It seems the Liberal Party of Ontario has taken a page out of the Conservative Party of Canada’s recent play book in terms of their campaign messaging, by creating an ad leveraging emotional music and vague, inspirational language. Otherwise, I present this without comment. ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Unofficial Ontario campaign kicked off by Liberal campaign ad
Posted by Mike Brock on May 31, 2011 2 comments
The bad loans to Chrysler and GM
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 31, 2011 Comments Off
Imagine going to the bank and saying, “I have only paid back 59% of my loan and I don’t plan on paying any of the rest back.” Then you stick a pin on your lapel that says “paid.” The bank responds, “Wow you were a great investment, thank you for paying that much back. This [...]
On the arguments against cutting the political party subsidy
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 30, 2011 5 comments
The debate surrounding the Conservative’s plan to cut the per-vote subsidy for political parties has transitioned from frustrating to out right comical. I have yet to hear a truly valid argument from opponents of the cut. All they can offer up is a vague appeal to “democracy” and an ad hominem accusation that Mr. Harper [...]
Danielle Smith on libertarians vs. social conservatives
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 27, 2011 3 comments
Lately the fusionism between libertarians and social conservatives/traditionalists has become greatly strained. It has reached a point that some libertarians are looking for a new kind of fusionism between statist liberals and libertarians. Mixing into this debate is Alberta’s Wildrose Alliance Party, which in many ways is the last attempt to create a successful political [...]
Jack Layton’s opposition style
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 27, 2011 2 comments
Jack Layton is suggesting that changing the name of the Ministry of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development is hiding a secret agenda of the Harper government. Umm…what? What possible agenda could this be conceivably hiding? I have heard a lot of crazy paranoid theories in my [...]
Filibuster: The weird rise of Robert Rae
Posted by Peter Jaworski on May 26, 2011 Comments Off
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Filibuster: Harper’s destructive collection
Posted by Peter Jaworski on May 26, 2011 Comments Off
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Jose Guerena: victim of the state
Posted by Terrence Watson on May 26, 2011 11 comments
Radley Balko has written an excellent, very thorough piece on the death of Jose Guerena. A Marine who had done two tours in Iraq, Guerena was not killed on the field of battle. The 60 rounds that riddled his body on May 5th were not fired from the guns of enemy insurgents. At least not [...]
Note to Tim hudak: take action on health care
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 25, 2011 2 comments
Tim Hudak has come out and announced that he plans to do absolutely nothing on the health care portfolio. The only reform he is proposing is getting rid of the obscure “Local Health Integration Networks” which Mr. Hudak claims amounts to just another level of bureaucracy. I have no idea if the LHINs should be [...]
Wheat and light bulb freedom
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 20, 2011 3 comments
The Conservative government has recently announced two policy positions that deserve a pat on the back. One is the decision to push ahead and break up the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly, and the other is the decision to push back the deadline for banning incandescent light bulbs. It doesn’t take a brilliant economist or insightful [...]
Broken windows in Japan
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 19, 2011 Comments Off
Oh but increased aggregated demand will rescue the economy…right? ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 19, 2011 4 comments
My first reaction when I saw that half the Conservative Quebec caucus was defeated on election night was that Maxime Bernier is going back to cabinet. The thought of Mr. Bernier acting as an influence on policy in a Conservative majority government gave me reason to be optimistic. I should know by now that anytime [...]
We’re going to spend this bitch into the ground and take everyone down with us
Posted by Mike Brock on May 18, 2011 Comments Off
Timothy Geithner might be the most evil person alive. But I say might, given that the distinction probably lies with Ben Bernanke. I could have started this article off a little less provocatively. But then I asked myself why would I do that? I mean, I don’t think calling America’s Treasury Secretary evil is really [...]
No knock warrants
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 17, 2011 1 comment
A no knock warrant is basically when members of a SWAT team charge into your home without even bothering to ask for compliance. A no knock warrant is often treated like an attack upon a foreign enemy, in the same way that Navy Seals attacked Osama Bin Ladin. The difference of course is that these [...]
Fighting for wine freedom
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 17, 2011 Comments Off
Terry David Mulligan has challenged an archaic law that prohibits the transportation and sale of alcohol across provincial borders. He loaded up his car with wine in BC and walked across the border to Alberta. He informed officials on both sides what he planned, and in response officials promised not to enforce the law: Lynn [...]
Industry planner demands capitalist pigs answer for their crimes
Posted by Mike Brock on May 17, 2011 2 comments
No more than days after faithful Canadian socialist comrades returned the revolutionary socialist government of Stephen Harper to it’s rightful place of power, so that it can continue the revolutionary struggle against capital, that the sly, criminal oil tycoons attempted a fast one on the proletariat. The top-hat wearing oil tycoons, often seen smoking cigars, [...]
The college bubble
Posted by Mike Brock on May 17, 2011 1 comment
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Ron Paul running for President
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 13, 2011 1 comment
Congressman Ron Paul has finally announced his intention to run for President. From Fox News: Citing unnamed polling, Paul said he’s joining the race at a time when more and more people are looking at his ideas for running the country. “I believe right now we’re coming in No. 1 and the Republican primary is [...]
News Flash: higher prices decreases demand
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 12, 2011 2 comments
A government report in the United States showing that Americans are driving less has caused oil futures to drop by nearly 8%. That is to say that, consumers reacted to higher prices by consuming less and this is causing the price to drop. This is how classical liberal economists have always said the world works [...]
The Conservatives have not broken their promise
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on May 12, 2011 Comments Off
This morning my Facebook news feed was all a flutter over a supposed broken promise by the Conservatives to balance the budget by 2014-2015. Even my friend and occasional blogger William Joseph got suckered into it. But after reading the Globe & Mail article and reviewing the Conservative’s platform, it is pretty clear that they [...]