Supporting the Troops but not the War

In today's Toronto Star, Rondi Adamson neatly skewers the Jack Laytons of the world who oppose Canada's war effort in Afghanistan while at the same time they claim to "Support our Troops."

One Less Blogging Tory

My friend Wonder Woman is no longer a Blogging Tory.

She has dropped out of the blogroll to protest what she says is censorship at the popular site.

Here's her explanation.

Media Update

I am scheduled to appear on the Dave Rutherford Show at Noon EST today to talk about election gag laws.

Toronto's Tax Troubles

Today's the day, Toronto's Politburo will vote on whether or not to extract yet more money out of the pockets of the city's taxpayers.

Commissar David Miller is pushing for massive tax increases because otherwise, he would be forced to cut necessary and needed services, such as a pay increase for himself.

And a lot is on the line for City Councillors who enjoy such essential services as free parking, free zoo admission, free golf and yes even free lunches.

Indeed without a tax hike the entire structure of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Toronto could come crashing down.

Which is why I am glad groups like the Canadian Taxpayers Federation have done such an excellent job of opposing the tax.

Superman?

Think Superman is a hero?

Think again. Check this out or this.

Black Verdict

What Conrad Black has had to endure in his battle with the United States government is a travesty.

I hope his appeal process is successful and his good name is ultimately restored.

But whatever happens, I will always consider Conrad Black a great Canadian and my friend.

American Elections Now a Little Freer

Just found this out (thanks mom). I have a column in today's Windsor Star.

It's on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling which undermined an American election gag law.

That's the kind of Supreme Court rulings we need in this country.

Some Irritating Truths

Here's a couple of interesting items from Patrick Basham and John Liuk of the Democracy Institute.

The first is an article published in today's Washington Times examining the politicized science that fuels the Global Warming hysteria so evident at the recent Live Earth concerts.

As Basham and Liuk put it, it's a case of "politicized science in the service of government, rather than science in the service of the truth."

Secondly, in this piece from Spiked Online, they look at the harmful, unintended consequences of tough anti-smoking laws.

Let us Pray

Here's a letter to the editor I wrote which was published in today's National Post:

Michael Coren's column gave me an idea. If it's OK to pray for religious conversions, maybe it's also OK to pray for political conversions. With that in mind, the next time I go to church, I will say a prayer for Stephen Harper to convert back to true conservatism.
Sacrilege? Perhaps, but Divine Intervention, it seems, may be last hope for the Conservative party.

Harper's New Friends

In today's National Post, there is a full page ad thanking Prime Minister Stephen Harper for "making the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, a National Museum."

What they are really thanking the PM for, of course, is forcing taxpayers to support this project whether they like it or not.

Anyway, among the various organizations who have their names on the bottom of this ad are: the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, the Manitoba Federation of Labour and The Manitoba Teachers' Society.

Am I wrong, but instead of thanking the PM shouldn't groups like this be marching in protest against him?

I guess that would only be true, if Harper led a truly conservative government.

Media Update

I will be on The Calgary Morning News with Stirling Faux on Tuesday morning at about 8:15 AM EST to talk about my column in the Sun today.

My Summer in the Sun

I am happy to announce that I will have a regular column appearing in the Sun Media chain this summer.

Kind of like those summer replacement TV series.


Here's my first one, which looks at why none of the major parties seems to have much traction these days.

What's Climate Change?

Former U.S. vice president Al Gore has organized a series of global concerts, which will take place tomorrow, to help raise awareness about the threat of climate change.

Yes this is an absolutely necessary course of action because no one, anywhere has ever even mentioned that climate change is a problem.

Certainly no politician or publicity-seeking celebrity has brought this issue to public attention.

I understand the next series of concerts will be held to raise public awarness about Paris Hilton.

Oh the humanity!

My blogging buddy Brian has had an image of me that no mortal should have to endure.

Media Alert

I am a guest on the Michael Coren Show tonight, 8:00 PM CTS.

Topic: Federal politics.

Don't you dare miss it.

Letter in Star

Here's a letter to the editor I wrote which was published in today's Toronto Star in response to this article:

Dear Sir/Madam:
Pollster Darrell Reid says Prime Minister Stephen Harper must find a way to appeal to Ontario voters.

But Reid warns you don't win a majority in Canada with an "ideological position."

How would Reid explain the success of former premier Mike Harris, who won back-to-back majority governments by appealing to voters with an "ideological position" calling for lower taxes and smaller government?

Maybe Harper would be doing better in the polls if he listened less to pollsters like Reid and more to politicians like Harris. Simply put, Conservative parties win elections when they act like conservatives.

Say it aint so Tim

This is horrible news.

July 4th

Happy Independence Day to all my Yankee friends!

Who is Winning the War?

One of problems with the "War on Terror" is the one sides nature of the reporting.

And by that I mean when an American or Canadian soldier is killed it makes front page news, but the public doesn't really have a handle on what kind of damage the bad guys are sustaining.

Well according the people at Strategy Page, Al Qaeda, and their allies the Taliban, are taking a beating.

Says Strategy Page: "Al Qaeda operations continue to decline, as the number of al Qaeda members, and leaders killed or captured, goes up. Then there's al Qaeda media activity. Up until last Fall, 93 percent of al Qaeda Internet announcements were video. Since then, most of them are just audio, and sounding increasingly less confident."

Strategy Page goes on to suggest that as the "expert" terrorists get killed off or imprisoned, they are increasingly replaced by incompetents, who succeed only in making the movement look bad.

It would be nice to read more analysis like this in the main stream media.

H/T Powerline

Happy B-Day

Hope everybody has a great holiday on Canada's birthday!