{"id":4533,"date":"2013-11-12T10:58:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T15:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4533"},"modified":"2013-11-20T16:48:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T21:48:22","slug":"redux-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4533","title":{"rendered":"Redux:  politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:WordDocument>\n<w:View>Normal<\/w:View>\n<w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n<w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n<w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n<w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n<w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n<w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n<w:Compatibility>\n<w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n<w:SnapToGridInCell\/>\n<w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>\n<w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>\n<w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n<w:UseFELayout\/>\n<\/w:Compatibility>\n<w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>\n<\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\">\n<\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object>\n\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin:0cm;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:#0400;\n\tmso-fareast-language:#0400;\n\tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\"><em>By George Journal <\/em> editor Chris George will, on occasion, \u201cscratch his itch\u201d and post a commentary or a news article on Canadian politics. These posts are delivered from many different perspectives. The common thread for the articles tagged politics, however, is that they are insightful to both politicos and those many armchair critics who like to watch the sport of politics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">For example, we have a series of articles that are posted for politicians\u2019 consumption:<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4456\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">10 Proverbs for our MPs<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4083\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Where are you now, Harry Truman?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">We have commentary on topical political issues: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4031\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Is it not time to demand accountability?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1675\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Canadian Bureaucracy is \u201cOut Of Control\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4444\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Being heard in Ottawa<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">We also post political humour:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=2785\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Our Stimulus Money at Work<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=4452\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">The U.S. Financial Crisis Explained<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">We have issued many lists of quotes and witty sayings: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=3205\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Quotes &amp; Quips on Politicians<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1416\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Margaret Thatcher\u2019s musings on politics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=1452\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">Canadians\u2019 thoughts on politics and government<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: Georgia;\">All of these posts and much more can be found in the menu of articles tagged<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?tag=politics\" target=\"_blank\"> \u201cpolitics.\u201d <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By George Journal editor Chris George will, on occasion, \u201cscratch his itch\u201d and post a commentary or a news article on Canadian politics. 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