Trapped in Suburbia…

a blog by Rafael Gomez

Me

IT guy, code monkey, husband, father, target shooter, but unfortunately not independently wealthy.


Archive for November, 2008

That’s the message we’re hearing from Liberal leadership contenders Bob Rae and Michael Ignatieff. According to the National Post: Liberal leadership candidates Bob Rae and Michael Ignatieff would ditch the Green Shift carbon tax, outgoing leader Stephane Dion’s signature policy, on grounds it was rejected by voters on election day. The two Toronto MPs said [...]

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Elizabeth Who?

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Not that long ago Elizabeth May was getting all sorts of press. That is, until she managed to lead the Green Party to a stunning victory of absolutely no parliamentary seats. While she certainly seemed surprised, most people realize that a single-issue party led by a rather shrill leader, is hard pressed to win any [...]

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Rae and Iggy go at it.

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Its no surprise that the Liberal leadership contest will be a two horse race pitting former Ontario Premier – and NDP Premier at that – Bob Rae and Michael Ignatieff. Certainly, proposals such as preventing candidates from the last leadership race who still have outstanding debt from re-entering the race is an attempt to abbreviate [...]

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A debt worth repaying.

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Two minutes. At the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month. Its a trifling sum to pay for the countless ranks of Canada’s sons and daughters in distant graveyards and under forgotten battlefields. But it is, remarkably, the only price asked for such monumental sacrifice. Every year the dwindling ranks of veterans [...]

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I, for one, welcome our new Democrat overlords.

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

One thing is for certain: there is no stopping them; the Democrats will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new Democrat overlords. I’d like to remind them that as a trusted internet personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground change caves.

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