Saturday, June 30, 2007

Sorry Linda..........

.......tomorrow might be our birthday but the lawmakers and merchants have decided we won't celebrate our birthday until Monday. Is it possible the law of convienence and greed is the reason most Canadians do so poorly on questions about our history>

Canadianism, A-Z(ed)
To be a citizen of this country means to belong to a secular religion with its own rituals, apostates and articles of faith. Forthwith, a guide to ...
June 30, 2007

Feature Writer

Brethern and sistern,

Tomorrow we shall celebrate the goodness, and occasional greatness, that is Canada, formerly the Dominion of, prior to that, the New World North.

The Result Of Al Gore/Shushi & Propoganda In Classrooms


O CANADA! Kids telling parents what to do....
and people wonder why some parents have no control.

Toronto Top Ten

Read 'em and weep

By LORRIE GOLDSTEIN

Working for one of Canada's largest newspaper chains, it doesn't take long to realize that whenever there's a slow news day, my fellow Sun Media pundits across this great country always have an easy out.

When all else fails, they can always trash Toronto.

My Edmonton Sun colleague Kerry Diotte is the latest miscreant to insult my home town.

He claims we have deluded ourselves into thinking we live in a truly world-class city, like New York.

Today I shall put that smug bumpkin, Diotte, and all those of his ilk in their proper place, by revealing the 10 greatest things about living in Toronto.

Don't We Have Better Things For The Police To Do

Maybe if we sent these vandals to jail for a couple of months we wouldn't have to setup another tax funded bureaucracy.

City may ban sale of spray paint to minors
The city is looking at banning the sale of spray paint to minors as a way to stop vandals from defacing Toronto with graffiti.

Another Example Of Canadian Injustice System

When are we going to start punishing people for their actions rather than their intentions. Was this child's pain and suffering any less?

Mom's abuse conviction overturned

By SAM PAZZANO

Ontario's highest court has overturned convictions against a Toronto mother convicted of aggravated assault and failure to provide the necessities of life in the abuse of her 4-lb. baby.

In a judgment released yesterday, the Court of Appeal ordered an acquittal for the now 25-year-old woman on the failure charge, citing the verdict as unreasonable due to a lack of evidence.

The court also quashed the assault conviction and ordered a new trial, noting the trial judge Justice Peter Jarvis erred in his instructions to the jury on that offence.

"My client is ecstatic. She has always maintained her innocence," said her appeals lawyer Greg Lafontaine.

"The conviction that was registered for aggravated assault was seriously flawed. The judge gave misleading instructions that led jury members to believe they could convict my client for assault even though she never intended it to happen.

The Canadian Injustice System

10 years for taking a life? Eligible for parole in 3 years. The sins of the parents influenced the judge's judgement. Another left wing bleeding heart injustice.

Cabbie killer gets 10 years

By SAM PAZZANO, COURTS BUREAU

A crack-addicted bandit who killed Toronto cab driver Morteza "Johnny" Khorassani was sentenced yesterday to 10 years.

Shane Smith, 20, who was acquitted of second-degree murder but found guilty of the lesser offence of manslaughter, had a tragic background with two addict and criminal parents, said Justice Brian Trafford.

Smith stabbed the 42-year-old cabbie in what Trafford called "a senseless and random act of violence."

Khorassani staggered out of his Able Atlantic cab, mortally wounded by Smith, a customer he'd just picked up in that night in September 2005.

The death devastated a loving and stable family and deprived them of a kind, generous patriarch, Trafford said.

Both of Smith's parents were addicted to drugs and sent to prison for crimes. But these aren't excuses for the heart-breaking events of Sept. 6, 2005, Trafford said.


Guilty As Charged

It's time we learned our lines

By Licia Corbella

"O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot love in all thy sons command."

Familiar words, eh?

Well, at least they should be. Those are the opening lines to Canada's national anthem -- a hymn that has been sung in this country for more than 120 years.

According to a Dominion Institute poll released yesterday, only 58% of Canadians could recite those first two lines.

Apparently, just 16% of those polled could name the four provinces that formed Canada in 1867 -- Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. That's a decline of six percentage points in 10 years.

Oh, Canada! How truly sad!

What's curious is immigrants scored higher than born Canadians on the 21-question test, indicating in part the exam they are required to take prior to being granted citizenship infuses them with a knowledge of their adopted country.

Rudyard Griffiths, who co-founded the Dominion Institute 10 years ago, says we "are fast becoming a nation of amnesiacs who lack basic knowledge about the country's past, its democratic institutions and practices and the physical geography of Canada."

Why is this important? Well, another study by the Association for Canadian Studies clearly shows the more knowledge a citizen has of Canada, the more involved that citizen is in public life and the more likely they are to vote, volunteer and have trust and confidence in our leaders and our country on the whole.

The Dominion Institute has two recommendations to improve this collective amnesia that leads to cynicism. It's calling on all premiers and ministers of education to organize a national citizenship exam for all high school students and it's calling on the feds to create a new passport program that would provide applicants with the opportunity to volunteer to take the citizenship exam when renewing or applying for their passport. That's a great start. But how about actually teaching our kids about their country in school?

Tomorrow marks our "glorious and free" country's 140th birthday.

The closing line of our anthem states: "O Canada, we stand on guard for thee."

Can we really stand on guard for something we know so little about?

Western Justice

Will those witnesses in the Creba murder who refuse to testify suffer the same sentencing? I doubt it.........

2 men who refused to testify at murder trial jailed

Updated Fri. Jun. 29 2007 5:50 PM ET

Canadian Press

WINNIPEG -- Two Winnipeg gang members who refused to testify at the trial of a man accused of killing a bystander have been handed stiff sentences for their silence.

Cory Amyotte was sent to prison for four years for contempt of court, while Gharib Abdullah will serve 3 1/2 years.

The two refused to take the stand at the trial of a rival gang member, who was convicted this week of ordering a co-accused to shoot at them.

A stray bullet hit and killed 17-year-old Phil Haiart who was walking in the vicinity.

A third man who would not testify has already started serving his three-year sentence.

The judge ordered there be no parole eligibility for all three men.

24 Hours Later And Opposition To Day Of Action Grows

The Sun

Do you support the Assembly of First Nations' National Day of Action?

