I have read the writing on the wall…

 

And it tells me the Left has it.

Not only for now – but for long in the future – at least here in Canada.

I am speaking of this week’s Liberal win in the Canadian Election and the recent Liberal election win in the Province of Ontario – (which followed 3 other electoral victories for the – ‘Dolton’ McGuinty and ‘Kate the Winner’ – Wynne – coalition).

Both at the National and Provincial level, they are solidly supported by an electorate that is 66 to 70 % centre left.

And it is not that they are intellectually socialistic; rather it goes beyond that – it is imbedded in their genes.

So until things crash around our ears – the Conservatives will be on the outside looking in.

In past Blogs, I have fully set-out the lunacy of the left’s policies but will not be doing so any longer.  For me to continue in this vain, is like spitting into the wind.

Suffice to say, we have the worst Government in Ontario’s history and the worst Government in US history.

Young Trudeau’s Government will never occupy that special place for Canada’s Federal Government – since his late Father, Pierre-Elliott, has a lock on it.

The Young-un though has a good chance of causing the most damage to the Canadian economy.

So that’s it – the Electorate has spoken and despite how misguided I believe it to be – I accept their decision and will move on.

The last bastion of common-sense remains the nation to our south where the right / left split is 45 / 55 and so still retains some hope that common sense prevails.  My focus will be here, as well as on important developments around the world.

I will though pay little or no attention to our own country which has taken itself out of play. 

Enjoy the ride My Fellow Lefty Canadians; you have paid dearly for it.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

Deja Vu Yes!… But Why?

Well Not Entirely, But We Do Have A Trudeau Lodging At 24 Sussex Again.

And it begs the question – WHY?

But there is an important difference this time, the new occupant – Young Trudeau, thankfully lacks his father’s intellect so will not structurally damage Canada the way his dad did; YT will confine his activities to matters of wrecking the economy.

Speaking first about his father – Pierre – he was one of the prime reasons I came to Ottawa to work at Progressive Conservative Party Head Quarters in the hope of helping get the Elder out of Office.

The 1984 Election of Brian Mulroney saw that come pass with his massive win of 212 seats.

I was working at the time as a small time lawyer in rural Ontario and had clients losing their homes / their farms and jobs as interest rates topped 22%.  Trudeau Sr. made it clear though that his only interest was in bringing home the Constitution.

With it, he added the Charter of Rights which has only served to restrict our rights and freedoms which were once adequately protected by the virtue of a thousand years of Common Law.

But the real reason for my Blog today is to answer the question Why – as in Why did the Young Lad garner a majority in yesterday’s election.

I have heard the pundits – and read the letters to editors and they all have their considered opinions from ‘Harper was just too controlling to Trudeau is just so darn good looking’, but they miss the point.

The fact is 70% of Canadians identify themselves as centre left, leaving now a scant 30% in the ranks of the Conservatives.

In earlier Blogs, I have spoken of this as the one third //  two third split but over the course of this Election the numbers have worsened and will not return to balance until Canada literally finds itself flat out on the floor like a skid-row drunk.

The USA too is on the cusp of tilting left – and I used to say it was about a 50/50 split between Conservative and Liberal Progressive thought.  After nearly two terms of Obama – the number now is more like 45 / 55.  The Republicans still have a shot at winning next year’s Presidential Election but the split definitely favours a repeat for the Dems.

So who are these Progressives?

I am glad you asked.

They are the Trade Unions – the numerous organizations that applied to Elections Canada for intervener status to advertise against the ruling Tories;

They are the nearly 4 million workers who are employed by governments – add spouses, voting age kids and that number doubles;

They are your next door neighbour who has his / her hand out for more all the while not caring a whit who is going to have to pay the freight or what damage it will cause to Canada’s economy;

They are the Media who have yet to find a Conservative they like, nor a Progressive that they will not fawn over;

They are the Provinces / the Territories / and the Cities which think Federal Dollars are Free Dollars and demand ever more;

They are the Indian Bands who demand more and more money to cure their ails which you and I know, will not;

And They are the so-called Elites who think Politically Correct and buy into all things left.

So from where I am sitting, it will be a long time before sanity returns to our country and only then when we are all on our knees – economically speaking.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

 

 

MONDAY … MONDAY

 

CAN’T TRUST THAT DAY;

MONDAY, MONDAY …SOMETIMES IT JUST TURNS OUT THAT WAY;

EVERY OTHER DAY OF THE WEEK IS FINE, YEAH;

BUT WHENEVER MONDAY COMES … YOU CAN FIND ME CRYING ALL THE TIME.

