Health Care and Ghosts of WarSpeaking in a time of war, Martin Luther King Jr. said: “Somehow this madness must cease.”Forty-one years later, young soldiers are returning to the United States from terrifying zones of carnage. The old claims of a justified war have melted away. So have the promises of a humane society back home.Statistics about the war dead tell us very little about human realities. And familiar downbeat numbers about health care — 47 million Americans with no health insurance, perhaps an equal number woefully under-insured — tell us very little about the actual consequences or other options.“The shocking facts about health care in the United States are well known,” Yes! Magazine noted in the autumn of 2006. “There’s little argument that the system is broken. What’s not well known is that the dialogue about fixing the health care system is just as broken.”That’s an apt description. For all the media focus and political rhetoric on health care, the mainline discourse is stuck in a corporate-friendly rut. But there are signs that a movement for a rational, humanistic health care system in this country is now gaining ...

Who will make the BEST president? If Hillary is ready, she will have to prove it. 

Though I couldn't care less about the outcome it is interesting to see the political process in action so close to home. The issue seems to be contention over the validity of some of the votes.

If you don't vote you can't complain about the results. If you feel your vote never matters anyway then get out and vote in the referrendum at least.. and vote FOR MMP if you want your votes to count in the future.

37% of Ontarians voted for MMP in the provincial referendum and the press called it a resounding defeat. Only 42% of Ontarians voted for Mr. McGuinty and the press called it a resounding victory. That's first-past-the-post for you!

Many Ontario voters are unaware that they will have the opportunity to have their say in Ontario's first referendum in almost 100 years on October 10th, 2007. This referendum has to do with how we choose our MPPs and voters will be asked to choose between two electoral systems - the old SMP (single-member plurality) system and the new system recommended by the Citizens Assembly – MMP (mixed-member

Over the last couple of years Waterloo region has been adding a number of roundabouts to our local road network. They've been the subject of many debates as people came to understand more about them and learn how to use them. I'd like to state for the record that I love roundabouts.

Our services are better than yours! Our politicians are better than yours! Our industries are better than yours! Our city is more intelligent than yours! What a pile of you know what!!!!!