In his scathing attacks on Fox News, Don Newman sounds a bit bombastic himself
Fox News? Oh, c’mon, everyone knows it’s a “minaret for America First prejudice” and “hyperventilated extremism” “screeching to the converted” with “the none-too-bright persona of the schoolyard bully.”
So says Christopher Dornan, director of something called the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs at Carleton University, writing in the Toronto Star.
Naturally, the news that Quebecor is planning a Fox of the North has horrified non-screechy fellows like professor Dornan. According to CBC eminence Don Newman, it’s “the absolute last thing this country needs.” No hyperventilating at the Ceeb, thank goodness.
Full disclosure: for the last few years, I’ve guest-hosted for Sean Hannity on Fox News, first on Hannity & Colmes, latterly on its successor show Hannity. Always have a grand time. The money’s not great, but occasionally, if I’m at a media event in New York, Fox’s head honcho Roger Ailes will give me a shout out from the podium and say, “Mark does just a fabulous job.” And sometimes he almost sounds as if he means it.
Whereas Don Newman’s network has never asked me to guest-host anything. When it comes to the CBC, my phone hasn’t stopped not ringing. So take it as read that I’m eaten up by bitterness. For one thing, it’s severely reduced my chances of being governor general.
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The cbc was really fair and balanced in keeping an interview on ice till it could do the most damage re CSIS. Oh, and how about Peter asking PM Cameron about coalitions etc and getting the response, PM Harper is a very smart politician and has been very helpful. What worked in Britain would not work in all countries, (Paraphrased) or the ctv guy trying another gotcha question re the new/old police powers, and PM Harper coming back without a pause, I don’t comment on provincial or police matters.
I am wondering, what is the big event in TO for the cbc, this weekend, other than covering the protests and praying for violence and damage.
And how much free booze and food are those journalists consuming while complaining of the cost and lack of variety.
Think of the savings if all those protesters had not shown up with threats to do violence. And they are upset that the police are stopping them.
Wonder how many of them object to showing ID and having luggage scanned if they take a plane.
Macleans poll on HST. Fifty four percent so far declare it a “filthy TAX GRAB” and signing petitions means nothing. It’s a business killer if anything.
Just wait until July 1st when ontario retail gas prices go up 8% with the HST. Retail gas prices are very high as it is, around .98 cents per litre in the GTA — This is a tax on a tax on a tax.
What is it with Conservatives and higher taxes? First it was the Malroney GST and now the Harper HST. Who do they think they are, lieberals?
And how will this create jobs when Ontarians will have less to spend especially with the HST being added to the price of hydro and fuels?
Governments – phooey.
Can anyone with more than one functioning brain cell (which clearly eliminates UV) how we got from a very well written article about press bigotries to blaming Harper for McGuinty’s tax grab? Maybe its just proof of the media bigotry that UV believes what he does because he pays way too much attention to the Harper hating press corp.
Joe, you’re cheering the HST tax on Canada Day! You must be BRAIN DEAD, my good man. Enough already. Why don’t you advocate 16 percent increase and get done with it. Just watch who you’re calling brain dead.
We’re not hearing the discussions live. Right now, HM Harper is delivering the statement in French, when the world conducys business in ENGLISH.
Well good to see that Cassie and UV are eliminated because they function on only one brain cell. Please Cassie go back and find out where exactly I am cheering for the HST. I don’t care about the HST because I live in Alberta where we don’t have a PST or and HST. What I pointed out was the simple fact that since only Ontario and BC are bringing in the HST while Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are not bringing in the HST maybe the implementation of the HST is a PROVINCIAL matter and not a federal matter. In other words if you live in Ontario and you don’t like the HST unelect McGuinty since McGuinty is the guy who is doing it to ya.
Joe, who gave you the prerogative to “eliminate” fellow voting citizens. hahaha.
Thanks Jack for erasing the financial realities of the former statement. Not towing the party line I guess. Who cares, I don’t.
