tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post3572028785855415911..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: WikiLeaks : US bid to "shore up" Harper from the day he was electedAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-24794971030085884662011-06-10T15:06:42.135-07:002011-06-10T15:06:42.135-07:00The Canadian media are mostly, propaganda machines...The Canadian media are mostly, propaganda machines for the government. They totally ignore the plight of the citizens, and spread the government b.s. far and wide. We don't even know what an honest politician, or a fair media is. There is no such thing as good honest journalism and reporting anymore. They are a disgrace to their professions. They wouldn't even print a story that favored the people. <br /><br />The Canadian people are absolutely on their own. None of the media, have ever taken up the cause for the citizens, not one.<br /><br />The media in the U.S. is far more honest. Many times we Canadians, go to the U.S. papers and web sites, to learn the truth of what is going on in Canada. We have, pretty much a dictatorship regime in Canada.<br /><br />Once governments allow corruption in their ranks, they are owned by the very corporations they have taken money from. Giant wealthy corporations, are who really governs, politicians are merely their mouthpieces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-35730302871498472132011-06-09T09:44:44.706-07:002011-06-09T09:44:44.706-07:00Thumbs up to you Alison, keep up the good word!Thumbs up to you Alison, keep up the good word!Daniel G Sauvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613166636821741498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-90245862474093055292011-06-09T09:42:56.499-07:002011-06-09T09:42:56.499-07:00Thanks Alison.
And, I agree, this is why we blog....Thanks Alison.<br /><br />And, I agree, this is why we blog.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-13807937196795882862011-06-09T02:38:23.684-07:002011-06-09T02:38:23.684-07:00Send this sarticle to every Main Stream Media Outl...Send this sarticle to every Main Stream Media Outlet in the USA and Canada, all of you. Demand that it is placed on the evening main news programs. Facebook it. Blog it. And please Canadians, us American citizens are your cousins and we know that we need to purge our elected officials and try them for treason. People, get on your phones now to every Congress person and to demand to know who's agenda are they following - the New World Order or us citizens. If you are unfamiliar with the concept or have dismissed sloth idea of a New World Order, PLEASE start researching the Club of Rome and Bilderbergers. It will scare the living daylights out of you. There is no time to waste.gterrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930022570769054254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-91690353589715797292011-06-08T21:00:09.664-07:002011-06-08T21:00:09.664-07:00Amen to that, Ray. Released 14 days too late. Not ...Amen to that, Ray. Released 14 days too late. Not sure how many Canadians care though, thinking it either good for business or else inevitable anyway.<br />This is THE Canadian Wikileak yet nothing in the news about it.<br /><br />btw Alison your post was #1 on Wikileaks today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-73784269436264124122011-06-08T14:08:07.241-07:002011-06-08T14:08:07.241-07:00I wish this was released before the election.I wish this was released before the election.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-91997707268855091522011-06-08T13:25:58.599-07:002011-06-08T13:25:58.599-07:00Who thinks Harper should not be flying Goverment J...Who thinks Harper should not be flying Goverment Jet to Boston to view a hockey game? A $100,000 plus bill that Harper will pay about $200 bucks for I am sure he is exempt for all the security fees cause he has his own security.<br /><br />Respecting taxpayers dollars, NOT!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-30040971750339800502011-06-08T12:34:17.321-07:002011-06-08T12:34:17.321-07:00Nik : For your files ...
Series from The Nation
W...Nik : For your files ...<br />Series from The Nation <br />WikiLeaks Haiti : <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/161056/petrocaribe-files" rel="nofollow">The PetroCaribe Files</a><br />US, under pressure from Exxon and Chevron, interfere in oil agreement between Haiti and Venezuela that would save Haiti 10% of its budget<br /><br />and : <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/161057/wikileaks-haiti-let-them-live-3day" rel="nofollow">Let Them Live on $3/day</a><br />US leans on Haiti president not to raise minimum wage on behalf of US sweatshops in HaitiAlisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-13531063138800285372011-06-08T05:13:35.029-07:002011-06-08T05:13:35.029-07:00And that's why we blog, Ian ;-)
Actually Emba...And that's why we blog, Ian ;-)<br /><br />Actually Embassy Mag had a good piece up yesterday summarizing this last cable :<br /><a href="http://www.embassymag.ca/dailyupdate/view/us_gave_harper_softwood_lumber_deal_as_a_gift_to_allow_closer_cooperation_on_drugs_americas_cable_06-06-2011" rel="nofollow">Was softwood lumber deal a gift so Harper government could be more pro-American?</a><br />"Even before Conservatives were elected, leaked cables show US was looking to influence new government on Americas, Afghanistan, cross-border initiatives."Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-4486832125961188512011-06-08T04:18:29.847-07:002011-06-08T04:18:29.847-07:00No offence to you, Alison, but why am I only readi...No offence to you, Alison, but why am I only reading about this on a goddamn blog? Useless fucking media.<br /><br />IanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-90866091636997706452011-06-08T03:29:11.630-07:002011-06-08T03:29:11.630-07:00Peter : "entering into good faith negotiation...Peter : <i>"entering into good faith negotiations to reach a solution on softwood lumber."