OBAMA

THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE LAST 100 YEARS and …

He is to blame but … he simply cannot help it.

This is my final Blog for over the summer unless something really, really important comes up which I cannot resist blogging about.

We, in Ontario, have the worst government in our Provincial history but its negative effect is contained specifically to our province and more generally to Canada.

The disaster known as Obama though affects the United States of America – the greatest nation on earth and as a result, negatively impacts the entire world.

I will not recite all of his failings – I simply do not have the time nor inclination to do so.

Suffice to say, the World is a much more dangerous place to live since the little guy was elected but 6 short years ago:

The middle east is on fire, Russia has returned – if not to cold war status – at least to cool war.  Iran, the most dangerous country on the face of the earth has – for all intents and purposes, the Bomb.  North Korea – run by a mad man, continues to perfect its Atomic Bomb Delivery System.  China is becoming more and more belligerent with its neighbours and uses American money to fund its massive and ever growing military.

Obama started his presidency with a world tour to apologize for America’s actions in years gone by.  He sucked up to his enemies and demeaned his friends including stalwarts such as Israel and our own country.

Indeed, today no one trusts America anymore – neither friend nor foe.

Extreme Muslims are out of the bottle and will not be put back for a long, long bloody time to come.

On the domestic front, Obama has met with equal success:

One in Three – One Hundred Million Americans are now on welfare.

One in Six – Fifty Million receive food stamps.

In the aftermath of the financial collapse of 2007 and 2008 which caused massive unemployment, Obama brought in his job killing Health Plan.  He has had to delay its implementation time and again to avoid all out layoffs.

More recently, he imposed draconian conditions on coal fire powered which in turn will lead to even more unemployed.  Today coal accounts for 40% of US energy production and unlike oil is mostly mined in the States itself.  It is conceded that the new restrictions on production will lead to the shut down of this industry.

Each year the US deficit goes up another $Trillion Dollars and by the end of his term, the Debt will total over $20 TRILLION.

And as touched on earlier, America’s new banker is Red China.

Simply stated, America is quickly going down the tubes as 50% of the populace and most of the media cheer on.

So is Obama responsible?

Yes he is.

Can he help himself?

Not at all.

When he was first elected I was most happy for him and especially for the Black population of America generally. It helped mark ‘paid’ to the rancour surrounding American Civil War.

That said, I would not have voted for him since I am conservative but I was rooting for him nonetheless.

But it was not long before things started going poorly and it was not long after that I figured out just why.

Simply stated, being President is not in Obama’s genes.

Like so many of today’s Black kids, his father abandoned both he and his mother.

As a minority person, he grew up in a ‘them vs. us’ society, which would have embittered him toward the white establishment.

As a social worker in the slums of Chicago, he would have acquired a bias against the capitalist system.  For him, Big Government …not Big Business was the answer.

And like many from the outside, it was and continues to be ‘someone else’s fault’ when things do not go as planned.  Indeed, I have never seen an individual more adept at failing to take responsibility though Dolton McGuinty does come in a close second.

He sat in a church pew where for 20 odd years his Minister regularly condemned America as being “Gxd Damn America.  And then after the service, the self same Pastor retired to his gated white community and $20 million dollar homestead. One could barf.

His dear wife said she only fell in love with her country when it elected her husband.  This despite the fact that both had carved out successful careers and life styles well before any Presidential Campaign.

So for me, and although it is all his fault and no one else’s, he is not to blame, he simply cannot help himself, it is not in his makeup.

As such nothing will change over the course of the 2 years left in his mandate.

The only question that remains is whether or not the damage the little guy has done … everywhere, can be undone by the administration that follows him.

And I am most fearful that the answer is it cannot.

See you in the Fall.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’ 

 

A Few Quickies Before I Skewer …once again…

 

The Little Guy in the Whitehouse with my final blog … for a while.

#1.   Ontario Tory Leadership

It appears that the Provincial Tories are hell bent for an early leadership convention.

It would be a big mistake.  They have 4 years to get their act together and part of that process should be to see who might be best to lead them.

The Tory public also needs to get behind the new leadership and have been sorely disappointed by the offerings of the last 10 years. 

Lets wait 2 years or so and allow for a dry run between the potential leaders … Elliott, MacLeod et al.

#2.   Randy Hillier

I have been critical of Mr. Hillier in earlier blogs but the chap has come out with some good ideas of late.

