachers regasdless of their issues with how the government and union interact.
many just seem to forget that it takes 2 and that the other party involved here is usually agravating the situation for political gain….. you know so the mentally impaired can rant about communist teachers.
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whiterockj, you say some of the most half-true things. I never said my family should die to stop the BCNDP, come on.
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whiterockj is one of my most valued readers. Hardly a purveyor of half truths…quite the opposite.
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And me?
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Oh, of course. Are you kidding me?
What’s a day without a little morning Joe? It’s like Ex-Lax for the soul…
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And how about a little rugburn here and there?
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Good Heavens!
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thanks whiterockj. I needed that laugh
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I never thought I’d see the day, but while I was being trained as a teacher just as the economy was starting to dip, my university professor gave me one very critical piece of information. She said, “typically when the economy fails it’s the teachers who are blamed first. When this happens be ready for some major changes, because the teaching profession will be under attack.”
Unless you’re a teacher, you have no idea the sacrifice most teachers make to ensure the next generation of learners turn out to be productive citizens of society in spite of the fact some parents should never have procreated in the first place.
When the economy is so poor that both parents need to work obscene hours to make ends meet, it’s the teachers who end up becoming surrogate parents.
You do NOT get into the teaching profession to get rich. You do it because you love to teach and when something you love gets dragged through the mud, and damaged beyond recognition you take offense.
*end rant*
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LOL brother.
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Now we’re related???
Does that mean I get to cuddle with Holman, too? LOL!
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Well you make Professor Sean Holman look old these days.
Thanks for letting me sound off!
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The Labour Movement: The folks who brought you “The Weekend”
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..and safe industrial working environments.
… not to mention your groceries get brought to the store by Labour Movement People (trucks and trains).
… your Icky Bicky gets handled by Labour Movement People too.
… as does your tax rebate cheque from the gummint.
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Yeah. Well I got no beef with private sector unions. They are heroes, salt of the earth people indeed.
But the Soviet Union of public sector unions that wants high, higher and HIGHEST taxes to pay for their Kremlin? PLEASE. The greed of the BCTF is off the scales. Alise Mills just kicks tire and lights fire: http://youtu.be/SLWXppTCOCw?hd=1
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So as a Millwright private sector union worker I was hero. But as a public sector union Paramedic I am a greedy ass.
Josef you are nuts.
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Again, I will hear from nuts that will feel offended. Please!
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I’m neither a hero or an ass. It’s the job I do because people need help sometimes.
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Well I have a high opinion of paramedics.
But a low opinion of outrageous demands like the BCTF’s. If teachers want to leave the BCTF and I don’t know start their own union that shouldn’t be a problem.
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Josef…. you live in the States, you don’t, nor ever had children in the school system.
Wouldn’t your outrage be better served in your own back yard.
The American education system is a mess..go work on those problems.
I don’t mean to be unkind… but Joe seriously, you are over the top on this.
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Oh I am working on those problems, but I had to vent somehwere, somehow at Christy Clark’s crumbling versus the BCTF.
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Okay, all you anti-union/ extreme right-wing JOSEF McCarthy types .. go bang yourselves!!
When the flying F**K are you immorals going to get it?? Let’s begin by looking to the far extreme of how dare these teachers or for that matter any other union/ commies can even think of suggesting a 15% wage increase, especially in light of these poor economic times. Please, oh please, explain to me how you endorsed the Liberals giving not only themselves but all MLA’s 29 – 55% wage increases a few years back without even going to the public for their blessing? Where were you ‘free-enterprise at all costs’ saviors’ then? And how about the exorbitant increases for the bureaucrats and right-wing shills as well? Where were you then, you gutless trough suckers? I’ll bet you were you driving the get-away bus while they were inside robbing the bank, weren’t you?
Now if I may .. let’s look at just who provides the comforts of your lives. Sure money buys happiness but only so much. When you require the services that I am skilled at, I see you sitting on your pile of money and luxuries shit-cared because reality has hit you just as it has to the poorest and most vulnerable. And at that moment as I attempt to control your crisis, I’m sure you don’t even begin to think that I am a Communist and I likewise never contemplate my disdain of your attitude or beliefs to dictate just how far I will go to help you. I work for a public service that has in the last 6 of 8 years seen ZERO % in wage increases and have even been legislated a contract in the midst of counting our free votes all the while the above politicians (namely the LIEberals) and their cronies are face deep into our tax dollars!! Yes .. were stripped of our rights just so you big free-enterprisers could enjoy your OWElympics!! How dare I complain and ask for better!!!
Furthermore, the wonderful teachers that educate and indoctrinate society’s morals into our children’s fiber allowing them to be moderate and accepting thinkers unlike that of some of their selfish cash chasing parents, you respect them by calling them COMMUNISTS?? The teacher’s outrageous bereavement leave is so despicable but yet you tolerate a government that plays ‘hooky’ from a fall sitting of the Legislature (which we pay them to do) instead of holding their ‘balls to the fire’? And what do you think the LIEbs’ are doing with their time instead of working for us? Yep, they are out there campaigning and selling off this province’s rights and assets on our dime!! But you will stomach that, won’t you?
And when you fighter-pilot types are crashing your Sopwith Camels head-first into the ground, you respect the rescuer’s that show up to peel your pathetic carcasses off the ground by calling them COMMUNISTS .. is that right, Snoopy?
