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		<title>By: RossK</title>
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		<dc:creator>RossK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh boy.....

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh boy&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: A. G. Tsakumis</title>
		<link>http://www.francesbula.com/uncategorized/sams-forces-win-the-npa-board-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-3371</link>
		<dc:creator>A. G. Tsakumis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yup, that&#039;d be the one...in fact it was Sam&#039;s &quot;representatives&quot; logo right on the front..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yup, that&#8217;d be the one&#8230;in fact it was Sam&#8217;s &#8220;representatives&#8221; logo right on the front..</p>
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		<title>By: RossK</title>
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		<dc:creator>RossK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr. T, the A&#039;Man....

Ahhhhh...... the allegedsalaciousness of it all....

Did, by chance, this layout of three large  result in said gadfly walking around with a big envelope with Smilin&#039; Sammy&#039;s name on it that more than a few folks noticed?


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. T, the A&#8217;Man&#8230;.</p>
<p>Ahhhhh&#8230;&#8230; the allegedsalaciousness of it all&#8230;.</p>
<p>Did, by chance, this layout of three large  result in said gadfly walking around with a big envelope with Smilin&#8217; Sammy&#8217;s name on it that more than a few folks noticed?</p>
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		<title>By: A. G. Tsakumis</title>
		<link>http://www.francesbula.com/uncategorized/sams-forces-win-the-npa-board-battle/comment-page-1/#comment-3333</link>
		<dc:creator>A. G. Tsakumis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ross:

:-)  Very funny...

No, no invoices...just an appalling lack of judgement by certain political &quot;geniuses&quot; who run around now like the cock-of-the-walk, when, in point of fact, they are where they are only because their party&#039;s apparatus is largely comprised of Alliance nutbars (and Progressive Conservatives who foolishly hope for a day to rule...)

Question:   Wouldn&#039;t you be appalled by somebody who in 2005 paid a moronic gadfly $3,000 cash in a bag for dredging up the allegedly salacious sexual secrets of a Mayoral opponent??

I was.

Very. 

It was my first sense of utter disgust, and then after the CAST idiocy, I threw my hands in the air and realized that I&#039;d been had by a fool and his bigger fools.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ross:</p>
<p> <img src='http://www.francesbula.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />   Very funny&#8230;</p>
<p>No, no invoices&#8230;just an appalling lack of judgement by certain political &#8220;geniuses&#8221; who run around now like the cock-of-the-walk, when, in point of fact, they are where they are only because their party&#8217;s apparatus is largely comprised of Alliance nutbars (and Progressive Conservatives who foolishly hope for a day to rule&#8230;)</p>
<p>Question:   Wouldn&#8217;t you be appalled by somebody who in 2005 paid a moronic gadfly $3,000 cash in a bag for dredging up the allegedly salacious sexual secrets of a Mayoral opponent??</p>
<p>I was.</p>
<p>Very. </p>
<p>It was my first sense of utter disgust, and then after the CAST idiocy, I threw my hands in the air and realized that I&#8217;d been had by a fool and his bigger fools.</p>
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		<title>By: George T Baker</title>
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		<dc:creator>George T Baker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is there really 20 people who would consider themselves trustworthy to run a non-partisan campaign? That seems to me to be a fat lie.
There is no such thing as non-partisan campaign.  And society does not want it. That would just bore us to tears. We would be deprived of lipstick pig moments, and I can not do with less of that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is there really 20 people who would consider themselves trustworthy to run a non-partisan campaign? That seems to me to be a fat lie.<br />
There is no such thing as non-partisan campaign.  And society does not want it. That would just bore us to tears. We would be deprived of lipstick pig moments, and I can not do with less of that.</p>
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		<title>By: RossK</title>
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		<dc:creator>RossK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr T, the B&#039;Man--

Do you even need poles to hold up such a stretchy pup tent?


____

Mr. T, The A&#039;Man--

Written evidence?

Of crazy stuff going on in campaigns?

Would that by chance include an invoice for the rental of a large green people mover?

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr T, the B&#8217;Man&#8211;</p>
<p>Do you even need poles to hold up such a stretchy pup tent?</p>
<p>____</p>
<p>Mr. T, The A&#8217;Man&#8211;</p>
<p>Written evidence?</p>
<p>Of crazy stuff going on in campaigns?</p>
<p>Would that by chance include an invoice for the rental of a large green people mover?</p>
<p>.</p>
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		<title>By: Corey</title>
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		<dc:creator>Corey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sam for mayor...  again?

