tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post8908058004791426113..comments2024-01-08T21:00:24.932-08:00Comments on The Straight Goods: The Long hot SummerGrant Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11944976348166120530noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-41772215136766471022010-03-27T09:32:46.489-07:002010-03-27T09:32:46.489-07:00So what IS the criteria for recall? It must be eit...So what IS the criteria for recall? It must be either:<br /><br />1. 40% of the voters ON THE LIST FOR ThE RIDING.<br /><br />2. 40% of the number that actually voted, which would mean more like 20%-25% of the voters list - in other words, a rare occasion where voter apathy (the low turnout last May) would turn out to be GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY.<br /><br />3. 40% of the PARTICULAR voters that actually voted, in which case it would only appropriate for the list provided to the initiator of the recall pettition to specify not just registered voters, but which ones actually voted. Otherwise the petition would be polluted by BC liaR supporters who wouldn't even think twice about lying to a canvaser if asked whether they voted or not to protect this corrupt government that they like, but not enough to bother voting for. <br /><br />I think in ridings outside the bible belt Fraser Valley/Institute fantasy land where they re-elect politicians who would have resigned under clouds of investigations (like John Les)in a government with respect for the parliamentary tradition recall could be easily attained - but it must be clear what the criteria are. <br /><br />I have no reason for recall in my riding Boundary-Kooteny West, but would happily sign up to collect signatures in Point Grey.kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-83094665864264093762010-03-26T21:53:41.778-07:002010-03-26T21:53:41.778-07:005:58 PM...Great comment.
Mr. Evil Eye, I never su...5:58 PM...Great comment.<br /><br />Mr. Evil Eye, I never suggested anything radical, I merely mentioned that firefighting costs will be 1/2 billion dollars,they budgeted $57 million...<br /><br />For every dollar the price of Natural gas falls is a loss of $300 million to the treasury,the close today on the mercantile exchange was $3.86....So according to my math,the treasury will be out $700 million more and counting, so that puts the deficit at $2.7 billion or more for 2010/2011.<br /><br />And evil,if you remember from my profile,the Hustler is my all time favorite movie,I like Paul Newman,he was honest,married to one woman for 40 years,no scandals,he fought the law,spoke up,took no guff,he fought the battles he couldn`t win.<br /><br />My motto,persistant digging,never say never,I have battled all my life.<br /><br />I want to share another story with you evil,I was born 3 1/2 months early in Williams lake BC, ...my folks were merely passing through town when I decided it was time for an appearence....<br /><br />So moms gives birth in old little hospital,the doctor said to mom, your baby won`t make it,he needs specialized care in a modern hospital, unfortunately he won`t survive the trip to Vancouver,they put me in a incubator(according to mom and dad)....<br /><br />A local Catholic priest asked my dad if he wanted him to give his son(me) his last rights,my dad said sure,but the priest paused,he said to my dad,if he lives you will raise him Catholic?....My dad said no,I`m not Catholic,....<br /><br />The priest walked away,I never got my last rights,the only food I could hold down was my mothers milk, my lungs were undeveloped, I stopped breathing thousands of times until about 6 years of age,and my mom would run to my crib only for me to gulp some air by the time she got there....<br /><br />Never say never, at 15 years of age I was solid as a rock,200lbs and could run a mile 6 minutes.<br /><br />The point is Mr.Evil....<br /><br />I`m down to about 3 lives left, I will never surrender,whatever the cost may be.<br /><br />Even if it means cutting off the heads of every parking meter in the city.<br /><br />CheersGrant Ghttp://powellriverpersuader.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-10873453362349131342010-03-26T21:29:23.620-07:002010-03-26T21:29:23.620-07:00Grant, your assessment is bang on. The "smok...Grant, your assessment is bang on. The "smoke and mirrors" document they call a budget isn't worth the paper it is written on.<br /><br />Then today we get the supposed great announcement about the casino, hotel complex to be built adjacent to BC Place. I have no problem with casinos as I like to wager a few bucks on occaision, but it is the spin Gordo put on this announcement. He stated that the developer will be paying a $6 million per year lease for the land and this revenue will help pay for the new roof on the stadium. And of course the MSM covering the announcement is just falling over themselves with this revelation.<br /><br />Let's do a little math. The projected cost for the new roof is stated to be $563 million. At $6 million per year the province should recoup its investment in 94 years if they are able to borrow the money at no interest. When you add in interest of any sort and one can surmise that BC Place Stadium will be nothing but a pile of dust and the roof will still not be paid for.<br /><br />I hear the next big moneymaker the government is going to trot out is selling loonies for nickels. It would sure fit in with their business acumen.Crankypantsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-32826160992548440152010-03-26T21:17:21.306-07:002010-03-26T21:17:21.306-07:00Grant, there is a simmering anger in BC, but we ar...Grant, there is a simmering anger in BC, but we are too well off to do anything radical. We have a throw away generation, the drugged out generation, generation X, the boomer's (who actually did something), but I do not see a congealing factor to make revolution.<br /><br />Gordo is corrupt, to be sure, but he is also rules over a population who have adopted the "Asian" "sharp practice", where the vast majority of the people cheat, steal, or otherwise do illegal things.<br /><br />Morality has been dumbed down by the mainstream media, where just a decade and half ago a sun deck and hunting knife brought down a Premier, where now we have DUI Gordo, who is "on the take" for three terms.<br /><br />50% of the population have washed their hands of the political process and the two main political parties don't seem to car, as it's business as usual.<br /><br />Yes it will be a long hot summer for Gordo because the we are an immoral populace, government by an immoral government and immoral acts against the government will be tolerated.<br /><br />Who is not afraid to take the first swing? Who is not afraid to kick Gordo or his cronies in the "nuts"?<br /><br />When the public loses its fear, then all hell will break loose.Evil Eyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2435367521078186829.post-21218712429798829512010-03-26T17:58:45.695-07:002010-03-26T17:58:45.695-07:00Dig deeper and you will see alot of patent anger s...Dig deeper and you will see alot of patent anger simmering amongst students, middle-class workers, etc. in BC right now. You are right - this summer will be a "hot" summer - a summer of discontent.<br /><br />It may even parallel the 1968 riots at the Democratic convention in Chicago or the 1968 student revolution in Europe.<br /><br />What is happening in BC right now - the simmering "quiet revolution" - is unstoppable and will result in the collapse of the evil Gordo govmint later this fall. Tune in and keep your popcorn handy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com