Wow, I’ll Be Looking For a Star in the East Tonight!
I’m a bit of a buff when it comes to the War of 1812. In my bookshelves sit eight historical volumes, three American, the rest Canadian. I also have an…
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Harper’s ‘Dog Whistle’ Messaging to ‘Old Stock Canadians’ — Was Heard And Understood
Don Maroc’s post on Harper’s thinly veiled ‘Old Stock Canadians’ was welcomed by many Cowichan Conversation Readers. He was certainly not the only one to hear the ‘Dog Whistle’ messaging…
Tecumseh Saved Canada From The US Invasion In The War Of 1812
Tecumseh fought with the British defending Canada from the US invasion Allan Gregg is a name recognized by most of us as a pollster and media personality. He is also…
The Cons and the Porky Propaganda War
Golly. Sometimes it's the small things that tell you so much about the slow collapse of the Con Regime.Like the sad fate of Stephen Harper's 1812 extravaganza.Great Royal Jelly Leader…
What If We’d Had Nothing Better Than Harper and Hillier in 1812?
For years I’ve been something of student of the history of the War of 1812. On the wall behind me are buttons from the great battles of that war including…
Thanksgiving and the Madness of King Harper
It's Thanksgiving Day in Canada. The day when you realize that summer isn't coming back.And a day when I feel particularly close to our U.S. neighbours. For although they don't…
Harper’s Weird War Fetish
Salaberry Leads Voltigeurs at Chateauguay What is with Steve Harper’s bizarre obsession with the War of 1812? Canada, at that point, was British territory, more than a half century away…
A distinction that makes a difference #nlpoli
As part of the commemoration events for the War of 1812, the part of the Department of National Defence responsible for ceremony has decided to give seven Canadian Army units…
Stephen Harper and the War Olympics
Well the Olympic Games are finally over, and I must say I enjoyed the show, from the stunning beginning to the wild and wonderful end. I thought the Brits did…
Yes Minister MacKay! Perfesser Dave explains the French role in the War of 1812
One of our heroic French allies, armed with a bassoon, holds off a Russian soldier near Niagara on the Lake some time during the War of 1812 with the Russians…
James Moore should give Peter MacKay history lessons
Late last year, as the federal government launched plans to celebrate the bicentennial of the War of 1812, Heritage Minister James Moore was heard to lament the fact that Canada’s…
200 Year Old Triumphalism a Bit Stale
Stephen Harper obviously likes wars. His type, the kind who are never actually around for the killing and the dying, often do. Perhaps because he so royally screwed up his…
The Obert Report: Harper and Obama Argue About The War of 1812 (VIDEO)
Co-hosts Obert and Anita dramatize a recent secret conversation between Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and US President Barack Obama. Harper and his Conservative majority government are militarizing Canadian society.…
The War of 1812—a non-Canadian event
That Mr. Harper and his colleagues are all gung-ho about the War of 1812, and spending millions on commemorating it, is hardly surprising. Reactionaries seem to have a thing about…
Celebrating a royal birthday in our nation’s capital as the greenest threat since the Fenians looms
Your blogger with the King, in livelier times. Below, Prime Minister Stephen Harper (“Old Dickery”), at left, meets with his majesty. Kings and prime ministers may not be exactly as…
Canada Day and the War of 1812
In a story in today’s Toronto Star and CBC from Canadian Press, the federal government has hired a consultant to inject a War of 1812 theme into the noonday and…
How the Canadian Identity Was REALLY Forged: The Pig War Of San Juan Island
The Harper Government's sudden glorification of the War of 1812 is propagandist bunk, though for the most part harmless, I suppose. The problem with turning 1812 into an integral part…
Propagandistic Opportunism: The War of 1812
Great column from Jeffrey Simpson this morning on the propagandistic opportunism of the Harper Regime: Let's Not Exalt the Folly of 1812. PBS is also broadcasting a documentary on October…