Democracy of Hypocrisy

Silence

zerodivision — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:40:32 +0000

The OPP are now threatening alleged G20 protest ringleaders that they risk going back to jail should they continue to speak to the media.

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End of an era

zerodivision — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:42:45 +0000

After 90 years, General Motors presence will no longer be felt in the city of roses. GM has ceased production at it's Walker road transmission plant, leaving the few workers that were left with happy memories and uncertainty about the future. At one time, GM employed roughly 7,000 workers between the transmission plant and the trim plant. But today was a day filled with mixed emotions for the dedicated workers who put their hard work into a company that was once an automotive giant, but has since been affected by the global recession and backwards management.

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Art thou leaking?

zerodivision — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:15:29 +0000

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/07/27/hillier-wikileaks-friendly-fire-allegation.html

Wikileaks.org has released over 90,000 war documents that have caused quite a stir worldwide. Among the nations questioning the legitimacy of those leaks is Canada;specifically the documents that pertain to supposed friendly fire incidents that have occurred in Afghanistan that claimed the lives of Canadian soldiers. What others perceive as whitewashing of official stories, the Canadian government maintains it's stance that these soldiers did in fact die as a result of Taliban insurgency. Former Commander Rick Hillier said that

the U.S. military,like any bureaucracy, produces millions of documents, including "some written by people as first response who don't know what they're talking about and have the facts wrong...first reports are wrong, and the second reports are wrong and the third reports are wrong,"

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Anyone but Eddie

zerodivision — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:59:00 +0000

All hail King Edward

Eddie Francis is going to seek a third term as mayor er, King of Windsor, which shouldn't come as a surprise. He has unfinished business according to his press conference. One can only guess that his unfinished business is privatizing the rest of the city workforce because other than that he hasn't really offered much to the people of Windsor. This is his shtick, his ticket to a third term. Had he not decided to outsource he wouldn't have a leg to stand on. Red bull races only go so far and an arena plopped in the east side of town with crappy parking isn't something to brag about.

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Mr. Freeze

zerodivision — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:51:46 +0000

Dwight Duncan will be meeting with public sector workers and union leaders on Tuesday to appeal to them about a two year wage freeze. Talk about a daunting task, the government wants to engage the biggest unionized workforce in the country and tell them that they must bear some of the burden facing this have not province with an increasing deficit. Good luck, although I am unsure of how the unions will react to this. We've known about it for quite some time now, since March in fact and there has been plenty of discussion surrounding this, and from my involvement in the university sector, it looks as though we will be telling them an resounding No.

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Another jab at the union

zerodivision — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:55:02 +0000

Why not, it's business as usual in Windsor and not a day goes by without hearing how the people of Windsor are sick of the unions and they can't wait to see them run out of town. That is of course if you believe the mouthpieces that vent their disdain in the Windsor star. The latest blitz to hit CUPE came in the form of city council voting to outsource the refuse and recycling collection 100% to Toronto based company Turtle Island, who will take over sometime in the new year.

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On accountability and transparency

zerodivision — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:35:34 +0000

Stephen Harper, in his quest to be the biggest douche this country has ever had for a leader, is now filibustering in a bid to block the opposition from launching an investigation into the G20 antics of the police and what role his party played. Stephen Harper is a broken record and a hypocrite and why his charm continually blinds the people of Canada is a mystery. Between proroguing parliament, attempting to block documents that would show the cons collusion in torturing Afghani prisoners, selling out Canada's sovereignty and now this, one should be asking them-self what this guy is capable of next. Do you really want Harper to have a shot at a majority come next election, whenever that may be?

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Election talk

zerodivision — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:25:02 +0000

Seriously, more talk of a possible fall election. I sure am sick of hearing about possible elections. This time it is over liberal and independent senators blocking an omnibus bill put forth by the cons that contains idiotic things such as privatizing overseas mailing, weakened environmental assessment and selling off the power division of Atomic Energy Canada. This 883 page budget bill reeks of American style pork barreling, which shouldn't come as a surprise because the cons have pretty much adopted American policy in Canada so why not go the extra mile. I have no affiliation to any party but I once thought that Harper was doing an ok job, but that was way back in 2006. This is 2010 and I honestly want the cons out.

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