And how about the people that keep your lights on during a major storm or those that keep your roads safe … and you again show your respect by calling them COMMUNISTS?? Yet, you applaud the successful, rich business corporations. Guess who made them successful? You would be right if you answered ‘the stable workforce which they employ’. Truth is that most successful businesses, large or small, treat their employees with fairness and respect. Unions do not play such an adversarial role as these workers are content with the usually generous work conditions and treatment. But enter into most large corporations with the belief that the worker is expendable and the only thing that matters is the bottom line and how much they can make off their slaves’ backs. Public service workers also fall into this milieu as our superiors believe their shit doesn’t stink (ie. LIEberals … again .. surprise!!) as they are for the most part unaccountable and rarely held to it!! It is this type of situation that creates the David vs. Goliath scenario. It is standing together in UNION that we have a voice in fairness and respect of the individual worker.
But be rest assured, you anti-Union types .. the landscape is about to change further in your favor .. enjoy having a dilbit-laden oil pipe running across our mostly pristine, earthquake-prone province or having migrant free-enterprise Chinese workers come here to do the jobs that were aren’t qualified to do (like the German ferries) .. stuffed up our asses .. your glorious fantasy will continue on just fine for YOU!!! Please answer me this .. do you really think these mega-corporations and their migrant workers will invest their monies in your stores and on your goods? They will be sending the cash home to their shareholders and their families just like we have seen happen with the massive LIEberal sell-off of the last decade plus. OVER 26 BILLION $$$ and counting in lost business tax revenues courtesy of the F**KING LIEBERALS!!!
Sorry for the lengthy rant, Alex .. I’m just really tired of negotiating for the public’s well being (because most of them won’t) as well as my own needs ..
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A very thoughtful comment.
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Thank You, Janos.
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See my response to Reid Janos. I never meant to attack nor frighten heroic paramedics.
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If you ever want to get together for a coffee and chat, Janos, maybe we could go through Alex to exchange email info. Thank you for saying much of what I couldn’t. Bravo.
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What is your Alise Mills obsession? Bet she’s got a court order on you. LOL
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You can knock it off anytime YNBF, Alise is a friend. I’m happy to promote her body of work from time to time as a courtesy.
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Are you sure Alise Mills is still your friend…???
That’s not what I’ve heard…
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Josef, I cannot help but note that I believe that much of your beef with the BCTF will be addressed if the government acts on the two union related resolutions that were passed at the convention, i.e. limiting the political power of unions. I am a member of a public sector union and it galls me to no end that a portion of my union dues are used for political purposes. If unions want to play that game they should instead seek voluntary contributions from their members for political purposes.
Regarding your beef about their outrageous demands, as someone else previously notes, it is called bargining. Unions can ask for whatever they want on behalf of their members; whether they get it is a whole other story.
Last of all, I believe that the BCTF continually over estimates their level of public support. I believe the public is fully supportive of their efforts to address learning conditions. However, when it comes to their wage demands, not so much. Most folks I know think that teachers are adequately compensated; particularly given the current economic climate. I cannot help but wonder if the teachers working conditions were improved (= improved learning conditions) that their wages demands would become more reasonable or be less of an issue.
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Reid great points. I don’t call it bargaining to repeatedly demand massive wage increases and not submit a lower, better offer. It took for the latest deal a 1-day strike, a legislated settlement and the threat of heavy fines to get the BCTF to do a deal for a year.
I, like you, Reid feel the political power of public sector unions needs to be curbed. That said, if the BCTF were to get a clue and realize if they would stick to demanding better learning conditions the public would support them again.
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Why, exactly, are we not entitled to a fair wage that keeps up with the cost of inflation?
15% was a STARTING point when we hoped for 2% across three years.
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Because, according to Christy, teachers are whiners. You didn’t hear?
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Do you really think I hadn’t?
I know you get it, Alex. I was hoping Josef might, too.
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We do not underestimate public support. We do not expect it. We know we are on our own when we stand to fight and were pleasantly surprised by the groundswell of parental and public support back in 2005.
Try being on one of our picket lines. The verbal abuse hurled as we walk the line is breathtaking.
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Yes and to listen to the editorial dunce of the Vernon Morning Star tell it on Sunday the convention was a turning point. Yes it was. It was sort of reminiscent of the Tet offensive in Vietnam where the NVA and vietcong were butchered attacking dug in firepower. Sure the media lied about it (just like they lied about this). Wonder how some of the staff at the MSM news outlets can make it through an outing like this without laughing. Truly ridiculous.
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The Titanic hitting an iceberg was a turning point also.
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And the captain of it refused to believe that the thing would just sink like a stone. sort of like a few delusional politicians.
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Are you not factoring in the inevitable bounce Dummy will get when the HST drops off (the people have spoken and we listened) and don’t forget about that new stat holiday. I think with those two things alone Mr Dix may have a real fight on his hands.
Almost forgot about all of the women that will be coming aboard.
It may be too close to call.
is CC’s head in the clouds or up her ass?
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She has no such gymnastic ability.
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not with that bucket butt!
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Nice to see that Alex does get to the bottom of politics so well.
No butts about it.
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hahahahahahahahaha!!!!
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The HST dropping off in April will not help the Liberals. It will be a big news item highlighting how completely foolish and incompetent they were in its initiation. The stat holiday will be long forgotten by May 14.
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Hey Soga King –
CC’s head IS up her ass – AND, she’s WAAAAAAAAY up high in the clouds – getting ready to perform the “Dummy Bounce” but lucky for us, it’ll be more like the “Dummy Splat!”
Think: Wylie Coyote.
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Sofa King – Spelling error – my bad!
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so now that CC has decided to completely destroy the liberal party…. is there anyone waiting in the wings to try to reform the center/right alex?
i think we badly need the ndp for a few years to try and fix some of social problems that the libs have ignored for 11 years… but we cant have only one party.
and as no one currently who is at all informed will vote for CC and the libs, and things only get worse for them after mays election…. whos going to pick up the pieces?
my worst fear out of all this stupidity is that BC ends up in a cycle of government’s that have no opposition and do what they want rather than what is best for the people.