Yes
3149 votes (24 %)

No
10052 votes (76 %)


Total Votes: 13201

Pros and cons of confrontation


The Globe & Mail

Some politicians have warned native Canadians, as they plan their National Day of Action on Friday, that they are not above the law, no matter how legitimate their concerns. What's your view?

The same laws apply to protesters as apply to other Canadians, and should be enforced.

10699 votes (72%) 10699 votes

Friday is a special day; police forces should cut protesters some slack.

4236 votes (28%) 4236 votes

Total votes: 14935


Friday, June 29, 2007

It Is Obvious That Indian Support Is Not There

And to those that do support them I think your support will be more valid when you sign over any real property that you own to the Indians. Those have little or nothing to lose describe you best.

Do you support the Assembly of First Nations' National Day of Action?

Yes
1493 votes (21 %)

No
5522 votes (79 %)


Total Votes: 7015

Making Sense With Nicholls

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Freedom Daze

The Fraser Institute recently announced June 20th was Tax Freedom Day.

Tax Freedom Day is the day, when according to the Fraser Institute, "Canadians have paid off the total tax bill imposed on them by government and can finally start working for themselves."

Now, I think Tax Freedom Day is a great concept, so great, in fact, that should be extended to other issues.

For instance, here are some additional "Freedom Days" we should implement:

David Suzuki Freedom Day
This would be a day when nobody pestered us about climate change. We could run our air conditioners at full blast; idle our cars with reckless abandon; and leave incandescent light bulbs burning all night.

Fiscal Imbalance Freedom Day
On this glorious day no provincial premier would be permitted to whine about how they need more tax dollars. This, of course, would leave most of them speechless.

Rosie O’Donnell Freedom Day
No explanation needed.

Blame Bush Freedom Day
Wouldn't it be great if for one day a year, U.S. President George Bush could not be blamed for anything? Well on Blame Bush Freedom Day, he couldn't be blamed for such things as global warming or international terrorism or for the fact that sometimes your lawn mower won't start.

Reality Programming Freedom Day
Imagine if you turned on your TV and no where on the dial was there a program featuring "real people" in totally unreal situations. No battling to survive on islands, no beautiful babes trying to ensare some dopey hunk, nobody racing anywhere. Just good old fashioned mindless television.

I'm not asking for much, am I?
posted by Gerry Nicholls @ 11:35 AM

It's Friday So Let's Hold A Rally

State-run CBC calls Indian protest a “rally”

Posted by Joel Johannesen

No wonder the authorities that we sometime so stupidly rely on to protect our land and stand on guard for our country act the way they do: they don’t actually “get it”. Apparently there’s a whole swad of people who have their heads well up their backsides. I did not know the extent of the problem until September 11 2001 but I’m learning more and more every day.

For example, the state-run CBC, which calls the war on terror the so-called war on terror”, is calling the Indian’s national day of protest (which based on history portends violent action and very possibly death, and in which some in their community have threatened illegal blockades and ”complete shut-downs” of vast portions of our national economy and our mobility just in time for our national holiday)… a “rally”.

A rally. Like a pep rally. How cute.

This is in reference to the state-run Via Rail’s announcement I covered earlier in this blog entry: ”State-run Via Rail to suspend service tomorrow due to Indian blockades threat”.

You’ll see that through the CBC’s story they also seem utterly incredulous that Via Rail or anyone, by implication, could be taking such overtly precautious action—action designed to protect lives of innocent Canadians. Because after all, as they explain right in the opening paragraphs, an Indian chief gave assurances that there will only be “positive action” in the blockades and possible deadly violent protest “rally”.

Via cancels key train routes due to aboriginal rally
No Toronto-Montreal, Toronto-Ottawa services on Friday, due to National Day of Action

Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2007 | 4:21 PM ET
CBC News

Via Rail has cancelled all Friday train services between Toronto and Montreal and between Toronto and Ottawa — even as the head of the Assembly of First Nations promised only “positive action” that day during a countrywide aboriginal rally.

They later repeat the line in a mis-typed paragraph which actually makes no sense despite this being on the multi-gazillion-dollar CBC.ca web site which one presumes has editors.

He repeatedly stressed that the planned rally stretching from coast to coast was meant to about educating the public and drawing attention to aboriginal issues — not illegal roadblocks.

image And don’t worry, Liberal Frenchman Stephane (the “Green Guru") Dion, and General Jack Layton, the leader of the you’ve got to be kidding party, will be taking their usual leftist places in protest, marching against the government in a “rally” tomorrow too. That’s to show solidarity. With not the government.

...a number of representatives of the House of Commons are expected to appear at a rally and march in Ottawa on Friday, including Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion and NDP Leader Jack Layton.

Well of course they’ll be there. Protesting against our government. It’s for the kids. Or the environment. Or whatever.

That’s in spite of their very own asinine liberal-left ideologies which are directly responsible for taking us to the place we’re at, today. The media sees NO irony in this hideous stunt and will NOT question it.

(Hat tip to Christin)


Posted by Joel Johannesen

Dual Citizenship Is Akin To Being Bi-Sexual

How To Tell You're A Canadian, EH!
by Ian Shanley

Recently I was asked why I am not a Canadian citizen. I was asked this by one of those stone-faced rent-a-border-guards at the entrance to North Dakota (state motto; Coming soon: indoor plumbing) Well, that got me to thinking. Not a lot of things do that.

Why, oh why would anyone want to be a Canadian? I mean, what's the attraction? The beer is too strong, the beef is the best in the world, and the water is way too unpolluted. Plus, all of this space is enough to make anyone agoraphobic. The free health care is almost as embarrassing as having the world's best junior hockey players. We have almost no school shootings, or tsunamis to deal with. Sure there's lots of snow, the odd tornado, and too many mosquitoes to kill while holding one of those strong Canadian beer in one hand. What on Earth could possibly entice a Brit, such as myself to obtain dual citizenship, and become Canadian? Well, I decided to look into it, and for only $200 (!), you get the following ...

1. Canadian citizenship.

2. The end

Besides, I've learned a thing or three aboot being Canadian along the way, and believe me, I qualify. I know things that only Canadians know. Everyone got their sarcasm tuques on?

