Eventually, he did sell it for far less than what it was worth. Too bad, because he probably could have used the money since he ended up in a wheelchair, put there by thugs sent to force him to sell.
Mr. Money flattens the station and turns the whole corner into a family fun centre. Even though many people in the town knew what had happened, the place was always busy and the man still walks around that town as though he isn't a brutal criminal.
I thought of that story yesterday after we found out how harper sent word to the conservative senators to kill Bill C-311 without debate
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Harper couldn't get his way through proper channels of legislation, so he got his pretend senators - who we can see are really his bag-boys, leg-breakers, hit-men, errand-boys to do the job. Loyal to their Big Boss, they didn't let the fact that they are there for all Canadians - and paid by taxpayers as well - give them even a momentary pause, but followed orders.
Harper promissed to reform the Senate. He has. It is now a highly paid group of people, half of which have no power being overrun as they are by harper's thugs. The thugs hide in the shadows of the Senate chambers and rules presenting the illusion of legitimacy but are nothing more than illegitimate muscle for harper who gets to pretend his hands are clean.
There are what - 52 conservative senators? Fifty-two people who are where they are because our democracy paved the way for them. Fifty-two people who in one act, undermined that same democracy. Men and women, who are supposed to be so exemplary that they can represent us and act on the interests of all Canadians but who instead take our money and give us a big fuck you.
What they have done by enabling harper is neuter the votes of elected opposition reps in the House which is what harper wanted. And even if the Liberals get in with a minority in the future, the unelected conservative senate can kill Bills.
Worse than useless senate. Worse because it doesn't just sit there and do noting, it is now a compliant, ass-licking extension of the PMO. Paid for by us to make our voices even less influential.
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As goes the Senate, so goes the civil service. This is serious.
no kidding. very systematic, deliberate. just replace key people with your own and scare everyone under them. The word dictator isn't just an empty insult when applied to harper.
Treat the military and cops like they are above the law, enforce the us and them morality, he even has the physical muscle, guns, and prisons to keep power.
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