ChuckerCanuck 2.0

Dude, your too funny.

This thing just canned any hope Bennet had to secure the leadership (but she shouldn't have had much to begin with).

I notice though that the main stream media hasn't picked up on this...
 

thank you, zac. too bad, there is a point she's making that's valuable underneath her hysterical blathering. its abdicating responsibility when you play so dumb, imo.

MSM? (shoulder shrug).
 

you realize that all doctors are not brain surgeons, i believe that the medicine woman bennet specialized in proctology, graduating near the rear or the bottom of her class.
 

Did Dr. Bennett attend the same school as Dr. Hedi Fry or did they just sample each others drugs?
 

the rear is a low oxygen environment, much like the peak of the Liberal party, so I'm told...
 

LOL! Hedy & Carolyn, sharing a crack pipe (the crack, of course, provided free by Vancouver in an effort to promote, um, something - selfesteem of crackheads so they don't have to demean themselves by begging, borrowing & stealing to support their habit?) Good visual, bernie.

chucker - posted as requested.
 

I'll shamelessly cut and paste from my comments elsewhere on the topic of the MSM and how they don't seem to care about her comments.

'To put the shoe on the other foot, I'd love to see the MSM reaction if a Conservative ever said the following about Universal Childcare while the Liberals were in power...
"If we have Universal Childcare I hope the Liberals build more Bingo Halls so all the welfare moms can put their kids in daycare and play bingo more".
That's the equivalent of Bennett's statement only fromthe other direction.'
 

Dear CC,

I am in awe of your ability to be consistantly and outrageously humorous night after night after night.

Is there some magic steroid or sumthin' you're using to keep this up?

And if so, what???????????

Unabashedly envious,

Springer
 

springer,

you're very nice. of course, you laugh harder than most cause you're an equal hapermaniac!

but to answer your question: did you see Dustin Hoffman in Rainman?
 

Interesting encounter today...

Broke the cardinal rule of sales by letting conversation drift into the realm of politics.

Middleaged lady that turned out to be an environmental activist, and well travelled worldwide, too.

Started with a mention that the GST...significant in my market...is dropping on July 1. To which I added, "Thank you Mr. Harper."

She responded with, "He scares me."

???

Okay, I've gotta go there now.

"Why?"

"He's going to abandon the environment."

Long story short, in about ten minutes I had her rethinking the government's approach...and even telling me I should become a public speaker on the environment.

Points I raised:

1) Kyoto is nothing but a means to ship billions to other nations in order to buy our way out of doing anything about it here in Canada.

2) Even if Canada managed to become pollution free, China and India together, representing twice the population of North America and Europe, represent the very real challenge to the environment over the next couple of decades that will relegate anything we could accomplish to mere drop in the bucket.

3) Technology is the only solution, centering on hydrogen and nuclear fusion, both of which are pollution free.

4) The Liberals merely threw money at Kyoto; point to anything so far that those billions spent have accomplished in real results.

5) Watch for the CPC to bring in real targets and standards, while providing incentives to consumers and industry to apply themselves and work towards them...which will cost relatively little compared to Kyoto.

6) The left does NOT own the issue of the environment. I care deeply about the environment, which specifically is one big reason why I am a "Conservative".

It was a very interesting chat that I'm certain left her with a different view of the CPC, and approaches to environmental issues.

FWIW.
 

I guess Hillary was right....

IT TAKES A VILLAGE IDIOT TO RAISE A HOODLUM!
 

your fucking hilarious chucker
your funny

learning about Muhammed Ali is good
 

http://www.tartcider.com/blog/archives/2006/05/fugitives_from.html
 

Extremely funny Chuckercanuck - a post I have to read twice. Rainbow sounds like a doll, and I'm glad you're learning her the good stuff! What's the 1 year old called?
 

anonymous,

your tart cider link didn't pan out!
 

montreal madame,

the 1 year old's name is Poison. Sweet, eh? And to think, the Quebec government let that slip by!


(for those who don't know, you have to have your name approved by the Quebec government).
 

springer,

that's the goal - one citizen at a time. kudos to you for bothering!
 

Link to tart cider
 

Hilarious Chucker. It's great that you will have something in common with your daughter. Years from now, you'll both be able to talk about your time in the slammer.
 

