Friday, May 2, 2014
A Typical Ontario Liberal Voter, Seymour Butts. Hugh Jass. You've gotta Hear this.
Listen to "Ashley" near the end of the clip, who describes herself as "Sharp" and "a typical Liberal Ontario voter". (5 or 6 bars from the right on the upper graph).
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Wynne Makes McGuinty Look Like Featherweight With $5.7 Billion Attempt At Vote Buying
Proving the gas-plant scandal is nothing more than a minor irritation, Kathleen Wynne is looking to trump the $1 billion dollar attempt at winning an election by a staggering $4.7 billion dollars more than her predecessor Dalton McGuinty. Leaked documents today show $5.7 billion in spending announcements planned over the next 30 days ahead of the May 1st budget date. Both Wynne and her finance minister would not deny the details of the leaked document were true.
$5.7 billion dollars. Really makes those Economic Action Plan commercials by the federal Conservative government look like chump change, eh? Think about it. An unelected premier, whose party and government are involved in multiple police investigations, one of which centers around a political decision with the purpose of buying some Liberal seats in the most recent Ontario election, thinks she has the moral authority to do it again, at a cost of $5.7 billion?
What needs to happen is this. Let Wynne make her spending announcements, now clearly a blatant attempt at securing votes. Let her government present the budget. Then the NDP leader needs to stop sucking and blowing at the same time. It's wonderful to walk out of the legislature in disgust at Wynne snubbing her nose by doing photo ops in the Sault rather answer questions related to the scandal in Question Period. But that action needs to be followed up with voting against the budget and forcing an election.
What Horwath has been doing is akin to poor parenting. She feigns indignation at the badly behaving child, in this case Wynne, and then buys her whatever toys Wynne wants at Toys-R-Us. She lectures the child on being responsible, then turns her back while the child plays with matches and razor blades. It's no secret Ontario is heading towards a financial apocalypse. Doubled provincial debt, credit downgrades and out of control spending are the result of the McGuinty/Wynne Liberal government which has no intention whatsoever of changing it's Titanic like course of destroying the province with it's only goal being retaining power.
Horwath was just given 5.7 billion more reasons to end this destruction. If she again allows Wynne and the Liberals to retain power she wears this as much if not more than Wynne. In a province of millions, Andrea Horwath and Kathleen Wynne have put their own self interests first, with no thought whatsoever of the long term harm being done to the province. Pity!
$5.7 billion dollars. Really makes those Economic Action Plan commercials by the federal Conservative government look like chump change, eh? Think about it. An unelected premier, whose party and government are involved in multiple police investigations, one of which centers around a political decision with the purpose of buying some Liberal seats in the most recent Ontario election, thinks she has the moral authority to do it again, at a cost of $5.7 billion?
What needs to happen is this. Let Wynne make her spending announcements, now clearly a blatant attempt at securing votes. Let her government present the budget. Then the NDP leader needs to stop sucking and blowing at the same time. It's wonderful to walk out of the legislature in disgust at Wynne snubbing her nose by doing photo ops in the Sault rather answer questions related to the scandal in Question Period. But that action needs to be followed up with voting against the budget and forcing an election.
What Horwath has been doing is akin to poor parenting. She feigns indignation at the badly behaving child, in this case Wynne, and then buys her whatever toys Wynne wants at Toys-R-Us. She lectures the child on being responsible, then turns her back while the child plays with matches and razor blades. It's no secret Ontario is heading towards a financial apocalypse. Doubled provincial debt, credit downgrades and out of control spending are the result of the McGuinty/Wynne Liberal government which has no intention whatsoever of changing it's Titanic like course of destroying the province with it's only goal being retaining power.
Horwath was just given 5.7 billion more reasons to end this destruction. If she again allows Wynne and the Liberals to retain power she wears this as much if not more than Wynne. In a province of millions, Andrea Horwath and Kathleen Wynne have put their own self interests first, with no thought whatsoever of the long term harm being done to the province. Pity!
Monday, March 31, 2014
Kathleen Wyne's ADSCAM Moment Has Arrived
Just 3 days ago Kathleen Wynne stated Peter Faist had no interaction with the premiers office or Liberal Party of Ontario after being sworn in Feb. 11th of last year. Now it turns out the individual who the OPP allege may be the person responsible for deleting key information from computers in the premiers office, Peter Faist has actually been under contract by theLiberal Party until this past weekend. Check out this video : H/T to Kate at SDA
Now I'm not the richest of guys, but if anyone can send me a picture of Wynne with this guy I'll gladly donate $100 to Sick Kids Hospital. Anyone else wishing to do the same is more than welcome.
Now I'm not the richest of guys, but if anyone can send me a picture of Wynne with this guy I'll gladly donate $100 to Sick Kids Hospital. Anyone else wishing to do the same is more than welcome.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
BREAKING!!! New Photos Of Rob Ford With Really Seedy Types Involved In Police Investigation Uncovered!
