The Recession: An Apology

During the recent election campaign and parliamentary crisis over the fiscal update, we may have given the impression that Prime Minister Harper was evil and uncaring as he tried to remain positive and optimistic about Canada's economy. In contrast, M. Stephane Dion, Mr. John McCallum, et al were compassionate, truthful and sensible in predicting dire economic circumstances and a deep recession.

We now realize that Prime Minister Harper is in fact evil and uncaring for predicting worsening economic uncertainty in recent days, thus helping to create just that, while Mr. McCallum is in fact a hero for trying to remain optimistic.

We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. (c) All Media Outlets 2008.

Annals Of The Painfully Obvious, Chapter 38

Duh.

They could have replaced Dion with a lump of head cheese and they would still have got a favorable response from the public.

Consumer Advisory

Doggerel Security Labs has uncovered a potentially serious flaw in the flagship product of LibSoft. Despite a recently released patch designed to correct such vulnerabilities, it appears the latest version of Liberal Party is still not completely safe. Exploits known to exist in the wild include Coalition.Millstone, Layton.Mouth.Shoot.OFF, Bailout.Billion.$ and a particularly serious threat known as Bloc.Fragmenter, which carries a blackmail payload.

Under certain circumstances, Liberal Party can also be infected with the trojan WK.SponsorshipRequestor, which prompts the user to install the advertisement based software package Chuck. Although it appears innocuous, users who have installed Chuck report that some years later their finances have been compromised and their bank accounts have been funneled to an organized crime syndicate based in Montreal restaurants.

Users are advised not to run Liberal Party until further patches are released and instead should continue to run the far more reliable Conservative Party. *

Lookalike

Has anyone else noticed the resemblance between this picket line

and this one?


No. Me either. Another reason why Ottawa in the winter can really suck.

Which Leader Ignatieff Is That?

What a difference a week and a change of leader makes. Suddenly, the media is back to talking about the Liberals as just the Liberals. Well, let's back up shall we.

Michael Ignatieff is the new Liberal leader. But that makes him the Coalition Leader too. Until he actually says otherwise, he's bound by Dion's signature on the coalition agreement, and his own on the supporting letter to the Governor General. Don't let's forget that. We should be reminding everyone at every turn that Michael Ignatieff is the new Liberal-Bloc-NDP Coalition Leader. Don't call him the Liberal leader until the Coalition has dissolved. Until then, he should properly be referred to as Coalition leader Michael Ignatieff. Put it out there on the web as much as possible, and make sure you challenge MSM references that paint the Liberals as once again a stand-alone party. They are NOT a stand-alone party at this time, they are an inseperable part of the Coalition, and Ignatieff is the leader of that Coalition.

Doggerel Party Labs Recall Notice

Doggerel Party Labs is recalling a batch of Party Leader Decision Tools. It has come to our attention that some of these may be defective, in that both sides of the coin bear the same image. If you have accidentally elected a moose as your party leader, please return your faulty Party Leader Decision Tool for a full refund.

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A Prominent Liberal Resigns

A prominent member of the Liberal Party of Canada issued a statement today, in which he or she stated his or her intention to step aside. Who it is, we don't yet know. However, please feel free to fill the comment thread with tributes to the retiring Liberal, as without a doubt he or she was the greatest Prime Minister Canada never had.

Ottawa Rally For Canada

Unfortunately, not all members of TDPC were able to make the rally today, as dogs aren't allowed on buses. However, I did make it to the hill. There was a very good crowd of about 4,000 and some very good speakers. Stephen Taylor was excellent at rousing the troops, and Pierre Polievre was his usual fiery self.

Media coverage is already downplaying the significance of the event, painting it as a CPC organized event (it wasn't) and minimizing the numbers. CBC described the CLC / PSAC organized protest on Thursday, which consisted of public servants crossing the street for a stroll on their lunchbreak as "2,500 demonstrators." Today's crowd is described at CBC.ca as "more than 2,000." Note the factual accuracy but highly torqued spin. Nice one, Coalition Broadcasting Corp.

However, of the motorists on Wellington Street, I'd say a good 50% at least, and probably more, hooted in sympathy. There was a lot of support out there for the concept of good old fashioned voting.

It's clear from today's coverage of the various rallies that the media focus is going to be on promoting the coalition and putting down the pro-democracy side. We're going to have an uphill battle.

Iggy's Christmas Shopping

TDPC spies caught Michael Ignatieff out Christmas shopping yesterday, and noticed he's made a very wise choice of gift for Bob Rae.