Let's have a closer look at ourselves. Here are some ways to tell if your truly Canadian ...

You're Canadian if bring a portable TV on a camping trip so that you don't miss the hockey game. You're Canadian if you know that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) don't always look like that. Maybe you can sing O Canada in French and actually know what the words mean. Perhaps you have sent angry letters to the CBC demanding the return of the Hinterland Who's Who spots so you can finally find out what happens to the Arctic ptarmigan in winter. I'll bet most of us have stood in line for hours for Tragically Hip tickets. We're all bilingual to a point, too. I'll bet you know the French equivalents of "free," "prize" and "no sugar added," thanks to your extensive education in bilingual cereal packaging. It is quite likely that you know more than three guys named Gordon. You're thinking about it right now, aren't you? Here's something every one of us has done in February; we hear it's going up to -10 C, and we think it's mild weather! Am I wrong? On the other hand we find -40C a little chilly. I'll wager that at some time, someone has accidentally stepped on your foot, and you've turned around and apologized! We know that a pike is a type of fish, not part of a highway. And don't even try to tell me that you don't have Canadian Tire money in your kitchen drawers. Remember, as kids, we'd have to design our Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit? Fast forward to now, and the odds are that you've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard. Know why? You're Canadian! It's what we do eh? There's more. We all know that the last letter of the English alphabet is always pronounced "Zed," not "Zee." And during the winter, which lasts for like eight months, your local newspaper covers the national news on two pages, but requires six pages for hockey. Speaking of which, you sports fans all perk up when you hear the theme song from Hockey Night in Canada. You are truly Canadian if you have more kilometres on your snowblower than your car. You are truly Canadian if you know which leaves make for good toilet paper. And you are definitely Canadian through and through if the trunk of your car doubles as a freezer!

So, I ask you again; Why, oh why would anyone want to be a Canadian? I mean, what's the attraction?

All of the above, my friend. Dual citizenship, here I come!

P.S. You're truly Canadian if you just read this to someone!

Possibly named Gordon.

Let's Not Lose Sight Of Worldwide Terrorism

The actions of homegrown terrorists shouldn't blind us to the fact that there are extremists out there who are still hard at work........

www.michaelcoren.com

Michael Coren
National Post

It appears to be a sign that you're doing something abundantly right when the leaders of the Canadian Arab Federation and the Canadian Islamic Congress demand that your conference be monitored by the Police Hate Crime Unit. Which is the case with a Fraser Institute symposium taking place this week, entitled "On The Front Line of Immigration, Terrorism and Ethno-Politics."

In an unintentionally amusing joint press release, the groups speak of "major Canadian bigots, Islamophobes, anti-Arab and anti-immigrant writers and media personalities." As opposed, one assumes, to minor Canadian bigots and Islamophobe media personalities. What it all means, of course, is that they disagree with their targets. Yet instead of simply debating with the conference speakers in a quintessentially Canadian manner, they insult them and try to have them silenced.

In fact, the conference the comrades find so irksome boasts an extraordinarily impressive and diverse list of speakers. Columnist Margaret Wente, author Daniel Stoffman, a former director of CSIS, the retired executive director of the Canadian Immigration Service, ambassador Marisa Lino from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, MPs, numerous university professors, award-winning writers and decorated diplomats and scholars.

And the internationally renowned author Bat Ye'or. If the other speakers provoke certain people, this diminutive, gentle and brilliant 74-year-old lady seems to positively terrify them. They urge immigration authorities "immediately to bar Bat Ye'or from entering Canada."

When WIll Average Canadians Have A Day Of Protest

Whose land is it? The facts aren't in
As today's National Aboriginal Day of Action gets underway, many eyes and video crews will be focused on Deseronto. The small Ontario town on the shores of Lake Ontario is where Mohawk hothead Shawn Brant -- darling of the Marxist-Leninists, hero of anti-poverty group.

A national day of protest will change nothing

Today's national "day of action," called by the Assembly of First Nations, will receive a bumper crop of media coverage, perhaps inconvenience some non-aboriginals, but otherwise do nothing. There have been many incidents of protest in the past without fundamentally changing anything on a national basis.


We can't keep native communities on life-support forever

The "National Day of Action," we are told, is intended to bring the public's attention to the grisly poverty and suffering that afflict so many aboriginal Canadians. If it does, it's all to the good. The problems are only too real. We are also told that the solution to those problems involves devolving.



Magoo Speaks For Most Canadians

Mr. McGuinty.. you're spine is in the room to the left...
You can find it beside your balls...

DESERONTO, Ont. (CP) - Mohawk protester Shawn Brant says his supporters will be armed to defend themselves if police try to keep them from blocking Highway 401 and the CN rail line near Deseronto, in eastern Ontario. Both are targets for Friday’s aboriginal day of action, along with Highway 2.

Brant says commuters between Toronto and Montreal can expect major delays in both directions on the 401 over the 24 hours starting at midnight or earlier.

Provincial police have already gathered in the nearby city of Napanee.

Brant says the time has passed for marches to educate Canadians about native poverty and suicide.

He says militant Mohawks in his area and in other parts of the country will take a stronger stand to demand change now.

[ #296, posted: 9 hours ago by Ig ]

Where's the Duke?

So i get it. Indians have their own justice system that supersedes ours. They can do whatever the hell they like, while our police and government officials sit on their hands.

Will this ever end?



Via has canceled service tomorrow because of the scheduled protests. (Yup, this gang can schedule their lawbreaking activities to give our cops a chance to get the hell outta dodge (ahem) and make way for them.

If you're on the 401 around Kingston things could be very very slow.

And I'll bet the OPP have already had their instructions to step down, back off, and avoid confrontation directives. After all, it's not like it's you or I breaking the law. We're not special. We'd just be labeled criminals and thrown in jail.

If our cops can't do the job, take it away from them, and give it to the army. Surely to god some tanks and other heavy artillery could settle this in a few days. At least the army wouldn't be stymied by an overturned school bus, or a downed hydro tower.

As Jeff Parkinson says on his Caledonia Wakeup Call site.. This is nothing but Supporting Terrorism Via Appeasement.