Of all the sites I have visited that are shining the spotlight on the good doctors case of "Foot in mouth disease", I have yet to see one comment defending her.

Bye-Bye Doctor Do Little, ya crazy eyed, spun right off the bolt, wing nut!!
 

Ya gotta love Hedy. Not one news-caster could talk about her leadership bid without the phrase "cross-burning" coming up. She's a shoo-in!
 

anonymous,

okay, okay. Tart Cider makes a point: watch the film, then tell me.

Well, I will one day see the film. But don't expect my reaction to it to be: "wow, we could learn alot from Belfield."

Also, the idea that you watch a film without bringing in your pre-conceptions of the film's maker is ludicrous.

Lafond would agree with me there - just have to flip through your favorite Derrida book. Its the law of grammatology.
 

leather,

with Belinda, he had groin burning.
with Hedy, well, you know.
 

Platty,

or maybe she shoots up to the top of our pick for Liberal Leader!
 

If the poor and disenfranchised are getting new economy of scale spas (prisons), what about the middle class and rich!!!! We need more spas (spas) dammit.

And while I'm here, I say we put all those poor people and black gangsta rappers in jail, confiscate their guns and give them to rural toothless backwoods kinfolk who really need 'em. Squirrels don't fuckin' shoot themselves do they? And they don't bake themselves into delicious squirrel pies either!!!!

BTW- Carolyn Bennett is my MP.
 

K-Dough,

you poor man. Although, she's probably not the lunatic her soundbites make her out to be.

I figure, we commit troops overseas, because we know what terrible damage to democracy they would do if left here in Canada. In our cities.

So, why not ship parents out to foreign postings. Keep them away from their children where they can do some serious damage.
 

Now that is some sound reasoning CC. And it gets me hotter than Georgia asphalt.
 

OT, but Jane Tuber is must have a memory problem if she thinks these jokers hold a candle to the Rat Pack.
What does S.W.A.T. stand for again?

Synchronized Whiny Ass Tantrums??
 

K-Dough,

don't go getting me to call Santos.

(oh and by the way, I'm in your house now. go ahead, call home... )
 

Go ahead call Santos, see if I care.

Just don't call Sosa. Sosa- that fucking cockaroach. I take him to war!
 

how quickly we devolve into obscure film talk!

K-Dough, what better than violent arthouse movies to bridge the political divide?
 

what better? alcohol and broads.
 

BTW CC- you don't have an email addy posted here. How am I supposed to get to the real you via a fake hotmail account?
 

This was in yesterday's National Post:

In one verbal slinging match, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley slammed Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett, who had dismissed the government plan to create child-care spaces as inadequate, for implying in a television interview that parents who want to raise their children at home will be “bringing up future criminals.”
Ms. Bennett, a feisty family doctor who is seeking the leadership of the Liberal party, insisted research shows that for every dollar spent on early learning and childhood, “we will save $7 later in special education and corrections, and you know that.”

Really? You really said that eh? I was raised at home, I turned out OK and I don't need any special education training. Same with all of my sisters, none of whom have a criminal record either. I'm pretty sure that most of my cousins who were raised at home aren't mentally deficient or escaped convicts either. Now, we are a special and exceptional bunch, no doubt about that, but to suggest that a generation of dumbasses and criminals is in the offing because the rest of the young Canadians out there don't get to go to a fancy government-run daycare is not only presumptuous but it is insulting to every parent. Why doesn't she just bring up the "beer and popcorn" line?
It is this type of "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" attitude that really puts me off. I remarked to a couple of colleagues during the election campaign that it was if Canada woke up one morning and decided to have a national daycare program as an urgent necessity. I don't buy it. Parents have been experts at raising kids a lot longer than the researchers have been devising ways to raise kids. Don't want to put your kids in state-run daycare? Might as well arrest you now for harbouring a soon-to-be-known criminal. Give me a break!
The Liberals have this outrage that the Conservative plan for child care only gives parents $1200 a year so that they can make their choice; it's not meant to be a 100% subsidy, that's not how Conservatives (neo-liberal economists) operate, and all those rich parents in Vancouver & Toronto with double incomes and massive houses and luxury cars who are complaining about the high costs of their daycare centre are missing the point entirely. Maybe instead of adding the extra bathroom in the guest house they could focus more on their children's development? I don't have kids, but if I did, I'd be more than happy to receive the Harper kiddie bucks and make my own decisions, say thanks for the extra help, and be on my way, than have to be compelled to drop my kid off at some multi-billion dollar government entity. What happened to the days when Liberals didn't feel it was their duty to interfere in the bedrooms of Canadians? Now it's the whole house they want to get involved with.
Further, given that Dr. Bennett is a declared candidate in the Liberal leadership race, she's risking alienating that segment of the Liberal Party who may not believe that just because the government isn't babysitting their kids, the little ones are going to turn into criminals. I was always on the right wing of the party when I was a member, and if I heard a comment like that you can bet she wouldn't be getting my support. Since I'm no longer a member, she doesn't have it anyways but she's certainly shot herself in the foot on this one.
 

