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.


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Mention envelopes stuffed with cash and most people will instantly think “AdScam”. Afterall, if shoveling cash into your friends pockets were an olympic sport the federal Liberals would be heavy with gold medals. It doesn’t come as much of a shock then, that their Ontario provincial counterparts have joined in on the action.

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What is with the Bloc?

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

If Bloc MPs aren’t busy trying to set up a seperatist-coalition with the Liberals to seize power they’re busy sending out emails supporting terrorists. At least that’s the word coming out of Quebec where the media is reporting  Maria Mourani, the Bloc Quebecois MP for Ahuntsic, sent an email to all sitting MPs that include videos that [...]

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You’ll have to speak up.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

I can’t hear you over the whetstones. Michael Ignatieff seems to be picking up where Stephane Dion left off. The tough talk and rhetoric about a coalition was just that, all talk. In the end the Liberals accepted the Conservative budget with a token amendment. After all the rhetoric was finished the Liberals demanded that, wait [...]

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Man, Jack is pissed.

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

It’s not surprising that the death of the coalition – thanks to the back room appointment of Michael Ignatieff to the Liberal helm – has angered no one more than Jack Layton. After all, the coalition was Jack’s only hope of ever actually forming a part of government, even it it were a coalition with [...]

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Speech from the Throne

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Here is the text of the Speech from the Throne: Honourable Senators, Members of the House of Commons, Ladies and gentlemen, In these uncertain times, when the world is threatened by a struggling economy, it is imperative that we work together, that we stand beside one another and that we strive for greater solidarity. Today, [...]

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