12 Reasons Women Should Not Vote BC Liberal
Your Host and Perennial Malcontent, Dan LaRocque with a blunt message to Gordon Campbell and his 'enormous caucus'
huge list of Campbell articles
Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society
Citizens Rule CD available for purchase, 19 anti-Campbell songs by all BC musicians, instant payment via paypal, buy it for $10. CAD Postpaid, over half the money goes directly to anti-poverty groups around BC. Or send $10. to Box 476 Parksville BC V9P 2G6
Full mp3 list and free downloads of all 19 songs
More On The Teachers
October 3, 2005
original message excerpted from email conversation - throw the left a bone
"I swear if my kids miss one day of school over this job action I will literally flip my lid. I don't care what they want but I'm reading about another 163 million in corporate tax cuts and skyrocketing fuel tax revenues, meanwhile the people in question spend as much daytime with my kids I do.
seriously, I made better money mowing lawns than these chumps. and they finished high school.
God, I miss the cbc. Where's the lesbian feminist agenda when you need it.
staffer reply goes here, omitted for privacy to which I respond
"Or we could privatize the whole affair and auction off subjects to the highest bidder, Shell can take over Geography and re-educate us all about the benefits of climate change, Nortel could sponsor the math department, the ad industry and Hollywood could handle the English department. Shakespeare in 90 minutes, Spartacus just wanted a Pepsi.
Or the government can fulfill one of the few remaining responsibilities they haven't ducked and pay the teachers an appropriate wage for the important, skilled and difficult work they do. How would you like to capture the attention and imaginations of 20+ sugar-addicted, media-addled un-smackable brats? Details I'll leave to the professionals but 673 million is only a little more than the added revenue gained by expanded gambling and substantially less than the corporate handouts offered to Teck/Cominco, Jimmy Pattison and the like.
They could always claw back some of the reduced personal income taxes so wealthy people in a wealthy land, ie the generation of people who got their educations for free, along with free busing and full curriculae and sports programs can pay more for their grandchildren's future and a little less on sunroofs for their motorized scooters. Kids are going to need as much book-learning as they can get as they face a future with no oil, no trees and no public assets.
As I understand, 50-60 k is the max after 10 years service, you need a Masters to earn more. Any 23 year old hillbillly on the oil patch can make that much with grade 10. My real estate agent makes that easily and the last book he read was Playboy. One teacher I know with only 5 years experience paints houses in the summer. I remember first hand the workload of the teacher goes far beyond 9:00 to 3:00. And 60 k is peanuts, especially if you're, dare I say, a single parent family. Another female-dominated profession into the crapper.
Does their benefits package come close to the ones offered to Jeff Bray or Virginia Greene? This government has to spend some of its' wealth on the future and not just work the quick buck as if the world is going to end at any moment.
Screw Campbell. Dan
Pinching Nickels, Hemmorhaging Dollars
Sept 27th, Here comes another teacher's strike, guaranteed to hurt single moms and working families far more than the government who's caused it. Keep in mind the fall sitting mini-budget shovelled another 163 million in corporate tax cuts to round it off to a full billion per year of tax relief for the rich since the Libs came into power. Meanwhile the teachers have to grovel and scrape for a cost of living increase and a cap on class sizes.
When it comes to my children and their future I say give the teachers anything they need. The fact is, I can make better money mowing lawns than these poor chumps and not only did they finish high school, they all have post-secondary degrees and the student loans to prove it. Not to mention that they spend as much daytime with my children as I do. Simply put, teachers are doing the most important job in the province, preparing our next group of citizens who will hopefully do a better job at stewardship than the generations previous to them. Share the wealth Gordon Campbell, and not just with the wealthy.
Summertime in Paradise
August 4th, Taking a quick break from the beach to point out the results of some of Gord's policies, including the abysmal service record of the American company now responsible for our Medical Service Plan and the dismal safety and environmental record of the American company about to purchase Terasen Gas. Oh yeah, and the patronage appointments for former mla's turfed out of parliament by the voters but rewarded by PorkBelly Gordon with cushy jobs.
