Now Just A Goldarn Minute Here ...

Oh my goodness.... what this ? Corruption in the political system , no, not really ? I wonder which party these two + are connected with pray tell ? Give me a hint please Mary.



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Good government is not a party government

Wayne, the nice man is telling us that no politician in the B.C.
government was ever under suspicion. We're all pleased.

Reminds me of the Editor-in-Chief of CanWest's Victoria daily
newspaper telling me last September that they had sent a reporter to a
pre-trial hearing for Basi, Virk & Basi but that "nothing happened" so
they didn't write a story. Then she added: "When there is news, we plan
to report it." Well, there was BIG news today.

But, know what? Today -- on the start of Her Majesty The Queen vs Basi,
Virk, Basi (the B.C. Rail Trial), there's NOT A WORD about it in that
CanWest newspaper.

If you believe (as I do) that the media is an arm of government keeping
the population informed, it's important that the media should do a
decent job of reporting. In court today, however, we learned that Dave
Basi, while serving as the top aide in Ministry of Finance, was given a
contract with the B.C. Liberals (i.e., old Socred, Reform, Alliance,
Conservative, Liberal Party members) for media relations, i.e., shaping
the news for political purposes.

So I don't know why you wouldn't believe the nice man, Wayne.

Mary: I have not much use for the political system or the media.I will say this Mary, I found this Radio station right in your neck of the woods <a href="http://www.coopradio.org/">http://www.coopradio.org/</a>. <br />
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I must say it is well done and yes a little left leaning, but it leaves room for the person listening with more information to make a better judgement. <br />
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I wish we had such a media format in Nova Scotia. Your right I do not trust the little man.<br />
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There was a news item on BCTV, now Global, last night, under the same ownership as the Sun, where a defence lawyer claimed that Finance Minister Collins was under investigation before Basi and Virk, but the defence was denied access to that information.

The RCMP also seem to be on trial for various actions, conflicts, coverups.

In may ways I'm surprised about the general BCTV coverage of some very damning claims, stories and evidence against the Campbell government, with NDP MLAs interviewed almost daily

Ed Deak. .

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Thanks for the news tips, Wayne, Ed. I'll try to keep up with them. Most
of my time is taken up tracking the B.C. Rail story as it may (or may not)
appear in the daily newspapers online ... it's a little more difficult with
the radio and TV.

Bill Tieleman has been generous with his findings and columns. Maybe if
you see something which would add new information to the B.C. Rail
Trial, you could copy it to The Legislature Raids as a comment?

It's going to be a challenge even for citizens to get through this trial to a
good ending. Most important, I think, is for citizens to make their
interest known to the court (by attending the sessions), to the news
media (by letters or phone calls). People often think it makes no
difference -- but it does.
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What would make a difference is to make a PROCLAIMATION to the courts, signed by a LARGE body of citizenswho formed themselves into a watchdog group to monitor ALL the actions of the BAR!!!
Until such time as this is done the Bar will continue as it always has!

We in democracies are in flagrant disregard of our duties of citizens!


This trial, and all trials concerning how we are governed must be juried! Either in the courts or through EXTRA LEGAL means, perhaps BOTH.

There is less chance of tampering with the law when there is a civic body whose express purpose is to monitor the courts.
In fact what is required in any democracy are civic watch dog groups to monitor ALL branches of government
From tax collection to dog catcher

Perhaps my suggestion is ahead of it’s time, but, until we take the kind of responsibilities I have suggest as a crucial part of democracy we will continue to have what we have always gotten!
Incase the one on this thread who has difficulties through selective understanding fails to “get” it what I am talking about is pro-action rather than re-action.

To illustrate: perhaps she is familiar with the phrase locking the barn door AFTER the horse is stolen?

Well right now all across Cana duh most of the horses have not only been stolen they have been re-branded and accepted as legitimate!!

Do any reading reactionary drivel honestly believe that after the fact action is what is required to have a civil society?

When governments “let us down” it is a sure sign we have reneged on “our” duties.

After the fact warm fuzzies won’t get the job done and at best end up being circle jerks, for jerks.






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"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."
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Diogenes:

What a great idea , a watch dog citizens committee to keep track of the Barristers. Maybe Connie Fogal or any other lawyer on the site could / would help set it up.

Make it non political, tracking and logging information on lawyers and the media. Sounds good.



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Having a lawyer to head it up is like setting the fox to watch the henhouse

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"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."
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Well now you got it. Think about the lot we have involved in politics ...government. Now do you understand why Lawyers like political parties?

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I've had it (in more ways than one) for quite some time and shared it with the electorate BEFORE Campbell was elected Now the public is paying the price for their neglect of all things political
An Ironic aspect to all this is the more time passes the more i have been proven correct on my assertions

Although bcm has been doing a bang up job on after the fact re port age it is after the fact
I am proactive zand it pisses some off
ho hum



T he sig I use speaks to those who have been, and still may be sleeping



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"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities."
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