tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post212992982783043134..comments2023-07-25T02:39:44.615-07:00Comments on Bill Tieleman: Basi-Virk Bombshells: Defence alleges Kinsella, CN + Gordon Campbell met on BC; Kinsella worked for CN & BC Rail at same time; govt suppressed FOIsBill Tielemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-47309924032328438272009-03-31T10:16:00.000-07:002009-03-31T10:16:00.000-07:00Alex--There certainly were reports about, as you c...Alex--<BR/><BR/>There certainly were reports about, as you call it, 'inappropriate behavior'.<BR/><BR/>But lost three-quarters of his audience?<BR/><BR/>Certainly not when the fine folks at Corus fired him in '03 after he said that they 'knew the price of everything and the value of nothing' (a charge he has since repeated with reference to the current provincial government).<BR/><BR/>Here's Rod Mickleburgh's report from that <A HREF="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:fWsOCLJwyfMJ:www.evalu8.org/staticpage%3Fpage%3Dreview%26siteid%3D2422+rafe+mair+firing&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca" REL="nofollow">time</A>.<BR/><BR/>Now, there was an audience drop off when he went down to the bottom of the dial, but those numbers are hard to truly <A HREF="http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:XLaEHG1JeggJ:www.vanramblings.com/radio/+rafe+mair+AM600&cd=20&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca" REL="nofollow">compare (type 'Mair' into browser search box)</A> to the old Giant'98 days, given the disaster that the dial bottom dwelling was at the time.<BR/><BR/>Regardless, your suggestion that Mr. Mair's defense of the environment is an important contributing factor to his removal from the airwaves, I would most humbly suggest, actually supports my argument.<BR/><BR/>____<BR/>Now, could Mr. Mair still carry an entire show by himself? Like you, I'm not so sure. But he can still kick butt on political panels.<BR/><BR/>.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-53099660354934574132009-03-31T09:55:00.000-07:002009-03-31T09:55:00.000-07:00Anon 1:03am:Posting after you've done a cap of her...Anon 1:03am:<BR/><BR/>Posting after you've done a cap of heroin or smoked crack is not conducive to productive, or lucid, commentary.<BR/><BR/>Rafe Mair was never ultra-right wing, nor was he let go for anything related to his programming.<BR/><BR/>The fact remains, he stayed too long and when you start to believe your own fame, all heel breaks loose.<BR/><BR/>And it did. Pity.A. G. Tsakumisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-86971783754217486972009-03-31T09:25:00.000-07:002009-03-31T09:25:00.000-07:00AGT--Ever go fishing when our oceans were alive wi...AGT--Ever go fishing when our oceans were alive with fish? I doubt it, some battles are worth fighting no matter the cost,when there isn`t one FFFFiiinnnnggg wild salmon left then what.<BR/>Gee,I guess someone should of spoke out.<BR/>What is important is nature working,without mankind screwing it up.<BR/>Fish farms where there were originated in Europe they have now gotten rid of them,how FFFFiiinnnngg stupid are we,would it affect your life if there were no farmed fish to buy?<BR/>No it wouldn`t,the wild salmon feed the birds,the trees,the bears.<BR/><BR/>Not some chemical/ground up fish pellet farmed fish that has to be starved in the last month of it`s life to flush out the chemicals and anti-biotics.<BR/>Bon appetite AGT--MoronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-78687071591986035412009-03-31T01:03:00.000-07:002009-03-31T01:03:00.000-07:00Raif Mair the ultra-rightwing goon was fired for a...Raif Mair the ultra-rightwing goon was fired for a number of reasons.<BR/><BR/>But hey, I have never met a leftwinger who doesn't like a fascist demagogue and populist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-69314972287217023982009-03-31T00:45:00.000-07:002009-03-31T00:45:00.000-07:00Ross:No, not at all. Rafe came off air because he ...Ross:<BR/><BR/>No, not at all. Rafe came off air because he stayed on too long and his behavior was, well, entirely inappropriate. You've got to separate the greatness of Rafe with the latter years. He made radio in this town. ANYONE with a successful show, even ten years from now, will owe at least part of that to Rafe. But he started in on fish farms, endlessly, losing three fourths of his audience in the process.<BR/><BR/>But, like anything in life. You have to know when to call it a day. And Rafe STILL thinks he could carry a show better than anyone, and that just ain't the case.