Supporting Terrorism via appeasement didn’t work for France during WWII and it’s not going to work for Canada in 2007. Congratulations CN Rail. You are now a guaranteed target for future attacks by Terrorists like Shawn Brant. Why not send out a press release right now addressed to him saying ” Thank you sir, may I have another?”
Love it.

[ #295, posted: 9 hours ago by Ig ]

Another One Of Those Shake You Head In Disbelieve

But if you read the media today and see the people who are supporting lawlessness is it any wonder that people have no sense of respect.

Mean-spirited vandalism in Toronto

A friend at the Toronto Police Service put my attention to this particularly nasty business. At Bloor and Dufferin, there is a mural dedicated to the victims of gun violence in Toronto. Well, guess what? Vandals have already defaced it, tagging it with their signatures and symbols, including obliterating the portion of the painting that listed the names of the young people in this city who have been killed. Victims like Jane Creba who were utterly innocent bystanders. To these people, Jane was like this mural, just something that got in the way of whatever pointless thing they decided to do at that moment.

A can of spray paint or a gun -- the same attitude drives these people to ignore everyone around them, regardless of the pain and misery that their behaviours might cause. I don't know if that attitude is because of organic damage to the brain, or because of poor upbringing by parents who probably aren't much better examples of humanity, but the result sure seems like a form of mental retardation in people who are old enough to know better.

Heck, maybe it's the rap and hip-hop that dulls their wits to the point that they operate at a level only slightly better than famyard animals.

In any case, the perpetrators of this particular crime have sullied a neighbourhood and the memories of the victims to which the painting was dedicated. Watch the video, and if by some wild chance you recognize anything that could help police track down those responsible, call 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), locally at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or leave information at www.222tips.com.

Construction Worker's Side Of The Story

Judy Gerstel
Is girl-watching a harmless, pleasurable, hot weather rite? Or is it..

Construction Worker Still Hasn't Given Up On True Love

June 29, 2007 | Issue 43•26

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NEW YORK—Veteran New York City construction worker Lonnie Barbierri may, on the exterior, seem like the tough-guy type. But as any woman who has ever strolled past a building site where he was working can attest, under that rough exterior lies a sensitive side. No matter how busy he is, Barbierri always takes time to make sure the ladies know that he is interested, available, and ready for romance. And though he remains single after countless attempts to meet that special someone, Barbierri still believes that true love is within his grasp.

Enlarge Image Construction Worker

"Working the high steel" affords Barbierri a unique vantage point—"a bird's-eye view on love"—that allows him to see straight down a lot of chicks' shirts.

"A lot of guys are afraid to make themselves vulnerable by revealing their emotions, but when I meet someone I'm interested in, I express how I feel—usually by saying something like 'Hey! You want a piece of this?'" said Barbierri, grabbing his crotch, grunting, and rhythmically thrusting his pelvis forward. "I figure you've got to put yourself out there. If you can't open up to a woman, she'll never have any way of knowing how much you want to give her the high hard one."

"Deep down, I'm just a hopeless romantic," he added.

Sicko Review

Sicko Opens This Weekend

Sicko, Michael Moore's faux documentary attack on the American health care system, opens this weekend. What are some of the film's highlights?

Man in a bunny suit being turned away from the E.R.

GlaxoSmithKline CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier at screen door in pajamas and hair curlers, refusing to be interviewed

That infamous moment when President Bush's aide whispers to Bush that his LDL count is really, really bad

Surgeon General caught on film coughing, sneezing

Sicko Opens This Weekend

A brief segment on global warming, just to cover all the bases

Uninsured toddler dumped on Dick Cheney's lawn at 3 a.m.

Waiting room montage set to Robert Palmer's "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)"

30 seconds of unbiased, objective journalism

Everything You Want To Know About The Indians

But nothing about the atrocities committed by the ancestors of the indians so when all the land claims are settled I don't expect we will see any apologies or compensation.

The Globe & Mail

Is Being Canadian Physical Or Mental

Does it stem from your head or your heart?

You call yourself a Canadian?

Globe and Mail Update

What does it mean to be a Canadian?

Heading into Canada Day weekend, this question has added resonance. Rudyard Griffiths, co-founder of the Dominion Institute, has been quizzing Canadians about their knowledge of their country for the past 10 years. What has be gleaned about our home and native land?

When the institute began quizzing Canadians a decade ago, just 45 per cent were unable to score a passing grade by answering 12 out of 21 questions correctly. The results of this year's poll will be published in Friday's Globe.

Mr. Griffiths will be online Friday for one hour between noon and 1 p.m. EDT to discuss the Dominion Institure survey and answer your questions on all things Canadian.

Mr. Griffiths is the co-founder of the Dominion Institute. He is also the co-director of the Grano Speakers Series and an advisor to the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.. Mr. Grifffiths is a political affairs commentator for CHUM Television and writes an occasional column on national issues for the Sunday Toronto Star. He has edited eight books on Canadian history and politics. He serves on the boards of the Stratford Festival and Adrienne Clarkson's Canadian Institute for Citizenship. In 2006, he was recognized as one of Canada's Top 40 under 40.

Torontonians Deserve What They Get



At least those who voted for Miller and his lackeys and those who didn't vote.......
Miller's best hope is for silent fuming
June 25, 2007

Opposition to taxes is a civic condition bred into most of us, or maybe it's something that gets learned after years of observing government spending habits. So one might conclude it is futile to try to sell voters on the idea that a new tax is good for them.

Outright revolt against new taxes is infrequent, though threats to that effect occur often enough. At the other end of the spectrum, full acceptance and welcoming of a new tax is that most rare of occurrences when citizens, civil society and strong civic leadership coalesce around a clear need.

Most governments try to settle for something between those extremes. And that's where Mayor David Miller and city council are headed with a new tax plan that's already been beset with more bad publicity than Paris Hilton.

There is a view that even if ratepayers oppose a tax measure, the opposition can be blunted if the government proposing the tax does a good job of communicating, listening, responding. Humility helps; arrogance is a killer.

That said, Toronto city politicians in this case have failed the prerequisites for acceptance. All they can hope for is quiet resignation on the part of residents – a silent fuming that remains bottled.

