...code Kate. Unless that is the joke, keep digging?

;-)

Everyone knows that CBC cultists ( er,.. uh,. I mean CBC readers) are not gullible and would see through any clandestine manipulations of graphic imagery focused at conveying a subliminal political partisan message...every one knows this...but if it makes you unenlightened Right wing nutters happy we will start labeling any touched up images just to satify your philistine urges for "openness" ;-)

Translation from Mothercorpse cult-speak to English: "we got caught but we are too arrogant and intellectually amoral to admit it in a direct manner".

Sorry about the broken link. It's been a very loooong week.

Jimmy Hoffa and the CBC's integrity.

If they're not buried together, then my bet is that we find Hoffa first.

I think the word is "disclosure", a term unfamiliar to our lefty-thinking dupes. We expect full disclosure of all pertinent financial data, oil & gas reserves, mining reserves and disclosure from industry on what management receives in compensation for its efforts, so that investors can make an informed opinion of the value they get for their investment dollars for companies. We should expect the same from our governments and their various arms and institutions, otherwise the public will be subjected to a continuing litany of "failed instituions" of the sort that Enron, Worldcom, Bre-X and numerous others we have witnessed over the years. What does CBC, a taxpayer-funded "news" organization think, that they are somehow exempt from the same practises that rule corporate disclosure while they "lie by ommission" or fabricate the news? The RCMP pension rip-off and ADSCAM (of which the RCMP were a part of) is a prime example of arrogant, double standards that are practised by our government and government institutions that we the taxpayer are funding with our hard earned tax dollars. Management in these cases, failed to inform or conduct themselves by a similar standard to which we hold corporate Canada to account and by these actions these government institutions and individuals perpetrate acts of fraud against the very people who pay their fat civil servant paychecks, gold-plated pensions and perpetuate and the "do as we say, not as we do" double standard from government that we see every day. This country is run by all levels of government on the business model of Enron, the epitome of the sleazy corruption that infests our government institutions. Self dealing, self-enrichment, self-aggrandisement are the main thrust of our government institutions and all who work within them. They are all crooks, liars and cheats and they do not speak for you. Spoil your ballots at the municiple, provincial and federal level, don't just not vote. Send a message that we the public are fed up with the corrupt, self dealing practises of government and their institutions, they work for us, not the other way around. At an extreme end of "displeasure", quit paying taxes. Money sure does talk and Bullshit walks.

"Spoil your ballots"

...that is one of the worst ideas I've heard. By spoiling your ballot, it helps the wrong party get in power.

I did an election count one time, and when I saw a spoiled ballot, I thought "whatever". Like a kid refusing to eat dinner because he's mad.

Voting is a privilege, not a place to waste ballots. Considering less than 40% of the population votes, that in itself shows something.

At least you came out to vote, so put it to good use.

Tomax, voting is a RIGHT of a citizen.

"Jimmy Hoffa and the CBC's integrity.

If they're not buried together, then my bet is that we find Hoffa first.

Posted by: Pd at April 27, 2007 10:43 AM "

Heh. You got that right Pd. You can't find something that does exist,in this case CBCpravda's integrity!
Oh wait.Maybe Jimmy Hoffa was just a hologram?

"Tomax, voting is a RIGHT of a citizen."

Casting a responsible and informed ballot is a DUTY of a citizen.

WL is right, it is a DUTY rather than a RIGHT. I say Privilege because not all societies see it that way.

I totally agree only a nutbar would spoil his/her ballot.The only thing worse that I can think of is the fact we Canadian's will let anyone vote thanks to the libs policies.Be that as it may I think every voter should be required to know what the hell their choice means to the country.In other words know your canditate,party and platform.

Oh, really. How I cast my ballot and for whom is my right, not yours to dictate or moralize about. If none of the above is the choice, that is my right. if some country wrecking party gets in, at least my second or third or fourth choice, as you put it, didn't vote them in, yours did. you just stated that you will take anything from a political party and that you really have no priciples. i don't like being forced to fund a government news srvice that lies by omission or outright fabricates the news. by your reasoning I should just pick anyone other than my first choice, to continue funding them, when i didn't even have one to pick, 'cause they are all bad and they all want5 to keep their taxpayer funded propoganda machine running to spin their point of view. we don't hold our political masters to any account doing that and you "get the government that you deserve" by doing so. By the same token, you will accept poor management of a company and the resulting poor returns on your investment and cry that government should so something about it, when you had the power by voting to remove the management. Spoiling your ballot in that case is, if no better management is available, is by selling your shares and taking the loss. I don't vote to share your pain with your second or third choice party, I will cast my ballot for the only remaining choice I have, none of the above. That is my right to do so!

...hmmm circle logic. Interesting.

You accuse others of dictating or moralizing yet you dictate or moralize we should spoil our ballots rather than exercise our 'right' to pick a secondary vote.

While you have every 'right' to express what you think I should do with my ballot - I have every 'right' to express what I should do with it.

Then, who's right - as we can't both be right. Right? Right.

So, how does a society (modern or caveman) determine who is right?

By numbers, drawing lots?

By counting ballots till there is a winner?

What a concept.

With a very high probability (1 in 4) we'd pick the same first, second, or even third choice for a leader, you would rather have no one if your first ballot doesn't win?

I'm missing the logic here.