Women Against Sarah Palin
http://womenagainstsarahpalin.blogspot.com/
Monday, October 6, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Sarah Palin winked her way through the debates-not cool
The Palin-Biden debate was a real barn burner! Well, not really. Palin, will you stop winking at the camera. Careful, you might get repetitive eye strain and you might break your designer glasses which everyone is trying to find on eBay and other places. Her use of colloquialisms and idioms would make an English professor cry. I thought the idea of debates was to make yourself seem credible. Instead, the use of language alone made her seem that she was not engaged in the task at hand and hopelessly unqualified. Palin was not aware of the current Iraq war policy nor the number of US military personnel stationed there. As for the rest of the McCain policy talking points, there were no other in-depth separation or announcements of note. In fact, she really didn't go into any of them at all. Refer to the self-looping tape of "We will do better". "We will reform Washington". "We have a better policy". If that's all she is going to say, why not just put it on tape for a hypnotherapist to use to put us to sleep. It may be more effective than Ambien. Why doesn't she just say what she means and give us some specifics? Oh, right, I forgot - nobody briefs her or if they do it simply does not stick in here memory. This is the person who is supposed to be the Republican Vice-president should they win. I shudder to think that she can find her way to the White House situation room. In the debate, although not directly, Palin unwittingly acknowledged she would be tolerant of adult Americans who are involved in alternative relationships. I wonder how many votes she will get from gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, bondage, sado-masochistic, dominant, submissive etc. etc. etc. with that remark. At that moment you can also hear conservative Republicans screaming because she fell into the trap of pledging pseudo-support for something that if the religious right had its way, would kill people or jail people for participating in anything they don't consider the 'norm'. In the end, she has always appeared as if she was a marionette for the Republicans. On the other hand she is so conservative that Alaska is one of the few states where rape victims have to pay for their own rape kit to save the state a few bucks. She also believes in creationism. So, the Republicans have a fiscal conservative and a religious fundamentalist. Fun for the whole Republican family, well, most of them, aka values voters. Finally, the biggest thing I get a chuckle out of is the first time Sarah Palin was asked what kind of reading material she liked. Her first response was that she read magazines like everyone else in America. With that statement, she ducked the question. Twenty-four hours later, some asked the same question but this time she use the names of publications such as the New York Times, People magazine and a couple of celebrity magazines. The point I am trying to make is that she is making it seem that somebody had to give her magazine titles to spit out and answer the question instead of some pleasant spontaneity. An this is the vice-president Republicans want!!! A female version of Bush!!! Shudder!!!!!!!!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Broken promise on the Atlantic Accord thay did need to do this!
http://www.scandalpedia.ca/Scandals/Atlantic%20Accord_en.html
Broken promise on the Atlantic Accord
In 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin signed the Offshore Agreements with Newfoundland & Labrador and Nova Scotia, guaranteeing that these provinces would receive100 per cent protection from claw backs resulting from increased non-renewable resource revenue. The agreements were set to run from 2005 until 2020.
The Offshore Agreements are commonly referred to as the Atlantic Accord.
 Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada |
During the 2006 federal election campaign, Stephen Harper pledged, if elected, to uphold the accord.
In a letter to Premier Danny Williams of Newfoundland and Labrador dated January 4, 2006, Stephen Harper wrote:
“We will remove non-renewable natural resource revenue from the equalization formula to encourage the development of economic growth in the nonrenewable resource sectors across Canada. The Conservative government will ensure that no province is adversely affected from changes to the equalization formula.”
The Conservative MP from St. John’s East, Norman Doyle, in an interview with the CBC in October 2006, underscored that the Conservative government would honour the terms of the agreement, saying, “the Atlantic Accord will not be adjusted. It's written in stone.”
Mr. Doyle added, “…it's signed, sealed, delivered, and it's something that the province need not have any fear [of].”[1]
 Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance |
A year after the Conservatives formed government, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty continued to assure the public that the agreements would be upheld in forthcoming federal budgets. Mr. Flaherty told reporters in St. John's, “I can say, as the prime minister has said, that we will respect the Atlantic Accords. That is firm; we'll continue to do that." [2]
But in the 2007 federal budget, the Harper government introduced a fiscal cap that effectively eliminated the claw back protection negotiated in 2005.
It also required Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia to abandon the framework of the Atlantic Accord in order to benefit from 100 per cent exclusion of non-renewable resource revenue from the equalization formula.
Though the change in policy sparked outrage in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, the Harper government maintained that it would not fix its broken promise.
