Tory Redux

Author: Jon Siemko

  • Sir John A. Macdonald honoured as Canada’s Founding Father in Scotland

    Sir John A. Macdonald the first Prime Minister of Canada and surely in the pantheon of Conservative leaders was honoured in his birthplace of Scotland earlier today. Not only did he unite us as a country politically. As well he created the conditions for a geographic union by building the Canadian Pacific Railway. These are all Canadian achievements spearheaded by a Conservative leader. Truly it was a Conservative dream that built Canada but it is Canadians that make it great.

    Scotland has long enjoyed a close bond with Canada and its people. It is a relationship which stretches back centuries and continues today with our strong social, cultural and economic links.
    “The early Scots who left these shores from the Highlands, and elsewhere in Scotland, left an incredible mark on Canada – you only need to look at how many towns, rivers and mountains have been named in honour of Scottish explorers, traders and adventurers to see the impact they had and the affection in which they are still held.
    “Sir John A. Macdonald is one of Scotland’s most famous sons and had a huge impact on Canada and its people. He is credited with creating the building blocks of the modern country we all know today and has strong links with the Highlands and Baden och.”

  • Liberals and Conservatives Are Like Night and Day

    Can Liberals really think differently than Conservatives.? When this was first put to me  by one of my former professors I thought it was an ideological joke. However;  there might be credence to the argument that there is a difference in the way Liberals and Conservatives perceive the world. This difference is what makes the decisions that they choose to pursue totally different.



    Liberals Are from Mars, Conservatives Are from Earth
    By Robin of Berkeley

    One of the things I like so much about writing for American Thinker is the comments page. Readers offer so much: tips for books to read, quotes to ponder, spiritual inspiration. And then there are times when the comments absolutely floor me.


    I was shocked that readers were shocked about my previously viewing Marxism as sublime. I was astonished that readers were astonished about my young client’s freak-out about Styrofoam.


    I realized that liberals really do live on another planet. Sometimes I feel like I’m having a Close Encounter of the Political Kind. 

  • CBCs Heather Mallick On The Warpath

     

    Once in a blue moon Heather Mallick   draws the ire of some Blogging Tories. Mallick is a left-wing columnist who is most famous for her work with the CBC. She loves to pontificate how the world is and how she would like it to be. An Interesting insight into Ms. Mallick is on her bio page where it states that she has an upcoming work of personal essays being published. “Cake or Death, is a collection of essays about surviving the Bush years”.

    A  few questions have to be asked;  why is Mallick who is a Canadian journalist and who writes for an English paper, is writing a memoir about an American president and did she live in the United States?

    Also surviving is an interesting word because it usually conjures up images of struggle and being deprived of the basic necessities of life. I wonder where all the books about the  Clinton Chronicles written by right-wingers are ? The Short answer is there isn’t any. Instead we get books about the vast media conspiracy against Bill Clinton.  Mallick’s work is a symptom of the left- wings need to have victims and heroes to suit their media narratives. As well, this is an example of how much of an echo chamber Canadian journalism has now become.