<BR/><BR/>Everything good, eventually goes. Rafe was the best--without parallel. <BR/><BR/>It will take someone with great talent to finally assume the mantle.A. G. Tsakumisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-63453312229725994622009-03-30T20:00:00.000-07:002009-03-30T20:00:00.000-07:00looks like DP has something on this government. s...looks like DP has something on this government. stonewally didn't look to good today in QP and certainly did not like to answer questions to the media.<BR/><BR/>why doesn't stonewally's staff keep him in doing "house business" according to their own playbook in dealing with the media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-28729539944864292842009-03-30T15:34:00.000-07:002009-03-30T15:34:00.000-07:00AGT--Could it be that Mr. Mair's ability to do the...AGT--<BR/><BR/>Could it be that Mr. Mair's ability to do these things is, perhaps, one of the reasons he is no longer on commercial radio?<BR/><BR/>.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-49094647285134801412009-03-29T22:41:00.000-07:002009-03-29T22:41:00.000-07:00Those who will not cover this trial must have a VE...Those who will not cover this trial must have a VERY bad memory.<BR/><BR/>Rafe Mair once took a very complicated mess surrounding a Premier's personal property and parlayed it into one of the biggest and longest running stories in B.C. news history. <BR/><BR/>As a follow up, he took an even more complex national unity discussion and parsed it enough that the edges and guts were splayed for everyone to appreciate. You could understand because he was up every night polishing that sword that delivered a thousand cuts the next morning. He delivered. He wasn't lazy, or afraid.<BR/><BR/>But Christy ("where's Hamish?") didn't hesitate to take unbelievable cheap shots at Rafe at Bill Good's roast, she can't talk about it...and Bill Good doesn't believe in it...nor do his producers.<BR/><BR/>I comment on NW and the only two people willing to give it a whirl are the impeccable Jon McComb and the incomparable Sean Leslie. Kudos to them.<BR/><BR/>And then, there are people who I respect immensely, who are not covering this trial. And it saddens me that someone will get away with something.<BR/><BR/>At the very least, there are some significant ethical breaches that emanate from this trial.<BR/><BR/>And they all have one common denominator.<BR/><BR/>The Premier.A. G. Tsakumisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-83075526585474934142009-03-29T20:31:00.000-07:002009-03-29T20:31:00.000-07:00re: Deep Throat 12:28pm and Clark RobertsI have a ...re: Deep Throat 12:28pm and Clark Roberts<BR/><BR/>I have a story for you about during the 1997 federal election, Clark Roberts running for the Grits in Saanich boasted about his deep western political roots and how his "dear old dad" founded Western Canada Concept back in Manitoba in the 1970s.<BR/><BR/>As a federal Grit with a bit more mileage and war stories than little Clarkie . . . I suggested he stop telling that tale since WCC also used to spray-paint nasty things on Jewish gravestones too.<BR/><BR/>The GREAT SATANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-90325763117901828802009-03-29T14:16:00.000-07:002009-03-29T14:16:00.000-07:00This would be a 'bombshell' if any of the MSM were...This would be a 'bombshell' if any of the MSM were to run the story, but (aside from Mason in the Globe) nobody's putting it out there.<BR/><BR/>So...........Otis Krayolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-48771165062140417862009-03-29T12:28:00.000-07:002009-03-29T12:28:00.000-07:00Mr. Premier, its Clark Roberts here…let me in.Oh, ...Mr. Premier, its Clark Roberts here…let me in.<BR/><BR/>Oh, hello Clark.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Premier, it’s really dark in here why don’t you open your office blinds after all it’s a beautiful Victoria sunny day outside…<BR/><BR/>No, no Clark, I like it this way. So Clark, can I get you a drink…how about one of my famous double martinis.<BR/><BR/>That’s okay Mr. Premier it’s a little early for me today…Mr. Premier I came to let you know that many of your MLA’s are concerned about you…especially when you didn’t even show up for caucus this week…I got even more concerned when I e-mailed your private e-mail address speed@shaw.ca and it bounced back as not available.<BR/><BR/>Clark, please keep that “under your belt”, I told James in Estimates back in May 2007 that I wasn’t aware of that e-mail address so I don’t want anyone to know that I mislead the Assembly and I certainly don’t want Bolton and his pit bull, McCullough trying to get their hands on those e-mails…as you know, some are of a very personal and private nature. <BR/><BR/>Mr. Premier, I am also very concerned to see that everyone who had something to do with the BC Rail deal now seems to be living in silos…I think that this is very dangerous for you…I was talking to Patrick last week and he said that all his friends including you have abandoned him then he mumbled something about you deriving personal benefits and the fact that he knew you liked to fly on the CN corporate jet and that you had even done so before the sale of BC Rail to CN.