Tuesday, April 10, 2007
The NDP Is Out Of Touch
There were two great posts in the Manitoba blogosphere today from Daily Rants and another from An Unapologetic Winnipeger. Put together, they show how out of touch with the average Manitoban the NDP really is.
Daily Rants brings up an unfortunate quote from Tom Nevakshonoff, NDP MLA for the Interlake. After 9/11 Nevakshonoff is quoted as saying, "I was so happy when those planes hit the towers, they deserved it. Too bad they didn't kill more Americans".
It's no secret that many in the NDP don't like Americans, for whatever reasons. But to wish death to Americans is unacceptable for a sitting MLA. Did it occur to Nevakshonoff that 24 Canadians died in the attacks of 9/11? Does he wish that more dual Canadian-American citizens had died that day too? For chrissake, even Saddam Hussein offered his condolences, and he was a genocidal tyrant!
It also leads one to question Mr. Nevakshonoff's basic business sense; ie. it's not a good idea to wish the destruction of your largest trade partner. In 2006 total Manitoba exports were about $11.5 billion 75% of that, or $8.7 billion. But an economic genius is not what one should expect from an Eastern European Studies graduate. If there's any truth to this rumor, Tom Nevakshonoff should be finished.
On a similar theme of backwards NDP logic, Unapologetic Winnipeger points out a page on Who Is Hugh?, a site to smear Hugh McFadyen put up by the Manitoba NDP.
The NDP tries to smear Hugh for having the support of successful Manitobans. Hugh's list of donors include members of the Richardson family, the Asper family, and Randall Moffat. These people have done more for Manitoba's economy than all the hand-outs Gary Doer and the NDP could ever dream of.
That Gary Doer and the NDP hang with the likes of Tom Nevakshonoff, while criticizing Hugh McFadyen for having the support of Manitoba's best and brightest, says a lot about the NDP vision for Manitoba. That vision is not very bright.
Daily Rants brings up an unfortunate quote from Tom Nevakshonoff, NDP MLA for the Interlake. After 9/11 Nevakshonoff is quoted as saying, "I was so happy when those planes hit the towers, they deserved it. Too bad they didn't kill more Americans".
It's no secret that many in the NDP don't like Americans, for whatever reasons. But to wish death to Americans is unacceptable for a sitting MLA. Did it occur to Nevakshonoff that 24 Canadians died in the attacks of 9/11? Does he wish that more dual Canadian-American citizens had died that day too? For chrissake, even Saddam Hussein offered his condolences, and he was a genocidal tyrant!
It also leads one to question Mr. Nevakshonoff's basic business sense; ie. it's not a good idea to wish the destruction of your largest trade partner. In 2006 total Manitoba exports were about $11.5 billion 75% of that, or $8.7 billion. But an economic genius is not what one should expect from an Eastern European Studies graduate. If there's any truth to this rumor, Tom Nevakshonoff should be finished.
On a similar theme of backwards NDP logic, Unapologetic Winnipeger points out a page on Who Is Hugh?, a site to smear Hugh McFadyen put up by the Manitoba NDP.
The NDP tries to smear Hugh for having the support of successful Manitobans. Hugh's list of donors include members of the Richardson family, the Asper family, and Randall Moffat. These people have done more for Manitoba's economy than all the hand-outs Gary Doer and the NDP could ever dream of.
That Gary Doer and the NDP hang with the likes of Tom Nevakshonoff, while criticizing Hugh McFadyen for having the support of Manitoba's best and brightest, says a lot about the NDP vision for Manitoba. That vision is not very bright.
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pretty weak explanation. and yes, i am an america hater. you hate everyone but america. what's to be done?
The Average Manitoban:
- Middle aged or older. The kids left long ago.
- Does not hate America, in fact he/she travels there from time to time, for business and pleasure.
- Hard working, and underpaid (Manitobans work the second most hours in a year, next to Alberta, yet we're near the lowest income earners in Canada).
- Generous to a fault. The perpetual panhandler pandemic in Winnipeg is proof.
- Likes moonlit walks on the beach.
And I don't hate everyone. I only hate radical religious zealots and Communists/Socialists. Speaking of the failures of Communism, how much fun is Siberia!?
- Middle aged or older. The kids left long ago.
- Does not hate America, in fact he/she travels there from time to time, for business and pleasure.
- Hard working, and underpaid (Manitobans work the second most hours in a year, next to Alberta, yet we're near the lowest income earners in Canada).
- Generous to a fault. The perpetual panhandler pandemic in Winnipeg is proof.
- Likes moonlit walks on the beach.
And I don't hate everyone. I only hate radical religious zealots and Communists/Socialists. Speaking of the failures of Communism, how much fun is Siberia!?
Siberia is no fun at all, a striking resemblance to far northern manitoba. only less natives. and the dislike americans, probably more than I do, so we get along ok.
as long as i don't tell them i make in 1 hour what they make in 1 day being employed by the same employer, for a job i've never done, i see our relationship only growing.
as long as i don't tell them i make in 1 hour what they make in 1 day being employed by the same employer, for a job i've never done, i see our relationship only growing.
Are these "America haters" the same ones that rabidly watch Hollywood movies, listen to their Apple I-pod, drink their Starbucks, doing Google searches on their Microsoft powered laptop all while wearing their Tommy Hilfiger clothes? It's a curious way for them to assert their Canadian identity.
Thanks for the kind words about my post natedawg!
Thanks for the kind words about my post natedawg!
this america hater hasn't been to a theater in... i can't remember how long. there isn't one anywhere near where i live. i don't have an i-pod and anyone will tell you that not only am i the anti-blog, but also the anti-pod. what's starbucks? i drink whatever sludge the corner store is selling. where's my copy of Redhat...
No anit-blog, but you do download Hollywood movies, you have an MP3 player, but not an Ipod... and you do have a Microsoft powered laptop. And you're in Russia!
Anti-blog:
There is a certain delicious irony in the fact that we are having this discussion thanks to the good graces of the fine folks at Google... ;)
There is a certain delicious irony in the fact that we are having this discussion thanks to the good graces of the fine folks at Google... ;)
a. i would never pay for anything hollywood has produced and would gladly carry on my life without it.
b. my mp3 player was $29 from tigerdirect.ca, chalk full of canadian and yes, american artists.
c. the laptop was made in china and purchased in new zealand.
d. what does being in russia have to do with anything?
b. my mp3 player was $29 from tigerdirect.ca, chalk full of canadian and yes, american artists.
c. the laptop was made in china and purchased in new zealand.
d. what does being in russia have to do with anything?
and nates, i hate to break it to you but almost anything with a plug-in in your apartment was made in communist china or, your favorite, korea.
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