Peering into Campbell's Future...

[BigIron]

Anyone want to take bets?

My Imaginary Crystal Ball: Peering Into Campbell's Future

About Bloody Time!

Cheers,
Iron

[Fisher-Dude]

Originally Posted by BigIron

Anyone want to take bets?

My Imaginary Crystal Ball: Peering Into Campbell's Future

About Bloody Time!

Cheers,
Iron

So, now you're onside with Damien Gillis, a rabid anti-hunter and Pacific Wild cohort? Here's an excerpt of his activities to stop BC's bear hunt:

Stop the Trophy Hunt - Faltering Light
Published by Stopthetrophyhunt on Mar 05, 2010
Public Signature List

URL Title Name S/C/P Region Comment Date
link N/G DAMIEN GILLIS N/G Canada N/G Jan 21, 2010



You're choosing strange bedfellows, Nog.

[BigIron]

Originally Posted by Fisher-Dude

...You're choosing strange bedfellows, Nog.

ONLY when it comes to Campbell and his Merry Band of Liars!

Regardless of just how much I cannot stomach some one, or some organization, they, at times, can prove useful in some function or another. Certainly doesn't mean I agree with the rest of their BS!

Cheers,
Nog

[Fisher-Dude]

Originally Posted by BigIron

ONLY when it comes to Campbell and his Merry Band of Liars!

Regardless of just how much I cannot stomach some one, or some organization, they, at times, can prove useful in some function or another. Certainly doesn't mean I agree with the rest of their BS!

Cheers,
Nog

What's in it for you? A raise for your public sector union? Who's gonna pay for it?

[BigIron]

Nope, nothing in it for me besides the satisfaction of watching Gordo disintegrate!

Cheers

[Fisher-Dude]

Originally Posted by BigIron

Nope, nothing in it for me besides the satisfaction of watching Gordo disintegrate!

Cheers

Beans. You've been on a campaign for months over this. No one would expend that much time and effort just for the hell of it.

I hope Moe Sihota enjoys the union dues money you're sending him.

[BigIron]

Originally Posted by Fisher-Dude

Beans. You've been on a campaign for months over this. No one would expend that much time and effort just for the hell of it.

I hope Moe Sihota enjoys the union dues money you're sending him.

Well now aren't we quite the little conspiracy pusher

The simple fact is I detest Gordo more than any other politico I have had the misfortune to run into. Really. IMO the man is a sack of cheeiit! Lowest of the low and all that. So, any misfortune he brings down upon himself actually fills my heart and soul with JOY!
Not all that tough to understand is it?

Never been a union man, never will be. Don't care much for the opposition either. Sad reality is in this Province, we really do not have a viable option.
And that very much Sucks!

Cheers,
Iron

[kenkell1]

I am going to run for premier and make Fisher Dude the Attorney General and I'll make BigIron the Minister of Children and Family Development hehehehehe.

[Fisher-Dude]

Originally Posted by BigIron

Well now aren't we quite the little conspiracy pusher

Ahh, guess you're out of the loop then. Your beloved NDP is now paying for their party president (a VOLUNTEER position) with your union dues. Deny being in one if you wish, but your posts on here and HBC leave little doubt that you have a black and orange card in your wallet.




Moe Sihota solicited stipend from labour unions - The Globe and Mail
VICTORIA

Moe Sihota solicited donations for a stipend to compensate him for his work as the provincial New Democratic Party's president, says the head of the British Columbia Federation of Labour.

The NDP says it is paying Mr. Sihota, a former cabinet minister, a stipend using a "generous, earmarked gift from the labour movement."

British Columbia Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair said his own group contributed $4,000 - after Mr. Sihota asked for a donation.

Mr. Sinclair said other unions also donated, although he didn't know which ones, or how much they had contributed.
"Moe approached the labour movement and said 'I'd like to get some help to do this job' " some time after he was elected president, Mr. Sinclair said. " 'I want to do it but it's a big job.' He approached a number of unions and some said yes and some said no."

The party made the admission after Mr. Sihota revealed the source of that stipend during a conference call with constituency association presidents last Thursday, after a volatile three-day caucus retreat.

That gift contrasts sharply with the party's public efforts to distance itself from labour, which included a 2005 move to reduce the influence of unions at party conventions.

In an e-mail, New Democratic provincial secretary Jan O'Brien would only say the stipend is "commensurate with what other BCNDP staff receive." But political pundit Bill Tieleman last week reported that sources had told him the amount was "to the tune of between $60,000 and $100,000 a year."

The Globe and Mail has been unable to confirm that report. But Mr. Sihota - who was elected to his present post in November, 2009 - told constituency association presidents: "In my case, labour has traditionally made a donation to provide a stipend for the president because this is a full-time job. And that tradition has continued in this instance."

