I remember when we were only talking a paltry 9 billion dollars on new fighter jets (powered by the tears of Canadian children with no access to nationalized day-care). I though wow, this is a real super hyped up plus sell hunk of bullshite being foisted on Canadians. Apparently, Harper
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Dead Wild Roses: The Conservative Definition of Racism – aka How not to deal with the Problem
To comprehend any issue it is important to have a understanding of key terms base principles at work. Two very different narratives of how racism works are identified by John Stoehr in this excerpt from his article on Al-Jazeera. “[…] Everyone agreed the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the Florida
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Progressive on Abortion?
There seems to be a lot of chatter in the blogosphere about abortion lately. I’m thinking it could possibly maybe be about CPC MP’s motion to discuss when life starts. This motion is, without a doubt, no matter what the detractors say, a backdoor attempt to try and take away
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Dismembering the CBC – The Conservative Hatchet Job on Canadian Culture.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation provides a great window into Canadian culture (as it is) and gives Canadians a platform to interact with each other to express and share their views. The CBC also provides news and commentary that is not vetted by commercial interests before going to air as
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Just in Case You Forgot that the CPC is Pushing its Idelogical Agenda
The Long Gun Registry, More Prisons, and of course, lets not forget the long form census… Filed under: Canada, Humour, Politics Tagged: Conservative Tom-Foolery, Humour, Long form Census, Rick Mercer
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Conservative RoboCalls – Set The Bar Any Lower, and We’ll Drown.
I’m with Rick on this one. Voter turnout it at an all time low in Canada, let’s not increase that number anymore okay Steve? Filed under: Canada, Humour, Politics Tagged: Canadian Politics, Conservative Tom-Foolery, Rick Mercer Rant, RoboCall
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