18 April 2011
The Right Hon. Stephen Joseph Harper, P.C., M.P.
Prime Minister of Canada
Langevin Building
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa ON K1A 0A6
Dear Prime Minister,
I am writing today, in the midst of what is quickly developing into the most exciting federal election this country has seen in months, to commend you for your own excellent campaign and to apologize for any slights that I or any of my fellow fiction writers might have directed against you in the past. Many of us fictionists had initially assumed that Mr. Ignatieff, as a novelist in his own right, would be our man in this election, but what your campaign has amply shown is that where fiction is concerned, the Harper Conservatives are without rivals.
Nowhere is your mastery of fiction more evident than in your decision to run on your economic record when you don’t actually have one. Smart of you to take credit for Canada’s financial stability in the current global recession when it was exactly neoconservative policies like yours that unraveled the economy south of the border, and shamefacedly socialist ones, put in place before your party even existed, that protected our own. (I don’t know if you remember, for instance, a certain Liberal decision back in 1998 to pull the plug on some major bank mergers.) Then, instead of decrying the blatantly Keynesian stimulus package your minority government was forced into passing, one that has racked up deficits not seen since the days of that notorious closet Trotskyite Brian Mulroney, you have brilliantly managed to embrace this left-wing travesty, one that betrayed every principle for which your party stands, as a triumph of neo-conservatism.
Perhaps I misspeak myself, however, when I talk about a betrayal of principle. That is to imply the existence of an actual principle to betray, and hence to overlook how deeply fiction informs every aspect of your political project. Your Keynesian flip on deficit spending, for instance—and this from a finance minister who once swore he would rather spend a month on a desert island with Jack Layton than run a deficit—takes on a Proustian elegance when seen in the light of the fiction of policy that has marked your party since its inception. We all remember your boldness in throwing out years of work on setting up a national childcare program of the sort they have in developed countries and instead offering families cash for their kiddies to let the grandparents look after them or the unlicensed pedophile down the street. “Family values,” you said, with your smile (okay, the smile still needs work), cleverly suggesting the fiction of social policy for what was actually vote-buying on a scale even Sir John A. Macdonald would have envied. And of course the great beauty of a fictional policy as opposed to a real one—a point the other parties do not seem to have cottoned onto—is that it requires absolutely no effort on the government’s part, and entails absolutely no risk. Instead, every year families send money into the government in the form of taxes, and every month the government sends a tiny bit of it back, the only cost being the massive bureaucracy required to keep all this machinery in motion.
Over the past five years you have employed strategies of this sort on every front. For vote-buying-masquerading-as-policy, nothing has beaten your GST reduction—why don’t the other parties think of these things? why are they always going on boring rants about health care and the environment and education as if these mattered more than extra cash for a new flat screen TV?—while your law and order campaign has taken fiction to heights even Dan Brown has not dreamed of, employing tax dollars you don’t have in amounts you don’t know to achieve results that are unproven against a threat that doesn’t exist.
A recent study into corporate tax cuts showed that, contrary to your party’s view, corporations tend to hoard tax savings rather than create jobs with them. Confronted with these facts, your finance minister, Mr. Flaherty, admitted they made your tax policy a “tough sell,” but said he would stick with it because corporations and the experts liked it, and, “most importantly, because it’s a confidence builder in Canada, and a way of branding Canada.” Clearly, Mr. Flaherty has studied the art of fiction at the feet of a master, showing, here, how even logic is no obstacle to the expert fictionist. Branding, indeed: I can almost feel the pleasant burn of those cuts in my flesh, along with the pride of knowing that in Canada, at least, fiction reigns, and what matters is not whether a policy works but only if people believe in it, or at least believe that they can make others believe.
Politics is nothing if not the art of making others believe. So kudos to you, Mr. Harper for sparing us in this campaign any view of the real Stephen Harper, in all his nakedness—and the mind balks at such a notion even as mere metaphor—and giving us the fictional one, infinitely more complex and convincing. In so doing you have given inspiration to all of us for whom fiction is a way of life. Let me end, then, with my own fiction, namely my hope that on May 2nd you get the majority we all believe you believe you deserve, and we can look forward to the spectacle of five more glorious years of the Harper Government (formerly known as the Government of Canada).
