As readers know ...I make mistakes - lots of them - just review my past New Year Predictions.
Another miss is coming up - my prediction that on the last days of Obama's Presidency the public would be riding him out of town on a rail. (an olde American expression meaning the towns-fold are fully disgusted with someone and want them go leave town).
Today, though, that is most unlikely - the little guy has a favourable rating of 53% which is astounding for a President in his last days of his second and final term in office.
What it tells me though is that more and more Americans - like citizens of other Nations in the West, are becoming more and more socialist ...takers as opposed to doers.
The USA still leads in doers - with some 47% to only a third 'doers' in other first world countries.
Those higher numbers indicate that if Obama was legally able to run for a third term, he might well just be successful.
Readers know full well that I view Obama as the very worst President ever. Not surprising though, given the above stats, when I speak with my follows about Obama, most refer to him as a very great President.
So in my ongoing attempt to bring reason to this debate I submit the following analysis of the little guy ...from someone other than myself:
America, under Obama, has passed the status of world financial centre back to London, persecuted law-abiding financial companies and their senior personnel, and assured sluggishness of the entire sector ...
Stimulus money did not improve education outcomes ... and it funded shovel ready boondoggles of the Democratic congressional barons..
The green energy initiatives that have paid dividends were an egregious waste of money deployed to the now vanished bogeyman of global warming..
Obama's health care measures was dishonestly presented with two thirds of Americans wanting it repealed...
He should not have given control of General Motors and Chrysler to the United Auto Workers who were far from blameless for their parlous condition...
He has done almost nothing for African Americans ...
Obama quadrupled the money supply under the spurious cover of quantitative easing and maintaining minimal interest rates by selling trillions of dollars of unbought bonds to the Federal Reserve - a 100 per cent subsidiary for the Treasury paid for by the issuance of notes. It is a shell game that would be attacked in the private sector...
And if this what not bad enough Obama's efforts on the Global Front fared even worse as the author explains:
Obama has allowed the Western Alliance to atrophy...
He has failed to render any assistance to the Ukraine..
He has ensured the disintegration of the of Iraq and the near capture of Bagdad by the Islamic State..
He drew a red line against the Assad Regime for gassing its own civilian population and then abdicated military command ...to the Russians..
Obama's pledge to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear military power evolved into a green light ...
The piece de resistance has been blundering into the position of having Iran and Russia as allies against ISIL
The Author of this piece .... why none other than The Baron of Cross Harbour ... the Honourable Conrad Black.
I could add even more glaring examples of Obama's complete incompetency - for instance - all of the Middle East is Burning...but I won't...maybe I will provide a full recital of his abysmal record at a later date.
For now, suffice to say - regardless what I or even Baron Black has to say - the majority seem to see Obama as the great secular messiah.
They can have him - give me a Churchill any day of the week.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Monday, June 13, 2016
OBAMA ... AS DITSY AS EVER... A 2 PARTER
FIFTY OR SO YOUNG PEOPLE IN ORLANDO WERE SHOT BY A DERANGED KILLER MOTIVATED BY ISIS.
Those are the facts, unless you are the little guy in the White House ..and when I say 'little guy' I am not talking about his stature - since that does not matter one iota ... rather I am speaking about his small, petty, mindedness.
It took the little guy most of his Presidency to even admit that 'terrorists' existed but he has never ever said who these terrorists might be. Again, it could be raging grannies if of course the grannies were killers which they are not.
As you and I know full well ...The Killers are Islamists !!
And how do we know this particular attack?
The killer himself called 911 and said that he was slaughtering these innocents in the name of Islam.
His dear dad said it was not Islamic related but bear in mind that he is a member in good standing with the Taliban and in fact is hoping to become Afghanistan's next President.
And for the record, the Taliban has publicly announced that it is an off-shoot of ISIS.
Even Dear Hillary, in the aftermath of Orlando, now admits that Islamic Terrorists exist.
Finally, someone of rank in the US Administration has called out the Killers by name.
But failings are not confined just to Obama.
Trump comes out swinging demanding Obama's resignation for failing to deal harshly with the Islamic Devils. His timing though stinks. He should be joining with his fellow Americans in mourning the loss of so many - over 100 casualties, nearly half of whom died.