Ms. O'Brien didn't respond to a question as to which of Mr. Sihota's predecessors received a stipend, instead stating, "The role of party president has always been a demanding position requiring nearly full-time attention. We've been fortunate that the last two people in that role were able to dedicate a great deal of their time to the role."

Mara Parte, who was president from 2001 to 2003, said via a New Democratic caucus spokesperson that she did not receive a stipend.

Ms. Parte's predecessor, now MLA Bruce Ralston, did not respond to a request for comment.

But Patrice Pratt, who was president from 1992 to 1996, said, "I love to say this, I actually paid to be president of the NDP" - a reference to the incidental expenses she picked up out of her own pocket.

Ms. Pratt acknowledged she was a "well-paid" union employee at the time. And "certainly if I went to a national NDP convention I was in a hotel, a modest hotel, and I had meals paid and I had my flight paid. But that's it - expenses. I got zippo, nothing more."

Ian Aikenhead, who was president from 1989 to 1992, also did not receive any money. "I was a volunteer. Now, that was more than 20 years ago, and I don't know what traditions have developed since that time."

Ms. O'Brien said that Mr. Sihota is "able to dedicate his full attention to building our party, leading the executive team, and working with the caucus in Victoria as we build for the 2013 election."

She did not respond to a question as to which unions were behind the stipend, although their donations will be recorded in the party's annual report to Elections BC.

Chris Bradshaw, a spokesman for the BC Government and Service Employees' Union, "is not contributing to the fund that is going toward paying Moe Sihota's stipend."

Mr. Sinclair said he did not know whether the labour movement funded stipends for other New Democrat presidents. Mr. Sihota did not respond to a request for comment.

[BigIron]

Originally Posted by Fisher-Dude

Deny being in one if you wish, but your posts on here and HBC leave little doubt that you have a black and orange card in your wallet.

Now THERE'S a statement quite worthy of Senator Joseph McCarthy or perhaps even his sidekick J. Edgar

Originally Posted by kenkell1

I am going to run for premier and make Fisher Dude the Attorney General and I'll make BigIron the Minister of Children and Family Development hehehehehe.

Sounds good Kenkell. It very much does appear I have my work cut out dealing with Child Development right here, so the related experience aught to bode me well with my future portfolio!

Might want to reconsider the new Attorney General position though... That is unless you too perceive and fear the rising Red Tide in BC

And oh, Hey Fisher-Dud, if you could please point me in the direction of the Unemployed Fishing Bum Union, I'll be certain to scramble right down there and collect my card! Of course being based on the "unemployed" you'll be happy to know that our crew's collective contribution to the Red Menace will be much more spiritual-based than economic in nature

Cheers,
Iron

[the rifleman]

Turns out the POS did bring up the Olympics, contrary to the authors prediction. As well, he still has the gaul to not mention resigning, which would have be the smart thing for him to do..being he has the lowest rating of any Premier in BC's history..
I doubt his 15% tax cut will bring him back from the dead..although there are a lot of idiots out there. How else would he have been voted in for second term?
The end for him is near, thank gawd!

Now our problem is having to chose the next Premier. Currently, I don't see anyone that would/could do a great job.
We badly need some fresh faces/ideas.

[BigIron]

“If a student did this, I would say this is deceptive, maybe intentionally deceptive,”

Premier?s tax charts deceptive, experts say

No Surprise here...

Cheers,
Nog

[Fisher-Dude]

Good ol' union members decide to pick at a graph. Both the Global employee doing the story, and the two teachers who are whimpering, are unionists.

Do we expect union members to say anything of substance, such as "Holy crap, I'm glad I live in BC with the lowest income taxes in the country!"

No, instead they cry about the baseline on a graph, and that the legend of the graph is in fine print. What a bunch of asses. I guess there's really nothing else to cry about when someone is reducing your income taxes.

Who gives a rat's ass about the legend of a graph being in small print? I care a LOT more about my income taxes, and I care that since 2001 my income taxes have DECREASED 62% under the current government.

Nog, as a good ol' NDPer, I hope you send in an extra 15% on your taxes next year, as it would be very hypocritical of you to accept this income tax reduction. I hope you don't do what Carole James did, namely scream bloody murder about MLA wage/pension increases, then take the money anyway.

[BigIron]

Originally Posted by Fisher-Dude

... and I care that since 2001 my income taxes have DECREASED 62% under the current government.

And the cumulative provincial debt sits where Dud?

The offer of Gordo and his Crones is just that - a bribe to the voters in this province to forgive and forget. And at the same time noting they will actually increase such Mother and Apple Pie cases as child welfare and senior care. From Where? The ONLY result will be to drive this province even further into debt. Really.

So you can continue to beat your drum, continue to ignore the rape and pillage of pretty well all our natural resources, continue to side with the deep pockets that actually rule this area, and continue to forgive and forget. As for me, there is NO SURRENDER until this Idiot is DUST!

Kindergarten closed for the day now...

Cheers,
Nog