Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, June 10, 2011

G8 legacy is deceit, pork barreling and promotions

Sarah Palin was ridiculed a few years ago when she claimed she could see Russia from Alaska.

That probably didn’t impress Tony Clement.

It seems he is able to monitor traffic back-ups at the Canada-U.S. border from Muskoka.

How else to explain that the $50 million he apparently needed to sprinkle throughout his riding as part of a G8 “legacy project” was presented to Parliament as money required to reduce border congestion?

And here’s a larger question that needs answering.

How could the officially anointed King of Pork, a man who rained this $50 million in goodies throughout his riding under a bogus premise, with no paper trail or rationale, be promoted and put in charge of cutting government waste?

This is Ottawa. It’s not be confused with a meritocracy.

But the man who used tax money to build gazebos, pave roads, plant trees and upgrade urinals hundreds of kilometers from the summit site is going to have his hands full convincing public servants that they need to sacrifice in the crusade to balance the budget.

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Source: Toronto Star 

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