THE CONSPIRACY THEORISTS

Written by Nicol DuMoulin
Sadly, it came as no surprise to me when last week Charlie Sheen suggested that perhaps the American government was behind the 911 terrorist attacks. Now this is nothing new and people who read the Toronto Star will not at all be surprised that some people have these views.

What the Sheen remarks suggest however is that these views are more and more mainstream and that people are becoming more and more comfortable making them in public. It suggests that if Charlie Sheen feels comfortable enough making these remarks in public, then there are probably plenty in Hollywood who agree with him who he has already made these remarks to. That is both sad and disturbing.
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Tories in Toronto Announcement

It is my sad duty to tell you the "bluebloggerTO" will no longer be helping out around the blog. He will still be blogging hopefully but he will no longer be here. His work here has been greatly appreciated and hope he will reconsider and continue to help us out again. For all of us, thank you for the effort!

Afghanistan

Written by R A
The Leader’s stopover in Afghanistan was first and foremost simply the right thing to do, and a significant policy decision (if not quite the “historic addition to Canadian military history” that the Post labeled it as). It also distinguished him from the previous incumbent, who never would have made the trip. And it deflected media attention from the bubbling crises of the previous week (Emerson, Shapiro, etc). The political plus is that it makes the PM look more resolute, which in fact he is. The other side is that it raises the profile of the whole issue. The original Crouton-Dithers policy, based on the principle of minimizing inconvenience, was to try to placate the Americans by going along with them on Afghanistan while catering to the soft anti-Americanism of much of the Liberal base by not endorsing what we were actually doing.
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The Case Against David Miller and His Commie Cronies

Written by Brian Lemon
David Miller, hair and all, hardly has a record of achievement in his 2.5 years. It looks like the only thing he learned in the last ten years in Council was how to be obtuse, rude and lotsa talk with little action.
Here is a litany of his failures - off the top of my head. Miller is beatable.

1/ "The Broom" - DM certainly did sweep out the old cronies who supposedly ran City Hall, but he also swept in his own cronies - largely the unions, selected NDP members of the Council, and a few key advisors. The cost of this has become a loss of reputation to the business community and a flight of high end employment (Imperial Oil), as well as generous union wage settlements to city workers.
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What do you call a west end Ottawa resident who may be at the whim of a deal City Council inked back in 2001?

Written by TrustOnlyMulder
What do you call a west end Ottawa resident who may be at the whim of a deal City Council inked back in 2001?

You call them Officially Screwed.

In an Ottawa Sun article, Derek Puddicombe reports on an agreement that was entered into by our Council around the time of amalgamation which called for them to expedite valid landfill expansion claims. What does this mean? It means if Waste Management shows it’s expansion will be handled as per environmental guidelines, there probably isn’t much that all the yelling and screaming by local citizens will accomplish.
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Sun Harper’s Art Of Passing Motions

Written by TrustOnlyMulder
The hot topic of the day happens to be the NDP requesting an ethics investigation into the floor crossing of Belinda Stronach. Although it was a year ago, I guess what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

On this topic, I would like to point out a few things.

1) PM Harper appointed a non elected member into the Senate
2) PM Harper asked David Emerson, a Liberal, to join the Cabinet
3) PM Harper has told the ethics commissioner, Bernard Shapiro to stuff his investigation on the basis that Cabinet appointees are strictly the prerogative of the Prime Minister. I agree that if Shapiro succeeds in making Harper look bad in the floor crossing, it would be a serious overstepping of the position of the ethics commissioner.
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Negative Option Organ Donation in Ontario

Written by Jim
I know I'm a little slow on commenting on this debate as it came up awhile ago.

Right now, there are two private member bills coming before the Ontario legislature as it relates to organ donation
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