Preserving Judeo-Christian Values in Canadian Society

Bearing false witness is apparently not much of a Judeo-Christian value these days.

Check this out:

"Naked in a bed in a brothel with a young Asian woman." Well, that's not in the story linked to. He was in the bed, she wasn't. And it was "suspected" of being a "bawdy house." Not the same as *being* a "brothel." Layton was questioned, but not charged. There wasn't anything to charge him over.

So, if you go to the wrong place to get a massage -- I see them all over and have no idea which is good and which isn't -- and the police come in, that's it, your public career is over?

This is Conservative endgame crap all over again. Remember Goodale and the baseless RCMP investigation announced at the end of the 2006 election? "Senate seat" Duffy releasing the tapes against Dion? Same thing.

I note that the NDP considers the story malicious. People need to be more cautious about what they write.

Don't do it Jack II

Scott Tribe has an excellent theory: Jack is making a go of it with Harper over EI reforms only because he knows it will fail. That places Jack on top of the moral heap ('I tried making Parliament work...'), and also gives the Liberals justification to continue to seek an election, with the NDP supporting that vote.

I agree Scott may be right, and saw this possibility as well; however, I thought it more reasonable to take Jack at face value given the risks that come with making deals with someone like Harper, who is inherently unreliable and cunning.

As such, my plea of "Don't do it Jack" is reasonable. What if Jack is trying to do that, but then Harper gives him everything he asks for? Harper may do so just to put Jack on the spot. After all, the EI modifications being sought are only temporary, and cheap given how much red ink is flowing these days.

Temporarily improving  EI is not enough reason to keep Harper afloat until next year, when he will push hard for his majority, citing economic victory with a likely false good-news budget in hand. I still maintain we should have taken him down last January after camping out on the Hill protesting Harper's pseudo-fascist closing of Parliament. So, don't do it, Jack!


But if Jack doesn't get what he wants, and also pleads that 'you can't work with these guys' well, I agree. All the better.


But, I suspect Harper understands this, and will work hard to go negative on him as well in the lead up to the vote. Let's hope Jack has a counter.

(I call every other leader by their last name, except Jack. Why? I have no idea.)

Don't do it Jack!

Don't take the bribe!

Jack is making conciliatory noises towards Harper.

Harper averted a summer election by placating Ignatieff with a special EI committee. As we all know, Harper had the committee stonewalled, and then had his government produce partisan numbers to discredit the otherwise credible Liberal proposal.

Why, Jack, would you ever think that Harper wouldn't toy with you on this all the way to budget time, introduce a good news (read: filled with lies) budget and then call an election on his terms.

Is four years of a Conservative majority really worth it?

Think about it. You already know that you'll get more done with a Liberal minority. You should help pursue one.