Middling Notes On American Politics

Ok. Fine. Be like that.

Still.

It's hilarious. *Pounds fist on table repeatedly*

Well.

Not really.

It's sad to see America degrade itself this way. Canada doesn't have a Mexico on its borders so we'll never know how we would react to illegal - not legal immigration - but illegal immigration. Probably softer?

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Speaking of USA, it's no secret it's going through a hard time but really, Adbusters is behind Occupy Wall St.? Adbusters?? A Canadian - let alone British Columbia - based left-wing magazine? Who, by the way, I've purchased from time to time in the past. It got to be a tad rich for me over time.

Anyway.

It's ironic that "calm" Canada contributed a movement to the land of rebellion. Have Americans gotten that lazy they can't even be bothered to start up their own rebellions on the left side? It also is getting endorsement from American Nazi organizations and the Communist party of America.

Nice.

Leftist libertarians need to find, sigh, another home.

Say what you want, at least the Tea Party is 'Murican. Tried, tested and true, no? Last I heard anyway.

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And last, the economy.

Still betting on America. Long term trends - notably demographics - remain in their favor (and America Jr. Canada) as compared to the EU and China. Or even emerging "powers" like India and Brazil. Man, those countries have major problems to iron out before even whiffing at the thought of being a self-sufficient powerhouse.

Environment, innovation and flexible labor force too is in their favor. Add it all up and I put my token on the eagle.

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No chance to research this but heard VP Joe Biden make some interesting, at the least, claims about connecting a bad economy to rapes and murders. Basically, his argument is "don't pass the jobs bill and watch rape and murders continue to increase."

Man. If anything screamed for empirical evidence it's this. It makes some sense that poverty can lead to social unrest but to link Obama's bill the way he did directly to murder? Here in Canada, we take as much as we can off the streets and put them in welfare projects. It's not perfect and it's expensive but it does seem to keep our streets safer as a whole. Montreal (with a population of 3 million) averages, what, 90 murders per year?

Didn't realize America's budding employment underclass were ticking rape and murder bombs.

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No real time to waste on blogging these days. Be back real soon I reckon.

Much have been needing my comments and attention but hey, you'll live.

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Holy crap. The Cardinals are making it happen. LaRussa is directly having a managerial impact isn't he?