Many people believe the government wastes vast amounts of money. This perception is created by the media and the opposition making a big deal out of every little bit of perceived or real wasteful spending, which make people assume that waste is pervasive. Governments spend billions of dollars but when
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264MHz: Test
This is a test of the blog feeds.
Continue reading264MHz: What’s so great about Local Food
I suspect that the local food movement is one of those ill thought out environmental ideas that, like ethanol, actually may do more harm then good, especially from a global warming point of view. There are many major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, like commuting, electricity generation and cement. It seems odd to focus so […]
Continue reading264MHz: Occupiers Need to Convince the 99%
The media complain that the Occupy movement has made no demands. The way I see it the aim of the movement isn’t to make specific changes themselves, but to get people to realize what is really going on. Many people are simply unaware of the seriousness of the problem. People need to see charts like […]
Continue reading264MHz: NDP and Liberal Should Cooperate to Bring in PR, Not Merge
There has been talk of the Liberals and NDP merging. The justification for this is that the split in the progressive vote allows the Conservatives to form a majority with 40% of the vote. This is a legitimate concern but the splitting of the vote is only a problem because of our First Past the […]
Continue reading264MHz: Socialist Party Resolution: Open Source Software
Where as open source software shares the spirit of socialism because it is about openly and freely sharing software with all and stands on contrast to the secrecy and profit maximization of closed source software. Where as software is unique because once built, unlimited copies can be made at no cost. If houses where like […]
Continue reading264MHz: A new mob rampages in Britain
A group of people is angered and hurt by another group. Suddenly an event causes the anger to explode. They are united in euphoria and lash out violently at everything and everyone, only rarely hitting the actual source of their pain. Feeling invisible and invincible they forget laws, morals and their own rationality. This appears […]
Continue reading264MHz: Why Should owners control companies?
It is a question that is never asked in society. In fact it is hard to even ask because the simple answer is that owners have power over the company because that is the definition of “owner”. If we where talking about a chair, it is perfectly reasonable to say the owner should have power […]
Continue reading264MHz: Candidate on Vacation: A Personal Story
My father had been heavily involved in the NDP since his teenaged years. I believe he was even involved in The Waffle. He had lived in the Provencher riding for decades and had been very active in the riding. He was the president of the riding association and official agent for several candidates. Finally, after […]
Continue reading264MHz: Socialist Party of Ontario resolution: Internet Democracy
This is a resolution for the proposed Socialist Party of Ontario. It is based on one I submitted to the federal NDP in 2003. Whereas the Internet allows a much greater degree of participatory democracy then was possible before, because everyone can equally and easily contribute to the debate and it makes the logistics of […]
Continue reading264MHz: Does having two incomes make people worse off?
The economic effect of two income vs. single income households is something I’ve been thinking about and I’ve come to believe that two income households has caused more harm then good and should be discouraged. Some problems caused by having a large majority of household with two incomes include: Lower wages because of higher labour […]
Continue reading264MHz: The Conservatives are bad for democracy, but how much better are the Liberals?
The Conservatives have done many things to undermine our democracy over the years. The Liberals have opposed many of them, some of the most important ones have met with only a half-hearted response from the Liberals. The Liberals have given credence to Harper’s lies about the legitimacy of the coalition by following his claims (even […]
Continue reading264MHz: If Ignatieff doesn’t accept coalition, then a vote for the Liberals is a vote for the Conservatives
Rejected a coalition means that, more then likely, the Liberals will have to continue to support the Conservative government after the election. If the balance of power in the House is the same (as the polls currently suggest) there will be only three options for the opposition parties after the election: supporting the Conservatives, forcing […]
Continue reading264MHz: Libya more like Serbia then Afghanistan
In criticizing the Libyan operation people have been comparing it too the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. It would be more accurate to compare it to the bombing of Serbia to get them to halt military action in Kosovo in 1999. The Serbian operation achieved its goal, but it took a disturbingly long 78 days […]
Continue reading264MHz: The Conservative Party owes Canadians $315 million for Pacific Scandal
The Conservatives have been trying to deflect criticism by demanding the Liberal Party repay its ill gotten gains from the Sponsorship scandal. It goes without saying that the past failings of the Liberal Party don’t justify what the Conservatives have done, especially if you are not a Liberal supporter either. If the Conservatives want to […]
Continue reading264MHz: Did the Speaker’s Ruling Kill Cabinet Confidentiality?
In his privileged ruling on the Afghan detainees documents last year the Speaker said that there is no restriction of the authority of Parliament to order the production of papers. In that case it was dealing with military secrecy which is based on laws and government regulation. Because Parliament sets the laws and oversees government […]
Continue reading264MHz: The Legitimate Range of Epistemology
This is a reply to a post by kirbycairo which is a reply to my post which explains where all this came from. I agree that there are two justifications for rejecting a prescription. One is based on the science and the other is based on the ethics. Like I said in my first comment […]
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