Category Archives: Asides and Musings

The Time Has Come For the Canadian Parliament to Show Some Will

Posted on November 12, 2010
Jim by Jim

formulate a question and exercise a little democracy – ask Canadians if they want to spend 20 billion dollars on jet fighters over the next 15 years or spend the same amount on those social programmes I mentioned and debt/deficit reduction…and see what they say. Continue reading →

Posted in Asides and Musings, Canada in Afghanistan, Canadian Politics and Politicians, Current Affairs, Diplomacy, Good Works, independent politics, United Nations, United States | 5 Comments

Conspiracy Theories – Sometimes There’s Fire beneath the Smoke

Posted on November 7, 2010
Jim by Jim

9/11 Conspiracy? Maybe. General James Conway was one of the “message force multipliers” assigned by the Pentagon to harden U.S. public opinion. As the general put it on one occasion, “Our primary strategic target was our own population.” Continue reading →

Posted in Asides and Musings, Current Affairs, United States, War on Terror, World Peace | 4 Comments

U.S. Unemployment Flirts With 10%

Posted on October 10, 2010
Jim by Jim

The big news these days is that the world’s most powerful economy is in decline. Continue reading →

Posted in Asides and Musings, Current Affairs | 4 Comments

Liberal M.P.’s: Absent from Important Vote: Unavoidable? or Cowardice?

Posted on October 3, 2010
Jim by Jim

My hope would be that Gerrard Kennedy, Justin Trudeau and others will be taking names for the purpose of kicking some ass after the next leadership convention. Continue reading →

Posted in Asides and Musings, Canada in Afghanistan, Canadian Politics and Politicians, Current Affairs, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Canadians: Who Are We? Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Greens and the Rest…..

Posted on August 26, 2010
Jim by Jim

I do not want to see this Canada – my Canada – the Canada of my children – destroyed by an opportunist who governs by ideology, rather than by responding to the good sense of the Canadian People. Continue reading →

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