Showing posts with label williamson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label williamson. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2012

They're all missing critical parts.

The CONs are vile.  No brains, no heart.

Near the end of question period Thursday in the House of Commons, a Conservative backbencher stood up to talk about the final passage of Bill C-19, the bill that would end the long-gun registry, and channelled civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King Jr.

John Williamson, in a ridiculous display of really bad, over-the-top showmanship cried out  “Free at last, free at last, law-abiding Canadians are finally free at last” in praise of the death of the long gun registry.  He stole the gist of the line from Martin Luther King Jr's famous I have a dream speech.  Williamson delivered this obscenity one day after the anniversary of King's murder - by a fucking sniper.

There is seriously something very dysfunctional with people like that who cannot see how their words and actions violate the very principles behind the words they steal.

And the story of CON stupidity and vileness continues - 

The federal government is backing down from proposed strict new ammunition regulations after receiving complaints from gun owners...The draft regulations, made public in March, included proposals that had ammunition being locked up and added severe new restrictions on the quantity of ammunition someone could own and store.

Terrific.  Now those law-abidin', hard wurkin' canadiuns can leave as much ammo as they want kicking around the house where little Johnny and little Mary (raised in a home where guns are promoted) have free access.  And criminals looking for a weapon can now not only break into just about any home in CONstituencies and avail themselves of an unregistered weapon, they can get their ammo there as well, load on the spot, and shoot the law abidin', hard workin' canadiun if he or a family member comes home suddenly.   Then the thief, well armed, can go on and raid more homes and stockpile more unregistered weapons.  But that's ok, because some yahoo with immediate access to ammo can blow his fucking head off and become a hero.

Gotta give in to those complaints by gun owners.  After all, little Johnny and little Mary can't vote.  And they aren't fetuses.

The ever oblivious Vic seems to have neglected to read yet another piece of proposed legislation he is responsible for - and of course, blames bureaucrats:
 

"Those regulations were brought to my attention a day or two ago," said Public Safety Minister Vic Toews on Thursday. "That was a discussion I think was mainly inside the bureaucracy, and I just reiterate that is not regulations that will proceed as proposed."

I know Vic is quite busy trying to track down dangerous terrorists who publish public information, but he really should read the shit he's trying to pass.  It's looking like the CONs make Bills and Acts up as they go along based on pressure from their rabid base and big money stakeholders.

Which is, of course, exactly what they do.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

They eat their own

Yesterday, during Oral Questions, a backbencher so inexperienced and pleased at having even a softball question to ask - which he had to read word by stammering word from notes - could not hold back his school yard taunting smile of "look how clever I am" -

(Hansard, November 29, 2011, emphasis mine)

Mr. John Williamson:  Mr. Speaker, Canadians gave our government a strong mandate to end the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry once and for all. That is exactly what we are going to do. However, today the members from Western Arctic and Skeena—Bulkley Valley caved to pressure from their big city elite union bosses and showed up at the public safety committee to attempt to gut our legislation.  Could the Minister of Public Safety please comment on the action of these two members of Parliament?
The Speaker (Andrew Scheer) :    I am afraid that question has nothing to do with the administration of government. We will go on to the hon. member for Vancouver Quadra.

Big city elite union bosses??!!??  Pressuring the NDP on the long gun registry?   OKaaayyyy....

Scheer made the right call, and predictably, many members on the opposition side of the room clapped and cheered his decision.

His own party?  It doesn't appear in Hansard, but if you watch the video (at around 14:55) you see no one on the CON side is very happy, and you clearly hear: "What happened to you?  You used to be one of the good guys!"  And seconds later: "Sell-out!" again from the CONs.  Harper did no more than look around.

After Scheer smiling through the jeering and cheering on the vote the previous day, and after watching him let "treacherous" slide when applied to NDP MPs, I was surprised he blocked the question.  I really hope the our way or the high way attitude of his party's members doesn't guide him on future calls.
He could become a speaker of note if he brings some decorum back to the House and clearly shows impartiality as Speaker, but that's asking a lot from someone who faces cannibals in his own party.