Joel Johannesen
Writer and Executive Editor for ProudToBeCanadian.ca.
PTBC was founded by Mr. Johannesen in 2000.
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Ted Koppel: News Reader of Phone Books
OK, Ted Koppel, spend your “news show” time tonight to list the 500 Americans who died in Iraq to inform Americans who might not have heard about this whole “Iraq” thing.
Apparently that...
Couch Potato John Doyle: Not Left Wing, but Giddy
Part 2Part 1 here.
The liberal Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail and its intrepid television-viewing expert, the flaming left-wing couch potato John Doyle, are squirming because they fear being exposed as the lefties that...
Liberal Bunk Is Not Science To Live By
Left-wing liberals (and the extreme liberal left, the socialist New Democratic Party in Canada) fancy themselves as environmental geniuses who need to profess to us right-wing idiots about the value of good clean-air driving...
Women: Be Liberal, or Be Fired!
Liberals and those on the left often herald themselves as the architect and sole proprietor of the concept of “equality for women” and all that is tolerant and fair and equal, especially when it...
Fox News Channel Not Allowed in Canada
Left-wing zealots always complain about censorship—like the ones I censure after they try to wreck this website with regular barrages of obscene hate-filled emails and posts in their effort to silence good right-thinking conservatives...
Liberal Leader Proud of WWII Invasion of… Nor-sumthin!
In 1944, Canadians participated in the D-Day invasion at Juno Beach in Normandy, France.
In 2004, in a speech to Canadian soldiers who coincidentally still dress up in 1944 gear and use 1944 equipment, Liberal...
Liberals campaign: “UnPrivatize!”
Here’s a handy election guide!
Here’s a helpful election tip for the liberals in the political left of Canada, and of course the extreme left, the socialist NDP: If you think that the notion of...
Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them
I am fascinated by what people do and don’t call lies.
In the political realm, people vitriolically throw the word “lie” around like feed to chickens. I tend to be more careful if only because...
Left Wing Gov’t Raises Taxes, Debt, and Unemployment
Saskatchewan, the famous tourist Mecca and travel destination of at least 13 people from free-market America who visited last year (and then left), will find out how appealing it is to raise camping, fishing...
Overused Words, Cliches, Jargon, Obfuscation, Rhetoric…
Formed in 1979, the Plain English Campaign is an independent group that campaigns against cliches, jargon and obfuscation, particularly in official and public documents. It released its list of words and phrases that english-speakers...
Saskatchewan: “Get the People’s Checkbook!”
The failing socialist health care system that Canada strangely, steadfastly sticks with today without a fleck of change despite it practically bankrupting several provinces, took root in the still socialist enclave of the...
Maria Bartiromo is Not Simply Cute
As a former stockbroker, I watch CNBC during the day to keep tabs on things. OK, I watch CNBC to watch Maria Bartiromo damn it…. oh and Kudlow & Kramer but those...
Conservative Premier Ralph Klein Lowers Taxes, Pays Debt.
Conservative Premier Ralph Klein and his conservative caucus has managed the affairs of the Canadian province of Alberta for many years now, taking over from a previous conservative party led by Peter Lougheed.
The fallout...
Liberal Extremities
The socialist New Democratic Party was in power in British Columbia in the 1990’s, during one of the western world’s longest and greatest economic booms in history.
The BC economy reacted by dropping like...
University Education Easier Now Than in ‘65
Students in university today are hard done by. Right?
Nope.
But you sure hear lots of students protesting how hard done by they are. Right?
Right.
But they’re not hard done by?
No.
I remember when I went to...
