Globe writer and “political pundit” Jane Taber either has a very poor memory, or she’s on board with Paul Martin’s aversion to the taste of crow in his efforts to bring Carolyn Parrish’s “independant” vote back under the control of the party whip. She writes in the Globe&Mail;
” Carolyn Parrish, the former Liberal MP who stomped on a doll bearing the likeness of U.S. President George W. Bush and was kicked out of caucus for her anti-American statements,”
Except, Parrish wasn’t kicked out of caucus after her anti-American statements – the Liberals ran a campaign that used anti-Americanism as an underpinning, after all. She was excommunicated for dissin’ the boss.
The Hill Times, from November 22nd, 2004
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister last week turfed Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish (Mississauga-Erindale, Ont.) from the Liberal caucus. Her expulsion became almost imminent after she blasted the Prime Minister and his advisers in an interview with The Canadian Press. Ms. Parrish said that she “wouldn’t shed a tear” for Mr. Martin if he failed to win the next election and that his advisers “can all go to hell.”
[…]
“What it was, in the end, defiance of the control of Mr. Martin and his backroom and that’s what it was, ultimately. If it was my position on the United States or my language or my boldness, they wouldn’t have signed my nomination papers,” said Ms. Parrish.
Speaking of revisionist history … Carolyn Parrish was born October 3, 1946 so it’s possible she’s never heard of World War II.
“I’m totally offended by him. . . . We are also not a country that is going to easily throw away 100 years of peacekeeping reputation and noble reputation in the world by a testosterone-filled general, and I think somebody should put a clamp on his mouth.”
Still… you’d think she’d have stumbled across it during her career as a teacher.
(Updated – who needs pundits when you have “Drained Brain” checking the facts for free in the comments?)
A letter just sent to PM Martin, National Defence Minister Graham and Veterans Affairs Minister Guarnieri (and repeated to Ms Parrish):
The Globe and Mail has a story July 26: “Parrish, Grits may kiss and make up”. In the story Ms Parrish responds to the recent statement by Gen. Rick Hillier, Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff, that the job of the Canadian Forces is “to be able to kill people”. Ms Parrish is quoted as saying: “We are also not a country that is going to easily throw away 100 years of peacekeeping reputation…by a testosterone-filled general…”
That takes us back to 1905. One wonders if Ms Parrish considers the following military operations in which Canadian forces took part to have been “peacekeeping”:
World War I (1914-18)
World War II (1939-45)
The Korean War (1950-53)
The Gulf War (1991)
The Kosovo/Serbia aerial bombardment campaign (1999)
Anti-Taliban/al Qaeda operations in Afghanistan (2002).
If the honest Gen. Hillier is “testosterone-filled”, then perhaps Ms Parrish is suffering from an excess of estrogen.
If you permit this truly ignorant embarrassment to the Parliament of Canada back into your caucus you will demonstrate a complete lack of respect for the tens of thousands of Canadians who died in the service of our great, democratic country–and for the Canadian Forces of today who will soon be facing combat again in Afghanistan.’
Luckily for Ms Parrish she only went back 100 years. Otherwise one would have to note the Boer War (1899-1902) to which Canada also sent fighting troops–something the great majority of Canadians, no doubt including her, do not know.
I encourage other to write in a similar vein.
Mark
Ottawa
This vile harridan; this old, vicious, left liberal invokes the late Chuck Cadman as a role model for herself.
“She said if she were to run as an Independent and win, she would be in the same “delightful position as Chuck Cadman [the B.C. MP who died this month] was of being able to vote exactly as your constituents want.”
Parrish not only beats dolls, she spits on the dead. Parrish has no conscience; a model of a leftist thug. She would look good in an SS uniform designed for her by Hugo Boss, Sr. Fascist Carla.
The Globe & Mail is incorrect in its lead sentence. Whether this is incredibly sloppy or an attempted rewrite of nine-month-old history is a topic worthy of its own discussion.
Martin and the Liberal Party accepted/condoned Parrish’s anti-American statements for some considerable time (one of the reasons my brain is drained, but that’s another story). She was only “kicked out” when she made anti-Martin statements:
http://www.thehilltimes.ca
“The Hill Times, November 22nd, 2004
NEWS STORY
By F. Abbas Rana
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister last week turfed Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish (Mississauga-Erindale, Ont.) from the Liberal caucus. Her expulsion became almost imminent after she blasted the Prime Minister and his advisers in an interview with The Canadian Press. Ms. Parrish said that she “wouldn’t shed a tear” for Mr. Martin if he failed to win the next election and that his advisers “can all go to hell.” Before that, on CBC TV’s comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, she stomped on a Bush doll and pricked his brain with a pen.”
Her return to caucus would probably include a standing ovation led by the same PM.
