Yesterday - the big announcement from the White House on the Parkway - Ross Reid becomes new Chief of Staff for Premier Dunderdale.
More curious - however - were his duties in the "new" role.
Rossie is apparently going to play a "key role in policy development".
Is that what a Chief of Staff does?
How about Rossie has always been involved in policy and has been involved in much of the mess this government has produced?
He moves smoothly from politician to democracy fighter to "adviser" to Williams/Dunderdale - then pops out of his job - we pay him for - to run election campaigns - then hops back to a government position again. Well now he is the Chief of Staff - what will that mean to us - the people who pay his salary?
1. Select and supervise (control) staff?
2. Control access to the Premier's office? that should be good...
3. Manage communications and flow of information? kind of like a Bill 29 human back-up
4. Negotiate with different departments - or external groups to achieve Dunderdale's agenda? (protect the Muskrat Falls development)
Rossie is now at the beck and call of the Premier? My guess he's running the place and has been for a while. The question is will Rossie use his experience in "allegedly" helping to democratize regimes such as Afghanistan - to allow democracy back in our province?
Please advise us - Madame Premier - Queen of the Muskrat - what has Ross Reid done for the past decade and what will he be doing differently now? Details please...
For people like Kent and Lane - Reid's new title might bring them brief but needed hope that their parties death may have been greatly exaggerated and for the ladies in waiting Shea and Sullivan - Ross may provide a brief relief from the Premier's busy social agenda (Garden parties - where they present and restate already committed dollars, festivals where they can sing their own praises, BBQ's where the roasting is more friendly, or travelling the world in search of Waldo).
Rossie's Policies - that has the potential to be an ward winning election jingle - Perhaps VOCM could have one of the talk shows sponsored by Rossie's Policies.
Perhaps the people who elected Bonnie Hickey knew something I didn't know at the time. Perhaps they knew the real Ross Reid - perhaps they knew he should have gone away with the Mulroney PC's. He was at one time the "advisor" to Mulroney right? Perhaps Ross can become "National Director" of the NL PC's? Perhaps Ross can be part of another destruction of a Progressive Conservative Party? Not to worry with people like Kent, King, and Kennedy the CARP (Conservative Alliance Reform Party) of NL might be right around the corner. Maybe Len Simms can play the "MacKay" role this time round.
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Wednesday, August 07, 2013
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Watch Harper rock back and forth to the Soothing Chants of Intolerance
Harper's Canada is certainly exposing itself in the final week of the campaign.
Grass Roots Reform/Alliance/Conservative supporters are asking Harper to "shut down the CBC".
Why you ask?
Well that's it you can't ask - as Terry Milewski - is booed while simply asking a question.
Terry was not even breaking the Harper dictatorial rule of 5 questions. He was asking the same question again and again - as Harper refused to answer.
I have never seen such disgusting, intolerant behavior from a group of partisans in my adulthood.
Control the PMO with ??? people - how many have there been?
Tell people what they can or cannot do as it relates to minorities - do so through fear. Fear of everything and everyone but the Conservative party. This behavior is bordering on sick - and is very dangerous to our democracy.
Harper and company not only became the first to be found in contempt of parliament but also have taken the skill of lying on very big issues to a new level. If given a majority - people may find themselves subject to the treatment suffered by Canadian citizens exercising their protest right at the G8/G20 72 hour spend fest.
No - it truly is time for Harper to leave office and for Canada to begin the recovery needed to return our nation to the proud global status it enjoyed. Harper's need for control and power makes him an unwelcome intruder into our tolerant and stable - socially progressive and economically viable jurisdiction - that we are.
Please view the video here - and look at the people embarrassing our nation - also watch Harper rocks to the soothing chants of intolerance.
Grass Roots Reform/Alliance/Conservative supporters are asking Harper to "shut down the CBC".
Why you ask?
Well that's it you can't ask - as Terry Milewski - is booed while simply asking a question.
Terry was not even breaking the Harper dictatorial rule of 5 questions. He was asking the same question again and again - as Harper refused to answer.
I have never seen such disgusting, intolerant behavior from a group of partisans in my adulthood.
Control the PMO with ??? people - how many have there been?
