Archive for June, 2009
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. [ READ MORE ]
It does not make any sense in any way, shape or form that a new citizen would have to swear an oath to the Queen when all Canadian-born citizens have no allegiance whatsoever to her. I, [name], do Solemnly swear (affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the [ READ MORE ]
Saying nothing about my opinions about abortion … here is what confounds me about Tiller’s murder. He was in a church, performing duties as an usher, when he was killed by a, presumably, right-wing Christian fundamentalist. Besides the obvious cognitive dissonance required to perform such a violent and barbaric act (i.e. using murder [ READ MORE ]