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Cindy Sheehan Resigns

May 29, 2007 19:49 +0000  |  Politics 0

The face of the anti-war movement in the United states has resigned in disgust over lack of action and comtempt she's received from both the Republicans and democrats:

I have tried ever since he died to make his sacrifice meaningful. Casey died for a country which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics with human lives.

Cindy Sheehan, CBC.ca

I wish I didn't understand her reasoning... but I do... all too well.

Ontario is Banning the Bulb

April 18, 2007 19:29 +0000  |  Energy Environment Liberals Politics 1

Following in Australia's footsteps, Ontario will soon become the first jurisdiction in North America to ban the old, inefficient, incandescent bulbs. It's a good step in the right direction, I just wish someone had thought of it sooner or at the very least introduced sliding taxes on the whole thing instead.

John McCain Learns to Love the Lesbians

March 28, 2007 14:41 +0000  |  Civil Rights Politics 2

Well not really, but I saw this this morning on one of the mailing lists to which I belong. Apparently, someone realised that McCain's MySpace page was pulling images from their site rather than copying them over to their own server (essentially stealing bandwidth). But rather than taking down the image, the owner replaced the pic with one containing the following message:

Today I announce that I have reversed my position and come out in full support of gay marriage…particularly marriage between two passionate females.

Bloody brilliant.

Get Ready For A Spring Election

March 05, 2007 15:02 +0000  |  Politics 2

  • Attack ads on the Liberals in Quebec
  • Blatant, public media support from the military
  • Polls showing increased public support for the Conservatives (wtf are you all thinking??).
  • Big cash payouts to municipalities for transit projects that have been on the books for decades.

The Conservatives are going to call an election and they're going to do it as soon as the snow melts. Expect the budget to be stupidly unsupportable so they can call a vote of non-confidence. Expect them to blame the fall of the government on their primary opposition at the time.

I hope I'm wrong, but it just looks too obvious.

Why I'm Leaning Toward the Green Party

March 03, 2007 03:06 +0000  |  Green Party NDP Politics 2

Setting aside for the moment that the environmental and health platforms for the Green Party are superior to those of the NDP, it's press conferences like this one that give me serious pause regarding my long standing support for the NDP.

What the hell are they thinking over there?

Election Joke

January 10, 2006 19:08 +0000  |  Canada Politics 3

From my father via email this afternoon:

Martin, Harper and Layton are flying on a small private plane to a political gathering on Salt Spring Island when Martin turns to Harper and says, chuckling, "You know, I could throw a $1000 bill out the window right now and make someone very happy."

Harper shrugs and replies, "Well, I could throw ten $100 bills out the window and make ten people happy."

Not to be outdone, Layton says, "Well I could throw a hundred $10 bills out the window and make a hundred people happy."

The pilot rolls his eyes and says to his co-pilot, "Such arrogant asses back there. Hell, I could throw all three of them out the window and make 32 million people happy."