Author: Jon Siemko

  • Doulton It Is time To Decide

    So yesterday we saw   Premier Gordon Campbell fall on his sword for his  handling of the HST tax. The question on the mind of many in the chattering classes here in Ontario is Doulton the next survivor to be voted off the island because of taxpayer resentment.

  • I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight

    Now that’s real tenacity.
    from big government

    On September 23, 1779 in the midst of one of the bloodiest engagements in naval history, John Paul Jones was struggling against the forty-four gun Royal Navy frigate Serapis and although his own vessel was burning and sinking, Jones would not accept the British demand for surrender.  Instead Jones declared, “I have not yet begun to fight.” Little more than three hours later, the Serapis surrendered and Jones took command.

  • Mark Steyn Live

    More postmortem on yesterday’s election from Mark Stein and the boys over at StrictlyRight.com. For more coverage on the midterms you can pop over to Dr. Roy here and here.