Hillier, the MPP for Lanark – Frontenac, has come out with solid common sense ideas on how to involve the grass roots.  He sees the Tory apparatus being pyramid like … that is to say, ruled from the top down and is advocating rule from the bottom up.  This is exactly what the Tories need if they ever hope to return to power.

Hillier has announced that he will not be in the running for new leader but I suggest he reconsider.  Even if he does not win, which is most likely, at least his running would provide a valuable platform for his refreshing ideas.  And I would offer my advice for gratis if he chooses to do so.

#3.   The Egyptian – Canadian(?) Journalist

The Tory of Government of Canada is under fire for not aggressively coming to the defence of Al-Jazeera Journalist Mohamed Fahmy.

Fahmy was sentenced this week to 7 years by an Egyptian Court and the left in Canada is livid that Canada has not done more to help him.

But my reply to these dear and misguided folks is no damn way.

As you know, I am fundamentally opposed to dual citizenship – it is an oxymoron.  How can one be loyal to two or more Sovereign States at the same time.

The fact is they cannot.

But in Fahmy case, I am doubly opposed to Canada’s involvement due to the fact that one of his claimed citizenships is Egyptian.  Hence when he goes to Egypt, he is in one of his mother lands and must abide by their laws.  If this had occurred in Iran say, there may be some onus on Canada to act.  But not much.

But to add insult to injury, the guy has lived, worked and made his home in Egypt for a dozen years.  Doesn’t sound like much of a Canadian to me.

Leftist loons … call of the attack dogs; you are only making yourselves look silly.

#4.  Iraq

Iraq is in a state of collapse and the blame goes back to the treaties ending the First World War.

There are, as you know 3 distinct sects comprising that beleaguered country – the Kurds in the North, the Sunnis in the Center and the Shiite, who make up the majority, are primarily located in the South.

The Shittes and the Sunnis are at each others’ throats across Islam and have been since the middle ages.

So what to do.

The US has an obligation to do something given its military incursion into that hapless nation.

It cannot guarantee the peace but it could have and still can stop / slow the advance of the radical Sunnis to give time to the majority Shittes to get ready to withstand the Sunnis assault.

The fact that America is not taking such action is another knock against the Little Guy in the White House as my final Blog will point out.

But longer term, Iraq needs to be sectioned…as, believe it or not, Vice President Biden earlier proposed.  Indeed, it was one of the only times that I can recall being in sync with the mentally challenged VP.

As an aside, there is much to compare between Biden and Justin Trudeau, both have nice hair and nice teeth but not much upstairs.

But I digress.

Back to Biden’s idea of creating three states out of the current Iraq:  A Kurdish nation in the North; A Sunnis nation in the middle; and A Shiite nation in the south.

It, dear reader, is the only way to go.

#5.  The Solution To Islam

I have said it before but it is worth saying again, the only solution to the problems in the Middle East is to draw a ring around Islam and let them fight it out.

No more loss of life and wasted money for the West.

No one gets in and no one gets out.

No immigration from any of those states until those states come to their senses.

No flights, no boats, no rail, no roads, just closed borders.

Sounds harsh doesn’t?  Well it is.

And yet, it is the only thing that is going to work…otherwise the death and misery being experienced there now will only continue to spread to our fair lands.

Once the last men and women standing so to speaks come to their senses, they will be glad that the West is still there in tact to guide the Middle East into the 21 st Century.

#6.  Dearth of Leadership

Have you noticed that lack of true leadership in the world around us?

Where are the FDRs, the Churchills, the Kennedys, the Reagans, the Iron Ladies?

No wonder things across the planet are in such a mess:

The middle east in burning;

Africa is terror central;

Europe / Russia are at each others’ throats;

Iran has the bomb by now despite what the little guy is saying;

Nuclear North Korea continues to march to its own twisted drum;

China is flexing its muscles and sooner, than later will be causing even more fear and unrest for their peace-loving neighbours.

As to want of leadership, we need look no further than to our own deficient leadership:

Ontario has just re-elected the worst Government in its over 200 hundred year history;

At the top, we have Sullen Stephen (he who is light on conservatism); Angry Tom (who is light on separatists) and Little Between The Ears Justin (who fortunately got his mother’s looks … but sadly, also her brains.)

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

All Tories Are Racists …

 

So said a caller to one of the local radio stations here in Ottawa yesterday.

My reply to him is that ‘all those thinking such are Morons’.  So there.

But first and just to confirm, I am going into a siesta state but first have decided to get one or two Blogs off my chest…so to speak.

