Green. The word of the 21st century. Everybody has the Green solution to the end of the world. Recycle your waste. Switch to coily light bulbs that take a while to get bright when switched on (Kind of like me in the morning). Buy a hybrid car (Need to find a new name. This one [...]
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31
Mar
The Verdant Prince
Posted by admin Published in Canadian Politics, Environment, Policy, Political Commentary, Social CommentaryTags: Auto Industry, Bail Outs, Carbon emissions, Carbon Rationing, Carbon Tax, David Suzuki, Global Warming, Green Politics, Hybrid Cars, light bulbs, Public Transportation, Recycling, Stephen Harper
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27
Mar
Could this be why we are so isolated today? Are we heading for a world of virtual movements rather than real grassroots activism? While we twitter in the clouds the real world, the majority world wallows in the mud.
But then one movement doesn’t preclude another. I had one this morning and am going to a [...]
Tags: Social Movements, Twitter, Virtual lives, Virtual Movements
25
Mar
A Menacing Fairy Tale
Posted by admin Published in Africa, Human Rights, Political Commentary, Social CommentaryThere is no god. That must be clearly understood or nothing wonderful will happen from what I am about to tell you. For those who don’t recognize it that is a paraphrase of the opening sentence to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. I thought it would be a fitting start to my discussion of [...]
Tags: Africa, Christianity, Gays and Lesbians, God and the State, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Intolerance, Marx and Religion, Michael Bakunin, Pope Benedict, Religion, Religion as Narcotic, Residential Schools
22
Mar
The RCMP are at it again. This time the Commissioner, while visiting Kandahar, told Canadians not to jump to any negative conclusions about the force because of recent scandals such as the Dziekanski case. ‘Walk a mile in my shoes’ he said comes to mind. Modern policing is very challenging, things are not always black [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Canada, Dziekanski, Dziekanski Inquiry, Police, Police culture, RCMP, RCMP Commissioner, Tazers
22
Mar
Barack’s Brackets and Paris’s Panties
Posted by admin Published in Dumb & Dumber, Social Commentary, U. S. politicsWhat is with the press over Obama picking basketball winners or whatever it is that he is picking? I admit I don’t follow organized sports at the professional or college level. Just no interest. But apparently President Obama does and did a photo-op filling out something called the brackets. Okay, I have no problem with [...]
Tags: Bail Outs, Bloggers, CNN, media, News, Obama, Obama's Picks, Paris Hilton, Sports
18
Mar
Losing Our Soul
Posted by admin Published in Canadian Politics, Social Commentary, Society: Us v. The Man, U. S. politicsPresident Obama today called for an end to the mentality of boom and bust. Shades of Herbert Hoover here. The Depression is psychological so just be happy and it will end. This was perhaps good politics and certainly good theatre (Obama’s forte) but as economics it is nonsense. He cannot go on to say he [...]
Tags: Democracy, Freedom, Obama, Political Movements, Politicians, Religion, Revolution, Rights, Social Movements, Society, Spirituality
17
Mar
Here’s something you are not going to hear everyday. I agree with the group of Right Wing analysts who are arguing that this downturn in the economy is natural and a normal part of the capitalist economic system. They are absolutely right if you will pardon the pun. Capitalism is a cyclical system. There must [...]
Tags: Bail Outs, Capitalism, Communism, Depression, economic crisis, Economics, Great Depression, Laissez-Faire, Recession, Socialism, Stimulus, Stimulus Package, Wall Street
12
Mar
I have been silent of late about the carnival sideshow we call an economy these days. As I suspected the Armani-suited freaks from Wall Street and Bay Street have been back to the well a few times and have been dancing a jig to explain spending our money on lavish parties and bonuses equal to [...]
Tags: Al Qaeda, Auto Industry, Canada, Chrysler, Chrysler Canada, Chrysler Threats, Corporate Terrorists, economic crisis, Economics, Labour Costs, Osama bin Laden, Terrorism, Wage Concessions, Wall Street, Workers
6
Mar
Thuggery or Remedy: Whence the Future of Policing in Canada?
Posted by admin Published in Policy, Social Commentary, Society: Us v. The ManThe other day I roared with laughter as I read the reports of the testimony of the latest Mountie to take the stand in the Dziekanski Inquiry. The most recent member of the Royal Canadian Keystone Cops to testify corrected his earlier written reports that stated he had only used the taser twice on Mr. [...]
Tags: Dziekanski, Dziekanski Inquiry, Education, Multiculturalism, Police, Police culture, RCMP, Tazers
3
Mar
I have a confession to make, actually a couple. A few years back the department of which I am a member was embroiled in a fervent effort to brand ourselves. Several names for the school were bandied about, most focused on the word liberal. In the end the selection was the School of Liberal Studies. [...]
Tags: Education, Enlightenment, Humanities, Instrumental Reason, liberalism, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Sociology
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