I almost felt sorry for the poor guy…

 

The guy in question is Jerry Dias, head of Ontario’s new and powerful Union …UNIFOR.

Poor Dias was on local radio bemoaning the fact that he is worried that General Motors might pull out of Ontario and taking with it some 30,000 good paying automotive jobs.

The thinking is that if this was to happen, the likely benefactor will be Mexico with its much cheaper labour force.

Mr. Dias did not sound at all angry but more despondent.  He also felt betrayed by GM for taking Ontario and Canadian Taxpayers’ dollars in the multi billion dollar bailout fallowing the financial collapse of 2008.

Is there no honour?

Well no Jerry there isn’t.  I have said time and time again that ‘Capitalism has no heart – it has no soul’ and will gravitate to where it can make the most money.

And in our case, this could very well be Mexico which already has a growing and robust car industry thanks mainly to a cheap labour supply.

I have for a long time now been an opponent of Corporate Welfare made first famous in the General Election of 1972 by NDP Leader David Lewis.  If I was not a fan of his position then – I certainly soon thereafter came on board.

First off, a welfare payment to one corporation is unfair to other businesses engaged in the same product lines.  Why should one corporate taxpayer be advantaged over another corporate taxpayer by their  same Government?  The answer is of course – they should not.

And second, the loyalty of the corporate welfare bum lasts just as long as it takes to pocket the Government’s cheque.

So why is the Unifor Chief so shocked.

After all, this is what it always comes down to.

This is not said to disparage Big Business – Capitalism, despite the thoughts of the loony left – is the best economic system going. 

Simply stated – despite all its flaws – it is the only system that works.

So let’s go back to 2008 and the Big Business Bailout for the Auto Guys – I was opposed to it – see reason’s First and Second above.

I also knew that what would really work is the following:

• Cheap Hydro Rates … like we used to have;
• An abundant well educated work force;
• Clean, abundant water;
• A safe and clean place in which to live;
• Rule of Law;
• Excellent infrastructure etc etc.

And now add, as we have, – a 20+ % discount on the dollar of our largest customer – the United States of America.

These items will beat handouts 10 times out of 10.  It is just too bad, thanks to the folks at Queen’s Park, that we have lost one of our greatest advantages – cheap hydro power.

As I see it…

’K.D. Galagher’

 

You Have To Hand It To Ontario’s Liberal..

 

Government, it is becoming more and more Transparent.

Though just as underhanded and sneaky as ever; but so blatant their actions, they are obvious to all but the most dimwitted.

I am of course speaking of the Grit’s announcement this week to subsidize the hydro bills of low income Ontario households.

But it is not Government which will be doing the subsidizing – rather it is all the rest of us hard-pressed taxpayers. 

Quite the trick if you can get away with it.

And I can just imagine the discussion in Cabinet that took place in the lead up to this week’s announcement. 

It would have gone something like this:

Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli would have led off by saying ‘the time has come to assist low income families in coping with their high hydro bills’.  (Bills which have increased over 300% in the last 10 years.)

Other Members would then have voiced concern that having the Government subsidize rates would likely focus public attention on their mismanagement of the energy file.  (You know the non-performing Green Energy, the endless sunshine list of Hydro Managers and Employees etc.)

‘Not to worry’ come-back Bob would say – it won’t be us – the Government doing the subsidization – it will be all the other hydro users.  

A few Other Members would still voice concern that such an admission has the potential of turning voters away from our Party.

‘Not so’ would say Bob – we have been elected, re-elected 4 times and there is no reason to suspect that the electorate will be any less gullible come the 5th time.

Chortling all around.

Before I leave this topic and leave come-back Bob, one more thing.

Chiarelli boasted that maximum savings for low income hydro users would be up to $500 Million Dollars per year knowing full well that it will never come close to that number though the cash grab from the more well off users may very well reach that height and more.

A family of 4 making less than $28,000 can expect but $38 dollars of subsidy per month and for a family to get the maximum $50 dollar discount they would have to total some 7 members – almost enough to field a baseball team.

If, as Chiarelli has said, it often comes down to a choice between eating and heating – all thanks of course to their twisted green energy policy – sadly this week’s subsidy will do little to reduce the latter in favour of the former.

