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Friday, February 01, 2008

New PTBC Award: Worst Canadian of the Day.

Written by Joel Johannesen on Friday February 01 2008 at 09:40 AM

image The inaugural winner of ProudToBeCanadian.com’s Worst Canadian of the Day Award goes to ....  the you’ve got to be kidding party’s Jack (“ass”) Layton.  We’re hoping that in the spirit of his sacred socialism, he shares it equally with all his NDP supporters. 

 

“It’s an endless mission.
There’s no end in sight.
We say it’s a dead end.”

—Jack (“ass”) Layton, January 31, 2008

I’d love to put this in context for you, but as far as I can tell, the best way to get any “context” out of this is to take a gander of some idiot’s ass as he walks by. 

Here’s an article PTBC reader Marc sent me (actually it turns out many emailers sent it or other source articles to me), which spawned our new award.

Layton calls combat mission unwinnable

OTTAWA—NDP Leader Jack Layton says the Taliban cannot be defeated by international troops and there’s no point continuing to fight an unwinnable war in Afghanistan.

[...]

The NDP distributed a list of quotes from military officers, analysts, and former diplomat-turned-author Rory Stewart to support their case about the slim chance of defeating Afghan insurgents through battle.

Here’s a photo of the leader of the you’ve got to be kidding party Jack (“ass”) Layton at a rally put on by left-wing loons in which they all join in denouncing our nation’s Prime Minister and our country and its brave and noble mission.
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Astute observers will recognize that the award, artistically crafted with thematic political prowess, encompasses elements of ProudToBeCanadian’s famous Moonbat of the Week Award, since they are very similar. 


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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Must-read: Lorrie Goldstein highlights U.N. chief’s plea for Canada to keep fighting in Afghanistan

Written by Joel Johannesen on Thursday January 31 2008 at 11:54 AM

It’s a good 90-second read by Toronto Sun/Sun Media columnist Lorrie Goldstein
“UN chief gets it”
What will it take for opposition to grasp Afghanistan mission?


Lorrie GoldsteinHe points out an Op/Ed written by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in defence of the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan — and that no media reports it. 

And he asks what Liberal Stephane Dion and the socialists Jack Layton and Gilles Duceppe answer when confronted by this U.N. endorsement of our combat mission.  They’re such supporters of their prized United Nations! 

Strange isn’t it, that no Canadian media corner these anti-war blowhards and demand a direct answer to this?  It’s a matter of huge significance in Canada, as we see every day in the news, and yet they don’t ask this?  Huh.  That’s weird.

ALSO SEE THIS:  My blog entry featuring the new Messenger of Peace, George Clooney, and how he, the Messenger of Peace, sees it. 


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Hyper-pronunciation time! Yay!

Written by Joel Johannesen on Thursday January 31 2008 at 11:13 AM

I’m all for pronouncing things properly.  I correct my wife all the time.  I’m a pain in the butt.  But I always love it when the ever-so properly bilingual French/English multi-cultis in Canada—like on the CBC—are forced to utter the name of, say, a Frenchman from The Nation of Quebec.  For example today, hockey player Guy Lafleur is in the news.  The news anchors and reporters are practically turning their heads inside out today to pronounce it like they’re suddenly, momentarily—just for the duration of this one word—located in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec. 

I can just imagine their butt cheeks tightening up as they get ready to pronounce the name.  Then they get it out, excruciatingly French-like, hyper-articulating the La in Lafleur and pausing ever so slightly before going on with the f in fleur, then sort of gargling on the r at the end for a good second or so… and release.  And it’s back to normal plain old English. 

Sometimes, in the next sentence, they have to say the name again, but say it, you know, like a normal English-speaking person.  They suddenly forgot to make that quick trip to Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec.  It all makes for a good time watching the news. 

I just say “Gee Laflurr”.  Nobody laughs at me.  Similarly, when I say a Scottish name, I don’t say it with a Scottish accent suddenly.  And when I go to Taco Bell, I don’t roll the R in Burrito for 16 seconds when ordering.  I just say “burreedo”.  Perhaps I need rehab.  Or as Doug on King of Queens would say, “rehabilitay-shee-own”. 

