Thank you, Rick Mercer

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[elanya.livejournal.com]

I love that man <3

[fearsclave.livejournal.com]

Democracy in this country would have changed forever, yeah; fewer election signs, fewer TV ads, fewer campaign mailouts, political parties actually forced to cut their costs... it would have been horrible. We might have been overrun by the treeees!

I'm no Harper fan, and the motives behind the funding cuts were sadly all too partisan, but I think that basically, they're a good idea. Political parties aren't government entities or agencies; they're supposedly groups of private citizens organized to promote a shared political agenda, and as such, I can't really see why any sort of government subsidy to them is justified.

[toughlovemuse.livejournal.com]

22 Minutes also has their take on Harper up...

The word I've seen elsewhere is "pilloried".

Video is here. It's on the sidebar, on the second page, marked "News Desk". (I can't figure out how to do a direct link, and it seems to not be on YouTube, at least not that I can find.)

[taxlady.livejournal.com]

I think Rick Mercer is brilliant. Love that rant.