Showing posts with label political football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political football. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Michael Ignatieff is Playing Political Football With the Lives of Palestinians


I cannot claim credit for this poster. It comes from another artist,
he is very talented. I will post more of his posters over the next few days.

If you think Michael Ignatieff actually cares about human lives, then think again. The story below shows that Ignatieff is basing his position on Israel-Gaza on the most cynical form of political calculation.

Also, I would like to thank Jason Cherniak for exposing the true malevolent nature of Iggy and his supporters. I'm sure he's helped a lot of people make up their minds as to who NOT to vote for in the next election. I live in a swing riding where every vote will count, and Cherniak has sure helped me to make up my mind.

The article below discusses the rationale behind Iggy's position on the killing in Gaza.



Why Canada backs Israel over Gaza
by Thomas Walkom - Toronto Star


The carnage in Gaza is both lopsided and graphic. As the death toll among Palestinians rises, even neutral international bodies have become critical of Israel.

The UN suspended relief supplies to Gaza after Israeli troops allegedly shot and killed one of its aid drivers. The International Committee of the Red Cross has broken its usual tactful silence to accuse Israel of breaching international humanitarian law.

Yet both the Conservatives, through their junior foreign minister Peter Kent, and the Liberals, through newly-annointed leader Michael Ignatieff, insist that Israel bears no responsibility, that its destruction of Gaza is a measured response to Hamas' sporadic rocket attacks and that the Islamic organization is solely to blame.

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Friday, October 17, 2008

Joe the Plumber - The Political Football

There were many political footballs thrown back and forth during this election season in the US. Especially Pastor Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Pastor Hagee and many more. The latest of them was Joe the Plumber by John McCain at the third and final debate at Hofstra University in New York. It went back and forth and the candidates repeated Joe the Plumber close to 30 times during the debate.

Joe the Plumber became a media hit and he had reporters surrounding his house, satellite trucks and all. Joe the Plumber, Joe Wurzelbacher, had his 15 minutes of fame. It turned out that it was a foul pass anyway. Joe the Plumber is no plumber, he does not have plumbing licence, and he earns only $40,000.00 per year and no taxes for a Joe the Plumber who is supposed to earn over $250,000.00, (the bracket under Obama's tax plan where the rich would pay their fair share) – Joe will actually save on taxes. Politics, politics thy name is trickery.

Click here for a good story on this ;)

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