Monday, January 27, 2014
Kathleen Wynne's Utter Hypocrisy On CPP
So Wynne is trying to deflect attention away from the scandals and absolutely botched economic policies that have destroyed the province of Ontario. Wynne has announced former federal finance minister and PM Paul Martin will oversee setting up Ontario's own pension plan and breaking away from the long standing and successful Canada Pension Plan. The thing is, all Martin did was triple premiums paid by employers and employees. There was no corresponding increase in monthly benefits paid out by CPP. Prior to Martin becoming federal finance minister, CPP was and continues to be indexed to inflation. Martin does deserve credit for addressing the future shortfall, similar to what Jim Flaherty has done with OAS.
But here is where Wynne''s hypocrisy comes in. She tells you she is really worried about retirees being able to pay their bills.. Of course she never mentions most struggles being experienced by Ontario seniors are a result of her Liberal government, most notably electricity rates and hst on things like gas, home heating bills, etc. You see, Kathleen Wynne's, and also Dalton McGuinty's dirty little secret involves workers who have suffered permanent injuries on the job. These workers are forced into retraining programs by WSIB directed by Wynne's Liberal government. Most workers experience wage losses in the area of 50% compared to pre-injury earnings. Workers receive something called an LMR. (labor market re-entry) pension. They take 85% of the workers pre-injury wage, deduct what they say the worker should make after retraining, which is usually far above what the worker actually ends up earning. The difference is made up through the LMR, paid by-weekly until age 65.
For example, a co-worker at Chrysler I know used to make $80,000 a year, and suffered a serious head injury. After being retrained, that same guy now makes around $40,000 including his current wage and LMR. Decent money but still a 50% cut from pre-injury income. Now, much like CPP, the LMR amount was increased yearly at roughly the rate of inflation. Then the Liberal government under Wynne/McGuinty changed that increase to .5%. To put it in perspective, injured workers receiving LMR saw an increase of roughly $2 bi-weekly, which doesn't even cover the increase in Wynne's electricity rates.
So I challenge anyone in the media, better yet one of the union leaders, to ask Wynne why she feels it's acceptable to give a .05 increase to injured workers, especially given her comments public service union workers such as teachers deserve 2.5%-3.5% pay increases. Better yet why it's ok for OPG execs to get multi-million dollar bonuses when there is no money for injured workers.
But here is where Wynne''s hypocrisy comes in. She tells you she is really worried about retirees being able to pay their bills.. Of course she never mentions most struggles being experienced by Ontario seniors are a result of her Liberal government, most notably electricity rates and hst on things like gas, home heating bills, etc. You see, Kathleen Wynne's, and also Dalton McGuinty's dirty little secret involves workers who have suffered permanent injuries on the job. These workers are forced into retraining programs by WSIB directed by Wynne's Liberal government. Most workers experience wage losses in the area of 50% compared to pre-injury earnings. Workers receive something called an LMR. (labor market re-entry) pension. They take 85% of the workers pre-injury wage, deduct what they say the worker should make after retraining, which is usually far above what the worker actually ends up earning. The difference is made up through the LMR, paid by-weekly until age 65.
For example, a co-worker at Chrysler I know used to make $80,000 a year, and suffered a serious head injury. After being retrained, that same guy now makes around $40,000 including his current wage and LMR. Decent money but still a 50% cut from pre-injury income. Now, much like CPP, the LMR amount was increased yearly at roughly the rate of inflation. Then the Liberal government under Wynne/McGuinty changed that increase to .5%. To put it in perspective, injured workers receiving LMR saw an increase of roughly $2 bi-weekly, which doesn't even cover the increase in Wynne's electricity rates.
So I challenge anyone in the media, better yet one of the union leaders, to ask Wynne why she feels it's acceptable to give a .05 increase to injured workers, especially given her comments public service union workers such as teachers deserve 2.5%-3.5% pay increases. Better yet why it's ok for OPG execs to get multi-million dollar bonuses when there is no money for injured workers.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Ontario Union Workers Better Off With Hudak PC Government, And Yet Union Leaders Wage War Against Him?
With two by-elections now underway and a possible Ontario provincial election later this year, it's time to address the backlash against Tim Hudak and the Ontario PC Party by Ontario union leaders. I'm talking both public and private sector union leaders. Since 2003 the people have been subjected to staggering incompetence, scandals, and billion upon billion of wasted tax dollars through poor planning, scandal, or just complete apathy to taxpayers by the McGuinty/Wynne Liberal government.