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The only two people who could defeat Adrian are Dianne Watts and James Moore. Neither interested in moving.
Yet.
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Alex, I understand you think Dianne Watts would have a chance againist Adrian Dix. However, just curious what why you think James Moore would have a good shot? There’s no possibility of bringing Carole Taylor back into the mix is there?
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Carole won’t do it.
Dianne would be optimal. James is a good balanced chap.
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James Moore. Another low life lap dog who hasn’t any balls of his own. You dropped the ball on that one Alex.
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No, I haven’t at all. I’m not saying either one of them is everyone’s cup of tea. I am often asked about who I think is electable in the position, and they are both highly electable.
Are your left wing credentials hanging below those silk robes?
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Thanks for a real picture of the mad doings up in Whistler.!
I especially liked the insiders comments on his hapless leader or his Leaderless Party.
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Great post Alex,Next Liberal convention will be held in a phone booth,I read an interview she had with Mike Smyth,she comes across as a very delusional individual who believes everything her lickspittle minions tell her Reality is not her strong suit.Boy oh Boy,If stupidity was painful Christy would be in intensive care.
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“Kevin Falcon and Christy Clark alone, claim to have signed up almost 40,000 new members. Well, where were they?”
My guess is at least 39,000 of them are just names on a membership application who have little interest in politics or the party and were likely press-ganged by friends or community leaders. Likely many did not even show up to vote for “their” nominee. Probably many are older children signed up along with their parents. I suspect many didn’t even pay for their own memberships. No wonder they didn’t show.
If the Liberal Party actually had any significant number of active and interested members apart from the rent seekers and trough suckers who cloak themselves in what was once an honourable name, there would have been a leadership review.
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Methinks most of them paid their ten bucks so they could vote for the new unelected premier….. and then promptly forgot about their membership cards.
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I have acted as an investigator on behalf of a Liberal who challenged the loss of a heavily contested nomination in what could fairly be described as an epic ethnic battle. I discovered what was done in my guy’s name was bad enough but the other camp was really scary. Try 17 new members in one house all with different surnames. My comments above were based on what I witnessed then after which I gave up politics. We cannot get decent leadership because decent people can’t and won’t play this game against political thugs.
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I actually had that happen once as a scruitineer. I got really suspicious and stopped anyone from that address from simply getting their ballot and told the poll clerk (using the rules) that they go to the creditials table and then they come back to get a ballot.
Geezus was the BC Liberal Credential guy mad at me…
But I said “hey you idiots made these rules. Im here to ensure they are followed and if you complain well I’ll go to Sangunetti and complain about your conduct”
What he said next would make a Teamster blush.
Rule. Never ever comprise your integrity.
But integrity? It does get you in trouble, but it is important to have integrity in politics even though some don’t like it.
It’s rough being a key volunteer in a critical role in a nomination meeting. You never know what people really think of you even when you’re doing your damnest to keep things honest and to the rules established.
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I saw a few “oopses” like that as a scrutineer too.
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Well said, Andrew. Party politics is a corrupt game in itself. Add the inherent lack of integrity of the people selfishly drawn to politics,I can`t blame you. This is not what I expected when I gave this country a blank cheque on my life. These politicians are honourable men,but our veterans are just whiners looking for a free ride. We know who the honourable men are. Lest we forget.
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And pursuant to Alex’s column on the Meggs/Heyman affair. The Libs and CC can’t even get more people out than the NDP does at a nomination meeting? Which as Alex was correct in pointing out was an embarrassment.
Gut feeling is the people don’t care. Or are apathetic. The left will vote, the center-right won’t. The extreme right will vote, but nobody will care, they’re irrelevant.
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Does bring up an interesting point. If these two had indeed signed up all these new members why indeed weren’t at least 1% of them there (380 to 400) added to the MLAs, constituency Presidents, Provincial Council members, etc. ?There would have been a far larger number of BC Liberals there than were was.
It’s rather interesting to see the mix of people at the NDP Fundraiser. Usually those are attended by Union types and the usual complaining and snivelling crowd, not the white collared from business.
Didn’t know Hochstein was offering free rides to Whistler. Crap, if I had known about it, I would have gone and paid my 25 bucks to attend the Free Enterprise Friday just for the free ride and food.
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I wouldn’t have gone even if they put a pistol to my head. No way.
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From what I’ve heard it seems the BC Libs don’t want anyone with a social conscience to vote for them. She also declared war on the Union’s. What a scary, scary bunch.
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Very scary. Just outrageous.
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Didn’t see van Dongen there either……..
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That’s because he wasn’t there.
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Take a look at this.
Bill Bennett, sackrider supremo.
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OMG! ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? That’s the funniest video I’ve ever seen. DELUSIONAL! AHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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My only comment would be”what a crock of shit” spewing from their mouths. Don’t tell me that they really believe that Bull shit?? Man O man.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S2f76Kjx0c&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Love that movie, love it!
One of his great performances!
What was the other line “I would take a flame thrower to this place……”
Pacino at his best.
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He was magic. But I still think he should have won the big one as well for ‘Scarface’. The intricate weaving of a shameless drug kingpin, and a man who didn’t want a child lost during a hit, is one of the single most magnificent character conflicts (and juxtapositions) in cinematic history.
His Michael Corleone also stands above most of his work. One of America’s top four actors of all time. The rest being De Niro, Nicholson and Brando, in ascending order–with Brando in a class all by himself. No one like that will ever come this way again.
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Agreed.
When you look at his body of work, the ones you mentioned here are all classics. But then you have more, with Serpico, Carlito’s Way, Donnie Brasco, etc.
Truly amazing.
Just something about his character, Col. Frank Slade, that he was blind, and his gruff exterior; really loved that character.
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Yeah, it was exceptional work.
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Don’t forget to add “Looking For Richard” to your list.
