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Flip Flop Harper & Foolish Palin 5

The US Election race is heating up with bad-boy Karl Rove conceding that even John McCain has crossed the line in his Republican ads against Obama. Meanwhile, our Canadian Federal Election is coming up in less than a month (October 14th). In 2006 shortly after Stephen Harper became Prime Minister, he passed a law that ...

Sarah Palin for President? 1

This is my 600th blog! Wow these last 4 years flew by fast! I always try to give Americans the benefit of the doubt, because I’ve met many bright and worldly Americans over the years. But it doesn’t matter where you go; you’re always going to run into people with bizarre views in a country ...

Obama the straight shooter

Obama is not your typical politician. He speaks truths in an honest and open way without trying to paint a perfect picture of himself. In his recent speech about the Racial divide in America, he talks about the anger that exists in the United States in both the Black community and the White community. He ...

Go Obama! 7

Back in early November I decided to support Barack Obama for the 2008 United States Presidential election. Since I’m not allowed to vote in the United States, I might as well reach out to my 4 avid blog readers instead, and maybe 3 out of those 4 people will reach out to 4 of their ...

Obama: The new JFK? 3

While I sit here waiting for Hurricane Noel to knock out my power, I’ve spent the last 3 or 4 hours reading about JFK, among other random topics. In his speeches, JFK brought energy and a certain hope to the people of America in the 60’s. He had dreams, he had hope, and he had ...

Canada profits from Bush victory

CNN has featured a story on their main page advertising Canada as a haven for fed-up Democrats in the United States. The amount of press Canada has received from the United States news agencies is extremely valuable for tourism in Canada. Here’s the article: Link The CNN article states that the UN has named Toronto ...

Unhappy Democrats = Canadian Refugees?

I heard an American say that if Bush wins the election, he will be moving to Canada. At first I was like “ha ha”. But apparently it’s not so much of a joke. There is actually a news article that discusses American Democrats emigrating to Canada. Here is the article: Link If I drive by ...

Vote Smart Tomorrow

There is only one more day until the big elections. Tomorrow is a very important day for the world, and I hope you all make the right choice. I would like to share my opinion on the election, since the outcome of the elections impacts not only the people of the United States of America, ...

My message for Bush

I came across a Rap song called “Not In our Name” by DJ Spooky. I wanted to share the lyrics. We believe that as people livingin the United States it is ourresponsibility to resist the injusticesdone by our government, in our names Not in our namewill you wage endless warthere can be no more deathsno ...

Election quotes of the week

Since the US elections are coming up soon, I thought it was appropriate to post some election related quotes. “Suppose you were an idiot….And suppose you were a member of Congress….But I repeat myself”. (Mark Twain) “Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” (Henry Kissinger) “Only two things are ...