Bridge Over Budget and Behind Schedule
July 5th, Here's some entertaining news for summertime with the legislature out and not much going on. According to the Kelowna Cap News the W.R. Bennett Bridge is alreay almost half again over budget and months overdue already.
As Good As We Could Hope For
June 3rd, Congrats to Gord and his slim victory over the NDP and to the NDP for achieving a viable opposition in the legislature. We're going to continue on for the next four years in our own capacity as unofficial and irreverent opposition to bad government and corporate greed. We'll start by watching how many of those slush fund promises actually go through. Our continued mission? Screw Campbell.
Knocked Up - Knocked Down
BC Government Discriminates Against Poor Single Mothers
April 30th, British Columbia single moms living in poverty is a UN human rights issue according to some poverty and legal experts. The state of poverty in BC among women and children is examined in a report called Human Rights Denied Single Mothers on Social Assistance in British Columbia. No wonder Gordon doesn't want to be seen on this campaign by anyone who's not a card-carrying Liberal. Honestly, how good can an economy be if there are hungry children as a result. The Georgia Straight has a good article on the issue.
Citizens Rule Hits the News
April 30, 2005, I missed the CBC TV story on music and the election the other night. They featured 4 of the artists from the CD playing their songs as well as one lonesome right wing rapper to balance the story. He happened to be the son of a cabinet minister, a similar situation to Graham Bruce's daughter madly writing letters to the editor extolling his virtues. View the streaming video here or here or http://www.cbc.ca/bcvotes2005/radiotv/050427.html
Money For Money
April 28th 2005, Discovered a very eye-opening webpage detailing the three major parties and the main source of their political donations. Mining companies, forestry companies, development corporations and aquaculture companies top the list for the very rich Liberal Party of BC. For which they were rewarded with a corporate tax break. Surprised?
Eyewitness Evidence "Anecdotal at Best"
April 27th 2005, I heard Colin Hansen on the radio refuting a study done regarding the privatization of 8500 health care support workers. It reminded me why I took on this CD project in the first place. Listening to his silky voice dancing around the issue, using hundreds of words to say absolutely nothing, dismissing eyewitness evidence as "anecdotal at best" and trotting out obscure facts and figures to serve his own spin, this is the state of government and bureaucracy. I also heard the environment minister use the same tactics to justify their "Extinction or Bust!" salmon farm policy. Listen to Postman Bob for 3 minutes and in the space of 150 words he'll tell you everything and every word will be true. Citizens Rule!
This Tax Cut Is Costing Me A Fortune
April 21st 2005, Gordon Campbell is absolutely right, the tax cut my family received really did help us out. A tax cut of about 2 or 300 dollars goes quite far for a family of four. It'll help us pay for the 7 extra days of child care that our school district has cut from their calendar, or the $250 per child for school bus fees (that's right, parents have to pay for school busing here in PQ), or the $4. parking fee each time we go to a provincial park, or the user fee for my 7 year old's chiropractic visit for an injured neck, or the trip to Nanaimo to the courthouse, or the trip to Courtenay to our daycare subsidy office, both of which used to be right here in Parksville. Tax Cut? thanks for nothing.
Gordon's First Big Fib
April 20th 2005, Here's a good one, according to the Tyee, Gordon Campbell lied through his teeth about the finances left him by the outgoing NDP government in 2001. He claimed to inherit a huge deficit when the fact is it was a balanced budget and a 1.5 billion dollar surplus that helped him start his reign of terror. (After which he cut corporate taxes, fired 1000s and raised the PST). full details
April 20th 2005, CBC TV has met with and taped Betty Kracker and Joey Only in performance for a story they're doing on the cd and election music. Watch for it Friday on Newsworld
April 15th 2005, Gordon Campbell can't stand dissent. He can try to gag any health care worker who dares critisize the state of our hospitals by threatening to fire them. He can bury all the facts about the raid on the legislature by refusing to release any info before the election. And he can disappear all the facts about our hospital waiting list crisis by revamping the website. But he can't mess with rock and roll. Citizens Rule!
