Archive for the ‘Canada’ Category

Buying and Selling Lemons.

The cost of buying a used car often rises after paying for it.  When you buy used, you also are buying all the problems with the car incurred by the previous owner.  Afghanistan is Canada’s used car bought from the US.  The last listed price was $8 billion.  It has now risen by more than 40% to $11.3 billion. As … Continue reading

Re: Our Federal Government needs serious prayer!

What follows below is my response to an email forward I received.  The original email was from Chuck Strahl to his supporters. ______________________ Subject: Re: Our Federal Government needs serious prayer! This [the forwarded] email is full of lies and half-truths. The thing about democracy is that it only works when people work together for the common good of the … Continue reading

Conservatives: Working against others who work together

My god, the sheer arrogance of this asshole.  Does he not realize that the Canadian people did not elect him as Prime Minister?  The Prime Minister is not a democratically elected position.  It is a position which is determined by the number of seats the various parties hold.  It is not elected and, therefore, it is not a democratic position. … Continue reading

Conservatives Against Democracy

Stephen Harper claims that the opposition parties are acting undemocratically.  This is bullshit.  Democracy is the rule of the people.  As long as politicians act to serve their own political agenda, or that of their party, they are not acting democratically.  This is why I believe only in minority governments. The House of Commons should be a microcosm of Canada; … Continue reading

Remembrance Day: Perpetuation of Inequality

Anyone who kills another person has made a definite declaration that there is a clear and distinct hierarchy of human life and value.  The willing to kill demonstrates that there are people who are of a lower calibre and are disposable.  Those who act selflessly to defend another person demonstrate that there are people of higher calibre. Engagement in any act … Continue reading