Proof positive the guy is in fact delusional!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sam for mayor&#8230;  again?</p>
<p>Proof positive the guy is in fact delusional!</p>
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		<title>By: The True NPA</title>
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		<dc:creator>The True NPA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marko, you have got to be joking when you speak of the NPA slate being &quot;full of fresh and diverse faces&quot;. What a lie. Different faces plastered with the same old NPA ideas and &quot;Ra Ra Sam for Mayor Again!&quot; offers nothing new and exciting. This AGM was a sham - plain and simple. You are lying to yourself, to NPA members and to the public when you say differently.  The AGM was a complete waste of time where it was Sam&#039;s triumphantly, egotistically selfish return hoping to run for mayor once again.  If he TRULY cared about our party, he would have bowed out gracefully and been a good soldier to the cause: putting a NEW face with NEW ideas that appeal to former NPA members (who are now Visionistas) and VV people who would have never considered the party. When I joined the party, we were never Tory or right wing by any means. We were a NON-PARTISAN party with people from all sides of the political spectrum with the dream of running this city with the best of our ideas and experiences without any partisanship. What happened at that AGM was the demolition of those ideals and what the NPA truly stood for. Peter tried to create a new party and regain the trust of the public, but he had an uphill battle because of what Sam left him with. Shame on Sam. Shame on you. There was nothing new about this Board considering it&#039;s significantly stacked against what would truly make the NPA appealing once again. Stop lying - the AGM was a sham and the board are once again stacked with puppets for a man who once could have been great for this city.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marko, you have got to be joking when you speak of the NPA slate being &#8220;full of fresh and diverse faces&#8221;. What a lie. Different faces plastered with the same old NPA ideas and &#8220;Ra Ra Sam for Mayor Again!&#8221; offers nothing new and exciting. This AGM was a sham &#8211; plain and simple. You are lying to yourself, to NPA members and to the public when you say differently.  The AGM was a complete waste of time where it was Sam&#8217;s triumphantly, egotistically selfish return hoping to run for mayor once again.  If he TRULY cared about our party, he would have bowed out gracefully and been a good soldier to the cause: putting a NEW face with NEW ideas that appeal to former NPA members (who are now Visionistas) and VV people who would have never considered the party. When I joined the party, we were never Tory or right wing by any means. We were a NON-PARTISAN party with people from all sides of the political spectrum with the dream of running this city with the best of our ideas and experiences without any partisanship. What happened at that AGM was the demolition of those ideals and what the NPA truly stood for. Peter tried to create a new party and regain the trust of the public, but he had an uphill battle because of what Sam left him with. Shame on Sam. Shame on you. There was nothing new about this Board considering it&#8217;s significantly stacked against what would truly make the NPA appealing once again. Stop lying &#8211; the AGM was a sham and the board are once again stacked with puppets for a man who once could have been great for this city.</p>
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		<title>By: A. G. Tsakumis</title>
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		<dc:creator>A. G. Tsakumis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LP:  Great question, for which I am only too happy to provide the answer.

The cabal of local Tory nutjobs is comprised of no less a resume advancement addiction pack, than those Grits who shielded Sam from the sane world, that rightfully asked WTF was going on.  Most of them have only had either low paying &quot;communications&quot; employment or have know nothing except the role of lapdog in some short-lived political fantasy position.  

The reason they are loyal to Sam is because of all the unearthly shit they committed to during a whole series of campaigns (of which I still have written evidence) and so they want to keep the Nutty One happy, in case the bow breaks, the baby falls AND LIVES!  Get it?  They used him as much as he used them.

Ransford, myself and and many others (his inside circle lost no less than five key personnel) were excommunicated from the group because we called it early and completely that Sam was off his rocker and that what we had helped promise the people of the city, to better the city, was unceremoniously tossed for hair-brained schemes and lather.  I&#039;d been through that nightmare and embarrassment once before with Rita Johnson, I wasn&#039;t about to go through it again.  By comparison, VanderZalm was much more level-headed when governing (as stunning as that may be to read, it&#039;s true, Ransford was there with me, we both remember)

As an interesting footnote, Ransford was the one who introduced Colin Metcalfe to Sam.  They didn&#039;t know each other from Adam, when Sam called Bob looking for someone &quot;able&quot; to fight the knoWards campaign (And the rest is history--Philip found Nathaniel).  Think Bob ever received a thank you or even a kind word for taking an overblown (and now overbearing) helicopter jockey and giving him his start??  Ransford was the target because he had previously exposed Dekovic (while Marko  sat on Raymond Chan&#039;s executive and lobbed empty bomblets of fancy at the Tories in Richmond).  After Bob opposed Emerson&#039;s crossing, Dekovic, David&#039;s &quot;Senior&quot; Asst (no I&#039;m not making it up, a title usually reserved for someone with senior level experience immediately went to a kid with four years, two campaigns and a Brut 33 soap on a rope) and tried to fool Bob into asking for a patronage appointment.

Get how these guys operate??  We&#039;ll shit on you to get where we want, and then maybe if you&#039;re nice, we&#039;ll throw you a bone, just to keep you happy--but quiet!