</i><br /><br />Yes. Also the throw 'em a SPP bone comment. <br /><br />Nik's links on Haiti: <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13280" rel="nofollow">Jean Saint Vil</a> and <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/06/us-haiti-wikileaks-minimum-wage-petrocaribe/38579/" rel="nofollow">Atlantic Wire</a><br /><br /><i>"And it's not just Harper"</i><br />No, it certainly isn't but these are the cables we have to go on and the PM we currently have, and even if it's only just one ambassador's take on him, Steve does come off looking very much the made man here.<br /><br />Anon : Links please, next time you comment here. Specifics matter. Sorry to be harsh about it but it's difficult enough to interest Canadians in the actual real and serious prospects of deep integration without muddying it up by including the bizarre and unsubstantiated hysterics of Glen Beck and the Birchers et al in the mix as well. <br /><br />Ross : You're right - I should have included a <a href="http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/whti-ivho/menu-eng.html" rel="nofollow">WHTI link</a>. Typical that Emerson would see passports as an impediment to accepting integration.<br /><br />Bob, Steve, BY : And thus we become gradually acclimatized to the idea of becoming North Americans first - without ever knowing exactly what it is we are trading off in return.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-33800152498680296912011-06-07T17:59:42.107-07:002011-06-07T17:59:42.107-07:00This wasn't that surprising unfortunately. Wha...This wasn't that surprising unfortunately. What really caught my eye was the wording of the sops they might offer to allow Harper to keep a semblance of Canadiana:<br />"we look for an opportunity to give Harper a bilateral success story by resolving an irritant such as ... entering into good faith negotiations to reach a solution on softwood lumber."<br /><br /><br />The Ambassador is saying, IMHO, that any negotiations that the US had been involved in with respect to softwood lumber previous to this memo were not in good faith.<br /><br /> And they wonder why we worry about their influence here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-15604722470880086712011-06-07T15:42:46.175-07:002011-06-07T15:42:46.175-07:00Canada's despicable "leadership role"...Canada's despicable "leadership role" in Haiti goes back at least to 2004 (if not 2000) when we sent troops in to depose Haiti's democratically elected government. And it's not just Harper that likes to appease the American Empire:<br /><br />“there is a limit to how much we can constantly say no to the political masters in Washington. All we had was Afghanistan to wave. On every other file we were offside. Eventually we came onside on Haiti, so we got another arrow in our quiver." <br />- Bill Graham, Former Canadian Foreign Minister in January 2007 interview cited in Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang, The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar (Toronto, ON: Viking Canada, 2007), pp. 126-27<br /><br />Jean Saint Vil's excellent piece is the best sum-up of Canada's sordid actions in Haiti:<br /><br />http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13280<br /><br />On recent Wikileaks about Haiti:<br /><br />http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/06/us-haiti-wikileaks-minimum-wage-petrocaribe/38579/Nikhttp://www.canadahaitiaction.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-775242088643519192011-06-07T12:34:24.156-07:002011-06-07T12:34:24.156-07:00Wiikileaks has said, the N.A.U. is on the way. Thi...Wiikileaks has said, the N.A.U. is on the way. This has been Harper's number one, on his agenda. Harper has already reneged on his campaign promises. The U.S. has been waiting for Harper's majority. They will start the N.A.U. in small increments at first. <br /><br />The American citizens are dead set against the N.A.U. They despise Harper. They say, Harper's election win was rigged. They say, there is a petition, to prosecute Harper and Peter MacKay for war crimes and crimes against humanity. I did find that petition. <br /><br />The U.S. people fear, being overrun by Mexicans and Canadians need to fear that also. We will be the Mexcanaricans, our currency will be, the Amero dollar. <br /><br />All the other crap, the U.S. and Canada are saying, is just that, crap. A reason to implement the N.A.U. is what they are looking for. The NAFTA highway, is soon to be in Canada, as well.<br /><br />The giant, wealthiest corporations in the world, own all the resources in the world. Not any resources, of any country's, benefit their citizens. Follow the money, it sure in the hell doesn't land in the peoples wallets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-44500191772673827562011-06-07T11:23:55.682-07:002011-06-07T11:23:55.682-07:00Steve--
Mess'rs Rove and Luntz don't do A...Steve--<br /><br />Mess'rs Rove and Luntz don't do ANYTHING for free.<br /><br />______<br /><br />What, exactly, is this WHTI that Neville....errrr....I mean Mr. Emerson referred to as a 'running sore'?RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-30205114491747365632011-06-07T09:23:55.914-07:002011-06-07T09:23:55.914-07:00"We're going to be recommending senior le...<i> "We're going to be recommending senior level visits and consultations on foreign policy issues to help bring Harper and his new, generally inexperienced team into the fold as more useful partners.<br /><br /> I look forward to helping connect the dots with the new government so we can effectively advance our agenda."</i><br /><br />And thus far, it's been pretty effectively advanced. Can't wait for the "details" of the stevie & barry deal to be released. <br /><br />Oh. <br /><br />Wait. <br /><br />Maybe I can, 'cuz it's gonna be a <b>LONG</b> wait with very few details . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-34586065244625513172011-06-07T08:54:30.377-07:002011-06-07T08:54:30.377-07:00I wonder how much aid and comfort Karl Rove and Fr...I wonder how much aid and comfort Karl Rove and Frank Luntz gave pro bono to the Conservatives?<br /><br />Just remember we make more revenue from the lottery than we do from Oil Royalties, damm that NEP.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-43139125426280106212011-06-07T07:40:19.304-07:002011-06-07T07:40:19.304-07:00We need a "Not a puppet master" anti-Har...We need a "Not a puppet master" anti-Harper campaign. Not an original thought in his head.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.com