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Drug Protection Laws Are Not An Accomplishment

The Harper Government has given itself it’s own report card. Last week they released their 2013  legislative accomplishments. They seem to be proud that a record 40 bills have reached royal accent calling it the “most productive year on record”. Think of it a different way…   40 of your freedoms were taken away this year. …
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What Is A “Monopoly” Anyway?

Today, the competition bureau announced it’s going to look into whether or not google has too much dominance in the marketplace. The word monopoly wasn’t actually used in this story but a Google run ‘Monopoly’ is really what is being investigated here. Too often, people throw around the term “Monopoly” way too often. Progressives who use this …
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Ontario “Healthy Schools Strategy” Has Failed

Well, surprise… surprise. Ontario high school students aren’t eating at their local cafeteria because the food sucks. Three years ago, the province of Ontario put in place what they called the “Healthy Schools Strategy”. Chocolate bars, burgers and soft drinks were outlawed and replaced with apples, rice and corn in high school cafeteria’s. Ontario’s annual Auditor …
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Inside The Mind of a Modern Liberal

I can’t sleep tonight so here I am wondering aimlessly around the interwebs. I came across an interesting article speculating why the Occupy Wall Street movement never really took off. There are a number of reasons for this but this article suggests that the ‘left’ hasn’t embraced the OWS movement the way the ‘right’ has …
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The Forgotten Man

As mentioned below, I’ve been listening to a lot of American radio talk shows the last couple weeks. In particular, I’ve been finding Glenn Beck very entertaining and informative. On Today’s show, he had a great commentary called “The Forgotten Man”. It’s a commentary about political power. How politicians put themselves ahead of the voting public and …
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US Government Shut Down… The Media Hype

I’ve been fascinated with this story of the partial shut down of the American government. So naturally, I’ve been consuming a lot of American Media this week. The parks department is getting by far the most attention with this story. Most of the national parks are shut down, Yellowstone, Lake Mead, The St. Louis Arch, …
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