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Is The Media Really That Biased?

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Welcome To The Harper Derangement Syndrome.

Search Google news for Stephen Harper and you’ll see exactly how biased the media is against him.

The top of the Goggle results start with this quote:

“Last night, Stephane, you panicked,” … “Your platform says we will spend billions of dollars we don’t have and go into deficit. (You) will raise taxes that will kill jobs”

Keep in  mind that most people don’t read the story - just the headlines…

The media is actively campaigning against the Conservatives and Harper - giving the equivalent of millions of dollars of advertising to the other parties.

I expect this in Vancouver where we have two newspapers owned by the same company… but you’d think that there would be one newspaper in Canada that isn’t far left.

Which leads me to question:

What are the papers in Canada so afraid of that they would compromise their integrity this way?

Isn’t the media supposed to balance coverage of the parties?

The papers are partisan hacks, and lack the balls to objectively look at what’s best for the country.

The NDP will crush the economy, the Liberals would return Canada to cronyism while holding us back through socialism, and the Green Party would take us back a century.

The Conservatives will move Canada forward globally, get government out of legislating behavior, and open Canada for business… I don’t see that as a bad thing.

Or, is it because Harper is from the west?

Wrecking-ball Harper

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The Canadian Press now rivals AP as far as yellow journalism.

So bad they didn’t include the writer’s name.

Here’s a heading of one of their articles:

Wrecking-ball Harper accuses Liberals of being anti-Alberta, pro-recession

Plus you have to love the first paragraph:

Prime Minister Stephen Harper accused the opposition Liberals of cheering for a recession and of attacking Alberta in one of his most incendiary broadsides yet of the election campaign.

You can read the whole thing here.

I wonder who they are cheering for…

Another Lie: Funding Cuts To The Arts

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The issue of the day, brought to you by the NDP and Liberals, that’s an outright lie.

From the National Post:

For the current fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2009, Parliament has voted to spend more than $4 billion on cultural programs, including the CBC, the Canada Arts Council, the National Gallery of Canada and the Department of Canadian Heritage. That amount is $660 million or 19.7 per cent more than was spent in fiscal 2006, the last year when the Liberals controlled the purse strings.

Overall program spending during that same period is up 18.6 per cent. In other words, Conservatives have boosted spending on arts programs faster than they have boosted overall government spending.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, for example, will receive $1.1 billion from the Tories this year, an increase of $133 million or 13.5 per cent compared to the last year under the Liberals.

Kory Teneycke, the top spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, explains:

“The public reaction out there - you’d think we’d shut down the arts. That’s not the case,” said Teneycke. “This was not about less money for the arts. It about having government programs that are meeting their objectives. We’re committed to cancelling programs that are boondoggles.”

Now that the issue has been brought to the voter’s attention, it’s about time someone looked into the funding of groups that are questionable at best - and maybe question why arts funding has increased.

Glad BC Doesn’t Have A Say

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From the Vancouver Sun:

When 1,400 British Columbians were asked to include Obama and John McCain among their possible choices for prime minister, 42 per cent of them chose Obama, well ahead of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who attracted support from 29 per cent of those polled.

Placing third was New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton with 12 per cent.

At the bottom of the heap were Liberal leader Stephane Dion, Green Party leader Elizabeth May and U.S. Republican leader John McCain, with seven, six and five per cent support respectively.

When British Columbians were asked who they would chose as president of the U.S. if they were able to vote, 80 per cent chose Obama, while 20 per cent chose McCain.

Pity poor Stephane Dion; it appears he has as much chance of winning B.C.’s support in his quest to become prime minister as the Vancouver Canucks do of winning the Stanley Cup.

Not only did Dion attract only seven per cent of those polled as a potential prime minister, only one per cent found he was best described as charismatic and only two per cent said he could be best described as inspiring.

Kyle Braid, vice-president public affairs for Ipsos Reid, said the results were fascinating.

“B.C. has got a bit of a case of the Obama envy,” he said. “It’s really pretty incredible, the degree to which a leader from another country has set himself apart from other politicians.

“The numbers also show that Dion has managed to do that as well, but in his case it’s completely in the wrong direction.”

