Congratulations Ontario.  You have made the brave choice to remain with the status quo.  Nothing will change in parliament, and you won't have to challenge yourselves with the complex notion of mixed member representation.  In the future, if there is three parties, and one party gets ten votes, and the other two get nine each, then Mister Ten gets ( Read more... )

I find it terribly ironic that the vast majority of the conservatives who frothingly scream about how minority rights are tearing away the fabric of our democracy are themselves, the minority.  Far too often we will have heard individuals like Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reily, Dennis Prager, Michael Medved, Preston Manning, Stephen Harper, and all manner ( Read more... )

 My right to vote has been severely impeded.  Let me explain...

As a student, I currently reside in Peterborough, but my permanent residence is in Midland.  All my bills, government info etc... get sent to my parent's house.  I live in Peterborough to go to university.  I receive no utilities (they're sent to my landlord), no bills (sent to midland ( Read more... )

Hopefully, this will be published in the next issue of The Arthur.

Last year Arthur published an article titled “Picking a Psychic: The Guide for Dummies and University Students”. As a then-host of a satiric radio show, I was elated at the comic-fodder provided for me, but I later came to realize the larger issue that is a palpable ( Read more... )

I'm writing and posting this on my brand new nintendo fucking wii, bitches!

Dear fucking facebook.  You've won.

Why was I working on Labour Day?  It seems to me to be the ulitimate insult that I had to work on a day that is meant to celebrate the contribution of the working class.  I realize that I have the legal right to refuse to work on a statutory holiday, but I am paid so embarassingly and stifflingly low wages that I am literally desperate for money ( Read more... )

Upon criticism from my last entry via email, in person, and in blog-posting, I feel I should clarify/revise/refuse to clarify or revise.

The Magic Bullet theory.  I confess (a bit embarassingly) that I know comparativley little on this subject, and in all honesty, care even less.  The Kennedy assasination does not resonate with me, or my generation ( Read more... )

I have two points I want to mention today, the first being more convoluted, the second being more meaningful (to me ( Read more... )

Part two of Steve and Mallory's Fantabulous vacation is done, and cottaging and Ottawa were fun.  Kayaked for the first time, went to the now-defunct "Diefenbunker", lots of driving, and explored Ottawa in ways I havent been able to before.  I learned something about our nation's capital: HUGE homeless problem.  Rideau st., and the surrounding area ( Read more... )