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OMFG I have got to quit watching these videos right after lunch
And no Typhoid Harry (Bloy) or Stephanie Can’t Do talking about taking care of the sick and weak?
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They were busy wrapping carmel apples.
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At :16 “She’s a very smart lady.” Pretty funny. Where’s Rich Coleman? The NDP should pay for this ad on TV and call it satire.
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Could only watch the video for 40 sec. then had to turn it off.
Didn’t know whether to laugh, cry, yell, or curse.
I know, I know…….all the above.
What complete and utter horseshit.
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WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!
3 minutes and 14 seconds of EXCUSES for why CC really is not that bad!!!!!!!!!
OMFG thats histarical!!!!
what kind of “leader” needs to have the “troops” spend time making a video of why they really are not such a bad person.
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I don’t ever recall His Excremency posting a video with a bunch of sackriders singing his praise. Funny how Bill Bennett went from “Campbell is a big bully asshole” to sniffing Christy’s butt. He’s become delusional and that’s a shame because I really like the guy.
I had a conversation with him at the Feb. leadership convention last year and he told me with no hold barred exactly how he felt about ol’ Gordon’s Gin.
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Told me the same thing–AND (!!!) what he REALLY thought of Snooki.
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He never told me what he thought of Snooki… it was the day she stole the premiership. But damn, did he let loose about ol’ Gordo. That’s why I’m so shocked to see a video of him praising Christy and what an amazing person she is…. clearly someone’s spiked his drink with some strong thujone…..
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Kim Jong Un must be like so totally jealous!!
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HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!
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Total Bullshit!!!!!!!!
Sadly, the public must listen to this LIEberal propaganda – the voters must pay to be lied to!
Here’s a buttery little tidbit far closer to the truth about who CC really is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKMBj4DsO14&feature=bf_prev&list=PLD07BE52E96815511
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Don’t drag Paula Deen into this, that’s an insulting comparison! With a Premier Paula Deen, every person in this province would be well fed.
Would you rather have an obesity/diabetes epidemic or a homeless/drug addiction epidemic?
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That was classic!! I wonder what that little piece of crap cost the taxpayers of BC?
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I looked at it…Bill Bennett will be voted out for sure….he is not a politician who Kootenay constituents feel comfortable with……and this propoganda just reinforces that if he had some class …..he would resign…
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Big surprise that the comemnts are disabled for that video. I can just imagine what people would ay if they coudl comment.
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GREAT POINT!
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Seeing Mary Polak in that video made me sad.
Hearing somebody describe Christy Clark as genuine made me want to hurl. No, really.
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Hey, listen bud, you did it to yourself. Remember your LOVE for Mary? And then you became Christy Clark Fan on You Tube?
Self-inflicted, I’m afraid, but take it like a man, Joe. Take it like a man, soldier…
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Yes sir. I’m no weeping willow, just sad Mary Polak lacks the guts to do what I did and walk away from the corruption of Christy Clark. I have a soft spot for the former and a desire to see the later fired.
I mean what if somebody groped Miss Mary Maid? Would Christy try to cover that up too? Likely.
Enuf said.
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I think someone already did.
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Prozak Polak deserves every thing she gets. Sorry Josef but you are wrong on this one. Maybe she can go back to being a Molly Maid because that is all she is qualified to do.
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I don’t think Mary Polak deserves sexual assault. But she certainly is not qualified to be Prime Minister that’s for sure.
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Huh? Josef what the hell are you going on about? No one suggested anyone should be doing anything to Mary, smarten up, please, or take a break. You’ve been all over my blog all day and night, and I think you either need rest or a breather.
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You Tube has it right. “COMMENTS SECTION DISABLED.” Can only imagine the blow by blow dismantling of every word spoken by these sycophants.
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Particularly Bill Bennett. What a SELL-OUT the man is!!! I have too much respect for him personally to tell you some of the things he’s said and written to me about Campbell AND CLARK! And now he’s lauding her???
UNF@#%INGBELIVABLE!
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Alex, you forgot to mention the headlines in the “Liberal Vancouver Sun” the day of the convention; “Christy Electiffies…..”. The only way that woman could electrify anything would be to have an electrical cord up her butt. But Christy must be furious that the combined issues of the earthquake and Hurricane Sandy took her off the front page.
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I can’t take the Vancouver Sun seriously when the put up headlines that belong in the National Enquirer.
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The Vancouver Sun needs a better headline writer for their fantasies!
How about:
“Governor Declines To Commute Death Sentence – Christy Electrifried!”
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ROFLMAO!
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And the lies keep coming. Either Clark is constantly kept out of the loop { she didn’t gain the name “dummy” for nothing ) or she keeps making statements that sound good to her ears but have no bases in reality. I strongly suspect the latter.
http://pacificgazette.blogspot.ca/
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thats HUGE.
if thats true (and i assume it is) CC is about to look even worse with the female vote…..wait is that even possible?
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I’m beginning to wonder if Gordon Campbell knew the Liberal brand was so tarnished and doomed that the plan was to sink it for good with his best idiot at the helm then like a Phoenix, rise from the ashes with a new name.
And voila, suck the voters(with malevolent media backing, think John Daly beating the police to Glen Clarks house over some deck bullshit} into the New Social Liberal Credit Party of B.C. and get back to the business of sacking and looting the taxpayers of the province.Oh, and keep kicking those money sucking unions in the nuts. Paid overtime and sick benefits indeed. Who do those unions think they are?!
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Gordon, I can absolutely assure you, wanted ANYONE but Christy. He acknowledged that to a mutual friend recently.
He knew exactly how bad she’d be. And he was right on the money.
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It’s hard to believe a micro-manager like Gordon Campbell didn’t bother to vet his cabinet candidates, which makes me wonder why he would appoint a well-known ditz like CC to a cabinet position in the first place.