You get this same hyper-pronunciation technique down south when some Americans suddenly become Latinos right off the boat from Cuba—just for a second—when they have to pronounce a Spanish name, or even say the word Latino

This hyper-pronunciation technique is fun to listen to. 


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New UN “Messenger of Peace” George Clooney thinks Canada announced troop withdrawal today

Written by Joel Johannesen on Thursday January 31 2008 at 09:31 AM

CBC reporter  The liberals’ U.N. today betrayed one of the reasons why they’re so out of touch with reality.  As did the state-owned, state-run CBC. 

Newly appointed “Messenger of Peace” (and stupidity, apparently), Hollywood liberal, actor, and an anti-conservative and anti-Bush activist, George Clooney, while being asked a question by a CBC reporter today at a live U.N. news conference, asked the CBC reporter if Canada hadn’t officially announced its troop withdrawal, just today, from Afghanistan. 

This happened at about 8:30 AM PST today on CBC Newsworld. 

The questioner himself—a reporter from the state-owned, state-run CBC—sounded as though he was purposely using the spotlight created by this little liberal mini-festival to misrepresent Canada and its position on Afghanistan, it seems to me, and relay a cute little anti-war message.

Here’s my transcript from my recording:

CBC Reporter: There’s a growing debate in some NATO countries over the war in Afghanistan and in my country some people say that no war is justified and that we should withdraw our troops from Afghanistan…

Clooney: You just announced today that you’re withdrawing, didn’t you?

CBC Reporter: ...Well there’s an ongoing debate.  My question is, as a messenger of peace, do you feel that some wars are justified, and in this case should Canada pull its troops out of Afghanistan?

Clooney:  You know I’m, I’m not the guy to answer that one because I have my own personal beliefs about all of those things and those wouldn’t be representative necessarily of the U.N. ... Sometime you and I might sit down and do an interview and I can tell you what I believe in sort of in my personal view but standing here in an official capacity that’s not a that’s not a very uh uh it’s not the best use of of you know my time or my space in this place.  I appreciate the question, I just you know I have a whole set of opinions that may not be something to represent with the U.N., you know what I mean?

The CBC Newsworld anchor, Nancy Wilson, in recapping the segment, made no mention of the gaffe made by the Messenger of Peace.



UPDATE:
Neil G____ was the name of the reporter.  Couldn’t quite make it out.  Somebody please help me out here so I can inform everybody who he was. 

 


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Canadian Olympics Committee’s new “sport” idea:  Race to be just like Iran

Written by Joel Johannesen on Thursday January 31 2008 at 08:11 AM

image  Is this an idea from the Iranian team?  Or the Canadian team? 

Olympic Committee pitches Sport TV

In an effort to overcome chronic under-funding for athletes, the Canadian Olympic Committee is proposing an amateur sports channel that “would provide much-needed exposure and funding for both Olympic and non-Olympic sports.”

The COC is asking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission not only to give the go-ahead for channels in both French and English, but also to make it mandatory for them to be distributed “on the basic digital service” of all cable and satellite distributors...

You MUST get this channel, and you MUST pay for it.  The government will FORCE this upon you.  They will do this through their Iranian-style vehicle, the liberals’ CRTC—the regulator of what we’re allowed to watch on TV and listen to on the radio, and in what proportion of “Canadian” and “not Canadian”, and at what time, according to their exquisite genius as state planners and designers of our what official culture is or will be and what we WILL like, NOW.

Just like the state-owned, state-run CBC. 



