Archive for May, 2009
$1.4-million Per Job Saved: The Efficiency of a Planned Economy
As reported in today’s Globe, the average cost to the taxpayer for every job “saved” in the auto sector has been $1.4-million. That is one million, four-hundred thousand dollars. Dollars, not pesos, not chickens and mules, dollars.
To those in government, the auto industry, the media and leftist think-tanks that have repeatedly said that this will [...]
May 29, 2009
Tags: Auto Bailouts, Big Auto Posted in: Blog Content 
One Comment
Iraq was the Mere “Mussolini” of the Axis of Evil
The now famous label “Axis of Evil” was used by the Bush administration to group Iran, Iraq and North Korea in a way that would draw a historical parallel with the Axis powers of the Second World War. While there may be direct historical links between the Ba’athists and the more old-school jackboots following the [...]
May 27, 2009
Tags: Axis of Evil, Bomb, Iran, Iraq, North Korea Posted in: Blog Content 2 Comments
An Open Letter to Ontario PCs: Elect a Frankenstein
Dear Ontario Conservatives:
In the last 6 years, you’ve run on platforms that have attempted to borrow as much from your opponents as possible. After winning 2 back-to-back majority governments with a clearly articulated pro-taxpayer agenda, it became apparent to you that in order to hold onto or retake power, you would have to minimize your [...]
May 22, 2009
Tags: Christine Elliott Flat Tax, Frank Klees Healthcare Reform, Ontario Conservatives, Ontario PC Party, Randy Hillier Freedom of Speech, Tim Hudak Unions Posted in: Blog Content 4 Comments
Eco Fail: 113,000-Ton Oil Tanker Carrying 680,000 Barrels of Crude Oil Saves “Carbon-Neutral” Eco-Sailors
Enough said. Well, perhaps not. Read Rex Murphy’s piece on this supernatural act of Al Gore.
Cross-posted at taxpayerblog.com
May 9, 2009
Tags: Al Gore, Canadian Political Fails, Epic Fail, Rex Murphy Posted in: Blog Content, Canadian Political Fails One Comment
Student charged and expelled after winning fight with bully. Bully not charged, still in school. Justice, Canadian style.
A grade 9 student picked on by a bully is now expelled from school and charged with assault. The student was pushed repeatedly and refused to retaliate, but reacted only after he was punched. After being punched, he hit the bully once, breaking his nose.
Typical of Canada’s justice system, the real victim is now the [...]
May 3, 2009
Tags: Justice, Law Posted in: Blog Content 11 Comments
Former PM Indignant at Moves to Scrap Aboriginal Apartheid
Paul “I was PM for longer than Kim Campbell” Martin rained furry at the Liberal Party convention today over what he sees as the Conservative governments efforts to reinforce centuries of failed aboriginal policy.
“As a result of the denial of Kelowna, the Conservatives drew a line in the sand,” Martin told a Liberal convention workshop. [...]
May 2, 2009
Tags: Aboriginal Apartheid, Aboriginal Policy, Liberal Convention 2009 Posted in: Blog Content 3 Comments