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He HAD to give her a position because she had NOTHING to DO with BC RAIL.
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IMHO he used CC for the teachers and Sindy Hawkins for the nurses in a very tactically photogenic way. These two cuties went up against Chudnovsky and MacPherson respectively. The public ate it up. Sorry but people respond to pretty people vs the opposite. This is not a comment on anyone’s credentials BTW . Propagandists worldwide were proud.
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I absolutely agree. Good looking people get much farther in life–and at an easier rate. Look at who passes for media in this province.
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People don’t always look beyond the fancy packaging m’lad.
Example: Pamela Martin. She was obviously put at the anchor’s desk because she was perceived to be cute (she’s thinner than a politician’s promise). Not exactly a John Daly type reporter. Her constant wheezing between paragraphs was irritating. Then you take someone like Debra Hope who looks like someone’s aunt.
Jim Nielsen always said he had a face for radio..
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Hey, I always ADORED Jim. He was a really good guy. Straight shooter and first class individual. Wish he’d not smoked as much. Probably would still be around. If you thought his voice sounded baritone, you should have heard him laugh. It sounded like a sub surfacing.
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Oh, I heard from the horse’s mouth directly a while back that he was “ABC” Anyone But Christy.
He’s a smarter cookie than most people take him for. NOT that I’m waving my Premier Campbell flag, but I really do think people underestimate his cunning arrogance, and having worked for the guy, I know firsthand.
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I know. I was there a long time ago. Gordon is a very intelligent and charismatic man.
But he’s got some faults that are doozies…
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“Spin and lies. Buffered by contrived slanders about the opposition and viral scare-mongering”.
Don’t ya just hate it when someone does that?
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Dear Readers:
Welcome the return of Tsakumis-hater, Larry Jordan.
There is a reason why I strongly support abortion in cases of incest…
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Is Larry doing it with his kin?
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I don’t know, but his kin must have done it with each other to produce such an idiot.
Hates my work with a passion but slithers all over this blog ALL THE TIME. It’s unbelievable. The part I find funny is that he considers himself relevant or at all intelligent.
It’s astounding. Oh well…whatever.
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Here is a little more spin for you Larry ..
Bob Mackin @bobmackin
“Incident of Concern” No. 1: The Incident. “Incident of Concern” No. 2: The Coverup. http://ow.ly/eREc8 #bcpoli
5h Bob Mackin @bobmackin
Update: hours after @JonathanFowlie Tweeted about his #FOI denial from Preem’s office, I got mine. http://ow.ly/eRDSg #bcpoli
6h Bob Mackin @bobmackin
B.C. govt catchphrase is “no records.” Meanwhile, at @BCPlace, it’s no answer. http://ow.ly/eRzIY #bcpoli
6h Bob Mackin @bobmackin
Premier’s office also claimed it had no records about Jaspal Atwal or the 2012 budget invitation list. http://ow.ly/eRzcQ #bcpoli
6h Bob Mackin @bobmackin
B.C. Labour Ministry claimed it didn’t have a copy of the latest @BCGEU tentative agreement. http://ow.ly/eRy48 #bcpoli #FOI
7h Bob Mackin @bobmackin
@JonathanFowlie not the only reporter getting “no records” song & dance about the “incident of concern.” http://ow.ly/eRwMn #bcpoli
9h Bob Mackin @bobmackin
More B.C. government #FOI comedy: labor ministry sez it has no copy of BCGEU tentative agreement. #bcpoli
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Yeah, three of the stories he mentioned I either broke or led on the details.
But nobody wake, Jordan. Opposing thumbs, optional…LOL!
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Bob links to your stories in his posts..
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Um, yes, imagine aware of that. That’s why wrote what I wrote!
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Phil Hochstein…are we talking the same Phil Hochstein that groused about the lack of flexibility that the old trades with the apprentice/ journeyman status exhibited in the construction industry. This man is an enemy of the trades based employment and an enemy of the Journeyman- Red Seal certification. He whines that the certification keeps the younger trades subservient and in perpetual servitude. OK. the fact is the Canada Employment Action Plan shooots big, gaping holes through the strategy this dim bulb endorses. I really, really hope that the crushing defeat that the Liberal Party undergoes is shared by the ITA. What a pack of hacks.
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That would be our Phil…
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Is this the same Phil that collects a very handsome salary for using his mouth on radio and TV rather than his hands like the folks he supposedly represents? ( Not the workers but the employers.)
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Wow, not sure what happened there, but I meant to type
I wouldn’t touch anything he’s ever made, or that of his cronies. I kind of feel sorry for the saps buying up many of these new condos that just happen to have exposed and perforated OSB soaking up all the wonderful rain over the last month.
One area of BC I’d love to see cleaned up is an update of the building code standards (especially for exterior walls), and an end to the inspection loopholes that are abused by a significant number of builders in the industry.
Sorry for the de-rail, but every time I see that windbag on the media I cringe.
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I remember Phil as the leader of the group that advertised with the intent to intimidate voters into not signing the recall election petitions following the HST petition. Here is a little quote from our friend Phil – who sees himself as quite an expert on the topic of democracy.
….”We want people to be aware of the involvement of NDP and Labour, and the consequences for their personal information,” “People who don’t want their name to end up on a door knocking list for the next election only have one way to guarantee that doesn’t happen – by refusing to sign the recall petition.”
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a lady from alberta told me today that ms clark is a wonderful speaker, my reply was so is a snake oil salesman.
when i hear her speak my wife wants to know who is more delusional ms clark for believing her bs or me for thinking that she can hear me as yell at the radio or tv.
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when i hear her speak my wife wants to know who is more delusional ms clark for believing her bs or me for thinking that she can hear me as yell at the radio or tv.