Tell people what they can or cannot do as it relates to minorities - do so through fear. Fear of everything and everyone but the Conservative party. This behavior is bordering on sick - and is very dangerous to our democracy.
Harper and company not only became the first to be found in contempt of parliament but also have taken the skill of lying on very big issues to a new level. If given a majority - people may find themselves subject to the treatment suffered by Canadian citizens exercising their protest right at the G8/G20 72 hour spend fest.
No - it truly is time for Harper to leave office and for Canada to begin the recovery needed to return our nation to the proud global status it enjoyed. Harper's need for control and power makes him an unwelcome intruder into our tolerant and stable - socially progressive and economically viable jurisdiction - that we are.
Please view the video here - and look at the people embarrassing our nation - also watch Harper rocks to the soothing chants of intolerance.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
It's all about the Economy Stupid!
Stephen Harper says to Canadians - the election is only about the economy.
Stephen Harper and the Conservatives found in contempt of Parliament - Harper says Canadians don't care about that. It's all about the economy!
Stephen Harper has lied and lied to provinces, interest groups, and individuals. Harper thinks Canadians don't care about this. It's all about the economy!
Cabinet Minister's caught lying - misleading - cheating. Harper says that's not what Canadians worry about. It's all about the economy!
Harper's office employs criminals - turns the RCMP upside down - and allows ethnic profiling for votes. Harper says Canadians do not consider this a priority. It's all about the economy!
Citizens of Canada are routinely thrown out of Harper election (public) events and routinely roughed up at G-8 - like a third world dictatorship. Harper says Canadians really don't mind these distractions. It's all about the economy!
Students at a University have a special ballot and Harper goons first try to stop it (apparently physically) and then protest the vote to Elections Canada - that coincidentally is the same body they ignore and then break the law with "unique" election financing. Harper believes these are not problems Canadians have to be concerned about. It's all about the economy!
An election is called and the first thing Harper establishes is a question limit per day for the media. He ignores the tenets of democracy and counts on - we - the people accepting this obvious display of dictatorship. It's all about the economy!
What do you honestly think this man might do with a majority? It's all about the economy!
Gutting of public service? - Probable
Gutting of universal health care? - Probable
Gutting of Canadian values? - Likely
Elimination of CBC? Right up on the list
Freedoms gone or twisted to suit his personal religious beliefs? I will predict that
Patronage appointments? Completely
Prisons and children? Full and build as you go - regardless of cost
Wars? Yes we will be shoulder to shoulder with the USA in all military conflicts
Americanization? Absolutely - they will essentially own us
Environment? What environment
There is a reason this extreme right-wing fanatic has been rejected by Canadians - there is a reason we have not given him a majority.
It's not about the economy!
Stephen Harper and the Conservatives found in contempt of Parliament - Harper says Canadians don't care about that. It's all about the economy!
Stephen Harper has lied and lied to provinces, interest groups, and individuals. Harper thinks Canadians don't care about this. It's all about the economy!
Cabinet Minister's caught lying - misleading - cheating. Harper says that's not what Canadians worry about. It's all about the economy!
Harper's office employs criminals - turns the RCMP upside down - and allows ethnic profiling for votes. Harper says Canadians do not consider this a priority. It's all about the economy!
Citizens of Canada are routinely thrown out of Harper election (public) events and routinely roughed up at G-8 - like a third world dictatorship. Harper says Canadians really don't mind these distractions. It's all about the economy!
Students at a University have a special ballot and Harper goons first try to stop it (apparently physically) and then protest the vote to Elections Canada - that coincidentally is the same body they ignore and then break the law with "unique" election financing. Harper believes these are not problems Canadians have to be concerned about. It's all about the economy!
An election is called and the first thing Harper establishes is a question limit per day for the media. He ignores the tenets of democracy and counts on - we - the people accepting this obvious display of dictatorship. It's all about the economy!
What do you honestly think this man might do with a majority? It's all about the economy!
Gutting of public service? - Probable
Gutting of universal health care? - Probable
Gutting of Canadian values? - Likely
Elimination of CBC? Right up on the list
Freedoms gone or twisted to suit his personal religious beliefs? I will predict that
Patronage appointments? Completely
Prisons and children? Full and build as you go - regardless of cost
Wars? Yes we will be shoulder to shoulder with the USA in all military conflicts
Americanization? Absolutely - they will essentially own us
Environment? What environment
There is a reason this extreme right-wing fanatic has been rejected by Canadians - there is a reason we have not given him a majority.
