Can you imagine what the reception will be if Joh were the boss in Queen's Park or Quebec? ;-p
I will leave this to Fred Nerks, who knows far more than I on Joh.
Posted on 10/29/2005 12:08:55 AM PDT by goldstategop
http://www.zipworld.com.au/~rocket/hanson/hanson1.htm
Pauline Hansen's maiden (first) speech in Parliament.
I Googled for proof in case you need evidence of how "far" (afield!) we've gotten:
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/002377.html
"Activities which degrade men or women through sexual stereotyping, or exploit the bodies of men, women, boys or girls solely for the purpose of attracting attention, are not permitted on Nathan Phillips Square."
Double standard and again women come up short!
Polite Canada ceased to exist in the early 1980s but it was wonderful while it lasted.
The one thing I have noticed about the immigrants here in Toronto is that they are dirtying the public spaces like they think the whole world is a garbage can. The government is trying to force everyone into a one-man recycling centre, but the immigrants drop their 'recycling' from their hands when they are finished with it. Every inch of Toronto is littered with garbage, crowded with beggars, and breaking down under the lash of the unions and the communists who believe that it is possible for everyone to take money out of the common pot without putting anything back in. Right now the cops are handing out pamphlets detailing their grievances against the city, and Black gangs are holding shootouts during rush hour on main boulevards, pretty much unlet and unhindered. The government has pronounced that it is "really sad to be a Black 'kid' right now" and proposes to wade in with massive 'programs'. It's a ringside seat at a train wreck. Or even more apt, it's a grandstand seat at a NA$CAR race, as everyone waits in anticipation for the next 25 car pile-up and devoutly believes that nobody will (or can) get hurt in the flying debris... because the government tells us that this is so.
As for the prospect of throwing out the criminal thugs who rule us, don't hold your breath.
They are correct that the churches are being destroyed, though. I have attended five churches since I have been here, and all of them have turned into hotbeds of anti-Americanism and Gay Pride. One of them (Timothy Eaton Memorial United) doesn't even require that you subscribe to the entire Creed in order to be a member of their congregation, far less do they preach from the Bible. If there are Bible-believing, conservative Baptists in Toronto I have never heard of them, and the Catholic churches around me (St. Clair West and Bathurst) are flaming liberal and "modern". The large Presybetian church is anti-Israel and the Anglican Cathedral invites speakers in to denounce American foreign policy.
Hey, I knew I was on the right track! Unexplored resources you say? We better get cracking, there's bound to be oil there - no wonder the muzzies are flocking to Canada, they can smell oil, it attracts them like flies to a carcass.
Surrounded on three sides you say? Can I be dictator? You can be finance director. You'll be honest and I'll be benign, I promise...
Can you imagine what the reception will be if Joh were the boss in Queen's Park or Quebec? ;-p
I will leave this to Fred Nerks, who knows far more than I on Joh.
You forgot to mention the CityTV expose that showed how Jamaican gangs actually sell "franchises" up here. Naturally, we'll treat our Blacks the same way we treat the Inuit - throw money at them until they have absolutely no dignity left. It's the Canadian way.
I was just trying to be helpful. I see what you mean by an ideological police state. Do they relally believe that the rest of the world takes them seriously?
"Activities which degrade men or women through sexual stereotyping, or exploit the bodies of men, women, boys or girls solely for the purpose of attracting attention, are not permitted on Nathan Phillips Square."
What was the name of the mullah who wrote that fatwa?
Ping - classic stuff here! And no one's even mentioned that Parrish "woman" yet.
The politicos and the CBC believe the world takes them seriously. The rest of Canada, myself included, is pretty relieved this is not the case. We can look down on the US from the North American bleachers, but that doesn't change the fact that the view is still from the sh!tty seats.
The RCMP "monitoring" talk is not scaremongering - I read news reports back in 2000 and 01 that several politicians (who were candidates to become MPs) who expressed concerns about the excessive levels of immigration to Canada complained about police harrassment. Their phones were tapped by the RCMP on the grounds that "their views endanger racial harmony" and the RCMP admitted this. And they were nowhere near as hardcore as Pauline.
How much worse will the true Pauline fare?
We can organise a match-up between Pauline Hanson and Carolyn Parrish. Let's see which is nastier? ;-)
Joh passed on earlier this year. Died around the same time as the Pope. He was a peanut farmer who liked to fly planes. They called him the "flying peanut". He was a Kiwi ie. born in New Zealand.
He was a good man - although watching the news and average folks (even conservative blogs) it seems that the New Zealand today would rather forget about him.
What amazes me are some of the extreme views that are published in the Canadian press. Provided they are anti-American, anything goes.
Battle of the independants! I'm game. Money squarely on Pauline (would she really want to lower herself to touch Parrish?) Carolyn does have at least 50 pounds on her, but Pauline might have a longer reach.
Meow.
I will leave this to Fred Nerks, who knows far more than I on Joh...
Methinks it wise to recuse myself, I voted for him! Joh is still and always will be a hero to the majority of the people in rural Queensland. (Don't you worry about that!)
'Don't you worry about that' he would say to reporters when asked a question. Drove them crazy. Stumbled over his words, misspoke and mispronounced every time he opened his mouth. Did more for Queensland than he received credit for.
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Johannes Bjelke-Petersen was born in New Zealand in 1911, son of a Danish-born Lutheran pastor.
The family moved to the Kingaroy area in 1913 and established the property Bethany.
They struggled through the depression but later things improved and Joh designed and constructed a peanut thresher which proved very successful.
He pioneered the use of crawlers and scrub chain clearing and started an aerial spraying business but it was not as successful as earth-moving.
In 1947 he became the Country Party member for the electorate of Nanango (now Barambah).
He married Florence Gilmour (later a senator) in 1952 and became Premier in 1968.
Bjelke-Petersen was thought by many to be a dictatorial leader as he stood his ground against often strong opposition.
Amongst his many achievements were the abolition of death duties and the construction of the Wivenhoe Dam and Tarong Power Station.
He will also be remembered for his controversial stand against World Heritage listings and for the demolition of the historic Bellevue Hotel in Brisbane.
He was knighted in the early 80s and lost the premiership in 1987 after the Fitzgerald inquiry into widespread police and political corruption in Queensland.
He was tried for perjury after the inquiry, but the Crown chose not to proceed after the jury failed to reach a verdict in controversial circumstances.
Real gutter stuff.
Well, it is all relativism mate. We view them as extreme, they view them as common sense. And they view us as fascist. :-( A very conservative Canadian redneck from Alberta would be like a middle class mainstream Coalition supporter in Brissy, while a mainstream middle class mother in GTA would have views akin to downtown Melbourne chardonnay socialists on Australian scale.
A very conservative Canadian redneck from Alberta would be like a middle class mainstream Coalition supporter in Brissy,
OUCH!
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