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Stephen Harper's neo-conservatism
CBC News ^ | JUne 26, 2006 | Larry Zolf

Posted on 06/26/2006 10:55:26 AM PDT by headsonpikes

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To: headsonpikes

Larry is obviously intending this article to be anti-Harper. It sounded very pro-Harper to me!


21 posted on 06/26/2006 12:03:42 PM PDT by winner3000
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To: winner3000

"Larry is obviously intending this article to be anti-Harper. It sounded very pro-Harper to me!"

LOL! We can only hope that Harper is as cold-water conservative as the lefty freak Zolf portrays him.


22 posted on 06/26/2006 12:09:37 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: headsonpikes

He sounds like a cool guy to me.


23 posted on 06/26/2006 12:14:34 PM PDT by siddude
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To: headsonpikes

Sheesh...they have crybabies up there too?


24 posted on 06/26/2006 12:24:55 PM PDT by bkepley
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nah. I would argue that american libertarian and american conservative have joined forces to become neo-con, which started with Ronald Reagan


25 posted on 06/26/2006 12:32:17 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: headsonpikes
"Harper's hero worship of William Buckley Jr. reflects Buckley's belief in untrammelled free enterprise and the withering away of the state.

I thought Marx wanted the withering away of the state. Hadn't the author better criticize Castro for being a Marxist on the road to abolishing the state and all the good that it does?

Where's Mussolini when you need him?

26 posted on 06/26/2006 1:01:08 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Hinneh, mah tov umah na`im shevet 'achim gam yachad!)
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To: headsonpikes

I'm liking this guy more all the time.
Congratulations Canada!
27 posted on 06/26/2006 1:15:40 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: headsonpikes; spatso

<< Here's some red meat for the Canada-haters .... >>

Thank you for the ping but if it is all the same to you, I shall leave it to Canada's haters.

Perhaps for a change, they'll project their [Pathological] hatreds upon one another?

God knows its how they're voluntarily and willingly governed. They, after all, the ones who line up to elect their envy, hatred and rage-institutionalizing gangsters-posing-as-politicians and hold out their enslaved hands for the proceeds of such of other folks lives' energies those polls steal for them and are willing to dole out.


28 posted on 06/26/2006 2:14:49 PM PDT by Brian Allen (As for me -- Give me Liberty -- or give me death!)
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To: Brian Allen
God knows its how they're voluntarily and willingly governed. They, after all, the ones who line up to elect their envy, hatred and rage-institutionalizing gangsters-posing-as-politicians and hold out their enslaved hands for the proceeds of such of other folks lives' energies those polls steal for them and are willing to dole out.

Yes, the Canucklehead left thinks just like the Democrat base stateside.

On another note, have you ever considered trying decaffeinated coffee?

29 posted on 06/26/2006 2:20:21 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: headsonpikes; spatso

<< Oops! Did I say Pol Pot? >>

Hear! Hear! Well said, Sir!

[Whoops, should have read that before my first post]

The only essential differences between the other two and M. Pol Pot are the differences of ethnicity and of geography. All three -- as is the useful idiot who spewed this piece -- are otherwise indistinguishable from one another and are but manifestations of the same evil.

[And Mr Harper sounds like an absolute doll. Prayers and trust directed his way! And, sadly, a bet that the evil manifest in modern Canada will destroy him]


30 posted on 06/26/2006 2:26:22 PM PDT by Brian Allen (As for me -- Give me Liberty -- or give me death!)
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To: headsonpikes

Would Red Tories be the equivilent of Big Government Conservatives here in the States? If so, wouldn't that make President Bush a Red Tory?


31 posted on 06/26/2006 2:59:49 PM PDT by Democratshavenobrains
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To: headsonpikes

<< ... have you ever considered trying decaffeinated coffee? >>

Good one. But I don't drink -- not even coffee.

[Or as an Aussie mate of mine once observed: "Don't drink, don't smoke - or rent me arse to any blokes]

<];^)~<


32 posted on 06/26/2006 3:31:38 PM PDT by Brian Allen (As for me -- Give me Liberty -- or give me death!)
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To: headsonpikes; GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; Ryle; ...

Canada ping!

Please send a FReepmail to get on or off this Canada ping list.

33 posted on 06/26/2006 4:15:44 PM PDT by fanfan (I wouldn't be so angry with them if they didn't want to kill me!)
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To: headsonpikes
Seeing how much Larry Zolf is suffering gives me a nice warm fuzzy.
34 posted on 06/26/2006 5:54:16 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: proud_yank

Media bias? Definitely. I wouldn't expect anything else from the CBC.


35 posted on 06/26/2006 7:38:33 PM PDT by NorthOf45
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To: Redbob

Ummmm, surely you don't judge us all based on the attitudes of some.


36 posted on 06/26/2006 7:39:58 PM PDT by NorthOf45
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To: headsonpikes
Above anything else, Harper believes that the state is inherently evil and cannot be trusted with anything. In Harper's Tory land, the state has no role to play in climate change or controlling long guns, and has no right to intervene in the economy. He loathes Keynesian economics, and believes the ideal state is by definition a non-socialist society. To Harper, socialism is Friedrich Hayek's "Road To Serfdom" totalitarianism. Any government action is by definition socialist, and therefore goes against free enterprise. His love of free enterprise is shown by his taking on the job as head of the National Citizens Coalition, a body that stands for unfettered free enterprise, and is patently anti-labour and opposed to the welfare state.

I love the outraged, J'Accuse! tone as the author spits out these accusations like he expects the reader to be horrified.

37 posted on 06/26/2006 7:44:46 PM PDT by denydenydeny ("Osama... made the mistake of confusing media conventional wisdom with reality" (Mark Steyn))
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Larry Zolf and his like cannot conceive of life without an overwhelming Authority, preferably legitimate, but definitely overwhelming.

The public schools have done their job well.


38 posted on 06/26/2006 7:52:03 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: headsonpikes
This guy has his terms just a bit confused.

A "neo-conservative" on this side of the border without a fence is a former liberal who has been mugged.

Followers of Hayek calling themselves neo-conservatives may exist, but they have to be rare. More commonly, they'll be libertarians or old-right Republicans in the mold of Sen. Robert Taft.

Is it possible that the pejorative use of "neo-conservative" has so permeated the left-wing political lexicon that nowadays anyone the left finds fault with is routinely given that label?

39 posted on 06/26/2006 7:52:33 PM PDT by logician2u
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It's just Mother Corp reverting to type and issuing one of its typical hit pieces.

Even the title was an intentional waving of a red flag.

40 posted on 06/26/2006 7:53:13 PM PDT by Clive
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