Quote of the Week

“All of the Great Teachers throughout the history of our species have merely taught one thing, over and over, in whatever language at whatever time. All have said, simply: Give up weak attractors for strong attractors.” Dr. David Hawkins

source: http://www.level-of-consciousness.org

“Sir….Shut the hell up”

‘Olbermann: Bush interview unforgiveable’

Quote of the Week

“[Clinton] has changed solgans and thems the way Obama changes his ties.”

Source: Eugene Robinson, “Clinton’s Grim Scenario,” The Washington Post, pg A13, May 27, 2008.

Human Rights Watch

2008 Report: Democracy Charade Undermines Rights

Quote of the Week

“The University and College Union (UCU) annual conference this month will debate a motion which falls short of a full-blown boycott but asks members to “consider the moral and political implications of educational links with Israeli institutions” in light of the “humanitarian catastrophe imposed on Gaza by Israel.”"

Source: Polly Curtis, “Academics trying to revive Israel boycott,” The Guardian, May 9, 2008, http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2279008,,00.html(accessed May 12, 2008).

Hillary and the Democratic Donkey

image soure: Ann Telnaes at Washingtonpost.com

Military might vs. humanitarian needs

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Faut-il forcer la junte birmane à accepter l’aide internationale?

Burma snubs foreign aid workers

UNOG

Quote of the Week

Question Period…. “It’s just as bitchy as a fashion show.”
Source: Harris Macleod, Politics, The Hill Times, pg25, May 5, 2008.

Feelings behind policy

In Tuesday’s Boston Globe, Washington bureau chief Peter S. Canellos started off his article with the following words, “Barack Obama is one of the rare Democrats who often choose to explain the values behind a policy rather than the policy itself.” The word, values, popped out of the sentence, and jogged my memory of reading an article in The American Scholar, titled ‘Frederick Douglass Forgives: Honoring the emotions that lead to liberal principles’, written by Nick Bromell.

In all, Obama is reminding voters, colleagues and the competition of what it means to speak from the heart, infused with feelings which drive “liberal values with meaning”. He is composed with “liberal-mindedness”, sharing faith, hope and charity.

If Douglass where here today he would agree with Obama’s approach in explaining policy to the American people and beyound. Furthermore, he would revisit Bromell’s words along with his own, “a liberal’s deepest convictions are more than just ideas, values, or principles. They are also feelings - feelings “of justice and fair play common to every honest heart,” feelings that revolt “against popular prejudice and meanness,” feelings that are told to man by “tongues in trees, sermons in stones, and books in the running brooks.”"

Torys “in and out” with Elections Canada and RCMP

Now that the RCMP is investigating the Tory’s “in and out” media buy from the 2006 Federal General Election, Canadians can rest easier knowing they will not be heading to the polls this summer. Further, I agree with Angelo Persichillis’s main header in this week’s The Hill Times; ‘Want to know when the next election will be? Call the RCMP’.