Archive for Conservative Party

Kostic’s Millions

Posted by: Ion | July 26th, 2007 · 7:31 PM

Here’s one of the most unusual political donations I’ve ever heard of. Deceased businessman Zoran Kostic, willed a sizable fortune of about $102 million to the British Conservative party before he died. That’s a substantial windfall for the still beleaguered Tories.

Alas, Kostic’s disowned son is disputing the award in court, on grounds that his father was a raving lunatic and therefore unfit to will anything. Admittedly, Kostic’s reasons for the donation are more than a bit crazy:

Both sides accept that Branislav Kostic, Zoran Kostic’s father, had been “delusionary insane” since 1985 when he divorced, broke off relations with his son and sister and claimed there was an international conspiracy of more than 100 people masterminded by sexually perverted pharmaceutical company executives to destroy “freedom, democracy and human purity”.
(The Guardian)

My own feeling is that being crazy does not entitle anyone to rob you. Believing in Satanic conspiracies, should not prevent you from buying a $1 candy bar in a 7-11. So why should the right to spend your money as you please, be revoked only after death? Presumably only because you’re no longer around to defend yourself and millions are at stake. That’s pretty rotten IMO.

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The Fall of Kyoto

Posted by: Ion | April 22nd, 2007 · 5:28 PM

(photo: Miyabi)

The ancient capital of Kyoto, was one of the only Japanese cities which wasn’t extensively fire-bombed by the United States during World War II. The reason is said to be that Curtis Lemay (who was in charge of strategic air operations against the Japanese home islands), had visited the city prior to the war and thought it simply too beautiful to be destroyed. It is pretty (see above).

But since no good deed goes unpunished in this life, the city had its revenge on the United States by eventually becoming the namesake focal point of a world-wide effort to restrain the omnipotent American economy, in the service of allegedly “developing” countries like China.

They did it through something called the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. A enviromanticist dream treaty, with the fabulously bureaucratic acronymn: KPUFCCC. I suppose that might be pronounced as: Kahpuhfuccee. Which kind of sounds like something that might get you a cheap date in a Japanese red light district. Apart from that possibility, it’s fairly worthless.

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Quote of the Week

Posted by: Jason | March 4th, 2007 · 9:43 PM

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

Winston Churchill

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Checking in on Stephen Harper

Posted by: Ion | February 16th, 2007 · 9:03 AM

It seems Mr. Harper has dramatically improved his personal standing with the Canadian electorate.

Thirty-five per cent of those asked said Harper is the most trustworthy of the major party leaders, which is up 14 per cent.

Liberal leader Stephane Dion is second with 20 per cent, while 8 per cent believe Gilles Duceppe is the most trustworthy, along with 18 per cent for Jack Layton.

Harper is also viewed as the most competent of the leaders at 41 per cent, and 39 per cent also said he has the best vision for Canada.

Unfortunately, the Conservative Party remains somewhat deadlocked with the other two parties in the thirties. This of course making a snap election to gain a majority extremely unlikely for the Tories.

Although, that hasn’t stopped them from engaging in an elaborate PsyOps pre-election campaign (complete with unprecendented television advertising). Something that has thoroughly spooked the Grits, who remain in political disarray.

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Prime Minister Howard… AMEN!

Posted by: Jason | · 9:02 AM

Can we just make it legal already to vote for our favorite Australian or British leaders for president here in the states?

Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard this week on Obama’s position to withdraw troops in Iraq by March of 2008:

I think that will just encourage those who want to completely destabilize and destroy Iraq, and create chaos and a victory for the terrorists to hang on and hope for an Obama victory.”

If I were running Al Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and be praying as many times as possible for a victory, not only for Obama but also for the Democrats.

Again… can I get an amen on that? Time after time, Republican leaders in America have stopped short of saying the obvious, that Democrats in this country are not only attempting to undermine the success of the war for their own obsession with power, but that their policies would lead to a victory for Al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations (which reminds me… I never put that “Al Qaeda supports Kerry” sticker on my bumper back in ‘04).

I have openly discussed my disagreements with the Bush administration many times, particularly on the initial strength and scale of war in Iraq and elsewhere, but I still recognize the importance of the mission. This statement was a breath of fresh air and Republicans here at home would do themselves a service to replicate such strong talk.

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