The Monarchist 1.0
Defending the British Crown Commonwealth and the English-Speaking Peoples
[+] HONOURING OUR PATRON, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, VICTOR OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
[+] HONOURING OUR QUEEN, ELIZABETH THE SECOND, ON THE 80TH YEAR OF HER BIRTH (1926 - 2006)
[+] HONOURING OUR KING, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, ON THE 1000TH YEAR OF HIS BIRTH (1005 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR HERO, LORD NELSON, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (1805 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR SONS, THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard, 46, Royal Canadian Regiment, Nov 27, 2006 (Afstan)
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, 34, Intelligence Corps, Nov 12, 2006 (Iraq)
Private Jacob B. Kovco, 25, Royal Australian Regiment, April 21, 2006
[+] HONOURING OUR VETS ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1856 - 2006)
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
The Old Flag. The Old Policy. The Old Leader.
Whatever our differences as a country in the now underway Canadian federal election, we would universally agree that everything has changed since the election of 1891. Way back then it was the Conservatives under Sir John A. MacDonald who shamelessly wrapped themselves in the flag to hide their political weakness and enfeeble their opponents, who were antagonistically anti-American in their national outlook and policy, who were corrupt to the core and drunk with power. It was the Liberals who offered a fresh face, who campaigned on a bold theme of unrestricted reciprocity with the United States. So bold in fact, that even today, 115 years later, we still don’t have complete unobstructed mobility of people and trade across our shared border.
And yet, while we can say that the roles have completely reversed, that today’s Conservatives are yesterday’s Liberals, today’s Liberals are not yesterday’s Conservatives. In terms of rampant cronyism, corruption and a culture of entitlement, in terms of being incorrigibly paternalistic and autocratic, yes. But that’s where the similarities end. For all of their faults as a crusty tired old government, the Tories back then were at least wedded to something nobler than themselves. They were at least rooted to notions more rousing and virtuous than their own squalid oligarchy. There was religious devotion for one, there was an unbridled reverence for our institutions, and there was an inspiring grand vision for a rapidly developing nation, which in turn fed people with confidence and a healthy optimism for the country’s future. There was also a layer of government above the federal parliament under the British imperial system that people and politicians felt patriotically attached. These were all things that were the sole property of the people, which transcended the political party and occupants in power. Liberal dominance throughout the 20th century changed all of this. The Liberals have somehow managed to confuse, if not entirely replace, all of this with themselves.
This makes their arrogance and misconduct all the more fetid. We have a Prime Minister today so gutless he cannot even call a Christmas wreath by its own name, even when lured by reporters. Christmas gets turfed in favour of Liberal multiculturalism, a politically correct state policy that reduces the spoken choices of people in the political sphere, while enhancing group think and Liberal power. Stay-at-home parents get cut out of the Liberal nanny state. The Conservative’s Choice in Childcare Plan, whereby $1,200 annually would go to parents for every child under six, gets derided by the Prime Minister’s chief spokesman as money that will just get blown on “beer and popcorn”. Get that: money should go to more government regulated childcare spaces (currently used by 13% of the population) because only Liberals can look after our kids. Parents should not be given the choice because they can't be trusted to spend the money responsibly. The Liberals react to a string of murders in the Toronto area by promising to ban all handguns across the country, thereby limiting the freedoms and choices of law-abiding citizens, while doing nothing to effectively deter and fight crime. Liberal driven same-sex marriage. Once again, instead of offering a range of free choices for people who will engage in traditional or non-traditional partnerships, they lump the whole thing under a re-definition of marriage that violates the religious beliefs of most people. The list goes on.
Issue after issue, policy after policy, the Liberals prove that they are all about limiting the traditional freedoms and choices of people. They have proven time and again in the early days of this election campaign that they are the champions of more unwieldy government, fewer choices, less tradition, that they will not stop until all of what’s left of the Old Canada gets sucked into the expanding Republic of Liberaldom. Not a moment too soon, I say. Now is the time to send the scoundrels packing. In the name of God, go.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 1:57 p.m. | LINKS |
Whatever our differences as a country in the now underway Canadian federal election, we would universally agree that everything has changed since the election of 1891. Way back then it was the Conservatives under Sir John A. MacDonald who shamelessly wrapped themselves in the flag to hide their political weakness and enfeeble their opponents, who were antagonistically anti-American in their national outlook and policy, who were corrupt to the core and drunk with power. It was the Liberals who offered a fresh face, who campaigned on a bold theme of unrestricted reciprocity with the United States. So bold in fact, that even today, 115 years later, we still don’t have complete unobstructed mobility of people and trade across our shared border.And yet, while we can say that the roles have completely reversed, that today’s Conservatives are yesterday’s Liberals, today’s Liberals are not yesterday’s Conservatives. In terms of rampant cronyism, corruption and a culture of entitlement, in terms of being incorrigibly paternalistic and autocratic, yes. But that’s where the similarities end. For all of their faults as a crusty tired old government, the Tories back then were at least wedded to something nobler than themselves. They were at least rooted to notions more rousing and virtuous than their own squalid oligarchy. There was religious devotion for one, there was an unbridled reverence for our institutions, and there was an inspiring grand vision for a rapidly developing nation, which in turn fed people with confidence and a healthy optimism for the country’s future. There was also a layer of government above the federal parliament under the British imperial system that people and politicians felt patriotically attached. These were all things that were the sole property of the people, which transcended the political party and occupants in power. Liberal dominance throughout the 20th century changed all of this. The Liberals have somehow managed to confuse, if not entirely replace, all of this with themselves.
This makes their arrogance and misconduct all the more fetid. We have a Prime Minister today so gutless he cannot even call a Christmas wreath by its own name, even when lured by reporters. Christmas gets turfed in favour of Liberal multiculturalism, a politically correct state policy that reduces the spoken choices of people in the political sphere, while enhancing group think and Liberal power. Stay-at-home parents get cut out of the Liberal nanny state. The Conservative’s Choice in Childcare Plan, whereby $1,200 annually would go to parents for every child under six, gets derided by the Prime Minister’s chief spokesman as money that will just get blown on “beer and popcorn”. Get that: money should go to more government regulated childcare spaces (currently used by 13% of the population) because only Liberals can look after our kids. Parents should not be given the choice because they can't be trusted to spend the money responsibly. The Liberals react to a string of murders in the Toronto area by promising to ban all handguns across the country, thereby limiting the freedoms and choices of law-abiding citizens, while doing nothing to effectively deter and fight crime. Liberal driven same-sex marriage. Once again, instead of offering a range of free choices for people who will engage in traditional or non-traditional partnerships, they lump the whole thing under a re-definition of marriage that violates the religious beliefs of most people. The list goes on.
Issue after issue, policy after policy, the Liberals prove that they are all about limiting the traditional freedoms and choices of people. They have proven time and again in the early days of this election campaign that they are the champions of more unwieldy government, fewer choices, less tradition, that they will not stop until all of what’s left of the Old Canada gets sucked into the expanding Republic of Liberaldom. Not a moment too soon, I say. Now is the time to send the scoundrels packing. In the name of God, go.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 1:57 p.m. | LINKS |
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