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“Voter Apathy”

Saturday, October 8, 2011

It is both puzzling and instructive that the pundits, that is to say the liberals who believe the essence of political action to be “discuss, discuss, discuss” (here we might recall Carl Schmitt’s quip about liberals confronted with the question, “Christ or Barabbas?”) whereby discussion is presented in its essence in the vote (i.e., an [...]

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Canada Election (2011) Reprise

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Previously I posted a copy of an email that I sent to local candidates running in Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox-and-Addington and the party leaders in hopes determining how and if I should vote. Based upon the responses or, more accurately, the lack thereof, it seems as though no one wanted me to vote for them. I assuming it [...]

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Canadian Election (2011)

Saturday, April 23, 2011

From time to time, like most citizens, I correspond with my elected representatives; for instance, to encourage them to vote one way or another (e.g., against back-to-work legislation in the case of the York University TA strike). This is largely ineffectual: I live in an extremely conservative riding (Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington), both provincially [...]

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January 23, 2006

Sunday, January 22, 2006

I’m posting this here because the author of the post does not appreciate the "surgical precision" with which I reply to posts.  His unappreciation is so great that he has requested I not comment on his posts.  Fine with  me.  I’m not!  He does, however, express a common sentiment; viz.: But whatever you do, vote. [...]

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Election

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Like most moderately reasonable people with enough free time to waste on following the twists and turns of a federal election, I quickly got bored of it.  (There was nothing on TV last night except "Close to Home" and the leadership debate — which would you choose?)  Allow me to be cynical: there really is [...]

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Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

This post will serve as a dump for Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington election news and links as the silly campaign progresses culminating in a nearly-eternal return to the same on January 23, 2006.  Nonetheless, the question is posed: as someone of the "extreme" or "radical" left (as we are known in the media), what [...]

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Michael Ignatieff, Future Ruler of Canada

Monday, November 28, 2005

Michael Ignatieff, a man famous for many bad books and forgotten for one and a half decent books (A Just Measure of Pain and the co-edited volume, Wealth and Virtue, explains why he is running federally in the upcoming Canadian election for the Liberal Part. (A party whose government collapsed sometime around 7:10PM this evening.) [...]

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