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	<title>Political News and blogs on Stephen Harper, Canadian Politics and Voting on Informed Vote &#124; InformedVote.ca &#187; Travis Martin</title>
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	<description>Informed Vote (informedvote.ca) will keep Canadian voters informed on Canadian Politics such as Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Green, as well as foreign issues like the Israel palestine conflict and local issues like the CUPE strike</description>
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		<title>How to Love, Hate, Protest, and Otherwise Not Care About the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/02/15/how-to-love-hate-protest-and-otherwise-not-care-about-the-vancouver-2010-olympic-winter-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humorous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 winter olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[olympic village]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vanoc]]></category>

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I am a pragmatist. I am not a Gordon Campbell-hater. He’s done some things I strongly supported, like crushing a rather frivolous teachers strike and saving money while he did it, and he made some harsh but fiscally necessary decisions in respects to health care. I have parted ways with him, however, over the HST debacle [...]


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		<title>Proroguing Parliament: What Can We Learn From Facebook and Public Discourse?</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/15/proroguing-parliament-what-can-we-learn-from-facebook-and-public-discourse/</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/15/proroguing-parliament-what-can-we-learn-from-facebook-and-public-discourse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house of commons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prorogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen harper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bored and dipping in the whiskey last night, I decided to engage in a little social investigation. I have long been curious by the human tendency to, once provoked, enter into group-think mentalities and demonize potential outsiders. In civil, civic discourse, this trend is reversed by sophisticated rhetoricians through the disarmament of their opponent, first [...]


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		<title>The CBC, Rex Murphy, and Putting Facts in Context</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/02/the-cbc-rex-murphy-and-putting-facts-in-context/</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2010/01/02/the-cbc-rex-murphy-and-putting-facts-in-context/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brian gordon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cbc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rex murphy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I returned to my favorite blog-site intending to write about the fortunate stupidity of Iranian Mullahs in further undermining their legitimacy this bloody weekend when I found Brian Gordon, yet again railing against the CBC. To recap on Brian’s views, he wishes that media were fact-checked for scientific accuracy and that only scientifically accurate data [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/11/rex-murphy-is-a-denier-because-global-warming-science-contradicts-his-religion/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Rex Murphy is a Denier because Global Warming Science Contradicts his Religion'>Rex Murphy is a Denier because Global Warming Science Contradicts his Religion</a> <small>In a recent post, I pointed out that Rex Murphy...</small></li><li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/19/the-so-called-problem-of-rex-murphy-holocaust-deniers-and-the-cbc-%e2%80%93-why-we-need-free-speech/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The So-Called Problem of Rex Murphy, Holocaust Deniers, and the CBC – Why We Need Free Speech!'>The So-Called Problem of Rex Murphy, Holocaust Deniers, and the CBC – Why We Need Free Speech!</a> <small>As of late anyone reading InformedVote will have noticed the...</small></li><li><a href='http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/07/cbc-keeping-canadian-voters-confused-by-paying-rex-murphy-to-spout-nonsense-on-climate-change/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: CBC: Keeping Canadian Voters Confused by Paying Rex Murphy to Spout Nonsense on Climate Change'>CBC: Keeping Canadian Voters Confused by Paying Rex Murphy to Spout Nonsense on Climate Change</a> <small>How can we expect Canadians to vote in an informed...</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>The So-Called Problem of Rex Murphy, Holocaust Deniers, and the CBC – Why We Need Free Speech!</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/12/19/the-so-called-problem-of-rex-murphy-holocaust-deniers-and-the-cbc-%e2%80%93-why-we-need-free-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cbc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rex murphy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As of late anyone reading InformedVote will have noticed the writings of Brian Gordon and his vitriol against Rex Murphy.  Now, don’t get me wrong, there are litanies of reasons why I too personally despise the man, but I cannot bring myself as far as Mr. Gordon to demand that he be obligated to [...]


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		<title>The Golan Heights, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Barack Obama: Looking Forward or Looking Back?</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/09/the-golan-heights-benjamin-netanyahu-and-barack-obama-looking-forward-or-looking-back/</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2009/11/09/the-golan-heights-benjamin-netanyahu-and-barack-obama-looking-forward-or-looking-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[middle east]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benjamin netanyahu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[golan heights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[israel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[syria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Israel is a vital country. I do not deny this.  I am not among the fanatics who call for its abolishment, its destruction, nor do I approve any Islam-inspired pogrom against it. Last week I found myself pouring over the musings of Theodor Herzl. Mr. Herzl is oft misunderstood because, in light of the [...]


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		<title>Canadian Human Rights Commission: Where Did We Go Wrong With Free Speech?</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/25/canadian-human-rights-commission-where-did-we-go-wrong-with-free-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/25/canadian-human-rights-commission-where-did-we-go-wrong-with-free-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Human Rights Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Human Rights Tribunals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Offended]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://informedvote.ca/?p=1132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Montreal Gazette ran a great piece on free speech pogroms masquerading as legitimate government tribunals.  I don’t deny that they were created by proper legislative authorities and passed through proper channels but I will say that general Canadian ignorance and laziness has allowed them to transmogrify in the horrendous apparatus they now [...]


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		<title>No Child&#8217;s Behind Left &#8211; Nova Scotia Bishop Lahey&#8217;s Alleged Child Abuse</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/16/no-childs-behind-left/</link>
		<comments>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/16/no-childs-behind-left/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Country]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bishop Lahey.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nova scotia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Francis Xavier University]]></category>

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I have been following with much interest the downward spiral and final fizzles of Bishop Raymond Lahey’s ignoble and sadly typical priestly career. The media it would seem, on the surface has done everything in its power to flog this story to death and drag the once unjustly good name of Bishop Lahey through the [...]


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		<title>Christ, Coal, Snow, and Socialism.</title>
		<link>http://informedvote.ca/2009/10/14/christ-coal-snow-and-socialism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[c02]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Capture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greenhouse gas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I woke an hour earlier than usual this morning to head off to the west-end of Edmonton to locate what now looks to be the last bastion of free parking in the city of Edmonton &#8211; Beulah Alliance Church. At eight blocks north of the West Edmonton Mall it was an easy find but a [...]


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