Friday, May 07, 2004
Truth is stranger than fiction, especially when selectively reported
Premier Klein in the legislature, responding to a question from Liberal leader Kevin Taft about public auto insurance:
"It sounds like Allende in Chile, you know, when he took over all the copper mines and said: the Americans are out, the government now owns all the copper mines, all the minerals, all the resources, all the mining, all the newspapers.
I'm not saying that Pinochet was any better, but because of the only elected communist in Chile, Allende, and the socialist reforms he put in, Pinochet was forced, I would say, to mount a coup."
Of course, according to Klein, Taft is a communist himself (witness Klein's remarks after the publication of Taft's "Shredding the Public Interest"). If he is, he is one of the very few Communists to have a PhD in Business.
I would hope that the Klein-led Tories will receive not a single Chilean-Canadian vote next election, after these remarks on Chile's September 11.
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Premier Klein in the legislature, responding to a question from Liberal leader Kevin Taft about public auto insurance:
"It sounds like Allende in Chile, you know, when he took over all the copper mines and said: the Americans are out, the government now owns all the copper mines, all the minerals, all the resources, all the mining, all the newspapers.
I'm not saying that Pinochet was any better, but because of the only elected communist in Chile, Allende, and the socialist reforms he put in, Pinochet was forced, I would say, to mount a coup."
Of course, according to Klein, Taft is a communist himself (witness Klein's remarks after the publication of Taft's "Shredding the Public Interest"). If he is, he is one of the very few Communists to have a PhD in Business.
I would hope that the Klein-led Tories will receive not a single Chilean-Canadian vote next election, after these remarks on Chile's September 11.
