Update 2: Riots in France -&- Buying Votes?

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Update 2:

Greg "Weston- Sponsorship" --"Contrary to Jean Chretien's claim yesterday that he called in the Mounties, in fact it was Auditor General Sheila Fraser who asked the federal force to probe three "money-for-nothing" sponsorship contracts that had ripped off taxpayers for $1.5 million." from Newsbeat1, Nov. 3, 05

****, ****, pants on fire



Excellent range of coverage on the riots in France


Violence Escalates! France in Retreat! GatewayPundit via Newsbeat1 and Instapundit -- and SEVENTH NIGHT OF VIOLENCE IN PARIS IS WORST YET! VIDEO HERE

Do you recognize the BBC tone? Does this report have parallels in the way CBC reports? Do you recognize what is going to be blamed for the trashing of what has now been reported as OVER 300 vehicles? Wait for Jumping Jack--or his French counterpart--to claim France needs to spend money on . . .

Look at the photos on this site and read the commentary.

I concur with "Why I like La Shawn Barber:"

Note: "CatoRenasci said... "

Before moving to Meryl Yourish, you might as well check GatewayPundit for Venezuela Today, Cuba Tomorrow , Nov. 2, 05



Of the many links recommended, see: The French riots: A 2002 perspective Posted on November 3rd, 2005 at 7:30 am by Meryl Yourish.

After reading the article, scroll down for "Laurence Simon Says:"


As a female, I often am accused of being too blunt (or worse) in my assessments -- lacking in that gentleness of speech and writing apparently expected of females. Somehow, the comments from what I assume are mostly men on these sites make sense to me, in that I am neither shocked nor appalled. I like their bluntness -- their willingness not to pussyfoot around in expressing their views. I wish we had more who would speak out like that in Canada. I'm so tired of political correctness (BS masquerading as "nice") -- the kind of thing spouted by someone in government (Listen to the PM courting votes -- BS and bafflebab accompanied by the whoosh of the money you earned flying out to someone else who didn't plan ahead nor earn it.), in the civil service or in the media -- someone afraid, someone self-censoring -- someone who dares not speak in a straightforward manner for fear of repercussions.



Recommended:

History Channel series: "Over there"
Film: "Cotton Mary" -- set in 1954 in India along the Malabar coast -- It starts a bit slowly but it becomes quite engaging. Of course, I love south India.

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Update 1:

I just listened to an interviewer on CBC Newsworld (11 to 11:30 am in the East) shut down a man whom, I think, was identified as a member of a French ministry, a government official.

The CBC interviewer (maybe David Gray, but check) didn't want to have go out over the airwaves what the official was saying -- that these rioters in France are not victims of poverty who have no opportunities in France. He was describing the fine cars they drive . . . . and then he was shut down.

CBC types wouldn't want truth to interfere with a CBC story. Why, people might question attributing immigrant problems to racism and poverty, mightn't they?

Presently, I just caught the usual on CBC, concerning native poverty and culture -- as though money has not been sluiced and sluiced to little effect for years.


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Editorial: Smart immigration NP, Nov. 3, 05

[. . . . ] Action is essential, however. Our current system is unsustainable. Despite claims by Ottawa that two-thirds of immigrants are economically self-sufficient, really only about one quarter are, once ageing parents, minor children and dependent relatives are taken into account. These dependents qualify immediately for social programs. At a cost of $6,000 per capita, the 190,000 dependent immigrants admitted every year consume over $11-billion annually. [. . . . ]

Search:

Even the true "economic class" immigrants we are accepting

He wants many of the 50,000 extra newcomers

There is an ill fit between the skills of those entering and what Canada's needs. There is also a problem with culture; some immigrants simply do not fit into Western democracy.




Re: Canada to increase immigration by 10,000 next year

Letter: Instant Grit Voters by Martin Collacott, former Canadian ambassador in Asia and the Middle East, now living in Vancouver

[. . . . ] The reason why the government is increasing family class intake is clear: Those who want to bring in extended family members will vote for the party that makes it easy for them to do so. To gain a few votes in a number of urban ridings, therefore, Ottawa is prepared to sacrifice the interests of the population in general. If Canadians are unable to wake up and do something about this, they surely deserve what they get.

"69 cars have been torched"

Destruction is their answer to all, it seems. How stupid!

Riots prompt French PM Dominique de Villepin to postpone Canada trip CTV.ca News Staff, Nov. 2, 05

[. . . . ] Criticized for referring to the troublemakers as "scum" and "riffraff," [Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy ] repeated his condemnation.
"I speak with real words," Sarkozy told Le Parisien newspaper.
"When you fire real bullets at police, you're not a 'youth,' you're a thug."
[. . . . ] "Zones without law cannot exist in the republic," the French leader [Chirac] said.

The "race relations" crowd will be out under full steam after this; claiming "racism" is rampant, systemic, and the like, trying to raise guilt in the public's mind -- that's how they make their living and gain importance. This situation is not racism.

This is thuggery from an underclass taught to hate and blame others for their own shortcomings. Maybe if they weren't so vocal, displaying the barbarism of their belief that the world must be cleansed of all who do not believe as they do, they would be more employable. My personal view is that Islamism gives thugs an excuse to loot, burn, maim, torture and kill -- that they would be misfits in any society, even without the supportive justifications they had learned in some mosques. Many are ill-educated, ill-prepared for life in the twenty-first century, and they hate everyone else for it.

We know that some jihadis are wealthy, educated, and repressed, unable to have normal relationships with the female half of the world; they are threatened by the West's freedoms -- that the freedom of women may threaten male dominance in their world. They are easy targets for those looking for recruits.

The imams who foment the hatred in these ignorant and repressed people should--indeed, must--be stopped, jailed or deported. Certainly, they should not be accorded entry to our societies.

I have written before on our government's efforts to "curb free speech", on its desire to have those who question its actions and policies branded negatively.

Suppose that, in the face of something dangerous, you are trying to warn and you are speaking truth . . . what if you cross one of the currently politically favoured groups? Government lackeys who don't want truth to be revealed? Appointees who have changed your world and you want to speak out about it, for the good of Canadians? . . . Someone doesn't like what you say. Who is going to protect your right to free speech when truth should come out? My right?

Is there any longer free speech if someone . . . anyone . . . might be offended? I am not talking about vicious lies; I am talking about truth . . . offensive to someone truth.

I am claiming my right to voice displeasure about what the Liberals have done to Canada, buying votes from immigrant groups through ill-conceived immigration / refugee policies and allowing into Canada dangerous people who will never fit into Western democracy. Don't call me a racist when I question Liberal short-sightedness and their desperation for votes -- to the detriment of the majority of Canadians. I'm not. Why should I not have the right as a citizen to voice doubts, considering what has gone before, what the Liberals use immigration for? One of my three best friends is a successful Dutch immigrant. One of my acquaintances is the product of Chinese immigration; he's a sweetheart, a decent, thoughtful person. My objections are not directed at these kinds of immigrants, the ones who come here, work and succeed. All you have to do is read, to realize what I am against.

It is a pity that the Paul Martin government would not have the long-term good of Canada as its goal, instead of PM & team's short-term survival.


"Illogical lumbering" -- of the boreal forest -- buying the native vote NP, Nov. 3, 05



Buying off the injuns John Lawrence, November 2, 2005


Teaching self-loathing Klaus Rohrich, October 31, 2005

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