Posts Tagged ‘politics

Being a Canadian in the United States for the last nine years has been an interesting adventure, to say the least. Although our nations are neighbours, there can be two more different approaches to the same problem so close to each other.
I can’t claim to be an expert on how Canada processes new immigrants, but [...]

Yesterday, I read Anne Zelenka’s post on ROWE at Best Buy. I was heartened to see that this idea was getting mentioned again, and that it was getting front-page interest from Big Media.
On a lark, I forwarded the post to my director and VP. Their responses frightened me. They were written in management-ese, and indicated [...]

Either way, they win.

In: RANTING

19 Aug 2006

I’m with Kevin Burton on this.
The more restrictions they place on air travel the more our economy will suffer – which means the terrorists win.

Technorati Tags: Terrorism, capitalism, ryanair, economic+terrorism, relative+victory, Political+capital, politics

Oooohhh! A surprise!
DeLay indicted, steps down as majority leader
I think he should personally be responsible for cleaning up Beaumont, TX.

<RANT>
George Bush is lame, and a lame duck.
He is a stooge, only in place to ensure that the right-wing packs the Supreme Court for a generation (Think Pelican Brief).
Now, after playing politics with 9/11, Karl Rove is playing politics with Katrina.
WHY?
What does playing politics mean? How many lives does it save?
FEMA failed. DHS failed. Santorum [...]

Chuck Cadman

In: RANTING

12 Jul 2005

Chuck Cadman, a man and a politician I highly respected, passed away Saturday. [here]
Chuck was a man who was moved into action by a single, life-changing event: the murder of his son in a random attack by a group of boys in 1992. Propelled onto the national stage, Chuck drove his agenda, and his passion, [...]

This picture holds many fond memories for me.

Did you forget that American Politics is a bloodsport?
Don’t enemies of the state get sent to Gitmo?

Technorati: Karl Rove, KarlRove, Gitmo

Followed a link trail to this post. Read the whole article here.
Ok folks. Your time has come. You may be incarcerated without your consent in the future by your government (not my government, your government) because they “suspect” you are mentally ill.
So, what are you going to do about it?

Technorati: US politics, Texas, Psychiatry, Secret [...]

A response to the FEC chairman’s C|Net interview, which I commented on yesterday.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Mark Glaze
202-271-0982
Statement of the Campaign Legal Center
Setting the Record Straight: There is No FEC Threat to the Internet
Washington, D.C. — In a [...]

Interesting screenshot from Brazil….

Ummmm…it’s your dog food…
Courtesy of C|Net.

My sources tell me that this is a result of a third-party provider feeding content into this page. However, it is the optics (a phrase popular in BC politics) of the situation that makes this looks not so good for MSN.


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