Western Society Continues It's Relentless Descent Into Oblivion

Take our Country - Canada - for example.

We have different laws for our 9 provinces and 3 territories than we do for one of our provinces - Quebec.  Well in fact, we have no federal laws applying to that province.  Similarly, we have different laws for the average citizen than we do for our natives - indeed, like Quebec, neither federal nor even provincial laws appear to apply to them.

We now have a significant portion of our economy seriously being damaged due to Indian rail blockades.  Our provincial police were shown recently approaching one such blockage with a peace offering - maple syrup.  Only in Canada you say.

In addition to lack of law enforcement, Religion too is in steep decline.  The Christian / Judaic Principles that built our land are long gone despite the fact that these very values were the reason millions of the world's poor, weary and huddled masses came to our shores seeking and finding a much better life.

Given this, it comes as no surprise that the culture of death is extending its tentacles into our society's most vulnerable.  Death once had meaning...today it is becoming just an inconvenience.

A former Prime Minister famously said 'our Members of Parliament became nobodies when they traveled but 50 feet from our Parliament'.  Today, our Members are nobodies even when they attend that self-same Parliament...Government is run by the Prime Minister, The Head of the Civil Service and their personal coterie of advisors in 'short pants'.

But dear reader, there is even a greater threat to our democracies and that is the Courts.  When I went to Law School I was taught that our Laws were made by politicians and administered by the Courts.  Today, the Court has assumed responsibility for actually making the laws despite the fact that its membership is neither elected nor accountable to the public.

Capitalism is also under attack.  Polling shows that societies' young vastly favour Socialism over Capitalism and all of our Parties are simply various shades of Progressivism.  No wonder then, a septuagenarian leads the race for the Democratic Candidate for President - socialist Bernie Sanders.

The Environment has become our new religion -  our new economic underpinning.  Significant construction projects take years to navigate the cumbersome reviews and then, most likely,  are turned down.  Indeed the McKenzie River Project took over 40 years to study and finally, ended in failure.  At the other extreme we see dictatorships, like China build an entire 1,000 bed hospital in but 10 days.  Better start taking Chinese language lessons folks

And last but not least is the issue of Debt and Deficits.  Progressives' love them.  Everything they could possibly want - their little hands are thrust out to receive.  Forget about the American tradition of earning your own way and Margaret Thatcher's apt warning - Socialism works only until progressives run out of other peoples' money to spend.  Just like your chargex bills at home -  the day will come when the balance is due...and what then.

It doesn't work for you at home and it won't work for your government.  Here in Canada we have a master spender of hard-earned taxpayer dollars... our one and only Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.  When he ran for office in 2015 he promised a modest deficit of $10 billion - modest to him - large to you and I.   But that soon proved to be chump change for him. The debt then at the national level was $628 Billion.  Today it has morphed to $699 Billion while the deficit has increased to $20 billion annually and is predicted to rise even more.  These numbers do not even include the dismal figures at our provincial level.  In the USA it is even worse.  When Trump came into power the national debt stood at $20 Trillion...today it is $3 Trillion more...some businessman he.  This number exceeds that country's annual GDP.  He is adding to the debt at a rate of $1 Trillion per year - the same high number experienced by his predecessor Barrack Obama.

 When does it end ...as it surely will.  And do not forget, America's Banker is now China. 

You might have noticed that I have not mentioned Europe in my above analysis.  I did not do so - since those countries are in worse shape than us.

So what is the solution.  That's easy ...citizens of western democracies need to take back power from the elites and the small but vocal interest groups.  I can be done but time is running out ...for us all.

As I See It...

K.D. Bell

SOME NON-PREDICTIONS FOR 2020

Sorry for my tardiness in supplying my (non) predictions for the year we are now well into.

As you will see, I thought I would approach this topic a little differently this year...rather make predictions, as in other years, I thought I would approach the coming new year / new decade with non-predictions such as:

But before I begin....this past year saw my son save my life with his aggressive cpr so he can no longer complain about anything I say,do, or write about...It Is All His Fault.  So please bear that in mind if you find things you may disagree with below...it is not my fault ...rather Scott's. 😌

1. There will not be a federal election this coming year despite the fact that the Liberal Government finds itself in minority territory the main reason being none of the opposition parties want one and will not want an election for some time yet.  The other reason is that the Libs will find themselves in the popularity doldrums and thus in no position to call a snap election;

2.  Trump will not lose America's General Election this coming November thanks mostly to the Democrats antics surrounding Impeachment and the plethora of moderate dem leadership candidates;

3.  New Oil and Gas Pipelines in Canada will not get built this coming year despite Prime Minister Trudeau's promise to lend a more sympathetic ear to the economic needs of Western Canada;

4.  Brexit will no longer be an issue for the Brits;

5.  China will not release the two Canadian hostages taken in revenge for the house arrest of Huawei's Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver but she will no longer find herself in Canada - rather the USA;

