The current craze of anti-Israeli public opinion which some say borders on anti-Semitism can be found everywhere.  The misguided left, through their use of mass media, has painted the lone democracy in the Middle East as an evil player in the geopolitical game.

Rallies and protests against what is described by the fabricated term 'Israeli Apartheid' are now common, full of those who condemn the Jewish state for what they call it's 'barbarism' and 'Nazi-like' treatment of Palestinians.

Adding gusto to this wave in Canada and the U.S. are the usual suspects such as pro-Islamic groups and the radical left, so-called human rights groups, and other rent-a-protesters who turn out at every anti-establishment rally (also known as the 'unemployed'). 


Such unthinking hypocrisy is easily found upon closer inspection.  The Toronto-based Queers Against Israeli Apartheid is a perfect example.  They have an organized propaganda campaign which targets alleged Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians, yet ignore the fact that, in most Middle East and North African nations, they would be the ones who would face real atrocities.

Gay in Iran?  Queer in Saudi Arabia?  Good luck with that Pride Parade in Cairo.  I'll catch it on the news.



Israeli PM Netanyahu meets with
Canadian PM Stephen Harper



Driven as the left usually is by emotion in place of knowledge and understanding, these groups have made slamming Israel their cause celebre while choosing to ignore basic truths about the situation.

Surrounded by nations who have called Jews their sworn enemy and have vowed repeatedly to 'finish what Hitler started', Israelis have had to deal with multi-front wars and acts of terror throughout their modern history.

Making the nightmare even worse for the Israelis was when the president of the United States publicly sided with the terrorists, calling for a return to pre-1967 borders in the coveted 'two-state solution'.  Even after backtracking and calling it a 'starting point', the true impression remained. 

The recent G8 summit revealed who Israel's real friends are, or perhaps more accurately, who Israel's friend is.  Obama's plan for a resolution to the Israeli-Palestine issue was to include a pre-1967 borders starting point, and it has been reported by Israeli media that every member voted in favor save one: Canadian P.M. Stephen Harper.

Rumours are swirling that Harper demanded that condition to be removed, and in doing so, killed Obama's ill-conceived condition.  Further buzz suggests that Israeli P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu, realizing that Canada is now Israel's staunchest and most vocal supporter in the West, called the Canadian P.M. before the vote and urged Harper to oppose.

While Canada's DND denies the allegations, those in the know validate the story.  Of course, the anti-Jewish ranters were quick to jump on the 'Harper is Israel's puppet' bandwagon.  The reality is that Canada now stands at the front when it comes to supporting the Middle Eastern democracy. 

While Israel deals with a growing backlash of world opinion from those who are so gullible as to buy the hype being spewed from anti-Israeli governments and other Muslim organizations, and a U.S. president completely out of touch with the history and realities of the region, they know they have at least one strong international voice on their side: Canada.

How unexpected it is to see the day when a sitting American president turn his back on Israel, while the leader of Canada chooses to stand with the Jewish state.

With Canada's federal election out of the way, Stephen Harper's Conservative government can get back to work on negotiating and creating the so-called North American Security Perimeter with the United States.

The multi-faceted plan is to include programs of shared information between the two countries regarding possible terror threats, at home and abroad.

The fact that many Canadians question the effectiveness of making an agreement with an American president whose commitment on such matters is suspect at best is a topic for another day.

The quandry of such an agreement is that to be effective, both nations would have to undergo major changes in some areas which would be so controversial as to make them practically impossible to impliment.

Political correctness has hampered true progress in post-9/11 security on both sides of the border.  Common sense is the antithesis of P.C. dogma, and has been rejected under the guise of 'racism' or ignored altogether.  Basic realities have been put aside in favor of giving the appearence of action while keeping the 'don't offend anyone' as top priority.

So we spend the time and money searching the carry-on bags of white 90 year old great-grandmothers at the airport.  We give their 4 year old great-grandaughters the choice of being scanned and having her body shown to security guards a la virtual child porn (that 'only one person in a far-flung room will see and it won't be recorded' canard was destroyed by the first guard arrested for possession of said images), or being 'patted down' in a way that would result in molestation charges in the real world.

Canada is notorious for being an 'easy mark' for those folks in other, less fortunate countries to claim refugee status.  Instead of turning away boatloads of Sri Lankan refugees from our West coast as Australia has done, we accept them into our 'system' at taxpayer expense.  When the inevitable is exposed and some of these political asylum seekers are revealed as Tamil Tiger terrorists, citizens speak out and the government spins, but the policies don't change.

And change is what is needed in order to make any agreement effective.

