Latest Edition of Rant Bouquets

The end of summer is near, which means it's time for me to honour those special individuals and groups who continue to make news.

The Chamberlain Bouquet:
Federal NDP leader Smilin' Jack Layton, who did the inevitable this week and called for the pull-out of Canadian troops from Afghanistan. In ignoring the worldwide terrorist threat and the courageous (and truly needed) work of our Armed Forces, Layton has done the best 'when the going gets tough, the tough run away' routine since the former British Prime Minister.
The Rodney Dangerfield Bouquet:
Alberta Liberal leader Kevin Taft can't get no respect. As leader of the oppositition, Taft has tried his best to shine the light on a Premier who is phoning it in, and a government caught playing catch-up with the current economic boom while infighting over a long and drawn-out leadership race. Yet, poor Kevin cannot come up with any ideas that would take the votes away from the Natural Governing Party of Alberta.

The It's Hot Down Here Bouquet:
Radical Christian activist Bill Whatcott. He has promotes some hellish ideas such as making homosexuality illegal so that they can all be locked up. He spends his free time handing out anti-abortion pamphlets (complete with images of aborted fetuses) to people on the street, and by jumping into Gay Pride parades holding anti-gay signs. Using God as an excuse to promote hate is a guaranteed ticket South, Bill. You won't need a coat.

The Thank God He's On Television Bouquet:
He is direct. He tells it like it is. He doesn't let crap like political correctness get in his way. He is Glenn Beck, and we sure could use someone like him in Canada.

The Who Cares? Bouquet:
The Green Party of Canada just chose a new leader. Elizabeth May is a former head of the leftwing environmental Sierra Group. The Green Party promotes the idea of fiscal conservatism with a radical environmental policy along with....yawn.

The Too Bad You Missed It Bouquet:
Canada. It seems that the terror attack on 9/11 and the subsequent war against the Islamic extremists has been completely missed (or misunderstood?) by many Canadians, who do not see reality for what it is.

The Thanks For The Memories Bouquet:
I didn't always agree with his policies or ideas, but history will show that outgoing premier Ralph Klein was a great leader for our province. Best of luck in the future, Ralph. And thank you.

Fair and Balanced?

Canadian soldiers are involved in the most important military action our country has endevoured in fifty years. Brave troops live day to day in conditions we could not even imagine. From sleeping with various poisonous creatures inhabiting your bed, to patrolling unsafe territory or going out on a hunting mission, the men and women of our Armed Forces are facing constant threat to their lives in a struggle to eliminate the greatest threat in our time in one of the many global battlegrounds against terror.

Our soldiers have taken out many of the enemy, sometimes with great success as with last week's wipe-out of about 70 Taliban terrorists in one assault. The bad guys numbers are slowly dwindling, and Canada has become a major rebuilding presence in the area. But that information is rarely reported by our main stream media sources. Areas once held in terror by Taliban forces are now under Canadian control, and while the streets are by no means safe, the first steps have been taken towards stabilization of the region - again, thanks to our own. But they don't report that.

Video footage of memorial services for our fallen soldiers fill the airwaves; distraught fathers of sons killed in action publicly question the purpose of the war - as a distraught father of a fallen soldier is bound to do - and it is splashed on front pages from coast to coast. And with every flag-draped casket on the six o'clock news, public support for the war slides. Embroiled in a war against those who would kill us not for our beliefs, but because we don't share their beliefs, we find ourselves in a nation where the majority of us are against being over there.

The solidification of Canada's media elite into the realm of leftwing socialism has caused an extremely biased, anti-war vibe to permeate our airwaves. To no one's surprise, the CBC has used much of it's public-paid airtime to show documentaries, interviews, and so-called 'in-depth reports' that feature leftwing, anti-war advocates spewing their rhetoric of appeasement. Some go so far as to attempt to link Afghanistan to Iraq, calling it an 'American' war caused by the retaliation after 9/11. No consideration given for the Canadians killed on the airplanes or in the twin towers; no serious regard for the busted attack planned by Islamic radicals to take Canadian lives on our own soil.

The MSM, brainwashed by the political-correct doctrine for decades, has decided that it would look too pro-war to show an unbiased view of the conflict. To show our successes would be to show support, and that can't happen.

Courtesy of Youtube.com

I found these on Youtube.com and I can't stop laughing! (The first one is my dream, the second one is my nightmare!)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuilIrh-0Sg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA9mNRWZLSI

Gere-ing Up Against Harper

The sixteenth International AIDS Conference is underway this week in Toronto, and it didn't take long for a pop-culture icon to become the latest in a growing list of celebrities to take a swipe at Canada. Actor-cum-Buhddist Richard Gere stood before an enthusiastic audience and proclaimed Stephen Harper to be acting Reagan-like in his refusal to attend the gathering.

In a speech that was missing only the standard tearjerker background music of a Hollywood movie, Gere told of how the former President ignored the growing epidemic in it's early years, and how he later 'lived to regret it'. Nevermind that for the first half of Reagan's reign very little was known about the virus. As with Paul McCartney and his photo-op protesting the spring's seal hunt, Gere never let the little details get in his way of delivering his message.

Perhaps our Prime Minister should have been there. By not attending, he fuels the image of being unemotional and cold. Of course if he did show up, there would be the usual media displays of street protests and idiots disrupting his speech from within. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

I do admire Richard Gere and other public figures when they use their status for true positive change. His work in bringing attention to the oppressed people of Tibet is more then admirable. But when someone uses a worthy social cause to promote his own political agenda, it ruins not only the credibility of that person, but of the event as a whole.

The Enemy Is Within

The father of the latest Canadian soldier killed in the Afghanistan mission has recently spoken out against our involvement in the war. Claiming that he believed that this was a 'peacekeeping' mission, Gaetan Dallaire has publicly question Canada's goal in the conflict.

Treading on dangerous ground, I must take this father of a true hero to task. The whole concept of 'peacekeeping' is admirable, in the right situation. When a conflict has been resolved, the act of keeping the peace is one that Canada has gained a reputation for. But what if the peace has not yet been achieved? I fear that Mr. Dallaire has fallen victim to the biggest enemy that our society faces today: ignorance. The fact is, the world did change on September 11, 2001. The terrorist attack was not just a wake-up call for the cities of New York and Washington D.C., it was an alarm for all of the Western world that the next world war has begun. The first strike was given, on our soil, by a powerful religious sect whose ultimate achievement is world domination in the name of their God.

Decades of Trudeauesque political correctness has made our nation extremely weak and vulnerable; our attention is still focused on problems with co-workers and the inconvenient price of gasoline. The terrorists have spend many years living in our communities. They have used Canada's liberal multicultural policies to their advantage. Those caught by our overworked security officials are described by friends and neighbours as 'friendly'. They have learned our ways, studied our weaknesses, and intend to exploit them to the fullest.

The war in Afghanistan is but one battleground in a fight against a shadowy enemy. There isn't a definitive country of which to fight. This is a war of ideology - free democracy against oppression. This past week in Iran, a 16 year old handicapped girl was publicly hanged for the crime of not being able to say 'no' to a man who raped her. These are the beliefs of the people of whom we are in battle.

Some may call me a warmonger. I hope to God that I am wrong, and that a peaceful resolution will end the bloodshed in the Middle East. However, I am a realist. I know that our enemy will not stop until their goal is achieved. Canadians must shake the bad habit of trying to pretend that we are safe. Imagine if a father of a fallen soldier in 1940 publicly spoke the same way.