On, I know. I'm anti-American and I'm a 'liberal', possibly even 'leftist' - whatever all those words mean.

So why should you believe me that Obama will officially be ending civil rights, the rule of law, and democracy when he signs the new bill giving the military the right to imprison people one suspicion, without charge or trial? I mean - why should you believe an avowed leftie?

Died this week in Fredericton, Brunswick, democracy, after 144 years of failing health.

Premier Alward has handed over planning our economic future to a self-appointed committee of corporate heads. The government will be represented only by the premier who will simply be one member of the committee.

That means effective control of the budget and taxation will be held by the Irvings and the Ganongs and their friends. And they will be in no way accountable to either the elected  assembly or the people of New Brunswick.

 I've never given thought to this because I've never owed taxes, but as someone who is less than impressed with the governments stance on Militarism, I thought that this was both funny and powerful. What do people think?

MY LETTER TO THE IRS BY SHANE CLAIBORNE

This week, almost ignored by most of the news media except as a bare announcement, President Obama revealed he intended to raise a record one billion dollars for his next presidential campaign.

Can't discuss it right now. Children and wife demanding to be fed at a restaurant.

But think of the meaning of what he said. Hint- I said from the start Obama was bad news.

They Thought They Were Free

By Milton Mayer

There is no good dictator and there never was a good dictator, perhaps, some dictator was more benevolent than was another dictator but the, fact of the matter was and is that the only one that wants to live under any dictator is the dictator himself or herself.

I was watching the news on TV tonight - CBC, I think - when I heard a statement that was so ordinary, it almost blew by me. It was propaganda delivered as news. And I'm sure it was not deliberate. I'm sure it was just an example of how our perceptions get in the way of understanding what it really going on.

Who would have thought it possible that right in Canada democracy could be assaulted so suddenly and so brazenly? We;re used to seeing this sort of thing in the developing world. Yet here we are: Stephen Harper lieing to the public, creating hysteria with rhetoric, and threatening to pervert democratic process, all for what? in order to hang on to his already tenuous minority government, elected by a mere 37.6% of Canadians.