Methinks the blogger doth protest too much:

At any rate, realised that there was 4 years worth of ill thought ideas and drive by smears that I had yet to criticise JJ for, so I continue. Nice to have the morning to myself.

JJ:

Was thumbing through the archives and thought I might point out an odd fact and arguement or two... or six.

March 26th, 2004:

" I am really getting sick of the word "neo con," especially in Canada. What does it even mean? No one seems to have a clear answer, other than it is some sort of "eviler" conservative."

Neo-Conservative: The exact opposite of conservative.

-John Ralston Saul, The Doubter's Companion.

March 15th, 2004:

"Apparently the best way to deal with this new climate of terror is to throw out the party which has been most aggressive in participating in the war on terror."

Indeed it is a good idea to respond by throwing out the supporters of a war against a state, when the actors are non-state actors. Much like invading the US for the actions of the IRA, in the 20s, Invading Iraq due to the actions of Al Qaida is a nebulous strategem indeed.

" I mean, we have the President of an island, who came to power three decades ago, and is still in power. And he has a long gray beard, smokes cigars, and wears the same damn green outfit 365 days a year. Castro is really a cartoon character on his own."

Actually, despite the aporcryphal poison cigar plan, Fidel Castro stopped smoking in 1985-86 (There appears to be some disagreement about the exact date.) in an attempt to encourage better health amoung Cubans. Nit picking here, but still, just as traditionally one could wear hats in the house, despite Rick Mercer's "Tradition" sketch, this aside weakens an overall good entry. And he came to power in 1959, 5 decades ago, either by 10 year spans or rounding, as it stands. Moreover you made that point in your January 2nd cartoon, so I'm assuming that this is simply a typo. But the Cigar thing is 20 years out of date.

December 24th 2003:

Where's the direct line pointing from the Queen to the GG? I bet the chart would appear far less nebulous if drawn in that manner. Kudos, on the other hand, for separating the queen from the crown.

November 7th 2003:

" Everyone knows who Noam Chomsky is, right? He's some really whacko socialist professor guy who writes lots of books about how all of the world's suffering is the result of one gigantic capitalist conspiracy, planned and coordinated by the United States."

You really do spread the word Socialist around like cream cheese. Noam Chomsky has continually identified his support for Anarcho-Synicalism, (notably in Manufacturing Consent) which is a system of government even more inimical to a Classical conservative like my self.

November 5th, 2003:

It's truly amazing that such an easily bullied state has never failed to gain territory in a single war in its strife filled history. This, however is a repetition of the National Post fallacy, identify Jewish ethnicity with the Israeli state, thus pigeonholing and stereotyping both groups. A cute rhetorical trick, but it does little to truly evaluate the issue.

November 3rd, 2003:

The American Gross Domestic Product, which according to my "introduction to economics" university course is the total value of produced American goods and services, has gone up by a shocking 7% this year. "

The 7% increase is in nominal GDP: GDP including inflation. US inflation has been runaway since the 2002 (ahem) recovery and tends to be on the order of magnitude of 3-6% per annum. (This has begun to slow) In addition, it should be expected that strong growth should follow such a devastating recession. Economic output nearly doubled in the United states between 1931 and 1935. Using the doubling rate, that means that over those 4 years the GDP increased roughly 17% per annum.

What the heck, let's make it an even half dozen.

June 4th, 2003:

"Peter MacKay was elected leader of the Canadian Conservative party this week, after making a last minute deal with socialist activist David Orchard who was also running for some reason."

1. As a delegate o said convention, I can tell you the following: Joe Clark brokered the deal, and the terms were pretty much named going into convention.

2. I'd like to challenge you to produce one article in which David Orchard identifies himself as a socialist. Maybe you could start with, "What makes me a Conservative."

In conclusion. You seem to use Socialist in the same manner that you accuse others of using the word Neo-Conservative. Your failure to grasp the minutae of history and constitutional law bodes not well for a reader trying to ascertain your grasp of the broader strokes of same.

As always it is my pleasure to offer constructive criticism of your excellent work,

Sean Tisdall