My thanks to the Mammas and the Poppas.

Well let me be quite honest here – I don’t mistrust all Mondays – rather just this coming Monday – October 19th. It is Election Day here in Canada and sadly, unless we are struck with a nationwide earthquake, – the Grits – aka – the Liberals under YT – aka Young Justin Trudeau, are headed for a minority and, quite possibly, – a full majority.

In a recent Blog, I listed a dozen serious reasons why such should not happen .. for the sake of our country and now present below the damage the the young fella will do:

I am going to focus on the economic fallout and will use our once proud province – the Province of Ontario - as the prime example what to expect.

To do this, I will be referring to this month’s respected Fraser Report which sets out fully and effectively how the McGuinty / Wynne Era, beginning 10 years ago and continuing to this very day, has taken our Provincial Economy off the rails:

The Report begins with a general look at Ontario over the course of the last decade and sadly reflects on the fact that it is no longer the economic engine of Canada.  The Report’s prime author – Philip Cross, former chief economist for Stats Canada - notes that the Liberal policies “are to blame for turning the powerhouse economy into a laggard.”

        He goes on:  

Their policies, he notes, are the cause of “sluggish growth, … rising unemployment, .. high youth unemployment, …weak business investment, …. (and) high electricity prices.”

  So that is the Report’s general thrust – here are its specifics -

• IMMIGRANTS ARE NOW GOING ELSEWHERE: Ontario attracted more than half new immigrants to Canada in 2002, but is no longer the preferred destination.
• VOTING WITH THEIR FEET: Ontario used to be the preferred destination for immigrants and migrants from other provinces; since 2004 it has been experiencing a "net loss" to other provinces.
• UNEMPLOYMENT: Ontario's unemployment rate was lower than the national average from 1976 to 2005; from 2007 and five years into the recovery, the provincial unemployment rate was higher than the national average.
• IDLE YOUTH: Five months after the 1982 recession, unemployment among Ontario youth dropped to 8%; five years after 2008 recession, youth unemployment was averaging 16%.
• LESS TAKE HOME PAY: Ontario household income used to surpass national average, usually by 10-20%; Ontario's real per-capita incomes fell below national average for first time ever in 2012.

So this is what we can expect from Young Trudeau and his Government since he has consistently told us how much he admires the ‘Wynner’ and his policies are a mirror image of her own.

So come this Monday don’t be surprised if a ‘little tear lets me down’.

But do not feel sorry for me – I am already looking forward to my ‘I Told You So’ Blog on the first anniversary of YT’s Election.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

INGRATE…

 

AS IN MOHAMED FAHMY.

Mohamed Fahmy recently entered Canada and spent yesterday bad-mouthing Stephen Harper and his Conservative Government for not acting more quickly to obtain his release from an Egyptian jail.

In my opinion, it would have been better if the dear man had thanked our Government for his release since I, for one, would have let him rot in that faraway jail.

The guy was foremost an Egyptian since he lived there most of his life and held Egyptian citizenship. 

Second - his was charged and convicted by their Judicial system, and

Third – he was working for Al Jazeera, what many view as a mouth-piece for radicals terrorizing the middle east.

Some other relevant background:

• Fahmy came to Canada, from Egypt with his family in 1991; and, just prior to leaving Canada, to begin his journalistic career in the Middle East, he conveniently took out Canadian citizenship.

This smacks to me as ‘citizenship of convenience’.

Plus, I like many of you, do not believe in dual citizenship and I really have great difficulty when a person gets caught up in the legal system of their mother country and looks demandingly to Canada to bail them out.

Do you think for a moment that had Fahmy been sentenced and jailed here in Canada that Egypt would come to his defence?

And then to to it off, he has the gall to criticize his supposed adoptive country for not getting him out sooner.

This reminds me of Maher Arrar – the unfortunate chap who was returned to his mother country of Syria – by the Americans – and then allegedly tortured by the Syrians and then had the gall to sue Canada for allowing it all to happen.

In so doing, he pocketed a cool $10 Million Dollars++ from us Canadian Taxpayers.

No wonder there is such a back-lash against Muslim women insisting on wearing a mask at our Citizenship Ceremonies.

Canadians a sick and tired of all of this Political Correctness and I can tell you that under a Liberal or NDP Government Political Correctness will only get worse …much worse.