Excellent letter, Mark, but I’ll skip sending a similar one. I’d rather they let her back in the fold in the hopes that she’s managed to offend as many in her riding as outside of it. Although her running as an independent is also interesting to contemplate.
She appears to have won quite handily last election (by 12k votes), so maybe your plan is a better one, as she’d be less likely to win as an independent.
Thoughts, anyone?
And so much for the value of a degree from University of Toronto, St. Michael’s College–as long ago as 1969. One wonders if today’s graduates know which countries were on which side in WW I, WW II and Korea (or the Boer War).
Mark
Ottawa
Parrish’s riding is heavy with immigrants. Don’t think for a second she’s playing to the Canadian electorate or the peacenics – that was for the home crowd.
Drained Brain: The Globe story was written by “Deep Throat” Jane Taber, who would never do anything to embarrass her anonymous Liberal sources. The Liberals would prefer the forgetful masses to remember Ms Parrish as anti-American rather than anti-Martin. Which is rather illuminating as to where they see the votes as being.
That should explain the economy of truth concerning why Ms Parrish was dropped from the party caucus.
Mark
Ottawa
Parrish a teacher–this explains the voting patterns in Ontario?
I have heard rumors that she isn’t really interested in federal politics but is positioning herself to take over as mayor when McCallion steps down.
Indeed, Mark.
Of course, she’s not selling any anti-Martin shirts on her website:
http://www.carolynparrish.parl.gc.ca/news/T-shirts.html
There are more and more comments coming from Liberals that are beginning to enrage me. I pray that I remain calm in the presence of Liberals.
I guess Ms Parish is also unaware that the deputy commander in Iraq is a Canadian? She represents everything that is wrong with modern liberalism: smug, ignorant and cowardly.
If she is speaking for her immigrant laden riding, then it is time to shut the door before the anti-American, anti-Christian and anti-trueblue Canadian ghetto gets any more power.
I am fed up with the freaks, phonies and fairies. I am more convinced than ever that a ‘hard-right’ political agenda is our only hope.
This “anselm” cat is a real tolerant guy. Big believer in demoracy. Why don’t you google “Fred Phelps”? They could use a good man like you.
Parrish’s complete lack of credibilty makes her statement moot at best. But she needs a good slap anyway. Just cuz.
Don:
If Anselm is intollerant what is Parrish and what are you? Re democracy, we don’t currently have one here in Canada.
History = Culture = Destiny. If the country continues to be governed by these bloody idiots, we’ll soon have nothing.
Another inaccuracy of the Globe and Mail report is that they said she called George Bush a moron and bastard. Untrue! She did call Bush a moron but she called AMERICANS bastards. The Globe doesn’t want you to know this because it’s in style to bash Bush (just a LITTLE less offensive than bashing Americans). The truth is that there is no bigger biggot in Canada than Carolyn Parrish. She is a dangerous fool who if left in charge we would have raised the new Al Queda flag in Ottawa by now.
Don,
Tolerance is a weasel word used by weasels.
My nephew is heading for Afghanistan and he is not going there to support modern Liberalism, gay marriage, perversion, dishonesty and corruption. He is heading there to defend what’s left of Canadian democracy.
The difference between me and the ‘tolerant’ crowd is my clear Irish hide and their five layers of bullshit.
Watch what you say about me Don. You big poopy bum.
Hey, watch the name-calling, kiddies.
Jane Taber’s article just goes to show how little liberals think of Canadians. They are used to revising history to suit themselves and this is only the latest example of it.
If it works for them it MUST work for you. After all THEY are the RULING PARTY of Canada, illegitimate though they be.
They can ignore 4 non-confidence votes, making every last thing they have done from that moment on totally illegal and unconstitutional, yet they can embrace the likes of Parrish.
PERFECT example of how they operate.
It does not matter what we do or say, we can and will justify it and make you swallow it.
One of these days we are going to go to the voters booth. I wonder how these decima polls will stack up then?
I suspect they may turn out to be just as accurate as those exit polls calling Kerry 15 percentage points ahead of Bush in the early hours election day.
Skewing polls to form opinion is not new and is working overtime in this country.
The ultimate test will be whether or not Canadians are as upset with these liberals as they ought to be and make them pay the price when it is time to make their mark and have their say.
I believe that Canadians as a whole are not as anti-american as the libs would like us to believe and certainly not as tolerant of their shenanigans and shameful behaviour they have exhibited lately.
But, we will see , won’t we?
As far as I am concerned, Ms. Parrish belongs in the liberal ranks. She thinks like they do. The only difference is that she is quite happy to speak out about it and they would rather pretend they didn’t hear her.
Sad that she was a teacher. God only knows how history has been revised for many a Canadian child.
