doreyme: politics

for winning the Nobel prize. And for people who say he hasn't accomplished anything yet? I say phhhhht. Get real. Locally, here in Montreal, only 35% bothered voting in the last municipal elections.

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Rupert Murdoch's America....

now Beck is going after "The Story of Stuff"

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Why is this not surprising?

poor americans get paid to stand in line for anti-poor lobbyists

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Wow, a letter from Michelle Obama...where's my letter from Mrs. Harper?

Happy Father's Day,

I’m writing to share a special video of Barack talking about fatherhood, but first I want to share some thoughts of my own.

My father, Frasier Robinson, was the rock of our family. Although he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in his early thirties, he was our provider, our champion and our hero.

He worked tirelessly through good days and bad to make sure my brother and I had every opportunity he didn't -- to go to college and pursue our dreams. His example continues to guide me every day.

Barack didn't have my good fortune -- his father left when he was just two years old. But he has always been determined to give our daughters what he never had, and he values being a good father more than any other accomplishment in his life.

On Friday, Barack brought some men (and a bunch of kids!) to the White House to talk about fatherhood. Check out a video of the event:

We all know the remarkable impact fathers can have in our children's lives. So today, on this 100th anniversary of Father's Day, take a moment to celebrate responsible fatherhood and the men who've had the courage to step up, be there for our families, and provide our children with the guidance, love and support they need to fulfill their dreams.

Thanks,
Michelle

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paintings of Obama, proliferate

+ more here

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I like to think that every time one of the pc's attack ads on Ignatieff plays, a new Liberal voter gets his/her wings.

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boy, who made this guy president?

Doesn't he realize there was an election? That Americans voted on a new path?

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free aun san suu kyi

to sign the petition

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Bush style politics in Canada, way to go Conservatives

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oh my, got an e-mail from President Barack Obama

...explaining updates about health care reform. Apparently I signed up at WhiteHouse.gov...sometime ago + now I'm one of the millions of "undisclosed recipients " who gets news hot off the press. Does Prime Minister Harper offer the same service?

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+ even funnier, wanda sykes

listen here

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wowee

I've never listened to Limbaugh before...do sane Americans really take him seriously? (This is after catching him speak for an hour on CNN.)

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Obama loves Canada, he loves us, he loves us

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Obama's in Ottawa! (tomorrow)

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Quebec election, rebel Mercier (my) riding, Amir Khadir wins

the only Quebec solidaire winner. According to wikipedia, "QS presents itself as an alternative to the main three parties in Quebec: the Parti Québécois, the Parti libéral du Québec, and the Action démocratique du Québec, saying that all three are but different faces of the sameright-wing ideology called neoliberalism. It also holds that its view of an independent Quebec is a completely different project than that of the PQ. Rather than working for independence for its own sake, QS works for an internationalist independentism - an independence based on principles of social justice. Independentism is, for QS, a means to an end, not an end in itself." Internationalist independentism? Whatever does that mean? I did my civic duty at 100 below today, driving to the polling station.

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interesting letter from Robert Genn over at The Painter's Keys about Obama's cultural progam + Canada's lack of...

Of interest is Obama's cultural program. He's apparently been working on it for a couple of years, since long before his nomination. For a guy who writes poetry and consults with Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z, it probably came naturally to form that panel of active professional artists to advise him.

Obama wants to increase funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and change the Federal Tax Code for artists. He has ideas like sending out "Artists Corps" to underprivileged schools and communities, expansion of public-private partnerships to increase cultural education programs, cultural diplomacy and the inclusion of foreign talent, less inward-looking xenophobia all 'round, as well as health care for artists.

Obama also backs Senator Patrick Leahy's "Artist-Museum Partnership Act," allowing artists to deduct the fair market value of work given to charitable institutions. We might hope that this enlightenment may shine on fundraisers too.

Here in Canada, if you want to donate your painting to raise cash for a favorite charity, you can get a "tax receipt" all right, but the government wants you to pretend you sold the work, take the amount into income, and then deduct it. The result is a wash--extra paper-shuffling for accountants, misery and dismay for both artists and charities. We don't get no respect, eh?

Positive change in this last area would do wonders for charities. Fundraisers would attract better and more valuable art, raise standards, and would give relief to perpetually beleaguered artists. Think of the value to educational institutions alone.

Canada--that great nation somewhere north of Detroit known for its regular, south-sweeping cold fronts, is watching carefully. So are our American cousins. "It is unprecedented," says Robert L. Lynch, CEO of "Americans for the Arts," a Washington-based arts advocacy group. "No presidential candidate in recent times has addressed cultural issues in such detail."

to read entire letter

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hope change hope change hope change hope, finally

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A vote for Obama, a vote for the wolves+polar bears+whales

Here's what Bush (aka McCain) is doing at the very last minute.

see for yourself

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Gobama! 8x8, watercolour toscana paper, 2008

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omigawd I cannot believe the Palinites + McCainites going on so stupidly endlessly about MARXISM when referring to taxes! And now they've brought that Sam I Am Not A Plumber Named Joe on the campaign trail! Please, the Bushites have brought down the democratic standards + economy of the entire world. Enough already.

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what is happening down south?

You have this VP wanna be babbling endlessly about what Joe whose real name is Sam, the Plumber who isn't a plumber because he hasn't even bothered to get his plumbing education or accreditation bitching about possibly paying Clinton-era taxes on OVER 250,000 for a plumbing business he doesn't own and probably never ever will because he doesn't even have his plumbing degree. What? What? Our politicians may be on the boring side, but never ever in Canada would our media or our populace put up with such nonsense. Although we did have Preston Manning.

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oh, where are the canadian debate musicals?

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2 poems by Sarah Palin (via Slate, Hart Seely to read more)

"On Good and Evil"

It is obvious to me
Who the good guys are in this one
And who the bad guys are.
The bad guys are the ones
Who say Israel is a stinking corpse,
And should be wiped off
The face of the earth.

That's not a good guy.

(To K. Couric, CBS News, Sept. 25, 2008)

"You Can't Blink"

You can't blink.
You have to be wired
In a way of being
So committed to the mission,

The mission that we're on,
Reform of this country,
And victory in the war,
You can't blink.

So I didn't blink.

(To C. Gibson, ABC News, Sept. 11, 2008)see for yourself

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