Promoting a dialogue for political change in Ontario
What started out as a wonderful movement to highlight the growing gap between the rich 1% and the rest of us has hit the inevitable wall. The first big step was taken to bring the discussion to the forefront, which it did in a huge way, but where do we go from here?
As winter sets in, the physical presence of the Occupy movement seems to be coming to an end. Occupy news is filled with stories of evictions, as the patience of municipalities has come to an end. Fire, health, and safety regulations are all being cited as credible rationale to evict what, after all, are illegal squatters.
In some cases such as Occupy Wall Street, the city has been circumspect, clearing Zucotti Park and then allowing protesters to return, albeit without tents or the right to camp. In others like Occupy Oakland, the municipal authorities have decided to forcefully evict the Occupiers, media image be damned. [Read more...]
This isn’t about the movie, although I loved it when it came out and they were way ahead of the curve on the whole vampire thing. It’s about our boys.
Respected PhD Leonard Sax has attracted a lot of attention with the publication of his book Boys Adrift . In it, Sax seeks to address the causes behind a generation of young males that are unmotivated and have no ambition. Think Failure To Launch. It was a funny concept as a movie, but it’s a real problem. [Read more...]
Yesterday I got an oil change at a quick lube place and noticed a $1.99 line item for “shop charges”. I asked what this was for and was told that “it’s for the rags we use”.
Last week I paid the cottage hydro bill which was packed full of line items, presumably to justify the $326.99 needed to deliver $104 of electricity. Since we won’t return to the cottage until next spring I put the phone there on suspension and noticed a $50 line item on my next phone bill for this service. [Read more...]
It is just too easy to poke fun at our Liberals with respect to their recent election promise to move the Mississauga South power plant. But who in their right mind believes anything this group says anyways? [Read more...]
With only 49% of eligible vorters taking the time to vote in the recent Ontario election it is clear that something is seriously wrong with our political process. It seems clear that the majority of eligible voters do not connect with the existing Ontario Ploitical Parties. Well, now we have a place where the Independent politicos can congregate. [Read more...]
This is a rare moment indeed but an Ontario Liberal has actually stated something publicly that many of us have known for a long time. And here we thought that a truthful Ontario Liberal was an oxymoron! [Read more...]
The Financial Times published an editorial yesterday supporting the Occupy Protest movement.
In part it says:
So far the protests in the US have been largely peaceful. They may be diffuse and inchoate. But the fundamental call for a fairer distribution of wealth cannot be ignored. What is at stake is the future of the American dream. The bargain has always been that all who work hard should have an opportunity for prosperity. [Read more...]
Will the Occupy ”Canada” movement grow legs or will it be shoved aside to obscurity?
Unless a clear message and objective surfaces quickly this wonderful idea will fade away within the week. The problem is that there are too many groups attaching themselves to the movement and potentially hijacking the idea. [Read more...]
Eric Erickson has been getting a lot of publicity lately for his anti-occupy stance. He sought to refute the we are the 99% movement by helping to create we are the 53%
He thinks the people in the occupy movement are whiners and should suck it up. He goes on to point out that he works three jobs and has a house that he can’t sell but doesn’t blame wall street.
Erickson paid $374,000 for a new house in February of this year. It may or may not be worth less than he paid for it, but he also owns another. His three jobs are blogging at redstate.com , a tv job with CNN and a radio job that paid the previous host $165,000 annually.
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