Lan Claims Negotiating Tool

Thursday, June 28, 2007

A Great Example Of Satirical Journalism

Seeing red
This Indian’s plan to clean up the mess left by 500 years of illegal immigration
By DREW HAYDEN TAYLOR

"We've been trying to get the Canadian public on side with the issues First Nations, Metis and Inuit people struggle with. We're looking for ideas, because the ones that we have used – land claims disputes, blockades and letter writing – have had little impact. The Day of Action is looking at a more positive new way of raising the issues. All Canadians are involved with the ongoing land claims disputes, and all Canadians will benefit from the economic growth that will come by resolving them."

SHERRY LEWIS, executive director, Native Women's Association of Canada, Cayuga Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River

Rumour has it the natives will be restless tomorrow (Friday, June 29). Nobody really knows what's going to happen – there could be roads blocked, train routes compromised, taxes hiked way up on native cigarettes, anything at all.

It's not easy being red.

Remember, this October will mark the 510th anniversary of the introduction of illegal immigration to Canada. In that time, First Nations have managed to accrue a substantial list of complaints against those who sign agreements and then fail to deliver. I guess you could call this a form of bureaucratic Indian giving.

Come the Day of Action, expect a plethora of grievances and calls for redress. Here are a few of the lesser-known ones:

WE DEMAND that something be done about the belief that Aboriginal people get everything for free. This might seem to be true if you count the bad water in Kashechewan, illness from black mould in inadequate housing, linguistical genocide, diabetes and rampant sexual abuse. But trust me, we've paid for all this.

WE DEMAND that the feds actually appoint a native person as the minister of Indian Affairs. We humbly ask: isn't the attorney general usually a lawyer? Isn't the minister for the Status of Women usually a woman? Doesn't the minister of Transportation have a driver's licence? Isn't the minister of Defence usually defensive?

WE DEMAND that filmmakers of any nationality be prohibited from using flute music on the soundtrack of any and all documentaries about native people. And no more feathers either. Or dream catchers.

WE DEMAND that white people (more politically correctly known as people of pallor) stop angrily saying, "They shouldn't do that!" in regard to protests and blockades, and instead exchange it for the more understanding "They shouldn't have to do that." It's technically more correct.

WE DEMAND that Indian and Northern Affairs Canada hire a PR firm to launch a campaign informing the public that the majority of native people do indeed pay taxes. Only those who live and work on reserves are exempt – a small percentage of the First Nation population. Trust me. I, my bookkeeper and my accountant have done the research. If you ever hear people saying, "You native people don't pay any taxes," ask where their cottage is, and a land claim form will be issued.

WE DEMAND that Lorne Cardinal get his own spinoff series from Corner Gas.

WE DEMAND there be educational classes for warriors on how to dress for protests and court appearances. They need to learn the true function of camouflage and the simple fact that in a court of law its intended effect is limited due to the lack of substantial vegetation. If you want to disappear into the background in a courthouse, I'm told a suit is far more effective.

WE DEMAND that all commercials for Lakota medicine be pulled. Immediately.

WE DEMAND the Assembly of First Nations explain what it is it actually does – other than call for days of protest.

WE DEMAND that the police of this country stop shooting, assaulting and otherwise abusing the civil rights of native people. It's for law enforcers' own benefit. There are substantially more native people in this country than police, and we have more guns.

WE DEMAND that the federal government apologize to survivors for over half a century of abuse at the hands (and other parts of the body) of residential schools. There are some things children should not learn in school.

WE DEMAND that instead of being forced to mark the passage of time by the dominant culture's BCE (before the common era) and AD (anno domini), we use the more culturally sensitive TI (time immemorial) and PC (post-contact).

Just so you know, none of these demands were authorized by the Assembly of First Nations, Lakota, warriors or Lorne Cardinal. the end

Disband Mohawk Warrior Groups First

Then set a deadline for settlement and payment of all valid land claims with the understanding that infra-structure, ie: roads, railways etc.are owned publicly. Once the last claim is paid close down the ministry of indian affairs and allow the indians to form their own municipalities with the right to collect taxes, etc. and the only cheques they would receive from either the provincial or federal governments would be the same type of cheques the current municipalities receive. But the reality is that our great, great, great grandchildren will still be dealing with land claims and indian rights.

Natives' tactics could hurt cause
June 28, 2007

Canada's native peoples have pressing grievances to air tomorrow during their national day of action, which is meant to draw attention to land claims, poverty and substandard living conditions. Their concerns are legitimate because land claims can take years to settle, poverty is rampant and horrific living conditions in many communities are a stain on the entire country.

So all Canadians should take time to listen to natives who are planning peaceful protests and rallies across the country to raise awareness about these and other issues.

Unfortunately, some protesters could squander that goodwill and support if they follow through on threats to block major highways and rail lines. Intimidation and angry confrontations will surely attract attention, but it just as certainly undermines their cause.

For that reason, native leaders, including Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine and local chiefs in every province, must try to rein in militants who want to convey their discontent on the barricades, rather than through peaceful and lawful demonstrations.

One of these hardliners is Shawn Brant, who with supporters from the Bay of Quinte Mohawks is threatening to block traffic tomorrow on Highway 401, as well as on the main Toronto-Montreal railway line near Deseronto. Brant is no stranger to these misguided tactics. He is free on bail on charges related to a 30-hour blockade of the same rail line in April. And he says tomorrow will be just the start of a campaign of economic disruption aimed at drawing attention to native issues.

Elsewhere, Terry Nelson, chief of the Roseau River First Nation in Manitoba, has backed off his threat to block rail lines in his community after Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice last week agreed to add 30 hectares of land to his reserve to settle a long-standing dispute.

But other potential flashpoints for native anger still exist, including a housing development in Caledonia. Six Nations protesters have occupied the site for 16 months, claiming it belongs to them.

Much of the frustration natives feel is understandable. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has shelved the Kelowna Accord, the landmark 2005 agreement between Ottawa, the provinces and natives that would have pumped $5 billion into native communities to improve health, education and other services. That has left many communities still struggling with appalling poverty rates, poor housing and sanitation, few economic prospects and an epidemic of despair.

A rare bright spot was Prentice's announcement earlier this month of reforms to the way native claims are settled. The new independent tribunal he is proposing should help clear the huge backlog of cases and alleviate a considerable source of aggravation for many natives.

Still, serious problems persist, which is why native leaders have planned the national day of protest.

