Socialist America Gives Bad Advice to Capitalist China

You might think that I mixed up the words of the Subject heading, but it's actually correct. 50 years ago, if someone said that, they would have been deemed insane.

Photos from China

My friend, Dennis, recently visited his family's homeland with his brother & mother. He gave me permission to publish these photos:

Shanghai



Beijing

Canadians, Meet Your Unelected New Leaders

Oh wait, sorry ... technical glitch ... don't know how that happened. :-)

Here's the correct photo:
The gauntlet has been thrown down. Le Cabal de Trois will not be backing down now.

The next step is to find out whether Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, will demand that a new election be called.

After that, we will wait to learn what Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, decides. If she gives permission to the trio above to take over the government without any such mandate from the Citizens of Canada then she will forever destroy the notion of democracy in the eyes of all who actually care about democracy.

Eventually a federal election will be held. When that occurs the citizens will be given the ability to decide whether they approve of Le Cabal de Trois. We can only hope that enough people will realize that the Liberals and NDP need to be punished so severely that no one will ever attempt this again for at least another 100 years.

Postscript: All those in support of a proportional representation voting system better realize that should it come in - either here in B.C. or elsewhere - that such dysfunctional government will almost certainly become the norm.

Canada's New Chinese Government

Listening to Bill Good this morning has been beyond frustrating. He quoted an unnamed Liberal Member of Parliament who said, "People probably won't like it, but if we provide good government, they'll accept it."

Norman Spector cynically (and rightly!) responded, "Well then why do we have elections? We should just have the Chinese system. That's exactly what the Chinese government says: 'We can deliver the goods. We're improving your standard of living. You don't need a democratic system of government.' "

It would be most interesting if Good revealed precisely which MP said that to him!

All of this made me think of a good slogan for Le Cabal de Trois: "Vote for us and have good government, just like in China!" If you'd like to listen to the entire discussion, just click here.

In anticipation of this takeover, I've created the perfect flag for them:

Will the Russian Bear Reduce the America Bashing?

For as far back as I can remember it has been a popular sport of many Canadians, Brits, French, and Germans to condemn America for most every problem in the world. It goes without saying that this also includes the extreme left of the Democrat Party in the U.S.

More recently I see that many of these same folks are now holding up China and Russia as positive models for the world. Have not these people learned a thing from the past 70 years!

As Mark Steyn has frequently said, it seems that the Bushitler Derangement Syndrome prevents many from ever saying a nice thing about America.

After what has happened in Georgia, is it most interesting that the Poles seem to like America these days ... a lot! The citizens of Poland actually understand what it's like to be underneath the boot (and tank treads) of their Russian oppressors. My father and his family also acutely understood what their fate would be if they ended up in Russian controlled territory.

If the Russian Bear starts causing trouble westward in Europe, will the Germans, French, and Brits suddenly change their tune?

It's fascinating how a crisis to one's own personal liberty tends to make people look at the situation with a much more realistic and less rhetorical lense.

Meet the Chinese "Women's" Gymnastics Team

These young women are all at least 16 years old? Give me a break! You can read more here.

Video of Free Tibet Protest

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Tibet Protest Against China

This afternoon there was a protest against the totalitarian regime that currently rules China, as well as the people of Tibet. Unelected, undemocratic, and unaccountable, the leaders of China have successfully brainwashed a billion people. Hitler failed. Stalin failed. But so far, at least, the Chinese leaders have done very well for themselves.

I have no sympathy for the argument that Tibet is part of China and that Western views are "misguided" on this issue. The primary ones who are misguided are the young Chinese nationals, many of whom have come over here to Canada, and some of whom have threatened me for posting this simple video. Such young thugs disrespect my country, its people, and what it stands for. They should be thrown out but because of political correctness, that will never happen.

I very much admire everyone who came out to this protest march. It wasn't an especially pleasant day and it's so easy and convenient for most Vancouverites to forget about what China is doing to a wonderful and beautiful people. Thankfully some have not forgotten.

My Faith in Humanity Is Waning

I frequently hear from politicians that the "collective wisdom of the public knows all". Really?! I somehow doubt it.

In just the past few days I've heard/read the following:

• The people who want independence in Tibet are terrorists & criminals and Mother China is a benevolent government.
• Because of what happened to North American Natives in the past few hundred years justifies China doing what they are to the "ungrateful" people of Tibet.
  
• Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe has the most democratic government on the planet.
• After WW2, most German people thought that their Nazi government had done nothing wrong, not even to the Jews.
  

I sometimes wonder where we're headed.

Strange Dilemma - What Would You Do?

I've received several messages from someone asking me to remove my Tibet Protest March video from YouTube:

The writer appears to be a woman living in Richmond, BC. "She" says that a friend of hers appears in the video and she fears for her safety if the video remains up.

Besides the obvious authenticity issue of the anonymous writer, this raises all sorts of issues of censorship. If you were in my case, what would you do?

Free Tibet Protest March - Vancouver, BC

I was having coffee with David Berner when a Free Tibet protest came marching up the street.





I applaud these people for their convictions and deeply support their right to protest what is clearly oppression and injustice. Why I would never spend my time joining them though is because if a country were ever to stand up to China and forcibly extricate them from Tibet, these same people would be protesting such military actions. Thus such protests are really only a half-hearted affair.

Amazing Snow Sculpture