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 the 'Opinion' Category

Election Results and Commenting Blackout.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Prohibition – premature transmission of results 329. No person shall transmit the result or purported result of the vote in an electoral district to the public in another electoral district before the close of all of the polling stations in that other electoral district. In order to not run afoul of Elections Canada rules on results [...]

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Get out and vote.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

According to Elections Canada only 64.7% of eligible voters cast ballots in the 2006 general election. Thats just shy of two-thirds of registered voters. Canadians, unlike many countries in Europe and elsewhere, have never found themselves under a military or otherwise totalitarian regime. They have never been subject to intimidation, torture, or murder based on which Political party [...]

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Childishness in Halton.

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

I have to say very little I see from Garth Turner’s campaign surprises me anymore. First, there was the debacle where Garth’s staff told CPAC to meet him for some ‘face time’ with constituents. What Garth’s people forgot to tell CPAC was the “constituent” was Garth’s campaign manager’s son. Then, this week Steve Janke has [...]

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The Tinfoil Brigade to the Rescue!

Monday, September 29th, 2008

My previous postings on Lesley Hughes seem to have garnered a lot of attention. Among those led here by google and links on other sites were, certainly to my chagrin, the type of people that actually believe that Ms. Hughes is correct – or worse, that she doesn’t go far enough in her condemnation of the US [...]

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Not going without?

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Yesterday I wrote about Bill Tucker, the Director of Education for the Thames Valley District School Board, rejecting a $5000 donation from the East Elgin Sportmen’s Association (EESA) because EESA was a gun club. Today the London Free Press is reporting that Mr. Tucker is refusing to back down even in the face of criticism: [...]

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