Glenn Beck and Common Sense

Since this blog is about fighting for common sense, I thought it would be beneficial to write about the book that has inspired me.

I have been reading and recommend highly this book by Glenn Beck,
Common Sense, The Case Against An Out-of Control Government,
Inspired by Thomas Paine, this summer.

In this book Beck emphazises how the American government is getting out of control with their spending and the gradual enchroachment of government on individuals to reduce their basic fundamental freedoms and how Americans can take their country back.

He goes at both parties, the Repulicans and the Demorcrats and their disregard for the average individual. He points out both sides have fallen down on the job and are just out for themselves.

This book is about America but as I kept reading this book, I noticed that it could apply here as well on all levels of government.

I hope you all get a chance to read it. It will inform you and inspire you. Just like Americans, we can take Canada back too.

Harper's New Patriotism

Andrew Coyne has written a great article on how the Harper Conservatives are regaining our patriotism and rebranding it's self "the Canada Party."

That's what, as far as Coyne's assessment goes, the trip to the North was about. An overall good read.

The Prime Minister, God and Politics

Others have commented on various aspects of today's Globe and Mail column about PM Harper. I will comment on a particular part that grabbed my attention.

The column talks about an interview the PM had given to a Quebec magazine. It reveals a human side of him that most of the MSM and the opposition try to distort.

The one thing that really got my attention was a quote from PM Harper and that was this.

“To be honest with you, I am a lot more concerned by God's verdict regarding my life than the one of historians,” the Prime Minister said with a laugh, according to the article.

It caught my eye because no. 1, he is a born again Evangelical Christian.
No. 2 obviously he because he's a Christian, God is an important part of his life. Since God is such an important part of his life, his decisions, his words, his actions, his must conduct his life according to the will of God. He knows that someday he like all of us must answer for what we have done with our lives.

He obviously cares not what people think of him so much but ultimately what God thinks.

I especially picked up on that because I too am a Christian and God is an important part of my life as well.

It to, is clear that his faith has an influence in the way he conducts his politics. You can tell. I'm sure he must seek the wisdom of God when he has to make the tough decisions. Like recently, our economy. Clearly you can see we are so much better off than many other countries in the world. God's hand has to be in it. God I believe, has been guiding this PM through out this whole economic meltdown.

So no matter what the MSM, the oppostition or anyone for that matter thinks of him, God will be will the ultimate judge.

That my friends is THE most important thing. If you at the end of the day have done what is right in the eyes of God, it doesn't matter a hill of beans how others judge you, it's temporal. How God judges you, that is eternal!

I for one am proud of this Prime Minister and for what he stands for. I want nothing else but all of God's blessings upon him and his beautiful family.

Liberals Get Tough on Crime

So apparently the federal Liberals suddenly want to cooperate with the Conservative government to get tough on white collar crime.

Good, first if they're really serious, maybe they should get tough on themselves. Adscam hasn't been totally solved yet. Let's go after that $40 million dollars that you stole from us, shall we Liberals? Set a good example.

BTW, what happened to all the, bring down the government, election bluster? They want to work with the government now? We shall see.

I sure hope they're sincere. Who knows? They're Liberals after all. Seems like they don't know what they're doing half the time.

Co-operate if necessary, not necessarily co-operate

Alberta Advantage, What Happened?

Yesterday Alberta Finance Minister, Iris Evans gave the latest update on the state of the province's fiscal situation. She gave us some grim news. The deficit is going to be larger than anticipated, $2.2 billion more than they had forcasted in the spring.

They're going to have to tap into the $17-billion sustainability fund to help off set this deficit that they helped to create.

So, what happened to the Alberta Advantage? How did we get from there to where we are today?

When Ralph Klein came in as Premier in the early nineties, we were in debt and deficit. That was due to the mismanagement of his predecessor. He was able to take measures to get us out that mess. It was a sacrifice for all of us at the time. He sucessfully was able to finally get rid of that albatross that was stifling our progress and move ahead.

We then were able to post budget surpluses even large ones over the years. That was at $10 a barrell oil to boot. Spending then took over. Big spending.

It did not stop when Premier Ed Stelmach took over. Infact he started to spend even more.
Ed brought in a new royality frame work (so we could get our fair share) It stifled our oil and gas industry so much that in fact he drove some of them out of the province and into B.C and Saskatchewan.

$2 billion is being spent on carbon capture and storage. What for? It's not going to make a shred of difference. It's all about image. You see we supposedly have a bad reputation in the world as far as our oil/tar sands. According to some we have "dirty oil." This money is a total waste. That would save $2 billion right now. Alas, they are going ahead with it anyway even though we cannot afford it.

Now we find ourselves in quite a predicament.

In Ms. Evan's presser yesterday she blamed it on the price of oil and the recession. Not once did she on behalf of the province take any responsiblity. She never once admitted that they had mismanaged things.

So now we're in this mess, it's up to us, Alberta. We need to hold their feet to fire and demand better.

With all her rhetoric, her inability to recognise the sickness of mismanagement in the government she is a part of, some might attempt to label her as "Virus Evans." I will not. I have too much respect for the office she holds to label her in such a manner.