tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86163872009-08-07T00:06:41.264-06:00What it takes to win...Prime Minister Harper. I am a happy person.
My country is under adult supervision again.What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.comBlogger307125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-26474341434599493452007-05-07T11:13:00.000-06:002007-05-07T11:13:17.747-06:00He gets it. Good thing his competitors and colleagues are dumber than he is...How to Sink a Newspaper -- Free news for online customers is a disastrous business plan. One has to wonder how many of the newspaper industry's current problems are self-inflicted. Take free news. News has become ubiquitous, free, and as a result, a commodity. Anytime you are trying to sell something that becomes a commodity, you have lost much of the value in providing that product or What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-60914430721155824532007-04-20T12:43:00.000-06:002007-04-20T12:45:58.885-06:00Heh... Can we do something about BC and OntarioLowering the drinking age limitBy George Will :Thursday, April 19, 2007Public policy often illustrates the law of unintended consequences. Society's complexity -- multiple variables with myriad connections -- often causes the consequences of a policy to be contrary to, and larger than, the intended ones. So, when assessing government actions, one should be receptive to counterintuitive ideas. OneWhat it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1165436314102831922006-12-06T13:18:00.000-07:002006-12-06T13:18:34.410-07:00Let us never forget.Canada's Gun Registry: Memo showing Anne McLellan knew about the cost overrunsI am wiritng to advise you of a significant matter that may impact on the Canada Firearms Centre's (CAFC) ability to operate within its 2003-2004 funding allocation.[T]here have been dramatic increases in the anticipated cost of the development and ongoing operation of the system. Solution development has increased fromWhat it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1164863299329792502006-11-29T22:07:00.000-07:002006-11-29T22:08:19.330-07:00Voters have spoken. Norris is out.So get ready for a post about why I'm supportin Morton.What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1163718158035785382006-11-17T10:12:00.000-07:002006-11-29T22:07:15.750-07:00Why I am supporting this guy for Premier.I've spent the last few months doing some work for Mark Norris:A bunch of my friends have been wondering why. Anyone who watched Wednesday's debate knows why. Mark Norris had the friendliest, sharpest and most down to earth performance of the lot.I was approached by several of the camps in the spring, I chose Mark because I think he is the best salesman in the race, the best "everyman," the best What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1163715107151854272006-11-16T15:10:00.000-07:002006-11-16T15:11:47.166-07:00I've been busy but will be blogging very soon.What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1158294138162106832006-09-14T22:22:00.000-06:002006-09-14T22:22:18.230-06:00This story makes me smile.TheStar.com - Harper tips Star journalist for federal postHarper+ Meritocracy+ Subtlety= Conservative Majority. For a long long time.What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1155621941788548712006-08-15T00:05:00.000-06:002006-08-15T00:05:41.806-06:00I once called Gwynne Dyer an Idiot. Some points are worth reiterating.Who benefits from new hysteria about security? - Gwynne Dyer - theage.com.auTerrorists of various sorts have been in business for about 40 years, and the present crop of Islamist terrorists are especially dangerous since they are willing to kill themselves along with their victims. But in the United States more people die on the roads every single month than Islamist terrorists have killed since What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1155080853492394542006-08-08T17:47:00.000-06:002006-08-08T17:47:33.596-06:00New York Times Busted in Hezbollah Photo Fraud!Gateway Pundit: New York Times Busted in Hezbollah Photo Fraud!It's a tragedy. Between showing the photogs where to take pictures the evil Israelis killed him with one of their micro-genius bombs and there he is dead, still holding his hat. In a photoessay in the New York Times!What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1152916202219504532006-07-14T16:30:00.000-06:002006-07-14T16:30:02.293-06:00Exposing Kyoto bunk.Go read this: Report on Climate Change Assessments Let me translate: - You lied about your stats. - You cooked the data. - Of course the other study agreed with you, they used your cooked data!- The same 20 shysters reviewing each others papers is not good scientific method.- The policy papers advocating more research dollars should not be written by the same shyster who wrote the cooked data What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1152481668917783062006-07-09T15:47:00.000-06:002006-07-09T15:47:48.986-06:00If you are a serious student of how elections are won, you need to read this.American Prospect Online - The World According to GroverWhat it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1151102804845271022006-06-23T16:45:00.000-06:002006-06-23T16:46:44.860-06:00This is a great article. It makes me smile!Go read this, you will like it.globeandmail.com : The Liberals' hundred days of solitudeKey Quotes:One veteran MP said some of his caucus colleagues are suffering from "post-Martinitis disease," an affliction he describes as being "beaten up" from the decade-long Martin-Chrétien battles.But others attribute the malaise to a variety of factors besides trying to get over losing the election in What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1150267915809980022006-06-14T00:51:00.000-06:002006-06-14T00:51:55.896-06:00My wife is pregnant. Dear Lord let it be a boy... I'm conservative enough already.This is worth reading. But you won't be happy by the end of it.Dorm Brothel - Christianity Today MagazineWhat it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1149050650716469222006-05-30T22:44:00.000-06:002006-05-30T22:44:10.813-06:00The smoking