In case you’d like to let them know what you think of their new fascist sport, here’s a list of addresses for the Canadian Olympic Committee—note that they don’t have an official office in Iran as yet; and they don’t have any email addresses—just like in Iran.  (I did find this address which includes an email address, on a COC media release:  Steve Keogh, Manager, Communications, Canadian Olympic Committee, Phone: (416) 324-4146, Cell: (416) 806-3949, Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))

Canadian Olympic Committee

CORPORATE OFFICE - TORONTO
21 St.Clair Avenue E., Suite 900
Toronto, ON
Canada, M4T 1L9
Tel: (416) 962-0262
Fax: (416) 967-4902

MONTREAL
4141 Pierre de-Coubertin
Montréal (Québec)
Canada, H1V 3N7
Tel: (514) 861-3371

OTTAWA
85 rue Albert Street
14th Floor Ottawa, ON
Canada K1P 6A4
Tel: (613) 244-2020

VANCOUVER
3585 Graveley St., Floor 7
Vancouver, BC
Canada, V5K 5J5
Tel: (604) 678-2555

Here’s the address for the state-regulator, the CRTC:
Actually it’s not an address.  Trying to email these people is like an Iranian-style sport.  I imagine this is exactly what it’s like to reach a government department in any communist or fascist country.  It’s absolutely hilarious.  Go to this page and try to send them an email.  If you are able to, please advise me with instructions.  I broke out into laughter just trying. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/contactus.htm

By way of comparison, here’s the details I found for the White House:

Contacting the White House [En Español]

Mailing Address

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Phone Numbers
Comments:  202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX:        202-456-2461

TTY/TDD
Comments:    202-456-6213
Visitors Office: 202-456-2121

E-Mail
Please send your comments to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House cannot respond to every message. For further up-to-date information on Presidential initiatives, current events, and topics of interest to you, please continue to use the White House website.

Vice President Richard Cheney: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)


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Dion demands timetable for surrender

Written by Joel Johannesen on Thursday January 31 2008 at 07:11 AM

Page A-4 of today’s National Post appropriately depicts Liberal Frenchman Stephane Dion’s head over the letters “da”, with his message, which is that Canada needs a “timeline” (his) for surrender to the Islamist terrorists.
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Tell you what:  you want a “timeline” Monsieur Dion?  Because they’re “important”?  How about you get real within the next, say, 5 minutes, or you zip it and let the adults get on with our work of securing our national security and spreading hope to desperate people, et al? 

The only “timeline” I subscribe to with regard to Afghanistan is this one:  We’ll split when we’re done. And: The sooner the better. And:  Send in the CF-18s and utterly overwhelm the Islamofascists with superior firepower and unalterable, unequivocal determination, for speedier service.

Hope that helps you plan your precious day, Monsieur. 


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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

PTBC’s Ann Coulter column up: Ann favors Hillary over McCain

Written by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday January 30 2008 at 06:10 PM

image  This is an endorsement that probably won’t be hyped up a whole lot from the Billary camp. 

Here’s a snippet from Miss Coulter’s latest column, GOP to Edwards: How Much For That Concession Speech?

“...The bright side of the Florida debacle is that I no longer fear Hillary Clinton. (I mean in terms of her becoming president—on a personal level, she’s still a little creepy.) I’d rather deal with President Hillary than with President McCain. With Hillary, we’ll get the same ruinous liberal policies with none of the responsibility…”


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Associated Press covers Edwards’ campaign end slightly differently than Giuliani’s

Written by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday January 30 2008 at 05:28 PM

According to Fox News Channel’s Brit Hume and his Special Report show today:

Associated Press reports on the ends of the Democratic Party’s John Edwards campaign and the Republican Rudy Giuliani campaign like this:

On Edwards:

“Edwards waged a spirited top-tier campaign against the two better-funded rivals, even as he dealt with the stunning blow of his wife’s recurring cancer diagnosis ... ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters’ sympathies.”

On Giuliani:

“Once the Republican presidential front-runner, Giuliani suffered a debilitating defeat in Tuesday’s Florida primary…Tuesday’s result was a remarkable collapse for Giuliani… Florida proved to be less than hospitable.”