There is a time for mourning and a time for action and right now leaders should mourn this tremendous loss of life - the worst in American history caused by a gunman.
Trump's response is too much .. self-interest.
The other group I find trying to wring too much self-interest out of this event is the Gay Community itself which whines that here again they are victims of American Homophobia.
Quite the contrary. The vast majority of Americans, as with you readers, are aghast and horrified at what happened. If anything this incident proves that the Gay Communities has become fully integrated and accepted into American Society.
It is nonetheless a very sad occasion but the overall gay community should be most impressed and most grateful for the outpouring of sympathy from American Society in general.
And there is one final person with whom I have a bone to pick.. Orlando's Chief of Police.
Here he is yesterday hogging the mike to announce that were it not for his force, the number of casualties would have been much higher.
B.S. to that - as indicated, casualties exceeded 100, the gunman was allowed to fire on the innocent for hours - reloading and continuing to fire numerous times.
One gunman and against an army of Orlando Cops and this is the best they could do? I dare say Orlando needs a new Chief.
A Tragedy occurred in Orlando and a lot of needless politically correct hot aired followed.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
Those are the facts, unless you are the little guy in the White House ..and when I say 'little guy' I am not talking about his stature - since that does not matter one iota ... rather I am speaking about his small, petty, mindedness.
It took the little guy most of his Presidency to even admit that 'terrorists' existed but he has never ever said who these terrorists might be. Again, it could be raging grannies if of course the grannies were killers which they are not.
As you and I know full well ...The Killers are Islamists !!
And how do we know this particular attack?
The killer himself called 911 and said that he was slaughtering these innocents in the name of Islam.
His dear dad said it was not Islamic related but bear in mind that he is a member in good standing with the Taliban and in fact is hoping to become Afghanistan's next President.
And for the record, the Taliban has publicly announced that it is an off-shoot of ISIS.
Even Dear Hillary, in the aftermath of Orlando, now admits that Islamic Terrorists exist.
Finally, someone of rank in the US Administration has called out the Killers by name.
But failings are not confined just to Obama.
Trump comes out swinging demanding Obama's resignation for failing to deal harshly with the Islamic Devils. His timing though stinks. He should be joining with his fellow Americans in mourning the loss of so many - over 100 casualties, nearly half of whom died.
There is a time for mourning and a time for action and right now leaders should mourn this tremendous loss of life - the worst in American history caused by a gunman.
Trump's response is too much .. self-interest.
The other group I find trying to wring too much self-interest out of this event is the Gay Community itself which whines that here again they are victims of American Homophobia.
Quite the contrary. The vast majority of Americans, as with you readers, are aghast and horrified at what happened. If anything this incident proves that the Gay Communities has become fully integrated and accepted into American Society.
It is nonetheless a very sad occasion but the overall gay community should be most impressed and most grateful for the outpouring of sympathy from American Society in general.
And there is one final person with whom I have a bone to pick.. Orlando's Chief of Police.
Here he is yesterday hogging the mike to announce that were it not for his force, the number of casualties would have been much higher.
B.S. to that - as indicated, casualties exceeded 100, the gunman was allowed to fire on the innocent for hours - reloading and continuing to fire numerous times.
One gunman and against an army of Orlando Cops and this is the best they could do? I dare say Orlando needs a new Chief.
A Tragedy occurred in Orlando and a lot of needless politically correct hot aired followed.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Euthanasia ... Part 3 - A STORY.
The McLeans
The McLeans immigrated to Canada from the UK in the early 1960s.
At that time, there were only two of them - Harold and Jeannie. They were both in their early 20s and had just married.
Harold and Jeannie settled in Ottawa, Canada's Capital City, in it's Rural West End which was still rugged and underpopulated. They hired themselves out as farm hands on the O'Brien Farm and worked from sun-up to sun-down for the next several years.
They squirreled away their nickles and dimes until they were able to buy a 100 acre piece of rock-scrabble and through the 70s and 80s eked out a living. They were proud though since for the first time in their lives they owned their own property - save for the mortgage owed to the Bank.