It's not about the economy!
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Dollars for Votes - I will vote Conservative after Harper PASSES a Polygraph
Dollars for votes. There are many ways to take this and I'm sure the reader is conjuring up all kinds of images.
First - the Stephen Harper claim that he and his Reform Party would like to phase out public funding of elections and political parties.
On that one Harper scores a zero and is just another manipulation or lie he perpetrates on the public. Harper and his followers absolutely believe in public funding of elections and political parties - all one has to do is review the spending by his government for the past 6 months on political messaging. This he did - knowing full well he wanted to once again go to the polls. Further his party's blatant disregard for the Elections Act - particularly as it relates to the movement of money from the associations to Party central - demonstrates he wants our money for his elections and he also wants no rules on how they have to spend and account for it.
Second there is the straight-up money for votes that Harper spreads around the country as he lectures audiences and bribes voters with their own money - while restricting media questions which may reveal the shortcomings of one "promise/lie" or another.
Harper is fond of making promises and he's even more fonder of breaking them.
1. Income Trusts
2. Elected Senate
3. Equalization changes on non-renewable resource revenues
4. Patronage
5. Accountability
We all know this is a short-list and that Harper's deception of the voter goes far beyond this. He tries to scare the population with CO-A-LI-TION when:
a) he tried to concoct one himself
b) a coalition is a very real option in a democracy and is in operation routinely throughout the world
c) his use of the word CO-A-LI-TION now as if there were one already formed
You see Harper is a liar and Gilles Duceppe has it dead on - and does not shy away from the appropriate word as defined in the English language. Not to use that word (lie) is just a way to make us - the voters accept the deceptive behavior as acceptable - because it is after all - POLITICS.
Our political system must have publicly funded election dollars - in order to keep the Corporate faceless elite in check. Yes the Conservative/Alliance/Reform party can raise their own money from the large corporations that do so well under their policies. Corporations can't vote but they can sure buy elections and have done so in the past. Has Harper returned the dollars for votes his party received? Has he turned it back to the treasury?
If Canada is to remain intact - still doubtful - then politics needs it's collective mouth washed out with soap. The way to insure that happens is to guarantee that alternative voices are heard and able to fund an exposure of lies - as is made necessary by Harper and his Conservative/Alliance/Reform buddies.
I will agree to eliminate public financing and vote Conservative when Stephen Harper agrees to a polygraph.
First - the Stephen Harper claim that he and his Reform Party would like to phase out public funding of elections and political parties.
On that one Harper scores a zero and is just another manipulation or lie he perpetrates on the public. Harper and his followers absolutely believe in public funding of elections and political parties - all one has to do is review the spending by his government for the past 6 months on political messaging. This he did - knowing full well he wanted to once again go to the polls. Further his party's blatant disregard for the Elections Act - particularly as it relates to the movement of money from the associations to Party central - demonstrates he wants our money for his elections and he also wants no rules on how they have to spend and account for it.
Second there is the straight-up money for votes that Harper spreads around the country as he lectures audiences and bribes voters with their own money - while restricting media questions which may reveal the shortcomings of one "promise/lie" or another.
Harper is fond of making promises and he's even more fonder of breaking them.
1. Income Trusts
2. Elected Senate
3. Equalization changes on non-renewable resource revenues
4. Patronage
5. Accountability
We all know this is a short-list and that Harper's deception of the voter goes far beyond this. He tries to scare the population with CO-A-LI-TION when:
a) he tried to concoct one himself
b) a coalition is a very real option in a democracy and is in operation routinely throughout the world
c) his use of the word CO-A-LI-TION now as if there were one already formed
You see Harper is a liar and Gilles Duceppe has it dead on - and does not shy away from the appropriate word as defined in the English language. Not to use that word (lie) is just a way to make us - the voters accept the deceptive behavior as acceptable - because it is after all - POLITICS.
Our political system must have publicly funded election dollars - in order to keep the Corporate faceless elite in check. Yes the Conservative/Alliance/Reform party can raise their own money from the large corporations that do so well under their policies. Corporations can't vote but they can sure buy elections and have done so in the past. Has Harper returned the dollars for votes his party received? Has he turned it back to the treasury?
