Hear You Me

Today marks the anniversary of a great loss in Canadian Politics.

Last year on this day, NDP leader Jack Layton lost his battle with prostate cancer. While my Canadian political affiliation leans more to the Liberal Party, I always admired Layton’s commitment to the Canadian family, younger voters and government accountability. These were among the reasons that Layton became the first member of the NDP party to become the leader of the opposition.

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World We Know

A good friend of mine posted a comment on his Facebook page and it’s made me think all day:

“Colorado shootings still on news channels, yet not one word has been said about the genocide of Muslims in Burma. Thousands have been shot, burned and slugged; and news agencies are still covering 12 dead in Colorado?? So please, shut the f**k up about Colorado, why give a f**k about 12 dead, when even the UN doesn’t seem to care about 1000’s dead in a genocide.”

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Truth or Dare

After President Obama declared his support for same sex marriage, I found myself engaged in an interesting Facebook convo with someone on my list.

We both agreed that same sex marriage should be legal in all countries across the globe; the debate was the sincerity of the POTUS’s words. I said if he means them, he must back them up in the Senate. Imagine my amusement later when another of her friends accused those debating of forcing her to oppose same sex marriage.

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