Happy Prime Minister Day!

Well here I am watching CBC tonight and I am learning of another CBC reporter employed with the Liberal party of Canada as a strategists, yes former CBC reporter Susam Murray.

My goodness is it any wonder why the CBC have been kicking the hell out of the conservatives and neglecting the NDP and are not even giving the Green Party a look.

Surely this CBC is not a national broadcaster, but a propaganda machine instead. It sicken me as a taxpayer we are being used to keep this corrupt political party alive and the CBC is behind them.

Who ever becomes the governing party, I can only hope that the CBC be cut free and that they collect their wages from the Liberal Party of Canada and not we the tax payers.

How many more CBC staff are waiting behind closed doors waiting for a new government appointment. How can I now believe that any of the stories Susan Murray was entrusted with about this corrupt governing Liberal party ever reported on them.

The media are weak , gutless and sheep of the government here in Canada... when will we ever get a media that will report the truth? I say off with the head of the CBC.



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Good government is not a party government

Sorry that is Susan Murray CBC reporter turned Liberal strategists.

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Good government is not a party government

how does this relate to happy prime minister day?

The question is why should we raise our glasses to toast remarkably poor leadership, especially today in the 21st century?

"I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers"

-Ralph Nader

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"All great truths begin as blasphemies" - George Bernard Shaw

1. In memory of our favourite leaders.
2. In tribute to a thankless job.
3. Because we love Canada, and these are the leaders of Canada.
4. Because we don't always need to be bitter.
5. Because we live in the greatest country and we should show some gratitude.
6. Whisky!
7. Alberta Whisky!
8. Because its mid-winter and sometimes our most serious minds are just plain boring.

"How many more CBC staff are waiting behind closed doors waiting for a new government appointment"

You mean...like Michaelle Jean??? Among others. (eh). Interesting.

9. In recognition of the fact that a human does the job
10. and we have a system where that job is not a birthright
11. and you also can't get it by shooting someone
12. and you can't please all of the people all of the time
13. and your best work is achieved when none of the people are perfectly pleased none of the time
14. and history is made by those who show up
15. and despite partisan bickering, boy could *they* toast the whiskey!

I agree with all 15 reasons. They are all very valid.

I was an (unsuccessful) candidate in a federal election campaign years ago. I probably did not realize at the time that most credible politicians (and there are still many in that category) do more than a "40 hour per week" job. For leadership positions, this is exponentially true.

So, cheers to Sir John A., and to the guy who said almost three years ago that "Canada does not have an appetite for war." May this become the statement by which Canada remembers him most.

But now we have a problem: Is it "whisky" or "whiskey"?

Well, G, I'll join you in a toast to Sir John A. (who had his own batch
of troubles but got it right at Charlottetown) and to Jean C (who I
just plain like).

Nice idea. Thanks for remembering. As Canadians, we really must
learn to rejoice, eh? Happy Birthday, Jean! (and shade of John)

<<Among others...indeed>> Manitoba's lieut-gov (a provincial GG) John Harvard worked for the CBC prior to running for the Libs. After many sleepy years as a trained seal backbench MP under Chretien, Martin wanted Mr. Harvard to make room for a star candidate (last election) former Winnipeg major Glen Murray. So Harvard cleverly negotiated his "entitlements" and chose the biggest plum job without having to move to Ottawa. Prov LG.

The kicker is that Murray and his party didn't count on the fact that the riding of St. James actually might prefer a local candidate over a high-prof, camera loving former mayor who was high on spin low on results. The so-called safe seat was not so safe. No problem for the failed candidate though - Martin appointed the former mayor to a cush job as a Kyoto chairthingy.

The CBC is a tool of the Liberal party. That is very clear. The Conservatives under Muldoon had the nerve to cut their budget and they have never forgotten that. So they helped ensure that Ontario suckers kept buying whatever crap the Libs served up. Even when we had a stand up comic for a caretaker PM, and now the bad actor. And they were rewarded for their efforts: aside from the CBC being a farm team for Liberal appointees and candidates the current CBC budget is $1.3 billion a year. That's with consistent ratings in the 3~5% range and very little orginal programming.

"But now we have a problem: Is it "whisky" or "whiskey"?"

Technically, "-ey", but I shorten it to 'Rye'.

15 very good reasons to admire the *Office* of the Prime Minister, and not always the man occupying it.



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"If you must kill a man, it costs you nothing to be polite about it." Winston Churchill