Why can`t we be Friends?

Well friends, we couldn`t have gotten off to a better start, did you catch the Bill Good/John Horgan interview today, it was fantastic, Horgan bettered Bill Good by a country mile, the callers were very receptive to John and Good had no luck trying to rattle him....

A caller asked about a BC Rail inquiry and slapped Bill Good with some sass, then Horgan took over  the interview and it quickly turned into man against boy, not in as much as authoritative against the weak but Horgan knew the file and was sharp where as Bill Good was throwing around tired old rhetoric..Cue-up the Audio Vault, the segment was between 9:30 am and 10:00 am, ...You know the routine, cue up January/12th/2011, 9:00am, fast forward to 9:34 ish, the good parts are near the end of the segment....I really don`t know how long Bill Good can maintain his position on no BC Rail inquiry and his insistence that there was a complete trial and all the evidence was seen, it really is pathetic, we have Philip Til, Michael Smyth, John Macolm, everyone of cknw`s radio voices screaming for an inquiry and than there`s Bill good, what an embarrassment to the station!

The race is on and one thing is apparent, whoever wins for the BC Liberals has a major problem, that problem is BC Rail, everywhere the NDP leaders go, wherever the Liberal leaders go the question of BC Rail is asked, it`s not going away especially when you have the NDP leaders hammering the drum on an inquiry, eventually......

Eventually the BC Liberal leaders will be forced to concede to a BC Rail inquiry, or at least one or two will promise an inquiry but I guarantee that promise is never kept by a Liberal,......I kinda been arguing with BC Mary about the inquiry, as much as I respect Mary for being the end all of everything BC Rail, which she is.......By the way folks,  nothing new has come out from Tsakumis or the 4 warrants released in the big dailies that Mary, Ross, Teileman and others didn`t know years ago....

My argument with Mary is political, Mary wants only facts to prevail, no partisan sniping, Mary wants politics completely removed from BC Rail and the inquiry, but as I have said, there will be no meaningful public inquiry unless the NDP takes power, that statement is not political but fact, the BC Liberals have been screaming fast ferries, fudget budgets and doom and gloom of the 90s for a decade and all of a sudden everything should be ignored because the Liberals are wanting to play nice, lets be positive, BC Rail, nothing to see move along ....Sorry Mary, that`s not real life, even....Even the Justices are political......Let me give you one example, Gore versus Bush..

Remember 2000, the Florida ballots, the pregnant chads, the punch cards, Al Gore got robbed of the presidency, the recount was getting closer everyday, ultimately the supreme court of the US decided the case, the Justices`s voted 5 to 4 in favour of Goerge W Bush....The smartest judges in the world(maybe) and the decision went 5 to 4...The 5 Republican appointed judges voted Bush, the 4 Democrat appointed judges voted Gore...Right down party lines, life is political....

I have to say I am very disappointed in AGT, I reached out to him only to get treated like crap, not just me but Mary, Laila, Robin Mathews, all other bloggers, .....I`m glad you are the king of bloggers Alex, too bad you have zero class, bragging about all your scoops, all your readers, BC Mary posted a hundred plus scoops, Ross K connected dots like the scientist he is, Teileman and others attended court day after day while you did nothing but report on a few memos of data, nothing new just more confirmation of the facts that were already out there, in fact the release of the 4 warrants in the Province newspaper shed more light than did your memo`s...

As I said, the memos are self serving, I believe a lot of what Basi said is true, but I also believe they(Basi/Virk/Clark/Kieran/Bornmann/Campbell/Mclean/Kinsella) were dirty for years,  memos for Basi was probably a standard practice for years, talk code leaving yourself an out, after all, it`s on the record he took bribes for years, perhaps the lawyer of record could elaborate, did Basi have years worth of memos or did Basi only have these memos?

kinsella, Gordon Campbell, the Clarks and David Mclean, those are the players in this game that need to take the stand, everyone else are bit players under orders from those first two names.

Don`t get me wrong AGT, your contribution is appreciated but no more than Ross K`s, Mary`s, Koot`s, Robin Mathews`s, Teileman, Citizen reporter, North Van Grumps, even me, I wrote a few stories on the matter, well before you even touched BC Rail, and as much as Bruce Clark, Christy Clark, Bornmann, Kieran, Basi, Virk, Kinsella, are up to their eyeballs in corruption there are only two people to blame, the big blame, Gordon Campbell and David Mclean...They masterminded the whole deal, a corrupt, rigged bid under the noses of a corrupt BC Liberal Government, the dirty rats were all playing, those in the Liberal party who weren`t playing were looking the other way while the theft occurred...But let me be perfectly clear, without citizen journalists the BC Rail case would have died before Tsakumis even looked at it...

As for scoops, a quality journalist doesn`t have to advertise their scoops or their popularity, in fact, AGT also claims that all the internet blogs that reported on BC Rail are about electing the NDP and nothing to do with BC Rail, well Mr. Tsakumis, the only blog that falls into that category is me and let me tell you this....This is the people`s blog, we fight the good fight and as for electing NDP....Horgan will be premier, your man Falcon  is cooked, every BC Liberal is cooked.....

Now as for me, I`m not even a card carrying NDPer, you were a member AGT of the BC Liberal party, the biggest crimes in BC history have been committed by Campbell Liberals, debt has tripled, P3s bills everywhere, resource sector reeling, you elected the crooks, not me, ......If a third viable party came around perhaps I would support them, BC First, REFED, Conservative, whoever, but one thing I know for sure, the Gordon Campbell Liberals are crooks and thieves and they must be removed from office, for to allow them another term is condoning their sins and giving license to commit more crimes, they must be removed....

Lastly, Millennium development, Kash Heed, John Les, elections BC, Jack Mintz, Marc Jaccard, Hoggan and associates, scoops come and go, we`ve had our share, good reporting, quality posts, we try, sometimes we hit home runs and other times it`s a struggle, class and respect are to be earned, you Mr. Tsakumis are failing, at least on earning any respect, .......Meanwhile AGT, you aren`t trying to elect BC Liberals, Federal Conservatives or NPA members are you?, ......That`s what I mean about respect and class....Those qualities can`t be taught to some.

I have watched all the leaders, the game is over friends, Horgan will be premier, there is an aura around Horgan, the man speaks with a clear decisive voice, he`s respectful, honest and a straight shooter, the BC Liberals have flamed out, they are all linked to Gordon Campbell, none of the Liberal wannabe leaders can make another first impression, Horgan is a man among little boys and girls, it`s called destiny...

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