I wrote this article early last week when this news was new. Then on Thursday in the Vancouver Sun, David Suzuki wrote an article stating similar views. So if you’ve heard this before, remember I said it first. The latest news is out. Canada is a country of racists. 17% have negative feelings against…
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Politics
Proportional Representation VS the Ruling Elite
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1100 AD: Election by Force According to the ancient bards, in the Early Middle Ages it was possible for a knight to challenge another knight to single combat, and the winner took all: the castle, the land, the serfs. The ultimate in elitism; the action of one man decides who rules everyone. 1970 AD:…
Social Commentary
There Are No Stupid Questions – Just Stupid Responses
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I was feeling rather brain-dead one afternoon last week, (editing will do that to you) and I opened Facebook, hoping for some mindless entertainment. Actually, many of my Facebook friends are quite intelligent, and perhaps I was hoping someone would stimulate me out of my somnolesence. However, the first post that caught my lame…
Social Commentary
A is for Arrogance
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Once again the news is full of the story of a politician who thinks the rules don’t apply to him. Literally. Every politician elected to Parliament is expected to put his business in a blind trust, in at least an attempt to keep conflict of interest to a minimum. But not Bill Morneau, who…
Politics
The Liberals Didn’t Even Try
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In fact, they did exactly the opposite. They made a promise in order to get elected, and once they got our vote, they cynically manipulated the issue until they could shrug their shoulders and say that nobody wanted it to happen, anyway. The honeymoon is over, folks. Canada’s “natural governing party” has fallen back into…