By now there 4 more - 2 girls and 2 boys named, Patricia, Brigitte, Sean and little Bill. Little Bill was the youngest and sadly had suffered brain damage at birth. He would always go by the name 'Little' despite the fact that he eventually tipped the scales at over 250 lbs. and grew to some six foot two inches in height.
Early in the new millennia the father, Harold, died of heart attack the doctors summing it up best when they said Harold simply worked himself to death. But he died happy or so family and friends had said.
The two daughters and the healthy son were by now off on their own but due to Little Bill's "slowness" he remained at home, on the farm, with his mum.
Jeannie and Little Bill struggled to get by on her small government pensions and with the help from neighbours and friends. Fortunately, Harold held sufficient life insurance so when he died in 2001, there was enough money to pay off the mortgage.
In any event, Jeannie didn't count her blessings by how much money she had.. rather she basked in the joy of life on the farm with her Little Bill.
And truth be told, Jennie was not poor. Indeed she was a multi-millionaire.
Although she and Harold had paid but $5,000 for their farm in 1969, by the turn of the century it was worth in the million of dollars given that the City of Ottawa had expanded westward and subdivisions were springing up all around them.
Hardly a month went by without a realtor driving down their lane with an offer...the most recent of which was for $3.2 Million.
Her three healthy kids were constantly at her to sell... especially Sean - the oldest - who had experienced several bad business investments. But as Jeannie so aptly put it - Little Bill and I are happy here - why would we ever move.
But as the new century progressed Jennie's health began to deteriorate. Not her physical health - she was still strong as a horse - but mentally she was getting more and more frail.
Early Dementia, the Doctors called it.
By 2016 she had lost interest in cooking, cleaning and the like and of course did not have the finances at hand to bring in help. But Little Bill did the best he could to fill the void and Brigitte and especially Patricia visited their mother often to help with the household duties.
It was at this point that Sean called a meeting of his two sisters to take place at the family farm. He said they were going to confront their mother once and for all and demand that she sell the farm.
The meeting took place on a Saturday morning in May. The four of them sat around the old oak kitchen table...Little Bill was down at the creek playing with his new puppy dog 'Spot'.
Sean led off by giving example after example of how his mother's mental health was failing. He then, threw open the floor to his two sisters both of whom had their own examples of their mother's infirmity.
At this point, Sean asked his mother to reply.
She did not - she had retreated into herself and simply looked defeated. Patricia took Jeannie off to bed.
When Patricia returned Sean laid out what he was really thinking. Euthanasia Laws had come into being and he pointed out that "sad cases like our mother are exactly what these laws are intended to address".
Patricia wisely pointed out that Little Bill would not be able to function without his mom while Brigitte noted that none of them were in any position to take care of him.
Sean though once again had the answer. Olde Doc down the road had often told their parents that Little Bill should never have been allowed to live after birth. Doc had said, "we should have just left him on the table to starve".
Patricia was shocked. Brigitte kept her own counsel and did not express concern.
Patricia broke the silence, "what about Little Bill's new puppy?"
Again Sean came though with an easy answer, "we'll just put it down too with mum and Bill."
So that was that.
Death came to all three without service or even a notice in the local paper.
A few days after the 'event' Sean received a telephone call from the Crematorium advising that the ashes of his mother and brother were ready for pick-up by the family. Sean told the caller the family had no need for the ashes and instructed him to dispose of them in the usual fashion. (Whatever that meant - but it seemed to Sean that it had a particular air of finality to it.)
Over the next many months Sean and his sisters would meet to receive updates from Sean as to how the wind-up of the Estate was going. It had taken longer than Sean had wanted but throughout he kept his eye on the bottom-line - that is to say how much money would remain for the three of them to share once legal, court, real estate fees had been paid and the necessary taxes submitted.
The most recent such meeting proved somewhat awkward when Sean had said to Patricia that she looked peeked, "are you feeling okay?"
Upon hearing this Patricia's stomach turned, while Brigitte looked away embarrassed.
Perhaps one or more were all thinking - that A Three Way Split is Fine...a Two Way Split is Better..while a One Way Split is Best.
Unless of course you are not the survivor.
