The greatest gift you can give someone on Christmas (or the other 364 days of the year) is the gift of freedom. Be the best ambassador for freedom you can be all year long. Spread the word that the answer to the world’s problems is freedom, charitable giving and personal responsibility… not government. As my …
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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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The Reform Act: Two Sides To Every Bill
There has been a lot of talk lately about The Reform Act. Last week, Conservative MP Michael Chong put forth a motion which would give more power to your local MP. It sounds like a good idea on the surface but as with most things in life, there are two sides to every story. There are …
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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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“Yield To The Bus” Has Become an Abuse Of Power
So picture this, I’m driving to work this morning, I’m in the right hand lane getting ready to cross an intersection. Just after the intersection is a guy pulled over by police in the right hand lane. I signal and make my move to the left hand lane to avoid the blockage… so does a …
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The Tables Are Starting to Turn
As I predicted last week, it appears that the tables are starting to turn, Barack Obama’s approval rating has now fallen to 37%. You had to scroll way down to find it but an interesting story today from the Associated Press stating that Barack Obama’s approval rating in the wake of the the partial government shut …
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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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