That Mr. B., He Ain't No Pollyanna, No Siree

UsefulIdiots
CitizenryVille

David Berner has a few more choice words for the Lotuslandian punditry who are following the shiny deflector spin bauble while babbling 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' when it comes to the $100 Million Dollar Bailout Boondoggle of Vancouver's Olympic Village:

Today the headlines are all about who leaked the (Oct14th secret boondoggle meeting) document?

Who cares?

Let's say for a moment that the world is not entirely black or white.

Let's imagine that somewhere in the middle ground All Secret and All Exposed are not reasonable options.

When you hear Philip Owen or any other elected official going on about how the public will know things in due time, of course you are offended by the sheer arrogance.

But certainly it must have been possible, it must still be possible, for City Hall to share enough information with the public about SPENDING $100 MILL LION TAXPAYERS MONEY to satisfy our grubby little curiosity.

Sensitive negotiations can be respected.

But when an elected body of alleged government promises enormous amounts of public funds on a deal shrouded entirely in secrecy, something is off kilter.

And all the happy-go-lucky columnists insisting that everything will be O.K., kids, does not make it either right or suddenly pleasing.


Good stuff, no?

Well, apparently, it is not quite good enough for the august Province, a publication who's owners are currently spending massive amounts of money on ad buys in a futile attempt to convince we, the useful idiots of Vancouver, that it is actually the thinking citizen's newspaper of record in this town (ha!).

Oh.

And in case you missed it earlier.

CanWest is doomed.

OK?


_____
Meanwhile, 'KnoWards Sammy' says we should just stop whining because, according to him, it's a beauty of a deal that we should all be proud of. And besides, why should we worry our pretty little heads when the lawyers are on the case....or some such nonsense. Hmmmmmm.....is that a canary feather we see stuck in suddenly Smilin' Sammy's teeth?


.