First, immigration must not just be changed, but the entire system needs a top-down overhaul.  An unwaivering set of criteria must be established and followed to the letter.  Every immigrant must be accounted for, and must have the resources coming in to establish their new life.  A zero drain on government coffers for new immigrants should be the goal.  Those claiming refugee status will have to show ironclad proof.  Too many Sri Lankans waiting on word of their refugee claims have been vacationing back in their homeland.  No more.

A brand new agreed list of unacceptable nations must be created.  Immigrants and refugees from terror-sponsoring countries must be banned.  That list must be realistic in nature, meaning those places which we have turned a blind eye to for economic or political reasons, including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, must be included. 

The left won't like it one bit, but socialists have never been on the correct side of the immigration argument.

Security procedures at our borders must also be reimagined.  Politically incorrect as it may be, common sense dictates that cultural and racial profiling at our airports would be much more effective in deterring and preventing future Islamic attacks.  While the leftwing matra is that not all terrorists are Arabs, which is true, I cannot recall that last time the Irish Republican Army hijacked some planes and flew them into skyscrapers in New York.  I doubt if Quebec's '70's-era FLQ is planning any mid-air bombings.

The failure to use what we already know about the current terrorist threat - usually Arab, male, twenty to forty years old, questionable associates or religious associations - has pushed resources to wasted areas of focus. 

It has also made the security of North America and it's citizens vulnerable.

A look back at that horrific day.

Today is March for Life Day in Canada, which sees the old abortion debate brought back to the forefront.

Canada is one of, if not the only, nation in the free world that allows women to have the procedure right through to the last month.  Conventional thinking has been that the subject was off limits.  No sitting government dare bring the issue up in Parliament, Conservatives included.

Many pro-lifers have kept quiet - or been shut up. The accepted and cliche beliefs are that it's a woman's choice, it's a done deal, and that is that.

But according to a recent survey that has many Pro-choice groups and national left wing media outlets astonished, the Canadian public doesn't agree.  That, it seems, is not that after all.

The numbers show that, in stark contrast to what has long been assumed, many Canadians want at least a national discussion on the issue.  The long-standing policy of unrestricted abortion is something millions of Canadians do not support.  And while pro-abortion critics will reel out their default attacks - it's a woman's choice, it's a woman's body, only 'right wing Christians' are on the other side, etc., that is not accurate.

On a subject such as this, I can only speak for myself.  I am not what you can describe as a fundamental Christian.  My opposition to abortion is not solely rooted in Scripture or any strong fundamental Christian beliefs.  I am a very strong believer in free will and liberty, and feel that the less a government is involved in my life the better.

My first issue is with the terms themselves.  I don't buy into the pro-life vs. pro-choice idea.  That is a fabrication, a misdirection that those who support abortion have pushed to define the battle.  For the most part, isn't everyone pro-life and pro-choice?

Shed the window dressing and let's call it what it is: pro or anti abortion.

I am one of those who believes abortion should only be performed in extreme cases.  All too often the medical procedure is used under false pretences, or out-right birth control after the fact.

The current generation of teens are taught by their schools and by society at large not only that sex is okay, but to an extent, encouraged.  Explore, don't be ashamed of your body.  Our children dress like pimps and hookers as parents turn a blind eye or, even worse, encourage it, then feign shock and surprise when their little girl gets pregnant.

Off to the clinic we go.

My opposition to unfettered access to abortion has little to do with any Christian beliefs I may or may not have.  It has more to do with my belief that life begins not when a baby emerges from a woman's body, but at conception. 

It is not a bag of sugar or extra fat cells or a snow shovel a woman carries for nine months.  It is a developing human.  It is life.

The argument that it is a 'woman's choice' is very weak.  How can a woman be given the power to make such a vital and important choice of whether or not to let a baby live when she showed such poor decision-making skills that allowed her to become unexpectedly pregnant in the first place?

One of the more popular arguments from the pro-abortion side is that, with restriction on abortion, masses of abused women, all victims of rape and/or incest, will be lining our city's back alleys to get black market abortions.  This is beyond ridiculous.  While incidents of pregnancies due to such vile actions do occur, the impression is that somehow these will increase without the open abortion option.  Again, ridiculous.

The truth is many abortions in Canada are defacto post-coital birth control.  We have become a Wal-mart society.  Everything at our fingertips.  'Problems' such as becoming pregnant are easily solved by a quick trip to the clinic. 

Progressives have long thrown out the idea of being responsible for one's actions.  They don't like consequences, so they attempt to throw them away, ignore them.  Abortion is not a problem if you convince yourself the baby inside you isn't a life.

They can ramble on about how it's a woman's right to choose.  That would be acceptable if there was one life involved, but that is not the reality.