<BR/><BR/>Clark as you well know when it comes to the BC Rail trial; "I am not following it very closely...the prosecutors are doing their job, I'm sure the defense is doing their job...and I won't have anything at all to say about it until it is complete...That has been my position from the outset"…besides last week’s revelations will be forgotten by the end of next week.<BR/><BR/>Well, Mr. Premier, I am not so sure…perhaps you will have to consider replacing Martyn as a way of separating yourself from the scandal…as you well know I have told you repeatedly that there is a cancer in the Premier’s Office…by the way where is Martyn…I am told that he has also not been seen around here lately.<BR/><BR/>Martyn…yes that’s true Clark, he has been busy elsewhere…boy, I could use another drink…Clark are you interested yet?<BR/><BR/>No Mr. Premier, its still to way to early for me…but back to those silos…as you well know Wally also disappeared late last week and I am concerned that he will no longer stand up in the Assembly and defend you from the Opposition attacks…in fact, he told me that he was no longer willing to lie for you.<BR/><BR/>Well #&^*#%...after the election I will have to find a new AG anyway…you know he actually believed those polls that we had done for him on the Richmond riding…what a pompous, naive SOB<BR/><BR/>Yes, Mr. Premier.Deep Throatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-47496680515589740482009-03-28T23:35:00.000-07:002009-03-28T23:35:00.000-07:00Milo (read P.K.) Minderbinder, in the novel Catch-...Milo (read P.K.) Minderbinder, in the novel Catch-22 took out a contract with the Germans to bomb the Allies in Italy. At the same time, he held a contract with the Allies to defend against German bombing. He also bought eggs at 5 cents a dozen and sold them for 3 at a profit. The stuff of fiction you say...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-20457709533089757892009-03-28T20:11:00.000-07:002009-03-28T20:11:00.000-07:00Unfortunatly, Baldry, Good, and Palmer, kneeling i...Unfortunatly, Baldry, Good, and Palmer, kneeling in front of gordo, mouths full of him, will continue to defend their masters. They have no balls. All are looking to be appointed to the senate. It's about time a real reporter appear on the radio, in the papers, and on television. They are all cowards! Down with the drunk, give us back our province!Kam Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-62183895370716979142009-03-28T12:52:00.000-07:002009-03-28T12:52:00.000-07:00So Yawn I guess you think that the "paltry" sums o...So Yawn I guess you think that the "paltry" sums of money being mentioned don't warrant comment? I always thought it was the motive not the price tag that mattered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-68232040092218686772009-03-28T12:47:00.000-07:002009-03-28T12:47:00.000-07:00While the subject of BC Rail sale burns the teleph...While the subject of BC Rail sale burns the telephone lines between the BC Liberal government and their party headquarters, the new campaign managers are deftly trying to avoid the heat from the ALC where the blundering Commissioners have been given marching orders on when not to vote when it comes personal property, family property and business freinds adjacent to their own.<BR/><BR/>Something about there being a perception of conflict of interests. LOL<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>"Land commission stumbles<BR/> <BR/>Times ColonistMarch 27, 2009<BR/> <BR/><I>British Columbians place great trust in agricultural land commissioners, the government appointees who decide what must stay farmland and what can be developed, often at great profit for the owners. Condos, even with the economic slowdown, are more lucrative than cucumbers.<BR/><BR/>So it is shocking that the Agricultural Land Commission has operated without even the most basic rules to guard against conflicts of interest.</I>" SNIPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-12198382362850588932009-03-28T11:13:00.000-07:002009-03-28T11:13:00.000-07:00If you don't stifle the "Yawn" comments all that w...If you don't stifle the "Yawn" comments all that will happen is the public will search for more give-aways that the BC Liberals have done by "generating" another BC Rail like scandal, so keep the comments coming Anonymous (from deep withing the bowels of Victoria) <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>BC Hydro wages are <A HREF="http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20090311180834/opinion/letters/misleading-at-best.html" REL="nofollow">Misleading at best</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-21091915312066710202009-03-28T00:33:00.000-07:002009-03-28T00:33:00.000-07:00Yawnget a life all NDPers.Maybe you want to explai...Yawn<BR/><BR/>get a life all NDPers.