Congratulations, first of all, to Hamid Karzai and Gérald Tremblay for their re-elections. For those of you who do not know these two men, one is a corrupt, weak leader in a land controlled by druglords whose re-election was made possible through a farcical, sham process, while the other is the president of Afghanistan.
Congratulations also go out to newly-acclaimed Mayor Gisèle Chapleau and the six acclaimed counsellors of L'Ile-Dorval (results available here), a city with no residents.
While travelling, I saw this attack ad of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) by the German Socialist Party (SPD) :
The ad suggests that "Financial Sharks" want to vote for the FDP in the upcoming European Parliament elections. The pictured financial shark seems very happy and friendly. I therefore encourage all European citizens registered in Germany to vote for the FDP on June 6.
Highlights: * radiofreequebec.com has cracked the world's top 25 million most popular websites, according to Alexa * Radio Free Québec's Youtube channel has received over 58,000 views and nearly 18 positive comments. * The number of fans on RFQ's Facebook fan page has increased 900% since it was first launched in January. *RFQ is pleased to announce the hiring of Steve Penny as financial analyst, to guide listeners through the recession:
Good news! The Gouvernement has agreed to increase its funding of TVQ Television and to create a new public radio service, Radio Free Québec. With its new budget and staff, we hope to greatly increase our current broadcast schedule.*
Below is a copy of a letter I wrote to Bob Runciman, provincial Leader of the Opposition of Ontario. Be warned: strong language.
Dear Sir:
Recently, you told reporters that you supported federal Bill C-10, which would allow Ottawa to retroactively strip tax credits from films that the heritage minister deems are offensive or not in the public interest. You suggested the film, "Young People Fucking", as an example of a film to which such a law ought to apply.
"I don't know what the contents of the movie are, but certainly the title would suggest that it's something that generally taxpayers would not be too damned enthused about having their money put into its production," you are quoted as saying.
I am writing, on behalf of all taxpayers, our outrage, shock and disgust that you would use the word "d*mned", an offensive, appalling word that shocks our sensibilities. May I remind you that your salary and all of your expenses as Leader of the Opposition of Ontario are payed for by the taxpayers, and we are not too flubbing enthusiastic about having our money go toward you using your potty mouth in public.
If you cannot properly use censorship on yourself, I must question your ability as future premier of Ontario to judge which films to censor for using naughty words. Shame on you!
