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November 30, 2008

Stephen Harpocrite

Compare this: "The opposition has every right to defeat the government but Stéphane Dion does not have the right to take power without an election," Harper said. "Canada’s government should be decided by Canadians, not backroom deals. It should be your choice, not theirs." Stephen Harper, November 28, 2008 To this: "We respectfully point out that the opposition parties, who together constitute a majority in […]

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November 27, 2008

10 Worst Corporations of 2008

Do you work for a company on this list ?  Is so, are you re-evaluating your employment with them?  You should. But … I could be wrong.  Maybe the truly awful are the ones who will continue to be rewarded in these upside-down times where banks are run by governments. For those of you with ADD, here’s the short list: AIG Cargill Chevron Constellation Energy […]

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November 26, 2008

Harper’s Plan: Death to Canada by 1000 Cuts

There’s something about the Harper Administration that I can’t quite understand. I’ve never seen a more passive government. The world is falling to pieces and all these people can do is react in terms of cuts.  Thousands of cuts that will bleed Canada to death. Tomorrow, Jim Flaherty will release his long anticipated Economic Statement, but the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has already released […]

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November 26, 2008

Bill Moyers With Benjamin Barber on Consumerism

I’ve admired Bill Moyers since seeing his interview iwth Joseph Campbell a long, long time ago.  Since then, any time he comes up, he seems to come as being someone who’s not quite radical, but certainly someone who wants change in the progressive sense of the word. Anyways, I wanted to save this link for Buy Nothing Day (Friday, November 25), but have decided to […]

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November 25, 2008

GM Doing Really Well … Somewhere Else

Executives of the auto industry are embarassing themselves as they go to Capitol Hill with cap in hand asking for handouts.  They talk of financial crisis, economic meltdown and no demand for their gas guzzling trucks and SUVs. They couldn’t see it coming. But somehow, their international operations do exceptionally well.  Full story here . There are a lot of reasons to be suspicious about […]