Archive for the ‘public perception’ Category

Debate LiveBlog

Ok, short notice, but I’ll be live blogging the Canadian Debate at 9 pm Eastern tonight, possibly interrupted by hanging mouth gawks at the US vice-president debate.
The short notice is due to the fact that I’m absolutely terrified I’ll screw it up, should be interesting. I’m debating whether or not to post viewer comments [...]

Lord, Save Me From the Vegans

There is not anything I dislike more than people who try to pass off their own feelings as fact.  Religious nutters and racist bigots are generally the two main offenders.  Unfortunately many vegans are now starting to fall into this category.
At the heart of the issue is the fact that veganism is a type of [...]

CBC Bytes

Someone should tell CBC they have the wrong definition of “byte”.  It is not as one would assume from reading their “Political Bytes” section, tiny bits of tabloid like fodder.
Just when you thought election news just couldn’t get any sadder… we’re debating about who is the sexiest candidate!  CBC, killing the sex drive of Canadians [...]

Elections, Elections, Elections

There are many reasons to prefer the style of Canadian elections over American. First thing that comes to mind is politeness. Incidences of “bird shit” are really quite rare, unlike the biweekly meltdowns of the US political campaigns.
My favourite aspect however is that Canadians are not into dragging campaigns. Quite honestly [...]

Women’s Issues Are Real Issues

On Politico Ben Smith covered the Pro-Choice radio ads Barack Obama is running in several states; and as usual the comments were brought forth from the dregs of society.
One of the comments that particularly ticked me off was from “Craig”
A sign Barry’s [Obama] scared big time. Going off message to hit women’s issues? How does [...]