Thursday, January 30, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Wednesday's Tribute - Pete Seeger on "The Johnny Cash Show" complete and uncut
Rest in peace Pete Seeger
Back stabbing Harper hypocrites
The new ministerial responsibility: punish the underlings
Near the end of the fall sitting of Parliament, Tom Mulcair had a little bee in his bonnet over the lost, then found, emails of Ben Perrin, the prime minister's former legal counsel at the centre of the Duffy-Wright affair.
During question period in the Commons Dec. 3, Mulcair pummelled Harper's stand-in, Industry Minister James Moore, with questions about transparency.
After a bit of back and forth, Moore offered that "the Privy Council Office has taken responsibility for the mistake that it made in not handing over the information to the RCMP."
To which Mulcair replied, "apparently the only person who has not assumed responsibility is the person who is responsible. The Privy Council Office is the ministry of the prime minister and ministerial responsibility should apply first and foremost to the prime minister."
Well, not so much. And here's why the Leader of the Official Opposition should remember that when Parliament resumes sitting Monday.
Somewhere between the first Conservative election victory and the last election, the rules on ministerial responsibility changed without any fanfare or public discussion.
The 2007 guide for ministers, written by the PCO, explained ministerial responsibility this way: "Ministers are individually responsible to Parliament and the prime minister for their own actions and those of their department, including the actions of all officials under their management and direction, whether or not the Ministers had prior knowledge."
By 2011, there had been a shift in thinking.
"Ministerial accountability to Parliament does not mean that a minister is presumed to have knowledge of every matter that occurs within his or her department or portfolio, nor that the minister is necessarily required to accept blame for every matter," wrote PCO in an updated version of the pamphlet.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/the-new-ministerial-responsibility-punish-the-underlings-1.2510068
They can change the rules but they cannot abdicate responsibility in the eyes of the voter. They can change the rules but they cannot hide their incompetence. They can change the rules but the cannot hide their corruptness.
It was the position of the Harper government that ministers were responsible for their staff and John Baird sat in committee and screamed like a woman hating abuser at Siobhan Coady insisting that Ministers were responsible for their underlings.
Harpers governing policies..... "since we are a party of phuk ups.... sacrifice the peons."
Near the end of the fall sitting of Parliament, Tom Mulcair had a little bee in his bonnet over the lost, then found, emails of Ben Perrin, the prime minister's former legal counsel at the centre of the Duffy-Wright affair.
During question period in the Commons Dec. 3, Mulcair pummelled Harper's stand-in, Industry Minister James Moore, with questions about transparency.
After a bit of back and forth, Moore offered that "the Privy Council Office has taken responsibility for the mistake that it made in not handing over the information to the RCMP."
To which Mulcair replied, "apparently the only person who has not assumed responsibility is the person who is responsible. The Privy Council Office is the ministry of the prime minister and ministerial responsibility should apply first and foremost to the prime minister."
Well, not so much. And here's why the Leader of the Official Opposition should remember that when Parliament resumes sitting Monday.
Somewhere between the first Conservative election victory and the last election, the rules on ministerial responsibility changed without any fanfare or public discussion.
The 2007 guide for ministers, written by the PCO, explained ministerial responsibility this way: "Ministers are individually responsible to Parliament and the prime minister for their own actions and those of their department, including the actions of all officials under their management and direction, whether or not the Ministers had prior knowledge."
By 2011, there had been a shift in thinking.
"Ministerial accountability to Parliament does not mean that a minister is presumed to have knowledge of every matter that occurs within his or her department or portfolio, nor that the minister is necessarily required to accept blame for every matter," wrote PCO in an updated version of the pamphlet.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/the-new-ministerial-responsibility-punish-the-underlings-1.2510068
They can change the rules but they cannot abdicate responsibility in the eyes of the voter. They can change the rules but they cannot hide their incompetence. They can change the rules but the cannot hide their corruptness.
It was the position of the Harper government that ministers were responsible for their staff and John Baird sat in committee and screamed like a woman hating abuser at Siobhan Coady insisting that Ministers were responsible for their underlings.
Harpers governing policies..... "since we are a party of phuk ups.... sacrifice the peons."
Harpers idea of economic prudence - phuking taxpayers
Government spends millions on ads for 'Economic Action Plan' that ended two years ago
A report on ad spending obtained by The Globe and Mail shows last year’s totals came in about $5-million higher than what Treasury Board had previously listed as the approved advertising budget. The Conservative government faces continued criticism this year that it is pushing the boundaries of self-promotion at taxpayer expense, spending $2.5-million to advertise a job grant that does not yet exist and recently launching a weekly video of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s activities.