Hopefully, there will be few protesters who believe the only way to make their case is to disrupt business and inconvenience travellers.

Tomorrow is an opportunity to prove them wrong. It is also a chance for non-natives to show they will no longer turn a deaf ear to natives' valid complaints. Ultimately, progress is far more likely through mutual dialogue and consensus than through bullying and provocation.


They're Brown And They Have A Muslim Name

Four Canadian citizens on bridal shopping trip held at Buffalo border for 8 hours by guards
June 28, 2007

Staff Reporter

Milgo Noor had an appointment at 3:30 p.m. this past Sunday to look at bridesmaid dresses in a Buffalo bridal shop. She never arrived.

When the young bride-to-be tried crossing the border with her three bridesmaids – two sisters and a cousin – the women were detained for more than eight hours and two of them were escorted back into Canada in handcuffs.

"I'm not a terrorist. I didn't have grenades strapped on my stomach," Noor told the Star. "I'm just an ordinary citizen going shopping."

Shortly after Noor, 26, showed her citizenship to a U.S. border guard at the Peace Bridge, more than a dozen customs officers "charged" at her vehicle, starting an ordeal that she said stripped her of her dignity.

All four women are Canadian citizens. The family arrived in Alberta from Somalia 17 years ago and Noor has lived in Toronto for the past five years. The women have all crossed the border before without incident. This time they drove a rented vehicle. All the women are practising Muslims, but none wear the hijab.

For three of the eight hours, Noor and her eldest sister Rukia, 32, were held in solitary holding cells. After asking repeatedly why they had been detained, they were laughed at by U.S. border officials. "You have no rights here," they were told. "You came to us."

Their rooms had a chair bolted to the floor, a wall-mounted surveillance camera and an alarm that sounded every 30 minutes. They were searched by border officials wearing gloves, the women said, as well as being fingerprinted and photographed.

"It's one of those bizarre things that you never think is going to happen to you," Noor said.

They were told it was a random inspection, she said.

Men Still Being Demonized

Line is thin between leering, appreciating
Looking and being seen are big parts of our culture, experts say
June 28, 2007

Living Reporter

With her toned body, long bronzed legs fringed by short shorts and platinum blonde hair, Monica Cerbu is an eye-catcher.

Walking her fox terrier in a downtown park on a warm morning, the fitness trainer, 36, catches the eye of Rob Pansino, wearing a hard hat as he makes his way to the adjacent Hydro One construction site.

Pansino, 27, predictably, takes a good, long look at Cerbu, walks on, then turns for a last look.

Girl-watching summer '07 – harmless, pleasurable, hot weather rite? Or wrong – objectifying, sexualizing and degrading?

"It's complicated," says Judith Szamosi, 27, a Toronto office worker. She started Hollaback Canada (hollabackcanada.blogspot.com), a site that invites women to post images or descriptions of men who have made them feel uncomfortable in public places.

Discreet glances are fine but anything more might be regarded as harassment, Szamosi says.

An Insight Into John Clarke & OCRAP

Seeing red over 'injustice'

By BRETT CLARKSON, SUN MEDIA

Sitting down for a chat with anti-poverty activist John Clarke, it's hard to reconcile the guy with all the names he's been called over the years.

Rabble-rouser. Riot starter. Trouble-making radical. Anarchist. Goon. Thug. One-trick poverty pony. And that's just from this newspaper.

"I suppose our organization charts a radical direction and from the standpoint of the editorial board of the Toronto Sun, I would imagine I'd be considered a troublemaker," he says with a smile.

As an organizer with the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, Clarke has often been at the forefront of some wildly raucous and even violent protests over the years.

Most memorable is the infamous Queen's Park riot in 2000, in which anti-Mike Harris demonstrators clashed with police on the lawn of the legislature. More than 30 protesters, including Clarke, were arrested, while 42 cops, nine horses and two dozen demonstrators suffered injuries.

"I would say we have a fairly adversarial relationship with the Toronto Police," Clarke says. "They don't like us, and the feeling's mutual."

Shhhhhhh! Comrade Miller At Work



Union Station still derailed

By SUE-ANN LEVY

If Toronto taxpayers ever needed proof of a squandered opportunity by City Hall's socialist spendaholics to be fiscally responsible, consider the sad case of Union Station.

It was almost a year ago that Mayor David Miller and the pro-public-sector pinkos on council scuttled a bold deal with a private consortium to revitalize the 80-year-old landmark.

The Union Pearson Group (UPG) would have sunk $150 million in improvements into Union Station. But it seems public-private partnerships are not considered kosher at union-friendly City Hall.

So a year has been lost and as we learned at a laughable press conference yesterday, restoration of the aging landmark has now been taken over by the city's Facilities and Real Estate division.

But here's the real kicker. City officials say Union Station needs some $81 million in badly overdue repairs, which will apparently be done over the next five years.

Other improvements, over 20 years, are still being "finalized" with the assistance of consultants enlisted to help, said Jodie Parmar, director of business and strategic innovation.

Not A Big Surprise

Ont. gov't over-promises but underperforms: ombud

Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Ontario government's credibility is "dying a slow death'' because ministries and provincial agencies ignore problems and instead boast about their strong performances, Ombudsman Andre Marin said Wednesday.

Marin compared his annual report on government to report cards for students, and said even though he doesn't usually title them, he was tempted to label this one "The Year of Over-promising and Under-delivering.''

"Certainly, for lofty ambitions, I would give them an A,'' Marin said after releasing his report. "But for actually delivering on those lofty ambitions, I would give them a C.''

Vancouver More Liveable Than Toronto-

Vancouver doesn't have a plan for the poor but they do have one for drug addicts. Knowing our mayor's penchant for wanting to be No. 1, wanting doesn't make it so, he might decide to take at shot at the Vancouver model and increase the number of drug addicts.......

Troubled Vancouver area shows no plan for poor: UN

Updated Wed. Jun. 27 2007 8:18 PM ET

Canadian Press

The UN's population agency says Vancouver's troubled Downtown Eastside is the kind of price any city will pay if it fails to plan or house an expanding population of urban poor.

The article on the city accompanies a new report released Wednesday by the agency that deals with issues arising from increasing urban populations.

The report says about half of humanity -- some 3.3 billion people -- will be living in cities by next year.