They certainly were not thinking about Jeannie, nor Little Bill, nor even his new puppy Spot.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
The McLeans immigrated to Canada from the UK in the early 1960s.
At that time, there were only two of them - Harold and Jeannie. They were both in their early 20s and had just married.
Harold and Jeannie settled in Ottawa, Canada's Capital City, in it's Rural West End which was still rugged and underpopulated. They hired themselves out as farm hands on the O'Brien Farm and worked from sun-up to sun-down for the next several years.
They squirreled away their nickles and dimes until they were able to buy a 100 acre piece of rock-scrabble and through the 70s and 80s eked out a living. They were proud though since for the first time in their lives they owned their own property - save for the mortgage owed to the Bank.
By now there 4 more - 2 girls and 2 boys named, Patricia, Brigitte, Sean and little Bill. Little Bill was the youngest and sadly had suffered brain damage at birth. He would always go by the name 'Little' despite the fact that he eventually tipped the scales at over 250 lbs. and grew to some six foot two inches in height.
Early in the new millennia the father, Harold, died of heart attack the doctors summing it up best when they said Harold simply worked himself to death. But he died happy or so family and friends had said.
The two daughters and the healthy son were by now off on their own but due to Little Bill's "slowness" he remained at home, on the farm, with his mum.
Jeannie and Little Bill struggled to get by on her small government pensions and with the help from neighbours and friends. Fortunately, Harold held sufficient life insurance so when he died in 2001, there was enough money to pay off the mortgage.
In any event, Jeannie didn't count her blessings by how much money she had.. rather she basked in the joy of life on the farm with her Little Bill.
And truth be told, Jennie was not poor. Indeed she was a multi-millionaire.
Although she and Harold had paid but $5,000 for their farm in 1969, by the turn of the century it was worth in the million of dollars given that the City of Ottawa had expanded westward and subdivisions were springing up all around them.
Hardly a month went by without a realtor driving down their lane with an offer...the most recent of which was for $3.2 Million.
Her three healthy kids were constantly at her to sell... especially Sean - the oldest - who had experienced several bad business investments. But as Jeannie so aptly put it - Little Bill and I are happy here - why would we ever move.
But as the new century progressed Jennie's health began to deteriorate. Not her physical health - she was still strong as a horse - but mentally she was getting more and more frail.
Early Dementia, the Doctors called it.
By 2016 she had lost interest in cooking, cleaning and the like and of course did not have the finances at hand to bring in help. But Little Bill did the best he could to fill the void and Brigitte and especially Patricia visited their mother often to help with the household duties.
It was at this point that Sean called a meeting of his two sisters to take place at the family farm. He said they were going to confront their mother once and for all and demand that she sell the farm.
The meeting took place on a Saturday morning in May. The four of them sat around the old oak kitchen table...Little Bill was down at the creek playing with his new puppy dog 'Spot'.
Sean led off by giving example after example of how his mother's mental health was failing. He then, threw open the floor to his two sisters both of whom had their own examples of their mother's infirmity.
At this point, Sean asked his mother to reply.
She did not - she had retreated into herself and simply looked defeated. Patricia took Jeannie off to bed.
When Patricia returned Sean laid out what he was really thinking. Euthanasia Laws had come into being and he pointed out that "sad cases like our mother are exactly what these laws are intended to address".
Patricia wisely pointed out that Little Bill would not be able to function without his mom while Brigitte noted that none of them were in any position to take care of him.
Sean though once again had the answer. Olde Doc down the road had often told their parents that Little Bill should never have been allowed to live after birth. Doc had said, "we should have just left him on the table to starve".
Patricia was shocked. Brigitte kept her own counsel and did not express concern.
Patricia broke the silence, "what about Little Bill's new puppy?"
Again Sean came though with an easy answer, "we'll just put it down too with mum and Bill."
So that was that.
Death came to all three without service or even a notice in the local paper.
A few days after the 'event' Sean received a telephone call from the Crematorium advising that the ashes of his mother and brother were ready for pick-up by the family. Sean told the caller the family had no need for the ashes and instructed him to dispose of them in the usual fashion. (Whatever that meant - but it seemed to Sean that it had a particular air of finality to it.)