Read more.. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/federal-ad-spending-exceeds-projections/article16503725/#dashboard/follows/
Team Idiot - The HarperCon story of how to turn friends into enemies and raise consumer pricing
So..... as they try to sell the Americans on the Keystone project John Baird goes and tells them to "shit or get off the pot". Now Fast Eddie and Ritz "Crackers" bomb on the labeling of meat shipped to the US..... and now they are considering punishing the Canadian consumer by putting tariffs on American goods.
Smooth move idiots.....
Canada loses latest battle with U.S. government over meat labeling
American lawmakers have refused to make changes to country-of-origin labeling that had been sought by the Canadian government and beef and pork producers.
Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast say they're disappointed, adding Canada may retaliate by imposing tariffs on a wide range of American products.
Country-of-origin labeling rules are blamed for complicating the import of meat and livestock into the U.S. from Canada and for reducing the amount of Canadian exports to the country by half since 2008.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canada-loses-battle-u-government-over-meat-labelling-020101578.html
Smooth move idiots.....
Canada loses latest battle with U.S. government over meat labeling
OTTAWA - Canada has lost the latest battle with the U.S. government over meat labeling.
Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast say they're disappointed, adding Canada may retaliate by imposing tariffs on a wide range of American products.
Country-of-origin labeling rules are blamed for complicating the import of meat and livestock into the U.S. from Canada and for reducing the amount of Canadian exports to the country by half since 2008.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/canada-loses-battle-u-government-over-meat-labelling-020101578.html
HOSPITAL BILL
A man suffered a serious heart attack while shopping in a store.
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ANOTHER CHAPTER OF "THEY WALK AMONG US
Actual call centre conversations!
Customer: 'I've been calling 700-1000 for two days and can't get through; can you help?'
Operator: 'Where did you get that number, sir?'
Customer: 'It's on the door of your business.'
Operator: 'Sir, those are the hours that we are open.'
Operator: 'Where did you get that number, sir?'
Customer: 'It's on the door of your business.'
Operator: 'Sir, those are the hours that we are open.'
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Samsung Electronics
Caller: 'Can you give me the telephone number for Jack?'
Operator: 'I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you are talking about.'
Caller: 'On page 1, section 5, of the user guide it clearly states that I need to unplug the fax machine from the AC wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning. Now, can you give
me the number for Jack?'
Operator: 'I think it means the telephone plug on the wall.'
Caller: 'Can you give me the telephone number for Jack?'
Operator: 'I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you are talking about.'
Caller: 'On page 1, section 5, of the user guide it clearly states that I need to unplug the fax machine from the AC wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning. Now, can you give
me the number for Jack?'
Operator: 'I think it means the telephone plug on the wall.'
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RAC Motoring Services
Caller: 'Does your European Breakdown Policy cover me when I am traveling in Australia ?'
Operator: 'Does the policy name give you a clue?'
Caller: 'Does your European Breakdown Policy cover me when I am traveling in Australia ?'
Operator: 'Does the policy name give you a clue?'
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Caller (enquiring about legal requirements while traveling in Europe )
'If I register my car in France, and then take it to England, do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?'
'If I register my car in France, and then take it to England, do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?'
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Directory Enquiries
Caller: 'I'd like the number of the Argo Fish Bar, please'
Operator: 'I'm sorry, there's no listing. Are you sure that the spelling is correct?'
Caller: 'Well, it used to be called the Bargo Fish Bar but the 'B' fell off.'
Caller: 'I'd like the number of the Argo Fish Bar, please'
Operator: 'I'm sorry, there's no listing. Are you sure that the spelling is correct?'
Caller: 'Well, it used to be called the Bargo Fish Bar but the 'B' fell off.'
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Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven.
Operator: 'Woven? Are you sure?'
Caller: 'Yes.. That's what it says on the label -- Woven in Scotland .....'
Operator: 'Woven? Are you sure?'
Caller: 'Yes.. That's what it says on the label -- Woven in Scotland .....'
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On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told a worried operator: 'I haven't got a pen, so I'm steaming up the window to write the number on..'
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Tech Support: 'I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop.'
Customer: 'OK..'
Tech Support: 'Did you get a pop-up menu?'
Customer: 'No.'
Tech Support: 'OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?'
Customer: 'No.'
Tech Support: 'OK, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?'
Customer: 'Sure. You told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'.'
Customer: 'OK..'
Tech Support: 'Did you get a pop-up menu?'
Customer: 'No.'
Tech Support: 'OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?'
