Kady being the Rhodes Scholar that she is jumps in with the assertion that it will be "trickier" to re-introduce the legislation than had government not been prorogued. Not impossible, just more effort. Ergo, the PM is being completely shamelessly disingenuous when he says that removing Senate amendments on the existing legislation was one of the advantages of prorogation. Ergo this only adds to the righteousness of the CBC Facebook crusade. She closes the piece with this stunning conclusion.
The upshot? Prorogation really does kill some bills dead -- and the person who now carries the lions' share of responsibility for stonewalling -- or, at least, delaying -- the government's efforts to improve consumer safety and get tough on drug crime is the very same one whose office put out talking points condemning the opposition and the Senate for doing just that.
Ladies and gentleman, your public broadcaster...
Does anyone else remember the show Jem and the Holograms? It was a cartoon over 20 years, a joint venture between Marvel and Hasbro that was a complete flop. I had a flashback this evening while I was reading this latest spin by O'Malley. The premise of the show was that this singer had a giant self-aware super computer that could create holograms. It would often create fake people and illusions of things that weren't actually real with the intent of achieving Jem's objectives. Sound familiar? Jem had all these outrageous ideas and she would pipe them into Skynet who would create a perception of the reality.
The tag line in the theme song was "Jem is truly outrageous, truly, truly, truly outrageous." In fact after the show bombed and was cancelled after two seasons, at my elementary school the line "truly outrageous" became a euphemism for "that sucked". If someone fumbled their lines at the Christmas play, off stage you would tell them that they were truly outrageous. The saying had a short shelf life, just like the TV Show, and just like I hope for Kady's employment at the CBC.
Kady, you are truly outrageous, truly, truly, truly outrageous!
If Marvel and Hasbro were smart, they just would have made a Dazzler action figure for girls. (With Hank McCoy sold separately.)
ReplyDeleteI am taking the revolution to Facebook. There Will Be Facebook!
ReplyDeleteSadly, I grew up in the era when if you wanted to watch a cartoon at any given time, there was but one channel. If Jem was on when you sat in front of the TV, Jem was what you watched whether you liked it or not. I was six years old when this had its premiere, and eight years old when it went off the air.
ReplyDeleteThe Liberal war room has definitely moved to the CBC and Kady O Malley is leading the opposition. Can she keep up the momentum until the liberal's and NDP return from vacation?
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ReplyDeleteIceman, the abuse you suffered to only have one cartoon channel.
Time for Next Poll
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna-Barbera
Jonny Quest (1964–1965, ABC; 1986–1987, syndicated)
The Herculoids (1967–1969, CBS)
Fantastic Four (1967–1969, ABC)
Super Friends (1973–1986, ABC)
Hong Kong Phooey (1974–1975, ABC)
So, as I understand Ms. O'Malley's reasoning, by proroguing parliament, Stephen Harper has killed his own bills and is therefore responsible for their demise and the Liberal dominated senate can not be blamed. In her usual support-the-Liberals-because-they-are-on-side-of-the-angels nonsense Ms. O'Malley has failed to consider that the senate had gutted and altered the bills to the extent that they had become Liberal bills. In essence, Mr. Harper killed off a series of Liberal initiatives.
ReplyDeleteI aint no meteorologist, but it appears to be raining stupid over at the CBC.
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