Bud Talkinghorn: War on Terror, True Speak, Islam, No Blood for Chocolate
List of Articles
* Rethinking America's War on Terror
* Be prepared to wash out your mouth if you don't emit TRUE SPEAK
* The major problem with Islam
* No blood for chocolate
Rethinking America's War on Terror
I would be the last one to condemn American's valiant efforts to stem Islamic terrorism. God, knows we are sadly lacking in such diligence in Canada. Nevertheless, U.S.zeal can get out of hand. The Intelligence bill that didn't get passed in Congress today, had a slippery little rider, that suggested Congress should be allowed to review any citizens' income tax return. No reason would have to be given for asking for them. There is also talk about demanding visas from all Canadian visitors. Let us hope that cooler heads will steer a moderate path. A KGB state isn't much better than a Taliban one.
While on the topic of security, it is instructive to examine Minister Judy Sgro's actions. A deportee, wanted on a Canada-wise warrant, shows up to work for this Immigration Minister's election campaign. Besides that poor Romanian stripper, there now appears to be another man, Song Dai Ri, a North Korea defector, who was also stuffing campaign envelopes for her. He is awaiting judgement on his application for permanent residency.
Of the three cases, the East Indian deportee is the most serious. The deportee was seen talking with a senior Sgro staffer. Why he wasn't reported to the police, when they found out who he was, is highly suspicious. The stripper's damage to Canada falls into the morals area, while the North Korean probably does need protection from his former hellish country. However, the deportee was a fugitive from justice and possibly had criminal or terrorist connections. He is a perfect example of how we have lost the battle to secure our borders. He is part of the army of 36,000 other people--or more--who just never turned up on their deportment date. For his brazeness, he should be made general of that army.
That the Minister, who is supposed to be our most powerful gatekeeper, would allow these three people to work for her is indefensible.
It is obvious from Martin's reaction to these allegations, that he simply considers it normal business. If Martin is draining the swamp of corruption in the Liberal Party, he is doing it one teaspoon at a time. Sgro has to go. I should mention that Sgro also used her ministerial staff for campaign work. This is strictly forbidden. The staffers presented a bill for $11,000 for their work. That contravenes the election spending law, as well as being against federal rules. It will be interesting to see the conclusions that Bernard Shapiro, the Ethics Commissioner, comes to when he looks into the allegations that dog Sgro. If it turns out to be a whitewash report--long-drawn out, as well--then he will be just another Chretien-styled lapdog. That image is not going to help Martin win another election. Big Pauly has big problems.
Be prepared to wash out your mouth if you don't emit TRUE SPEAK
There is a case before the BC Human Rights Commission that claims righteous wrath against a few anti-gay-curriculum people at a school board meeting. The pro-gay lobby does not like, and increasingly tries to stifle, any opposition to the gay agenda. In fact, any opposition voices are considered "hate speech". If the suit is a success then individuals will start to passively accept whatever political correctness that the minority wants to impose on Canadians. While I am not cognizant of who the BC Human Rights leader today, not too long ago it was an Ontario Chinese-Canadian lesbian. You can just imagine the thrill that that gave the BC white male population. The dystopia that George Orwell predicted is not so far fetched 20 years after 1984. There is a broad front attacking any digression from the humbug that flows out of the loony left's diseased minds. We have watched the Charter of Rights and Freedoms become perverted. The courts and Rights lobby have hijacked free speech. "True speak" is no longer in the realm of fiction. If Orwell were alive today, he would spot this erosion of liberty for what it is, a dictatorship in the making. Remember that some of these "human rights" people still revere the memory of Lenin and Stalin. Now there are a couple who knew how to deal with dissident language. This is yet another front that democracy-loving citizens must fight tooth and nail.
Bud Talkinghorn P.S. And in case you think stuffing your mouth to help you stifle your incorrect thoughts will help, then you haven't heard how successful Jack Layton's no trans fats initiative has been in Parliament. Forget about that Hardee's monster burger. Mean lean cuisine is coming your way -- by government decree.
What the West has to understand is that most Muslims don't really believe in a secular society. Yes, their desire for a theocracy is thwarted by their dictatorships, but these are increasingly seen as failed governments. Hafez Assad had to crush them ruthlessly in Ham'a. On the theocratic front, the Islamic government was equally ruthless in stamping out any Islamic sect but Shiism. The Bahais were eliiminated. Their temples were bulldozed and their leaders were jailed or killed. The bombing of Shi'ite mosques in Iraq and Pakistan were simply part of the on-going conflict between the sects. It is the Ulster / IRA feud writ large. I cannot see a reconciliation between these solitudes.
We must not retreat from our attitude towards women and their freedom, or our separation of religion and state. An old acquaintance from Bangladesh once told me that he respeated the Sikhs because they fought for their rights in Canada. His son, the brightest kid I ever encountered, was thinking of becoming an immigration lawyer. What a horrifying thought. Our already hugely expensive refugee / immigration expense will be clogged with endless litigation cases thanks to him and people like him. And that boy will win them. Definitely a case of unexpected consequences.
Lorne Gunter in The National Post (Nov.22-A-12) compares the world's attitude towards the intervention of the French into the Ivory Coast to the conflict with the Americans in Iraq. He points out the hypocrisy that allows the French to unilaterally intercede without any form of censure. It is necessary here to mention that The Ivory Coast produces about 45% of the world's cocoa. Don't expect any Michael Moore film showing the killing of Ivorian protesters or the blowing up of the nation's tiny airforce. Where are the university students parading through the streets with their banners proclaiming: "No blood for chocolate!"? Where is the condemnation by Kofi Annan of this "illegal" French action? If the Americans had done what the French have done, and are still doing, the reaction would have been immediate from the aforementioned. It's too bad, as the protesters could do wonderful things with chocolate, such as creating a huge effigy of Chirac made out of melted down Easter Bunnies. And when they got too hoarse to shout "Hands off my Mars bars"anymore, they could eat it.
