Warren Kinsella the Kingmaker... Not

King Iggy, CabiNut and Courtiers
Who is this Warren Kinsella? I know relatively little about him. Is he a Karl Rove drone sent to Canada? Because his tactics are Rovian. I tried to check his bio and found very little, but here is a quote about him:

"Kinsella lifts the veil on what really goes on inside campaigns - and it's not pretty. This is the good, the bad and the ugly of partisan politics, and Kinsella argues that all three are necessary for a healthy and democratic political dialogue."

So the "bad" and "ugly" has entered the ballroom of the Liberal Party. Now everyone will be dancing to a different tune. It looks he has now taken over Liblogs. Does this mean that poor little Cherniak has lost his monopoly? All the provincial political parties are listed on the left bar. I was surprised that Danny Williams was not there. He is the biggest supporter of Liberal Party. Remember him saying "Anyone but Harper." To be fair to Williams though, I like the guy. He stands up what he thinks and what is good for his province. He is not self-serving, but has the best interests of Newfoundlanders in mind. I think Karl Rove, err Warren Kinsella, missed out on that.

With this new control by Kinsella and Liblogs turning into an official Liberal Party site, do not expect any independent thinking. The only reality on Liblogs will be what the political hacks say, the rest becomes invisible in the red smoke engulfing the ballroom, or in this case Liblogs. Any dissenting view will be drowned out by the official line. It is going to be Iggynation causing a lot of indignation. Good luck to Rovians in the party and enjoy your iron fist. With these kinds of tendencies you ain't seen nothing yet. Keep waiting for new episodes to be broadcasted soon.

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Gaza: Interesting Post

I do not follow Small Dead Animals' blog, but I found out this interesting post on Gaza and the Liblogs fiasco. Click here to read the blog.

UPDATE - More BT Stuff: I have had a chance to look at some of the comments under SDA's blog, now I know what Canadian Cynic was talking about. These people are plain crazy.

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Cherniak and Clones

I was removed from so-called Liblogs (Cherniaklogs) yesterday. I feel so relieved because I do not have to put up with the abuse from him and his clones. Earlier, some of my pictures were deleted from Cherniaklogs because they revealed the slaughter of women and children in Gaza by the Israeli army. Cherniak and clones called them pornographic. I suppose the Israeli government and army likes to create this kind of pornography. It makes me shudder at their cold-bloodedness.

I do not know if it was my picture of the Vatican Church which finally did it, as Cherniak deleted that picture right away. A Vatican spokesperson had said that Gaza was a concentration camp.

Many other Libloggers were harassed. James Curran was one of them. He was harassed by Ezra Levant of National Com-Post and others. Ezra Levant and other neo-cons are part of the Cherniak gang. Curran was accused of being anti-Semitic because he criticized Israel as well. I protested this harrassment. Then MoS was removed from Cherniaklogs because he was exposing Israel's atrocities. Maybe all this had a cumulative impact on Cherniak and he removed me from Cherniaklogs. I am glad he did because I do not wish to participate in an ideology of slaughter and bloodshed. If I knew this side of Cherniak early on, I would have never participated in Cherniaklogs to begin with.

It is highly disturbing that Cherniak and associate have been justifying the bloodshed and slaughter in Gaza. Note to my fellow Libloggers, if you're still participating in Cherniaklogs then you are wittingly or unwittingly participating in a blog aggregate which openly supports Israel's bloodshed. If you're comfortable with that, then that is your prerogative.

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Jason Cherniak and Liblogs

Jason Cherniak and his gang have done extraordinary damage to the Liberal Party. While I understand that Liblogs is not officially affiliated, it is the main public face of the party in the blogosphere and Liberal Party announcements do appear on the aggregate.

Cherniak has been palling around with his close buddies Kelly McParland and Ezra Levant, they are well known to be despicable neo-cons. Cherniak is anything but liberal. The way he posted his ideological rants on the top of Liblogs, quite frankly promoting violence in Gaza, I doubt that Cherniak and his neo-con cronies are even human. They have no sense of humanity or compassion. They do not care about those who are suffering and being killed, but rather want to promote and encourage such inhumanity.

Is the Liberal Party not catching on to the damage Cherniak (in collaberation with McParland and Levant) are doing to the party? If these are the Liberal Party's advocates, then the Liberals are doomed. Maybe it's time to start a new Reform Party out of the ashes of this ruined Liberal Party, that would be more in line with the views of the Cherniak-McParland-Levant troika.

I am also shocked to know that one of the best writers and bloggers in the blogosphere, Mound of Sound, has been removed from Liblogs because he didn't share Cherniak's love and support of slaughter and death. How outrageous will Cherniak and his his fanatic cronies get? It is ironic that Cherniak had to be pushed repeatedly to remove a blogger who was far from Liberal, and who was making baseless slanders about Barack Obama, but when it comes to Cherniak's own twisted ideology, he wastes no time in censoring and kicking off bloggers.

Finally, if the Liberal Party does not realize how much damage these people - and whoever is advising Ignatieff on Israel - are doing, then in my book the party is done and Ignatieff is no leader.

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Gaza: "Big Concentration Camp"

Vatican Church

A glimmer of hope shining through the Vatican.