Christ, Mark Marrisen is a bloody choir boy compared to these jerks.  What&#039;s a couple of beers between friends compared to spending years criticizing Marrisen for his scorched earth tactics, only to out-do him by several magnitudes?  

This story has a long enough history.

The rub here is: Why take a party, clearly sucking wind, and gas the remaining stalwarts with the same painful useless bullshit that put them there to begin with.

It was a Revenge of the Party Snatchers.

The NPA will get one more shot at this in a few months.

If the reasonable, centrist Liberals and red Tories , who carried the NPA for decades do still care about the NPA, then they must come out in droves and pummel these fools.

My friend Tieleman is quite right, Gregor can sleep well knowing the NPA are still woefully divided.

And they will remain so, until the thick, toxic grime of the Samoids has been scrubbed from the hull of NPA.

Otherwise, the NPA might as well replace their logo with a picture of the Andrea Gail...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LP:  Great question, for which I am only too happy to provide the answer.</p>
<p>The cabal of local Tory nutjobs is comprised of no less a resume advancement addiction pack, than those Grits who shielded Sam from the sane world, that rightfully asked WTF was going on.  Most of them have only had either low paying &#8220;communications&#8221; employment or have know nothing except the role of lapdog in some short-lived political fantasy position.  </p>
<p>The reason they are loyal to Sam is because of all the unearthly shit they committed to during a whole series of campaigns (of which I still have written evidence) and so they want to keep the Nutty One happy, in case the bow breaks, the baby falls AND LIVES!  Get it?  They used him as much as he used them.</p>
<p>Ransford, myself and and many others (his inside circle lost no less than five key personnel) were excommunicated from the group because we called it early and completely that Sam was off his rocker and that what we had helped promise the people of the city, to better the city, was unceremoniously tossed for hair-brained schemes and lather.  I&#8217;d been through that nightmare and embarrassment once before with Rita Johnson, I wasn&#8217;t about to go through it again.  By comparison, VanderZalm was much more level-headed when governing (as stunning as that may be to read, it&#8217;s true, Ransford was there with me, we both remember)</p>
<p>As an interesting footnote, Ransford was the one who introduced Colin Metcalfe to Sam.  They didn&#8217;t know each other from Adam, when Sam called Bob looking for someone &#8220;able&#8221; to fight the knoWards campaign (And the rest is history&#8211;Philip found Nathaniel).  Think Bob ever received a thank you or even a kind word for taking an overblown (and now overbearing) helicopter jockey and giving him his start??  Ransford was the target because he had previously exposed Dekovic (while Marko  sat on Raymond Chan&#8217;s executive and lobbed empty bomblets of fancy at the Tories in Richmond).  After Bob opposed Emerson&#8217;s crossing, Dekovic, David&#8217;s &#8220;Senior&#8221; Asst (no I&#8217;m not making it up, a title usually reserved for someone with senior level experience immediately went to a kid with four years, two campaigns and a Brut 33 soap on a rope) and tried to fool Bob into asking for a patronage appointment.</p>
<p>Get how these guys operate??  We&#8217;ll shit on you to get where we want, and then maybe if you&#8217;re nice, we&#8217;ll throw you a bone, just to keep you happy&#8211;but quiet!</p>
<p>Christ, Mark Marrisen is a bloody choir boy compared to these jerks.  What&#8217;s a couple of beers between friends compared to spending years criticizing Marrisen for his scorched earth tactics, only to out-do him by several magnitudes?  </p>
<p>This story has a long enough history.</p>
<p>The rub here is: Why take a party, clearly sucking wind, and gas the remaining stalwarts with the same painful useless bullshit that put them there to begin with.</p>
<p>It was a Revenge of the Party Snatchers.</p>
<p>The NPA will get one more shot at this in a few months.</p>
<p>If the reasonable, centrist Liberals and red Tories , who carried the NPA for decades do still care about the NPA, then they must come out in droves and pummel these fools.</p>
<p>My friend Tieleman is quite right, Gregor can sleep well knowing the NPA are still woefully divided.</p>
<p>And they will remain so, until the thick, toxic grime of the Samoids has been scrubbed from the hull of NPA.</p>
<p>Otherwise, the NPA might as well replace their logo with a picture of the Andrea Gail&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Iron Horse Conservative</title>
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		<dc:creator>Iron Horse Conservative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What was most disappointing was the amateur organizational process, a number of issues with notices, and simple logistical errors. The first step in rebuilding the NPA is fixing their &quot;in-house&quot; office and operational systems.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What was most disappointing was the amateur organizational process, a number of issues with notices, and simple logistical errors. The first step in rebuilding the NPA is fixing their &#8220;in-house&#8221; office and operational systems.</p>
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