The disingenuous head tax apology.
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Not too many coments focussing on the topic:
Chinese Head tax apololgy!
Not deserving some lines ?
Just the same "we hate the current PM ; he does what he promised".
After years of liberal tax robbers some fresh air; so far.
It appears that the political pendulum is swinging the other way for a change and some "lefties" are now catching their breath.
If PM Harper doesn't screw up, he may be here for a while.
I can see some of you crinching; but look, it is just life; enjoy it!
Chinese Head tax apololgy!
Not deserving some lines ?
Just the same "we hate the current PM ; he does what he promised".
After years of liberal tax robbers some fresh air; so far.
It appears that the political pendulum is swinging the other way for a change and some "lefties" are now catching their breath.
If PM Harper doesn't screw up, he may be here for a while.
I can see some of you crinching; but look, it is just life; enjoy it!
nelk said:Not too many coments focussing on the topic:
Chinese Head tax apololgy!
Not deserving some lines ?
Just the same "we hate the current PM ; he does what he promised".
After years of liberal tax robbers some fresh air; so far.
It appears that the political pendulum is swinging the other way for a change and some "lefties" are now catching their breath.
If PM Harper doesn't screw up, he may be here for a while.
I can see some of you crinching; but look, it is just life; enjoy it!
Wishful thinking, for Harper to be around for a while.
The only thing that is giving Harper some air to breath today is that the Liberal machine is in temporarily to get a turbojet engine, as soon as a Leader is in place, trust the liberal eagerness for success it will not be very long before the Tory dragster will be left behind by miles wandering what happened..
If Harper doesn't screw up he's welcome to the job, this being a democracy and all, but so far all I've seen him do is land a handful of guppies. This last session was little league. Two slam-dunks, one wtf, one he probably doesn't even recognize any more and one still in the chute in search of meaning. He's got three whoppers to take on in the fall at least one of which can break him.
BitWhys said:
First of all, I don't agree that the first session was a cake-walk. Compare how Harper got his budget passed with how Martin got his passed. Martin spent so much time on his knees befre Layton ......it got embarassing.
I am beginning to thing the first session LOOKED like a cake-walk because Harper is one hell of a skilled politician.
What would those whoppers be?
I assume one is SSM, which he has handled quite adroitly by making it a free vote on raising the issue again. As I have said before, if I was asked directly whether we should preserve the traditional definition of marriage, I would vote "yes". However, if I was an MP asked if the subject should be raised again, I would vote a resounding NO!". I think there are a number of MPs, Conservative and Liberal, in the same boat. By NOT proposing legislation, and by bracketing the question in this way, Harper has fulfilled his promise, but guaranteed the issue immediately sinks out of sight, and SSM stays.
A little sly for my liking, but still, you don't become PM by being a bull in a china shop.......
No one was going to tank the first budget unless it had something glaringly bad about it because doing so would be political hari-kari. Naturally, it didn't. Harper's no fool after all. The big heroics of the budget was mostly just a bunch of tinkerputt that had parallels in the other party's platforms anyways.
SSM isn't even a fricking issue any more. He's just calling for the vote now so he can be sure he's cashed his marker with the fundies early enough into his term for the dust to settle before the next election.
1) Rona's "very thorough policy" for the environment that according to her has been ready since January of 05 but appearantly is more difficult to craft into anything presentable enough to place before the house than the Accountability Act
2) The Lumber Deal, ie the other confidence vote and this one matters. This one is dangerous in both the short and long terms.
3) Equalization. This is the big one. He can tinkerputt with the environment for a while and probably pull some theatrics on lumber, but this one almost by definition alone is going to cost him something somewhere.
SSM isn't even a fricking issue any more. He's just calling for the vote now so he can be sure he's cashed his marker with the fundies early enough into his term for the dust to settle before the next election.
1) Rona's "very thorough policy" for the environment that according to her has been ready since January of 05 but appearantly is more difficult to craft into anything presentable enough to place before the house than the Accountability Act
2) The Lumber Deal, ie the other confidence vote and this one matters. This one is dangerous in both the short and long terms.
3) Equalization. This is the big one. He can tinkerputt with the environment for a while and probably pull some theatrics on lumber, but this one almost by definition alone is going to cost him something somewhere.
and if you don't think Harper hasn't simply done a cost/benefit on shortchanging the fundies I suggest you recalibrate. hell has no fury like a xtian scorned and he knows it.
which would make it right in character for him, I must say. turnaround, after all, is fair play. that's one set of peones he's going to have to slough to get that majority he's after anyways. may as well get it over with. like they say in retail, your first loss is your least.
which would make it right in character for him, I must say. turnaround, after all, is fair play. that's one set of peones he's going to have to slough to get that majority he's after anyways. may as well get it over with. like they say in retail, your first loss is your least.
Well, Brit, I think you are right on number three,at least. Equalization will be a hornets' nest.