Nova Scotia Conservative MP Bill Casey refused to vote in favour the 2007 budget and was expelled from the Conservative Caucus as a result. Mr. Casey explained his action saying, “It was obvious to me that we weren't going to get the accord restored. I told the prime minister I was going to vote against it unless it was restored, and I did. I just think the government of Canada should honour a signed contract, and if they don't, we haven't got much to work with." [3]
Among Conservatives, Mr. Casey was alone in his rebellion, but not in his views. An unnamed senior Conservative admitted that “dropping a sledgehammer on two of the provinces that endorsed you at the last election is not exactly the way to say 'thank you' on a file that clearly touches a chord in Atlantic Canada.” [4]
Editorial opinion in the region was also damning. One writer said, “whatever else you say about the Harper Conservatives — whether you believe they have broken their election promise or whether you believe they are outright liars — you can certainly say one thing: they can’t seem to get their story straight when it comes to how the federal budget will affect this province, and just what it is they plan to do about that.” [5]
The most outspoken opponent of the federal government has been Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams. In a speech delivered on September 10, 2008, Premier Williams said:
“Stephen Harper's own campaign literature proclaimed, ‘There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.’ He used these words as he successfully attempted to woo voters from this province to not vote for the opposing party. Naively we trusted him. He rewarded that trust with a broken promise. According to his own brochure, he is a fraud.”
References
[1] Norman Doyle comment on CBC.ca, October 18, 2006
[2] Feds 'respect' Accord, but stay mum on plan, Corner Brook Western Star, March 8, 2007
[3] Casey: I did what I had to do; Tory MP votes against party to protest offshore accord changes, Halifax Chronicle-Herald, June 6, 2007
[4] Harper's bullying tactics astound Conservative staffers, National Post, June 13, 2007
[5] Feds determined to fumble the ball, The Telegram (St. John's), June 12, 2007
Friday, October 3, 2008
Stéphane Dion needs to go! The PMO did NOT do a good JOB at all!
OK
StéphaneDion needs a new job ASAP!
The green party did well.
The NDP did well.
The PMO did NOT do a good JOB at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
StéphaneDion needs a new job ASAP!
The green party did well.
The NDP did well.
The PMO did NOT do a good JOB at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Conservative Campaign Against Ontario & On the Economy:
Jim Flaherty, is bad!
Conservative Campaign Against Ontario
Almost since taking office, the Conservative government of Stephen Harper has courted controversy with the government and people of Ontario on a number of fronts.
On Democratic representation:
The Conservative government’s Bill C-22, introduced in November of 2007, seeks to reallocate the number of seats representing each province in Parliament. The bill allocates ten new seats to Ontario, just half of what a fair redistribution would deliver based on that province’s population growth relative the rest of the country. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty protested the bill and, for his concern, was accused of being the “small man of Confederation”[1] by Ontario Conservative Member of Parliament and Federal Government House Leader Peter Van Loan.
On Funding for Cities:
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities represents hundreds of communities large and small. Dozens of them are in Ontario, including Toronto, Windsor, Hamilton and Ottawa. On November 20th, 2007 the FCM released a report outlining its analysis of the amount of funding required to bring the infrastructure of Canada’s cities and communities – roads, sewers, water systems – up to modern standards. Their total: $123 billion.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty countered that the Conservative government was not in the “pothole business” and labelled municipal leaders “whiners.” [2]
| Flaherty, Minister of Finance |
On the Economy:
The Ontario economy has been hit hard of late. The major impact has been on the province’s manufacturing sector, which has lost 100,000 jobs since January 2006. Statistics Canada reported, in July, 2008, the Canadian economy lost 55,000, the most in 17 years, including 95,000 private sector jobs. The manufacturing sector in Ontario alone lost 41,000 jobs [3].
The Conservatives have claimed that their preferred response is to cut taxes, rather than “picking corporate winners and losers”[4] through public investments in private sector industries. Numerous observers however have pointed out that ths cclaim isn’t consistent with the government’s actions, which have included the funnelling of more than half a billion dollars for “long-term development” in communities in Quebec.[5]
With regard to the tax-cutting strategy, the single largest tax cut implemented by the Conservative government has been to the GST. Critics point out that the GST cut (down from seven per cent to five per cent) costs the treasury between $11 billion and $12 billion dollars annually and, as economists say in near-universal agreement, provides little economic stimulus (a high cost for a low return).
But perhaps most controversial in Ontario were the remarks made by the Finance inister Flaherty in a Toronto speech in which he accusedPremier McGuinty of undercutting the Ontario economy by keeping business taxes too high: “If you’re going to make a new business investment in Canada, and you’re concerned about taxes, the last place you will go is the province of Ontario.”[6]
References
[1]] Hansard, November 11, 2007
[2] Calgary mayr tells Flaherty he's got a shovel and hard hat for him Canada NewsWire, November 22, 2007
[3] CANSIM 282-0088, Statistics Canada, February 2008
[4] It's politics as uual for Flaherty; Federal minister's fud with McGuinty no surprise, but carries some obvious risks, Toronto Star, March 10, 2008
5] Toryy ridings in Quebec get more funding; Province enjoys disproportionate amount of economic development money, Ottawa Citizen, March 10, 208; Toryy ridings in Quebec get more aid: analysis; Minister denies any bias involved in regional development, National Post, March 10, 2008
[6] Flaherty calls Ont. ``last place'' to invest due to tax regime; calls for rate cut, Canadian Press, February 29, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
facebook thinks i am a lesbian OK now i have seen it all!
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