What is most troubling is the resistance to have an open, honest discussion on the issue.  It is understandable how those in favor of murdering their own unborn children wouldn't want that debate to happen.  For if it did, they might be forced to assume responsibility for their actions and their lives - and the lives of their future children.

The 'real' Barack Obama is emerging bit by bit -

From realclearpolitics.com:

Debra Burlingame, the sister of Charles "Chic" Burlingame (pilot of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon) met with President Obama today, along with other families who were victims of 9/11. Burlingame said she confronted Obama about Attorney General Eric Holder prosecuting the men who interrogated KSM, which may have produced intelligence leading us to bin Laden.

Burlingame describes the encounter with Obama: "As a former attorney I know you can't tell the Attorney General what to do, he said, 'No, I can't.' But I said 'we -- that shouldn't stop you from giving your opinion. We wouldn't be here today if they hadn't done their jobs. Can't you at least give them your opinion.' And he said 'no I won't,' and he turned around and walked away."

His image makers can play the 'lipstick on a pig' game all they want.  As time goes on, we are finding out the truth about Barack Hussein Obama: he's an asshole.

Another spin around topicville.....

You've got to feel a little bad for Canada's new federal opposition leader Jack Layton.  Mixed with the euphoria of leading is radical leftwing NDP into the number two spot in Parliament is the fact a large portion of his team are naive, to say the least. 

We are all familiar with the tale of one Ruth Ellen Brosseau, the non-french speaking pylon candidate who took the election so seriously that she vacationed in Las Vegas during the campaign.  Word now is that some of the one hundred signatures required to run for public office in Berthier-Maskinongé were either forged or faked.  Some of the people listed on those papers are expressing surprise that their names were on them, claiming they never signed anything for Ms. Brosseau.  The media has been trying, unsuccessfully, to locate Brosseau for comment.  Seems she is too busy trying to find Berthier-Maskinonge on Google maps.

Then there is the French-speaking M.P. who now represents one of the few predominantly English-speaking constituencies, and of course the 19 year old M.P. - the youngest Member of Parliament ever elected in Canadian history, who had to quit his intended summer job at a golf course in favour of the $157,000 per year gig in Ottawa.

Late night sessions in the House of Commons will be tricky for the NDP, given that many of Layton's new faces have to be home by curfew.

Perhaps to show not all NDP members are young and dumb, veteran MP and deputy leader Thomas Mulcair made news by quickly doubting not only the existence of photos of now-dead Osama bin Laden, but suggested that the terror mastermind may not be dead at all.  The New Democratic Playschool, with their accidental new M.P.s mixed with their old school wackos, should make the next four years interesting.....

Now that Prime Minister Stephen Harper has realized his dream of a majority Conservative government, I hope he decides to re-evaluate the government's plan to join the United States in the Security Perimeter plan.  If it means having TSA-style procedures at our airports, count me as a dissenting voice.   

The idea of taking a family vacation to the U.S. - which I would love to do - is a non-starter if my choice is to: a) have my underage daughters subjected to the body scanner which amounts to child pornography, or b) have them fondled by security guards who are more likely to be terrorists than my kids.

When the best the TSA can say is that these invasive methods 'may' be effective, then it's time to re-think the process.  I'd much rather have trained dogs, behavioral profiling, and even racial profiling occur at every Canadian airport than have some stranger pawing at my children in the name of 'security'.  That's an assault an battery charge just waiting to happen - to me.....

Bell Canada, which owns the CTV network and others, dropped the new and popular Sun News Network this week after carrying the signal free of charge.  Falsely claiming it was SNN's decision, Bell called the new network's price 'exsessive' and stopped offering the channel to it's customers. Sun's asking price was the same as the deals made with other carriers, such as Shaw Cable. While SNN has encouraged it's viewers to call or email Bell to demand they reinstate the channel, I suggest to those who have other options to exercise them.  Censorship is never a good thing, but corporate-propelled censorship is unconscionable.  Let the customers have their choice.  If they don't want to watch Sun News, they can choose the channel themselves.  That decision should not be in the hands of Bell management.....

It looks like the smug look on President Obama's face was slapped off by reality once again.  If one didn't know better, watching him give his 'bin Laden is dead' speech would give the impression that he was the one in charge of the entire operation.  I did this, I did that.  By the end, the only thing Obama seemed not to give himself credit for was pulling the trigger.  Now it's come to light that the Prez hummed and hawed, hesitated, and as he does do dangerously often, followed the lead of 'advisor' Valerie Jarrett who seems to be a little (okay, a LOT) too powerful.  Turns out, it was others including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who made the call to go ahead with the mission.  I always knew Hillary had more balls than Barack.  I'm no fan of Hillary, and haven't been since her stand-by-your-sleazy-man decision long ago, but she is proving to be an important counter to Obama's ill-advisors.  The question remaining isn't is the war on terror over, but who really is the president: Barack Obama or Valerie Jarrett?.....

