tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post8717981100338882405..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: How Many More Lies From the Bullshitter Craig James Do We Have to Endure?Grant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-12473736969750646412011-03-30T10:12:15.457-07:002011-03-30T10:12:15.457-07:00Have to agree with Crankypants that some people wi...Have to agree with Crankypants that some people will be nervous about putting their name to a vote which they know the current government won't like. Weren't there also some not so subtle threats of police interference to frighten people on Vancouver Island away from voting for the Ida Chong recall. Remember that senior citizen who was threatened with jail by the RCMP for signing the recall petition twice? If that wasn't nasty politics I don't know what is. <br />And I think one of the real reasons for the mail in ballot is fear: people will be afraid to put their names and addresses on the ballot because it may end up in a government data base and be used to make other decisions about their lives. The whole point of the election booth is that your decision is private. Like it bloody well should be! If there isn't an absolute guarantee (read independent observers) to ensure that those names, addresses and votes are not all stored together in a database for future government use (or to be sold) then we will have arrived at a new definition of democracy: Democracy by fear. I hope it blows up in their faces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-24444629015999828072011-03-28T18:25:54.705-07:002011-03-28T18:25:54.705-07:00Craig James & Gordon Campbell come from the sa...Craig James & Gordon Campbell come from the same "Me First" camp that runs BC - both in government and in the Big Corporations (the BC Government actually IS the biggest corporation in BC). Not one of this group of self-serving villains can be trusted. Time to flush them all down the 'loo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-34400506048505226212011-03-27T13:17:57.943-07:002011-03-27T13:17:57.943-07:00I would like to remind you that the BC Liberals ch...I would like to remind you that the BC Liberals changed the criteria needed to cast a vote, besides a voter registration card one had to produce ID`s and prove residence through BC Hydro bills or gas bills etc etc etc...<br /><br />A mail in ballot is a joke...I hope everyone registers their cats and dogs for the vote.Grant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-78917938942408712332011-03-27T13:03:01.179-07:002011-03-27T13:03:01.179-07:00Every despot dicktater in the world must be lining...Every despot dicktater in the world must be lining up to see this farcical exercise and laughing his ass off.<br /><br />Really?, a mail in ballot?<br /><br />A new low in the screwing over of the people in BC. <br />CGHZDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-66441827645018313622011-03-27T11:32:26.198-07:002011-03-27T11:32:26.198-07:00Good question...Maybe because our BC Legislature n...Good question...Maybe because our BC Legislature never opens?<br /><br />Can someone explain to me why the legislature isn`t open today, what kind of BC Government is that...The BC Liberals are afraid to open the legislature..<br /><br />The Liberal`s excuse is....We are waiting for the NDP to choose a leader first..<br /><br />What kind of garbage is that...<br /><br />Would they not open the legislature if we had an emergency, the BC Liberals don`t answer questions in question period, they lie, they cheat and distort..<br /><br />Name one single legitimate reason the people`s business can`t be conducted in the legislature..<br /><br />What if all the NDP leaders were killed by accident in a plane crash...<br /><br />Would we then keep the legislature closed until a whole new leadership contest is conducted.<br /><br />Questions can be asked, bills presented, debate on smart meters and the illegal clean energy act, new tax legislation can be debated ahead of the defeat of the HST..<br /><br />The BC Legislature should be drafting new tax legislation before the HST vote, NOT AFTER...<br /><br />I can guarantee you this...When the HST is defeated the BC Legislature will remain closed until the Fall, in fact it may not even open until next year`s budget and throne speech, it wouldn`t be the first time the BC Liberals have closed the legislature through the Fall.<br /><br />CheersGrant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-27278998787867320592011-03-27T11:19:22.323-07:002011-03-27T11:19:22.323-07:00Probably a dumb question, from someone politically...Probably a dumb question, from someone politically challenged. Why can not the BC Liberals be held in contempt, in the Legislature? As the Federal Conservatives, are held in contempt by the House of Commons?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-12176179686216507592011-03-27T11:08:12.388-07:002011-03-27T11:08:12.388-07:00Thanks for that 10:04...I was mistaken as to what ...Thanks for that 10:04...I was mistaken as to what show that Election official was on..I have edited and made the correction...