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Rudy quits: CTV.ca changes TOP STORIES headlines; remembers old Edwards story though

Written by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday January 30 2008 at 04:40 PM

John Edwards bowing out first thing this morning:
“Edwards officially withdraws from nomination race”
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Late in evening, when Rudy Giuliani bows out:
“Giuliani, Edwards both drop out of presidential race”
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Even the state-run CBC did better than that. 
Their morning top story:
“Edwards quits Democratic race; Giuliani to back McCain”

Their evening top story:
“Giuliani steps down, endorses McCain”

 


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CTV calls PM’s Deputy Press Secretary “one of Stephen Harper’s spin doctors”

Written by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday January 30 2008 at 04:00 PM

image Apparently people who work for the PMO and speak for our Prime Minister as Press Secretaries are now officially seen as and called “spin doctors” by the liberalvision media.  Liberals are, of course, still called Liberals.  (Or “unnamed sources”).

In a report about yet another manufactured bit of nonsense, the opposition parties and their obedient news media have embarked on a hideously stupid allegation of a so-called ethical lapse by the Conservatives —an allegation betraying a hilarious desperation among them all. 

The “news” anchor teases the upcoming news item with these words: 

“Under attack over ethics!:  [carefully chosen, inflammatory sound bites are interspersed in background]  ...One of Stephen Harper’s spin doctors lands the PM in a swirl of controversy over FAVORS for friends!”

It is the biggest BS statement heard on the liberalvision media all day today, with the possible exception of John Edwards’ idiotic quitting speech (and anti-conservative mini-festival) heard earlier today.


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Rasmussen poll puts Republicans ahead of Dems in potential matchups

Written by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday January 30 2008 at 03:44 PM

In proposed matchups between John McCain and either Barack Hussein Obama or Billary Clinton, the Republican comes out ahead according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Election 2008

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CTV discusses politics with Jehmu Greene, “political commentator”. No mention of Dem ties.

Written by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday January 30 2008 at 01:49 PM

She’s a “Political Commentator”, see?  Never mind that she’s a Democratic Party supporter and activist.  Of course I suppose you didn’t really need to be told, if you’d listened to her speak glowingly about the Dems for minutes on end.

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• Even the liberals’ CNN describes her as a “Democratic analyst”. 

Here she is giving a speech at the Democratic convention in Texas in ‘06.



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CBC introduces Huffington Post guest without advising that Huffington Post is far left-wing site

Written by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday January 30 2008 at 11:15 AM

Harry Forestell talks to Huffington Poster CBC Newsworld “news” anchor Harry Forestell teases an upcoming segment:

“In just a few minutes we’re going to be talking to the political editor of the Huffington Post for his take on the race for the White House.”

Then when the segment starts, he introduces the guest simply as the ”...political editor of the Huffington Post, it’s a popular web site for analysis and opinion.” 

This is reminiscent of when the CBC’s “tech expert” (that’s “TECH” expert) Jesse Hirsh advised Canadians (just prior to the last federal election)  that the rabidly far-left web site discussion forum “Babble.ca” was, and I quote, “among the best blogs” in Canada; and that it represents “a real pulse” in terms of how people are thinking across our country. 

For those of you who only watch the CBC and are therefore utterly ignorant of all the truth and facts, Huffington Post is a web site that more fully-informed people know very well as a very far left-wing, anti-Bush, and anti-anything-conservative, totally biased and admittedly so, web site. 

But the CBC doesn’t say anything about that.  They decided you didn’t need to know that.  They’ve done this repeatedly.  For example, the last time they had a guest from the Huffington Post (during which they countered them with a guest from the even further left-wing Daily Kos—an even more radical left-wing web site, truth be known). 

Anyway, they then broke from that interview in order to cover, live, the news conference by Democrat John Edwards and his big boring announcement that he’s quitting the race.  The “news conference” was, of course, mostly nothing but a bash all conservatives and all things conservative festival.  The multi-millionaire left-wing Breck Girl (who CBC reporter Henry Champ earlier referred to as “progressive”) held the news conference in…. New Orleans… in front of a row of half-built homes in a part of town that hasn’t yet been rebuilt. 

It’s like I’m watching something called The Liberal-Left Propaganda Channel



UPDATE 11:51 AM PST:

They mentioned that Republican Rudy Giuliani has also quit the race, but that’s it—they merely mentioned it.  No footage, no pictures, no live coverage, no nothing.