6.  The economy of the United States will falter.  It has simply gone up for too long;

7.  The World will not become a safer place: violence, resurrection will not end save for in Hong Kong where the Chinese Leadership's patience will not continue;

8.  Venezuela's Dictator - Nicholas Maduro, one way or the other, will not remain;

9.  Peter MacKay - slated to be coronated Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada - will not be so;

10.  The world economy will not be robust no thanks to President Trump's Tariff Antics;

11.  Alberta will not separate from Canada although over the year separatist sentiment will not improve...it will worsen;

12.  Ottawa's Light Rail will finally not breakdown continually;

13.  The Coronavirus will not get lessen, it will get worse despite efforts by Health Experts to down-play the danger;

14.  If John Baird enters the Leadership Race for the Conservative Party of Canada ...he will not lose;

15.  In this same Leadership Race, the Social Conservative Vote will not embarrass itself.

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THE 'VALUE' OF SOCIAL CONSERVATISM

I have not been all that prolific in my writings of late but when I do write it is often about the Conservative Party Leadership Race currently underway here in Canada.

You know as well as I that if I wrote about the Trump  debacle my readership would swell but the one area I agree with the Trumper is that Impeachment is a contrived witch hunt.  It will not bring him down and may well launch him back into the Presidency this coming November and I say that with sadness.  America and indeed the world needs better.  But continued talk and writing about it is a monumental waste of time.

So I keep coming back to my home country since the divisive issues facing us have the potential of breaking up our 150+ year old democracy.

One of those serious divisive issues concerns Social Conservatives and whether or not they should be allowed to remain in our supposed Right of Centre Party.

As a Social Conservative myself I have felt, for some time, unwanted even though I have voted Conservative since age of majority.  The bulk of the pundits though have concluded that our Party would be best off if it simply jettisoned our ilk and moved closer to the left... liberal lite so to speak.

And that Dear Reader is the last thing our country needs.  Canada is full of Progressives now and look where that has gotten us.

I read an interesting article the other day in which a conservative commentator actually allowed that us social conservatives had "value" to our party.  But not in the way one would expect the word 'value' to mean ....at least in how I define the word.

He spoke of the word from the perspective of a back-room apperratjeck  ...as in we need social conservatives solely for their votes..since we are just too numerous in the Party if not throughout the land in general.  He is of course partially right - the Party does indeed need our votes but our real value is to keep the Party true to its traditions while defending and supporting social issues essential to the well-being of Canada.

This includes things like trying to put the brakes on our Society's determined descent into The Culture of Death; Support for the Traditional Family which has been and will continue to be an essential building block to ensure a robust democracy; Pro Parental Rights - why the heck are we teaching serious sex ed to very young children in our schools. Let kids be kids; Promoting Basic Freedoms such as the Freedom of Religion and the Freedom of Speech...our human rights tribunals are nothing more than kangaroo courts that stomp on those freedoms at will; and finally, to Defend Traditional Marriage - we view marriage as a union between a man and a woman...if gays wish to marry, more power to them but do so in a  civil ceremonies we'll get married in our Church.

And, one more thing...Gay Pride Parades...I would find Heterosexual Pride Parades equally offensive.  In a word, they are nothing but a spectacle.  I do not feel superior to Gays..indeed we are all human beings, bleed the same way and we all want to enjoy good health and enjoyment in life.  I know gays in my life who also do not attend these events and I know that they certainly are not the least bit critical of my not attending either.

Okay to sum up:  Social Conservatism is the Conscience and Soul of the Nation.  We will most certainly not go away and if the Conservative Party continues to denigrate our beliefs, we will have no choice but to walk away from it and start afresh.

As I See It...

K.D. Bell

LOOKS LIKE THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA HAS GOTTEN ITS WAY !!

As we all know, the Conservative Party has gone out of its way to limit involvement in their staged Leadership Convention planned for late this June.

In fact, they have done so well at that, there are now more out than in.  In fact, there is only one serious candidate in the game - Peter MacKay and pundits are now calling June's fiasco a "Coronation".

That said, neither my wife nor I will vote for him and more on that in a later blog.

Strangely, one of the most sought after candidates was Lisa Raitt but she apparently believed her french was too weak to enter the fray.  She became co-chair of the Party's Leadership Convention so what this tells me is that we are all most fortunate that she did not run and even worse - win the Convention.  Obviously she suffers from faulty judgement.

I have said it before and will say it here again - the Conservative Party simply got the cart before the horse.  They needed to have an open Policy Convention first with long time tories present and not the thousands that come on at the last minute at the behest of the leadership candidates.  I can just hear the Lisas now - but 'what if Prime Minister Trudeau called a snap election - we'd be caught flat-footed'.

To that I would reply with two things - first I do not see Young Trudeau being so crass to do that and second-  even if he did - our Party has a Leader by the name of Andrew Sheer.  He could not possibly run an inept campaign twice in a row.

And I well remember his father taking a walk in the snow and resigning only to take up the reins once again when the hapless Joe Clark Government was defeated in 1979.  Trudeau Sr. then when on to win a vast majority the following year.

