While the Earth Burns

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40754789805092719902010-01-20T04:23:29.945-08:00While the Earth BurnsUnabashedly standing for truth, social renewal and ecological justiceDr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.comBlogger870125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-16252390345308287892008-10-16T20:23:00.000-07:002008-10-16T21:04:33.673-07:00Focus on Harper: Deficits, Recession & Social Spending Cuts

It was only a few days ago when Harper promised that his government would not run deficits. Yet today, according to Don Drummond, we hear that Ottawa is on track for running deep annual deficits, to the tune $10 billion.So how is Mr. steady-at-the-till going to keep Canada from going into the red? According to Mr. Drummond, “If you want to get something like 10 billion dollars [in savings] you've

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-50064303461288025032008-09-25T20:28:00.000-07:002008-09-25T21:41:49.059-07:00Bubbling under the surface

A quick look at the polls should tell you the liberal's aren't faring too well in this campaign. The latest Nanos numbers, which are the most accurate amongst all the polling companies, puts the Conservatives at 40%, Liberals at 25%, NDP at 19%, the Bloc at 9% and the Greens at 8%. Needless to say, we're in for a fight here. But look beyond the polling numbers, to that which bubbles underneath

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-25431210494433431672008-02-23T17:14:00.000-08:002008-02-23T18:53:25.129-08:00Resilience, Unity, and a Vision for the Future

Three principles sum up my reasons for going to an election on the budget: Resilience, Unity and Vision. First, Resilience - The liberal party is naturally resilient to attacks from the Conservatives on the economy. The recent attack ads put out by the Conservatives bombed and everyone knows it. Even the National Post called out the Conservatives for their outlandish claims about the liberals on

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-46686990428364595692008-02-20T13:56:00.000-08:002008-02-20T14:10:35.281-08:00Impolitical: The best defense for not going to an election

Impolitical has written the best argument in defense of not going to an election that I've read so far. If you haven't read it yet, check it out.Impolitical writes:"We have a Liberal party in opposition that has been drained financially by a federal election in 2004, 2006 and a leadership convention that followed. Not to mention the Martin leadership campaign in advance of all that which also

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-34074412722446745762008-02-20T12:36:00.000-08:002008-02-20T13:41:48.294-08:00Scenerio Planning the Election

There are two very basic scenerios that can come from going to an election: either we win or we lose. Within these larger scenerios there are sub-scenerios. In other words, how we win or how we lose matters. Knowing this, I've plotted out 3 sub-scenerios for each of the two larger scenerios that could come from an election. These 3 sub-scenerios are laid out in order from worst-case to best-case.

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-39672522537436923602008-02-19T15:02:00.000-08:002008-02-19T15:04:18.235-08:00Why we should go to an election

Four reasons to go to an election on the budget. 1) We're polling competitively with Conservatives and are ahead in key provinces (Ontario and Quebec). The governing party usually loses even more points during an election, and this governing party will most likely lose points because of their terrible record.2) The Budget is the best place for Dion to knock the Conservatives off their stride.

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-20650451620004696792008-01-25T17:15:00.000-08:002008-01-25T17:17:04.744-08:00Cold Open -- Stephane Dion vs Stephen Harper (Video)

Dion vs Harper in a WWE match, who will win?Brilliant!

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-47534169388014019042008-01-15T23:56:00.000-08:002008-01-16T00:09:31.109-08:00Bilingual double standard

Mark Abley has written a zinger."I've been pondering one of the responses to a column I wrote last month. A reader in rural Ontario took exception to my comments about Canada's position on climate change. She mistook me for a card-carrying Liberal."Do you really think people take any notice of this drivel," she asked. "I would vote Tory as I will not vote for Mr. Dion, he is a disgrace and if he

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-25278104956652346642008-01-15T13:12:00.000-08:002008-01-15T13:18:10.175-08:00Memo to Liberal Bloggers: Stop Dumping on Mr. Orchard

Enough with the dumping on Mr. Orchard.The most important thing we need to do is maintain cordial, civil relationships between Mr. Dion and Mr. Orchard. Both men have explicitly stated their mutual respect for one another. That is the most important thing for us to maintain.The response of bloggers to this whole affair has only inflamed the controversy. We need to come back to respecting one

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-67981231226091236072008-01-06T23:11:00.001-08:002008-01-06T23:11:46.804-08:00Mayor Miller ignores good advice regarding new Toronto taxes (Video)

Deputation from Sydney White to the Executive Committee of Toronto City Council about the proposed new taxation measures and the Bank of Canada as an alternative.Sydney White, an outspoken freelance investigative journalist has been connecting the dots for years and helping to educate others. Her years working at the United Nations opened her eyes to the corruption in government and who's really

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-65419619459587566952008-01-06T22:42:00.000-08:002008-01-06T22:44:10.611-08:00Banking and The Canadian Government: How the National Debt Got to be So High (Video)