April 13th 2005, Thanks to the Tyee for the reference in their elections blog "Campbell, The Premier We Love to Hate". A minor correction, the CD is not made up of all-Vancouver area musicians, but musicians from all across BC, from Quesnel to Courtenay, Nelson to Parksville and Vancouver and Victoria too.
April 12th 2005, Just opened this page as a regularly updated blog to be able to keep the home page intact, opinions expressed belong to me and me alone. Since I'm not a journalist or party hack, beholden to my boss the editor or his boss the advertise I can feel free to have one.
March 25/05 - Full mp3 list of all 19 songs, please download and share any and all songs at will.
March 24/05 - CD has gone to press, it should be back in our hands by April 4th. We've had a little controversy already with a Vancouver Sun reporter calling and asking whether we're aware of the libel issues of such a project. Why would a Sun reporter be asking questions like that? We have to wonder. No matter, our answer to his question is Satire, Satire, Satire and artistic expression. Will have all 19 mp3s online here in the next day or so, plus a statement regarding legal issues. Watch for official cd release parties May 12th in Vancouver, May 13th in Courtenay and May 14th in Victoria, line-ups tba
 |
Print this full sized poster in colour or in black and white, please place it anywhere you wish. |
Feb 25/05 - Way to go Gordon, on the very week of the implementing of the Kyoto accord, his government's BC Utilities Commission approves a natural gas fired power plant on Vancouver Island. Nice forward thinking
Feb 11/05 - Citizens Rule Update - The CD is in its final mastering stages and will include 20 original songs and original artists from all over BC including Todd Butler, Joe Keithley, Parksville Rancher, Amy Honey, Pete Campbell and more. It'll be very diverse, enjoyable and hopefully well-received.
It's a completely non-partisan, not-for-profit project put together by all-volunteer musicians and artists. Our only goal is to call attention to the damage our Premier has done to the less fortunate in our province, tell stories of how we despise him, and have a little fun in the process. We'll be offering these CD's to BC social agencies who've been affected by the Liberal Government's cuts over the past four years. CD's will be sold at cost for $5. each postage paid and can be sold by your agency for $10 or $15. Any profits made by us through other sales avenues will be diverted to BC social agencies too, primarily womens groups, childrens groups and food banks.
Dec 10/04 - Project Update - Citizens Rule Anti Campbell CD Compilation - Submissions are closed, we're very proud to have received at least 20 songs from many different genres and communities around BC with one common enemy. The CD will be mastered in December and pressed in time for an April 1st release. This CD is a non-profit enterprise with the intention of raising funds for some of the many social programs cut by the vicious Campbell government.
November 12/04 Typical BS announcement re: funding for people with disabilities, an extra $70 dollars a month just before the election. Seems like a lot of money, and will almost make up for the cuts on physiotherapy, counselling, subsidized housing, chiropractic visits and then some that these people have suffered under this heartless government. Thanks for nothing.
November 10/04 - Don't be fooled by Campbell's new "softer stance" on social programs. With an election coming up he knows full well how much we despise him, and how desperate is his plight. He's trying to buy us with our own money. His budget surplus has risen out of milliions iin new user fees, 100 million in extra tuition fees, higher pst, higher gasoline tax revenues and higher lumber and gas earnings, never mind the 2500 fewer teachers, 100 fewer schools, health care and social program underfunding. Remember the cuts of the last three years and don't believe this jerk. Also 3 new songs for your downloads.
 |
|
My recent favorite load of nonsense, education minister proudly announces $10 million for new textbooks for BC students. Gee, thanks, a half a book for each and every student in the province on the same day the transportation minister announces 4 BILLION for road upgrades in the lower mainland. The message here? Cars take a 400 fold priority over the children of our province.
It all started in 2002 with new Larry / Dan LaRocque material featuring an ode to our despicable Premier Gordon Campbell and his unprovoked attack on British Columbia's poor and vulnerable. Point Grey Gordon (He Doesn't Care About You). Free Mp3 and RealAudio files
