There will be no bargain, young Jedi. I shall enjoy watching you die - that is, if it's the Free Market's will. Come down and git some flapjacks at the House!

Further to the Green Party issue...
The Green Party is fairly new to the game, and is farther along in its development of a complete, coherent platform than a lot of parties have been in their infancy and adolescence. The NDP, bless their hearts, are still getting past the idea that the country can be run like a union; the Re-Al- (oops, it's hard to keep track) Conservatives are not yet past the idea that the country can be run like mom-and-pop corner store business. Their only question in the House in the Manning years was "but whAt abOUt the DEficit?" (I'm trying to mimic Presto's one-man regional regional accent.) That was a single-plank platform and look where they are now. Gawd help us all.
I can't believe that my MP is Jabba the Hutt in a Stetson.

Rumsfeld's war on the mind has civilian casualties

American propaganda document says US government doesn't really care if Americans receive misinformation intended for foreign audiences, so long as it doesn't specifically target them.

Obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the National Security Archive at George Washington University and posted on the Web today, the 74-page "Information Operations Roadmap" admits that "information intended for foreign audiences, including public diplomacy and PSYOP, increasingly is consumed by our domestic audience and vice-versa," but argues that "the distinction between foreign and domestic audiences becomes more a question of USG [U.S. government] intent rather than information dissemination practices."

Sweet bunch, they are.


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/m270 & /m271
Hm. Three things:

First, their "single plank" is also the sole plank that supports us all; you'd have to be a complete idiot to deny it. It's also a plank that the other parties give lip service to (and yes, that the NDP is better than the Libs or CAs on). And that plank is rotting. If it gives way, you can have all the social progression you want but it won't mean squat.

Second, I don't know who's spreading the rumours that the Greens aren't socially progressive (the NDP, maybe?) but I don't see it. Maybe I'm socially conservative (nah), but their platform dovetails quite nicely with my own views on a range of issues. More so than any other party. And in the absence of the necessity for strategic voting (I live in a riding where all non-Alliance votes are "protest votes," all other parties combined not coming within leagues of the winning party) I feel very good about having the option of voting close to my conscience.

Third, the Greens will never make up a government; they may not even ever make up an opposition. But a couple of Green MPs would go a LONG way toward pushing the other parties in the direction of more aggressive responsibility toward the environment. That tired old plank.... :)

/m271 - Fits nicely with #4 on the linked list.

The new culture minister?

"Culture" minister? I have my eyes tightly closed and am peeking through my fingers, horror film-style. Canada is the bimbo teen who just heard a noise down in the basement and decided to go investigate armed with a faulty flashlight and a wooden spoon, bare knees bent in and shaking. "Hello..? Who's down there..?"


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I wish more former NDPers who now vote Green would read the Green Party platform carefully. Not only are they one trackish, they're also not very socially progressive. And isn't there shit about meteors and stuff in there? Or maybe I made that up.

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From what I've heard of the Green platform, whenever they get off their single plank, they're actually pretty reactionary. The leader of the NS Green Party divorced himself from the federal party because of this and told his supporters to vote NDP instead.

... on the upside, we had the largest percentage of Green votes. Does that count for anything?

No? OK, er... just checking.

What's up with the bizarre links, George?

Hey, Alberta! You suck!

Sorry, just had to get that out of my system before moving on. They say the arts flourish under conservative/totalitarian regimes, but how anything can flourish in that bloody desert of the mind, I'll never know. Dear American liberal friends: I'll can the high-and-mighty superiority complex now. I'm sorry, we let you down.


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In related news: Hey, Ontario! You suck too!

You know, I've always been ashamed that we inherit US policy the way we do. Partly because US policy sucks, and partly because we're so slow on the draw. Six years after Wubblewoo was appointed president, we get his kid brother. So sad. And I blame it all on World War II. You fucking baby boomers. Yes, I'm railing against my parents. This means you, Dad. I'm so gonna stony-silence you when I see you next. Crossed arms and heavy sighing. You just wait. It'll be 16 all over again. (From Bookslut)


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