Sean McCormick

Perhaps Not

by Sean McCormick
Singer Tom Cochrane suggests that PM the PM should think about his legacy when it comes to Canada’s contribution to the relief of Third World poverty and debt. I’m thinking that this “legacy” business is a tad overrated. See, Jean Chretien left his country a legacy. It was called the Sponsorship Scandal. I’m thinking that ... Read More

When I was a kid

by Sean McCormick
I don’t know if I’m old enough to make those, ‘when I was a kid’ observations but since they seem to arrive unbidden, I suppose whether I’m old enough or not is moot. Today, while driving through the neighborhood I saw two kids jogging. Not that unusual but as I drew closer I saw they ... Read More

Movin’ Shootin’ Rejuvinatin’

by Sean McCormick
Folks, I’m officially taking the summer off from blogging on politics. I’m burned out. I’m moving. I’m setting up a new homestead. I’m getting new businesses off the ground. I’m writing a book. I’m trying to hit my goal of a thousand new images in my portfolio by the end of summer. Those are the ... Read More

Seven more things you can’t say in Canada.

by Sean McCormick
I would like to add the following to the list of seven things you can’t say in Canada: Brian Mulroney was one of Canada’s better prime ministers. Peter Mansbridge looked better with hair. Quebec separatists are all a bunch of fucking whiners. Shania Twain’s music sucks ass and has done so for years. Minimum wages ... Read More

Cdn Govt Caught Funding Anti-Choice Web Site

by Sean McCormick
EDMONTON, May 25, 2005 (PolSpy.ca) – The publishers of the PolSpy weblog today called on Liza Frulla , Minister of Canadian Heritage, to review the funding relationship between the Publisher’s Assistance Program (PAP) and lifesite.net, a Web site that regularly features articles that can be construed as hostile to those advocating same-sex marriage and abortion. ... Read More

Brault Brault Brault Your Boat…

by Sean McCormick
Ahem. I will be posting a link to some very interesting off-site information at 11 pm Mountain Time this evening. Information which may or may not pertain to Jean Brault’s recent Gomery testimony and salacious rumours about the impending collapse of Canada’s Liberal government. I’d like to say more, but one does have to be ... Read More

Gay Rights vs Property Rights

by Sean McCormick
It’s things like this that cause me to regret supporting same sex marriage: A B.C. lesbian couple, who accuse a Catholic men’s group of discriminating against them by refusing to rent them a hall for their wedding reception, took their case to a human rights tribunal Monday. Deborah Chymyshyn and Tracey Smith rented a Knights ... Read More

Stay Home

by Sean McCormick
Finally, someone has spoken up about the rampant political opportunism surrounding the tsunami relief efforts in Asia. The U.N. Secretary General, Kofi Annan, pointed out in his own diplomatic way that, as the water recedes, it is quickly being replaced by a flood of foreign dignitaries. As they drop by for a photo op and ... Read More

Will We Keep Caring?

by Sean McCormick
After almost two weeks of constant news coverage of the tsunami horrors in South Asia, some rather odd questions are being asked by media critics and other writers around the globe. Some wonder if news budgets would have been spent half as quickly, had the waves not obliterated areas frequented by tourists, such as Phuket ... Read More

He Blinked First

by Sean McCormick
Here’s a quick recap of where things stood yesterday afternoon: Ian Scott had posted a conjecture to his Web site that Warren Kinsella took exception to, and resulted in some legal unpleasantness between those individuals (still ongoing). [Update: now resolved ] I did some research into Ian’s post, and while I agree that the content ... Read More