Stand by me...playing for change

Ahh don't you wish it was this simple, what great energy, the kind we should be harnessing .... but alas my view, would you agree? Enjoy

Letter writing on oil sands effects

Want to do something for the people effected by oil sands development? Here is a petition that can be sent to your MLA. Certainly feel free to raise issues regarding this action in class as well.

War is a racket!

This reincarnation of General Smedley Butler's speech is worth hearing as I feel it applies today. When is war to be applied in foreign policy? Is he correct that only the two reasons he shared can justify war? If so, what implications would this have on the war machine today? View it here.

A little homeland security humor

Couldn't resist, a laugh is always a good thing yet the topic when looked at more closely begs to be investigated - at point does the individual lose their freedom to ensure collective security...enjoy!

Fascism is fun!

Love this spoof but it does make some credible points, I think you'll agree, please do send me comments via email. You can view it here.

How the US economy is being destroyed...

Why should it matter to us if the US is a sinking ship in terms of it's economy. Well most know that the Canadian economy is hitched to the US via free trade and our historical trade relationship...US doesn't buy from us, we wind up hurting as well. Anyway, the part I found most interesting about Max Keiser's interview with a US economist is how 'freer trade' and 'comparative advantage' has led to the loss of jobs in the US and of course growth of jobs elsewhere. Take a look here, it is about 7 min. long.

Oil...what a price we pay for it....

we can't live without oil today yet the cost for it's exploration has been terrible. We see now what's happening in Louisiana but there have been other devastating events around oil. Here is one that is not in the radar anymore but has a story to say. This happened in Nigeria in mid 90's, love to hear your thoughts, please continue to send them via webct.  More on this with a hip hop tune by Reflection Eternal, I enjoyed it yet was saddened by it, let me know what you think of this.

Now this is neat...a different way to critique capitalism

This is well done use a medium seldom used to describe the latest failure of our system. I think you'll find it interesting and look forward to your comments. This 11 minute video can be found here.