Sounds like Joe only cares about himself and not other Canadians, especially here in Ontario where we have had enough of increased taxes. Being a pensioner, these taxes will make life a lot harder for many of us. But that doesnt seem to bother the likes of Ontario’s Dalton McTaxeverything and HM PM Harper.
And then they have the nerve to bribe us with our own money. Hopefully, Ontarians wont forget that the bribe cheques will be finished by next year but the HST is forever.
Keep up the good work Cassie.
Politicians, phooey.
Yeah, UV. At least our one brain cells are plugging for Canadian families. Even Harper said quite correcly to the effect, nothing is worth losing his family over. And the cash strapped Queen arrives on Canada Day to wave to her subjects paying the HST. I’m not waving back, nor wasting my time towing any party line. Rogers doesn’t get my hst come july 2nd. Boycott. am i allowed to bring it up?
ah, shut up yourself, sir propaganda rules the day and hour.
Cassie, you’ll have to forgive Joe as he’s from Alberta (just kidding) One has to wonder at politicians who think they can constantly ‘hood-wink’ voters and get away with it.
On the right hand we have a PM with a minority government and it looks ike its going to stay that way and on the left hand, here in Ontario we have a looney left provincial government, thanks to the Ontario conservatives who cant seem to find a strong leader like former Premier Mikey Harris (with all his warts).
The Queen should be keeping an eye on her own government since, for all intents & purposes its broke. So its off with their heads and bring back the pole tax,
One thing for sure the ‘Harper Sales Tax’ will do and that is to increase the already thriving underground economy here in Ontario.
Probably why the ‘Undecided party’ is growing in leaps and bounds.
http://www.undecidedparty.ca/undecided/index2.html
As I was saying the G-8 sanctioned the world bank getting a cash infusion of between 7.3 billion to 10 billion, while African and Haitian women and children WILL CONTINUE to starve and eat rats.
Obama, a vp banker’s grandson, has approved the measure. The Bilderbuggers orders have been followed to the tea. Tea partiers might as well put on the kettle because the fish stinks to high heaven.
Keep the conversation going and all.
CTV report protesters CLASHING with police. Police are standing easy and protesters are very behaved. Good. Gandhi would be rightly proud. CBC, the same garbage coverage. The live feed shows no clash.
Latest count on Ontario’s anti HST poll now stands at 242,960 votes and growing,
I guess these voters will not be voting lieberal here in Ontario and probably not for the federal tories.
http://www.hstpetition.com/petition/sign.php
Its to be hoped the ontario conservative leader will at least reduce the provinces portion to that of the feds at 5% should he becomes Ontario’s next Premier.
Does anyone know what Timmy Whodat’s stand is on the HST?
Re: Cassie and UV — Hate to pop your bubble but Joe is on the “sharp edge” of a very big deal if he lives in Alberta. This weekend is huge and I think he’s correct. Pay attention and remain silent for a few days as the situation works itself out.
It will impact all of us.
My view: “PC=Liberal=NDP=Socialism=Communism”.
At the moment, all are “far left”.
Alberta is changing that picture. Pick up and pay attention.
Joe gave you the truth, Cassie and UV. Blame your goof Mcsquinty for the HST and B.C. can blame their equally flaky equally incompetent LIBERAL Premier! Remember, the Liberal M.P.s ( under the dictatorship of the Crechin who PROMISED, in his RED book to ‘scrap and burn’ the G.S.T) instigated the GST after the demise of the PC party under Lyin Brian. The GST was designed to replace the Manufacturer’s hidden sales tax – it became a Liberano slush fund and the Manufacturer’s Tax is forgotten.
When you two trade in an old car for a new car, do you demand your GST back? You should because the dealership is going to charge GST on your old car when they sell it. Same goes for second hand stores – they charge GST on used goods, on which the GST (manufacturing tax) has already been paid.
