Category: oil

October 19, 2008

Cuba to Become an Oil Player

Full Story Here. The dynamics of the Carribean just got a little more dynamic. Now that Cuba will have serious cash-flow, they’ll be able to partner with the likes of Venezuela and Bolivia and start driving the US nuts. Expect the ‘axis of evil’ rhetoric to increase exponentially in the coming months.

October 13, 2008

Canadian Election: Best / Worst Moments

As the election looms, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the 2008 Canadian election and let you know what I thought were the top best/worst moments for me.  Please post yours below as well – I would appreciate your thoughts. The best moments for me, in no particular order, were the following: This rant , which was nominated ‘best rant of the […]

October 6, 2008

Vote for Environment: We are the majority

I’ve changed this article, thanks to feedback from ‘jamthebruce’ (see comments below). I actually thought that Avaaz was started in Canada, but I stand to be corrected.  More importantly (thanks to Jam’s insights), it’s apparent that the notion of ‘vote splitting’ and ‘voting strategically’ is a bit of a tempest in a teapot that does more harm to NDP and Green voters than it does […]

September 15, 2008

Sarah Palin: She’s not a mini-van … she’s an Escalady!!

A few months ago, I wrote this little piece about ‘the Escalady’ . Now, it seems, this piece was fairly timely in that it is a much more accurate description of the new Vice-President nominee, Sarah Palin.  In fact, so many Republicans (and Conservatives) seem to want to latch on to this ‘demographic’ like they’re all friends and they have so much in common. Yeah.  […]