It will though screw more money from the hapless taxpayer into the coffers of Ontario’s incompetent Government.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

 

 

The Ideal Running Team.

 

With the US Presidential Election officially launched by this week’s entry of its first candidate – Canadian born Ted Cruz, I think it is a good time for me to put forward what I see as the ideal Republican Presidential Team to run for President / Vice President in next year’s general election.

But before I get to that, I would like to point out the obvious deficiency in the current makeup of the Party – it is too white and too elderly.  At their convention in 2012 it was difficult to find youth, blacks or hispanics.

Moreover, studies show that 90+% of blacks and 75% of hispanics voted Democrat.  These two groups account for some 100,000 million voters.

Bottom-line here – how can the right possibly win when it gives this much of an advantage to its leftist adversaries.

So that brings me back to my ideal team … for President – Florida Senator Marco Rubio (hispanic) and for his V.P., Neurosurgeon Ben Carson who is black.

Both are actively considering officially announcing their candidacies.

And both appeal to the current Republican constituency – the older white folks and both would – almost by definition, make significant inroads into the minority populations.

Will this happen – not likely.  Money and contacts rule in American politics regardless of whether or not you are a Democrat or a Republican.

But whoever ends up as the Republican team will most likely face Hilary Clinton who at this point is destined to be coronated as her Party’s flag bearer. Much of this has to do with the fact that her Party has set the stage for this by actively discouraging other qualifieds from running.

More recently though, dear Hilary has looked  vulnerable on a number of fronts and with a good Republican opponent – she can be beaten.

It will not be by an old guard Republican such as Jeb Bush.

But whoever ends up in charge - after 8 years of the worst presidency in US history – they will have their work cut out for them. 

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

 

What To Do With ISIS et al …

 

With Canada now entering into debate on whether to extend its 6 month campaign in the Middle East (it will of course) it seems to me to be a good time to state how I would proceed, if I was Commander in Chief.

First off – for all those who believed an air campaign was doomed to failure – let’s be clear - it has succeeded admirably;  ISIS is now on the defensive.

But we in the Western World need to continue to avoid ‘boots on the ground’ other than for employing the special forces folks.

Occupation has not worked since Vietnam and will continue to fail.

So we need to continue to assist the local good guys with everything we can .. short of invading.

We also need a plan:

So starting with Iraq – we should continue to support the local good guys – the Kurds, the Jordanians, the Egyptians and so on.  We should though discourage evil states, such as Iran, from getting involved.

With Syria – we need to leave well enough alone – it is too difficult to determine good from evil there – so let Assad (Shia) fight it out with ISIS and when one side is victorious – we then deal with the victor.  That said, we need to do whatever we can to rescue the innocents there and get them to safety.

Lebanon – leave the bad guys there to the Israelis.

Egypt – the army is in control and can handle things quite well.

All the rest –save for Iran – should be the problem for the good Muslims to deal with – again – Jordan, Egypt and so on.

Iran – is a special case – first off it cannot be allowed to build the bomb – though the little guy in the White House seems hell bent on letting them do just that.  It needs to be cut off and isolated and may well need intervention from Israel if the USA continues to bury its head in the sand.

Nigeria and other African nations in similar circumstances – must be helped by African Nations themselves with the help of NATO Special Forces led by the US.

This will work but if worse does come to worse – the ultimate solution is one that I have written about previously and that is to cut off the Middle East – save for the good guy countries – nothing comes in – nothing goes out and that pertains to Saudi Arabia and Turkey too should they continue to support terrorism.

In the meantime, Islamic Immigration, from these terrorist ridden nations - to the West – must be put on hold. 

As I see it …

‘K.D. Galagher’

Ontario’s Pornographic Sex Education

 

Left Wing Papers led by Liberal Banner - The Toronto Star, came out yesterday in total support of Ms. Wynne’s perverse sex education program for Ontario kiddies.

Indeed, they said that 93% of Ontario Parents ‘have asked for it’.

As a previous Hobby Farmer I can speak with some experience when say – Horse Shit.

Indeed, you cannot get 93% of any significant sized group to agree to even get out of the rain.

Polling that I found on the internet finds two out of three Ontarians are opposed to this kinky Liberal Initiative.

