Political Paraphrase – America at Hiroshima Memorial

War sucks; Nuclear weapons suck; We will keep our weapons until everyone gets rid of theirs; Using nuclear weapons is evil; But we don’t apologize for using ours; Nuclear weapons don’t solve anything; Except for big big problems that we don’t have any other answer to; But we don’t need them anymore; But we will keep ours; Because it solves the problem of someone wanting to hurt us; But we are America and we don’t have anything to apologize for; Maybe wait 300 years or so; Continue reading

Being God

Kim Jung Il is a cornered animal and a cornered animal is a frightening beast. Baring his teeth, desperate to see, smell and taste the freedom that once was his to enjoy. Unlike the animals in a zoo which are fed and treated in more or less a reasonable manner where freedom is something never tasted or hinted at, the … Continue reading

Not Brits and Not Britain’s

Consider the scenario where I own a motorcycle, insure it, wash it, and make sure it is in perfect running order but never drive it. I have a feeling someone at sometime would mention to me how ridiculous it is. Considering the cost, the time and energy I have put into it. True, I may only be putting money into … Continue reading

Good Government Keeping Us Safe

These are the people that are going to help keep us secure? This is the group that is going to make sure that we are defended? My god, what a joke. They can’t even defend themselves. To be fair, the chair is not particularily good at his job. But he was not the one disrupting the meeting. It was, for … Continue reading

So This is Good Government?

Apparently the role of government is to prevent elections. Maybe I am reading the situation wrong, but Harper is saying that the attack ads the Tories are running did Canadians a favour. I still don’t understand how it is a problem for someone to spend 30 years outside of Canada and then return. Especially since those 30 would have meant … Continue reading