It says that increase raises the threat of increased poverty and religious extremism unless the needs of growing urban populations are met.

In the article, the agency says that while Vancouver has been deemed one of the most liveable in the world, it also contains one of the poorest neighbourhoods -- home to an estimated 10,000 people, many of whom are drug addicts.

It says what makes the Downtown Eastside so different from other poor urban areas is that it is located one of the most prosperous cities in one of the world's most wealthy countries.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Why Left Wing Media Don't Dominate Air Waves

It is not part of the left wing, bleeding heart liberal persona to stand up and go toe to toe on an issue.......

The Right Wing Domination Of Talk Radio And How To End It

The heading above is from a Leftist site. They go on to say:
"The Center for American Progress and Free Press today released the first-of-its-kind statistical analysis of the political make-up of talk radio in the United States. It confirms that talk radio, one of the most widely used media formats in America, is dominated almost exclusively by conservatives.

The new report - entitled "The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio" - raises serious questions about whether the companies licensed to broadcast over the public radio airwaves are serving the listening needs of all Americans.

Source
One guess what their solution is to this "problem"? More government regulation of course!

The fact that Leftist talk radio has been tried (Jim Hightower and Air America, for instance) and failed to get much of an audience was not mentioned. Most people just don't want to listen to whiners and scolds. They just want to listen to people who make sense.

Quite a few other bloggers have commented on this latest attack: e.g. here and here.

Hypocricy On The Left Never Diminishes

OK for a Leftist Icon to Use "Homophobic" Language?

We read:

"Gore Vidal is up in arms over a new play that imagines him being sexually attracted to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

Edmund White's "Terre Haute," which recently finished a successful run in Britain, involves the relationship between a thinly veiled, Vidal-like writer named James and a McVeigh-like killer, Harrison.

Vidal, 81, told the London Observer: "Edmund White will yet be feeling the wrath of my lawyers. It's unethical and vicious to make it very clear that this old faggot writer is based on me, and that I'm madly in love with Timothy McVeigh, who I never met."

Source

Ann Coulter was condemned all over the net for using the same word. Listen for the silence about Vidal using it. And Vidal is using it in an abusive rather than a descriptive way, unlike Coulter. And Isaiah Washington lost his TV job for using the word too.

Comrade Miller And Politboro Smoke & Mirrors

Comrade Miller & The Politboro Get Even With Our Troops


The Politboro were made to look like complete buffoons on the decal issue so they get even by............

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Someone Speaks Out About Pride Parade

Paul Russell: Pride coverage not appreciated

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to watch Sunday's Pride parade in Toronto, which offered everything from bare-breasted lesbians to glad-handing (and thankfully, clothed) politicians. Despite the fact that this is the largest parade in Toronto's social calendar, our coverage of the event was modest, with a full colour picture tucked on to page seven in our Toronto edition. Nonetheless, that image, showing the backside of a barely dressed man displaying his assets to a audience of a cackling women, drew this angry response from a reader.

LEWD, VULGAR, EXHIBITIONIST, on both sides, those hanging out the meat and the dumb, vulgar masses watching. The National Post hit the low of a sleazy porno publication by the "eyeful" picture. It shows to what depths of dung we've descended... with room left to scrape the bottom.
E.Petrauskas, London, Ont.

Posted Monday, June 25, 2007 11:21 AM by Paul Russell

Succeding Iraq?? I Think One Kid Might Say Yes

Sheepdog: Airborne!

"The kid's face shows he is scared to death, and is running to the safest spot he can find: this soldier who stands between him and danger."

h/t

Posted by Damian at 3:17 PM |

GUESS WHOSE ADOPTED DAUGHTER THIS IS.......

Advocates of gay adoption must be sooooo delighted...

Rosie O'Donnell dress her daughter up as a suicide bomber.

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No, this is not some rightwing theocratic homophobic hoax to discredit Rosie's "speak truth to power"-osity.

It's a real photo from her blog, and even some of her flaky fans aren't impressed -- they also inadvertently provide an argument for repealing the 19th Amendment. If you are allergic to estrogen, exercise caution while reading their comments...

Posted by KShaidle at 3:28 PM | Comments (16)

Comment: This is a real kick in the face for those gays/lesbians who would make good "parents" for thousands of kids out their that need help. My personal feelings about the lifestyle are less important than giving kids a roof over their head, food on the table, etc.

I Am Opposed........

I don't want Bubba or Dog the Bunting Hunter or Leroy coming across the border with concealed weapons even if they are vetted by a local Canadian police force. Some people will say it is no big deal and cite the fact the thousands of American/foreigner hunters come into the country each year and they have weapons....this group is registered in a number of ways.

Guns across the border

Officers could carry their guns across border

UNNATI GANDHI
Globe and Mail Update
June 26, 2007 at 1:18 AM EDT

The federal government is proposing to ease restrictions on foreign law-enforcement officers who carry weapons into Canada.

In a reciprocal agreement with the United States, the regulation would exempt officers, including police and air marshals, from a “foreign state” from having to obtain permits for side arms, according to a posting on the government's official publication, the Canada Gazette and reported on CTV News Monday night.

The changes could mean that both domestic and foreign officers could enter and leave Canada with their weapons without having to get an import and export permit. Currently, police officers from other countries can bring weapons into Canada only in extreme circumstances, such as when accompanying a head of state on an official visit.

While some say the regulation would lead to a safer border, others suggest it could have broad implications for gun control in Canada and could lead to dangerous situations.
The proposed changes could open the rules to wide interpretations, Liberal MP Dan McTeague said.

“[This] opens the door to a number of real concerns that I don't think police or politicians or Canadians have had a chance to look into,” he said.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070626.wguns26/BNStory/National/home

Attention To Custom Officers Who Live In Toronto


Full Body Search For Comrade Miller And All Councillors Who Support Him!

If needed I will start a fund to raise money to ensure you have an ample supply of rubber gloves but those with ribbed fingers.

Transparency At City Hall....What A Load Of Crap





Comrade Miller and his puppets........














'Opposition be damned'

City's executive committee delays, debates, diminishes all criticism of proposed new taxes

By SUE-ANN LEVY

I can't for the life of me understand why the King of Denial (and ever increasing arrogance) even bothered to court feedback yesterday from the many citizens who've chosen not to embrace his long and lucrative list of new taxation tools.