The nimwit’s comment would have ordinarily fallen on my deaf ears but it was the second time in two days that I had heard more or less the same thing; the first time was by a Chinese Canadian woman who up until then I had respected.

It happened during our Wednesday discussion group and the topic was the Northern Gateway Pipeline.

I had led off the discussion by saying it had to go through and fast given that the centre – Ontario and Quebec, were rapidly losing their manufacturing, which was not likely to ever return.

Oil and Gas, especially from the West were the things that would keep our economy afloat.

Others joined in, and not surprisingly the issue of native opposition to the pipeline came up.  The essence of their concerns was that native groups should not be allowed to disrupt the process by way of violence, as some of their Chiefs have threatened to do.

I too added to the discussion by saying that natives who did interfere in such a way, should have their Government of Canada funding cut off.

The discussion continued.

It was then that our Chinese Canadian woman piped (pun?) in by saying ‘Canada consists of many racists as is evident by the discussion here today’.

I was dumbfounded on two accounts:

First, I was saddened that such a bright lady would stoop to invoking racism for the sole purpose of shutting down the discussion. 

Second, I was angered by her suggestion since it is totally false.

It was the second result that caused me to reply to the dear lady.

I said, “if being critical of those who would use civil disobedience to defy the Will of the People is racist, then call me a Red Neck”.

“My only concern is for the welfare of all Canadians –be they red, black, blue and white as I truly believe we will all benefit by having our oil and gas reach world markets”.

I made my point but probably made an enemy in so doing.

The fact is though, the World runs on oil and will do so for the better part of this current century. And we in Canada are blessed to have it in abundance.

As stated above,Canada, like the Western World generally, is losing its manufacturing.  It is relocating to parts of the world that provide cheap, abundant labour.  But those countries are not self sufficient, they need oil and gas to operate and if Canada does not meet this need, other countries will gladly do so.

We therefore have an opportunity to move forward or fall back.

And in that regard, to say that we will not condone violent native protests is not racist; it is only common sense and in the end will be best.

Later I got in another relevant point.

I pointed out how bizarre it is for such projects as the Northern Gateway Pipeline to literally takes decades to get approved. “If it were China – the about to become largest economy in the World – approval can be obtained within a day”.  I also stated that in saying this I was not defending dictatorship but only voicing the need for these types of decisions – for or against – to be made more quickly.

Our lady piped up again to say that she was from China and their projects were done in such a way as to cause needless death to its workers.

Once again, the dear lady missed the point but sadly I know that she is not alone in her misguided thinking but I do think they are in the minority.

As such, the Conservatives have a golden opportunity to push the pipeline through to completion and in doing so re-set the political agenda in their favour as both Young Trudeau and Angry Tom have come out against it.

The Conservative’s tepid support of late for the project causes me to wonder though if they are smart enough to seize the moment.

It would be a shame.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’

Happy 104th Mr. Hees !!

 

Today, June 17, 2014, is the birthday of our former boss and much loved politician, the Honourable George Hees.

A year ago, I wrote a belated Eulogy for this late great Statesman, and it seems fitting to publish it once again:

When we see how politics has fallen into disrepute in recent times, we consider ourselves most fortunate to have worked for one of Canada’s last great statesmen-politicians, the Honourable George Hees.

Mr. Hees passed away in Toronto on June 11, 1996 at the age of 85.  This Monday, June 17th, would have been his 103rd birthday.

Married in 1934 to Mabel Dunlop..’the Pembroke Pearl’, the Hees’ had three daughters and a life together full of interesting times and adventure.

Save for a brief interlude between 1963 and 1965, our Boss was continually a Member of Parliament from 1950 until his retirement in 1988.

His accomplishments were legend: all star athlete culminating with his being on the 1938 Grey Cup Champion Toronto Argonauts; a war hero wounded in the heavily fought battle for the Walcheren Causeway in Holland in 1944; a most successful businessman having had to take over the family business at a young age after his father was killed in a riding accident; he served as Cabinet Minister in the Diefenbaker Government of 1957-1963 both as Minister of Transport and Minister of Trade and Commerce;and, later in life served in the Mulroney Government as both Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of State for Seniors.

The list could go on and on but for us, Mr. Hees was far more than these biographical entries.  He was a gentleman of the first order.

Always cheerful and never critical he inspired his staff to do their utmost simply by the fact that we never wanted to let him down.  On those occasions when we did, he encouraged us to shake it off “we all make mistakes” he said, “and no one more than me”.