Over the next many months Sean and his sisters would meet to receive updates from Sean as to how the wind-up of the Estate was going. It had taken longer than Sean had wanted but throughout he kept his eye on the bottom-line - that is to say how much money would remain for the three of them to share once legal, court, real estate fees had been paid and the necessary taxes submitted.
The most recent such meeting proved somewhat awkward when Sean had said to Patricia that she looked peeked, "are you feeling okay?"
Upon hearing this Patricia's stomach turned, while Brigitte looked away embarrassed.
Perhaps one or more were all thinking - that A Three Way Split is Fine...a Two Way Split is Better..while a One Way Split is Best.
Unless of course you are not the survivor.
They certainly were not thinking about Jeannie, nor Little Bill, nor even his new puppy Spot.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Part 2 of 3 ...For The Non-Believers.
I continue with my 3 series Blog on Convenient Dying.
Now for the Non-Believers.
Pretty hard to argue with you guys - if you do not believe in an after-life why would you want anything to do with suffering and why wouldn't you want to pull the plug or have someone else do it for you if the going got tough.
You are headed for oblivion anyway, so if you speeded up the process ... so be it.
I saw an article in the paper the other day with the front page devoted to a chap who has ALS... a fatal disease. His wife was feeding him though a tube because he had lost the ability to swallow.
Despite this, she looked quite chipper as did he.
There was nothing wrong with his mind but in the scheme of Euthanasia I guess that is not really a big factor for those who believe they are headed into perpetual darkness anyway.
Compus or not; if the suffering is too great then that's the end of the story. At least your story.
But is it?
A few questions for you:
If, as you believe, life ends forever when you take your last breath is it not unfair of you to leave your family and friends prematurely? After-all we are not on earth for a long time so why purposely shorten it.
Is it not selfish of you to deny your family members and friends who provide you care the opportunity to continue to provide it until death is natural. Think how good they feel knowing they did all in their power to make your last days comfortable and a fulfilling as they possibly could.
And is it not extremely selfish of you to have doctors complicit in your death? Why should they have your death on their hands?
Why would you not consider alternatives to assisted dying such as Hospice and Palliative Care? Pain control and enjoyment of your time remaining is their focus?
Are you and I not superior to the other animals here on earth? Are we to put people down as if they were a sick cat or dog?
If you pull the plug for whatever reason, do you not realize that it will be easier for the next pull of the plug and the next one after that? No wonder the disabled fear Euthanasia.
Be Brave And Never Surrender To Your Fears.
And If You Do Not Do That For Yourself....Do It For Others.
Finally, you might be pleasantly surprised to find out that on the other-side of Darkness there is Light.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
Pt. 3 Next...A Story.
Now for the Non-Believers.
Pretty hard to argue with you guys - if you do not believe in an after-life why would you want anything to do with suffering and why wouldn't you want to pull the plug or have someone else do it for you if the going got tough.
You are headed for oblivion anyway, so if you speeded up the process ... so be it.
I saw an article in the paper the other day with the front page devoted to a chap who has ALS... a fatal disease. His wife was feeding him though a tube because he had lost the ability to swallow.
Despite this, she looked quite chipper as did he.
There was nothing wrong with his mind but in the scheme of Euthanasia I guess that is not really a big factor for those who believe they are headed into perpetual darkness anyway.
Compus or not; if the suffering is too great then that's the end of the story. At least your story.
But is it?
A few questions for you:
If, as you believe, life ends forever when you take your last breath is it not unfair of you to leave your family and friends prematurely? After-all we are not on earth for a long time so why purposely shorten it.
Is it not selfish of you to deny your family members and friends who provide you care the opportunity to continue to provide it until death is natural. Think how good they feel knowing they did all in their power to make your last days comfortable and a fulfilling as they possibly could.
And is it not extremely selfish of you to have doctors complicit in your death? Why should they have your death on their hands?
Why would you not consider alternatives to assisted dying such as Hospice and Palliative Care? Pain control and enjoyment of your time remaining is their focus?
Are you and I not superior to the other animals here on earth? Are we to put people down as if they were a sick cat or dog?