gun....You won't read about this in a certain Edmonton Paper...Politics Watch - Political concerns behind gun registry accounting trick, witness tells committee"Politics, not good accounting, was a factor in a 2004 government decision to conceal $21.8 million in cost overruns for the gun registry a Commons committee heard on Tuesday.John Wiersema, who was acting Comptroller General of Canada in earlyWhat it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1148505045881887762006-05-24T15:10:00.000-06:002006-05-24T15:10:46.003-06:00Mr. Reynolds gets another one right!The Parent TrapHow safety fanatics help drive down birthrates.BY GLENN HARLAN REYNOLDS Parenting was always hard work, of course. But aside from the economic payoffs, parents used to get a lot of social benefits, too. Yet in recent decades, a collection of parenting "experts" and safety-fascist types have extinguished some of the benefits while raising the costs, to the point where what's amazingWhat it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1148412019731544022006-05-23T13:20:00.000-06:002006-05-23T13:20:19.733-06:00Rahim or Laurie vs Gerard Kennedy? Bring it on!daveberta: edmonton strathcona, please?What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1147996954139649152006-05-18T18:02:00.000-06:002006-05-18T18:02:34.140-06:00$5 says the Edmonton Journal won't run with this story!Liberal minister's role in gun registry decisions under scrutiny - Yahoo! Canada NewsOTTAWA (CP) - Former public safety minister Anne McLellan was told about a possible cost overrun in the federal long-gun registry in early 2004, but it's unclear whether she played a role in a subsequent strategy to hide the spending, a parliamentary committee was told Thursday."The written record is very scant,"What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1147996765024554892006-05-18T17:59:00.000-06:002006-05-18T17:59:25.110-06:00Never thought I would regret having the Opposition chair the Public Accounts committeeLiberal minister's role in gun registry decisions under scrutiny - Yahoo! Canada NewsIt will be interesting to see if the Libs whitewash this!Speaking later to reporters, however, Fraser did suggest the publicaccounts committee might want to investigate the matter further.She said itappears that Margaret Bloodworth, then deputy minister of public safety, madethe formal recommendation to defer theWhat it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1147876933411048082006-05-17T08:42:00.000-06:002006-05-17T10:30:38.506-06:00Coyne call's it Fraud! - Hey that was Anne's Ministry...Updated see below.Why should we ever trust the Liberals again?So in some ways, the Auditor-General's latest report is the most damning of all. There is no way to deny or minimize the stark reality of what it contains: Liberal cabinet ministers colluded in a scheme of deception -- fraud is another word -- to hide the mounting costs of the gun registry. They did so, what is more, not to avoid mere What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1146949425676734162006-05-06T15:03:00.000-06:002006-05-06T15:03:45.753-06:00This is really interesting...Reynolds: A third party threat? - Glenn Reynolds - MSNBC.comA popular candidate, in these times, could put together a formidable political machine in short order, and have volunteers on the ground before the two traditional parties could respond. The Internet has already given us flash mobs and flash media -- a "flash campaign" isn't too hard to imagine.The two big political parties of today What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1146680532619670592006-05-03T12:22:00.000-06:002006-05-03T12:22:12.713-06:00What the...Politics Watch - Canada's Political Portal: "Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla meanwhile accused the Harper government of trying to Americanize Canada. 'Not only Prime Minister Harper but many of his cabinet members have gone the route of ensuring that we become Americanized,' she said. 'And I was thinking of switching his name from Prime Minister Stephen Harper to President Stephen W. Bush.' "Can someone What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1146513011651942692006-05-01T13:50:00.000-06:002006-05-01T13:50:14.323-06:00Wow... Glad I'm with TD WaterhouseWillblog has been having some fun with this story:Noise from the Right: Globe and Mail Update - Dundee RetaliatesFirst, the Globe publishes a lame attack piece on the Softwood deal using some very unprofessional language from a analyst who appears to be acting like a partisan hack/hypocrite. see hereThe original piece had this hack at the wrong brokerage: See here: Globe and Mail... Making Stuff What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1145320270720943632006-04-17T18:31:00.000-06:002006-04-17T18:31:10.803-06:00Found the 1st question period onlineFrom C-span: the first QP of a new eraWhat it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1144295845074190502006-04-05T21:57:00.000-06:002006-04-05T21:57:25.160-06:00Jack�s Newswatch blogs about the first QP of a new eraJack�s Newswatch � The First DayWhat a difference a day makes. I just finished watching Question Period on CPAC and for the first time in my memory MP’s were getting good answers instead of the standard bullshit. It also occurred to me Liberal MP’s are “somebodies” again as they get to address the government on their concerns. No more “rat pack” controlling what they do and say. I think that’s a What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8616387.post-1144122169587231202006-04-03T21:42:00.000-06:002006-04-03T21:42:49.696-06:00Something next to no one mentioned during the Emerson kerfuffleLiberal Peter Milliken re-elected Commons speaker, tipping power balance Quote:The fact that the Speaker is a Liberal is significant because it could tip the balance of power in the minority Parliament.Since the Speaker only votes in a tie, the Liberals now have one less vote.And with the tight numbers in the House, that means the Conservatives can now pass legislation with the support of just What it takes to win.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09546616178368611040noreply@blogger.com0