History does have a tendency to repeat itself.   Maybe it is the Conservatives' time.

As I See It...

K.D. Bell

The Tories Seemed Determined To Put Themselves Out Of The Running.

In an earlier Blog I wrote that our Federal Tories would be wise to hold off having their Leadership Convention as long a possible for 2 reasons...both of almost equal importance:

First, to ensure that the brightest and the best are encouraged to think seriously about entering the race and Second, to get their policy act together via a Policy Convention first.

Well dear Reader, they - the Party Big Wigs, were certainly not listening to me.

In their infinite wisdom they have decided to hold the Contest this coming June 27 - some 6 short months away.  And not only that, prospective Candidates have but 10 days to decide whether or not to sign up for the run.

Unbelievable !!!

That said, there is probably not much the Conservatives can do to positively influence their electoral chances anyway.  The Party is split 7 ways till Sunday....Libertarians (like me), Social Conservatives, Fiscal Conservatives, Red Tories and the very few others that come on board from time to time from the centre.  Indeed there are but 30 - 35% of the Electorate that is right of centre and as shown here, they are well and truly split among themselves.  The only reason that the 65-70% left of centre ...the Progressives, do not form all of the Governments...they do form most, is that the Left too is split between the Liberals and the New Democratic Party.  So every once in a long while the electorate splits into thirds and the Tories creep up the middle for a win.

That is not to say come the next election this may happen again but the odds are always against us.

The issue for Conservatives is Why....as in Why are Canadians so content to be Progressive?

My thinking is that true Conservatism has never been given a chance...never properly explained.  As in the infamous words of former Liberal M.P. David Dingwall..."I'm  Entitled To My Entitlements' and that is what too many Canadians demand as well.   Give them Big Government, Big Debt and Big Deficits and they are quite okay with that never mind what happens when the music stops and there at too few chairs available to sit on.

No wonder poll after poll shows that the younger generations now favour Socialism over Capitalism.  Long forgotten is Margaret Thatcher's truism that  "The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

So now at the start of a new decade, this is where we Conservatives find themselves. Having been Liberal Lite for eons we are now in danger of becoming full blown Liberal.  And at a time when we are so desperately in need of a Great Leader and Genuine Conservative Policies, it appears as though we are in for more of the same.

Pity Canada.

As I See It...

'K.D.  Bell'

THERE IS NOTHING THAT IRAN WILL NOT DO....

UPDATE:  I wrote this blog before Iran shot  down flight 752 with the  loss of 176 souls.  As I  had predicted, no retaliation has been taken by Iran against the Unite States, nor will there be.  Those demanding an inquiry can have mine free of charge: 'Iran deliberately shot down flight 752 killing all on board mistakenly believing that it was incoming ordinance'  Full Stop. 


AND THAT IS PRECISELY THAT... IT WILL DO NOTHING.

I am blogging today of course about America's killing of Iran's top general in charge of the infamous Revolutionary Guards' external operations.  Blown to bits late this week by missiles fired from an over-head Drone.

But if one listened to the world's henny penny media, its leftist politicians and / or its progressives, you'd be left with the impression that massive retaliation by Iran is on its way.

It is not of course, indeed Iran knows full well that in an out and out confrontation with the US, it would come out a very poor second.  Indeed, it would have the potential to bring about the end to the Ayatollahs' Rule.  And its main benefactor, Putin's Russia, has no stomach to see America engaged in such a fashion.

And what exactly is Iran crying about anyway?  Did it not recently wipe-out half of Saudi Arabia's oil fields and nothing was done to them in retaliation.

There is though one thing that the Progressives are saying which I agree with...that America and its allies need to get out of these Muslim based countries.  I have said for some time that the only solution here is to circle off these countries from the rest of the world.  If they are so determined to live in the middle ages ...well let's help them along.  That of course is my wish not that of the Progressives but again where we share approach is on the desire to see the West get out.   Boots on the ground just get mired in the mud.

As I See It...

'K.D. Bell'

I SAW MUMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS....

AND OTHER SUCH 'HOLIDAY DRIVEL'....THOUGH SOME I ADMIT ARE CUTE.

I recently turned 71 and if you had told me in my 40s that such holiday tunes would have dominated the airwaves I'd have said you were high on drugs.  (BTW we did have marijuana back in those olden days).

My favourite, and according to my wife...our son Scott's favourite too is Silent Night.  To me that is the quintessential carol ever written.   But I guess today's media know better.

I do have to wonder why in this age of diversity, it is the olde traditions that keep falling by the wayside.  One gets the feeling that the only victim of diversity will be diversity itself.

Christmas is another example.  Happy Holidays is what has replaced it and the other day I saw even saw Happy December.  It stirs the soul....there I go again ...another bygone term.

So I'd like to wish each of you a very Merry ....?  Whatever.

As I turn on the radio for the latest number one Seasonal Song...Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You.  It doesn't get any better than that !!

Or Does It !!!

As I See It,

K.D. Bell