Tags: philosophy, politics - general

Except the downward slope of my graph would have taken a turn downward the day I realized that you could cook bacon in the microwave. (8-)

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The Harper government certainly seems to have taken a page out of George W. Bush's book -- the ordinary citizen doesn't need to know what's going on. Maybe the ordinary citizen does, maybe it doesn't, but the ordinary citizen sure as hell should have the damned opportunity to look if they so desire.

Or, as I sometimes wonder, are they so afraid of the truth becoming public, and, if so, what does that say about the truth? More importantly, what does that say about the Conservatives, who were supposed to represent a change to the ethical good in the wake of the Liberals?

Tags: politics - canada

*shakes head*

And why do they do this? Because either McCain and Clinton have so little respect for the voters they think people will fall for it, or, people deserve the lack of respect from them because they DO fall for it.

Economic Populism never works. It sounds great, but, you can never, ever have your cake and eat it too. It either breaks down, or you just end up pushing the cost down the road. Might take years, but, when it falls apart, it usually does so in a catastrophic fashion. (Zimbabwe, anybody?)

Besides, the last time I checked, the United States is at war. $10 billion would help rebuild a whole bunch of barracks buildings, for example...

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