Dr. Bennett can hire this guy, since as we saw in the last election, his pithy insights into the Canadian mosaic did such a great job for his last boss...

Five priorities for the Liberal party
Why is it unseemly for this political party to talk about winning back power, asks Scott Reid


May 4, 2006. 01:00 AM


In a few months, the Liberal Party of Canada will elect a new leader — someone it hopes will bring a swift end to voters' flirtation with Stephen Harper and his Conservative vision of Canada.

Although we've yet to see the disagreements that will define this contest, all candidates seem to concur on the urgent need to renew and recharge the party. Yet, mysteriously, the practical challenge of re-election has been treated with a disdain usually reserved for chatty strangers on airplanes.

Suddenly, it's become unseemly for this political party to talk about winning back power.

A dose of humility and a dash of introspection are warranted after any loss. But Liberals would be well advised to quickly overcome this newfound piety. The threat facing the party is enormous, urgent and intensely political.

Harper and NDP Leader Jack Layton have set aside ideological differences to unite around the eternal principle of shared self-interest. Their joint ambition? To cripple the political potency of the Liberal party. Throw in the desperate straits that Liberals face in Quebec and the hill ahead is steep indeed.

Renewal must occur. But a clear-eyed political strategy must begin now — one that confronts Liberal opponents and positions the party to secure not just more votes but a stable governing mandate.

What might the basis of a winning political strategy look like? Five priorities spring to mind:

Get over the defeat: "We suck" is one of the few assertions that voters will accept unchallenged from politicians. As part of the renewal process, literally dozens of panels have been established to discuss the party's failings. It's a hair-shirting that would make Opus Dei blush. Facing up to old mistakes? Debating new ideas? That's all good. But it's time to quit telling people the Liberal party is divided and broken. It's not.

Define Harper: Harper recognizes that you only get one chance to make a first impression. So far, conventional wisdom has ruled favourably; he is confident and composed, more at ease in the role of prime minister.

This is precisely the character definition that Conservatives seek to cement and carry with them into the next election. Liberals must construct a competing and less flattering definition of Harper. Let the leadership race and its winner find the Liberal party's positive vision.

For now, the caucus can best contribute by revealing the Harper whom Conservatives would prefer to conceal: a calculating leader who enthusiastically imports Bush's politics and views all who dare to disagree as enemies. It's hardly a stretch. He's provided plenty to work with — and his buttons fairly scream "push me."

It's about Quebec, stupid: The Liberal party lost the last election because its base in Quebec had become too narrow and it will surely lose the next if that's not corrected. Moreover, Jean Charest has spent the spring further diminishing federalist hopes that he can rally to re-election, raising the prospect of a Pequiste victory and yet another referendum on separation.

This dynamic threatens to overwhelm Canadian politics as we approach the next federal vote. Yet the Liberal party, the party of Laurier and Trudeau, has no discernible message in Quebec.

Distressingly, Liberals stake no claim to any piece of intellectual or political real estate. Fix that and Liberals win. Fail to fix that and they lose. At minimum, two pre-conditions must be met. First, the effort to define Harper must be particularly undertaken in Quebec. His momentum must stop before the Liberal party's can resume.