That’s funny same thing happens in my house.
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Love it!! Right on the money, Harry!
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What? Bettman can’t hear me!
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That little bastard doesn’t listen to anyone.
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I think the liberals have whittled their support down to those who have either bought and paid for their very own politician or those who have been expelled from from one of the psychiatric facilities the liberals have closed.
You have to wonder if that was their plan all along.
I can speak to the economic prosperity brought on and touted by the liberals and it isnt pretty.
I’ve spent the past 4 years struggling to better my families quality of life after being laid off from a tech job in 2008. I’ve done manual labour that paid barely enough to get by.
I started a trade thinking that would help but it meant long hours far away from my family (in alberta) a sacrifice I was willing to make. I found myself being laid off for 8 months at a time because I was new and there was no work for a new guy.
You would think there might be incentives for hiring new tradespeople but nope, just import journeymen from overseas.
I now find myself back in IT and purchasing my first home after 4 years of struggling and barely avoiding the welfare line. It was due entirely to my tenacity and the gracious support of my family that we are where we are today.
What has the government done for me? they harassed me and threatened to take my EI checks! to pay for the student loans I couldnt afford to pay back because I chose to eat instead of pay them.
I am sure MS Clark would love to take credit for the fact I am now gainfully employed full time. After all its proof her jobs plan is working right? it certainly wasnt a result of my hard work and sacrifice it was all her.
PS ms clark I have two college diploma’s in separate fields how many do you have? want to trade pay checks for the past 5 years? after all I am one of your success stories.
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What a great comment.
IF there is anything I can ever do that you believe might help you or your family, please don’t hesitate to get ahold of me privately:
agtsakumis@gmail.com
Take care of yourself, and be proud of what you’ve done and what you’re doing.
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I appreciate the offer, I really do. We are doing really well now and things look great going forward. In fact we’re finally confident enough that we’re planning on having another child. It’s been a long tough road I am proud but I am also humbled by the amount of help from our immediate family and friends.
its just infuriating for me because as much as my story is a successful one there are so many others that were not as lucky.
The majority of my classmates from the trade school have not even had their start nobody would sponsor them in spite of the purported shorted of tradespeople.
Then I hear from both our federal and provincial governments that they want to make it easier for foreign tradespeople to come over and work.
Excuse me? there is a glut of junior tradespeople in most trades waiting for their chance which will never come. Instead of helping foreigners why the hell arent we offering incentives to companies for training local people.
It’s ridiculous but I’ve come to understand the government (no matter which one) does not want to help they just want to appear that they are and christy clark is by far the most shameless of them all.
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It’s stories like your’s that make me proud to be Canadian. This is how this country was built. God bless you.
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All the best Pal.
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Alex,
This is an enormous failing not only of Christy Clark but also our federal government. The Canada I grew up in trained its own people on the job. Kids didn’t have to do the volunteer scam, they could make money in a summer job, all while gaining important job experience and the skills that accompany that. Companies would hire on journeymen. Instead of bitching that there was a shortage, they were part of the solution.
If you are serious about helping the friends of mrj222, you will use your mighty pen to attack the policies of the nouveau right (the old right had it right) who seek to import foreign workers and who don’t train people on the job. I know you are a fan of Harper and his minions (and you know I am not) but it is their policies that enable shutting out mrj222 and his classmates while bringing in cheap labour.
There is an enormous need to take this on and I can’t think of anyone better.
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Very happy to read things have worked out for you. Things are very difficult for many, who do work very hard & make every effort to keeping going forward.
It is a shame younger people in this province aren’t being able to achieve what their parents were able to do. So many 20, 30, 40 yr olds are having to commute to Alberta for work.
Many young people have gone to trade school & come out & still can’t find work, even though they pound the pavement constantly.
The government keeps running ads about all those jobs but then we read Stats canada reports almost a million in Canada use food banks. Not a good thing.
Congrats on making it through the rough times!
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According to the unelected premier, women don’t support here because they’re too busy to pay attention to politics. Could a man get away with such a statement?
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Not a hope.
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Just what in the hell is going on inside that noggin of hers……oh wait…………
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I have a hilarious vision of what I believe goes on in there. Every time someone asks that question I envision a game of pong complete with sound effects.
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This comes to mind when I think of what goes on with Christy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj7WyfceJ58
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“According to the unelected premier, women don’t support her because they’re too busy to pay attention to politics.”
And why are women too busy, Crash Test Dummy?
Because, to make ends meet, they have to work at 2 or 3 jobs in “Christy’s Utopia”!
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I’m a woman. I’m not “too busy” to pay attention, I just can;t stand seeing her open her mouth because inevitably, some sort of horse shit is going to fall out. No thanks.
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Alex; just read your blog after reading Norm’s and I must say I like it when you throw more gas on the fire. Couldn’t fathom Vaughn’s starry-eyed acid trip into the twilight zone. (Oh yeah, forgot he’s MSM). there are about 6-8 of you serious bloggers out there that should become required reading for anyone that gives a damn about who we are and where we live. Keep up the good work, your info is most valuable, though frustrating at times.
The picture on norm’s blog with the “red convention” is PRICELESS.
I realize CC never liked the BCTF but the animosity she carries is truly astounding, WOW!! (coming from a lost puppy with no mandate to boot!!) Carpe Diem, Alex.
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Thank you very much.
Yes, there are very few of us yiure can take seriously. Norm and Harv are my favorites, along with Ian Reid.
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The irony is that she was born to and raised by a teacher’s family.
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Observer: There’s some digging to be done there….
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Curiouser and curiouser… She is now apparently their big gun to win and to especially to win over women in the next election. I guess we can be treated to the wisdom she has gleaned as a mother and nurturer- an earthmother goddess figure. Poor casting and laughable. She is better suited to play a harpie!
