This man meandered his way into the consciousness of Canadians through his activities in entrepreneurial game shows and CBC spots as political and business pundit. Apparently, he has achieved a business win through the sale of a company and it’s evident that he possesses oratory and leadership like skills. Additionally, he seems sincere in reaching out to deliver positive change. However; I’m struck by his boorishness. He seems to lack the empathy for listening to the flip side of an argument which in my estimation is a key ingredient for holding power in public office. Canadians are looking for a leader who possesses the conviction to deliver with strength in order to convert an ideal into policy and for this it seems like this man may be ideally suited should he begin to show signs of personal humility. He is thankfully a capitalist at a time when the socialist sentiment is beginning to erode the power of our great nation. In contrast to the projected opinion of the journalistic elite, I believe there to be no particular political liability in a unilingual Canadian seeking the highest office in the land given that he is endowed with a motivation to learn our other official language. When one reviews the educational and ancestral roots of our country one concludes that unilingual English Canadians should be as deserving of their quest for high office as is any other Canadian who had bilingual access as a norm to their native Canadian homeland. Mr. O’leary’s entrance into the Conservative Party’s leadership contest should add spice to our political debate.
Category Archives: Politics
Joe Scarborough and Media Critics
Joe Scarborough has responded on the record to criticism that he’s cozying up to Trump while apparently representing the journalism industry. You see – he used to be a lawyer before running for Congress and to my knowledge he has no formal education in journalism. MSNBC has engineered programming around his Washington experience and unlucky but charming Mika Brzezinki co-hosts without the privilege of a co-hosting platform. Joe loves the spotlight and the sound of his own voice. Consequently, Mika is tested to get her chances at the early morning week day time slot. Joe’s incessant interrupting of whoever makes this the most annoying of Washington diatribes. Fortunately for the program, stalwart intellects appear as tidy side shows defusing bombastic irrational jibberish from its host.
Now, Joe feels compelled to defend his appearance with Trump on the evening of December 31st just when the big party was getting started. Trump in his wisdom wanted to meet Mika and Joe at the party to talk shop and now in a state of indignation having likely never taken formal curricula in journalistic independence, Joe is seething at his critics. Ironically the criticism is being fueled from the most professional of journalistic tools. You guessed it – twitter. There is no list long enough Joe of guilt ridden Washington yesteryear journalists whom you can cite in your exculpatory defense.
Election Looming
Harry Reid believes the FBI is holding back on a Russia – Trump alliance of sorts and Democrat campaign Chief John Podesta wants to cast fault with FBI Director James Comey for acting his conscience in revealing new information relevant to the country’s national security. There’s lots of finger pointing to go around with the newest email revelation but the huge fault rests with the electorate which installed delegates assigned to nominating these two highly flawed candidates for the presidency of the United States. With eight days until the election, every fatigued player of this political tempest including voters needs to stand tall on election day and muster a best effort in determining which one of these two characters can practically carry out an agenda for the true betterment of a society. It’s now up to the individual to administer democracy absent from a strong political foundation traditionally presented by the country’s two main parties.
These are dark days for democracy will pass because cool heads will prevail when a new office of the President comes to power. Fortunately, there will be stronger apolitical civil servants in the wings eager to execute a mandate.
Of great concern to the U.S. is the embattled monetary system and marginalization of the poor. Just today, there is unrest in penitentiaries due to perceived enslavement of the incarcerated. The administration of justice on the streets is an issue as is gun violence. Elitists in Washington have been blind to the plight of the poor. Irrespective of the mudslinging during this political season, this illumination should be considered a positive. Whoever wins this election is going to need to rebuild some form of trust from the unfortunate position of lacking political capital. Immediate attention will be drawn to demanding international matters while attending to systemic problems of debt, legacy debt, and hopelessness among a large population of African American people. Legislative cooperation in Washington has been poor during the Obama Administration. A lot needs to get figured out all at once. Hopefully some White Knight with a conciliatory tone emerges whom has yet to step forth on a Sunday news segment.
Election Looming
Harry Reid believes the FBI is holding back on a Russia – Trump alliance of sorts and Democrat campaign Chief John Podesta wants to cast fault with FBI Director James Comey for acting his conscience in revealing new information relevant to the country’s national security. There’s lots of finger pointing to go around with the newest email revelation but the huge fault rests with the electorate which installed delegates assigned to nominating these two highly flawed candidates for the presidency of the United States. With eight days until the election, every fatigued player of this political tempest including voters needs to stand tall on election day and muster a best effort in determining which one of these two characters can practically carry out an agenda for the true betterment of a society. It’s now up to the individual to administer democracy absent from a strong political foundation traditionally presented by the country’s two main parties.
These are dark days for democracy will pass because cool heads will prevail when a new office of the President comes to power. Fortunately, there will be stronger apolitical civil servants in the wings eager to execute a mandate.
Of great concern to the U.S. is the embattled monetary system and marginalization of the poor. Just today, there is unrest in penitentiaries due to perceived enslavement of the incarcerated. The administration of justice on the streets is an issue as is gun violence. Elitists in Washington have been blind to the plight of the poor. Irrespective of the mudslinging during this political season, this illumination should be considered a positive. Whoever wins this election is going to need to rebuild some form of trust from the unfortunate position of lacking political capital. Immediate attention will be drawn to demanding international matters while attending to systemic problems of debt, legacy debt, and hopelessness among a large population of African American people. Legislative cooperation in Washington has been poor during the Obama Administration. A lot needs to get figured out all at once. Hopefully some White Knight with a conciliatory tone emerges whom has yet to step forth on a Sunday news segment.
Forogotten U.S. Political Allegation
Amidst all the mud-slinging in the U.S. campaign for President, one disturbing allegation has not been scrutinized by the media. In the third debate, Donald Trump asserted that the ten women (at the time of the debate) who allege that they were sexually harassed or assaulted by him were conspiring with the Democratic Party assumably in an effort to discredit Trump’s character. I would expect some diligence by some sharp reporter in concert with Trump’s information at hand to present evidence of such a claim. Irrespective of the credibility of the women’s claims, I think it would be in the Republican nominee’s best interest to expose evidence of such an underhanded act by Democrats prior to the election. Failure to do so simply reduces the credibility of the candidate further.
Americans in their disgust at elitist favouritism, income disparity, outsourced jobs, political purchasing power, and legislative gridlock have been so radicalized that they have repressed the quiet voice in their hearts messaging that this man Trump is coming from the wrong place in a spirit of darkness represented by behavior reminiscent of the grade school play ground bully who lacks in self esteem. The isolated American feels that this is their best shot when confronted by a system working in opposition to their aspirations. It’s regrettable and the divisiveness has unfortunately been accentuated.
I, for one, am absolutely astonished by this run up to the November election. It’s very difficult to trust either candidate and of course “trust” is one paramount value which citizens should reasonably expect assigned to the White House.