Andrew Coyne takes on the fear mongers in his latest post on the Ontario Referendum.
It's almost as though he knew the Star was going to come out with an endorsement of FPTP filled with lies and distortions about MMP.
Stay tuned for Mr. Coyne's next column, which promises to take on even more of the lies and half-truths perpetuated by the Anti-MMP crowd.
I can't wait.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Vote for MMP! the "Andrew Coyne's Second Salvo" Edition
Mike Weir beats Tiger Woods in individual match play!
So, the International team will lose the President's Cup in Montreal today, but the good news is that Mike Weir went head-to-head with Tiger Woods and beat him (1 Up)!!!
I expect all the Weir bashers to stfu now.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Wow! Just how much trouble are the Federal Liberals in???
When I read Chantal Hebert's column today (Confidence in Dion reaches crisis level) at first I thought perhaps she was overstating things a bit (though just a bit... when Chantal speaks, I listen). In part, she wrote about a feeling in Liberal ranks that now might be a time for an election (i.e. go now and get killed rather than wait a year and get SLAUGHTERED). Chantal writes:
Leaving aside the fact that a campaign is likely a prerequisite to any successful attempt to dump Dion as leader, most Quebec Liberals feel that an immediate fight against the Conservatives would ultimately wreak less damage on the party than six more months of corrosive internal unrest.
For the latter is what awaits the federal Liberals in the absence of a fall trip to the polls.
Between next month's Speech from the Throne and an election-setting Conservative budget in the spring, Dion can realistically expect no improvement in his prospects in Quebec.
On that score, suffice it to say that most Liberal incumbents figure that their chances of holding on to their seats are actually better now than they might be next year.
Because they have so little left to lose in the province, other Liberals may be tempted to whistle past their Quebec graveyard.
I say that at first I thought she might be overstating things a bit because then I read this from Paul Wells: "Chantal's right . She may actually be understating things".
That's Paul "Ain't Dion Dreamy" Wells people.
When Paul Wells says that not only is Chantal Hebert correct in her assessment of what a terrible hash Dion and his team have made of things, but that furthermore she may be underestimating how bad it really is, the party (if not "the Party") is over.
I was always a big fan of Dion, but I'm suddenly concerned that a quick election now may be the only way to PREVENT a Tory majority.
Someone asked after the Outrement loss if it was time to hit the panic button. I wasn't sure then, but now? Slam that button with a closed fist.
It's time to panic.
On following the Liberals' lead... again...
Scott Feschuk has a great take on yesterday's federal surplus announcement that I hope he will forgive me reproducing in full here:
In announcing today that the federal surplus has unexpectedly soared to $14-billion, way above government estimates, Stephen Harper issued the following statement:
“I would like to apologize, sincerely and without reservation, to members of the previous Liberal government for my reflexive, unrelenting criticism of their fiscal management acumen. As I’m sure you recall, I routinely mocked the Liberals as incompetent buffoons for failing to accurately forecast the size of the surplus. But, whoa, turns out it’s not so easy! I mean, take a look at the size of this thing – it’s huuuuge!"
“Seriously though," the Prime Minister continued, “if only I were trained as an economist, I probably would have known that predicting revenues in a modern economy is, at the best of times, an inexact pursuit. What’s that you say? I am an economist? Really? Well then I guess I was just being a big fat jerk about it all. Sorry."
The Prime Minister’s statement was released early this afternoon in my imagination.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Vote For MMP!!! The Facebook Group Edition (#3)
Quick, somebody go join the Vote for MMP Facebook Group! It's at 2,999 members.
For those of you wondering, No MMP Ontario is at 659 members.
That's 82% for Vote for MMP versus 18% for No MMP Ontario.
Or, as supporters of first-past-the-post would write it:
Vote for MMP: 100%
No MMP Ontario: 0%
LOL
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