Sounds like it was a political junkie’s delight, Alex. Hope the bar fare was decent as you and the rest of the press gang had to cool your heels while you were excluded.
By the by, was John Van Dongen spotted anywhere? He had mused he might come as an observer.
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I think vanDongen recognized, after the fact, how ridiculous his statement was, that he demonstrated requisite good judgement (and contrition) by staying home.
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Paul Sullivan (Metro newspaper) nailed it right on the head when he compared Krusty to the Black Knight from The Life of Brian.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKhEw7nD9C4
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Very funny.
It left me wondering, though: how many limbs has Christy lost so far? And: is she able to regrow them?
At some point, there’s going to be a segment of the population that votes for her just for her ability to take a beating and still be able to talk.
I won’t be in that segment.
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Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun Said “The party claimed 1,000 attendees and in anticipation laid out 900 chairs in the main convention hall.”
So if there were 1200 attendees, would that not look like standing room only?
“Standing Room Only” now that would be a headline! Why didn’t the Libs exploit that?
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Not one of the film clips i saw on TV showed FULL seating. PERIOD. Too many empty seats double and single between the cameras and the speakers.
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Apparently about 500 attended. This includes government staffers. That’s 400 less than attended the NDP Leaders Levee last week.
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Yeah, there were other stragglers throughout the weekend, too. Somewhere there, give or take a couple hundred.
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And now…for whatever reason…we find the Clark/Boessenkool footsies investigation was completed without so much as a single paper created in reference regarding the “incident”. Imagine that!
Who said she was stupid…she learned something from BC Rail after all. Don’t leave a trail to follow. Get rid of that freak!
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Yeah, could not agree more, Gisele.
Question: As has been put here by AGT, why the wait to get rid of him? Why did it take so long?
Right, right, right, an investigation that’s it.
But wait, no paper trail…………………oh the the head spins.
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ummmm…..
how was there an investigation if there was no paperwork????
oh thats right, the investigation happened after the media found out about it…err i mean before…. errrrr i mean… FAMILIES FIRST!!!
or was it supposed to be jobs plan week?
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There is a posting of ALL attendees photos on the China trip and not one of the snaps shows Booesenkool. Can anyone confirm he went on the trip?
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He was on that plane. Confirmed.
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its starting to sound an awful lot like the basi/virk indemnity deal in regards to who approved the pay out.
just keep changing the story until one sticks with the msm.
i truely fail to understand how the liberals manage to even get 20% in the polls with all that has come to light in the last few years.
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Today I was in a typical 30 tenant strip mall built 16 years ago in our city, and the vacancy rate was more than half. “For Lease” signs do not lead me to the conclusion that BC is better off electing the BC LIberals than the NDP. I should report the leasing agent to Election’s BC since the signs don’t show approval by the financial agent of the NDP.
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Sixteen for lease/rent signs in a ten klm trip in Chilliwack. And that doesn’t include the sixty percent vacant downtown. Also Lickman Rd. industrial park now wants to grow hay and raise llama’s. To reduce the property tax from $150,000 P/Y to $1,500. And yet they keep removing AG land? Prosperity and jobs indeed. HELP WANTED: Llama herdsman, minimum wage, you can live in a tent onsite. Will re-locate Peruvians.
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I saw those llamas and a few sheep the other day and wondered if they were there to keep down the weeds. They seemed to have that in hand.
Was this tax dodge trick reported in the Progress? If so, I missed it.
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Both papers a couple weeks ago. Chilliwack is the friendliest city to developers in BC apparently. It seems that with John Les as mayor and MLA you get land cheap from the ALR by making claims as to all the “jobs” you are going to create. Then you revert it back to an ALR/Industrial hybrid until the market catches up. All the while paying no taxes. Now the other great thing is if industry doesn’t catch up you apply to council to set aside the industrial zoning in favor of multi-use residential.
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I recall that Clark stated emphatically ( and with considerable pride) that after a THOROUGH investigation using the PROPER PROCEDURES, she made a decision to ask for Bossenkool’s resignation. Now the cat is out of the bag that no such action took place and Clark is once again caught resorting to complete fabrication of events, You would think the MSM would do a follow up and confront her on the issue. But I don’t think I’ll hold my breath. Once again, Clark will not be held accountable and it will be a case of ; nothing to see here folks, old story, now move along.
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Gordon Wilson was on CKNW this morning pumping up the Libs and Christy. He delivered this praise and hope of winning the next election with no shame or embarrassment at all, I thought they must be paying him to say all that crap. Orwellian stuff, for sure.
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There are no words to describe Gordon Wilson.
That anyone would ask him for a political opinion, is beyond comprehension. Utter shamelessness.
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I’m sure Gordon Wilson was pumping..
oh well never mind…
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” Seymour Forest says:
October 29, 2012 at 9:05 PM
I’m sure Gordon Wilson was pumping.. ”
Sure you didn’t mean pimping?
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Well not that you mention that and thinking of ol’ Gordon Wilson, the scenario might even include both…
never mind..
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Stephanie Cadieux/Jane Thornthwaite – Mutt & Jeff … if you please, tag-team with a Facebook entry:
Jane Thornthwaite
BC Liberal Women MLA’s share their stories at the popular BC Liberal Women’s network breakfast event at this weekend’s convention — with Ida Chong and 7 others at Whistler B.C.
Half the seats shown in the picture are empty!
Damn! I so want them to be annihilated – without so much as a trace of their having ever been on the face of the earth!
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I concur completely. BC deadwood….the pair of them.
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I take it that rubber chicken sales didn’t exactly spike for this convention.
I miss exploding cigars.
I’d like to see CC and Obama in a cage match to see who says “I” more often.
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∞² isn’t doing to bad – 3 sentences, 3 I’s.
