Have to hand it to Brent Colbert…he can dish it out but he can’t take it…He actually deleted my comment which I have posted below..
This of course suggests that the butterhead has no rebuttal and is hoping that the whole thing will just go away. Which it won’t because I will just keep reposting it.
The gods were smiling on Harper and the CPC when our Brent lost his nomination.
Written by jay on August 6th, 2005 with 6 comments.
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Embarking on attempt to “Free Marc Emery” people need ot know what Marc is up against. A good place to start is the surrender of Renee Boje. You can read Minister Cotler’s letter to John Conway, Q.C. who is acting for Emery in this matter. It is 19 PDF pages long and it is not encouraging on its face. However, Cotler does set a test for whether a presecution can be said to be political. You can find it beginning at the bottom of page 15. Read it here - it is PDF and it is full of case law.
Cotler will be in Vancouver on the 15th of August. With luck he will be greeted by a very large number of very, very, determined but polite people.
“Q&A period featuring a panel of B.C. Federal Cabinet Ministers. Monday August 15, 7:30-9-15pm, Wosk Auditorium (950 W. 41st Ave). Free admission, info 604-257-5101. ”
A few thousand angry, but contained, people outside the hall, a couple of hundred well dressed, smart, controlled people inside each with one question on a piece of cardboard would make Cotler and his Cabinet colleagues realize this will not stand. When the questions begin each of the people gets in line and refuses to give up their place in line. Firmly, politely, they ask the same question. Over and over. Every person in the line at every mike. There is no other topic.
When will you free Marc Emery?
On the street, when the questions begin, signalled by a cell phone call, a chant. “Free Marc Emery”. Slowly, loudly, until the building trembles with the the sound of cold fury. And the chant continues until every single one of the Minister have left. The Liberals need to know they will lose on Emery. They will lose seats. Lots of seats. Because, in the end, that is all politicians understand.
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“Today’s arrest of Mark (sic) Scott Emery, publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine and the founder of a marijuana legalization group, is a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. and Canada, but also to the marijuana legalization movement.”
Why? Tandy gives us a handy dose of innuendo.
“Hundreds of thousands of dollars of Emery’s illicit profits are known to have been channeled to marijuana legalization groups active in the United States and Canada. Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of money to rely on.”
seattle post-intelligencer hattip to Simon Pole (with whom I want to have a beer when next in Vancouver
Ms. Karen Tandy is the head of the DEA.
This is a direct interference with Emery’s political rights. As Simon says, “When are Canadian polticians going to speak out?” The thin veil of “the law is the law” was just pierced by the pointy end of the DEA’s poltical agenda. Under the extradition rules Canadians are not to extradited for political offences and Ms. Tandy’s remarks simply confirm that Emery’s arrest is all about politics.
Written by jay on August 6th, 2005 with 4 comments.
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If you look at the little tabs above Canada, US I and US II as well as Food are now live. All very much beta. But where else can you see the Daily Kos interupting The Corner.
I have to say that Canadians are very laid back bloggers. In the four days its been up with 21 Americans blogging they have posted a total of 999 times - and Glenn Reynolds’ posts often contain three or four items. The hundred plus Canadian bloggers have 2521 entries…All of which leads me to conclude that “IT’S SUMMER AND WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING AT A KEYBOARD??”
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