Amazing… especially the part about the Canucks.

Sign Of Desperation - Vote Swapping

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If you live in one of the provinces that doesn’t really matter in this election (anywhere outside of Ontario and Quebec), you probably don’t have much of a say in who will run Canada.

A group has formed on Facebook that is called the “Anti-Harper Vote Swap Canada“. It demonstrates the desperation among the left.

The idea according to their page:

This group is designed as a forum for those who oppose Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party. It is imperative that they do not obtain a majority in the 2008 federal election. To prevent this from happening, those on the broad left and those concerned about the environment must cooperate.

The concept of the vote swap is simple: in a completely legal fashion, it allows voters in different ridings to swap votes to best ensure the Conservatives don’t win. Let’s say your preferred candidate has no chance to win your riding. You can swap that vote out with someone else in the group so that you can vote for the party that has the best chance to stop the Conservatives from winning the seat. This allows you to vote for your party of preference (and thus keep smaller parties alive) while doing your best to keep the Tories out of power.

Not sure I agree that they will be able to do anything other than split the vote among the left wing parties - in an insignificant way - but it shows how important it is that you do get out to vote this year.

If you’re into it - here’s a site that does the same, but isn’t partisan… although it won’t really work.

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Harper Is Cutting Taxes Again?!

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Stephen Harper’s plan to cut the excise tax on diesel fuel is a smart move. The last time this was used in an election, the PC’s beat out the NDP in Saskatchewan for the first time.

A diesel fuel cut will help lower the price of everything we consume on a daily basis.

If you read the story, it’s playing out as a horrible plan.

My favorite comment from the article:

Mark
Let me get this straight. Mr. Harper has cut the GST and now has some plan to decrease my taxes further? He wants to get tough on crime, improve Canada’s soverignty, strengthen our (Liberal) gutted military, protect families…

May I vote now please?

Good thing Canadians hate taxes more that the media and Liberals love them.

Stephane Dion Drops 50%

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Early election polls show Stephen Harper should get 183 seats in the 308-seat parliament, up from 127 seats won in the last election.

42% of voters feel Harper would make a better prime minister, while only 15% felt Dion would do a good job, well behind even Jack Layton of the New Democrats.

Stephane Dion calls Harper’s government “the most conservative government in our history”… he’s trying out the “I Hate Bush” strategy (one that will cost the Democrats the election in the US).

Harper has lowered taxes, lengthened mandatory criminal sentences and actually allocated money for family child care (something the left has been crying for for as long as I can remember). Considering that he has managed to fulfill the promises he made last election despite a hostile parliament… not a bad job.

Thanks to Stephane Dion’s attempt to make himself into Al Gore of the north, it should be a cake walk.

Stephane’s carbon tax plans makes you wonder who he is reaching out to. Even NDP Layton starting the week of campaigning attacking the oil sands - probably one of Canada’s biggest sources of future wealth. Real smart stuff.

The “silent majority” will decide this election - we’ve had enough of the Liberal and NDP strategy of environmental/carbon tax terrorism through taxation.

And just in time.

We’re facing a challenging economy is the very near future - hopefully Harper will promise even lower taxes to help us through it.

Just Call The Election, Steve…

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper seemed almost certain to call a general election next week to decide who will guide Canada.

It’s a great idea.

Although the election and candidates will be about as exciting as watching lawn bowling, holding an election alongside of the US election would let Canadians in on the fun.

We might be able to get rid of Gilles Duceppe, leader of the separatist opposition Bloc Quebecois. I always wonder what would happen if a traitor ran in the US…

Jack Layton, leader of the leftist New Democratic Party, also needs to go. With no possible chance of ever getting elected, it’s a wonder how the NDP has survived all these years. Note that the Riders have only won a Grey Cup when Conservatives have been in power in Sask.

Liberal leader Stephane Dion has proposed a tax grab similar to the National Energy Program they blessed us with in the last economic collapse. This is good for at least 10% more votes for Harper.

It’s time for change - as Barack Hussein Obama would say.

Best of all, it’s time to trounce the Liberals before their wacky carbon tax plan can see the light of day.

Here’s a video for more information on how the election will be decided: