Death and Taxes” is a large representational graph and poster of the federal budget. It contains over 500 programs and departments and almost every program that receives over 200 million dollars annually. The data is straight from the president’s 2010 budget request and will be debated, amended, and approved by Congress to begin the fiscal [...]
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This is an hilarious response to Obama buying primetime airtime during sweeps…
|ChangeCamp, a new initiative aimed at re-imagining government and citizenship in Canada, has officially launched as of this morning. Although I will be blogging about it more throughout the day, I thought I would post one of the great video’s that gives an idea of what this movement is all about and what it hopes to accomplish… ChangeCamp ’09 [...]
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Being a political junkie and avid consumer of social media, I have read a great deal about how the Obama campaign leveraged social media to engage previously disenfranchised populations in the US. Having said that, the presentations and information provided at the Unfinished Business Lecture Series – Innovation within the Obama Campagin hosted by the Ontario College [...]
|As someone that enjoys healthy debate, I am typically more than happy to spend minutes if not hours discussing a myriad of topics. Having said that, I have to admit that I tend to get annoyed when conversations about serious topics remain superficial and simple. Serious issues deserve serious thought and effort. While I can understand that [...]
|In the Blue corner: There are those that see the recent formation of a coalition by the Liberals and NDP (backed by the Bloq) as opportunistic, undemocratic and costly. Additionally, some view this as precisely the opposite of what Canada needs in this current economic climate. While not technically illegal (as suggested by the PM: [...]
|In this engaging and controversial Talk, Samantha Power challenges us all to see the hero in an unconventional person…
|For some of us, understanding the true impact of the housing and credit crisis(s) in the US is challenging to say the least. This new video essay from Slate shares what some people are dealing with in the hopes that a human face can be attached to this talk of $700 billion bailouts, multi-million dollar [...]
|You know it’s REALLY bad, when you’re a Republican and FOX News is bashing you… Here is a little FOX News clip talking about the lack of Palin’s general knowledge. Before watching the video, can you answer these breathtakingly difficult questions: Which countries are part of NAFTA? Is Africa a country or a continent? Enjoy… [...]
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