Sincerely,
Nino Ricci
What did you learn in school today? Sharing.
Ooooh Nino!! Me thinks you will not be invited to any of Harper’s little social gatherings any time soon!! lol
Well written…..love fiction myself!!!!
As I was sitting here in the study, sipping our nightly shot of Navan with my delightful husband Biffy, I read this letter and said to myself “my, my.. here is a man who understands us intellectual, eco loving elites.. so, so refreshing !! I haven’t felt this good since I added the Toyota Prius to our stable of automobiles to go with our his and hers Land Rovers.. That silly Scott, woops, Steven, Harper must absolutely go.. Hopefully the little people of this fine Country of ours will come to their senses and vote for Iggy, or Jack, or even Gilles or Lizzy.. It really does not matter, because we know they will all work together to get rid of that silly Shawn, er Steven, Harper once and for all, and we can go back to our self righteous vaulted position in society, which we so rightfully are entitled to.. Oh Biffy, can you please fill my glass again..
Beautifully done. Let’s hope that the pen is proved mighter than the politician.
WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP.
A clever, entertaining piece, unfortunately superficial. Paul Martin was in charge when the bank mergers were disallowed. Did they really want to merge or were they forced into it by events elsewhere as in 2008? Paul Martin eliminated the deficit built up by socialists both Red Liberals and Red Tories catering to we self-same voters, not by cutting programs, by by cutting transfers to the provinces, health and education. You do what you have to do while angering your own voters least. It was up to Mike Harris to implement Martin’s cuts. And what about the fiction we know as the unified forces? Why are those economic silly buggers immune to satirical fiction? Thirteen billion to buy tanks for Afghanistan for delivery in 2013, two years after they have left Afghanistan, among other typical military economies.
Economically the planet is a basket case. The PM, along with everyone else in government, knows this, but he may be our best current hope for survival. None of the others present much hope. That’s no fiction.
I am trying to understand why people keep attributing the elimination of the deficit to Paul Martin. Can we truly rely on the numbers, I mean wake up people, the deficit was decreasing while Chretien due to the GST being implemented by Mulroney. Not to mention money being thrown to “Liberal supporters”, how can we trust the numbers of repair, when they got hit with mismanaging money to get themselves ahead….Now that is fiction.
More over, the Chretien/Martin liberals were also responsible for the Parliament bill allowing a wage increase of 30% to all members of Parliament. How can one say the we have to “tighten the belt” and “cut spending”, causing many social services to be cut and then validate a 50% wage increase of all of Parliament, not to mention tax payers being responsible for car and rent allowances.
If Canadians have to manage car, rent/mortgage and all other expenses on average less the $60,000/annum, why can’t members of Parliament who are being paid over $200,000/annum. Why should the tax payers eat this cost,maybe Martin should have thought about tightening the “Parliaments belt”.
Martin is a financial wizard, but truly put your money where your money is and not line your own pockets in the process.
Harper is going down the path the Bush went down, let’s spend money of a possible threat, next thing you know there will be a “terrorist attack by the Conservative haters” just to validate his spending desires.
If Harper is so aware of the economic state of the planet then why is he continuing to cut programs and still spend the same if not more. We had more programs, both nationally and internationally, and less spending with Chretien /Martin then with Harper.
Is Harper is our best chance of survival Canada has a very bleak future, we will have no programs or services (nationally and internationally), no world status or support and we will have a deficit we will not recover from.
If Harper is voted in we should brand our country as “The Northern US” and be done with it. I’ll move for sure.
Problem is Iggy changes where he stands on his issues and spending more often then he changes his underwear. Can’t trust that. Either way Liberals and Conservatives have run this country to the brink of disaster….That is not fiction!
What??? Please tell us who you really like!
“Smart of you to take credit for Canada’s financial stability in the current global recession when it was exactly neoconservative policies like yours that unraveled the economy south of the border, and shamefacedly socialist ones, put in place before your party even existed, that protected our own. ” — False.
