April Reign

Speak your mind even if your voice shakes

McCain

Remember, Canada is not the United States

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He who seeks to be Canada’s first President, tries to remind Canadians the Canada is not the United States.

Harper, at his campaign stop in Val d’Or last evening, sought to comfort skittish investors and to distance the campaign debate from the turbulence south of the border. “Today we see more volatility in financial markets due to the crisis in the United States,” said the prime minister. “Remember, Canada is not the United States.

Sadly though Harper then chooses almost the exact same words as the Republican Presidential candidate with which to assure us all is well.

The fundamentals of the Canadian economy are sound.

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On the campaign trail in Jacksonville, Florida, the Senator declared this morning that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong,” despite what he described as “tremendous turmoil in our financial markets and Wall Street.”

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Let them eat cake!
Let them eat cake!
Layton tried to convene an all party conference on the apparent economic collapse going on, however was rebuffed by the others who are more concerned with partisan sniping than in recognizing that economic depression in the US is certainly going to affect our economy as well. Harper, in fact, rejected any co-operative effort outright saying that such matters are for debates. Well it is hardly surprising that the same mindset that sees human rights, reproductive rights etc. as fodder for debate would also see the economic security of Canadians as simple debate material.

One can imagine the Harper Government™ having the opinion as Bush spokesman Tony Fratto; “It’s unfortunate that those people will lose their homes, and there are other options,” Fratto said. “You know, they can rent.”

Has Marie Antoinette taught them nothing?

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Palin’ in comparison

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Reinforcing the Glass Ceiling
Reinforcing the Glass Ceiling
If one wonders how Alaskans feel about the VP choice of the American fundamentalist movement, one might feel that everyone thinks she is wonderful. A saviour of the right. Odd considering that any other woman in her situation would be tarred and feathered for not choosing to stay home and raise the children. Isn’t that what they say is best? Isn’t that why they don’t support daycare initiatives?

Interesting blog post here detailing the background to an anti Palin rally and how the media chose only to highlight the pro Palin crowd.

It is necessary that the media falsely spin this to look like she has the support of the majority of women. The reality is the majority of women do not want anyone else telling them what to do with their bodies. Someone who appears not to believe in the concept of rape at all, even going to the extreme of expecting women to pay for their own rape kits. Most women are perfectly happy to support a pregnant teenage daughter, provide her with an actual choice, support her in WHATEVER that choice is and not parade her around like a walking billboard of their ideology.

Palin says she recognizes that not everyone agrees with her beliefs. Yet she and McCain would choose to foist their culture of tyranny on them nevertheless. This is a common thread with ultra – conservative – fundamentalists, their complete inability to recognize that choice doesn’t change their lives. If some women have abortions or some same sex partners get married it affects their day to day life not at all. Certainly laws which forbid discrimination and blatant hate mongering do. However, a careful reading of the bible also dismisses such behaviour as sinful [the story of the good Samaritan, turning the other cheek and many more examples]and any etiquette book will tell you it is just plain bad manners.

Both the Canadian and American media have much to answer for presenting Harper, McCain, Palin and others like them as though they were just another politician another choice. This is not politics as usual. First they came for the feminists…….