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palelizard
2012-02-02 12:28:40 PM
Sounds aboot right. What's the fuss, eh?
 
BarrRepublican
2012-02-02 12:30:34 PM
Its because they've finally gotten through the glut of people who tried to leave after the 2004 elections.
 
James! [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 12:32:15 PM
Well they have to re-pledge their allegiance to the Queen every year anyhow. They may as well get it out of the way now.
 
HotIgneous Intruder
2012-02-02 12:33:22 PM
They coulda called me.
 
Jake Havechek
2012-02-02 12:36:47 PM
Who brought the doughnuts?
 
A Dark Evil Omen
2012-02-02 12:39:11 PM
Ah, conservatives: Stupid, lying assholes in any country.
 
apoptotic
2012-02-02 01:03:04 PM
Well, I guess the good news is that only three of our real new immigrants were dumb enough to agree to appear on Sun News.
 
John the Magnificent
2012-02-02 01:04:02 PM
Sun TV Canada = Fox News

Honesty, integrity, scruples and ethics have nothing to do with what they put on air.
 
SN1987a goes boom
2012-02-02 01:13:18 PM
Meh, who cares, its a story about America's hat.
 
unyon [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 01:21:50 PM
John the Magnificent: Sun TV Canada = Fox News

Honesty, integrity, scruples and ethics have nothing to do with what they put on air.

I'd put money on Ezra Levant being the dipshiat who thought this was a good idea.
 
NutznGum
2012-02-02 01:24:23 PM
The amazing part is....Sun Media is the one who comes up with the fake ceremony idea and the government goes along with it. When they get caught, the government publicly apologizes to Sun Media.
 
Thorndyke Barnhard
2012-02-02 02:01:14 PM
NutznGum: The amazing part is....Sun Media is the one who comes up with the fake ceremony idea and the government goes along with it. When they get caught, the government publicly apologizes to Sun Media.

Uh no. According to the article, when they get caught, the political minister's office blames it on the "bureaucrat" public servants.

Really guys this is worse than all the blatant lying the Democrats' Fox News does in the US. Proving once and for all that the Canadian Conservatives are to the left of American Democrats, and, nope, nothing at all like the Republicans!
 
Thorndyke Barnhard
2012-02-02 02:03:11 PM
unyon: John the Magnificent: Sun TV Canada = Fox News

Honesty, integrity, scruples and ethics have nothing to do with what they put on air.

I'd put money on Ezra Levant being the dipshiat who thought this was a good idea.

I so bet "Ezra Levant" is the blacked out name mentionned in TFA.
 
CanadianCommie [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 02:08:26 PM
it's a stupid waste of time and money to stage shiat like this. Conservative party supporters should be ashamed that their party is farting around with taxpayers' time and dollars for stunts like this when they claim to be financially astute and are looking to whittle down the cost of government.
 
apoptotic
2012-02-02 02:11:16 PM
Thorndyke Barnhard: unyon: John the Magnificent: Sun TV Canada = Fox News

Honesty, integrity, scruples and ethics have nothing to do with what they put on air.

I'd put money on Ezra Levant being the dipshiat who thought this was a good idea.

I so bet "Ezra Levant" is the blacked out name mentionned in TFA.

Nah, that name is probably an underling who was trying to impress him with this plan. If it was Levant himself, he wouldn't have had his name blacked out, he'd be shouting it from the rooftops and daring anyone who thought it was inappropriate to sue him.
 
Thorndyke Barnhard
2012-02-02 02:23:11 PM
apoptotic: Thorndyke Barnhard: unyon: John the Magnificent: Sun TV Canada = Fox News

Honesty, integrity, scruples and ethics have nothing to do with what they put on air.

I'd put money on Ezra Levant being the dipshiat who thought this was a good idea.

I so bet "Ezra Levant" is the blacked out name mentionned in TFA.

Nah, that name is probably an underling who was trying to impress him with this plan. If it was Levant himself, he wouldn't have had his name blacked out, he'd be shouting it from the rooftops and daring anyone who thought it was inappropriate to sue him.

You might be right, though he usually waits 'til someone exposes him before doubling down. Before that he's fine with insidiousness.
 
Thorndyke Barnhard
2012-02-02 02:25:45 PM
CanadianCommie: it's a stupid waste of time and money to stage shiat like this. Conservative party supporters should be ashamed that their party is farting around with taxpayers' time and dollars for stunts like this when they claim to be financially astute and are looking to whittle down the cost of government.

Yep.

How the heck do you manage to survive Alberta as a non-Conservative Canadian, anyway?
 
Glenford
2012-02-02 02:34:38 PM
unyon: John the Magnificent: Sun TV Canada = Fox News

Honesty, integrity, scruples and ethics have nothing to do with what they put on air.

I'd put money on Ezra Levant being the dipshiat who thought this was a good idea.

I'm waiting to see how that little weasel is going to blame the CBC for this.
 
Thorndyke Barnhard
2012-02-02 02:39:00 PM
Glenford: unyon: John the Magnificent: Sun TV Canada = Fox News

Honesty, integrity, scruples and ethics have nothing to do with what they put on air.