It wasn’t Liberal policies or Conservative policies that supposibly got us through the “recession”. It was the billions in under-the-table bailouts that were revealed recently by the Federal Reserve. It was the multi-trillion dollar bailouts in the U.S. which kept the 60% of the Canadian economy owned by America working. Remember, prior to the bailouts, Canada was lossing jobs just as fast as the U.S.. We also actually have resources, the states do not.
Putting Canada’s fiscal “success” (which its not because this “recession” is ar from over) as somehow the result of Politician’s policies is ridculous. As Jim Flaherty says: “Canada isn’t an economic island.” — And even though the cons rarely say thigns I agree with, this is one statement hardly anyone can disagree with.
Just wait till the Euro fails, the US goes officially bankrupt, and the USD becomes worthless — then we’ll see what the “recession” is all about. BTW, our housing bubble hasn’t yet collapsed either, even though it is starting to. Housing resales are at record lows, real estate spring fever is more like a stomach bug, and the only direction housing prices have to go now is down.
BTW … have you noticed the real estate “collapse” starting in Vancouver (which is still part of Canada)
Brilliant letter…alas not accessible to too many canadians.
Mr. Harper is a great illusionist…I wish canadians would wake up and see the dictator behind his plastic smiles.
“I am writing today, in the midst of what is quickly developing into the most exciting federal election this country has seen in months..”
Shouldn’t ‘months’ be replaced with years?
Thanks for catching that, though “months” was meant satirically rather than literally. Perhaps that didn’t come across.
It came across, no worries 🙂
Thank you for articulating in words the many emotions and thoughts that I and many others have. I am truly disgusted by the Harper governement, he does not represent me, my ethics and my values. Wake up Canada!!! Vote for DEMOCRACY….ours to lose!
15 second sound bite…I wish…seems it would be a talented feat to boil all we know down to a single magic bullet.
Maybe a shot of an ‘average’ Canadian looking at a 15 second flash montage of 2007-2011…completely stunned…muttering ” What the Puck has just happened while I was asleep? “
Nino:
Brilliant!! Thanks so much.
Cheers!
P.S. Glad you finally got your cheque from the Globe!!
Very cleverly done. I have wondered why I haven’t seen the opposition parties pointing out the conservative push for bank deregulation in this campaign. Sorry to inform you though, Nino, you’ll not be receiving the order of Canada now until the government changes and the little black book that now has your name in it is designated to the bin.
A great article. Forgive us Harper for “bickering”.
By the way, none of us who are listing comments here be allowed into a Conservative Rally! Phew! Like I was going near one anyway.
You mention Mulroney running up the biggest deficit the country has seen. If you had done your homework you would see that the reason behind it was the interest payments on the deficit that Trudeau left Canada with. Mulroney brought in the GST and NAFTA which the Liberals wanted to get rid of only to realize they are good things and were needed. The Liberals lied about getting rid of the GST and even want to raise it back up again. They expanded on NAFTA and now are telling us Harpers border pact is crap. It will not hurt our Canadian way. The Liberals only balanced the budget due to massive cuts to all programs. It is the only way it could be done. This for the most part is what Harper is trying to do while trying to also keep the minority Coalition happy. Impossible to do. Let Harper run it and we will see results.
A ray of light for the Liberals. Lets follow it
Very articulate and well written, but alas, you’ve written over the heads of 80% of the electorate.
Could you please condense this into a 15 second sound-byte so that the voters will understand? You can’t? I guess that’s why the Cons are polling so high, they have a simple message.
unfortunately, i am finding phil to be right, i am hard-pressed to find friend or foe, who is educated enough to understand the principle of satire. most people i’m afraid take it at face value, like “duh, i tried to read it, but i couldn’t understand what he was saying…” while i think it’s brilliant and timely! ironically, i am at the moment listening to to social mind control deprogramming through socratic principle demystifying the occulting of information through secrecy by an elite, but not necessarily well-educated, ruling class. all it requires is a good mask, like the example of george bush. what an agonizing mindfuck that was to watch! telling the uninitiated masses what you think they want to hear and images were everywhere reinforcing the stupidity. oh, the link is such: it’s called peace revolution podcast.. http://tragedyandhope.com/
“It also gives us a very special, secret pleasure to see how unaware the people around us are of what is really happening to them.” —Adolph Hitler
Ray Bradbury couldn’t have said it better..
the best prime minister Canada ever had, 5 more years
I strongly believe it, this man has vision
is it enough to only have a vision? or do we actually care about the quality of that vision?
hitler had a vision too…
Wow how can you compare him to Hitler. By saying that you just discredited everything you just wrote. SO disapointed!! Use your head next time you decide you want to write something. So disapointing!!!! Sarcasm or not its not even close!