Second, the voting base of allophones and new Canadians must be re-radicalized and given a reason to believe in the Liberals. Beyond that, a tightly drawn package of symbolic initiatives that tap Quebec's craving for respect must be defined and marketed as Liberal policy.

Own the economy: Canadians will not elect a party they believe to be less capable of managing the nation's economy than its opponent. The Conservatives are going to come dangerously close to tipping this country back into deficit as they abandon prudent budgeting practices.

They think they're right about the GST when Canadians undeniably prefer income tax cuts. And they have created an insatiable demand for transfers with their commitment to "fix" the fiscal imbalance.

Forget about uniting the left. If the Liberal party forgoes its claim to sound economic management it will be unable to capitalize on the most likely of Conservative policy missteps.

Woo the cities: Winning elections is about assembling voter coalitions. If the Liberal party can anchor its appeal with a majority of urban and suburban Canadians, then it will win every election from now to the Rapture.

Wooing the cities does not mean strictly supporting the municipal lobby. It means presenting a cluster of policies that signal to urban families that we will protect and nurture their interests. A clean environment and modern transit. Lower income taxes. Child care. Economic development and education.

These are "urban" issues with appeal far beyond Toronto city limits. Liberals must own them and, just as importantly, deny them to the NDP.

In short, it is clearly important for the Liberal party to challenge itself with new ideas. But winning isn't a dirty word and victory is a fine tonic for many ills. As Liberals pick a new leader, let them not wait to assemble an effective political strategy. There's simply too much at risk.

Sorry Chucker, but I suck at putting links in.
 

joe calgary,

cut and paste away! this is a libertarian's blog, so I'm not going to tell you how to post commentary.

I was thinking about doing some Scott Reid bit (which I still might) - but then I held off out of respect for the walking dead.
 

rgm,

I really appreciate that commentary. It is difficult for many of us right-wing Tory fanatics to understand how Liberal supporters can stomach this crap.

Clearly, even if you are not a card-carrying member, you are still proof that Liberal-minded people are not all angry retards out to social engineer us into a death cult.

Thanks. Please come often!
 

I just love that Scott Reid even has the nuts to show his face right now... Being the singular focal point of the beginning of the end for the Liberals and all...

On top of that, the twit still doesn't get it.
 

oh wait, RGM, you're a newly re-furbished Richard! hey, what's with the taliban beard? :)
 

joe,

my favorite: start to demonize Harper.

hey, not only is that brilliant strategy, but why didn't they think of that before? too funny and pathetic.
 

k-dough,

email account created and added.

if you know anyone in the PMO or at the National Post, I will accept job offers.
 

Scott did think of it... he just didn't try hard enough. Poor Scott, all full up on political constipation...

Stop pushing Scott!!! Buy some exlax instead.

Slow and easy makes it much more satisfying.

If he could just get through this, maybe Kinsella would hire him. I hear Warrans looking for a bootlicker.

Thats Scott's background isn't... I always heard they called him "Mr. Dirty Sanchez" in the halls of the PMO.
 

For anyone from the commentsplease clan- did you hear that Mark Allan-Whittle has been charged with threatening death on a union leader?
 

You the Liberal elite have realized their fucked for at least the next 5 or 6 years...

Paul Martin defends himself in the Star. Reid says blah to the Liberal leader candidates.

It's obvious that the power brokers don't care or they wouldn't let Tweedle dee and Tweedle dum out of the box.
 

K: did not hear the news on MAW.

Joe: Kinsella blogged today about how Scott keeps him away from the party like garlic to a vampire.
 

The Whittle thing is a hoot. Apparently the guy in real life is the very definition of a village idiot, running for anything and everything and losing. so much for his quaint tales of how Mark saved the world, again and again. Thank the Lord he's one of your mutts chuckers.
 

MAW was the guy who was in the death match with Kinsella right?
 

Anonymous- nope- another Mark.
Here is the article from the Hamilton Spectator:
MAW Gets His
 

in a related story -

Prominent exPMPM advisor Bono says Stephen Harper has broken campaign promises.


poor little guy, hasn't been the same since Cher dumped him and he ran into that tree.
 

OT,

Chantal Hebert on the rebalancing paper:

"Since the federal discussion paper on the fiscal balance came out on budget day, its content has been inflated by both the fears and the hopes of those who have read it.