Which is why union leaders supporting first McGuinty and now Wynne is so perplexing. Under the previous PC government of Mike Harris, jobs were created. I'm talking good paying manufacturing jobs. The CAW was able to negotiate excellent wage increases for it's members, as well as increased holidays, bonuses, etc. New workers were hired in the thousands as companies added 2nd and 3rd shift production. This wasn't restricted to the auto industry. Numerous manufacturing jobs were added as the PC's under Harris created an environment where companies saw value in setting up shop in Ontario or expanding current operations.
Workers, both union and non-union benefited with lower taxes, giving more take-home pay. That in turn led to more spending, giving the economy an even bigger jump start. The budget was balanced, allowing more money to be spent on the province's needs as opposed to interest on an ever increasing debt left over from both the NDP and previous Liberal government. And the PC's managed to do this at the same time the federal Liberal government was taking away billions in transfer payments.
Then the 2003 election took place, with the Liberals and Dalton McGuinty forming a majority government. His first act as premier was to impose a health tax, that took billions out of the economy. He had the WSIB jack up employer premiums. He put in place policy that increased electricity costs in excess of 30%. He increased user fees, charging more for everything such as license plate renewals, to a sham of a supposed enviro tax on things the people of Ontario buy everyday. I recently bought a tv for $199.99. Then there was the hst of $26 and, wait for it, an enviro fee of $25. The federal government increased transfers to Ontario in the billions. Money that a competent PC government would have put to good use. Things like infrastructure and health care. As the Sunshine list grew by 1000's, lower scale workers were laid off, many of them union members, to balance the books due to increased management costs. The same thing has occurred at hospitals across the province, with staff and housekeeping cut to offset management salaries. The recent revelations at OPG are anothe prime example.
Under a PC government led by Tim Hudak, union members would benefit from lower taxes, job creation through policy that encourages investment, rather than send it south of the border and overseas. An increased and prosperous economy would lift the financial strain imposed in the last 10 years of Liberal rule. Hudak would not implement another 10 cent per liter tax on gasoline. That would be an additional 10 cents above the 8% added when the hst was implemented. Hudak would slow down the poorly thought out green energy policy, resulting in lower rates.
I could go on and on, But you get my point. Anyone living in Ontario would be better off with a PC government, especially union members. So can someone explain union leaders opposition to Hudak with any kind of rationale?
Which is why union leaders supporting first McGuinty and now Wynne is so perplexing. Under the previous PC government of Mike Harris, jobs were created. I'm talking good paying manufacturing jobs. The CAW was able to negotiate excellent wage increases for it's members, as well as increased holidays, bonuses, etc. New workers were hired in the thousands as companies added 2nd and 3rd shift production. This wasn't restricted to the auto industry. Numerous manufacturing jobs were added as the PC's under Harris created an environment where companies saw value in setting up shop in Ontario or expanding current operations.
Workers, both union and non-union benefited with lower taxes, giving more take-home pay. That in turn led to more spending, giving the economy an even bigger jump start. The budget was balanced, allowing more money to be spent on the province's needs as opposed to interest on an ever increasing debt left over from both the NDP and previous Liberal government. And the PC's managed to do this at the same time the federal Liberal government was taking away billions in transfer payments.
Then the 2003 election took place, with the Liberals and Dalton McGuinty forming a majority government. His first act as premier was to impose a health tax, that took billions out of the economy. He had the WSIB jack up employer premiums. He put in place policy that increased electricity costs in excess of 30%. He increased user fees, charging more for everything such as license plate renewals, to a sham of a supposed enviro tax on things the people of Ontario buy everyday. I recently bought a tv for $199.99. Then there was the hst of $26 and, wait for it, an enviro fee of $25. The federal government increased transfers to Ontario in the billions. Money that a competent PC government would have put to good use. Things like infrastructure and health care. As the Sunshine list grew by 1000's, lower scale workers were laid off, many of them union members, to balance the books due to increased management costs. The same thing has occurred at hospitals across the province, with staff and housekeeping cut to offset management salaries. The recent revelations at OPG are anothe prime example.
Under a PC government led by Tim Hudak, union members would benefit from lower taxes, job creation through policy that encourages investment, rather than send it south of the border and overseas. An increased and prosperous economy would lift the financial strain imposed in the last 10 years of Liberal rule. Hudak would not implement another 10 cent per liter tax on gasoline. That would be an additional 10 cents above the 8% added when the hst was implemented. Hudak would slow down the poorly thought out green energy policy, resulting in lower rates.
I could go on and on, But you get my point. Anyone living in Ontario would be better off with a PC government, especially union members. So can someone explain union leaders opposition to Hudak with any kind of rationale?
Monday, January 13, 2014
Neil Young Gets Caught In A Lie....
