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Mr. Harper, that is 100 per cent BULL!
A screen capture of the Harper government’s chest-thumbing website that claims 80 per cent of their economic action plan to tackle the recession has been implemented. 80 per cent you say? That is 100 per cent bull we say. Pardon any typos or fr...
Wednesdays with Jesse Feb. 18/2009
OBAMA COMES TO TOWN Posted in Wednesdays with Jesse Tagged: Barack Obama, Canadian politics, Obama, Obama comes to Canada, Obama Harper, political cartoon, Stephen Harper, Wednesdays with Jesse ...
On the Drive In: December 22
I realized today as I drove in that I have not mindlessly blabbed about what I thought about “on my drive in” to work in a long time. So, in no particular order of importance, here are a couple of things that bobbed about in my noggin as ...
Stevie D is out, Iggy is in
There may still be some hope left for the Liberals as Michael Ignatieff takes the top spot in the party. Thankfully the disastrous term of Stephane Dion as Liberal leader has ended but not soon enough for him. Dion’s embarrassing, college-dorm-...
Prorogued parliament are perogies- all of them
Parliament has been prorogued, hope everyone is proud of themselves in Ottawa. From Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his bully ways of trying to run a minority government as if he had a majority, to the recent asinine, power grubbing opposition coal...
Dion Should Go
As Stephane Dion grappled with his decision on whether or not to remain leader of the Liberals, one hopes he looked ahead and not behind. If he stayed on, would he have been able to put the beating he received in this past election behind him? A...
Election Notebook: Sweater-vests and May’s-day
The Canadian federal leader’s debate was more about attacking and speaking up the quickest than it was about substance and exploring issues. Moderator Steve Paikin should receive a special merit badge for trying to control and manage a debate...
Election Notebook: A daily double of political stupidity
With elections running on either side of the 49th parallel the political machines in both Canada and the United States have served up a daily double of stupidity. Let’s start with the floundering Liberals in the Canadian federal election. As po...
Election Notebook: The real race is Dion vs. Layton?
As every day rolls by on the federal campaign trail, Stephen Harper and his Conservatives look more certain to cross the finish line in first. No matter the topic, no matter the announcement, does anyone actually see the Liberals picking up any spee...
Election Notebook: Green is in and Harper is a Fruit!
The Canadian campaign trail so far has produced some interesting moments, two highlights so far: 1. After the NDP and Conservatives finished playing their game of “I’ll do it if you do it …but you first” over the televised leader’s debat...
Canada is off to the races…again!
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pulled the plug on his current minority government in Ottawa and how many Canadians actually care will be interesting to see. For Canadians, the upcoming federal election on Oct. 14 will be an interesting test of ...
Will saying sorry ever be enough?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to deliver an apology today to all Canadian Aboriginals for the horrific and disgusting treatment of young Aboriginals in former residential schools. We quickly puff out our chests as Canadians about how tole...
Conservative budget a Trojan horse
The Conservative government has planted a Trojan horse in the middle of the House of Commons with its recent budget and hidden in its belly are key changes to Canada’s immigration and refugee policy. The amendments to the Immigration and Refuge...
