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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
UofT vs. York: My Perspective.
Here's what I have to say about the ongoing battle between UofT and York University students:
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A Glimpse in the Future: The Liberal Democrat Party
Check out this Article on the prospects of a possible liberal democrat party of the future of Canadian politics.
There are a few major implications I though up that the new party will have on our electoral system:
- it may start a trend of more formal and lasting coalition parties
- liberal voters and democrat voters may possibly be pooled into one pool of votes, trumping the conservative party's votes drastically- unfair distortions in the electoral system
- the moral implications the party's wide fan base will have on the minority governments- we may actually have a consistency of majority governments instead of the trend of minority governments in contemporary Canadian politics: although this will increase the scope of legitimacy (because of the wider majority), it may make simultaneously make the minority even smaller, and hence easier for their interests to be ignored
- the new liberal democrat party may be unable to meet the needs of all of their followers and hence may face opposition shortly after their establishment
Click Here to read the full CBC article.
There are a few major implications I though up that the new party will have on our electoral system:
- it may start a trend of more formal and lasting coalition parties
- liberal voters and democrat voters may possibly be pooled into one pool of votes, trumping the conservative party's votes drastically- unfair distortions in the electoral system
- the moral implications the party's wide fan base will have on the minority governments- we may actually have a consistency of majority governments instead of the trend of minority governments in contemporary Canadian politics: although this will increase the scope of legitimacy (because of the wider majority), it may make simultaneously make the minority even smaller, and hence easier for their interests to be ignored
- the new liberal democrat party may be unable to meet the needs of all of their followers and hence may face opposition shortly after their establishment
Click Here to read the full CBC article.
President Obama: Charisma at it's Finest!
President Obama is definitely setting the stage for future presidents and presidential candidates. There is no more room for any more unnecessarily conservative and formal leaders- for the USA at least- the open, charismatic, charming leader has taken over.
Although the US is familiar with charisma from Clinton and other past presidents, Obama has been the first president to be fearlessly affectionate with his wife and children, and has found great pleasure in making Americans feel like he is "one of them".
I think the President has done a great job in dealing with the country's crises while remaining calm, cool, collective, and maintaining a healthy level of hope among the American citizens at the same time. Watch this quick clip of President Obama singing Al Green's "Let's Stay Together"!
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