If Canada is to remain intact - still doubtful - then politics needs it's collective mouth washed out with soap. The way to insure that happens is to guarantee that alternative voices are heard and able to fund an exposure of lies - as is made necessary by Harper and his Conservative/Alliance/Reform buddies.
I will agree to eliminate public financing and vote Conservative when Stephen Harper agrees to a polygraph.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
How to lie and make it okay. Harper takes lessons from Mulroney
Yesterday's election events revealed a new tactic by Stephen Harper. Lie - four years out.
Yes the leader of the Conservative/Reform/Alliance Party promised income splitting for some young families - as soon as the budget deficit was erased. Predicted to be four years out. In this way Harper can lie now and not have to pay later. You see Harper is a liar - but Canadians are getting used to that fact - and must really consider how they can vote for such a person.
Remember Mulroney and his income tax fiasco - running between the USA and Canada in and out of hotels, briefcases full of money, envelopes, safety deposit boxes - for all we know secret panels in a shoe. Mulroney proved that the passage of time - associated with cheating the system - ripping off Canadians seemed more palatable with the passage of time - and of course a really good expensive lawyer.
Then there was Harper's newly created and most recent lie - where he concocted something - he hoped would pacify Terry Milewski CBC - when he asked Harper yet again about his own plan to form a CO-A-LI-TION. Harper now says - I was not really going to form a CO-A-LI-TION - I was just trying to scare the Liberals by having them think I was. Once again - this lie - has become somewhat more palatable with the passage of time.
Do you remember last week? That's when Harper suggested that the opposition parties did not have to FORCE us into an election - no - Harper suggested the other parties could have gone to the Governor General and asked - can we form a CO-A-LI-TION?
The irony of Harper taking lessons from Mulroney is this; Harper exists because Canadians threw Mulroney and his party to the curb. Then like the recyclers Harper is not really fond of - we green Canadians recycled the lot to form the "new" Conservative Party. Then with the likes of Peter MacKay and our own Loyola Hearn they stabbed each other in the back so many times - there was a run on knives - that PC blood flowed out spilling integrity, honesty and trust.
If Harper wants to lie to Canadians - in an attempt to scare them - by suggesting the CO-A-LI-TION already exists - then let me add this; if Harper were ever to form a majority - the Reform Party not the Conservatives - would be running our country. That is something we all should be very afraid of.
Yes the leader of the Conservative/Reform/Alliance Party promised income splitting for some young families - as soon as the budget deficit was erased. Predicted to be four years out. In this way Harper can lie now and not have to pay later. You see Harper is a liar - but Canadians are getting used to that fact - and must really consider how they can vote for such a person.
Remember Mulroney and his income tax fiasco - running between the USA and Canada in and out of hotels, briefcases full of money, envelopes, safety deposit boxes - for all we know secret panels in a shoe. Mulroney proved that the passage of time - associated with cheating the system - ripping off Canadians seemed more palatable with the passage of time - and of course a really good expensive lawyer.
Then there was Harper's newly created and most recent lie - where he concocted something - he hoped would pacify Terry Milewski CBC - when he asked Harper yet again about his own plan to form a CO-A-LI-TION. Harper now says - I was not really going to form a CO-A-LI-TION - I was just trying to scare the Liberals by having them think I was. Once again - this lie - has become somewhat more palatable with the passage of time.
Do you remember last week? That's when Harper suggested that the opposition parties did not have to FORCE us into an election - no - Harper suggested the other parties could have gone to the Governor General and asked - can we form a CO-A-LI-TION?
The irony of Harper taking lessons from Mulroney is this; Harper exists because Canadians threw Mulroney and his party to the curb. Then like the recyclers Harper is not really fond of - we green Canadians recycled the lot to form the "new" Conservative Party. Then with the likes of Peter MacKay and our own Loyola Hearn they stabbed each other in the back so many times - there was a run on knives - that PC blood flowed out spilling integrity, honesty and trust.
If Harper wants to lie to Canadians - in an attempt to scare them - by suggesting the CO-A-LI-TION already exists - then let me add this; if Harper were ever to form a majority - the Reform Party not the Conservatives - would be running our country. That is something we all should be very afraid of.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Harper's Stategy - The Media not Canadians are stupid
I give Harper and his strategists credit. They have a new twist on politicking in Canada.