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you want to explain why the BC Hydro union is taking AVERAGE salaries of $100,000 per employee per year?<BR/><BR/>That they generate power at 0.6 cents a KWh and sell it to the hapless ratepayer at 8 cents 1500% profit. What a lucrative "business".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-8585858951688740852009-03-27T21:20:00.000-07:002009-03-27T21:20:00.000-07:00I guess its shaping up to be a bad week for our so...I guess its shaping up to be a bad week for our sociopathic Premier and his two-faced Attorney General.<BR/><BR/>I hear StoneWalley is very upset with today's BC Supreme Court overturning of Premier Norman Bates' anti-3rd party advertising election law.<BR/><BR/>If StoneWalley was to lose his seat (we can only dream) he would have to find real work . . . likely as a mouth-piece for the Bacon Brothers or the UN Gang.<BR/><BR/>The GREAT SATANAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-19886032563636296622009-03-27T17:51:00.000-07:002009-03-27T17:51:00.000-07:00Regarding the amount of donations made by CN Rail ...Regarding the amount of donations made by CN Rail (or its executives) to the BC Liberals:<BR/><BR/>Anonymous says that the data only covers 2005 to 2008;<BR/><BR/>Bill says there is data that covers 1996 to 2000;<BR/><BR/>Anonymous(2nd) agrees to 2005 to 2008 and gives the number$$$<BR/><BR/>But there does seem to be a gap in reporting of donations between 2001to 2004, to which Bill has stated that its a long process, hundreds of pages.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't it be nice to know on what dates CN Rail contributed to the BC Liberals during the take down of the Legislature buildings and the following year in which Kinsella was brought in to settle matters down? <BR/><BR/>I'm not suggesting that there was anything untoward happening, but........ the data is there, much like the data that the NDP researchers found in the library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-69527074645414843082009-03-27T11:45:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:45:00.000-07:00On the donations, an interesting way to search is ...On the donations, an interesting way to search is on the name David McLean, who is the chair of CN and a very close personal friend of Campbell. MacLean donated 143,907 to the BC liberals between 2005 and 2008, both in his capacity as the owner of Vancouver Film studios and Chairman of CN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-10528978454725005822009-03-27T11:43:00.000-07:002009-03-27T11:43:00.000-07:00Listened to Bill Boring, Palmer and Baldry - no bi...Listened to Bill Boring, Palmer and Baldry - no big deal - not an official trial yet - all hearsay!<BR/><BR/>God, if it were the NDP, all hell would break loose! It shows how much of our media in in the pocket of Gordo and his pals and why no one takes the Sun or BCTV seriously anymore.<BR/><BR/>No wonder the drug gangs think they can do what they want, because the Libs. have flaunted the rule of law; it's like the wild west.<BR/><BR/>What we need is 'hangin' judge!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-2513914590481753352009-03-27T10:18:00.000-07:002009-03-27T10:18:00.000-07:00Nobody cares...that's kinda the point. Bill, pleas...Nobody cares...that's kinda the point. Bill, please do something interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-24580535058333173212009-03-27T09:26:00.000-07:002009-03-27T09:26:00.000-07:00Bill Boring and the cheerleaders are still telling...Bill Boring and the cheerleaders are still telling us that the BC rail story is not worth anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-49097218288627182732009-03-27T07:56:00.000-07:002009-03-27T07:56:00.000-07:00I told five people I know about this scandal and a...I told five people I know about this scandal and all they could say was that they could care less. What is wrong with people ? What does it take ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35935973.post-47315559257296075442009-03-27T07:25:00.000-07:002009-03-27T07:25:00.000-07:00I can quickly tell the last poster that from 1996 ...I can quickly tell the last poster that from 1996 to 2000 CN Rail gave the BC Liberals $39,987. <BR/><BR/>The Elections BC info is available online as you say but only in PDF format and you have to find CN Rail in the hundreds of pages but it's mostly alphabetical.Bill Tielemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03304971610140279157noreply@blogger.com