I'd put money on Ezra Levant being the dipshiat who thought this was a good idea.

I'm waiting to see how that little weasel is going to blame the CBC for this.

Either that or he'll try again to claim that liberal university students terrorized and coerced Sun into doing it.
 
John the Magnificent
2012-02-02 02:39:11 PM
SN1987a goes boom: Meh, who cares, its a story about America's hat.


Seeing that 99.9% of the stories here are about about Canada's underpants, you could at least cut us a little slack.
 
Galvatron Zero
2012-02-02 02:59:45 PM
Sun Media was involved.

Shocking.
 
ThreadSinger
2012-02-02 03:08:45 PM
Thorndyke Barnhard: CanadianCommie: it's a stupid waste of time and money to stage shiat like this. Conservative party supporters should be ashamed that their party is farting around with taxpayers' time and dollars for stunts like this when they claim to be financially astute and are looking to whittle down the cost of government.

Yep.

How the heck do you manage to survive Alberta as a non-Conservative Canadian, anyway?

Very god-damn carefully. Was there for nearly a year, not as extremist as I thought in terms of actual ideals, but criticize the party in any way and you will suffer for it. The only positive spin I could put was that in most cases it was heavily fiscally conservative, which I disagree with but can respect from a different POV, as opposed to 'social conservatism', which on this continent means 'Back in *my* day, and only *my* day, we did and will do things thusly'.
 
ontariolightning
2012-02-02 03:36:10 PM
lol, I fear for my life if this reformer government gets elected in for another term

I know Americans say they'll go to Canada if the repubs win..where will Canadians go? Sweden?
Alright, if the Reformers win again I am moving to Sweden!
 
Thorndyke Barnhard
2012-02-02 03:38:28 PM
ThreadSinger: Thorndyke Barnhard: CanadianCommie: it's a stupid waste of time and money to stage shiat like this. Conservative party supporters should be ashamed that their party is farting around with taxpayers' time and dollars for stunts like this when they claim to be financially astute and are looking to whittle down the cost of government.

Yep.

How the heck do you manage to survive Alberta as a non-Conservative Canadian, anyway?

Very god-damn carefully. Was there for nearly a year, not as extremist as I thought in terms of actual ideals, but criticize the party in any way and you will suffer for it. The only positive spin I could put was that in most cases it was heavily fiscally conservative, which I disagree with but can respect from a different POV, as opposed to 'social conservatism', which on this continent means 'Back in *my* day, and only *my* day, we did and will do things thusly'.

I have extended family out there and they would know a "fiscally" from a finger in their butt and are every bit the kool-aid drinking, propaganda email forwarding, fearmongering, religious-fundamentalist, anti-science, anti-socialist conservative that most assume Albertan Cons to predominantly be.
 
Alphakronik
2012-02-02 03:38:37 PM
Sounds like my kind of place!
 
Rueened
2012-02-02 03:39:18 PM
palelizard: Sounds aboot right. What's the fuss, eh?

All our immigrants are home-grown.
 
ontariolightning
2012-02-02 03:41:25 PM
I like that an American news agency reported on this ..they rarely report on anything negative that happens in Canada ...we're largely forgotten up here
 
Thorndyke Barnhard
2012-02-02 03:41:57 PM
Thorndyke Barnhard: and they would'NT know a "fiscally" from a finger in their butt

ftfm
 
ontariolightning
2012-02-02 04:30:03 PM
lets show the world how important oaths are by faking them .. is the message canada just sent the world
 
ThreadSinger
2012-02-02 04:48:48 PM
Thorndyke Barnhard: ThreadSinger: Thorndyke Barnhard: CanadianCommie: it's a stupid waste of time and money to stage shiat like this. Conservative party supporters should be ashamed that their party is farting around with taxpayers' time and dollars for stunts like this when they claim to be financially astute and are looking to whittle down the cost of government.

Yep.

How the heck do you manage to survive Alberta as a non-Conservative Canadian, anyway?

Very god-damn carefully. Was there for nearly a year, not as extremist as I thought in terms of actual ideals, but criticize the party in any way and you will suffer for it. The only positive spin I could put was that in most cases it was heavily fiscally conservative, which I disagree with but can respect from a different POV, as opposed to 'social conservatism', which on this continent means 'Back in *my* day, and only *my* day, we did and will do things thusly'.

I have extended family out there and they would know a "fiscally" from a finger in their butt and are every bit the kool-aid drinking, propaganda email forwarding, fearmongering, religious-fundamentalist, anti-science, anti-socialist conservative that most assume Albertan Cons to predominantly be.

Ah, well, perhaps my positive tourism experience is ablating the more negative memories of my time spent traveling the more rural and backwater parts of it.

But The Sun is everywhere, and It Is Law.
 
unyon [TotalFark]
2012-02-02 05:52:28 PM
ThreadSinger: I have extended family out there and they would know a "fiscally" from a finger in their butt and are every bit the kool-aid drinking, propaganda email forwarding, fearmongering, religious-fundamentalist, anti-science, anti-socialist conservative that most assume Albertan Cons to predominantly be.

