This is awesome! Plonka links to the American blog LGF, where Americans are for the first time in over a decade expressing admiration for the spine exhibited by a Canadian prime minister. Just one comment:
How did Canada luck out like this? What a sane man. Bless him.
OK, one more, this one from a Canadian:
I have been going around feeling so all proud and chest puffed out happy at being a Canadian since Harper got in that I’m beginning to develop a permanent curvature in the spine.
You’re not the only one that’s proud, my friend, you’re not the only one.
And I’d like to see Jeff Goldstein’s reaction to this announcement by Harper (related).
Smiling Moose wrote:
I am constantly amazed at Harper’s ability to speak with a clarity rarely seen in our federal politicians (or any politician, for that matter).
Someone asked me the other day about whether Harpers pro-Israel stance would hurt him in the polls. I answered that it wouldn’t, so long as he continued to state his position clearly - without constantly beginning his statments with “let me make this very clear.”
Martin and Chretien were always checking the polls to see if there was any advantage to taking a position, whereas Harper seems to be leading public opinion.
That’s the big difference between Harper and many of the ineffective leaders of Canada’s past.
Posted on 27-Jul-06 at 11:51 am | Permalink
The High Places » Christian Dhimmi Behaviour wrote:
[…] So I took a wander from thepolitic who was excited about Little Green Footballs‘ comments praising Stephen Harper, to a note in the comments about Michelle Malkin’s highlighting of rumblings in Indonesia against their Miss Universe candidate who dared to enter the swimsuit competition and may have shamed Islam by her participation. From there I found a very interesting summarization of how Christians behave under the persecution of Islam. I quote it here for your edification. ACTIVE RESISTANCE Recent examples of active resistance are noteworthy. The repression of the Christian rebellion against the establishment of sharia in the Sudan in 1983 caused more than two million dead and over four million displaced. Lebanese Christians fought against the Islamization of their country during the civil war that began in 1975. At the dawn of the 20th century, Armenian and Assyrian Christians were punished by genocide for their attempts at independence. In the present day, active Christian resistance against Islamization in Indonesia, Nigeria, and other African countries is manifest in the massacre of Christian civilians, the burning of villages, the flight of populations. Westerners, and especially Europeans, turn a deaf ear to the sufferings of Christians who actively resist Islamization, frequently blaming them for their own misfortunes. […]
Posted on 28-Jul-06 at 7:27 am | Permalink
++ relapsed catholic ++ religion politics culture blog wrote:
figure out what was wrong, and thought that perhaps a trip to the doctor was in order. Then, it occured to me, that odd sensation was just something I hadn’t felt in a long time… pride at being a Canadian. I’m so glad I voted for Harper.”Via The Politic, who has a nice photo, too.
Posted on 29-Jul-06 at 11:30 am | Permalink
Confessions of a Shiftless Mind » Christian Dhimmi Behaviour wrote:
[…] I took a wander from thepolitic who was excited about Little Green Footballs‘ comments praising Stephen Harper, to a note in the comments […]
Posted on 21-Nov-07 at 2:08 pm | Permalink