tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post6124616916772339566..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Surprise! We Are Voting! No You Aren't!Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-66786938768913210802011-04-18T17:38:12.642-07:002011-04-18T17:38:12.642-07:00I sent the lyrics to Arcade Fire's manager. If...I sent the lyrics to Arcade Fire's manager. If the band records it and posts a video on Youtube, it would go viral!!!<br /><br />Yes, I'm a creationist.<br /><br />eg.<br /><br />http://www.thephoenixnews.com/articles/32360<br /><br />(I'm posting this as Anonymous only because I'm having trouble posting with my Google account)<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />David BucknaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-5221641061443772592011-04-17T19:08:13.197-07:002011-04-17T19:08:13.197-07:00Apologies, David, you were stuck in Blogger's ...Apologies, David, you were stuck in Blogger's bossy spam filter.<br />Well done, and with citations to boot! Have you considered singing it on Youtube?<br /><br />btw, forgive my nosiness but are you David Buckna the creationist?Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-24787394666380690482011-04-17T13:30:09.298-07:002011-04-17T13:30:09.298-07:00Mr. Harper, How Do You Sleep?
On March 29 Prime M...Mr. Harper, How Do You Sleep?<br /><br />On March 29 Prime Minister Harper played keyboard while singing John<br />Lennon's "Imagine" at a Winnipeg photo op.<br /><br />Another song on Lennon's 1971 album Imagine is "How Do You Sleep?",<br />directed at Paul McCartney (www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNjTPZW7GCU).<br /><br />Once you're familiar with the melody, try these new lyrics. All together now!<br /><br />Mr. Harper, How Do You Sleep?<br /><br />So the contempt vote took you by surprise<br />You better see through the people's eyes<br />Those guys were right on the price of the jets<br />Cost twice as much but what about our vets<br />How do you sleep?<br />Ah, how do you sleep at night?<br /><br />You made coalition a dirty word<br />Most Parliaments have them, haven't you heard?<br />Policies favoured by most in their land<br />More moderate than left and right demand<br />How do you sleep?<br />Ah, how do you sleep at night?<br /><br />Prorogue the Parliament, twice down the drain<br />Can't hear Afghan detainees scream in pain<br />Large tax cuts for the largest companies<br />And for the Tar Sands boys more subsidies<br />How do you sleep?<br />Ah, how do you sleep at night?<br /><br />At the climate talks, what do we have here<br />Four times awarded Fossil of the Year<br />Those Action Plan ads cost twenty-six mill<br />The G8 and 20, over one bill<br />How do you sleep?<br />Ah, how do you sleep at night?<br /><br />Why did you lose the seat at the U.N.?<br />Who inserted the word 'not' with a pen?<br />Five times Bruce Carson convicted of fraud<br />Then secret clearance in a PMO job<br />How do you sleep?<br />Ah, how do you sleep at night?<br /><br />Only five questions, 'cause you are the king<br />Jump when reporters ask you anything<br />You keep them more than forty feet away<br />Behind steel fences, just another day<br />How do you sleep?<br />Ah, how do you sleep at night?<br /><br />You challenge Michael to a face-to-face<br />He tell you any time, any place<br />Next day you say that it can't be done<br />You'll just abide by the consortium<br />How do you sleep?<br />Ah, how do you sleep at night?<br /><br />Get back on the 'rights' track says Amnesty<br />And how do you define democracy?<br />Your London rally, two students kicked out<br />'Cause of a picture on a Facebook account<br />How do you sleep?<br />Ah, how do you sleep at night?<br /><br />The AG's words recycled by mistake<br />But who says he's sorry for that fake lake<br />Why does food with GMOs get no blame<br />Why is Helena the one you can't name?<br />How do you sleep?<br />Ah, how do you sleep at night?<br /><br /><br />For further reference:<br /><br />Getting Back on the 'Rights' Track<br />(www.amnesty.ca/files/HRA.pdf)<br /><br />Hey Canadians!<br />(www.arcadefire.com/blog/hey-canadians/)<br /><br />Harper missing the point on F-35s<br />(http://embassymag.ca/page/view/edit-03-16-2011)<br /><br />Auditor general to probe lump-sum disability payments for veterans<br />(www.leaderpost.com/story_print.html?id=3948651)<br /><br />Government sees no need to test GMOs<br />(www.commonground.ca/iss/237/cg237_gmos.shtml)<br /><br />Are we going to reward contempt of Parliament?<br />(www.ottawacitizen.com/story_print.html?id=4564215&)<br /><br />The Government of Canada's record on climate change<br />(www.climateactionnetwork.ca/e/news/2011/release/index.php?WEBYEP_DI=8)<br /><br />Tories used praise for Liberals to defend summit costs: Fraser<br />(www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/04/11/cv-election-weston-ag-fraser.html)<br /><br />David BucknaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-39552036442477893962011-04-16T22:15:52.264-07:002011-04-16T22:15:52.264-07:00Well said, James.