Ryan, open your eyes! Megalomania by whatever name is still meagalomania. Love the article, Nino. Should be required reading.
Methinks thou dost lack sarcasm, Otto.
So articulate, intelligent and humourous. I am perplexed that voters who support Harper gloss over his policy decisions (or lack thereof), his lack of openess, his disregard for Canadians (remember the long form census and the public servant his party tried to blame it on, peroguing parliament twice, the lack of access to him or his party, no economic or environmental visionary policies to consider).
I think you forgot to add the tagline “Paid for by the Liberal Party of Canada”.
While there is an element of truth to some of your points the child care one is laughable. The cost of sending $100 / month to parents is minimal when compared with the cost of setting up and running a national daycare program. Not to mention that education is provincial jurisdiction and the federal government has no business imposing a national program on the provinces.
I don’t think the price was the point of Ricci’s statement. I think the point was that a national childcare program had been developed, after a lot of hard work, and Harper scrapped it without a second glance. As well, $100/month is not nearly enough to cover the cost of daycare; that might not even pay for a week.
Besides, aren’t there a number of national programs that run across the provinces? Why is that such a problem?
Just a reality check. $100.00 for a week of childcare? are we talking about hamsters? try $100.00 a day for two kids. people let’s do anything but vote harper. reform. whatever it is… (can’t really call it Conservative)
“Are there no prisons, no workhouses..?” -Ebenzer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
Above that, I think the rhetoric we hear from the PM are the disclosed soundbites he must practice in his sleep. I agree the Liberal campaign has a lot to learn and catch up on as they are missing great opportunities in being able to trap Mr. Harper in his own words and bring him down from that state of ‘awe’ he has for himself without mentioning anything personal.
The reality is that it is not the government’s reponsibility to babysit kids. If people can not afford daycare then do not have children. End of story.
Mike really? Really? Were you born an ass or do you practice a lot?
His contempt for Canadians is even greater than his contempt for democracy and parliament. The man is going to take a tumble eventually and it ain’t going to pretty – for him.
This election makes me want to weep openly almost daily. I’m simply baffled by the fact that Harper is able to snow anyone at all. Besides the fact that he doesn’t use actual facts, he also fails to even *look* convincing most of the time. When I’m presented with the knowledge (in poll after poll) that other people think he’s telling the truth, it makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills, since it seems so obvious to me that he is not. In any case, at least there’s a blog post like this to lift my spirits.
Heavy, a lot of weeping is going on. hopefully, also, a lot of VOTING will go on, by the other 65% who have been completely disengaged. nope, you are not taking crazy pills!
I feel the same Heavy. I nearly cried watching the debut of Sun News yesterday. At least we know we aren’t asleep at the wheel so to speak.
So true Heavy. I shake my head in disbelief everyday when I see any of his insincere adds or his rallies, filled with followers that look to him as some sort of God who can do no wrong. I can’t stand the way that people fiercely defend him, by belittling and berating anyone who has the stones to stand up to his lies and question him or any of his candidates. Our current “MP” can do no wrong in our city because people overlook the fact he has bought out a good portion of the business vote with his smarmy tactics. Yes, he has done good, but I cannot tell you how much it irritates me to hear from his followers that he can’t no one else can do better. Why? Is he so perfect that no one can fill his shoes? I don’t believe that. And I don’t believe it about Harper. Contempt should not be ignored. Let our democracy work for once, and let’s give someone else a chance that may actually care about canadians and not just companies!
