Wilderness Committee Recognizes Rafe Mair’s Efforts (Video)
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger It was with a smile on my face that I read of the recognition and tribute of Rafe Mair. The Wildnerness Committee have had…
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Here Is A Brilliant Examination of Harper’s Crumbling Control of Caucus
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger Those of us who fall into the news/political junkie slot scan the media in its many variations. Searching for relevance can be an exhausting…
Civic Election
The civic elections for Regina and municipalities in Saskatchewan are coming up on Wednesday Oct. 24th, 2012. It’s more significant to me than most elections, because this is the first…
Message From Paul Manly with Video Message From Jim Manly & Eva Manly
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Jim Manly is a former MP for Nanaimo Cowichan and a retired United Church Minister. He has long stood for justice on many fronts where disadvantaged peoples…
Ex-New Democrat MP Jim Manly arrested and in custody. Aid ship to Gaza seized.
Jim Manly Former Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP-Refuses release until all protesters are released. Former Nanaimo-Cowichan MP Jim Manly refuses to sign release dcoument until all protesters released. Here is an update…
Cowichan NDP MLA Bill Routley Stood Up For Cowichan Seniors And Won!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Liberal attack on seniors through their wrong headed policy of forcing Seniors to take computer driving tests and or road tests in unfamiliar vehicles on…
It Is Time For Our Politicians To Legalize Marijuana-No More Bullshit!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The growing list of politicians that are calling for the legalization and or decriminalization of marijuana has just gained another truth teller. The latest to join that…
Fiery Missouri Preacher Delivers Strong Statements About Gays and Lesbians To Council!
Fiery Missouri Preacher Delivers Strong Statements About Gays and Lesbians To Springfield, Ohio Council! Listen all the way through, the best is at the end! Read a News-Leader account below.…
Red Alert Women-Here Is What You Will Get With Romney & Ryan!
Former PM the Hon. Pierre Trudeau “Living next to you,” (Former PM) Trudeau told an American audience in a speech to the National Press Club in 1969, “is like sleeping…
North Cowichan Council Support Increased Super Tanker Traffic
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Hard to believe but North Cowichan Council turned down a motion objecting to the threat faced from increased oil and bitumen carrying tanker traffic along our…
Rebranding: Not Interested in Scraps
The goal is government. I’m interested in a party that wants into government. Anything else is a waste of time. It’s a waste of time to just complain and oppose,…
PEI Liberal MLA shows no shame to emotional crowd at Province House.
At least that is the headline I would very much like to see, on the news tonight, in the paper tomorrow. Of course it’s not likely. All we’ll see is…
Complexities of Affirmative Action
When I first heard about the court case in the USA Supreme Court of a Texan who claims that she was denied access to the further education of choice because…
Obama regains “Eye of the Tiger” in 2nd Presidential Debate
I missed the first Presidential Debate last week, but gathered from the chatter that Mitt Romney stole a round from a woefully-underprepared President Obama. The commentary gave the sense that…
Mitt Romney Looked Like A Liar In Presidential Debate
Richard Hughes Political Blogger They say that pictures don’t lie. Well Mitt Romney you looked liked a liar in the debates. That is of course because he is a liar.…
Clean Coal?
Romney said during the first debate there is an “Economy Tax”, and the US “can continue to burn clean coal”. Neither exists. The former was his attempt to coin a…
The oil in those pipelines…
Note to Mr. Romney on this paraphrase about the price of gas:“It was $1.80 per gallon when Obama came in and now it’s over $4 per gallon….something something…pumping oil in…
The oil in those pipelines…
Note to Mr. Romney on this paraphrase about the price of gas:“It was $1.80 per gallon when Obama came in and now it’s over $4 per gallon….something something…pumping oil in…