I had wrongly interpreted EC&#...Well said, James. <br /><br />I had wrongly interpreted EC's injunction against campus ballot collection to refer to all <i>future</i> elections and not just this one.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-12383844742615079942011-04-16T20:27:59.471-07:002011-04-16T20:27:59.471-07:00I don't think this was a victory for the Conse...I don't think this was a victory for the Conservatives; far from it. Elections Canada has ruled that the ballots will be counted. And while they say that the special ballot poll was done without their sanction by a "well intentioned returning officer", suggesting that no such campus events will occur during this election, how many campus events were planned at this point?<br /><br />Whether this is a victory for the Conservatives or not depends on how people react. There are good opportunities to turn this event to the students' advantage. It remains legal to walk down to your local Elections Canada office and ask for a special ballot. In the case of many universities, like UW and Wilfred Laurier, said offices are pretty close by. Guelph's office is clear across town, but you can make an event out of this: get students to gather at some prearranged time and "Walk to Vote".<br /><br />Point out that democracy is worth walking for. Actually, it's worth marching for. Point out that those students' grandparents and great grandparents marched for democracy as well, some of them in much harsher conditions. Now the time has come for them to march as well.<br /><br />Tell this to your friends. Get the word out.James Bowhttp://bowjamesbow.ca/blog.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-41947472193739022602011-04-15T23:32:18.783-07:002011-04-15T23:32:18.783-07:00Kev : I agree that's the important point here....Kev : I agree that's the important point here. Not sure why others are seeing this as a victory for anyone other than the Cons.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-88641367255710916982011-04-15T20:14:10.323-07:002011-04-15T20:14:10.323-07:00Lets hope that students make the cessation of spec...Lets hope that students make the cessation of special ballots on campus' a Pyrrhic victory for the ConsKevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-12248801570858181892011-04-15T20:12:18.664-07:002011-04-15T20:12:18.664-07:00Thanks, Holly. That second Guelph mob vote rally i...Thanks, Holly. That second Guelph mob vote rally is my favorite too - unfortunately not embedable but linked at Vote Mob in post.<br /><br />Cons refusing entry to a half dozen students and arresting one! are linked in the post at <a href="http://creekside1.blogspot.com/2011/04/known-country-for-old-men.html" rel="nofollow">Cons didn't much care for that one either</a>. <br /><br />See post update. The Guelph votes will count but Con shenanigans appear to have successfully shut down future special vote collection sessions on campus unless EC further clarifies how it could be done. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2011/04/15/calgary-mount-royal-dont-vote-election.html" rel="nofollow">Video urges students not to vote</a>.<br />That's great! Thanks again.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-14633648628990294582011-04-15T12:49:25.499-07:002011-04-15T12:49:25.499-07:00Here's a video using reverse psychology: Don&#...Here's a video using reverse psychology: Don't vote:<br /><br />http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2011/04/15/calgary-mount-royal-dont-vote-election.htmlHolly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-43144777264572901902011-04-15T12:22:53.852-07:002011-04-15T12:22:53.852-07:00What I meant to add was that vindictive Harper mig...What I meant to add was that vindictive Harper might have reason for wanting to punish the students at Guelph by disenfranchising them.<br /><br />On the other hand that officious idiot Sona might have been reacting on his own to those events. But then, with Harper's lawyer getting involved, it seems less likely doesn't it?Holly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-9145940308892766552011-04-15T12:17:44.133-07:002011-04-15T12:17:44.133-07:00U of Guelph had two vote mobs and I think it was t...U of Guelph had two vote mobs and I think it was the second one that took place just before Harper's Conservative rally. And remember that two or maybe more students were in the news as being turned away from the Conservative rally at Guelph:<br /><br />http://www.570news.com/news/local/article/209156--two-guelph-students-kept-out-of-conservative-rally<br /><br />http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/970185--guelph-student-says-she-was-unfit-to-enter-conservative-party-rally?bn=1&sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4d9cc51626ff47b8,0<br /><br />Here's the second vote mob (I love that music):<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGGjnoqfFsHolly Stickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137842937086115228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-13605544731803185252011-04-15T07:52:45.478-07:002011-04-15T07:52:45.478-07:00I'll believe it when I see it.
As to the Con...I'll believe it when I see it. <br /><br />As to the Conthuggery...its the way of the future. Year 2 of a Harper majority will see people having their reputations destroyed by agents of the federal government because they generated too much anti-Harper sentiment. And Canadians won't be too upset by that either. <br /><br />You read it here first.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465953801145126160noreply@blogger.com