Politics

“Patriotism: combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.”
~ Ambrose Bierce (born: 1842-06-24 died: 1914 at age: 71)


	Anyone But Harper	Why I wanted the Conservatives defeated in the Canadian 2008 federal election, and why I think a coalition should replace them now. 2009-06-23

	Gun Control	The Case for Gun Control 2009-06-04

	Republican Values	Republican core values: smaller government, strong defence, individual responsibility and family values. What do they really mean? 2009-06-04

	Iraq	The Iraq war is a $13.5 trillion oil heist disguised as a compassionate regime change. 2009-06-23

	Iraq War Blog	Read blog feedback from readers of the Iraq war essays. You can also post your own comments.

	9/11	Why I think Bush planned the 2001-09-11 World Trade attacks. This also covers some of his duplicity in the Afghanistan war. 2009-06-29

	Bushisms	Bushisms: quotations displaying the wit and wisdom of George W. Bush, verbatim. 2009-06-23

	Wounds	Dr. Norman Bethune on wounds and war. 2009-06-23

	Books	Books about George W. Bush, 9/11 and the Iraq war. 2009-06-04

	Afghanistan	In 2001, the USA, Britain and Canada attacked Afghanistan unprovoked and attempted to overthrow the Muslim extremist theocracy and install a corrupt puppet dictator, Hamid Karzai. 2009-06-04

	Iran	The United States has threatened nuclear war and has already invaded Iran in yet another oil grab, pretending that the invasion is self defence against the peaceful use of nuclear energy. George Bush as been threatening to use small nuclear bunker busters to attack Iran. I consider this not only a foolish move, but a suicidal one. 2009-06-23

	The Asbestos Connection	Why I think the Bush crime family murdered Senators Wellstone and Carnahan and many others for their opposition to asbestos and for opposition to the Bush family generally. 2009-06-27

	The Anthrax Murders	The Israeli connection in the anthrax murders. 2009-07-01

	Israel	Israel has instituted genocide against its Palestinian citizens. The suicide bombers are not the only ones up to evil in Israel. 2009-07-04

	Lowell Green	Lowell Green, right wing talk host sets his furies to attack Roedy. 2009-06-04

	George W. Bush’s Resume	The resume of job experience and outstanding achievements of George W. Bush 2009-06-04

	Why I don’t Like George W. Bush	Overview of some of the reasons I don’t like George W. Bush. Other essays give more detail. 2009-06-26

	Patriotism	Patriotism is nothing to be proud of. A collection of quotations from famous people about patriotism. 2009-07-04

	9/11 Blog	Read blog feedback from readers of the 9/11 essays. You can also post your own comments.

	Abortion	Breaking the logjam in the polarised Abortion debate. 2009-06-23

	Speakers’ Corner	Scripts of Roedy’s soap box TV public service announcements on Speakers' Corner on A-Channel (formerly the newVI) TV Station. 2009-06-04

	Proxy Voting	A more democratic way to vote. 2009-06-04

	BC Politics	In the Maritimes, politics is a disease, in Quebec a religion, in Ontario a business, on the Prairies a protest and in British Columbia entertainment. 2009-06-23

	Bowling For Columbine	An exploration of the possible causes of gun violence in the USA. 2009-06-04

	One World	Autonomous nation states are outdated. We need to think of ourselves as citizens of planet earth. 2009-06-23

	Napoléon	Quotations from Napoléon Bonaparte. 2009-06-29

	Election Fairness	The close election magnified the inequities in the voting scheme. Fairness is important for both winner and loser. For political legitimacy, the winner needs to be perceived to have won squarely. My essay offers dozens of suggestions to make elections more fair. In particular it calls for getting rid of admittedly crooked Diebold voting machines. 2009-07-04

	Supreme Court Decision	A layman’s guide to the supreme court decision in Bush v. Gore. 2009-06-23

	God Overrules the Supreme Court	Press release from St. Michael on God overruling the Supreme Court decision on the 2000 election 2009-06-04

	The Grinches Who Stole the Whitehouse	about how five supreme court justices stole the election for Bush. 2009-06-04

	Remembrance Day	Remembrance Day: cutting the crap 2009-06-04

	2008 Election Lineup	A ranking and commentary on the main candidates running for US president in 2008. 2009-06-04

	Feedback	Read feedback from readers of the politics section. If you don’t want your message and my reply publicly posted, please let me know. 2009-07-04

	Paul Martin	Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada in the first coup of a sitting prime minister in Canadian history. 2009-06-23

“Countries start wars because they want something another country has. They will never admit this. Instead, they make up the silliest excuses imaginable for killing the other country’s children.”
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 61)

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