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-70860933595874743482007-12-22T20:01:00.000-08:002007-12-22T20:31:16.713-08:00Big up to "The Environment is My Voting Issue in Canada"

A new project from the famous Desmogblog.com is catching on quickly.Only a few days ago Desmogblog created a new Facebook group called "The Environment is My Voting Issue in Canada." Membership has been steadily climbing, from 0 to over 720 in just 4 days.Let's keep the numbers climbing and send a message to both government and the media that the environment will be a big, big issue for Canadians

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-31012751394842318512007-12-20T18:17:00.000-08:002007-12-20T19:02:10.237-08:00Co-operate to Win (Video)

Video Vox has written an excellent article which asks the question, "How can the NDP, Liberals and Greens create a formula for some form of cooperation designed to take down Stephen Harper, while still serving their own political agendas?"What would such an arrangement help produce for the NDP anyway? Anything? Everything?A recent article by co-founder of Now Magazine, Alice Klein, flips common

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-38124324384511766172007-12-20T01:30:00.000-08:002007-12-20T01:31:48.550-08:00Former AECL Chair Confirms Gary Lunn's Mismanagement of Isotope Controversy

Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn must come out of hiding and explain why he put the lives of Canadians at risk for nearly two weeks before he said he was made aware of a medical isotope crisis at the Chalk River nuclear facility, Liberal Natural Resources Critic Omar Alghabra said today."I was not surprised to learn today that former Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) Chairman Michael Burns

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-49767921478833510692007-12-19T23:52:00.000-08:002007-12-20T00:11:39.086-08:00Jack Layton's Poor Working Relationship with Stephane Dion and Elizabeth May Hurts Us All

By Alice Klein, Now MagazineTime is of the essence. It looks like we’re going to the polls in February or March (thank you, Karlheinz Schreiber), and we cannot let this opportunity to defeat Stephen Harper slip through our fingers.John Baird’s last-minute climate change cave-in notwithstanding, the whole world is watching – literally.Polls show Canadians get it. Baird’s Bali bull is out of step

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-57851900087996948122007-12-17T01:56:00.000-08:002007-12-17T01:57:57.819-08:00Just Say No to Prohibition (Video)

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-49734313958687214722007-12-14T20:06:00.000-08:002007-12-14T20:07:35.034-08:00Harper's Nuclear Safety Advisor (Cartoons)

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-82876170814380359052007-12-14T19:50:00.000-08:002007-12-14T19:51:20.204-08:00Harper's priorities out of step with voters

By Haroon Siddiqui, The Toronto StarDemocratic deficit. It conjures up images of low voter turnout and the estrangement of the young from our political process. But a bigger deficit is the wide gap between what Canadians believe and what Stephen Harper does on a host of international issues, especially those involving George W. Bush.Take climate change. Canadians give it top priority. Yet

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-49046296212422251402007-12-14T19:24:00.000-08:002007-12-14T19:25:42.083-08:00Gore tosses bodycheck at Canada, U.S. with hockey analogy at UN climate talks

From the Canadian PressAl Gore delivered his message with the blistering quality of a Bobby Hull slapshot and it was aimed at an unmistakable target.The former U.S. vice-president did not mention any country by name Thursday when he exhorted a UN conference to drop the United States and make progress without it toward a new climate treaty.But at that point in his speech, Gore used a hockey

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-59516280017121083852007-12-11T01:21:00.000-08:002007-12-11T01:22:26.604-08:00Stéphane Dion discusses his role in Bali (Video)

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-35436331914167660892007-12-09T03:50:00.000-08:002007-12-09T03:54:14.127-08:00Harper's Environmental Leadership, "A Sham": David Suzuki (Video)

This interview was done back in April, yet still applies.

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-31254511668835144252007-12-09T03:30:00.000-08:002007-12-09T03:50:25.176-08:00What we are witnessing [in Bali] is a fundamental failure of leadership: David Suzuki

By David Suzuki, The Toronto StarCan a Conservative government be a champion of the environment? Looking at Canada's stance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali last week, it would be tough to answer yes.This country under Prime Minister Stephen Harper is taking the hard-line position that it will not accept any real targets for reducing carbon-dioxide emissions unless

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-74095245387576623782007-12-08T20:39:00.000-08:002007-12-08T20:41:39.712-08:00MPtv interviews Elizabeth May Leader (video)

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-27529296102588311592007-12-06T18:02:00.000-08:002007-12-06T18:03:05.019-08:00Rudy Giuliani's Answer to Everything (Video)

Dr. Tuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00930678454023644407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4075478980509271990.post-78675191314272051992007-12-06T03:01:00.000-08:002007-12-06T03:06:06.775-08:00International distrust toward Canada at "an all-time high"

By GEOFFREY YORK, The Globe and MailCanada, U.S. and Japan stress economics before environment at BaliThey are fast gaining an image as the black-hatted villains of the Bali conference. Three countries – Canada, Japan and the United States – are sparking the greatest wrath of environmentalists in the early days of the conference on global warming.There are growing signs that the Harper government

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