Guess Neil's a little confused. In reply to a statement put out by the Canadian government, Young had this to SAY,, "Of course, rock stars don't need oil. I drove my electric car from California to the Tar sands and on to Washington DC without using any oil at all and I'm a rock star. My car's generator runs on biomass, one of several future fuels Canada should be developing for the Post Fossil Fuel Age. This age of renewable fuels could save our grandchildren from the ravages of Climate related disasters spawned by the Fossil Fuel Age; but we have to get started."
Problem is he's lying, or at the very least ignorant of the facts. I've been involved in the auto industry for 37 years, and gotta admit Young's customization of the '59 Lincoln called Lincvolt is pretty cool. It's modified to run on bio-mass fuels and E85. And that's where the problem is. Young''s press release claims he he never used any oil in his trip to Fort McMurray. And yet he has something completely different posted on this BLOG! Now check out this quote:
"On my recent trip to Fort Mac in Alberta, I drove Lincvolt about 1800 miles from San Francisco running on E 85 fuel. I have chosen to use Ethanol, a much cleaner fuel created from plants nourished by the sun and rain and grown by farmers rather than run on gasoline, which has a carbon footprint of 19.5 LBS (pump to tailpipe) per gallon or 28 LBS CO2 per gallon (earth to tailpipe) according to the Mass Insitute of Technolgy. "although E 85 is hard to find in some parts of the USA, it is much cleaner than gasoline and since I am a believer in Climate Chaos as a result of Global Warming, I have chosen this greener fuel. On the trip back from Fort Mac, I ran out of fuel in Red Deer Alberta after searching in vain for an E 85 or pure ethanol fuel source in CANADA. In Red Deer Alberta we were told by Husky Oil reps that they had “never heard of E 85”. Lincvolt does not run on gasoline by design."
Now I'm a licensed mechanic, and have training in the use of ethanol in fuels. It's called E85 for a reason. 15% is actual gasoline. So sorry Neil, if you drove 1800 miles on E85 than you damn well burned some oil. Not to mention the fact E85 driven vehicles can get upwards of 26% less fuel economy than a car running on straight gasoline. Which brings up another point. Canada mandated gasoline sold in Canada as of 2010 must have a minimum of 5% ethanol. The thing I really like about Young's comments is the fact most mechanics and garages tell people to stay away from Husky, as they have a higher percentage of ethanol in their gas. The result is less power, poorer performance, and fuel system repairs down the road.And the bigger issue, emits acetaldehyde. This compound is a probable human carcinogen. Long-term exposure produces symptoms similar to those of alcoholism.
Seems Young was so quick to bash the oilsands and Canadian government he forgot what he put on the internet before. A lie? An oversight? An honest mistake? You be the judge.
Problem is he's lying, or at the very least ignorant of the facts. I've been involved in the auto industry for 37 years, and gotta admit Young's customization of the '59 Lincoln called Lincvolt is pretty cool. It's modified to run on bio-mass fuels and E85. And that's where the problem is. Young''s press release claims he he never used any oil in his trip to Fort McMurray. And yet he has something completely different posted on this BLOG! Now check out this quote:
"On my recent trip to Fort Mac in Alberta, I drove Lincvolt about 1800 miles from San Francisco running on E 85 fuel. I have chosen to use Ethanol, a much cleaner fuel created from plants nourished by the sun and rain and grown by farmers rather than run on gasoline, which has a carbon footprint of 19.5 LBS (pump to tailpipe) per gallon or 28 LBS CO2 per gallon (earth to tailpipe) according to the Mass Insitute of Technolgy. "although E 85 is hard to find in some parts of the USA, it is much cleaner than gasoline and since I am a believer in Climate Chaos as a result of Global Warming, I have chosen this greener fuel. On the trip back from Fort Mac, I ran out of fuel in Red Deer Alberta after searching in vain for an E 85 or pure ethanol fuel source in CANADA. In Red Deer Alberta we were told by Husky Oil reps that they had “never heard of E 85”. Lincvolt does not run on gasoline by design."
Now I'm a licensed mechanic, and have training in the use of ethanol in fuels. It's called E85 for a reason. 15% is actual gasoline. So sorry Neil, if you drove 1800 miles on E85 than you damn well burned some oil. Not to mention the fact E85 driven vehicles can get upwards of 26% less fuel economy than a car running on straight gasoline. Which brings up another point. Canada mandated gasoline sold in Canada as of 2010 must have a minimum of 5% ethanol. The thing I really like about Young's comments is the fact most mechanics and garages tell people to stay away from Husky, as they have a higher percentage of ethanol in their gas. The result is less power, poorer performance, and fuel system repairs down the road.And the bigger issue, emits acetaldehyde. This compound is a probable human carcinogen. Long-term exposure produces symptoms similar to those of alcoholism.
Seems Young was so quick to bash the oilsands and Canadian government he forgot what he put on the internet before. A lie? An oversight? An honest mistake? You be the judge.
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