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17 yrs ago I started teaching, and it was a respected profession. 11 yrs of Liberal spin have villianised the profession. I can’t recall a single government contract other than mine that was up for public debate. The nurses got a deal and it wasn’t public at all. In fact they refused to release it to the public until it was ratified. If teachers didn’t have to begin in the media, and if there were true negotiations, we wouldn’t need labour peace, we would already have it.
Do you want good people turned away from the profession? The bashing needs to stop.
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I believe that the leadership of the BCTF is not doing its members any favours and contributing to the problem. The BCTF continues to elect presidents who are quite militant and come across as condescending (Sims especially) with a sense of entitlement that I believe rubs taxpayers the wrong way.
This problem is compounded by, I believe, errors in negotiating strategy when its contract time. “Whining” about how your wages compare to other jurisdictions to an audience who is largely worried about keeping their own jobs, etc. is not very wise, IMHO. If the BCTF instead largely limited their demands to better learning conditions for kids (= better working conditions) they would likely get more public support. Instead, they chased both and unfortunately their message about seeking better learning (and working) conditions was largely “lost” in the “noise” associated with their “outrageous” 15% wage demand.
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Lambert isn’t more militant than Sims???
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why are we still paying HST ?
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Never thought I’d actually agree with Josef, but he is right about the greedy public sector Unions. I worked 2 full time jobs for over 20 years so I could raise my family. Plastered and framed houses and dug footings all day then went to my public sector job till 11:30 pm. Thanks to the pension plan I look forfward to, I can retire with a small pension at 64. I figure might be even liveable once the Old Age kicks in. Ya, I live the high life.
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Its like this, lots of the lieberals don’t have kids in school & the premier has her in private school.
Teachers have in the past played roles “front & centre” in education & politics. They are well funded & a lot of them have higher educations than the lieberals, which never makes them popular.
Now nurses, you gotta be somewhat nice to them because you never know when you will be in hospital & one of them will be in charge of your life, comfort, & acess to meds. The lieberals don’t want to take any chances.
Everybody needs nurses or has the potential to need them. Teachers, only kids need them & kids just haven;t counted in this province for the last 11 yrs. because for the past 8 consecutive yrs. B.C. has had the highest child poverty rate in Canada. the use of food banks by parents is high in this province. The government just doesn’t care about kids. Well its the only conclusion I can come to. A few even had to go to the Shriners hospital in Washington state for surgery because they had waited a yr or 2 yrs in one case for their surgery & still hadn’t been able to obtain it.
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This is crap. Lots of BC Liberal members have their kids in public schools. Is this to mean that all NDP members are union shop Shop Stewards??
Its sad to see the levels of child poverty in B.C., but don’t think for one minute that it is going to be magically erased 5 months after the NDP assumes power. There was widespread poverty in BC when the NDP was in power in the 1990s (remember it was Harcourt that actually tightened up the rules for eligibility, and it was the NDP that closed Essondale which it simply should have received upgrades). and there will be poverty when the NDP assumes office next year.
If things are so dire with the BC Liberals in your mind, tell us exactly how the NDP with Premier Dix is going to resolve the problems within 1 year of assuming office.
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Just a side note. Moe Sihota attended St. George’s School. Alex G. Tsakumis attended St. George’s School.
And…Adrian Dix attended St. George’s School, although graduated from Point Grey.
I guess that makes the three of us elitists. Right???
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Wrong. It means that the three people (in addition to Stephen Rogers) received their education at a private school at the decision of their parents who wanted their kids to have an education at a resepcted school that offers things the public school system doesn’t.
The same can be said for Crofton House and the equivalent on the Catholic side.
Nothing more.
Does it make a person better than anyone getting an education through the public school system? Depends on the person. Many like yourself and the others get alot of out it, and become successfully successful (!?) It’s like post secondary. It depends on how much you really get out of it.
Elitist? No. St. George’s not only teaches a kid to succeed, but to excel.
But AGT, you are in a class by yourself…
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That’s too kind.
Yes, I’m a huge fan of Stephen Rogers. One of my favourite people, ever. Just a superb human being and a highly intelligent man, with a heart of gold.
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Complete agreement.
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ms clark goes after the teachers at the convention
dis she do it to other unions?
my understanding is it was just the bctf
so she targets a group to make herself look good that is a form of bullying
last week she was against bullying this week she is bullying the bctf
once again she has proven to be a hypocrite
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They went after the BCTF, no other unions were mentioned.
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There were two resolutions put forward aimed at all Unions. One dealt with Public Service Pensions and the other suggested that Union’s divulge their financial statements and more specifically what they contribute toward political action. All this info is available now for anyone to see?? I guess its okay that they receive millions in corporate donations but not okay for Unions to donate to parties that represent their best interests. Same old same old.
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Both these motions are nothing new.
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News flash, Premier Clark puts families first,
That is first in the food bank lines, up 2.4% this year.
Must be due to all her ex-staffers in need.
The propoganda video was nauseating.
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The four things that people have to wonder about and are missing from the video praising Clark have to be:
1) where are the space suits, Clearly, the participants have to be from another planet.
2) why isn’t the jug of cool aid on display
3) why are the brown envelopes stuffed with cash in their back pockets not shown
and 4) they must have removed their tin foil hats and straight jackets just before the video was made.
Other then that, the video was very comical and entertaining.
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Actually, there were 5 or 6 comments on the Christy video by the time I left the site, and ALL of them were very negative. Mine was # 3:
“I can’t WAIT for the BC Rail Inquiry!”
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The “collective myopia” of the BC Liberals, the Christy Clark Party or whatever you want to call them truly amazing. Lemminings heading to the sea, in a mass hysterical charge into oblivion, could not explain it better. Waste of effort…they are done.
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