Starting with the basic fact that sex ed has no place in our education system.  That has always been and should always be a role for the parent.

Schools should stick to the basics -  the 3 R’s – Reading, Riting and Rithmatic or the modern equivalent – such as learning how to use computers.

Teaching little kids – as young as grade 3, about homosexuals is ridiculous if for no other reason than only 3 % of men and 4 % of women are gay .  In other words, their numbers make them an insignificant exception to the rule that Society is heterosexually based. 

That said, I grant that books, t.v., films etc would leave one to believe that heteros are in the minority – but in truth - it is all a lie.

And then to compound things – the Liberal Left wants to teach our young how to perform annal sex.

What they are trying to do is re-educate Ontario’s next adult generation to believe homosexuality is mainstream.

It isn’t – it won’t be and the Liberals should be ashamed of themselves for trying to make it so.

It is Political Correctness gone Wild.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

 

It’s A Sudbury Saturday Night…

 

Well at least the Liberal Government for Ontario wishes it was.

The Chief of Elections Ontario found today that the dear Grits have offended the Elections Law in the recent Sudbury By-election by bribing one of their own prospective candidates to not run.

I have been meaning for some time now to do a blog on this very subject but today’s announcement by Elections Ontario has forced my hand to get on with it.

The question I guess you are asking of me is did the Grits in fact break the law?

And the simple answer is of course they did.

But the ancillary answer is – of course they should have.

This has been going on since politics was invented.  Parties want to win ridings and if it takes a bribe to get a loser out of the way – consider it done – not just by the Liberals but by any party worth its salt.

The only thing the Liberals did wrong – as the saying goes – is that they got caught.

And they would not have been caught had the dud candidate not ‘taped’ his bribe conversations with two of the most senior Grit operatives.

No tape – No case.

Simple as that.

But there was and is a tape and Elections Ontario listened to it.

But there is more to the story.

This matter came up prior to the By-election and the tape at issue was given to the Ontario Provincial Police – you know – the guys whose Union campaigned so hard for Premier Wynne in last year’s Election.

How come then the OPP found no reason to lay charges after listening to the very damaging tape Elections Ontario did.

Good Question.

Could it be that the OPP is in the pocket of the Provincial Liberals?

Another good question and a good reason why Public Service Unions – especially police forces should never, never, be allowed to Unionize.

The matter now rests with the Attourney General – a Minister in Wynne’s Cabinet.

Should charges by laid by the AG?

Yes.

Will they – who knows.

I say “yes” – not because the Liberals did wrong per se – it goes back to the fact that they got caught and for appearances sake they must now face the music.

And although I understand why the Liberals and other Parties before them have quietly gone about this sinister work, they have only themselves to blame since they and their predecessors brought in this legislation which they knew then and know now will never be observed.

They have been hoisted on their own petard.

There is even more poetic justice in this turn of events.

Here we have the worst Government in Ontario history – with scandals galore and billions and billions misspent and now they finally get caught out on such small potatoes. 

Remind anyone of Mike Duffy?

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

 

 

Finally, the little guy in the White House..

 

And I agree on something.

Well sort of.

he is quoted as saying he is opposed to putting American boots on the ground in the ongoing fight against Islamic Terrorists throughout the Middle East and in many parts of Africa.

He does not specifically say the word ‘Islamic’ and it is thus often difficult to know who in fact he believes the enemy to be – but whoever he may secretly think they are – he is opposed to fighting them toe to toe – so to speak.

And, so do I.

If America does in fact do that for those countries affected, any gains made will be short term and will quickly dissolve over time – as they have wherever the US occupies countries however good their initial intentions have been.

Success will only come from the active participation of those affected countries – working hand in glove with the States and its other western allies. 

The affected countries have to supply the needed boots on the ground with the international force of outside countries providing support from sea and air.

It can also include – in some cases – temporary boots on the ground via special forces and here is where the little guy and I part company.

Special could be very effective in assisting affected countries in ridding specific areas of the plight of ISIS and their ilk.

This will only work though if it is done selectively – in and quickly out.  If it is overdone – it will amount to de facto occupation and will allow the host countries to sit back and let the Americans do it.

Success will only come when the affected countries get and stay involved.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’