But stripped of all that, the paper projects the image of a government more interested in federal-provincial discipline than in a massive federal disengagement.

...it could result in the end to the helter-skelter form of federalism that has turned the country's fiscal ties into intractable knots and allowed governments to pass the buck from one to another for their failures to attain their objectives"
 

anonymous,

you're thinking of Mark Bourrie, who is also has a blog.

I didn't know much about him until today. He went onto comments please and offered a very blunt, angry perspective from the conservative movement. As you know, I'm not a big believer in that kind of talking. Emotions are powerful and takeover, I know.

ahh. i'll admit however, this will not be a subject of this blog, unless the Liberals play it wrong. (You'd think they'd be jumping on the "wait for the outcome before judging" - just on reflex).
 

Is Bono still Boned Up on Canada?

That's great. He should buy property here and establish some tangible commitment to the country before he gets carried away.
 

yyc/anonymous- you hijacked my self-gratifying roasting MAW moment.

bastards.
 

yyc,

hat tip to Paul Wells for calling it to everyone's attention. (Or giving us a heads up that this slew of commentary was coming).

I read Hebert this morning and enjoyed it very much. of course, she's the best. So, her words count. I'd bet Harper reads Hebert carefully too.

Ultimately, if Quebec signed the constitution and joined more completely the nation of Canada, all provinces and territories would benefit.

Dalton McGinty would be wise to consider who he benefits with his Clyde Wells insouciance.
 

k-dough,

I can't. I can't. Nope. Nope.

Don knows.
 

I suspect Bono's been around the world, hasn't found anybody who cares what he thinks, and we're catching him on his second lap.
 

Ooh!
Did not see Chantal's column. Must go find it and add it to my blog post.
Thanks.
 

Lots of Quebec news today,
UNESCO, Brault, Guite.
 

Chucker- the e-mail I sent you bounced back. Sup with that dude?

And what do you mean you "can't"?
 

fixed.
 

like that black guy wailed, MM: Quebec on my mind.
 

Clyde Wells!

That C*@#!sucking, screech drinking traitor bastard.

Send him adrift with his bottle that piece of shit.
 

ahh, I've inhabited Dalton. Mirabile Dictu, wouldn't you say father?
 

Hey Chuck,
Yep, one and the same. Beard is no longer with me, having disappeared an hour after the Habs were eliminated earlier this week. It gets cold in these Halifax winters, and it helped keep me warm during the worst of it.
 

Another great post, CC! You are truly brilliant!
 

joanne (tb),

genetic engineering does wonders.
 

rgm,

I hear on that, brother. There's always next season.
 

my thoughts on Scott Reid as "expert" on anything are here
http://wakinguponplanetx.blogspot.com/2006/04/media-credibility.html
 

or here

(I forget how links work on this site, must be a mental block or something).

Another great post & discussion CC
 

Fuck Carolyn Bennet and I don't give a shit if she is K-Dough's MP. Maybe He can fuck some sense into her. I raised my kids without government help or intervention. Not one goddamm red cent came my way from Ottawa. You make too much money, Mr. Squid, was the official line. Fuck Ottawa. My kids are doing fine. They sure as Hell are paying taxes and making a contribution. Maybe I should have raised them to be welfare bums and friends of the Liberals. Nah, Fuck that. If you can't get it honestly, ya don't need it.
BTW, if Harper gave a little more to the press, do you think anyone would be paying attention to the blatherings of Bennett. Not in a fucking million years. Right now, those idiots running for the Lib leadership are the only game in town for those ink soaked bastards. Stephen you can shut them up by lightening up.
Now fuck off!
 

I'd hire Chucker as my speechwriter if it was'nt for the whole Habs fan thing.And Squid for my press liason if I didn't think he would be too nice to them.
 

Stephen Harper,
I may not have a set of tits that could stop a runaway train like Sandra, but I'd give the press a chance to really know what you're about and I wouldn't let you hide behind a pair of fucking skirts!
 

Mr. Harper,

My wife is a Flames fan, if that helps.
 

Ashes of love, cold as ice
You made the bed, I'll pay the price
Our season's gone, there's no doubt,Ashes of love,
The Flames burned out
(apologies to Don Dibson)