Let me clarify something. Our “MP” elect has done good, yes, but mostly for the business community. He does not answer any questions that deal with family or education, and he doesn’t believe that Healthcare should be considered a Federal issue. He constantly falls back on all the money he has raised for fundraisers and contributed himself (being that he has a very healthy business, which he claims not to be running anymore. Fundraising is great, I agree. But when did we have to start fundraising for basic needs? When did it become necessary to raise money to feed families in our own city? He doesn’t even want to discuss poverty because he’s never witnessed it. He’s a Harper clone, quotes him everyday on his Facebook page and he has fierce guard dogs on his page, ready to attack at the sniff of a question he doesn’t want to answer. He even blocks those he can’t control, and deletes key debates that don’t show him in a good light. He wants to get rid of a lot of the strides we’ve made in human rights, he campaigns on his own personal issues. And people fawn all over him. It’s sick, it makes me wonder what is wrong with our community that they can fall for his ingenuous crap. We need to get rid of them, so they can’t keep snowing the rest of the country…
“Fundraising is great, I agree. But when did we have to start fundraising for basic needs? When did it become necessary to raise money to feed families in our own city? ”
Because we looove charity events set in big ballrooms filled with bigshots and TV stars feeling sooo good giving to the “poor”. And let’s make sure to keep a steady reserve of poor to keep on this ingratiating tradition.
Brilliantly said, Mr. Ricci.
This covert, self-congratulating band of corporate kiss-ups that calls itself the Harper Government needs to be stopped. I am sick of hearing Harper say that he knows what I and all of my fellow Canadians want and care about. Everyone I know wants a government that puts the concerns of its people–no matter where they’re from or how much money they have–first and foremost.
On May 2nd, let’s tell Mr. Harper to take his ball (and his fleet of fighter jets) and go home.
It’ll be tough for him to take the fighter jets home. No engines, y’know.
Well written Nino!
I dropped an e-mail to both Prime Minister Harper as well as to Liberal Leader Mr. Ignatieff back in January and I would love to get your feedback:
Dear Mr. Ignatieff:
Dear Prime Minister Harper:
I am a member of the Liberal Party who could be termed part of the Canadian Tea Party Movement.
You have my humble apologies if my ideas are seriously flawed but from my limited readings on economic theory I have arrived at the conclusion that the power is in your hands to transform the economy of Canada so dramatically that you could turn the nation of Canada into such a powerful engine of economic activity that we could pull even the American economy out of its present slump.
…..
Mr. Ignatieff, if my theory is thoroughly in error, I am sorry, but as of this moment on January 25, 2011 I am convinced that it is theoretically possible for you to assist Prime Minister Harper to add roughly SIXTY BILLION tax free, interest free dollars to the 2011 or 2012 Canadian federal budget by following the advice given in this video by NDP Leader Jack Layton, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and former Liberal Prime Minister John Turner.
Oh Canada Movie 6 – Banking – 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1HfKIvmZGU
“We never should have privatized our debt and turned it over to the
private banks, we should have kept it in the hands of the Bank of Canada,
at least a major part of it, because then we would have been paying
interest back to ourselves.” (NDP Leader Jack Layton)
In this video, if I understand her properly, Green Party Leader Ms. Elizabeth May advocates that Prime Minister Harper could theoretically use the Bank of Canada to make a loan to the federal government for the entirety of our national debt that is owed to private banks AT AN INTEREST RATE OF ZERO PERCENT!
This loan could theoretically be used to pay off all Canadian federal, provincial and even perhaps municipal level debt to private banks.
From then on the interest rate being charged by the Bank of Canada, that is truly in a sense owned by all Canadians, could be zero percent but even if a token level of interest was charged, even this amount would be paid back to the Bank of Canada which we own!
This measure could theoretically reduce the burden on Canadian taxpayers by somewhere in the range of SIXTY BILLION DOLLARS annually depending on the exact interest rate that would have been charged to them by the privately owned banks!
Mr. Ignatieff, if you could convince Prime Minister Harper to adopt this measure this would initiate nothing less than a paradigm shift in Canadian monetary policy that could have an astonishingly positive effect on not only on our own economy, but also perhaps in virtually every American State.
Here is the link into the full message Nino!
Topic: Mr. Michael Ignatieff, Prime Minister Harper, President Obama could sure use your assistance!