When asked one time what best prepared him for a life in politics he replied simply, “that’s easy, sports, in sports you have to depend on your teammates and with sports comes both victory and failure and the lessons learned in how to successfully deal with each”.

He did not view the Members of other parties as the enemy, rather he considered them friends, all working in the interests of a better Canada and he lived that philosophy by example, as well as by word.  When we came to work for him as the newly appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs his first order of business for us was to get to know the Veterans’ Opposition Critics. He asked us to find out what he could do for them to make their jobs easier all with the goal that this would benefit veterans whom he viewed as the most special of Canadians.

We can hear him now … in his speeches … telling audiences of the sacrifices made by these young men and women, “they risked their lives, risked having their heads were blown off and too often their limbs destroyed, all so that we might enjoy the many freedoms we have today.”

Our Boss was fond of mottos; while Minister for Trade and Commerce in the early 1960s he promoted the phrase You Can’t Do Business Sitting On Your Ass and neckties of a donkey accompanied with the letters YCDBSOYA soon flourished.  While Minister of Veterans Affairs he coined the phrase Courtesy, Generosity and Speed (C.G.S.). Both these mottos encouraged his departments to double their efforts on behalf of their respective clientele.

Mr. Hees was very much from the old school in that he was proud of his profession and proud of his colleagues on all sides of the House of Commons. Often he would coach newly elected M.P.s regardless of party just because that was the way he was. Few know this, but he met often with Pierre Elliott Trudeau to discuss issues of the day.

Also of interest, was the fact that he was offered a Senate position by both the Liberals and the Conservatives but dismissed them by saying “I’m too young to retire.”

Perhaps the best way to sum up this Eulogy is to refer back to Hansard on the last day George Hees appeared in the House of Commons, the date was September 1, 1988:

Neil Young the NDP Critic for Veterans Affairs stood and asked the Boss a rather soft question – he began with the following lead-in – “My question is to the Minister of Veterans Affairs, and it may very well be the last chance I have to ask the Minister a question in the House or indeed for him to give a response.  And I regret that very much Mr. Speaker, because the Minister has been appreciated by all members on all sides of the House and certainly by the Veterans of Canada”.

Mr. Young’s question was met with thunderous applause throughout.

George Hees then replied -

“To start with, Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank all Honourable members for their very kind and generous expression of good will that they accorded me a few moments ago. This is one of the reasons that makes serving in Parliament the finest profession that anyone can have. I’ve enjoyed it tremendously not only because of the work that we’re all able to do,but because of the associations that we make, not only with members of our own party, but with members of all other parties.”

This was followed by several standing ovations.

It has been a quarter century since the voice of George Harris Hees echoed in the Halls of Parliament but for many and most especially for those like us who had the honour to have worked for him, those words will never be stilled.

Respectively submitted by:

Keith Bell … Former Chief of Staff

Shirley Cheevers … Former Executive Assistant

It is all about the Children …

 

I have decided to take a break once again from Blog writing.

Before I do however, I want to leave you with two more blogs – today’s and then one to follow about the little gaffer in the White House.

Today’s is about the future … for our once proud Province of Ontario.

Kathleen Wynne, in her recent campaign, urged voters to forget the past – you know the numerous scandals and such … and to focus on the future.

The past, said Wynne, was all about her predecessor Dolton McGuinty.

So okay, let’s do what dear Kathleen wants and focus on a Wynne Ontario.

And let’s do it from the perspective of the future … namely our children and our children’s children.

First … Sex Ed.

As Minister of Education, dear Kathleen tried unsuccessfully to introduce radical sex education into our schools.

This was something that even the Dolster could not stomach and, to his credit, quickly shelved the idea.

But now Wynne is in the driver’s seat, she has announced that one of the first things she will do, as Premier, is to bring back the ill fated Sex Ed Program.

Now some background is in order to better understand the curriculum to follow:

1st., Wynne is a lesbian;

2nd., the person she hand picked to introduce the new sex ed program, while she was Minister, has been charged with being a pedophile, and,

3rd., the most recent study in the United States found only 4% of Americans self identifying as homosexual.

Begs the question what is fuelling this most controversial initiative.

And Controversial It Is:

Starting in Grade One the little gaffers will be exposed to graphic lessons and pictures of sexual body parts.  (as a aside this alone could run educators afoul of the criminal code… but I digress).

In Grade 3, the little urgings will be taught gender theory, that is to say, that it is normal to question whether or not a you are a boy or a girl, regardless of your physic.