If you pull the plug for whatever reason, do you not realize that it will be easier for the next pull of the plug and the next one after that? No wonder the disabled fear Euthanasia.
Be Brave And Never Surrender To Your Fears.
And If You Do Not Do That For Yourself....Do It For Others.
Finally, you might be pleasantly surprised to find out that on the other-side of Darkness there is Light.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
Pt. 3 Next...A Story.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
A THREE PARTER ... Pt. 1: For The True Believers.
This past weekend, my wife and I along with friends attended a lecture organized by Doctors against Euthanasia.
In particular, these Doctors are concerned that their moral right not to assist patients wishing to commit suicide will be disavowed by our ever-more secular governments.
In other words, they will be forced to commit murder or lose their registrations.
In the past, these Doctors have taken comfort and sustenance from their Hippocratic Oath which Medical Schools have incorporated into their graduation ceremonies for well over 500 years:
I will apply therapeutic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability
and judgment, and will abstain from harm and wrongdoing. I will not give a lethal
drug to anyone requesting it, nor will I recommend the use of such.
The Oath, like the Doctors themselves are now under attack.
The Night's guest speaker was the World Renowned
Philosopher - Dr. Peter Kreeft from Boston University.
Before I get to Dr. Kreeft and his message I would like to
Stake out what I see as the bottom-line in-regard to
Euthanasia for those of us who Believe in a Higher Power,
that is to say - God.
Simply stated, we believe that the Creator created us - that
life is therefore sacred and only God should be the decider
as to when our time here on earth is ended.
Doctor Kreeft, while adhering to the sacredness of life, adds
another dimension; 'suffering' as an important part of life in
general and in death specifically.
Indeed, he points out that Suffering permeates all
dimensions of our lives - emotional, mental and physical;
without suffering we would lose our ability to earn a place
in Heaven.
For those of us who are Christian there is no better example
of this than Christ's death upon the Cross. Had he not
suffered for the redemption of our sins, his Crucifixion
would be meaningless, there had to be Sacrifice.
Better to have just come down off the Cross and smite his
persecutors.
In light of this Suicide or assisted suicide are really very
selfish acts. It not only devalues your own life but denies your
family and friends of the chance to rise above their own daily
preoccupations and to sacrifice themselves by doing
good for others.
It also makes killers out of Doctors.
Believers do not condemn those who may take these paths;
we do though condemn the act.
Plus there are excellent alternatives such as Hospice and
Palliative Care. There is no excuse given the advances in
Medical Care that anyone need experience unendurable
pain or other suffering.
As We Believers See It...
'K.D. Galagher'
Pt 2 The Non-Believers next.
In particular, these Doctors are concerned that their moral right not to assist patients wishing to commit suicide will be disavowed by our ever-more secular governments.
In other words, they will be forced to commit murder or lose their registrations.
In the past, these Doctors have taken comfort and sustenance from their Hippocratic Oath which Medical Schools have incorporated into their graduation ceremonies for well over 500 years:
I will apply therapeutic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability
and judgment, and will abstain from harm and wrongdoing. I will not give a lethal
drug to anyone requesting it, nor will I recommend the use of such.
The Oath, like the Doctors themselves are now under attack.
The Night's guest speaker was the World Renowned
Philosopher - Dr. Peter Kreeft from Boston University.
Before I get to Dr. Kreeft and his message I would like to
Stake out what I see as the bottom-line in-regard to
Euthanasia for those of us who Believe in a Higher Power,
that is to say - God.
Simply stated, we believe that the Creator created us - that
life is therefore sacred and only God should be the decider
as to when our time here on earth is ended.
Doctor Kreeft, while adhering to the sacredness of life, adds
another dimension; 'suffering' as an important part of life in
general and in death specifically.
Indeed, he points out that Suffering permeates all
dimensions of our lives - emotional, mental and physical;
without suffering we would lose our ability to earn a place
in Heaven.
For those of us who are Christian there is no better example
of this than Christ's death upon the Cross. Had he not
suffered for the redemption of our sins, his Crucifixion
would be meaningless, there had to be Sacrifice.
Better to have just come down off the Cross and smite his
persecutors.
