The Fires still Burn

Pouring rain, wind, downed wires, friends and good cheer, being from a large family the greatest gift receieved for me is my parents and siblings are all alive, the battle for life never stops, the enemy has been beaten back again but that heathen beast won`t relent, it`s always there, taunting us, toying with us, lingering on the outskirts of our mind and souls, eventually time will return to take its toll......

Sometimes, like today and yesterday, I stare at the keyboard and it appears foreign to me, the stories are there, they have been here all along, for years in fact, so as I reflect back over this year and before it smacks me in the face that the same stories, the same unresolved garbage remains curbside, no one picks it up, no one talks about it but there it is, lingering, always there, the dirty little secrets, and until the garbage is picked up and the street gets washed  the stench will remain and no amount of rose perfume will help......

The HST, the story of the year, the revolt, the petition, the promises, the fiction, the aftermath is lingering, burning on the horizon, prices haven`t fallen they rose, jobs aren`t being created, at least not full time jobs, the only growth in the job sector has been in part time work, if only the BC Liberal government rolled it out better, what a great tax and I wouldn`t be mad if they only rolled it out in a friendlier way, even the polls, week in week out new polls with new questions asked in a different way and lo n behold the public, the dear old public is slowly falling in love with the hst, could I be wrong, could Vanderzalm be wrong, could 720,000 people who signed the petition be wrong......

Even the shocking deficit that was revealed just days after our last election, what was the projected deficit, "$495 million maximum"  and it turned out to be $4 billion dollars, off by a staggering 800%, the biggest deficit lie in Provincial history, and as I reflect back it dawns on me that the hst and deficit lie was in 2009, not this year, Colin Hansen had a whole year to sell the hst, I remember like yesterday, Colin Hansen said the price of funerals would go down, retailors would be passing on savings, 18 months later the HST in effect for 6 months and prices went up more in BC than any province in Canada, was Colin Hansen wrong, was the comparison to Altlantic Canada flawed, Newfoundland and the other Atlantic Provinces went from 19% combined tax to a 15% combined tax rate, a 4% tax rate drop, obviously that comparison was flawed, but certainly the media having seen through the spin and having real life results would be singing a different tune, right!.......

The pattern remains, the fires smoulder and why would the hst be the political story of the year 2010 when the hst was foisted on us in July of 2009.......The largest fudget budget was dropped on our lap at the same time and why, I heard from the media  about Glen Clark`s tiny fudget budget for over a decade, we had an inquiry into the Glen Clark affair over a new deck on his home and yet the media and the BC Liberals hide united opposed to an inquiry....

Did you catch the cutting ledge on cknw last Friday, I did, what a performance by Baldrey and Palmer, and performance is the correct description because believe me, there are two options, either those stooges are paid money to say the garbage they do or they are mentally disturbed, take your pick....

BC Rail inquiry is not needed according to those stooges, Palmer states that the special prosecutor has seen all the evidence and unless we think the prosecutor is corrupt ....Palmer dares anyone to call the special prosecutor corrupt....Berandino......Here it is....You are a corrupt bastard Berandino and if you want to sue me prove to my legal team there was nothing more to learn in a trial, I will need to see all the documents...You hear me Palmer!..I called out Berandino.....And Baldrey, Baldrey states we had a complete trial and the BC Liberals have been elected twice since then, Baldrey claims the public doesn`t care about BC Rail....

What did we learn from the release of just a few documents?...We learned that Eric Bornmann is an admitted thief and burgler, I wonder if it was Bornmann who broke into Bill Teilemans office?..We learned Basi/Virk were taking bribes for years and cleaning the money through their drug dealing friend and reletive Aneal Basi...We learned that Brian Kieran bribed politicians, we learned that Bruce Clark home and business was  searched by police, how much money and drugs did they suspect were at Bruce Clarks home, ....We learned that we need a public inquiry to get any answers because the trial was a fraud from the git go, Berandino should never been allowed to conduct the trial, it was a clear conflict of interest, ......News flash Baldrey, there was no trial, 1 witness out of 40 does not make a trial and the BC Liberals being elected twice since Campbell lied his face off and sold BC Rail for nothing does not certify or make right the deal....You got it Balderdash......

So meanwhile after Palmer gets his nose out of Berandino`s ass  and they opened the phone lines every caller was demanding a public inquiry, after those 2 stooges spent the first 45 minutes deflecting BC Rail, deflecting recall, deflecting the HST every caller was demanding a public inquiry and the stooges were ducking and weaving while sounding like fools.....

The deficit lie, the HST lie, the big theft of BC Rail, they haven`t gone away, they are lingering, burning on the horizon, the timing by media on a mass scale, the stooges on Christmas eve on cknw, Paul Nettleton with his sudden urge to throw(Palmer calls it a coveted endorsement) his support behind Christy Clark and agrees with no inquiry into the BC Rail fraud, Christy Clark who is controlled by Gordon Campbell, Campbell who threw Paul Nettleton out of caucus and beat him in the 2005 election has jumped on the Gordon Campbell band wagon, why....Christy Clark offered Paul Nettleton what position in her Government for that forced endorsement?

These issues aren`t going away, how big is this years deficit, why has no one asked what happens when the hst gets defeated in the referendum, the answer is simple, according to the paid media stooges, the largest fudget budget was the fault of the world economy, time to move on, any BC Rail corruption was limited to two lowly ministerial aides, time to move on, the recalls aren`t neccesary because we are having a referendum, time to move on. the referendum is now a chance for the pro-side to have their say, yet no one, not one media has asked what happens after the referendum, a tax so engrained will it then have to stay, will it take 3 more years after the referendum to get out of, or will the media decide again that it`s time to move on.....These questions will not get answered without anyone asking the questions.....

Meanwhile the Liberal candidates claim to be outsiders or different from Campbell, none will come clean, no one will answer questions, Bill Bennett being thrown out of caucus over calling Campbell a monster, Leckstrom being tossed from caucus for disagreeing yet the media, only the ndp are touted as the party in tatters, Baldrey claims only ndp radicals and dissidents exist, the BC Liberals are a united  and tight team, time to move on, the fires burning on the horizon, the lingering doubts, the countless lies and Liberal betrayals are of the past, only ndp sins live through time.......

And as Gordon Campbell delivers Christy Clark`s or Kevin Falcon`s throne speech and budget we are supposed to believe "It`s time to move on"

Meanwhile the tree and stockings are put away, I ate my last turkey sandwich, my personal New Years wish to family and friends is, may you all be alive next year.

My wish for our Province......May someone ask the questions and provide the answers.

The Straight Goods

Cheers-Eyes Wide Open