Ah, well, perhaps my positive tourism experience is ablating the more negative memories of my time spent traveling the more rural and backwater parts of it.

But The Sun is everywhere, and It Is Law.

As a 5th generation Albertan, an avowed leftie, and a product of the rural Alberta bible belt, let me field this one:

I know lots of conservatives, both large and small 'C'. Largely, they are thoughtful and predominantly fiscal conservatives. When the new premier gets elected on bolstering health and education, it's hard to paint them with the brush that you guys are using. It's simply an unfair accusation, and I'm kinda pissed that you guys have made me defend them.

Going against the party? While there's no question that Alberta is famed for its PC hegemony, when the rabble classes decide to make a change, they do it en masse. Expect the PC party to get a square nut-kicking from Wild Rose in the upcoming election. Even they, who fall squarely right of the current PCs, wouldn't be a cataclysmic choice as a government in this province.

So, the TL:DR version: fark you guys. Alberta rocks.
 
PlatinumDragon
2012-02-02 08:39:45 PM
CanadianCommie: it's a stupid waste of time and money to stage shiat like this. Conservative party supporters should be ashamed that their party is farting around with taxpayers' time and dollars for stunts like this when they claim to be financially astute and are looking to whittle down the cost of government.

If they actually cared about government overspending and fiscal prudence, they wouldn't have voted for this gang of thieves. I'm still steaming over the billion-dollar 2010 G20 mess and the million-dollar fake lake.

Fark Quebecor (and the rest of the telecom/media cartel).
 
NutznGum
2012-02-02 09:32:44 PM
PlatinumDragon: CanadianCommie: it's a stupid waste of time and money to stage shiat like this. Conservative party supporters should be ashamed that their party is farting around with taxpayers' time and dollars for stunts like this when they claim to be financially astute and are looking to whittle down the cost of government.

If they actually cared about government overspending and fiscal prudence, they wouldn't have voted for this gang of thieves. I'm still steaming over the billion-dollar 2010 G20 mess and the million-dollar fake lake.

Fark Quebecor (and the rest of the telecom/media cartel).

I propose that the fake lake should be named Lake Clement.
 
Representative of the unwashed masses
2012-02-03 01:46:53 AM
unyon: ThreadSinger: I have extended family out there and they would know a "fiscally" from a finger in their butt and are every bit the kool-aid drinking, propaganda email forwarding, fearmongering, religious-fundamentalist, anti-science, anti-socialist conservative that most assume Albertan Cons to predominantly be.

Ah, well, perhaps my positive tourism experience is ablating the more negative memories of my time spent traveling the more rural and backwater parts of it.

But The Sun is everywhere, and It Is Law.

As a 5th generation Albertan, an avowed leftie, and a product of the rural Alberta bible belt, let me field this one:

I know lots of conservatives, both large and small 'C'. Largely, they are thoughtful and predominantly fiscal conservatives. When the new premier gets elected on bolstering health and education, it's hard to paint them with the brush that you guys are using. It's simply an unfair accusation, and I'm kinda pissed that you guys have made me defend them.

Going against the party? While there's no question that Alberta is famed for its PC hegemony, when the rabble classes decide to make a change, they do it en masse. Expect the PC party to get a square nut-kicking from Wild Rose in the upcoming election. Even they, who fall squarely right of the current PCs, wouldn't be a cataclysmic choice as a government in this province.

So, the TL:DR version: fark you guys. Alberta rocks.

I tip my hat to you good sir! As a fellow Albertan I:

-support gay marriage
-do believe in global climate change (though I am sceptical of the amount that humans contribute, we need to clean up regardless)
-am ok with fracking, as long as good science and regulation don't let operators get out of hand
-work for an environmental company that does lots of work for the oilsands
-am agnostic, let me be surprised when I die
-am pro-choice
-vote conservative based on fiscal philosophies (minimal government spending etc) don't forget all the money the NDP and libs were bragging about spending during the last campaign. It was freaking retarded.
-Happily live in downtown Calgary in a building that has a lot of immigrants (mostly asian).
-And most importantly I am a Roughrider fan. Yes a transplanted Saskatchewanian. We walk among you.

see? what's so crazy about the above?
 
farkityfarker
2012-02-03 02:38:26 AM
Most underreported news story is the tens of thousands of Americans who try to emigrate to Canada each year but are denied.
 
Kittypie070
2012-02-03 03:26:00 AM
Thorndyke Barnhard 2012-02-02 02:01:14 PM



Really guys this is worse than all the blatant lying the
Democrats' Fox News does in the US

fyihigh.com
 
Thorndyke Barnhard
2012-02-03 08:39:14 AM
Kittypie070: Thorndyke Barnhard 2012-02-02 02:01:14 PM

Really guys this is worse than all the blatant lying the Democrats' Fox News does in the US

[fyihigh.com image 300x272]

Hihi, I see you you see what I did there! :)
 
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