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.]

Saturday, July 07, 2012

At Calgary parade, Prime Minister Stephen Harper praises Stampede’s values of ‘hard work, enterprise, self reliance’

Wearing a black cowboy hat, Prime Minister Stephen Harper tapped his toes in time with the passing marching bands as he sat next to wife Laureen and daughter Rachel to watch the Calgary Stampede parade Friday morning.

Minutes earlier, the prime minister had made a short speech to a small audience, saying that coming home is for Stampede is always important to his family, but this year is special because of the centennial.

“The Calgary Stampede has become a real Canadian icon. It’s one of the things that is known about this country, about Canada, the world over,” he said, speaking outside Bow Valley College.

“It’s something that has preserved our values, our ranching values, and hard work, enterprise, self reliance — the things on which this city has been built.”

“If I have one reflection on the centennial, I think that if the founders could be here today, and see the great city — see what has built up around this event — they would be amazed.”

Harper’s remarks were temporarily interrupted when two military planes rocketed overhead for the parade flyover.

“I planned that,” Harper joked to the crowd.

Original Article
Source: calgary herald
Author: Kelly Cryderman

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