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.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
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!
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.
Friday, August 28, 2009
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
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
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Cuban Dictator Defends US President against Right Wingers
Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro has come out in defense of what he calls right wingers fighting President Obama because he's black." He says Obama inherited his problems from his predessor President Bush, and is trying to fix things and it's the right wing racists as he calls them are trying to block him.
It's very telling when a Communist Dictator comes to the defense of a US president when in the past relations between the US and Cuba have not been good.
President Obama wants to open up ties with Cuba. I don't know if that's good or bad but you have this dictator speaking positively about Obama, I think it says alot. Remember when Castro and Pierre Trudeau were good friends, Trudeau was in the midst of implementing a bunch of social programs. NEP,a wealth transfer program that was a biggy especially for us out in the west here. It tanked our economy in Alberta. It still sticks in our craw.
Just look at what Obama has done in the first months of his presidency. He's spent the country almost into the poor house, wants to bring in socialized medicine, and cap and trade. Look at those who surround him like all the czars he's appointed, over thirty of them, in which they are not accountable to congress, the senate or anyone for that matter. One is self-confessed communist.
He has his thugs attend the townhalls, trying to intimate these so called "right wing racists." These are ordinary people,republicans, independants even democrats that attend thses meetings. They come to raise their concerns over a healthcare bill that the politicians have not even bothered reading, like other bills they have not read but pushed through anyway.
No wonder the Cuban Dictator likes the current resident of the White House. Trying to implement socialist, wealth transfer programs, intimitating the public trying to exercise their democratic right of free speech. Those tactics, I'm sure Fidel, is proud of.
It's very telling when a Communist Dictator comes to the defense of a US president when in the past relations between the US and Cuba have not been good.
President Obama wants to open up ties with Cuba. I don't know if that's good or bad but you have this dictator speaking positively about Obama, I think it says alot. Remember when Castro and Pierre Trudeau were good friends, Trudeau was in the midst of implementing a bunch of social programs. NEP,a wealth transfer program that was a biggy especially for us out in the west here. It tanked our economy in Alberta. It still sticks in our craw.
Just look at what Obama has done in the first months of his presidency. He's spent the country almost into the poor house, wants to bring in socialized medicine, and cap and trade. Look at those who surround him like all the czars he's appointed, over thirty of them, in which they are not accountable to congress, the senate or anyone for that matter. One is self-confessed communist.
He has his thugs attend the townhalls, trying to intimate these so called "right wing racists." These are ordinary people,republicans, independants even democrats that attend thses meetings. They come to raise their concerns over a healthcare bill that the politicians have not even bothered reading, like other bills they have not read but pushed through anyway.
No wonder the Cuban Dictator likes the current resident of the White House. Trying to implement socialist, wealth transfer programs, intimitating the public trying to exercise their democratic right of free speech. Those tactics, I'm sure Fidel, is proud of.
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