Pass This Bill
Loved it. Technically. This is the speech that actually causes some small movement on Capitol Hill (possibly very small) or is Obama’s platform for running against Congress in the next…
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Original Song #32: Papa Got Hisself a Job
Papa Got Hisself a Job Come around kids, listen up good(Papa’s got hisself a job)I’ll take you to the movies, Christ we’ll go to the moon(Papa’s got hisself a job)So…
Original Song #31: Elizabeth
Elizabeth listen to the live Randboro demo Her daddy always told herIf she was good, she’d do no wrongNow somebody’s sold herOn some cheap line from some cheap song She…
Hudak Rhymes with Fear Merchant
I can’t help but think that Tim Hudak knows he’s behind the eight ball in this race and is therefore grasping at anything that may improve his chances. Fair enough…
The Orange and the Green
When provincial NDP leader Andrea Horwath announced this summer that her party wanted to reduce the HST on gasoline, I must say I raised an eyebrow. After all, the NDP…
Please Hold While One Of Our Agents Destroys Your Credit Score
So Rogers is now expanding out into the financial services field with credit cards and likely other forms of payments. Although they have no plans on creating a real banking…
NUSTAH’s New Chief: Herve Ladsous Haiti’s 21st Century Gen. Rochambeau
Wad_pi.jpg By Wadner Pierre This year Haiti will celebrate its two-hundred-seventh anniversary of Battaille de Vertieres Battle of Vertieres) in which the former slaves and colored people proudly defeated the…
It is a bad strategy to fight a two front war
It is axiomatic in warfare that you should never get involved in a war on two fronts. A key feature of Harper’s strategy since 2006 has been to frame the…
Halton Liberals Off to the Races
Indira Naidoo-Harris and the Halton Liberals kicked off their campaign today with a good old fashioned open house and barbeque at their new campaign office on Main Street in Milton.…
Original Song #30: One Water Fountain
One Water Fountain Baby it’s a hot day on the porch on de GaspéI feel your kicking but I think we’ll be okayThey don’t want to put your daddy “in…
Left versus Right
The result of an unfortunate seating arrangement. In October 1789 the Paris mob,led by women walked to Versailles,stormed the palace and dragged the king back to town with them.The assembly…
Uproar over Uploading
The recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference presented a golden opportunity for Provincial candidates to make their pitch to just about every municipal government leader in the province.…
3 tips the Jazz Festival taught me about Twitter
Having returned from vacation, I’m spending more time digging through data from this year’s Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, and reflecting upon what lessons I can glean from my marketing campaign. Besides…
ONDP overtakes Liberals: “Strategic voters” take notice
It appears the ONDP is slowly becoming the only choice to stop a Conservative government. Progressives and strategic voters take notice. For Progressives, the ONDP is the only authentically progressive…
Ontario Liberals would double teacher education time
If the Ontario Liberals win the provincial election, they state that they will require Ontario universities to provide two-year teacher education programs instead of the current one. Included in an…
Direct Democracy Fails British Columbia
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, direct democracy doesn’t work. With apologies to Kent Brockman, the result of the HST referendum demonstrates why direct democracy is a…
A Dozen Oranges for Jack: In Memoriam from City Hall
“Jack was the reason I started voting.” – Message written in chalk on Nathan Phillips Square wall Much has been said about NDP Opposition Leader Jack Layton over the past…
Don’t cry for me, Christy Blatchford
Here’s comment about Christy Blatchford I left on Warren Kinsella’s blogsite: I couldn’t agree with Ms. Blatchford more. Come on! Think about those police funerals which seem to get larger…
Death of a Leader
The Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth is dead. Jack Layton’s life was cut short far too quickly. My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Jack Layton was for better…
On Innovation and Capitalism
So in theory the profit motive drives innovation. Too many taxes, it is said, diminishes innovation. (Never mind that entrepreneurship – particularly among women – benefits from a strong safety…