In light of this Suicide or assisted suicide are really very
selfish acts. It not only devalues your own life but denies your
family and friends of the chance to rise above their own daily
preoccupations and to sacrifice themselves by doing
good for others.
It also makes killers out of Doctors.
Believers do not condemn those who may take these paths;
we do though condemn the act.
Plus there are excellent alternatives such as Hospice and
Palliative Care. There is no excuse given the advances in
Medical Care that anyone need experience unendurable
pain or other suffering.
As We Believers See It...
'K.D. Galagher'
Pt 2 The Non-Believers next.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
JACK BE NIMBLE, JACK BE QUICK, JACK FELL OVER THE CANDLE-STICK
Jack, as in my Member of the Provincial Parliament, here in Ontario.
A month or so ago Member Jack, made an off-colour joke at an 'off the record' charity fundraiser.
Note to Jack ... nothing is 'off the record'.
The Guy though is a farmer and the woman who said she was offended was a Member of Canada's Federal Parliament and a former Lt. Colonel in our Military. Guess she led quite a sheltered life in the army.
But this Blog is not about her and only partially about Jack.
It is a Blog about Dysfunctional Ontario Politics which I promised to leave alone for a year - but given this recent kerfuffle, I couldn't help myself...
You understand.
So back to Jack. I attended a dinner this past weekend put on by the Ontario Landowners in support of his embattled self.
I learned from the evening's organizers that the PC Party has demanded that Jack apologize to his fellow Tories at their Caucus Meeting this week.
We agreed that this would be a big mistake not only because Jack has already apologized to the 'offended' Lt. Col and also made public his apology but for a much more important reason I will set-out below.
Jack was also suspended from attending Caucus / the Legislature by new Party Leader Patrick Brown until he under-went 'Politically Correct' Sensitivity Training.
I do not know the MPP very well - but I do know him somewhat and know some of his close friends and neighbours and from that can attest that he is one decent man... probably too decent for politics. He is married to a wonderful woman and has three lovely grown daughters. Not the type you would think in need of help with Sensitivity.
But he did tell an off-colour joke and is now paying the price.
When this first came out I said he should resign and, in fact, I still feel that way since politics / society has become so politically correct. That, plus the fact he is a Conservative - means the poor guy is a walking dead.
But the greater part of the Story here is not stumbling Jack ,but rather, it has to do with the State of Affairs of Ontario Politics.
I have classified the dozen+ years the Liberals have been in power in Ontario as the Worst Government our Province has ever experienced and our current Premier Ms. Wynne - its Worst Premier... even worse than her Liberal Predecessor Dolton McGuinty.
But despite that and the fact that Ms. Wynne's Government is the subject of many ongoing police investigations, she is demanding that Opposition Leader Brown dismiss MPP Jack from the Tory Caucus.
The gal has some nerve - you have to give her that.
This nerve of hers / mcguinty is even more apparent when you consider the damage caused to Ontario's economy by her Government's destruction of Ontario's energy system. This all in a futile folly known as their Green Energy Program to combat Man-made Global Warming.
It has come with a big price - in fact, in her recent report the Province's Auditor stated that since the Liberals were first elected to Government in the early 2000s - Ontarians have over-paid for their power by more than $30 Billion Dollars.
Even more importantly, their airheaded policy has caused businesses to shutter since they simply cannot afford the tripling cost of power. Some 300,000 plus manufacturing jobs have been lost - likely forever.
But through it all, we Conservatives retained some comfort in the thought that one day - hopefully as of the next election, Ontario would return to Conservative Rule and the dreaded Green Energy Plan would become history.
Now For The Rest Of The Story:
It turns out that MPP Jack and Conservative Party Leader Brown had it out - before his ill timed joke - over Green Energy.
Brown had come out in favour of Cap in Trade which is anathema to real conservatives. The MPP told his Leader he could not support him in this folly because at that point Jack was still a real conservative which was not surprising given his status as past president of the Ontario Landowners Association.
I say 'was a real conservative' because of what he said and rather what he did not say at this past weekend's event. He talked about he was a much better person now he had completed Sensitivity Training ... it is to laugh. He did not make mention of his demanded apology nor did he make mention of being in disagreement with Leader Brown.
