Rupert Murdoch, the man who has done so much to poison politics, is now trying to defend his “honour”, after a scandal with one of his tabloids.News of the World routinely hacked phone lines and even bribed cops to allow them to track 9/11 calls. And i…
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Pushed to the Left and Loving It: When Hatred Goes Mainstream
Jolly Berlin crowds in the brightly-lit Kurfürstendamm nightlife district had more fun last week than these beery, sausage-stuffed revelers have had in months. Well-dressed German women and their swank, duel-scarred escorts vied with shopgirls and mec…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: So You Want to Return to the 1950s? OK. I’m Game.
In reading books and essays written by, and not just about, the neoconservatives, I’ve found many common elements, from the philosophers they quote to the people they hate.One common desire most share, is to return to the 1950s, when women knew their p…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Don Cherry Should Stick to Hockey and Stay Out of Politics
My right-wing followers keep sending me links to Sun TV and to articles by right-wing columnists, but this interview with Don Cherry on Fox News North just makes me incredibly sad.This is so beneath him.I have mentioned the wonderful memory we have of …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Is Harper Planning to Wage War on Russia?
Ater invading Poland …. Oops! Wrong dicatator.After putting our soldiers in the most dangerous places in Afghanistan (A Soldier First, Rick Hillier) and blasting Libya back to the stone age, the Harperites are ready to flex their muscles with Russia…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Harper’s Assault on Libya NOT Sanctioned by UN
I wondered why Harper took the extension of the so-called “mission” in Libya to Parliament. He didn’t have to. As prime minister he alone can decide whether or not to go to war.One of the arguments was that it was sanctioned by the UN. However, what go…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Neoconservative Passion for Alexis de Tocqueville
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada Neoconservative doctrine was written by academics and based on the writings of scholars, from Plato to Aristotle, Locke to Rousseau, and everything in between. But one of the sch…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Zombie Youth and the Canadian Property Rights Research Institute
A CULTURE OF DEFIANCE: History of the Reform-Conservative Party of Canada In November of 2009, the Canadian Press learned that a government program designed to recruit the best and brightest from Canada’s universities, had been politicized for partisan…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: I Wish it Was a Return to the 1960s and Not the 1990s
Robert Benzie had a piece in the Toronto Star this weekend: Return to the 1960s, in which he asks “One Party?”It is well researched and well written, comparing today to 1963, when we had a conservative prime minister (Diefenbaker) and a conservative pr…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: We Knew it Was Just a Matter of Time. Libya Open for Business!
It didn’t take long for the vultures to swoop down on Libya. News that Washington’s largest lobbying group, Patton Boggs, has been hired to sell the rebel army as the new government of the oil rich country, should come as no surprise. The firm has been…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Why Has Our Atomic Energy Been Sold to a War Profiteer?
SNC Lavelin is in the news a lot.As one of the primo war profiteers, they are often the object of protests. They have been involved in scandal and yet have been granted contracts to help rebuild and provide private security in Afghanistan.They have bee…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Mushy Middles, Dirty Words and Why we Must Rebuild the Centre
When I posted on why Jack Layton should drop the “brothers and sisters” socialist talk if he hoped to survive the next four years, I received several comments and many emails, telling me that I was wrong.Many of his followers actually fully support the…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Flotilla to Gaza Has Fox News North in a Flap
Fox News North is in a right flap over Canada’s participation in the Flotilla to Gaza, to deliver badly needed humanitarian aid.Conservative columnist John Robson claims they are acting like children, and Brian Lilley says that because there is an obes…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Jim Flaherty and the Tea Party Abandon the Arts
It was once suggested to Winston Churchill that he cut funding to the arts to pay for Britain’s war, to which he responded “Then what would we be fighting for?”A nation’s arts and culture are as important to their identity as their historic landmarks.Y…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Since I Can’t Comment on My Blog I Must Explain Jack Layton Post
After posting my piece yesterday: Jack Layton Needs to Spend the Summer Taking “Speech” Lessons I received a couple of comments in defense of the Layton strategy.I’m still unable to respond on my own blog, so I thought I’d explain myself. I don’t want…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Jack layton Needs to Spend the Summer Taking "Speech" Lessons
Matt Latimer, a former George Bush speechwriter, wrote a book on his experiences at the White House. Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor.In it he speaks of how excited he was to be hired to write presidential speeches. Pearls of wisdom that wou…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: It’s Not About the Life Jackets Dammit
Chris Selley writes a column for the National Post this week about mandatory life jackets, coming soon to a lake near you.He brings up a story in the Toronto Star two years ago, suggesting that mandatory life jackets might not be a bad thing, given the…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Why the NDP Filibuster Could Help Liberals in the Long Run
The NDP has dropped their filibuster, and naturally the Conservatives are rightfully claiming a resounding victory.The Conservative benches erupted in cheers and backslapping as the final vote was held Saturday night, signalling that the official Oppos…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Harperite Pal Geert Wilders Acquitted of Hate Speech Charges
The man invited by the Harperites to speak at this year’s Tulip Festival, Geert Wilders, has been acquitted of hate crime charges.Wilders has also appeared on Fox News North and had Ezra Levant in such a tizzy they had to administer smelling salts, in …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: The Great Canadian Standoff
The NDP are filibustering, presenting their 20 minute speeches, delaying the vote on the back to work legislation, that would force postal workers back on the job, for less money than originally offered.I don’t know if Lisa Raitt finds union busting as…
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