<br /><br />However, I have voted in every election for decades...<br /><br />The voting places are the same, Federal/Provincial...<br /><br />The Federal Government have/had fixed election dates too...If the Feds can do it so can the Province, they share resources...The votes aren`t sent to Ottawa to be counted, the process is identical, Elections BC and Elections Canada work hand in hand and have done so for years.<br /><br />CheersGrant Ghttp://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-1185005024551514272011-03-27T11:06:57.406-07:002011-03-27T11:06:57.406-07:00We know we can't trust Elections BC. Craig Jam...We know we can't trust Elections BC. Craig James, changed the wording on the recall, after the fact. James was Campbell's toady, willing to do Campbell's dirty work for him. Mail in ballots, not on your Nelly. BC is the most corrupt province in Canada. And, we all know why. Campbell and Craig James, used every dirty tactic in the book, to derail the recall...Or, was it the BCR that was derailed?<br /><br />I don't trust Harper, anymore than Campbell. They have a mutual admiration society. The two of them are best buddies. On that alone, I don't trust Harper. However, there are many more reasons, why you can't believe in Harper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-27998910254273936252011-03-27T10:04:47.526-07:002011-03-27T10:04:47.526-07:00The Communications Officer from Elections BC was o...The Communications Officer from Elections BC was on CKNW with Simi Sara on Thursday. <br /><br />I learned that Elections Canada covers the Federal Election -- ElectionsBC isn't involved in that process.<br /><br />Have to agree with your views about potential problems with the mail in ballot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-21016222990485972182011-03-27T01:52:51.162-07:002011-03-27T01:52:51.162-07:00Grant, you may want to change a bit of this articl...Grant, you may want to change a bit of this article. Elections BC has nothing to do with a federal election. This is one dance that Craig James has no mandate to oversee.<br /><br />I would be the last person to defend anything Craig James says, but it may well be possible that Elections BC can no longer be ready for a snap election, as they were in days gone by. When Gordo brought in the fixed election legislation, I suspect that he also reduced the staffing of Elections BC to such a point that they are more a shell rather than an viable entity.<br /><br />What really worries me is the fact that Premier Christy and her band of miscreants have decided to employ the referendum on the HST with a mail-in ballot. Simply put, if the ballots are to be accepted without any form of verified identification, then how legitimate can the votes be? If one has to fill in a form that identifies who they are, how many voters will choose to pass on making their feelings known? Remember, we now live amongst many people who have emigrated from many repressive countries. The last thing they will want to do is put their name to a vote that counters the wishes of government.<br /><br />CamCrankypantsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-70200729758135012932011-03-26T21:53:09.722-07:002011-03-26T21:53:09.722-07:00Elwood...I disagree, people aren`t that stupid, we...Elwood...I disagree, people aren`t that stupid, well some are..<br /><br />However, the NO HST voters will be more motivated than those who want the HST..<br /><br />If you are right about people getting confused than the pro-hst side will make the same mistake...<br /><br />And remember this Elwood, the Vanderzalm team will have $500,000.00 dollars to inform the NO HST side...<br /><br />Real easy, the NO HST ads will tell people who don`t want the HST to vote YES to returning the PST with conjunction with the GST..<br /><br />Don`t sweat the little things friends.<br /><br />CheersGrant Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-9728206612011561362011-03-26T21:41:35.028-07:002011-03-26T21:41:35.028-07:00Grant, everyone will want to vote "NO" o...Grant, everyone will want to vote "NO" on the referendum. Most won't read the ballot question HST hey will just vote/tick-off NO psychologically thinking voting NO means NO HST.<br /><br />The sneaky Lieberals will make the ballot question such that a "NO" vote will mean keeping the HST. Just watch and see.Elwoodnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-11283829079945278312011-03-26T20:50:23.375-07:002011-03-26T20:50:23.375-07:00And what about the question?It's phony.No one ...And what about the question?It's phony.No one seems to say ,give us back the taxes that the big corps gained!Ef them.The cluck cluck bunch are dreaming.As we know this is a tax shift,it will make the VERY rich more so on the backs of the poor and the middle class. AS a wise blogger (ED)tells us (wealth is not created,but taken)istvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291718350200149704noreply@blogger.com