After all, it was preordained -- perhaps months ago when the City of Toronto Act was first passed into law -- that Mayor David Miller and his minions would find any creative way they could to squeeze the life out of taxpayers using their new taxing powers.

I mean, let's be honest here. Thanks to their generous union wage deals, fair wage practices, an adamant refusal to contract out and bone dry reserve funds, Miller has a $575-million deficit hole to fill next year and no bailouts on the books to help him.

And in the end, when Coun. Norm Kelly called the mayor's "tax reform" endeavours "bold," I knew we were sunk. Miller's executive committee approved the tax grab plan unanimously. It will go to council in mid-July.

So it's hardly surprising that not one smug socialist on the executive committee, least of all the King of Denial, had any interest in hearing views divergent from their own. They not only turned a deaf ear to the opposition, they laughed and bullied their opponents.

Never mind that it was the one -- and only -- opportunity afforded the city's business lobby groups and ordinary citizens to express their opposition to the Millerites face-to-face. The mayor had adamantly refused to attend any of the public consultations held in May.

Never mind that these roster of taxes -- which were vociferously opposed by virtually all 600 members of the public who turned up to the consultations and the 40 people slated to speak at yesterday's committee -- are likely the most contentious issue of the mayor's current term in office.

The Story Offers More Than It Delivers

I expected a classic, in depth neo-con assessment of how those politically correct yahoos on the left have taken the spark out of life and made you a bunch of enuchs but.......

The reluctant Canadian

Scrappy Dan Burke has plenty of politically incorrect things to say about his country and its special day

By BRETT CLARKSON, SUN MEDIA

Here's the story of a pool hall-hustling, Irish-blooded kid named Dan Burke who grew up in the west end of Montreal and later found a lot of crack cocaine and a little bit of redemption in downtown Toronto.

http://www.torontosun.com/Video/2007/06/25/4289332.html

As the rock promoter at the Silver Dollar Room, he's one of the city's top independent nightclub bookers. He's brash to a point some would call obnoxious, always outspoken, defiant, crazy, brilliant, and very un-Canadian in his approach. Which is to say -- rarely polite, often loud, and emblematic of a fierce Quebecois pride.

"I think Toronto is very representative of the weakness of Canadian culture," Burke says. "Canadian culture is a colonial culture, and a colonial culture is subservient to authority, and it follows. It doesn't lead."

It's clear he misses the scrappy, streetwise character of his old Notre-Dame-de-Grace neighbourhood, and like fellow Montrealer Mordecai Richler, seems to relish pointing out austere Toronto's shortcomings.

He just can't seem to get along here, even if Eye Weekly and Now have at various points named him promoter of the year, even if he seems to know everybody on the thriving local rock circuit.

"I know about 3,000 people in Toronto, and It seems to me that 20,000 people know me, which makes me a big fish in a small aquarium in this city," Burke says. "And I don't have any friends."

After moving here at 20 to go to Ryerson, which he ultimately didn't finish, Burke was publishing articles in national magazines and Toronto newspapers while still a student.

TELEVISION JOURNALISM

For him, writing was in his blood. For decades, his father, Tim Burke, had been one of Montreal's best-known sports columnists.

The younger Burke proved his own mettle as a writer and soon became an investigative reporter for the likes of Saturday Night and Maclean's. He even earned a National Magazine Award nomination.

By 1992 he was working as a producer for CBC's the fifth e state. It would take a disillusionment with television journalism and an epic drug addiction to put a stop to that.

"I've done a lot of wrong," he says.

The beginning of the end of his previous life as a reporter arguably began in earnest in December 1992, when a high-ranking RCMP drug inspector named Claude Savoie shot himself in the head at RCMP headquarters.

Burke had been working on a story about Savoie taking bribes from gangsters in Montreal. The piece was set to air the next day. In a way, the corrupt drug cop's suicide validated Burke's investigative work. He was actually happy.

"How did it affect me? I'm sorry to say I was pretty excited when it happened," Burke says. "I wonder how other people would feel. The rest of the people at The Fifth Estate were really excited. But I actually knew him. I'd met him, interviewed him, been with him for hours. Three hours one day in Ottawa. So maybe I should've felt sad for him. But I didn't."

Soon after, Burke's world began to unravel. "I went on to become a 24/7 crackhead in Toronto," he says. "I was fortunate that I recovered somewhat from that."

But he hasn't recovered fully. Now 49, he doesn't do as much of it, but admits it's been difficult to go clean.

"I'd love to stop doing drugs," Burke says.

But he can't. He has his reasons, his weaknesses.

"You know, a whole buffet," he says when asked what he uses. "I use whatever drug it takes to get me through a lonely night, a tough day, and you know, I'll try to eat well, work out.

'I DANCE BETTER'

"The funny thing is, I may have consumed more drugs than the average housing project, but I still got a better build than these kids who are half my age. And I can dance better than any of them."

And chances are if you go to the Silver Dollar you'll likely see him dancing enthusiastically. Essentially, he books local, domestic and international bands at the club and then promotes the shows. It's a job he's had in one capacity or another since 1998, when he started booking at the legendary El Mocambo, before ownership changed in 2001 and he was turfed.

In the past few years he's booked everybody from local acts Action Makes, The Disraelis, The Easy Targets, Creeping Nobodies and The Miles to international acts like The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Tokyo's The Zoobombs.

In fact, it was during a Zoobombs show during Canadian Music Week at the Comfort Zone a few years ago, that Burke experienced one of those moments in which everything made sense.

In one precious moment, all the problems and trappings of a "lost and wayward" life spent battling addiction, cultural alienation, and loneliness seemed to fall away.

Burke was standing on the stage, looking into the packed club and sensing the raw anticipation. The Zoobombs' leader, Don Matsuo, had brought his 3-year-old son along and Burke was holding the youngster in his arms before the show started.

"The little guy, he's 5 now, Mifune is his name. At that time he was 3 years old. And I had him in my arms, and I was taking all this in," he says. "And there was a track from the Rolling Stones' Exile On Main St. playing. The band was just about to go on, and I realized -- this was one of the greatest moments of my life."

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