tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post7092956545372241956..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: An Ottawa Christmas Carol - Three Ghosts Visit Stephen "Ebenezer Scrooge" HarperBill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-53132972050506896462008-12-26T09:48:00.000-08:002008-12-26T09:48:00.000-08:00Charles Dickens wrote as a social reformer using t...Charles Dickens wrote as a social reformer using the wrtten English language as a weapon for social change. <BR/><BR/>Who among us is using the English language in the internet era for social change or is the cacophony of blogs drowning out the voices for change ? But plaudits to Bill Tieleman for trying to focus on issues not rants.morvenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796315950096254135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-75665017937861196422008-12-24T06:42:00.000-08:002008-12-24T06:42:00.000-08:00Don't you just love the internet?Read a name and w...Don't you just love the internet?<BR/><BR/>Read a name and with "copy", "drag", "search" for "Jason Kenney" on Google, the first hit to come up on 501,000 found, is this: <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=Jason+Kenney+&btnG=Google+Search&meta=&rlz=1W1GPEA_en" REL="nofollow"> Poof!!!!</A> "this is a test site"<BR/><BR/>You betcha Conservatives, your Party longing for another term will be short lived ..... remember Kim Campbell!<BR/><BR/>Does anyone remember the Liberal Sponsorship Scandal?<BR/><BR/>Which party to choose from that hasn't had a scandal.North Van's Grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571810726275726952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-56735676347252176012008-12-24T01:05:00.000-08:002008-12-24T01:05:00.000-08:00The only visit that could induce "Scrooge" Harper ...The only visit that could induce "Scrooge" Harper to change his ways is a visit from the "Ghost of Pollsters Present". As long as the polls show him well ahead of his nearest rival, it will be business as usual for "Mr Scrooge".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-14147792941673233002008-12-23T18:47:00.000-08:002008-12-23T18:47:00.000-08:00I was listening to Mark Forsythe this afternoon on...I was listening to Mark Forsythe this afternoon on CBC. He was doing his annual "Talk to Santa" show where children are encouraged to phone in and tell "Santa", who has just dropped into the CBC for a visit, what they want for Christmas and to sing a song. Part way through the show Mark Forsythe mentioned that Jason Kenney had just announced that Canada had made Santa an honourary Canadian citizen. "Santa" didn't miss a beat. He said, "does that mean I could become a Senator?"<BR/><BR/>Merry Christmas Mr. T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-73203336817584154802008-12-23T16:50:00.000-08:002008-12-23T16:50:00.000-08:00Sorry to post two in a row Bill, but it seems harp...Sorry to post two in a row Bill, but it seems harpo has been named the media person of the year. That shouod get the blogs going full bore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-10225214706895280352008-12-23T16:34:00.000-08:002008-12-23T16:34:00.000-08:00""The 1843 story that Charles Dickens wrote.....Ch...""<A>The 1843 story that Charles Dickens wrote.....Christmas Carol and created the character of Ebenezer Scrooge</A> who was the "squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching" miser", never, ever wore a poppy.<BR/><BR/> WWI hadn't happened.<BR/><BR/>Hey Bill, couldn't you find a photo that was just a plain jane Stephen Harper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-59910746706556959872008-12-23T16:14:00.000-08:002008-12-23T16:14:00.000-08:00Would he listen? Of course not as he is all knowin...Would he listen? Of course not as he is all knowing. The only economist in Canada who refused to see a recession coming down the road. I've voted through Dief, Joe, Kim, Brian and will live throught this present clown. <BR/><BR/>Somehow never bought the BS from any one them so never voted for any of them either. Let's see how long he will last before getting turfed and he ends up in the Frazer Institute and gets to be called professor or whatever it is those guys call each other.<BR/><BR/>Happy Holidays to all who read this blog, even the ones that I disagree with .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com