Part of the democratic process requires an informed electorate. The prospective voter must, and I emphasize, must take the time to find out the issues, the proposed corrections and the future intentions. I’m doing my part, one evening at a time.
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For a sense of déjà vu, look no further than the announcement earlier today about the “leader debate”. Once again, the big kids have told the little kid (in this case, the leader of the Green Party) that she is not welcome when they dress up and play important games on TV. It has nothing to do with “she”, I hope, and everything to do with a bad dose of self-importance.
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Still early, but there might be one visually exciting development in the way electoral campaigns are run. Fewer pole posters.
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In the news: Castro quit. Five years ago. And nobody around here even noticed. Talk about “flying under the radar”.
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You may have heard that when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Oversimplification, but our military has adopted the phrase. How else to explain the sudden road trip by a select group of the air force to Libya.
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The phone rang, and the magic window showed a call from the Ottawa region. I don’t know many people there. The caller was polite, and told me that he was calling on behalf of Stephen.
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Another provincial budget was presented last evening. Or as someone once put it, a promise to spend even more of my money, badly. Not too much I can do about it, other than to remember the faces of the bandits, and watch for them on an election poster some day down the road.
posted in politics | Comments Off on Carrots and silly donkeys | 264 words
For those who have “learned their rights under law” by watching prime time TV, here’s a little vocabulary lesson. In Canada, we don’t have the right to a speedy trial. Rather, the Charter of Rights has this paraphrase: Read the rest of this entry »
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People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones (virtual or otherwise). In the case of the Canadian parliamentarians, I’m sure they’ll pay no attention to that advice.
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The song “What A Diff’rence A Day Makes” doesn’t apply in the context of my local dreamers. I mentioned them, yesterday: Regis and Jean/John. Today their Plan B was revealed, in full technicolor. They are going ahead, despite the lack of contribution from the feds and the private sector.
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