Archive for February, 2008

Ah, Rosie, …. you fucking moron …

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 by thwap

Pogge and Scott have both blogged on this, but I was so appalled that I thought that I’d give it a whirl …
Rosie DiManno, the columnist/circus freak inexplicably given a regular column by the Toronto Star (perhaps to capture that all-important slavering facist moron demographic and avoid the “stigma” of being a purely “liberal” paper) […]

Baghdad Model for World

Thursday, February 14th, 2008 by elmateo

The “success” of the surge in the media has been presented as a result of an increase in troop levels. In the imaginations of Americans this likely brings pictures of friendly American youths patrolling the streets, giving out candy, accepting flowers. But this isn’t the reality. The picture we should be seeing is much more […]

How can the left reconcile women

Saturday, February 9th, 2008 by elmateo

I am having a lot of difficulty thinking about Afghanistan in terms of women’s rights and the current mission. These are very raw thoughts, not something to base a policy off of, so they are going to be possibly offensive and unpolished.
The clear and simple answer is: Canada has no place in Afghanistan as this […]