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By George Journal is on track to provide 1,000 quotes on politics – sayings and quips on democracy, government, elections, bureaucracy, leadership, etc. (yes the whole ball of wax). We will be providing hundreds of the quotes from Canadian sources. And, if you’re counting, our quote total is at 300 with this post. He knows nothing; and he thinks he know…
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a French writer and political theorist, and is today referred to as the father of modern anarchism. When deeds speak, words are nothing. All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism. Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by…
Here are facts on our Canadian debt (caused by big government and un-controlled government spending): Between fiscal years 2003-04 and 2009-10, the combined rate of inflation and population growth averaged 2.5 per cent. During this period, Liberal and Conservative governments have grown program spending by an average of 7.03 per cent annually. Canada currently…
Here is a series of short videos that help place the U.S. national debt and that country’s fiscal challenges into perspective. 1) How do the current “Obama deficits” in the U.S. compare with its past presidents? And how did the U.S. national debt get so big anyway. The National Debt Road Trip is…
Here is another 25 quotes on politics… for a total of 250 (a quarter of the way to our goal of compiling 1,000 bon mots on the subject.) The most important political office is that of the private citizen. – Louis Brandeis Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. – Proverb People often say that, in a…
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they never use. – Kierkegaard Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time. – E.B. White Nearly all men can withstand adversity; If you want to test a man’s character,…
So, here’s Canadian federal minister Stockwell Day’s challenge as printed in a Canadian Press article today: Treasury Board President Stockwell Day told reporters the upcoming budget will begin laying out specific areas where the Conservatives will rein in public spending. “What we have to do is send the signal out that we…
Chris Hedges’ Empire of Illusion is a must-read for those who want to go into the impeding crises our country face with their eyes wide-open. In the last of the book’s chapters on today’s political leadership, Hedges holds out little hope for the actions of President Barack Obama. Here’s a rather pessimistic take on…
I am currently reading a thought-provoking book on the end of literacy and the triumph of spectacle – Chris Hedges’ Empire of Illusion. Here’s a snippet on modern politicians (pg 46): Those captive to images [ed. -the majority of our population today] cast ballots based on how candidates make them feel. They…