You Are In Trouble When...

Republicans start badmouthing your climate change plan.

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Heroes Moment Of Greatness

The look of pride on Mr. Nakamura's face when Hiro expresses in words, the realization of his destiny, gave me chills. What a show!

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Least Surprising Headline Today

Cover-up Culture Rife in RCMP, Committee Told. Of course the RCMP takes its cue from its political masters. No wonder Steve made RCMP headquarters one of his first visits after becoming PM. Great minds, you know.

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MMP More Choice

Democratic Space has a great post about the benefits of MMP (with added visual aids!!). I agree with the poster that the feature of the system I find most appealing, is the ability to split the vote between party and local candidate. MMP allows voters to vote for a popular local MPP regardless of party and still vote for their preferred party too. It is a much more positive system than FPTP which too often forces voters to vote against either their own preferred party for "strategic" reasons or against a good local MPP because he or she belongs to the "wrong party".

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And Speaking Of Opportunities

That's how the Conservatives should look at this poll. There is no election in the offing. There is still time to turn the numbers around, but as I see it, the Tories are going to have to take one for the team and pass C-30. Otherwise, and this is especially true if we have a hot, dry summer, they are going to look back on these numbers with fondness.

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Ok, I Will Throw The Dog A Bone

I am happy this lousy government is doing one decent thing. It is following through on its pledge to bring the House of Commons more into line with the principle of representation by population. As the Jurist notes, the increase in the number of seats for Ontario makes the anti-electoral reform argument of "not needing more politicians" a little less potent. And even though helping the forces of electoral reform in Ontario is probably at the very bottom of this government's priority list, I thank them none-the-less.

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Harper's Human Shields

I find it disgusting that our beloved leader is using our troops as human shields. He repeatedly and intentionally uses them to deflect criticism from his lousy government. Today, he was at it again. He went to an army base and said:

"Last month, nine soldiers from Petawawa were honoured for their work in Afghanistan, but sadly the attention has not been on them,'' he told the military community at CFB Petawawa.

"Those soldiers did not receive the attention they deserved because their story has been eclipsed by quarrels in the House of Commons with respect to allegations about detainees.

Excuse me, Mr. Harper. Have you looked in a mirror lately? If questions are being asked about detainees, it is because you are not doing your job, sir. This has nothing to do with the troops and to use them as a shield against your critics is the worst sort of moral cowardice. You sir, are a disgrace and unfit to be in the company of such heroes. Take your slime and crawl back under the nearest rock, sir. There you will be once again in an environment more suitable to a creature such as yourself.

Update: It seems other folks are seeing Stephen Harper in the same light as me, today. His loathesomeness is just so damn obvious, I guess.

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