As for gas – the GST is charged on that taxes piled on top of the listed price! Speak to your provincial M.P. BTW, gas sells for 1.27 per litre in the Yukon. We do not have GST, we have no income except transfer payments, we pay no medi care premiums, gument workers get two free trips a year and huge isolation perks on your dime. Wake up! Your next door neighbour pays 7 dollar a day day care, on your dime! Where is your Premier? Why has he sold you out for the big bag of cash he gets from the Feds for the sale on the right of the Provincial set taxes in Ontario? Do you, for one nano second, think that Mike Harris would you out to the Cretin Liberanos? The best Premier B.C. ever had (Vander Zalm – Social Credit) is leading the charge in B.C. (not the Dipper opposition!); where is your Ontario team? Blame the guy who brought you to this horrible place – your own bankrupt Premier and his gang of fools.
Broadcast cameras not showing the smashed windows, rocks, stones and sticks???
Still showing riot geared police standing easy.
oh, they do have shots of a protester smashing a window, but no police stopping him,huh?
Did somebody pay the guy to do it??
valid data for sure. Police now running to what?
Live camming doesn’t jibe with verbal reportage of window smashing, where is it?
This is like watching ROGERS going down Alice’s wonder hole.
CBC’s airing ad on old agers’ bathtubs nobody, well hardly anybody can afford.
CBC\s showing a near empty street. I don’t think my eyes are deceiving me.
Showing horses in a nice trot. Again, live camming not coordinated with verbal reportage.
What a farce.
Meantime have the G-20 convened, public broadcasters?
Turning off the cable, July 2nd for sure. Not to decide, is to decide.
Meeting convening at the Royal York hotel, formerly a Canada Heritage site, but now owned by the UAE. Dignitaries of G-20 convening there.
Get it straight, Jema. PCs inherit the HST add on list forever. Voters know it already.
Reporters hyperventilating re tear gas, but no cam shots of any such destruction.
What’s on fire, Lisa? We\re seeing ccruiser on fire. it should blow up by now, no?
It’s not blowing up though.
Where’s a fire truck??
No fire truck, too much of a danger apparently. Amazing coverage, if you can call it that.
A fire truck showing up approx. 15 minutes from visible fire. Odd, isn’t it.
btw, the Royal York hotel is reportedly the site of the lotto draws, apparently supervised by Price Waterhouse Coopers Lybrant.
U. of Toronto mathematicians have talked about the statistical improbabilities of the results for last week’s big one.
I wasted 20 dollars myself on the slim hope the numbers were actually randomly turfed.
But as Iceman, the blogger noted, it’s an excellent source for revenue.
So the anarchists are causing chaos at young and dundas, what three some odd blocks from the Royal York, host site of G-20. fire under control. Maybe the smoke’s serving as a pesticide application for the reported bed bug infestation of the five star hotels??
Lisa’s smelling the burning black tires of more than one cruiser. talking about smashed windows but we have no shots of any of this. John Tory of ROGERS CABLE is wasting our monies, folks.
God Bless our brave police officers. I feel sorry for their family members watching the disrepect of our MSM to our police as they cheer on the lawless protestors. Shame CBC Shame. Time to end the CBC.
It is apparent to everyone that UV/Cassie read only the Toronto centric media because they are completely clueless about politics. For their information there is no federal PC party in parliament. There hasn’t been one for quite a few years now. The Conservative party is the party of tax cuts not tax increases. My GST went down by almost 30% when PM Harper reduced the GST from 7% to 5%. Of course here in Alberta even bringing up the idea of a PST will get you unelected real fast just as Mulroney’s GST got his PC party destroyed. Did you notice that the destruction of the PCs began here in Alberta with the creation of the Reform party? In other words we Albertans don’t put up with crooks sitting in Parliament or the Provincial Legislature. Its one of the reasons the outgoing Premier Special Ed is about to be the outgoing premier of Alberta. He tried to raise taxes on the livelihoods of the average Albertan thus throwing thousands of people out of work. So maybe if you two single firing brain cells would actually do more than read the Toronto news papers you would realize that PM Harper has reduced your tax burden; Premier McGuinty is increasing your tax burden. Don’t like increased taxes? Go after the guy who is increasing them – Dalton McGuinty. Don’t go after the guy who is decreasing them – PM Stephen Harper.