Most politicians that are underhanded, deceitful, and/or unlawful usually rely on the population being stupid. For instance in Newfoundland and Labrador - Kathy Dunderdale and the Willderdale administration believe that our people will simply follow her and them blindly into a disastrous development deal on the Lower Churchill.
Harper on the other hand - intelligent - but a liar, decided that Canadians generally speaking are somewhat intelligent and would therefore utilize the media and competent journalists to get a fair and balanced package of information. On that basis - Harper and the Reform Party strategists - set about whipping the national media - and selling his propaganda to them. I believe that a significant portion of the Harper strategy relies on the predictability of the media in delivering his message.
When Harper won his first minority - he started right in on "paralysing" the media by picking and choosing journalists that would be allowed to ask a question let alone the ones he would answer. The Press Gallery uttered their displeasure quietly and then quickly conformed. That same attitude was evident again on Friday when he refused to answer questions after his government had been thrown out of office by the Parliament of Canada. Thrown out under historic conditions as a result of being found in contempt of Parliament. In some societies that shame would be unbearable and with some molecule of remaining integrity they would remove themselves from office while apologizing profusely.
Harper decided some months ago that the issue for the upcoming and planned election would be the evil "coalition". The man who clearly lies with ease and without regret - carries on with his pitch that this election is about a "coalition" who rejected his government's budget initiatives. Like clapping seals or herding sheep the media almost to a one (there were some exceptions) carried his message to the people of Canada - despite his refusal to answer media questions. The fact that Harper would not take questions demonstrates that he does not believe in democratic principles and is paramount to a witness giving testimony without the other side having the right to cross-examine. Harper acts and behaves like a wannabe dictator - stuck in a country that will not give him unfettered access to that title. That is why Canadians fear a majority under this Reform Party ultra-right wing Conservative leader.
The media of our country might want to step back - remember how Harper treated them - and smarten up. A Harper majority would also change the landscape for the "freedom of the press" concept.
Once again - ironically - Duceppe is doing more to preserve Canadian democracy than any Conservative on the campaign trail.
Most politicians that are underhanded, deceitful, and/or unlawful usually rely on the population being stupid. For instance in Newfoundland and Labrador - Kathy Dunderdale and the Willderdale administration believe that our people will simply follow her and them blindly into a disastrous development deal on the Lower Churchill.
Harper on the other hand - intelligent - but a liar, decided that Canadians generally speaking are somewhat intelligent and would therefore utilize the media and competent journalists to get a fair and balanced package of information. On that basis - Harper and the Reform Party strategists - set about whipping the national media - and selling his propaganda to them. I believe that a significant portion of the Harper strategy relies on the predictability of the media in delivering his message.
When Harper won his first minority - he started right in on "paralysing" the media by picking and choosing journalists that would be allowed to ask a question let alone the ones he would answer. The Press Gallery uttered their displeasure quietly and then quickly conformed. That same attitude was evident again on Friday when he refused to answer questions after his government had been thrown out of office by the Parliament of Canada. Thrown out under historic conditions as a result of being found in contempt of Parliament. In some societies that shame would be unbearable and with some molecule of remaining integrity they would remove themselves from office while apologizing profusely.
Harper decided some months ago that the issue for the upcoming and planned election would be the evil "coalition". The man who clearly lies with ease and without regret - carries on with his pitch that this election is about a "coalition" who rejected his government's budget initiatives. Like clapping seals or herding sheep the media almost to a one (there were some exceptions) carried his message to the people of Canada - despite his refusal to answer media questions. The fact that Harper would not take questions demonstrates that he does not believe in democratic principles and is paramount to a witness giving testimony without the other side having the right to cross-examine. Harper acts and behaves like a wannabe dictator - stuck in a country that will not give him unfettered access to that title. That is why Canadians fear a majority under this Reform Party ultra-right wing Conservative leader.
The media of our country might want to step back - remember how Harper treated them - and smarten up. A Harper majority would also change the landscape for the "freedom of the press" concept.