And yet it was also announced yesterday that Young Trudeau shared a beer with ingrate proving once again the old Aesop Moral that a man is indeed known by the company he keeps.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

 

Obama Turns Political …

 

And For Once, He Is Right – as in correct.

Not surprisingly – it is one of the only times that I agree with him.

All this in regard to the October 1st shooting rampage at a Community College in the State of Oregon where 9 were slaughtered.

Here is what Obama had to say:  “we are not the only country on Earth that has people with mental illnesses or want to do harm to other people.  We are the only advanced country on Earth that sees these kinds of mass shootings every few months”. 

Pundits were quick to label the President’s comments ‘political’ but even so – they trailed Obama, since he, himself acknowledged this as part of his overall statement.

I personally did not find his comments to be political but more of a plaintiff cry for a nation that has succumbed to the culture of death by firearm.

Obama mentioned several examples of past examples of this but notably did not include the experience of his home city of Chicago which sees a shooting occur every 3 hours or so and a death at the rate of slightly more that one per day.

So if there was a failing in his message – it was that he failed then and indeed since the beginning of his Presidency to shine a light on the fact that most gun killings occur between ghettoised Blacks.  

I am though getting off point – since the matter he addressed – that the US of A needs stricter gun control – seems like a no-brainer to me.

And yet the majority of Americans parrot like trained seals the second amendment to the Constitution that permits citizens to bear arms.

Recall though that this amendment was written at the time of the one shot musket and recall that at that time – the sense that citizens had the right to bear arms was intended for a Citizen Militia and not for individuals per se.

despite these annoying facts, today individuals fall back on this law to support their right to carry automatic weapons – some capable of piercing metal.

It surprises me that some nut has not used the 2nd amendment to allow him right to drive a tank down main-street on the basis that it too is merely a type of armament.

But the real knee slapper is the position taken by the totally deranged National Rifle Association.  In the face of these continuous massacres the NRA’s position is that they would stop if all Americans – even presumably students – were packing.

What utter nonsense.

All that that would do is increase the carnage.

Here is what the United States needs to do:

1.  If the US Supreme Court continues to follow its errand ways – move to revoke the 2nd Amendment out from under it;

2.  Hunters be required to store their weapons – ones that can really be used for hunting and not for mass killing – at a suitable depository (e.g. a gun range).  No one, save as per #3, needs to keep their gun at home.

3.  Farmers – those with farming acreage and those living in wilderness locales be allowed to keep a shotgun on hand to deal with dangerous wild / sick / injured animals.

Will the United States get around to doing this?

Yes it will, but it will probably take another 50 years before Americans come to their senses.

Too bad that so many are going to pay the ultimate price for this tardiness.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

 

It Is Probably Just A Matter Of Time…

 

Before The Conservatives Come Out In Favour Of The Wearing Of The Niqab and The Burka whenever and wherever a Muslim Woman wishes.

I say that because just the other day, the Tories unceremoniously dumped their Toronto Area Sikh Candidate – Jagdish Grawal from their list of candidates for the October 19th Election.

Grawal’s offence was that he had written an article supporting the proposition that homosexuals could be medically treated to transition them into heterosexuals.

His position was based upon his religious belief that the state of homosexuality is not normal.

Many Christian Faiths – as well as the Muslim Faith – share his belief.

Grawal was not saying – that Homosexuals were not equal to Heterosexuals or that they are deserving of discrimination.  He was saying that Homosexuality is not normal.

Nor is it; certainly not in the statistical sense.

Statistics show that only 2% of the world’s population consider themselves to be homosexual.  (One would think otherwise, given the Media’s propensity to depict homosexuality the norm).  But the ‘norm’ would have to go to those 98% who deem themselves to be heterosexual.

It is though a very emotional topic and I really do not like dealing with it – but I believe I have to since I foresee the day coming when it is just not candidates like Grawal who are punished for their thoughts and their religious views – but our Church leaders will soon find themselves on the wrong side of this Politically Correct Equation.

Indeed, one Catholic Priest in Calgary has already been prohibited by the State from preaching passages of the Bible which condemn the practice of homosexuality.

So to sum up, if Grawal was calling for the beheading of homosexuals – course he should be condemned for his hateful speech.

But to simply have a personal and/or religious belief that Homosexuality is not normal and to be punished for it - begs the question of whatever happened to the Rights of Free Speech, Expression and Religion the corner stones of a free and vibrant society.

