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Handpicked to reflect my own point of view. If I told you otherwise, would you believe me? Should you? Think about it...
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy: that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
-John Kenneth Galbraith
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.
-Mark Twain
A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man.
-Cyrano de Bergerac
“If by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal", then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.”
-John F. Kennedy
“Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.”
-Fyodor Dostoyevsky
PMILF
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A friend describes him as the new "PMILF", which makes me laugh, seems a little Vanilla but he's certainly demonstrated his mass appeal. That said, he was running against the Emperor Palpatine, which no doubt helped.
Impressed, though, by his magnanimous acceptance speech, noteworthy, his reassurance to the NDP and Conservatives, both of whom operated rather dirty campaigns designed to undermine his lack of experience.
Now, time to see how he measures up; a majority government, "From those to whom much is given, much will be expected...". Fingers crossed.
Electric Six
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And two rather brilliant videos from Electric Six:
Danger! High Voltage
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Gay Bar
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I'd only ever seen the rathergood version, this is easily as good...
The Lesser of Two Evils
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Election Day, reassuring the number of younger people at the polling station, there's hope for change.
Now this is not one of those frivolous elections where we vote as we are inclined, for candidates that might somehow reflect our own points of view, no, this has gotten a little more serious, this is the voting out of Harper, and so my vote goes to a local and federal candidate that I don't particularly like. Sometimes you do what you must, but finally, enough is enough, it's time for a change.
Reassuring, though, that both the Globe and Mail and National Post seem to have written off Harper and the Conservatives - lets hope they're right.
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