Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Harper the Sith

Monday, September 8th, 2008

"The government shall be reorganized into my new Canadian empire, for a SAFE.. and SECURE society!"

Crossing The Floor : A Poll

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Crossing the floor is term that refers to switching parties mid-term for a sitting member.  Usually, though not always, this is done seemingly to switch from one side the political spectrum to the other (or, in Canada, to switch from the governing party to the official opposition, or vise versa). If ...

A Different Kind of President; A Different Kind of Presidential Funeral

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

There have only been two presidential state funerals in my lifetime - both of them in the past two years. I have, however, seen video of the funeral of LBJ's funeral, whose funeral was the basis for Reagan's funeral in '04. This past week we witnessed what many called an ...

Canadian Senate Reform : Harper Plans Fake Elections

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

The term that the bill will use for the fake elections is plebiscite, which is actually a referendum. I have long been a proponent of Senate reform, and have written about my ideas for Senate reform and just been a general blow-hard before. I think that it is something that is ...

New Liberal Leader : Stéphane Dion

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Firstly, congratulations to the gentleman from Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, the Honourable (soon to be Right Hon.) Stéphane Dion. With 54.7% of the delegate vote on the final ballot, Stéphane Dion edged out Michael Ignatieff to become the Leader of Canada's Official Opposition party. My guy, Gerard Kennedy, didn't make it a win. ...