Once again - ironically - Duceppe is doing more to preserve Canadian democracy than any Conservative on the campaign trail.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
What happened to Bob? The tale of two values!
Bob Mills - MP for Red Deer Alberta - who came from the Reform Party - then to the Alliance Party - and finally to the Conservative Party of Canada - followed thew same path as his leader Stephen Harper. The same views on democracy - transparency - and apparently political lobbyists.
Back in 1997 Mills had his knickers in a knot when 2 ex-Liberal MP's Paul Zed and Doug Young formed a company called Summa Strategies - an Ottawa lobby group. He was speaking in the House of Commons - as recorded by Hansard - about foreign policy.
Conservative MP Mills had this to say:
Basically this shows a real lack of foreign affairs initiative and policy by this government. It makes you wonder who is in charge of the foreign affairs department when a company, Summa Strategies, directed by ex-Liberal MPs Doug Young and Paul Zed, can in fact put forward a deal like this at such a critical time.
We in this House get tired of the government standing up, beating its chest and saying how wonderful it is. It talks about standing up to Saddam Hussein, yet we let this billion dollar deal to go ahead. Maybe the UN will scuttle it. We talk about how great we are in saving the world with land mines, meanwhile we are selling nuclear plants to India, Romania, China, Turkey and Korea, to name a few.
We talk about how we have solved all the financial problems, when in reality we have a $600 billion debt. We talk about a Zaire mission which we championed because the Prime Minister saw it on television. Then we found out that the day before the President of the United States called and suggested that that is what Canada should do.
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Now let me ask the same question of Bob Mills today. Who is in charge over there the Prime Minister - the government - or Summa Strategies - now that conservative strategist Tim Powers is a VP of the company?
Where is all your concern now? Isn't it ironic that Tim who comes from the Alliance ilk (Grant Hill's Campaign for Alliance leadership) is now not only agreeing with the lobbyist mentality but has become one - and for Summa no less.
Back in 1997 Mills had his knickers in a knot when 2 ex-Liberal MP's Paul Zed and Doug Young formed a company called Summa Strategies - an Ottawa lobby group. He was speaking in the House of Commons - as recorded by Hansard - about foreign policy.
Conservative MP Mills had this to say:
Basically this shows a real lack of foreign affairs initiative and policy by this government. It makes you wonder who is in charge of the foreign affairs department when a company, Summa Strategies, directed by ex-Liberal MPs Doug Young and Paul Zed, can in fact put forward a deal like this at such a critical time.
Shortly after the 1997 election these two gentlemen set up Summa Strategies as an Ottawa lobbying group. Obviously they are now taking great advantage of their contacts within the government. Mr. Young is acting for Canadian National Railways, a crown corporation he helped to privatize when he was minister of transport. No wonder Canadians are so skeptical of government and ex-ministers when they are involved in this sort of lobbying activities.We need to tighten up these arrangements dramatically. Just imagine proposing to deal with a government like that of Saddam Hussein. While all the time arguing that this was a humanitarian deal for trucks and a number of items which were not listed, they went further to invite the foreign affairs minister, Tariq Aziz, to visit Canada, to visit the Prime Minister of New Brunswick, for which he claimed he had an invitation.
We in this House get tired of the government standing up, beating its chest and saying how wonderful it is. It talks about standing up to Saddam Hussein, yet we let this billion dollar deal to go ahead. Maybe the UN will scuttle it. We talk about how great we are in saving the world with land mines, meanwhile we are selling nuclear plants to India, Romania, China, Turkey and Korea, to name a few.
We talk about how we have solved all the financial problems, when in reality we have a $600 billion debt. We talk about a Zaire mission which we championed because the Prime Minister saw it on television. Then we found out that the day before the President of the United States called and suggested that that is what Canada should do.
We get tired of this sort of double standard and double talk. I question who is in charge over there? Doug Young, Paul Zed and Summa Strategies or the foreign affairs minister.
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Now let me ask the same question of Bob Mills today. Who is in charge over there the Prime Minister - the government - or Summa Strategies - now that conservative strategist Tim Powers is a VP of the company?
Where is all your concern now? Isn't it ironic that Tim who comes from the Alliance ilk (Grant Hill's Campaign for Alliance leadership) is now not only agreeing with the lobbyist mentality but has become one - and for Summa no less.
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