Liberal memory spans are measured in nano-seconds�.anything that happened more than an hour ago must be relegated to revisionist history because you must create reality if reality escapes you. Given the true historic record of the liberals a poor memory is a prerequisite for surviving investigation.
What’s with you”DON”? Is it all a big word game to you? In case you never considered it, when something bad happens to this country, it happens to you ,too. Or are you so insulated by your perceived privilege that you don’t care?
Anselm: I served this country faithfully for twenty-six years and my prayers go with your nephew as he goes to do his duty.
Such anger directed at a poor lady who can’t help herself! My, My.
(ignorant cow, she deserves every word)
This whole myth about Canadian peacekeeping is quite funny. Now an MP ups the ante and states that our proud peacekeeping traditions go back a 100 years! And since when is being testosterone-filled a liability for a general anyways?
I am not sure if I want to shake my head from fear or shock or shame.
Carolyn Parrish might be coming back — and she’s as ignorant as ever
Carolyn Parrish is an irredeemably ignorant woman, unworthy of the position of Member of Parliament, and undeserving of the freedoms she enjoys only because of the sacrifices made by Canadian soldiers in the wars she dismisses.
Dispicable foul mouthed retarded socialist fat bitch or a typical liberal?
With credentials like that how can the lieberals say no?
VIN: Jane “Deep Throat” Taber is a very big biggot where Conservatives are concerned, though perhaps not as big a biggot as Ms Parrish is concerning the Americans. But it’s very, very close.
Mark
Ottawa
Hey, I thought we’d agreed it was Gidget (‘girl (intellectual)midget = Gidget)? Nobody takes her stuff seriously except Mike Duffy, right? As for Parrish’s teaching methods, that’s how they teach Canadian history in this country now. It completely rewrites our past because we’re now a nation of immigrants from non-Commonwealth countries who couldn’t care a fig about where we came from historically. Jerry Granastein (?) wrote a book on this and is constantly complaining about it. (HOpe I got his name right, because although he’s a Liberal, he is pretty intelligent). And what the hell is Don/Scott/Warren doing back here?
Perhaps because I live in the shadow of the Hill, I read this story in a whole different light. It looked to me like Taber skewered Parrish in a big way. Kiss and make up. They want me back. I’m still a loud month fool.
Do y’all know that Carolyn Parrish was the Canadian Representative to NATO when she said, “Stupid Americans, I hate those bastards.” ?
That was my biggest problem with it.
Isn’t this a heartwarming picture?
http://www.carolynparrish.parl.gc.ca/gallery/photos/27.jpg
Iron Lady: “Jack” Granatstein. Read his “Who Killed the Canadian Military?” Answer: we (Canadians) did, by letting governments from Diefenbaker on neglect or basically ignore the military and change its image from fighters to peacekeepers.
A summary of the book by Dr Granatstein himself (I’m not so sure he’s a Liberal; he certainly is very intelligent):
http://www.cda-cdai.ca/CDA_GMs/AGM67/granatstein.htm
Drained Brain: Ms Parrish is a one-woman coalition of idiots.
Mark
Ottawa
Les Mackenzie: Liberals love that Muslim vote.
Mark
Ottawa
glenda: Boy that’s subtle. Maybe that is the result “Deep Throat” Taber’s anonymous sources hope for. This time let’s hope they succeed.
Kyla: Parrish’s golden words actually were: “Stupid Americans, I hate those bastards.”
She was not Canadian Representative to NATO (that is an ambassador) when she made the remark. See following from her website.
“Carolyn was elected Chair of the all-party Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association where she was instrumental in having Canada’s Ottawa Convention ratified, banning anti-personnel landmines. After serving a two-year term as Vice Chair of the International NATO Executive, Carolyn resigned from the association, concerned that it was is becoming an extension of its dominant partners – the U.S. and Britain.”
http://www.carolynparrish.parl.gc.ca/
Thank God: a Liberal who made a principled resignation.
Mark
Ottawa
Did’nt you folks know? Canada’s history started with the election of P E Trudeau.Every thing before does’nt count.
“stupid Americans,I hate those Bastards”.That reminds me of the words that a certain first nations leader used that got his Order of Canada medal revoked.
Brave Words by Outraged Canadians … who speak up to defend truth and democracy …. but are you prepared to personally fight for your beliefs in the next election… or are you too frightened to stick out your cowardly necks to overthrow the Liberal velvet dictatorship …. I thought so … only internet warriors …. flick …. !!!!
Gen. Wolfe,
Well as long as we don’t have Montcalm coming back from the grave telling us how to run our country—– oh, wait a minute, his descendants are already doing that– sorry, go back to sleep General……….
old squid: “During his visit to Ireland, Mr. Chretien told Irish students that he wished he had been able to stop the British conquest of Canada by waking up the French general, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, whom the prime minister maintains was caught napping by the English General James Wolfe — a fact disputed by historians.”
