Tory Redux

Category: Canadian politics

  • A Political Axiom to Live By

     

     The Thick of It is an award-winning British political satire about the ins and outs of working in a modern 21st Century government. Liberals love this TV show because it hates Conservatives in reality it is just a live action political cartoon. The only negative thing I can say about this show is that it butchers the English language by putting it through the proverbial meat grinder. Characters  spit out profanity left right and center and any time in between. Real political satire is one part entertainment and one part genius. In Canada satire seems somewhat lost on us in a land of human rights tribunals and political correctness.
     
    “Life is just a succession of five minuteses.” – Malcolm Tucker

     

  • 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.

  • The CBC and Graves Does It Again

    The CBC’s political and current affairs program Power and Politics is increasingly losing credibility by the day. The latest Graves gaffe concerns an e-mail that was an impetus for the exclusive poll on gender and politics  for the CBC. It turns out the e-mail was authored by a former Liberal candidate. This is another example of Liberal bias on the part of the CBC and Graves .  Clearly the CBC’s   policy about objectivity and non-biased reporting needs to be reviewed. The CBC’s  Power and Politics has become the Wolf in sheep’s clothing of political commentary masquerading as news.