Customer: 'No.'
Tech Support: 'OK, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?'
Customer: 'Sure. You told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'.'
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Tech Support: 'OK. At the bottom left hand side of your screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?'
Customer: 'Wow! How can you see my screen from there?'
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Caller: 'I deleted a file from my PC last week and I just realized that I need it. So, if I turn my system clock back two weeks will I get my file back again?'
Thanks Kerry
A touching love story
An elderly woman was arrested for shoplifting from a grocery store.
When she went before the judge he asked her, "what did you steal"
She replied, " a can of peaches".
The judge then asked her why she had stolen the can of peaches. She
replied that she was hungry.
The judge asked her how many peaches were in the can. She replied,
"six". The judge said, "then I will give you six days in jail".
Before the judge could conclude the trial, the woman's husband
asked if he could say something. "What is it ?' the judge asked.
The husband said, "she also stole a can of peas"
Thanks Joe Y
When she went before the judge he asked her, "what did you steal"
She replied, " a can of peaches".
The judge then asked her why she had stolen the can of peaches. She
replied that she was hungry.
The judge asked her how many peaches were in the can. She replied,
"six". The judge said, "then I will give you six days in jail".
Before the judge could conclude the trial, the woman's husband
asked if he could say something. "What is it ?' the judge asked.
The husband said, "she also stole a can of peas"
Thanks Joe Y
THIS IS PRICELESS
If you've ever worked for a boss who reacts before getting the facts and thinking things through, you will love this!
Arcelor-Mittal Steel, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers.
On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning against a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business. He asked the guy, "How much money do you make a week?"
A little surprised, the young man looked at him and said, "I make $400 a week. Why?"
The CEO said, "Wait right here." He walked back to his office, came back in two minutes, and handed the guy $1,600 in cash and said, "Here's four weeks' pay. Now GET OUT and don't come back."
Feeling pretty good about himself the CEO looked around the room and asked, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-ball did here?"
From across the room a voice said, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's."
Arcelor-Mittal Steel, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers.
On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning against a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business. He asked the guy, "How much money do you make a week?"
A little surprised, the young man looked at him and said, "I make $400 a week. Why?"
The CEO said, "Wait right here." He walked back to his office, came back in two minutes, and handed the guy $1,600 in cash and said, "Here's four weeks' pay. Now GET OUT and don't come back."
Feeling pretty good about himself the CEO looked around the room and asked, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-ball did here?"
From across the room a voice said, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's."
Thanks Ellen
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Can you say Harper ADSCAM?????
Opposition slams Stephen Harper government for spending reserve money on ad campaign
OTTAWA – Opposition critics are accusing the federal government of bad fiscal management following revelations it took a cash advance from a $34-million reserve fund to rush a 2012 advertising campaign to television airwaves.
“I think they’re scrambling to counter the negative brand they’ve allowed the oilsands and resource development and Canada to be wrapped with,” said Liberal natural resources critic Geoff Regan in an interview. “The steps that they’ve taken are undermining international confidence in our environmental processes and they’re trying to advertise their way out of it.”
The government defended the reserve fund of Natural Resources Canada deputy minister Serge Dupont, uncovered earlier this week through a federal memo obtained by Postmedia News, describing it as a “matter of financial prudence and diligence.”
It is common practice for federal departments to create contingency funds for emergencies and unexpected issues, but a government guideline from Treasury Board says these reserves should be set up with clear rules for how they can be managed, used and monitored.
Read more.... http://o.canada.com/news/national/opposition-slams-stephen-harper-government-for-spending-reserve-money-on-ad-campaign/
OTTAWA – Opposition critics are accusing the federal government of bad fiscal management following revelations it took a cash advance from a $34-million reserve fund to rush a 2012 advertising campaign to television airwaves.
“I think they’re scrambling to counter the negative brand they’ve allowed the oilsands and resource development and Canada to be wrapped with,” said Liberal natural resources critic Geoff Regan in an interview. “The steps that they’ve taken are undermining international confidence in our environmental processes and they’re trying to advertise their way out of it.”
The government defended the reserve fund of Natural Resources Canada deputy minister Serge Dupont, uncovered earlier this week through a federal memo obtained by Postmedia News, describing it as a “matter of financial prudence and diligence.”
It is common practice for federal departments to create contingency funds for emergencies and unexpected issues, but a government guideline from Treasury Board says these reserves should be set up with clear rules for how they can be managed, used and monitored.
Read more.... http://o.canada.com/news/national/opposition-slams-stephen-harper-government-for-spending-reserve-money-on-ad-campaign/
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