Daily Political Commentary: Tory Gulag

Every day, things happen. It's true. For example today my friend Mario came over and we had some brews. Not a joke. Things also happen on the polluted political landscapes of America and Canada. It's not pretty folks. When something happens, there's usually mud slinging involved. I, am here, to set the record straight.

TORY LOGO ON CEREMONIAL FEDERAL GOV CHEQUES

The Story:

Federal opposition MPs are taking aim at the ruling Conservatives over the appearance of their party's logo on ceremonial cheques at funding announcements.

An oversized $300,000 cheque was handed out last month by Gerald Keddy, Conservative MP for South Shore-St. Margaret's in Nova Scotia. The money, from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, is for an upgrade to a rink in Chester, a community in Keddy's riding.

(via cbcnews.ca)

I read this CBC report earlier today and was quite frankly left disturbed by the comments left by CBC readers. Even though these are 'ceremonial', I think people have a right to be concerned that the government of Canada emblems are being replaced by Tory logos. Ethically, this is unacceptable. Instead the comments section turned into a partisan bickering festival, skewing the fundamental issue in the process. Seems like Canadians are becoming more and more polarized like our neighbors to the south.

What's next? Tory logos on our military uniforms? That's a scary thought.

HEALTH CARE REFORM PLAN WILL BRING RUSSIAN GULAG'S TO AMERICA!

A few days ago, Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ), unleashed the truth about health care reform in USA on the floor of the House of Representatives:

SHADEGG: You know, it occurs to me, and I’ll go through these other scandals very quickly, but what we’re really getting here is we’re not just getting single-payer care. We’re getting full on Russian gulag, Soviet-style gulag health care [...] It appeared in last Friday’s Wall Street Journal. You can Google it. You can pick up the phone and call Kim Strassel. You can ask her about Soviet-style gulag health care in America, where powerful politicians protect their constituents.

(via thinkprogress.org)

HOLY BATMAN! Russian style gulags??? Really???? Gulag's had health care? wait a minute... THIS MAKES NO SENSE!

It is getting more and more obvious that the corrupted members of congress are willing to go to any length, even if it makes them look like complete morons, to curb health care reform.

After "death panels" and many other lies, this comes as "a new low" for opponents of the proposed legislature.