Comments on: What’s in Volcker’s Box?

By: Canucklehead

Canucklehead — Sun, 15 May 2005 14:04:44 +0000

Rick, I’d have to vote the “Twit of the Week” in Caanada as Ralph Goodale, the Minister of Finance and an MP from Saskatchewan. If you google this guy, you will find very little in his background that would suggest he would be a good Finance Minister in any sub-G20 country. He simply carries the water for Paul Martin, who was Finance Minister for many years. Paul’s infrastructure is still in place at Finance and runs the show. Goodale is simply the front man who deflects attention away from the powers that be. He does what he is told and he does it with a “George Galloway” style for the media.

PeterUK, my point is that George Galloway represents the left-wing of Labour. He will give us an indication of how the Labour party will look once Tony Blair is gone. This is our first glimpse at the pinheads in the left-wing of the party, who will shortly be calling the shots when they replace Tony. You may argue the personalities, but “George Galloway”-type people in Labour will rule Britain.

Let’s see the match-up with Norm Coleman. If Galloway preaches to the Choir, Britain loses international respect. If Galloway tries to be an international statesman, he goes down in flames.

100 years ago, Britain ruled the world. Today, the world rules Britain.

Galloway’s constituents likely refer to George as “My Kampffir”. George Galloway is no Tony Blair.

By: Wayne P

Wayne P — Sat, 14 May 2005 05:40:21 +0000

Sorry about the typo. I meant to say Maurice Strong is a major force behind the New World Government as envisioned by backers of the UN..

By: Wayne P

Wayne P — Sat, 14 May 2005 05:38:02 +0000

You know what bothers me? As a Canadian, you US blogs just don’t give us the respect we deserve. Volcker is tied to Power Corp (the Desmarais gang) out of Montreal. Power Corp has major interests in BNP Parabis bank as well as Totalfina that had huge oil interests in Iraq (till the fall of Saddam, that is). Power Corp is also closely connected to Maurice Strong, the architect of Kyoto and a major force behind the New World Government as envisioned by backers of the US. The last several Prime Ministers in Canada have suckled at the breast of Desmarais, taking their Apprenticeship at Power Corp, learning everything they needed to know about obfuscation and thievery. On the side and in their spare time, it appears they were taking money laundering and extortion lessons from the mob, who was able to place some of its ‘made men’ as close as the Liberal Government Cabinet for the past decade.

And you thought Canada was just 9 months of winter and 3 months of poor skiing!!

By: Billy Hank

Billy Hank — Sat, 14 May 2005 05:06:11 +0000

Interesting positions on the potential impact of Galloway testimony. Arguments against testimony are persuasive. Still, I’d rather see the show. US is not yet wholly up to speed on OFF. Media circus would spread more info about OFF. Can’t help think that more light on this subject would throw more weight behind efforts to expose UN/EU corruption/hypocrisy.

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Sat, 14 May 2005 02:34:59 +0000

And if the Democrats find advantage in the likes of George Galloway, it merely means that they’ve learned nothing from their ill-advised, ill-fated lovefest with Michael Moore.

By: Kyda Sylvester

Kyda Sylvester — Sat, 14 May 2005 02:29:19 +0000

I doubt that Norm Coleman harbors any delusions about the loyal opposition. I think Coleman is one of the sharpest tacks in the Senate drawer (I know, I know) who is destined for bigger things. I personally would like to see how he handles a confrontation like this. Galloway is a buffoon and the more exposure he has the more clownish he becomes. He may cast himself as victor or martyr, but the rest of us will see him for his ludicrous, ridiculous self.

By: Kevin P

Kevin P — Sat, 14 May 2005 00:34:16 +0000

Roger;

The best thing that Coleman could do would be to present any dirt they have on Galloway and then present some of his more racist comments to give Americans a clue as to what a racist pig this guy is. If you give him world wide coverage he will benifit. Any evidence that is shown to him will be called forged followed by a lecture from him about WMD. If they bring any witnesses against him he will call them zionists stooges paid by Sharon and the neocons to tarnish his heroic image followed by a screed about Abu Ghraib. Will he look like an idiot? Of course but not to the people who support him in London and the middle east. You would be taking a two bit racist hustler and turn him into a hero to the stooges who already but his line of crap. You will not get one bit of info that will help the investigation. Getting called by the senate to testify is this guys wet dream. He would get millions of dollars of free publicity and a megaphone to spread his filth.If you want to expose him to the American public there is plenty of his own words to get the idea that he is an idiot spread. Unless Coleman has motion picture quality tape of Galloway sleeping with Uday and getting paid for it he should not be allowed to stain the halls of congress.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Sat, 14 May 2005 00:29:08 +0000

PeterUK: “As a matter of interest a native of Dundee and a native of London would, not so long ago have needed an interpreter.”

There was, perhaps, some communication even before Galloway’s time. In his Liberal days, Winston Churchill was the Dundee M.P.

By: PeterUK

PeterUK — Sat, 14 May 2005 00:09:36 +0000

Rick,

That is just the point,you’re looking at the trial of OJ Simpson here,dung will be flung ,everywhere,it will morph into an attack on the administration’s war policy.

Galloway has already dubbed the US criminals,the more outrageous the fabrications, the more they will gain credence in some quarters.This isn’t for the US public it is for the denzins of the DU,Kosites and the like especialy the Muslim world.

I agree totally that the Democratic Party will see advantage in this.

It should be remembered that Galloway walked away from an outrageously sycophantic video of him with Saddam Hussein shown during the war,he is just one of those people to whom any publicity is good publicity.

If he comes out clean he will claim victory,if he doesn’t he will claim martyrdom.

By: thibaud

thibaud — Fri, 13 May 2005 23:51:20 +0000

Rick B -

Levin’s not from the Jim McDermott school. There’s no sympathy in Michigan or anywhere west of Manhattan and east of Berkeley for the likes of Galloway.

Besides, Levin’s basically a shlep. He’s not so cunning as your scenario assumes.