tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84668148248258445472011-08-02T18:55:38.815-07:00Political philosophy and philosophical politics. A Canadian perspective on Global Citizenship.Slingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15321596700569977437noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466814824825844547.post-12360339172065091552009-06-03T18:22:00.000-07:002009-06-04T00:27:02.708-07:00

Recently I thought it would be clever to start referring to myself as a Militant Agnostic, and apparently I wasn't the only one to ever have this idea, or so a quick search of Google tells me. Apparently someone took it and ran with it; there is a blog, you can even buy T-shirts. And while the "about" page of this persons blog reads like something an agnostic would write, the blog itself seems

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Life is happening, and then you move. However after a long hiatus I promise that now we are back in full swing. In a way I was waiting for today to do so. I want to talk about the idea behind this blog, why it exists, and what directions it plans to take in the future. I started thinking about these things while contemplating it's title, Can You Count, Suckers? the title (for anyone who doesn't

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So, apparently its kind of hard to maintain a blog, as well as finish your last year of univesrity (hence the post drought lately) and I'm not out of the woods yet. However I could not let this go by without my notice.the Globe and Mail today reported that Alberta (the province I call home) will post its largest deficit in history this year - 4.7 billion dollars. It has been an interesting few

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116 Canadian soldier have fallen in the American led Afghanistan conflict since 2001. One Hundred and Sixteen.I'm sure you already know how Fox feels about this, but in case you were unaware:I hope you'll forgive any further typing errors in this post, knowing that I am now vibrating with rage. The pure ignorance displayed in this clip astounds me. Will someone please explain to me how this is “

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Our finance minister was hard at work this weekend at the G20 meetings, voicing Canada's concerns for the future of the global economy, which is apparently that the banks aren't fixed. The CBC's The World This Weekend reported on Saturday Mr. Flaherty as saying, and I quote:"We've been talking about this for a long time, and we still have a problem where the markets are not functioning properly

Slingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15321596700569977437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466814824825844547.post-84365468905812497082009-03-14T11:39:00.000-07:002009-03-24T19:31:14.003-07:00

So a little house cleaning done today with the new look, I'm trying to find a format that's a bit easier to read. But hell this blog isn't about aesthetics so I hope you like the new look, if not let me know.Onto the Political Hoopla that is today's post:I'd like to take you all into the Wayback Machine, to a distant time when Canadian politics was in an uproar, that tumultuous time know as

Slingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15321596700569977437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466814824825844547.post-5244473984140092492009-03-10T13:02:00.000-07:002009-03-10T14:21:49.020-07:00

Came across this picture today on DeadDog, who sadly did not post any context for it what so ever. If anyone knows what the source or the story behind this image is please, please let me know.Either way I think this shot is amazing, what a powerful statement for our changing times, the hunter and the hunted staring at each other, neither quite sure which one of them is which.

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I hate doing this, but every time I try and sit down to write something on a Canadian issue that I feel is pressing, The Great Distracter The Stumble has to send me to a site with a tidbit of American politics that blows my mind to high heaven. It’s like a weird, creepy, real-life pseudo-soap opera that I just can't get enough of. I shall try to be brief, the long and the short of the story is

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In reading up on the story that I actually wanted to talk about in this post, I happen to stumble across this Huffington Post article that just about made my eyes pop out of my head in disgust and disbelief. Bill O'Reily Likened distinguished White House Correspondent Helen Thomas "The Wicked Witch of The East". Before I talk about why this should be monumentally offensive to everyone (mostly

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as an update to the last post, Premier Danny Williams appeared on this weeks episode of CBC's "The House" discussing last weeks vote. Awesome stuff. You listen to this, I'm gonna go clean my shorts.

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A friend of mine once told me a story, shortly after the most recent Canadian election. He was at home one day when an independent candidate who was running in his riding came to his door to ask him about how he was going to vote. Not some campaigner, not some hired lackey or idealistic student. The man who was running to represent my friends riding came to him (and presumably everyone else in

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