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Joe Shlabotnik

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14. aw,

Reply to applegrove (Reply #13)

Fri Apr 11, 2014, 09:14 PM

Apr 2014

I'm sure he was a very nice man, to his family and friends, unfortunately he hurt many, many people with his fiscal policies.

We have 2 Canada's, the 'official' version approved by Ottawa and Bay street insiders, that are lionizing and aggrandizing him all over the media, and then by contrast there is the comment section for the P&P poll. It seems that everyday folk have longer and more concise memories than the spin doctors would like. http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/politics/inside-politics-blog/2014/04/power-politics-ballot-box-question-427.html

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"Jim Flaherty, former finance minister, dead at 64" [View all] applegrove Apr 2014 OP

We haven't stayed away from fundamentalism. Stephen Harper is a neo-con, a bigot, PDJane Apr 2014 #1

Oh I agree Stephen Harper is a fundie. I'm just thankful Flaherty was applegrove Apr 2014 #2

This is true....I concede the point. PDJane Apr 2014 #3

Common CHIMO Apr 2014 #4

Flaherty created a housing bubble potentially worse than the US Fiendish Thingy Apr 2014 #5

Oh yeah. There was bad there. But he could have gone all fundie applegrove Apr 2014 #6

Definitely not worse than the US laundry_queen Apr 2014 #9

Flaherty - An Enemy of the People RedSock Apr 2014 #7

I was going to say that...he joined Harris in 1997. But I thought - the man is dead. applegrove Apr 2014 #8

Sainthood isn't conferred on people arikara Apr 2014 #11

Point taken. I didn't mean to imply he was a saint. applegrove Apr 2014 #12

I know you didn't mean that arikara Apr 2014 #15

Nope, no , no way, no, No, ugh, wrong. Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2014 #10

And Stephen Harper is making it into a State Funeral. Politics never stops. Why applegrove Apr 2014 #13

aw, Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2014 #14