tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602270656977544598.post9002020899480584636..comments2023-09-23T06:35:57.592-07:00Comments on The Canadian Manifesto: From Bad Boys to Worse MenEmily Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6602270656977544598.post-54594484694294870812013-02-11T10:10:37.419-08:002013-02-11T10:10:37.419-08:00"Ties to big business"? Heck, they are b..."Ties to big business"? Heck, they are big business. The only thing grassroots about them now is the grass they get on their expensive Italian leather shoes, when they leave the posh resorts where they are wined and dined for lucrative contracts.<br /><br />Harper's former chief of staff, Guy Giorno was the top lobbyist for the oil industry. His new chief of staff, Nigel Wright, is a lobbyist for Lockheed Martin, who is sticking us with those damn F-35s, because no one else wants them.<br /><br />They are being nicknamed the "flying brick" or "Thud” (the sound the plane made when it hit the ground after failing to clear a runway, a rather common occurrence), comparing them to similar used in Vietnam.<br /><br />And Harper is saying that tax payers object to the few million that our democratic votes provide to our chosen parties. Where was he when we were objecting to his $60 billion in corporate tax cuts?<br /><br />http://pushedleft.blogspot.com/2011/01/voter-subsidy-is-one-of-last-shreds-of.html<br />Nadine Lumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.com