Trapped in Suburbia…

a blog by Rafael Gomez

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


Archive for December, 2008

Those Pesky Signatures.

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

If there is one thing the Liberals are good at it’s bending in the winds of public opinion. Unencumbered by any real core philosophy, other than gaining power, the party has always been quick to place itself well in the herd. There was the fight against NATFA, the promise to scrap the GST, and legion [...]

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It’s getting to the point that I’m considering getting a whiteboard to keep track of the political machinations in Ottawa. No one can argue that Liberal leader Stephane Dion has been anything less than a stellar failure. The most recent failure on his part – and the apparent last nail in his coffin – was [...]

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Let’s be honest.

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Perhaps one of the things that’s annoyed me most about the ongoing putsch is the disingenuous nature of spin emerging from the ranks of the NDP-Liberal-Bloc triumvirate. While politicians are hardly considered paragons of honesty and virtue the Liberals seem to have perfected the ability to lie with a completely straight face. Since the coup [...]

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Do you think its easy to make videos?

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Watching CPAC I have to say I don’t know whether I should laugh or cry. Apparently, the coalition had “quality issues” with the first copy of the Dion response to Stephen Harper’s statement and had to resend the footage. The “better” feed looks like something recorded as part of a Grade 9 Social Studies class, [...]

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More shrill ignorance from Elizabeth May.

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Elizabeth May held a press conference to confirm she’s had discussions with Stephane Dion on being appointed to the senate so she can be part of the coalition government. Never-mind that the NDP-Liberal-Bloc coalition isn’t in power yet.

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