From “PM’s ‘conquest’ lament echoes separatists: Charest” (Jack Aubry, The Ottawa Citizen, June 16, 1999)
http://www.vigile.net/996/charestconquete.html
Mark
Ottawa
Mark,
History wasn’t the only thing J.C. twisted to suit his own purposes.
Large part of downtown Toronto in the dark
Thousands of hydro customers in downtown Toronto were in the dark Tuesday after lightning struck a hydro pole, short-circuiting wires already under strain from heavy energy demand
Call Parrish
SOS Red Alert
If the Liberals and Parrish do not kiss and make up, there is a real possibility of vote-splitting in her Mississauga riding. Who would the Liberals set up to run against her?
In my humble opinion, I hope Dithers does let her back in.
First it will prove beyond a doubt what a classless tool he is.
Second, once back in caucus she will cause no end of dissention in the ranks.
Can you imagine the confrontations between her and Belinda?
Fortunately, the boundary riding moved so I am not in Parrish’s riding anymore, but Palestine House (just down the road) still is. She is not playing to the national audience, she is playing ethnic politics to get re-elected.
Pearson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for “inventing” peacekeeping in response to the 1956 Suez Crisis. I guess you stretch back to the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) which started in 1948 and was led by Canadian General E.L.M. Burns of WWII fame. But even then Parrish’s “100 years of peacekeeping reputation” falls short.
You’d have to go back to roughly 1905 to find the origins of Canadian peacekeeping in Parrish’s world. Oddly enough that brings us to about the time of the Boer War (1899-1902). I wonder if Parrish considers Canadian participation in that imperial foray to be a mater of peacekeeping?
I’m a little confused. Is the t-shirt the old cow is trying to hawk on her website in reference to the Liberal Party?
And that smile of hers in that photo op with Arafat…..she is a waste of skin.
Jane Taber strikes me as a woman that has had a nervous breakdown and been rescued by the left and thus is beholden to them.
What do you mean Jane Taber may be on-side with Martin or Parrish or any other Liberano hack?
Who at the Globe and Mail isn’t on side with these thieves and scum bags?
It matters not, since the numbers don’t exist to dethrone them, so let just be content to watch the more interesting show in the US and Britain and Australia.
Canada has become irrelivant in every way!
Hmm on second though, maybe I didn’t read that right.
Globe …. aversion … crow …. poor memory .. what the! I don’t get it. What Jane Taber got to do with anything? Looks like she just reported some liberal stuff that means nothing in the big picture.
All the globe staff are liberals … they all aspired an eventual appointment. Perhaps not as grandious as Madame Clarkson, but hey there are lots of places for worn tongues in the service of the great dominion.
Canada remains irrelevant though.
Don, I see you’re still around. I thought you promised to meet me for a duel yesterday. But like the snivelling coward you always are, hiding behind a phony name and sniping from the grassy knoll, you pussied out.
You know that here the playing field is level. This is not TV. You are not in control. Your intelligence is inferior to mine.
You have NOT CONTRIBUTED ANYTHING AT ALL. You are only here to libel the good people of Canada who care about all that is good and oppose all that is bad, like corruption, crime, appeasement of terrorists and tyrants, opening up the doors of marriage to anyone and everyone, of all combinations, permutations and numbers, taxing the poor and giving to the rich and the Communist dictators of China who bought IBM and are buying up our oil companies, and on and on.
You are a worthless piece of communist, pacifist crud who believes we all should drop trou and touch our toes when the terrorists invade our home and native land.
Oh, and you are oh, sooo tolerant yourself, yeah, right. Anti-Christ, Anti-Semite, Anti-American, Anti-Irish, etc. etc.
And to this moment you are still avoiding me. You know I will intellectually kick your skinny ass here on SDA. Your ego couldn’t handle it. You’re a big bully under MSM protection, but here you are nothing but Pee Wee Herman at the porno theatre.
Come on and DEBATE ME, Liberal left-wing extremist coward. Leave that goat alone and git yer arse over here pronto, boy!
Worthless lying Librano scumbag.
I’ll be back tomorrow, folks. Why not get Warren riled up? I like a challenge, and so far, there has been none. I am so disappointed. I thought Warren was a professional political pitbull, but he’s just a windup Snoopy doll in a pink tutu.
Oh, there was a topic. I say: Jane Taber is a moron. Like Carolyn Parrish.
Kate,
You just have to put up a separate thread for Mr. McAllister and “DON” for tomorrow. If they ever get together to debate,it’ll be a classic. Perhaps your loyal readers could even suggest some topics for debate.