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2231653698&topic=134608
But wait aren’t Harper and Iggy in the pockets of the banks?….We all know where Harper’s loyalties lie, Iggy seems to be up for sale, what ever is popular at the time….Ahhh, and the light bulb goes off…So how much are Harper and Iggy making for their own pockets but keeping the banks and oil companies happy.
Your observation seems fairly sound. Yes, money as debt is a real enslavement. Maybe you’re talking about the pollution of the economic climate by money, as spelled out by Bill McKibben.
Washington is polluted by money, the sewage of civilization and the economic climate must change. that is the real threat to planet earth. US chamber of commerce is the Everest of dirty money, follow the money and the economic climate must change! Fight the real parasite that infects us. — Bill Mckibben —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdF8wz4Jwm8
I would venture to say that money is simply a symbol for something deeper that is not understood. Like where does the money that doesn’t exist go?
Brilliant article…now making the rounds on Facebook! 🙂
Thanks for putting this together. You are, indeed, a very good writer!
Cheers.
Thank you for this, Nino. I am proud to live in a city of writers and to have someone of your genuine wit and intelligence articulate my concerns about Harper and his government. Bravo!
It’s good writing. Biting sarcasm, dripping with contempt. Some of it even refers to flaws that Harper actually has. A pity most of your “facts” are wrong. You must be one of those people Reagan referred to who know so much that isn’t so.
Obvious troll is obvious.
Care to elaborate on the “facts” that are “wrong”. I expect a complete lack of reply and it is clear you vote with your brain which is a tremendous detriment to Canada.
Wow, Matt, that was powerful. I do regret becoming involved in a conversation with you but I will post one more time. I will comment on one “fact”. Mr Ricci apparently believes that “socialist” policies here in Canada helped us survive the recession that was started by “neoconservative” policies in the U.S. Does he believe that having a government agency like Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac backstop the mortgage industry, and thus encourage reckless lending because of an implicit government guarantee against loss, is a conservative policy? Or perhaps the actions of the government in the U.S., when they threatened to punish banks if they did not lend to higher risk visible minority borrowers, were “neoconservative”. When Bush and McCain suggested tightening borrowing rules and Barney Frank and co. refused, was it the conservatives who did wrong and the liberals who did right? I will stop there. I will not respond anymore, so I guess “you win” if that pleases you. My apologies for disturbing your world. Bored with you now.
“Bored with you now”. Typical Con reply, dripping with contempt for anyone who has the ‘gall’ to stand up and state their opinion of their magnanimous leader, Lord Harper. I’m sick of being attacked by Harper guard dogs. I wish they would go back to Tartarus and leave the sensible people to make the adult decisions for them. Because they need to grow up, take the Blue-tinted glasses off and see the country that Harper is creating and wonder if this is type of country we want to leave for our children. I certainly hope not.
As opposed to the galling contempt ozzing from you and Ricci? Maybe it’s you who needs to grow up, or take a nap, or a pill, or a time-out.
Excuse me Jon … are we talking US politics now … 8 years of Bush and you want to use him as an example … hmmmm! Get with the program, we are discussing the Canadian Government now, not the American (and absolutely not the “Harper Government”). When the “socialists” in Canada refused to allow the bank deregulation being pushed by the “coalition” of conservative/alliance/reform parties that certainly played a big part in Canada suffering less in “worldwide” economic downturn. By the way Jon, being involved in discussions is a good thing and it goes a long way to resolve many issues that face us everyday.
Brilliant!
Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. In this case, it’s sadder.
Bravo, Nino.
Brilliant, absolutely brillant!!!
The only thing – I wouldn’t have called Harper “The Right Honourable” as I find him anything but honourable and if Elections Canada is correct he is
no longer the Prime Minister per se.
Nancy
You make a very good point, Nancy, but then there have been many Right Honourables who have not quite lived up to the name. As for the use of the title “Prime Minister” during an election, you sent me scrambling to Google, which turned up this: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20110407/fact-check-prime-minister-title-110408/20110408?s_name=election2011.
What a great read! The intelligence displayed could never be understood by Mr. Harper, I do hope that you will have it translated for him, and his servant folk.