In Grade 6, you will be taught how to masturbate and,

In Grade 7, your studies will focus on oral and anal sex.

(And to think, I was always of the opinion that there was not enough history being taught in our schools.)

And at a time when our youth – Grades 1 and 3 should be playing cops and robbers or with dolls.

And then the lessons for Grades 6 and 7 go even further afield.

Bet you did not hear much about all that in the recent election campaign?

So that’s bad, but so is the fact that our children and their children will have to pay off our debts racked up under 4 successive Grit terms.

The Debt is approaching $300 Billion Dollars, our Deficit is slated to climb this year to over $12 Billion Dollars and the Liberal Promise to balance the Budget within 2 to 3 years is … simply pie in the sky.

It won’t happen.

So hug a kid today and thank him or her or whatever, for their kindness.

Talk about a reverse inheritance.

Sadly though, there will be less of them to thank since our Energy costs are three times the norm and rapidly climbing, there will be less jobs for them and the lucky ones will continue, as they do today, to escape the Province for jobs elsewhere – primarily in the West and in the United States.

So go girl go – you are the Wynner; let’s see what you can do.

We can afford to wish you well since it will be our children who will get the bill.

As I see it …

‘K.D. Galagher’

‘CASEY’ JONES AT THE THROTTLE …

 

On the night of April 30th 1900, ‘Casey’ Jones and his Cannonball Express collided with a stalled freight train on the tracks of the Illinois and Central Railroad.

We in Ontario too have a train wreck in motion and one being engineered by none other than ‘Casey’ Kathleen and her Gritty Crew.

And like the night of April 30th one hundred years ago, things will end in disaster.

But, the Voters of Ontario have spoken and none can later say they were not warned. 

Pundits today, are suggesting that Premier elect, Kathleen Wynne will be forced to be fiscally prudent by the Bond-Raters.

They’d be wrong … they do not realize how inculcated Wynne and her followers are in the obsessive need to spend massive amounts of other people’s money on hair brained schemes and general waste.

The day will come when the party is over – so to speak, but the Liberals will do their best to delay taking meaningful action as long as possible.

So do not expect any quick fixes in the near to medium future and that, dear reader, is what the voters of Ontario are content with in any event.

I do expect Wynne will soon announce a freeze on hiring and salaries but things are so bad economically in Ontario that that would be like spitting in the wind and hoping to put out the fire.

Jobs will continue to be lost with energy rates 3x what they are in neighbouring provinces and states.  Wynne’s new ill advised pension scheme will create even more incentive for businesses to pick up- and go elsewhere.  All, will cause more and more unemployment in all sectors of the economy.

It is for that reason I am not happy with yesterday’s election results but I am happy that the voters were given the opportunity to have their say.

And I am also absolutely delighted by the fact that it is Wynne who, for the next 4 years, will have to live with the disaster created by her Grit forebears over the course of the last decade and more.

So keep your hand on the Throttle dear Kathleen and remember, like the ill fated ‘Casey’, when the crash ultimately occurs … you will be riding right up at the very front of the Train.

As I see it …

‘K.D. Galagher’

 

Read Them And Weep …

 

The Polls leading up to tomorrow’s Ontario Election that is.

A couple of days ago, in my last ‘let’s pretend it is election day in Ontario’ I pointed out that although it is virtually a dead-heat between the two major parties, the Liberals were apt to win if for no other reason than they have a lock on GTA’s 40 seats.

Now, on the Eve of Election Day, I do not see that anything has changed from then.  If anything, the Grits have pulled slightly ahead over the course of the last two days.

I am not going to recite here the many reasons why Wynne and company deserve a good thrashing nor am I going to list the critical mistakes made during the campaign by the Hudak folks … by this time, you are as well aware of this as I am.

There will be lots of time to review what went wrong post election day.

In the old movie ‘Harvey’, starring Jimmy Stewart, his character Elwood had this to say; “In this world you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well for years I was smart; I now prefer pleasant”.

So for me I would rather vote for the nice guy who finishes last than for the crook who finishes first. …

I will be casting my vote for Hudak.

The Unions, which have spent millions upon millions of their members dollars to see this win come about will one day soon see their victory tomorrow as hollow since sooner or later even the Liberals will be forced to take steps to clean up the mess they have created for Ontario’s economy.

In that regard, there is justice in the Liberals winning tomorrow … it could not happen to a more deserving bunch.

As I see it…

‘K.D. Galagher’