So if you are still wondering why Donald Trump is making such a big splash in the Republican Presidential Race – look no further than to Politically Correct Decisions like Mr. Grawal’s.

As I see it…

‘K. D. Galagher’

 

And Of Course He …

 

Does Have Nice Hair.

I was not going to do this Blog until closer to our Federal Election which some outside Canada may not know is coming up quickly – Monday October 19th.

It has been a long campaign – frankly too long but still not the horror show South of the Border where it consumes the best part of two (2) years.

And during our long campaign – each of our three main parties have at some point held the lead.

But if today’s polling is correct, the Liberals under Justin Trudeau appear to be pulling away from the pack and since time is running out – I am obliged to start taking the polling numbers more seriously.

In my plan to do this Blog later, I was going to recite the troublesome policies of the Liberals and the New Democrats (NDP) but with the latter Party in apparent free-fall, I have decided to just concentrate on the Libs.

So here is why I will not vote Trudeau / Liberal and am hoping that you will be inclined not to as well:

1.  Trudeau and his Party are about death – they support unrestricted abortion and euthanasia. In fact, Trudeau prides himself on being so open and that his Party is a ‘Big Tent’ – but no one is welcome in that Big Tent unless they support death over life.  

2.  On the foreign front – Trudeau does not want to fight ISIS – those Barbarians who behead men, rape and kill women, and bury babies alive. He’d rather send blankets to refugees hiding in the hills.

3.  Connected with this and like his father before him – he will let our military dwindle away.  If you do not mind ISIS freaks terrorizing the Middle East and think peace comes from the end of feather – he is your man.

4.  He is okay with extreme Muslim Women taking our Oath of Citizenship with her Niqab on.  I am strongly opposed that as per my very recent Blog.

5.  He does not want Islamic Terrorists to be stripped of their citizenships – presumably so they can trollop unfettered across the world all the while doing their worst.  Chretien took Conrad Black’s Citizenship away from him solely because Black wanted to become an English Lord.  I guess those who commit heinous crimes against humanity and treason to boot – get a pass from the young guy.

6.  The Guy loves deficits – again eerily similar to his father in the 1970s and 80s.  In fact he has pledged to have 3 of them right off the bat and if you believe those deficits will miraculously disappear in year 4 – I’d like to introduce you to fellow Grit – Kate ‘the spender’ Wynne who never met a deficit she did not like.  Plus both he and Wynne claim to worry about the negative affect our environment will supposedly have on our children – but do not seem to share the same concern when leaving these self same kids to face repayment of our ever growing and behemoth debt

7.  His support of oil and gas pipelines is tepid at best and if Harper – who is supportive – cannot get even one pipeline through in the 10 years he has been in office – guess how successful Trudeau is likely to be.

8.  When asked recently how much his Election Promises added up to – he had to confess that he did not know.  But I can tell you they add up to plenty.  There is no way in hell that he will be able to restrict his projected deficits to $10 Billion per year.  If the young lad gets in I look forward to reproducing this Blog on the 1 year anniversary of his election.

9.  He said he will make voting mandatory and I thought we lived in a democracy that valued freedom of action. I have never ever missed a vote in my life but I can tell you if this was to come about – yours truly would not be voting.  I would go to jail first.

10.  Related to 9. Trudeau wants to get rid of first past the post elections and is prepared to replace it with proportional representation which is just another word for the Leaders to install whomever they wish.  Margaret Atwood anyone.  This is not democratic.

11.  He wants carbon taxes implemented.  A tax by any other name and it will only serve to generate a steep rise in the cost of living for all – including his so called beloved middle.

12.  Like his mentor – Premier Wynne – he is in love with Green Energy even though it has destroyed Ontario’s economy. Once the proud engine of Canada – it is now wallowing in Provincial Have-not Status.  The recent Report by the renowned Fraser Institute sets out the facts in clear and unadulterated fashion.  Hopefully I will get the time to do a Blog on their Report before the 19th.

I could go on and on but the above are most of the highlights of what we can expect from this misguided individual.

Will it happen – that is to say will he get elected.

Quite possibly – many of you know my saying – Never Over Estimate The Intelligence Of The Electorate – as amply evidence by the 4 successive election victories of Ms. Wynne and her predecessor Dolton McGuinty.

Say a prayer.

As I see it…

‘K. D. Galagher’