Canuck Whore (Debbie Schlussel On Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's Chutzpah Alert)

Debbie Schlussel.com ^ | 12/16/05 | Debbie Schlussel

[Sam Gamgee]

A closer friend of mine told me this. I said to him, "Do they no know that the NDP forced out an MP who voted against SSM?". My closer friend then told me he voted for them. He isn't the most rational person on earth, so I can forgive him. He is very generous and loves people far more than I do (I am a skeptic, and it takes me time to warm up to others). He is kind hearted and all, but... I have feeling some voters are one issue voters. They hear something they like and then cast their ballot without finding out what the party is all about. Canadians rather watch the News at 6 and see what they can learn (nothing). One has to actually talk to people, check out the platform, hear what the candidates say over a lengthy period of time and form some conclusion.

We won't find too many welcomes on this site proclaiming a global collapse but I agree with you. One thing I have learned though is that overvaluation can last longer than you think. I know of a number of individuals who are NOW jumping into second income properties. At what is probably the top of the cycle. I pay down my mortgage whenever possible, and the faster the better. Can't do much better (with low risk) than 5% non-taxable income (the value I get from paying down my mortgage).

[Sam Gamgee]

Have you ever read "The Creature from Jeckyl Island"? All about the evils of bankers taking control of the people's money supply.

[Sam Gamgee]

I understand your frustration. You'd think we could at least get 100% of the evangelical vote. Or maybe 98% if 2% vote say for the Heritage Party. I don't think the US gets all the evangelical vote for the Republicans either.

[Canadian Outrage]

The smartest thing any of us can do at the moment and in the world's climate is be debt free. "Owe no man anything"!! We do the same, we have one debt, our mortgage and if we were to sell the business, that would be gone. Got rid of credit cards last year just to see if we could do without them. Actually, it's been okay with the exception of trying to book a flight or a hotel room.

[sausageseller]

Since FR got the "spell check" feature the spelling police
have had to look for a new occupation.

[rasblue]

If you really want to hurt Canada hard, there is a simple way. Just open the border and offer Green Cards to all Canadian Born folks willing to give up their Canadian Citizenships. Too keep out the riff-raff demand a $5000 "processing fee" and do all the usual background checks. (Canada currently has a $990 immigrant head tax). Watch about 1,000,000 skilled Canadians minimum leave for the US.

[Canadian Outrage]

Yes!! My friends from Texas sent me that book. It was quite a read. Bottom line is that all of the events that we are witnessing are really leading us like cattle to a one world government. I mean it's a lot deeper than that but that's the bottom line.

[kanawa]

Using the word "scores" to mean a "large number" was CORRECT!

Yes, but using it to indicate the number of welfare recipients is an inadequate quantification.
"Thousands" would have been better.
"100's of thousands" would have been best....

[Canadian Outrage]

That is the saddest fact of all!! Evangelicals who don't know what they stand for or should stand for are very very lost indeed. I'm not convinced they are true evangelicals at all really.

[Canadian Outrage]

LOL, I can't get over some of the straining at gnats that goes on!!

[x]

Martin is blaming America for all of Canada's ills.

Is that really true, or is it just that we only listen when we hear ourselves mentioned? If Martin does only blame the US and it's that blatant, will Canadians get sick of it before the election?

I never got the appeal of the West Wing. If I wanted to see fictional politics with a left-wing spin, I watch Canadian elections and debates on C-Span. Lately it's gotten pretty predictable, but seeing the Tories go from 169 seats to 2 in one night was more exciting -- if more depressing -- than watching Martin Sheen emote.

[Sam Gamgee]

We use our credit cards but never carry a balance. But good for you for tossing them. It is amazing how much debt is available out there. I could probably get access to another $50,000 in lines of credit and credit cards if I wanted to. I don't use the $20,000 I already have. Canadians have become terrible in our spending habits and balancing our budgets. People think I'm crazy that I ask my wife for all her receipts (and somehow chauvinistic). Most don't keep track of their money, except how many is left sitting in the bank account at month end.

Actually I have considered buying gold, but the Canadian dollar continues to work against owning any asset denominated in US dollars.

[Sam Gamgee]

Near the end of the book I wondered if perhaps it got too conspiratorial? It made me appreciate Jefferson so much more for fighting federalists and central bank creators like Hamilton. I do believe that the Fabians still exist and are still working to undermine our capitalist societies.

[Sam Gamgee]

I haven't seen the stats for some time but I believe the numbers for Canada was something like 2 million on social assistance and 16 million in the workforce. That's a helluva lot of people with ass conjoined to sofa disease!

[Sam Gamgee]

Many of them are not. But many of them are. They simply fail to think there logic to its end. For instance, socialism. Socialism replaces God with the State. Christ never advocated compulsory charity. In fact compulsory charity is not charity. And he certainly didn't advocate theft. Socialism doesn't believe in eternal heaven, but that heaven will be achieved on earth - it was a philosophy born out of humanism. Never mind that the world of 33 BC Israel was entirely a different world - with slavery, and very very poor people, many of which were poor due to real discrimination.

[sausageseller]

So with your reasoning 1,000,000 welfare recipiants would not be a large number ( scores).

Just what is a large number( scores) then?

[kanawa]

Just what is a large number( scores) then?

If you look back at #68 you'll find I did agree with you that scores can refer to a large number.
It can mean 'very many or a lot' and she uses it in that sense.
My point is that it is a vague quantification open to interpretation.
More suited to a rant than to a reasoned argument.

[NorthOf45]

I agree ... very unprofessional. She does have some valid points though.