Dear George W. Bush, When you were president, I claimed to dislike you because your policies violated my principles. With deepest regret, I must inform you that this was a lie. In reality, I have no principles, and despised you merely because you are a Republican. Yours in partisanship, Thousands of “anti-war” Democrats P.S. Sorry [...]
Category Archives: Partisanship
“Wasted vote” talk is a great big joke
Posted by Peter Jaworski on November 6, 2012 Comments Off
Suppose there were three options, A, B and C. Suppose you rank them as follows C > B > A. Suppose that if you choose C, there’s no chance of C obtaining. Suppose choosing B, instead, meant there was a one-in-60-million chance of B’s obtaining because you chose it. If someone were to tell me [...]
Dalton McGuinty picking emotion over logic
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on September 8, 2011 Comments Off
Dalton McGuinty has “dared” Tim Hudak to go to London and “look the people in the eye” and tell them that he will cancel the government’s deal with Samsung to “create 16,000 solar and clean energy jobs.” The London mayor joined in on the taunt pointing out that London has an unemployment rate of 9.1%. [...]
Marc Emery endorses Freedom Party of Ontario
Posted by Peter Jaworski on September 7, 2011 1 comment
In his latest letter to his wife, Jodie, Marc “Prince of Pot” Emery talks about the political party he helped to found in Ontario — the Freedom Party. Emery sees this year as a “renaissance” for the political party that tries to stay true to Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy. Not only has the party been [...]
Adwatch: Ron Paul & Reagan vs. Rick Perry & Al Gore
Posted by Peter Jaworski on September 6, 2011 5 comments
The gloves are off, I guess. In this latest fancy ad from the Ron Paul campaign, Ron Paul is associated with Ronald Reagan (they were on good terms, with Reagan endorsing Paul’s run for Congress). Meanwhile, former Texas governor Rick Perry is associated with Al Gore, who wanted to “undo” the gains the U.S. got [...]
Will Gary Johnson dump GOP to run as Libertarian Party presidential candidate?
Posted by Peter Jaworski on September 3, 2011 3 comments
Before Ron Paul contested the GOP presidential nomination in 2008 and now in 2012, he was the Libertarian Party’s standard bearer in 1988. He remains a life member of the Libertarian Party, and continues to have a good relationship with the LP. Things might become a little difficult if former New Mexico governor and current [...]
Jack Layton: 1950-2011
Posted by Mike Brock on August 22, 2011 2 comments
I am very saddened by the passing of Jack Layton today. In the field of politicians who will say anything to get elected and call it populism, Layton was a man who believed in something. I may have disagreed with Layton on most of his policy ideas, but I have often thought he was wrong, [...]
Ignoring Ron Paul
Posted by Peter Jaworski on August 18, 2011 3 comments
Ever since Jon Stewart of the Daily Show raised the question, just about everyone has chimed in to give their two cents about why (and whether) Ron Paul is being ignored in the Republican race for the nomination. Here’s the clip of Jon Stewart taking it to the major media: Following that, several pundits and [...]
A conservative’s insanity
Posted by Terrence Watson on July 22, 2011 6 comments
Crime is down in Canada. Way down. As the Globe & Mail points out, the national crime rate has fallen to 1973 levels, continuing a 20-year decline. Homicides, attempted murders, serious assaults and robberies were all down last year from the year before. Young people were accused of committing fewer offences. Even property crime was [...]
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 [...]
Lies the left and social conservatives told me
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on April 18, 2011 Comments Off
I don’t make a distinction between liberals and social conservatives because there truly isn’t much of one. Neither is particularly good with money and the ideological agendas of both require a massive government to implement. As they are both philosophically statist, both are antithetical to me and everything I believe. Indeed, I think that an [...]
Note to Liberal Party: demonizing health care reform is destructive
Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on April 18, 2011 Comments Off
Over the weekend the Liberal Party released an attack ad accusing the Conservatives of planning to cut spending to health care transfers. The attack is completely disingenuous. Stephen Harper has said many times that he plans on continuing the transfer deal that exists between the federal and provincial governments. In his younger days he may [...]
Why I hope Harper gets his majority
Posted by Terrence Watson on April 5, 2011 7 comments
Because the disappointed cries of partisan knobs on both the left and the right is sweet music to my ears. The left will be disappointed when the Conservatives don’t build any concentration camps for gays, disabled people, and those whose names begin with the letter “L”. The right will be disappointed when the Conservatives fail [...]
Filibuster: Trust the compass
Posted by Peter Jaworski on April 5, 2011 1 comment
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Filibuster: Harper’s unchanging tune
Posted by Peter Jaworski on March 31, 2011 Comments Off
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The Coalition government rears its head again
Posted by Peter Jaworski on March 28, 2011 1 comment
From 1997, here’s that guy talking about the scary coalition that we all know, as good Canadians, is super scary and probably unconstitutional, and the most ridiculous thing ever: Oh. Oops… ShareFacebookStumbleUponDiggRedditEmail
“Kick me like you did before, I can’t even feel the pain no more”
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on March 28, 2011 6 comments
I’m having just the best time of my life debating my friend, Maikeru, in the comments of this post. It really is turning out to be one of the great joys of my life. You see, on Friday the Conservative Harper Government (which I think I’m legally required to call them) was defeated on a [...]
Filibuster: Onward, brave politicians
Posted by Peter Jaworski on March 25, 2011 1 comment
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Canadian government falls
Posted by Peter Jaworski on March 25, 2011 1 comment
The non-confidence motion passed 156 to 145. The Liberal Party is quick to release the following press release: History was made today in Canada with the passage of a Liberal motion that found the Harper Conservatives in contempt of Parliament and declares non-confidence in the government. “This government does not have the confidence of the [...]
Liberal Party: We will move a non-confidence motion
Posted by Peter Jaworski on March 23, 2011 1 comment
Here’s a press release from the Liberal Party: With the Harper government facing a contempt vote in Parliament, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff gave notice today that he will be moving a non-confidence motion against the government. “Liberals can no longer support a government that misleads Canadians, breaks the rules and weakens our democracy,” said Mr. [...]