Shut up Ralph Nader

[blue-mangos.livejournal.com]

 Ralph Nader has written an open letter to PM Stephen Harper regarding issues he felt should be brought forth in advance of the upcoming Canadian elections.

rabble.ca/news/2011/04/ralph-nadar-open-letter-stephen-harper-canada-us-deep-integration

He seems very concerned about the concept of deep integration between the Canada and the US and feels Stephen Harper owes it to Canada to be more forthcoming about this.

While I agree with many of the points in the letter and am deriving many, many lulz from imagining Stephen Harper reading it (in my mind he's wearing that stupid baby-blue sweater, just to add to the lulz) I don't feel it is his place, as an American, to get involved in our politics like this. It's also insulting that he thinks the Canadian public doesn't already know this. I know Canadians come off as very lackadaisical bout our politics, and in comparison to the US we are, it does not mean we are not informed.

Even if there are some among us up here who did not know, I doubt very much this would change many minds. It would just give more motivation to those who are voting Liberal or NDP and those who are voting Conservative would trust that what is being done will be good for Canada.

 

My questions to you are, do you feel it is appropriate for a non-citizen to get involved in any way in a another country's democratic election in order to further their own political agenda and if voting in your own elections is there anything you can learn about the candidate's policies that would cause you to change your vote 3 days before the election?

If you're not a 9/11 "truther", you're a conspiracy theorist. Congratulationz

[root-fu.livejournal.com]

( A revisit to history that should've been made, years ago. All of America's journalists, reporters and assorted mainstream news services are sell outs, charlatans and shills. International equivalents are no better. Proof inside. )

The follow up

[root-fu.livejournal.com]

( Hopefully, this won't be anti-climactic. )

Fridaaaaay!

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

OK, first an announcement! With great pleasure, we'd like to introduce to you the new, 8th mod of this very fine community. The coolest of cool guys around, the epitome of coolness, Bruce aka brucenstein! HEEP-HEEP-HOORAY!

*kneeling before our new overlord*

( SPEECH! WE WANT A SPEECH! )

Speaking of royal shit, let's get to the point already:

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Nonsense, commence!

People need fairy tales

[luzribeiro.livejournal.com]

As I've been watching all the hullabaloo about the WC wedding (yeah, WC was not meant "that way" although it may appear so), my initial response was: How can millions of people suddenly get so dumb? I mean just look at those ridiculous dresses, the stupid talk about hats and shoes, the stupid-looking W&C souvenirs (yes, including condoms with their images on them), etc. What could suddenly cause so many people to go out and act like clowns?

But then it dawned to me (I'm kinda dumb you know, so it takes some time). It's simple really. It's not just about the British and their, seemingly silly, obsession with anachronistic customs and traditions like the archaic institution called Monarchy. It's not that. If you forget all the shiny 24-carat grins along the lane of people lining up the Royal Mile in London while the royal carriage with the royal figureheads in it is rolling in such a royally dignified manner towards Buckingham... The conclusion is much sadder, actually.

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[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

The Coming Bernanke-Obama Stagflation

In his precedent-breaking press conference on Wednesday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledged running “a highly accommodative monetary policy.” Translated into English, that means they are printing money, out of thin air, at breakneck speed. He also said that inflation is a “lag” indicator, meaning that it usually shows up months after the policies that cause it. Yet he said there’s no need for worry: “We have a lot of experience” at reading economic data. Commodity price spikes are “transitory.” Petroleum is up mostly because of “geopolitical factors.”

Since Bernanke's been basically wrong most of the time, and public opinion of the state of the economy is just as important (if not more) as the actual numbers, I'm not seeing much encouragement here. How many people here think that things are actually ok and everything's going to be just fine?