For Canadians: Belinda Stronach?!?

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed May 18, 2005 7:54 am

So...Belinda...hmm...

Is it a case of Episode III - Anakin goes over to the Dark Side - or Episode VI - Darth Vader final sees the error of his ways and abandons the Dark Side?

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:06 am

One takes the Dark Side with them. Woe to the Grits. The last things ol' Paul needs are the machinations of a power-hungry b**** on the rise.

djm

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:08 am

Belinda for goddess...ah I mean prime cut ah...minister! Prettier than the quean liz two.

Now, now can you find anything evil is this picture, when she is Prime Miister she could seduce world leaders, think of her potential.

MarkB

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:19 am

I see the expression on her face, and I cannot help thinking... 'hidden agenda'. Of course, I usually see that in everyone's expressions.

But, hers is a pleasant face all the same.

OnTheMoor · Post by **OnTheMoor** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:20 am

Timing was a surprise, that it happened wasn't. Any suggestion that it was on principle went out the window with her shiny new portfolio.

I feel bad for Peter, that guy just can't catch a break.

SteveK · Post by **SteveK** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:33 am

OnTheMoor wrote:
I feel bad for Peter, that guy just can't catch a break.

Here's something I swiped from the broken heart thread.

"BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL GETTING INVOLVED WITH A CO-WORKER."

Steve

StevieJ · Post by **StevieJ** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:35 am

<p align="center"><a href="http://www.rogermillington.com/siamsa/b ... .mp3"><img src="http://www.echoworld.com/B04/B0402/Belinda-Stronach.jpg" width =200 height = 200 border = 2></a></p>

<p align="center">Click on her smug mug for my reaction to last night's news. I might have to vote Bloc!</p>

StevieJ · Post by **StevieJ** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:37 am

OnTheMoor wrote:I feel bad for Peter, that guy just can't catch a break.

That's the only thing that makes me laugh about the whole affair. Taste of his own medicine!

OnTheMoor · Post by **OnTheMoor** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:52 am

StevieJ wrote:
OnTheMoor wrote:I feel bad for Peter, that guy just can't catch a break.
That's the only thing that makes me laugh about the whole affair. Taste of his own medicine!

Nuts to you, MacKay is the best man in that house.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:16 am

I think that I should put at least half a cent here, (not a full 2 cents, just half, cause I dont want ya all to feel that you overpaid!) cause I have lived in Canada and hope to do so again one day.
I can remember thinking "what a change, hopefully for the better" when Cretien (sp? i cant bloody remember) was out and Paul was in...
I wonder if this change would be good.......
I hope so. I get made fun of a lot for being a relatively middle of the road American and being so in love with B.C., but I really care about what happens in Canada, even though I am not a resident anymore.

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed May 18, 2005 9:36 am

Tyler Morris wrote:I think that I should put at least half a cent here, (not a full 2 cents, just half, cause I dont want ya all to feel that you overpaid!) ....

Half a US cent is probably worth 2 Canadian cents, or it will be shortly.

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:57 am

OnTheMoor wrote:
StevieJ wrote:
OnTheMoor wrote:I feel bad for Peter, that guy just can't catch a break.
That's the only thing that makes me laugh about the whole affair. Taste of his own medicine!
Nuts to you, MacKay is the best man in that house.

HAHAHA! Now Peter gets to feel what David Orchard felt like, after Peter gave him the shaft.

Peter can't catch a break because he is a remarkably stupid politician. If he'd held out and preserved the conservative party, he'd be the PM today. Instead, he went and merged with a party that half to two-thirds of Canada would rather be robbed blind than ever vote for. The reform/alliance are sheer political rat-poison, and Peter went and drank it. Voluntarily. After having given his word.

And now the (unlikely) tory coalition is collapsing.

Steve Harper must be livid--last week probably represented his only real chance to become PM; it's going to be all downhill from here.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:06 am

PJ wrote:
Tyler Morris wrote:I think that I should put at least half a cent here, (not a full 2 cents, just half, cause I dont want ya all to feel that you overpaid!) ....
Half a US cent is probably worth 2 Canadian cents, or it will be shortly.

You kidding!? the way Bush and others are driving our economy into the ground?? it may not be long before the Canadian dollar is .90 of $1UD. If things go from bad to worse the next election, the Canadian dollar may equal or eclipse the USD.
I used to pay very close attention to the exchange rate when I lived in BC, because my major savings was still in an American bank. I would wait for a time when the exchange rate would profit me best, but shortly before I moved back to the US, the rate seemed to creep closer to equalization. I dont keep track of it much anymore, no need to, but I was observing a collegue of mine do some Forex trading, and observed that the Canadian dollar was near 75 cents US at the time. Things may have changed since, but the way we keep screwing things up, its no small miracle that we havent been bought out by Wal-Mart or something.

OnTheMoor · Post by **OnTheMoor** » Wed May 18, 2005 10:37 am

s1m0n wrote:
OnTheMoor wrote:
StevieJ wrote: That's the only thing that makes me laugh about the whole affair. Taste of his own medicine!
Nuts to you, MacKay is the best man in that house.
HAHAHA! Now Peter gets to feel what David Orchard felt like, after Peter gave him the shaft.

Peter can't catch a break because he is a remarkably stupid politician. If he'd held out and preserved the conservative party, he'd be the PM today. Instead, he went and merged with a party that half to two-thirds of Canada would rather be robbed blind than ever vote for. The reform/alliance are sheer political rat-poison, and Peter went and drank it. Voluntarily. After having given his word.

And now the (unlikely) tory coalition is collapsing.

Steve Harper must be livid--last week probably represented his only real chance to become PM; it's going to be all downhill from here.

The PCs win a government with the Alliance splitting the votes? Now that's worth a laugh. Peter MacKay put aside his personal ambition and did what was best for the country, he created an alternative to the Liberals, you won't convince me otherwise, especially since I'm sure all your arguments involve 'hidden agendas' and Harper's 'scariness'. At least you admit that you enjoy being robbed blind.

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:02 am

Moor, surely you're not suggesting the PCs would be any better? The Grits got caught in the act, is all. Can you not remember the Mulroney era that left us billions in debt? Not a small portion of that went into pork-barrelling that would make the Liberals look like amateurs. I'm sure there's a lot of people who would like to punish Chrétien, but lets face it, he's gone. Martin's gang are trying to clean up the mess, but like any empire, it takes a while for it to die off.

If you take it that they are all politicians, and that all politicians are corrupt, or on the verge of corruption (viz Stronach), then it becomes a question of "who will cause the least amount of damage during their tenure". I'm not happy with the Grits, but there doesn't seem to be any alternative choice that doesn't scare hell out of me. Surely we don't need a Bush-type conservancy in office!

djm