Have you submitted this to the newspapers as an OpEd? It would be brilliant!
Congratulations!
Thank you for this! But I am now, morbidly depressed. While I suspected that many Canadians would rather follow a trashy fiction than bother with a truth that required intellectual effort, I naively thought Harper would flub the fictional vision thing…
Dear Sir,
Harper’s contempt of Parliament the King may have figured was imagive and inventive, even acceptable but was far from fictional!
Thank you!
Little wonder your chosen craft is writing fiction, a Pulitzer worthy example of which is presented here.
Sweet 🙂
The Hitler-Harper-Cons are so conning,that most people can not see it coming.
On May 2/2011,if the PC-Cons of Canada get back into power,everyone will have to pay a lot of cash money,for the same things that are covered now by a small amount of our Tax money. If some people think that Taxes are too high now,it will seem like nothing compared to the Big Extra Billings that we will all have to pay,if the Cons of Canada get back into power on May 2/2011.
But the Cons of Canada will keep on saying,that you are paying way less Taxes right now,which is 100% fictional.
Nice letter, but it would be even better if you took the BOLD off the font.
The bold is gone. Thanks for the suggestion.
The Hitler-Harper-Cons are so conning that most people can not see it.
On May 2/2011,if the Cons get back into power on May 2/2011,everyone will have to pay a lot cash money,for things are now covered by a small amount of Taxes. If people think that some Taxes are too high now,it will seem like nothing compared to the Extra Billings,if the Cons get back into power on May 2/2011.
But the cons will always tell you,you are paying less Taxes,which is 100% fictional.
No Harold Pinter eh? Cheeky but too restrained. Should have mentioned:
Imperialism
Torture
JTF2
‘Improper Killing’
Afghanistan
Palestine
Gaza
Israel
G8/G20
Fascism
Visits by
Bush
Clinton
Condi Rice
Indigenous genocide
Capitalism
Selling out
BDS
Libya
NATO
Imperialism
Colonialism
Lovely, just lovely.
Dear Sir,
Thank you. Have not had that good a belly laugh in a while. Additionally: full of fun facts!
The one illusion that keeps me in awe of Mr. Harper’s fiction craft is his mastery reversal of that evil coalition. How if Canadians do not give the Harper Government a majority mandate, we will all be subject to the certain doom and destruction imposed by separatist, socialist, and elitist. The fact that Mr. Harper did himself, try to overthrow the then Prime Minister Paul Martin by getting an agreement with Mr. Ducepe and Mr. Layton is inconsequential because the word coalition wasn’t in the letter. The fact that he can now come out and make this issue a major talking point for this election shows his true mastery of spin and fiction. Great post Mr.Ricci!
Brilliant Letter. What I find most interesting in Harper’s coalition threat ~ is the reality, that, if a coalition was formed amongst any or all of the Left, it would represent up to or more than 3/4 of Canadians. That looks like a majority to me. Sounds Democratic to me. Who does it scare most? Stephen Harper.
A most pleasant read, thank you; here’s hoping Harper reads it…gotta love the latest polls in Quebec and hope the rest of the country wakes up.
This is a must share letter. Simply brillant with just a hint of sarcasm.
…if by “hint” you mean “bludgeoning.”
I fully agree. I love when Harper takes credit for the economy. Like he put oil & gold in the ground. Like he sets interest rates. Like he put Canadian mortgage rules in place to prevent a meltdown. He is a joke!!!!
… and like he rather than Liberal Paul Martin gave us an econonomic system and surplus budgets that gave the Canadian economy the strength to better withstand the recent recession.
I can’t express how angry I feel when Harper takes credit for Canada’s economic position. And as much as Paul Martin helped us achieve that goal, I cannot forget that Canadians across the country pulled their weight in making it happen. It wasn’t easy. That’s what makes Harper’s wasteful spending and blatant vote buying so infuriating. He throws quarters on the floor, in the form of miniscule tax credits, and expects people to scramble for them. We deserve real policy, real vision. Well, I guess we’ll see what we deserve on election day.
THANK YOU!
Brassy, but nice. Couldn`t have written it better myself.
Kim