Archive for the “politics” category
Some Congress members told: pass bailout bill, or martial law
by Luke Rodgers on October 6, 2008
Launch of ReallyNotALeader.ca
by Luke Rodgers on September 30, 2008
I began work on this site late last week, and am launching it today, with a bit less content than I had hoped, but with a decent start.
ReallyNotALeader aims to make plain the many ways in which Stephen Harper fails (…)
Slavoj Zizek: McCain is Bush with lipstick
by Luke Rodgers on September 28, 2008
The true message to American voters from the Republican Party, says Zizek, is: “you have the right not to understand. We will sell you this rhetoric about populist revolt and fighting Washington, but really you know we have the backroom (…)
There goes the country
by Luke Rodgers on September 27, 2008
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I like Matt Damon
by Luke Rodgers on September 16, 2008
Maybe Naomi Wolfe is right…
by Luke Rodgers on September 13, 2008
I’ve always been very hesitant to use extreme terms like “police state,” or especially “fascist,” when describing political developments in countries like the USA and the UK that are slowly but steadily eroding citizen’s rights and encroaching on their privacy. (…)
Reason 3 not to vote for the Conservatives: who cuts literacy funding?
by Luke Rodgers on September 12, 2008
We could be doing worse, but research does show that Canada has a literacy problem.
So, if that’s the case, why would the Conservatives cut $17.7 million CDN from adult and family literacy programs? This is old news, but it made (…)
Reason 2 not to elect the Conservatives: stupid and destructive climate change policy
by Luke Rodgers on September 10, 2008
After they were done pointing the finger at Paul Martin’s LIberals for dropping the ball on Kyoto (which, though a reasonable accusation, is ridiculous coming from Stephen Harper or John Baird) and had finally caved to public pressure on addressing (…)
