How I see it

Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin Married out of Socialism rather than Love?

This is hilarious. Journalism these days is a joke.

The NDP :(/:)

The unanimous decision today in the House of Commons made me take a second glance at my party. Although I support the social democrats of the New Democratic Party, the vote to extend the mission in Libya comes at my surprise. More concerning was the recognition of the Libyan rebel forces provisional government as the true government of Libya. How can Canada recognize a force that we know little about as the true governing body of the Libya?

Politics aside; in my view, the current crisis in Libya is one that should be dealt by the Libyan people. The rebel groups striving to remove Gaddafi forces from Tripoli is a Libyan movement that formed at the grassroots, eventually extending to the higher echelons of the underfunded Libyan military. Their weaponization has been a result of defecting military officials and those who left their military outposts. If removing Gadaffi is such a priority to the Canadian government, why aren’t other dictators, across the globe being bombarded by NATO allies? For example, in Burma the military government has subjected its people to cruel treatment and ranks 176th out of 180 countries worldwide on the corruption perceptions index.

Although I was surprised at the NDP’s decision to vote with the Harper government, I do applaud their urge to the Harper government to increase humanitarian assistance to Libya and use Diplomacy versus bombs to ensure the transition of power from Gaddafi to the rebel forces. Moreover, their staunch opposition to the deployment of ground forces was also commendable.

Finally Action is taken.

Finally! The wait is over. For weeks, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has used violent measures to quell democratic protestors within the country. Innocent protestors, expressing their discontent with his 11 year Presidency have been killed in clashes with police.  700 people have been reported killed by the violent force police forces have undertaken.

Unemployment, inflation and a corrupt government have all been cited as the petitions the people have regarding Bashar’s management of the country. Moreover, it could also be stated that the people’s revolt could be influenced by the earlier democratic revolutions as seen in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere in the middle east.

I began to grow with much hope for this situation. As we saw in Libya, the international community was quick to stop and prevent more deaths by implementing a no fly zone over the country. As such, I saw precedent to seek some form of behavioral check, if you will, on the Syrian President’s actions towards his own people. Unfortunately it has taken this long for the international community to take action. Nevertheless I must commend President Obama for his passing of sanctions on Syria. Hopefully other countries will follow suit.

Another Great clip

Here’s another great Tony Benn Clip

Tony Benn - a champion of politics

One of my favourite British politicians. Mr. Benn articulates in a fashion that exposes the systemic issues facing the lower classes.

Ruth Ellen Brosseau - The controversy

The media’s relentless pursuit in attacks against Mrs. Brosseau are rather disgusting.

For those of you who may not know, 22,403 eligible voters in the riding of Berthier-Maskinonge voted for Mrs. Brosseau defeating the incumbent.

However, it seems as though that Mrs. Brosseau’s campaign was far from one, both literally and figuratively. During the campaign she was absent, and was noted to be in Vegas. Moreover, she only spent roughly $1800 on her campaign and didn’t even step foot into the riding itself. 

I understand both sides of the argument. The ability for her to be elected without even having an actual campaign is beyond me. It isn’t a fault at her running in my view, it was the voters themselves. How could they so blindly elect someone who barely speaks french and was absent most of the campaign?Blame it on political education or whatever reason you so wish to cite. 

I see her election as one that confirms Quebec’s desire for change. As such, although she was barely present in the riding throughout the election cycle, Quebecers of her riding demanded change and broke away from the Bloc Qubecois.

Her role shouldn’t be de-legitmized. She was within democratic rights to run for office and be elected, regardless of whether or not she ran a campaign.

The media should work with the MP elect and allow her to become more public rather than continuously harassing her over the dreadful campaign she ran.