Joe, truly you are priceless and it’s dinner time in the east. Police did a good job, Fay agree. Only one head injury reported involving a protester.
Window contractor is working the calculator.
I’m laughing. If there is anyone I know that can create a “bullshit bugout” in Canada Mark would be “the man”. Therefore the reason I continue to feature him and watch as Canada goes “crazy’.
Mark is the man and I truly wish I could write like him. I would be famous.
Yeah, Jack Alberta Joe’s a real tool. I think he mentioned he’s a protestant minister. Do correct me if i’m wrong, joe?? It’s your three or four brain cells up against uv and my two i guess. it is to laugh.
have your afternoon, tea joe while i break for dinner. i’ve taped the coverage so i’ll have something to watch after i fire the cable company. might reconnect in january when the new fox news north premieres.
Stephen Harper did reduce the GST and then bribes B.C & Ontario to increase it (HST). And your right Alberta Joe, Ontario lieberal Premier Dalton McTaxeverything will hopefully pay at the polls for not telling the PM to shove his HST.
My understanding is that Premier in waiting Timmy Whodat will reduce the provinces share of the HST but not by much.
Ah, UV Tim Hudak’s going to have to move over for tuna tin Mike Harris’ return to politics and the theatre of the confirmed absurd.
A conversation piece to reflect on.
TUNA, the chicken of the sea, forget the DNA altering mercury component.
I don’t want “Timmy whodat” as a replacement for Harper. I want a woman.
Am I wrong?
We must begin to think big.
Right on Jack as I too want a woman with big ….. er thinker.
Yeah, i’m plain jane, flat chested….should apply for the job?? hahahhahahah.
Cassie: I must tell you this.
If you carry around “small tits” you will live forever. You can take that to the bank.
Ignore UV…what he knows you can put in a thimble and there is no need to respond.
“Shit happens”.
‘shit happens’ now, now Jack as we all know thats a smelly subject and not to be touched.
Jack, please recognize UV is your best citizen pal. and we’re all going to live forever beyond the corruptocrats best laid plans. Those who respect their heritage/elders live to advanced age beyond expectations no matter the infirmities.
We’ve all stomached the ‘shit happens’ what other choice.
And can we take affirmatives to another source than the bank??? maybe the local credit union
Cassie, me thinks Jack is from that generation which still puts money under his mattress or in a tin can buried in his back yard instead of banks and/or credit unions, eh ‘citizen pal.’
And I agree that one must respect their elders and thats why I like Jack. I dont always agree with his sometimes ‘way out there comments’ but never miss reading them cause ‘shit does happen.’ even among pals.
That’s why we read him cuz he thinks outside the box and that is required now as never before.
There is the possibility that the economic chaos will cause a unity of sorts among regular citizenry as 90 percent will strive for mere survival. from the broken oracle, lol.
I want a real man, Jack. But all the good ones are taken. That’s a fact. You know the planet’s yin, yan thing. Balancing the stimulus vs. deficits is no longer doable. We’re on our way back to horse and buggy days and then at least they’ll be pooper scooper jobs, eh?
Please read Caroline Glick’s column at JPost heralding General McChrystal’s contribution to the ‘western way of war.’
Prime Minister Harper signalled today in address Afghanistan can’t be lost, and neither can the Iranian/Korean threats be ignored.
I would point out to UV that the federal inducement to implement an HST came from Mulroney not Harper but obviously UV and Cassie have gone to find a room somewhere. I only hope they didn’t get caught up in the riots on their way.