UPDATE:  1:45 PM PST
At about 1:45 PM PST, they had another discussion with an expert:  a Democratic Party speechwriter.  (At least they told us.  I have no idea why they did—I mean I have no idea why they’d have a discussion with a Democratic Party speechwriter inasmuch as that’s rather redundant for the CBC; nor why they suddenly decided that telling us their political affiliation was appropriate). 

UPDATE 3:00 PM PST:
Republican Rudy Giuliani is holding his official news conference announcing he’s quitting the race, just like Democrat John Edwards did earlier.  Luckily for them, the CBC runs the BBC News (for some bizarre un-Canadian reason) every day at the 3:00 PST hour, and the BBC is itself covering the news conference.  Bets on whether the CBC would have? 


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Reminder: NDP resolution said Canadian troops fighting in Afghanistan were “acting like terrorists”.

Written by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday January 30 2008 at 10:54 AM

At the national NDP convention in 2006, a resolution was presented to The Party (Resolution 1 B4 on international security) by the NDP riding association of Nanaimo-Cowichan (British Columbia).  That’s the riding of the currently sitting MP Jean Crowder.  The resolution suggested that Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan are “acting like terrorists, destroying communities, killing and maiming innocent people”.

I don’t know if she voted with the wishes of her constituents or not, or if their leader Jack Layton did.  I think it’s a secret.

Just reminding you. 

Thanks.


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CBC ends live coverage of nuclear testimony immediately after Keen testifies; before gov’t testimony

Written by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday January 30 2008 at 09:52 AM

I was struck yesterday by how the state-run CBC Newsworld instantly cut live coverage of the testimony at the House of Commons natural resources committee, immediately after the liberal-left’s star of the show, the fired Linda Keen—a decidedly unfriendly witness against the current government quite clearly—testified. 

Still to come was the other side of the equation:  the government’s side.  I wanted to hear the Health Minister and others defend their actions—which I’ve tentatively supported. 

image No Matter.  The ever-so fair and balanced, objective CBC only wanted to show you the side that was designed as a audio-video harangue against the Harper Conservatives.  Each of the opposition parties—Liberal, Bloc, NDP—started their friendly and leading questioning of the fired Ms. Keen by apologizing on behalf of all Canadians, saying that the Prime Minister of Canada doesn’t speak for them

The fact that in doing that, these political tools—useful idiots all—presumed to speak for all of us?  Well that little bit of atrocious arrogance didn’t cross their minds.  It was a hideous display. 

Thankfully, the Ottawa Citizen has a front-page story today featuring the side I wanted to hear, even if peppered with tendentious editorial poop that seems to be designed to counteract the points made by the government:

Health Minister Tony Clement belittled Linda Keen’s concern for nuclear safety yesterday, within an hour of the fired nuclear watchdog saying a reactor shut for an upgrade in November posed a safety risk 1,000 times greater than the international standard.

Ms. Keen’s assertions about a safety risk, during her first public appearance since her firing two weeks ago as president of the nuclear safety commission, also were denounced as “erroneous and misleading” by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., the Crown corporation that owns and operates the reactor in Chalk River.

“She got it wrong,”
Mr. Clement told reporters, defending the government’s decision to fire Ms. Keen for not putting medical isotope production ahead of installing backup pumps to protect against potential radioactive leaks in the event of an earthquake.

“When you balance the health and safety of Canadians versus the possibility of an earthquake never seen in the Ottawa Valley in human history, she got it wrong.”

AECL said standards cited by Ms. Keen during testimony at the House of Commons natural resources committee do not exist. It said even in the “worst-case scenario” of a severe earthquake right under the reactor, the radiation exposure to workers would be less than half received from a CT scan and exposure to the public would be less than half received during a cardiovascular diagnostic treatment…

You can see why the CBC and other anti-Conservative leftists wouldn’t want you to hear that testimony. 


Posted by Joel Johannesen on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 09:52 AM
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