The situation in Gaza is a human tragedy perpetrated by fellow human beings. This led a senior Cardinal at the Vatican to call Gaza a "big concentration camp." There are over one billion Catholics in the world and therefore such a statement from the Vatican carries alot of weight. We must pay attention and try every thing, in our own way, to end this human suffering. I have no doubt that the Israeli government is the perpetrator. This is no reflection on all Israelis because a sizable number are opposed to the current bloodshed and slaughter. Many in the Jewish community around the World are also against this massacre of Palestinians. They demonstrated against it in Israel and around the World.

Then we have Iggy who calls himself the leader of the Liberal Party. I believe he was not elected leader but appointed by the Liberal caucus, this is an undemocratic way to choose a leader (Iggy was probably worried that he couldn't win it democratically, and that party members would gang up against him as they did at the 2006 convention). Iggy's unequivocal blame on Gaza for the current conflict is troubling. The man may be a good scholar but he is no leader and primarily ignorant of international affairs.

Sorry folks, but I cannot support such a leader. Iggy is going to lose alot of visible minority voters. It is these voters who have been very loyal to the Liberal Party and kept it alive, especially in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, over the last two elections. No more.

Also, Iggy's stand will lose alot of progressive Liberal voters who care about human rights issues.

I am disgusted with Liblogs already. It is controlled by a freak. I no longer care if I am part of it or not. I just wanted to get a more fair point of view across but Liblogs does not seem be to be the route to go as long as freaks run it and control it. They are not helping the Liberal Party, they are hurting it.

You can read the story about the Vatican Cardinal's statement below.

Vatican cardinal calls Gaza "big concentration camp"
Pope Benedict's point man for justice and peace issues on Wednesday issued the Vatican's toughest criticism of Israel since the latest Mideast crisis began, calling Gaza a "big concentration camp". Click here to read more.

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Gaza Violence and the Harper Government's Reaction (Repost)

In the interests of free speech and open dialogue, I am re-posting the entry which Cherniak found so "offensive." I wonder how the other Liblog board members feel about Cherniak acting unilaterally in censoring bloggers?

Do Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon have any humanity left in them? They keep on firing their verbal cannon that it is all about Israel's self-defence. Every passing day it is becoming harder to believe. The tacit (and not so tacit) approval by the Harper government is giving a black eye to Canada's past reputation as a peacekeeper.

Harper and Cannon are reading from Bush's playbook or talking points, but what is with our leader Ignatieff? When will red hot Liberal blood boil in him so that he sees the reality and call a spade a spade. European nations have caught on and French President Sarkozy is visiting the area. Even Obama, who has been keeping mostly silent on the issue (which raises criticisms of its own, though at least he is not yet sworn into office), has expressed regret at the loss of lives in Gaza.

Come on Canada.

Recently, 40 people (including children) were killed when a UN school in Gaza, which was being used as a shelter, was hit. Sorry folks, I must admit, I feel too upset to write anymore. The pictures above speak volumes.

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Jason Cherniak: The Censorship Police

On October 15th, 2008, Jason Cherniak announced that he was ceasing blogging to move on to other pursuits. Fair enough. However, now Cherniak is misusing Liblogs with a permanent post at the top expounding his views on the Israel-Gaza situation, views which are clearly biased against the people of Gaza.

Now, I strongly disagree with Cherniak's views on Israel-Gaza, but he is free to express his position. What is not fair though, is that he is misusing Liblogs by first deleting one of my blog entries which was not to his satisfaction, and then posting his own skewed views at the top of Liblogs. He is clearly abusing his position as a Liblogs administrator. If Cherniak wants to express his views, he can re-start his blog and say what he wants there, just like the rest of us do on our own blogs.

While I'm not an overly partisan person, I do prefer the Liberal Party. The reason for this is that the Liberal Party is a broad tent, where diverse people can express diverse views. Historically, there has been no ideology police or censorship police in the Liberal Party. I believe this has been a key to the Party's success in the past. Unfortunately, this Liberal spirit is absent in Jason Cherniak.

The Top of the Liblogs aggregator is for general public announcements, it is not for censorship and it is not for imposing one's skewered point of view on a controversial issue.

UPDATE: Jason Cherniak has yet again played censorship police by removing one of my blog entries.

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Gaza Bloodshed and the Harper Government's reaction

The way Liblogs is censoring posts, it is definitely anti-Liberal. Below, I've re-posted the removed entry.

Do Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon have any humanity left in them? They keep on firing their verbal cannon that it is all about Israel's self-defence. Every passing day it is becoming harder to believe. The tacit (and not so tacit) approval by the Harper government is giving a black eye to Canada's past reputation as a peacekeeper.

Harper and Cannon are reading from Bush's playbook or talking points, but what is with our leader Ignatieff? When will red hot Liberal blood boil in him so that he sees the reality and call a spade a spade. European nations have caught on and French President Sarkozy is visiting the area. Even Obama, who has been keeping mostly silent on the issue (which raises criticisms of its own, though at least he is not yet sworn into office), has expressed regret at the loss of lives in Gaza.

Come on Canada.

Recently, 40 people (including children) were killed when a UN school in Gaza, which was being used as a shelter, was hit. Sorry folks, I must admit, I feel too upset to write anymore. The pictures above speak volumes.

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