It's the day after the election.  The celebrations have muted, the party supporters have grabbed a few hours sleep, and Canada has risen to a new political landscape.

If there is one lesson to be learned from Election 2011, it is this: be careful what you ask for.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives ended five years of minority rule as they achieved the majority victory they have long been asking for.  No more pandering to the far left, no more kissing the collective asses of Quebec separatists.  Harper repeatedly asked Canadians for a majority, citing the necessity of stability and the economic recovery.  Canadians answered with an impressive 'yes'.

Questions will now arise from his own people - the centre-right - as to how Harper will govern.  Will he continue to straddle the middle line of the political spectrum?  Will he start to bring some old Reform policies into his agenda?  Will he push through his party's omnibus crime bill that some believe is long overdue?  Will his government amend the part of the bill, namely the section regarding monitoring the internet, that many on the right see as an infringement on free speech?

Given that fact that the Conservatives now have a stable four-plus years ahead of them, only time will tell.

The story of this election was the surge of the far-left New Democrat party.  Riding the Orange Wave, the NDP made history by becoming the Official Opposition for the first time.  It will be interesting to watch the Jack Layton-led party over the next few years.  While party supporters go on about how their team presented a fantastic platform, closer inspection reveals that the rise of the Dippers can be attributed more to voters leaving other parties than specifically going to the NDP.  In Quebec, voters left the Bloc Quebecois separatists in droves and found the NDP as their only leftwing choice.

In the rest of Canada, the NDP gains were a result of the implosion of the Liberals.  Those factors, plus the obligatory anti-Harper fever that afflicts many on the left, gave Layton his success.  This is a party whose candidates were so serious about receiving the honour of representing their constituents that some didn't campaign at all.  Some even decided to take Vegas vacations instead of door knocking. 

Either the new, accidental NDP M.P.s are going to get serious about their new jobs or this rise of socialism in Canada will be revealed as a mirage, a blip on the radar until the federal Liberals get their act together.  Personally, I think we've seen the crest of the Orange wave which will recede come the next election.

The federal Liberals were one of the two Big Losers of the day.  Leader Michael Ignatieff not only led his party to a defeat for the ages, he also felt the salt in the wound that comes with losing his own seat.  While certainly intelligent and well-read, Ignatieff did not connect with Canadian voters in any way.  What once was referred to as our 'Natural Governing Party' - the party of Pearson, Trudeau, and Chretien - is now in full damage control mode.  The idea that all they have to do is find a good leader and all will be fine is out.  They need to do a rip-down and rebuild.  Ignatieff cannot be part of that.  He asked for this election to happen, and now must deal with the consequences.

The Bloc Quebecois learned a hard lesson themselves as the other Big Loser of the day.  The one-time voice of disenfranchised Quebecers has been all but silenced.  The party, which amazingly held the position of Official Opposition long ago, managed to find only four seats remaining in the rubble.  Claiming that Quebec voters wanted to give a federalist party 'one last chance', leader Gilles Duceppe learned that a political revolution cannot hang around for decades.  Eventually the people start to look elsewhere, especially when those separatist 'revolutionaries' are collecting Canadian pensions.  Duceppe quickly announced his resignation as party leader in his concession speech.  Good riddance to him and his party.

I doubt it is 'historic', but I would be remiss if I didn't mention the first elected Green Party MP.  Leader Elizabeth May won a seat in her B.C. riding, knocking off Conservative M.P. Gary Lunn.  It's always good for democracy when a new voice is added to the mix, even if that voice is unrealistic in it's desires and a little screechy in it's tone.

Now our nation embarks on a era of stable government.  Stephen Harper's Conservatives have been given the keys to the nation and have been told by Canadians to show us what they can do. The first 100 days will be a hive of activity for the Conservative government as they will be riding high on emotion and accomplishment, putting their platform into policy.

The biggest winners of Election 2011?  Alberta.  Faced with the threat of Liberal and NDP inspired Cap and Trade policies which would have devastated our economy, we now have a few years in which we can relax.  The wolves have been driven from the door by a Conservative government that understands the value of the oil sands and aren't looking to pay off their Eastern promises with Western money.

In reality, all Canadians have won.  Because of the majority victory, the seemingly endless cycle of election after election - five in eleven years - has been broken.  Now we can get on with our lives while the Stephen Harper government gets on with leading the nation.

A final word before going to the polls.