Well if i was a fascist i may vote that way...but seeing im not, i wont.
Thats a fun word to say, fascist.
I like the sound of that! He's the right man to lead Canada.
Paul Martin and the Liberals are lying, thieving twats. Vote for the Conservatives!!
That's a pretty lame argument. You're obviously a Lib or a NDPer, so that's pretty much par for the course for you guys. Anyone that doesn't agree with the leftist agenda is automatically a racist or a fascist. When you say fascist, do you mean like Hitler, or militant Islam? Or is it you just don't like the Conservatives.
How about not having your money stolen and pissed away by the billions, doesn't that sound good?
Oh wait, you are in the maritimes. Upset the apple cart and you might lose your welfare cheque.
I do know what it means, and now i know even more thanks to your post. I love the world, its my favorte word to say...besides spatchula
You mean "spatula"?
Another fun word to say is "obsequeous".
I like "scintillating" too........
Unfortunately, Stephen Harper is not the most "scintillating" public speaker, but I'll agree that he's got a good head on his shoulders. He actually knows how to use his grey matter.
If Steven Harper were Prime Minister, based on policies he has suggested and things he has said:
We would be a country at war right now, and at increased risk of terrorism as a result. We would be in violation of international law.
Health care would be on its way to privatisation, American style.
Quebec, and likely a large portion of the Maritimes, would be on their way to separating.
Alberta and Ontario would be increasingly wealthy while all other provinces and territories would be poor and getting poorer.
The cost of education would have risen dramatically.
We would have backed out of many international treaties.
We would be unpopular on the world stage, seen as little more than a client state of the United States.
We would have no Wheat Board.
We would have no arts programs.
We would have severely weakened labour laws.
We would use racial profiling aas an official part of police and security work.
We would send people to third countries to be tortured.
We would be using the American dollar.
Gays would not be allowed to marry.
There would be no move to decriminalise marijuana, even for medical uses.
We would have broken our treaties with the natives.
The sepation between church (Harper's church) and state would be badly eroded.
We would not have signed Kyoto.
We would be moving backwards on clean energy technology and every other environmental initiative of the last 40 years.
Steven Harper does not espouse the values of most Canadians. He has no care for our sovereignty, he has no care for our freedom. All Steven Harper cares about is money, and that only for a small circle of his friends. He has no soul and the eyes of a Nazi.
Steven Harper is a bad and dangerous man. I hope he crawls back into whatever slime-pit breeds scum like him.
Rev, i take it you dont like harper too much huh??? well can he be any worse then the Liberal crooks we have ion poower now??? People are starving, theyare cutting back on programs, and at the same time they are filling their pockets with OUR hard easrned money
Actually...Yeah he can be worse.
I'm not saying that the Liberals are any damned good, and I think everybody here understands that I'm not going to vote for them, but Harper very much represents a step down even from them. We have no reason to believe that he will any more more honest or forthright...in fact if you look at his past he'd fit right in to either the Chretien or Martin cabinets in that regard.
Harper truly believes that we should act more like the Americans though and, contrary to Rosco's little bit of an answer, that is not where most Canadians think we should be heading. That's shown up in poll after poll for over ten years.
It's also why Harper is pounding away so hard on this sponsorship scandal. He knows damned well he hasn't got a shot if he has to stand on policy and his record...Canadians have consistently refused those things since Preston Manning was in charge. It's also why Harper is afraid to debate Jack Layton on the issues...Jack has him beat when it comes to what people say they want.
So yeah, there is something worse than the Liberals. Steven Harper and his Reform/Alliance/Conservative party are worse than the Liberals. It wasn't easy, but they managed it.
Oh yea of little faith. Remember, Canada is the great experiment conjured by a Scottish alcoholic. We are amazed it made it this far! As long as the beer, bud, and broads keep flowing, and we share that wealth with as many as we can, then we will have a prosperous future. Harper has the conservative vote and we made him just that 'scary' but the idea of being fiscally responsible should always be in fashion. I am not sold on Jacks analogy of paying the morgage down before we pay the light bill bit. There must never again be an unbalanced budget and we have no excuse to pay that debt off. We are not Americans, we should not depend on deficit spending to keep the economy afloat. We have a 3.5 trillion dollar debt (since 1999) time to get that down and pass a law that will make it pushable to have it even come close to a trillion, money wasted on paying interest could be better put to improving health,education and lowering taxes on beer. As for being at war, what is it we are doing with of our troops in OP ATHENA or OP PALLADIUM? Are we the after action boys? Clean up crew for our messy younger brother down south? We have a Force the size of the NYPD only sightly better equipped. We might as well be using a stern look for Christ sakes. How is Canada to be taken even partially seriously if we can't even handle the meagerest of tasks? Iraq is now going to be at least another Cyprus in length and probably the west bank in intensity. Right or wrong the war will go on but as long as we consume we owe a responsibility toward the common good and we need a party that will best achieve that goal. I believe the liberals will have a minority and I have not yet decided who will best represent my ideal of Canada but I will likely vote with the candidate who has the best sense of humor, so far Martin and Layton are in the lead.
At this point, who cares if Quebec separates? How long will they last without us? Like, 2 months? The separatist card has been something they've been using for years to hold the rest of Canada ransom. I'd be more worried about losing Alberta - they contribute, while Quebec and the maritimes leach off us and suck the country dry.
Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Sask and BC should join forces and separate from Quebec and the maritimes if you ask me.
We are at war, and we are a target of terrorism, don't fool yourself.
I can't believe how leftist this country has become - brainwashed by the CBC (aka the Communist Broadcasting Corporation) and the Toronto Star (Canadian Pravda and a Liberal Party Organ)
One thing Harper would fix is the sheer amount of illegals that pour into the country - those are the ones we have to worry about with regards to terrorism and crime.