The Editorial Times.ca: June 2006



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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” CS Lewis.


©Chris Muir

Monday, June 12, 2006

Pretty Please, With Sugar On It...

Ok, boys and girls ,you best behave now, 'cause Uncle Dalto is not happy. Apparently all of the rumblings from the grassroots, the incessant phone calls from OPP brass, the silent polling of constituents, have galvanized Dalton McGuinty into action (well, his mouth into action).

"We're asking the leadership of the First Nations community involved to please remove those barricades as evidence of goodwill on their part."

Wow. Please. Mumble, mumble, goodwill, mumble, mumble...

When asked what he would do if they refused: "we'll see".

Wow. Take that, you renegades! Its not nice to mess with Dalton McGuinty, no siree.

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Early last Sunday morning, an assemblage of OPP, consisting of an armoured truck, 6 large trucks, 4 Suburbans, and 2 cruisers, and at least 20 officers in full tactical gear, was seen at a coffee shop and McDonald's in Brantford, about 20 minutes from Caledonia. Its not known whether they were coming or going, but since there was no "breaking news" throughout the weekend, apparently they weren't going anywhere. While it had been hoped they were off to clear the blockades, its more likely they were following up on this, from McGuinty:
"I'm very pleased that warrants have been issued . . . I was angered and deeply disappointed that these particular individuals did what they did,"
Bad protestors. Yep, Dalto's upset. So upset he's apparently had the OPP strut around in full kit pursuing warrants even though everybody knows the OPP won't enter the reserve to serve them... Too bad the Golden Helmets were previously booked, it would have made a fine show.

Well, Dalto, we're deeply disappointed too. We're really sorry you're having to have a hissy fit and not show up at the "negotiations". Take that, you renegades!

While we're no particular fan of Mike Harris, we can appreciate his prescience when he stated during the campaign that put Dalto in office that Dalton McGuinty and the Liberals were "not up to the job". Mike didn't get a lot of things right, but he nailed that one.

For more on the back story to the insurrection, see Angry in the Great White North. Really is a shame when altruism becomes a dirty word.

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Dalton McGuinty's Time Has Come, and Gone...

Dalton McGuinty's 15 minutes of fame are over. Its time for him to leave the building. His latest response to the escalating dissolution of law and order that Caledonia has become, suggests strongly that Dalton is nothing but a coward.

Three separate assaults occured yesterday in Caledonia at the interface between civilization and anarchy, mere feet away from the tarnished symbols of law and order, the Ontario Political Police, and anarchy won.

Media working stiffs, not the high profile on-air personalities, just the ordinary tax paying guys are assaulted, asking for assistance directly, receiving none. Ordinary senior citizens asking the question " I thought this was a public highway [hwy 6]" after being physically manhandled by imported thugs. American tourists apparently being car-jacked, all without any interference from officers who should be ashamed to wear the uniform.

All the while, other natives watch from platforms set up on sections of hydro towers stolen from the public utility attempting to increase power availability to an area that serves the reservation as well as the surrounding community.

104 days. The ONLY thing done by McGuinty so far is to appoint a failed former Liberal Premier, David Peterson, to do what? find another way for the Liberals to bankroll another native "complaint"?

Justice Marshall should serve McGuinty, Bryant and Kwinter with summons to answer charges of contempt of court for their failure to direct the OPP to act forthwith to contain and quell the situation. Failing that, request troops to do the same. Mayor Marie Trainor may have to do McGuinty's job for him. He is clearly incapable.

Increasingly its become clear to the "other" native Canadians in Ontario that the OPP only have a mandate to lean on them. Maybe its time to tell both the OPP and Dalton to piss up a rope. Your legitimacy is gone.