It was apparent to me as well as to the Ontario Landowner Organizers that not only was Jumping Jack going to go through with the demanded apology but he was no longer going to publicly make waves on the disastrous position his Party is taking in support of Cap and Trade.
So finally, it comes to light that this Blog is really all about Provincial Tory Leader Patrick Brown.
Seeking the Nomination of the Progressive Conservatives - he said all the right things - why is made us real conservatives most proud.
But once in power - it was like the transformation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - what was right was now left.
As evidenced by his support of the most destructive policy Ontarians have ever seen. Green Energy.
It doesn't work but it costs Billions in over pricing and lost economic activity.
But for us Real Conservatives and for the Welfare of Ontario it does raise the following question - If we can no longer count on the Conservatives to right the ship...who can we count on?
My Libertarian Friends tell me that their member-sign-up in Ontario has never been so brisk.
May it is time to give them a chance - heaven knows the Tory's have had 4 unsuccessful kicks at the can.. and now it looks like they taken themselves out of the running for kick number 5.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
Saturday, May 28, 2016
PASS THE GREY POUPON svp...
This past weekend I attended a meeting where a very distinguished Rabbi spoke on the topic - 'We Are In This Together.'
The speech was directed at us Christians who are now suffering death and maiming in many parts of the world in similar fashion as Jews have experienced for millennia.
Before he spoke I reminded the Rabbi that is was just two years ago that a few of us organized a rally to encourage western governments to come to the rescue of Christians in the Middle East where genocide was and is still occurring. I told him that we were not too concerned about Jews which caused a double-take on his part until I went on to say - "other than for Israel, there really are no Jews left in the Middle East" to which he readily concurred.
Sadly, governments in the west have turned a blind eye to the atrocities being visited upon our fellow Christians.
He dealt with this extensively in his remarks tying it in with the topic of his message. Christians and Jews have become one when one talks about all forms of discrimination.
It reminded me of the olde saw:
He then talked about Red China - reminding us all that this country harvests organs from its prison communities. He went to say a lesser known fact that it also subjects the peace-loving sect - Falun Gong to the same treatment.
China's medical tourism is alive in well and servicing patients from around the world seeking various organ transplants. Not so great for the forced donors but quite a deal for the recipients.
He mentioned whereas in the West it can take years - and even not then - to obtain a needed body part - in China you can order one as if you were buying a pair of shoes online.
And yet, at least one of the G-7 Leaders says that he is a big fan of the Chinese Totalitarian Government.
So, here in the West live goes on oblivious to these atrocities throughout the world - our governments ignore them as do our media as do our citizens.
We collectively replace the outrage with 'pass the Poupon.'
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
The speech was directed at us Christians who are now suffering death and maiming in many parts of the world in similar fashion as Jews have experienced for millennia.
Before he spoke I reminded the Rabbi that is was just two years ago that a few of us organized a rally to encourage western governments to come to the rescue of Christians in the Middle East where genocide was and is still occurring. I told him that we were not too concerned about Jews which caused a double-take on his part until I went on to say - "other than for Israel, there really are no Jews left in the Middle East" to which he readily concurred.
Sadly, governments in the west have turned a blind eye to the atrocities being visited upon our fellow Christians.
He dealt with this extensively in his remarks tying it in with the topic of his message. Christians and Jews have become one when one talks about all forms of discrimination.
It reminded me of the olde saw:
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out for me.
He then talked about Red China - reminding us all that this country harvests organs from its prison communities. He went to say a lesser known fact that it also subjects the peace-loving sect - Falun Gong to the same treatment.
China's medical tourism is alive in well and servicing patients from around the world seeking various organ transplants. Not so great for the forced donors but quite a deal for the recipients.
He mentioned whereas in the West it can take years - and even not then - to obtain a needed body part - in China you can order one as if you were buying a pair of shoes online.
And yet, at least one of the G-7 Leaders says that he is a big fan of the Chinese Totalitarian Government.
So, here in the West live goes on oblivious to these atrocities throughout the world - our governments ignore them as do our media as do our citizens.
We collectively replace the outrage with 'pass the Poupon.'
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
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