“After the last eight years, there’s a lot of clean up do”

Interesting article passed by me this morning. It was written by CC Goldwater, the granddaughter of Barry Goldwater. The Goldwaters are long-time conservatives and hardcore Republicans. Barry Goldwater was the 5 term Senator from Arizona and candidate for the presidency who died in 1998. He can be described as the original maverick in some ways [...]

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Hypocrisy – gasp! On an election campaign? Who’d a thought!

If this were true, then why did the Republics so blindly follow the Bush administration into launching a war? Where were the Bush children – all the Bush clan! Did any Bush except for Bush Senior serve in any war? Where were all his advisors’ and their children? Cheney’s family? Any serving there? Any other [...]

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The mobilisation of the angry mob

I, like many others around the world, are anxiously watching the circus surrounding the US Presidential election. While polls are stating Obama is in a clear lead, I can’t help but worry. The old Yogi Berra line, “It ain’t over, till it’s over” comes to mind. Obama was very smart in warning his campaign troops [...]

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Violence on the Hustings

Lest any of us get too complacent or arrogant about our democracy here in Canada, listen to this cautionary tale. Just north of where I live, in Toronto there has been an outbreak of violent vandalism of the likes I don’t think we have ever seen. Specific political party supporters are being targeted by someone [...]

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