Okay, so I didn’t produce this ad. But I wish I did, so I could take credit for it. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGF4nYnWKU4?rel=0]
Read moreBob Rae Thinks You’re Stupid
This is my first video blog entry. Well, if you count “Bye Bye Barlow” it’s actually my second. Either way, here it is. There are a few technical things I’m still not entirely happy with, but after a week of messing around, it’s time to publish it anyway. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTI4oqJoFY?rel=0&w=640&h=480]
Read moreWhere do I Stand? – An Email to the Hon. Vic Toews, P.C., B.A., LL.B., Minister of Public Safety #cdnpoli
TO: The Hon. Viv Toews, P.C., B.A., LL.B., Minister of Public Safety (vic.toews@parl.gc.ca) FROM: Steven Britton (steve@stevenbritton.net) Dear Mr. Minister, Please allow me to preface my comments by stating without equivocation that I am a staunch conservative both in ideology and in where I place my support as a voter. Let me also indicate to…
Read moreMy Contribution to #occupyWallStreet, #occupyCanada, or whatever they call it this week.
The latest fad seems to be Occupy Wall Street activists posting photos of themselves holding hand-scrawled notes. Like this. I have submitted the photo shown here to the website. Somehow, I doubt it will get posted. Here’s the text: I am married. I have a child. I have a job. I own my home. It…
Read morePutting God in a Box
Being a geek, I tend to watch a lot of The Discovery Channel. I enjoy shows about science (Mythbusters rocks!), the origins of the universe, and history. Recently, Discovery aired a show called Curiosity: Did God Create the Universe? Presented by Prof. Stephen Hawking, the show dealt with the origins of the universe from a…
Read moreDonald Trump? President??!
Donald Trump, it seems, is seriously considering a run for the White House. This makes the race quite interesting, because, for the first time since 1992, three people would be on the ballot for the job. The appeal in having Donald Trump as President is very simple: he doesn’t need the job. He already has,…
Read moreDo’s and Don’ts When Meeting A Celebrity
Steven Britton Deep Stuff, Favourite Stuff, Fun Stuff, Home Stuff, Interest, My Stuff, Opinion, Play Stuff
This has been a few weeks in coming. Now I have finished my chronicle of my time volunteering at Calgary Expo, I can focus some time on other stuff – like how to not look like a fool when meeting a celebrity. These rules apply almost universally – except when the celebrity is David Suzuki….
Read moreMucking Around with Electoral Reform
With the re-election of Stephen Harper‘s Conservatives to Parliament with a majority of the seats in the House of Commons, a large number of calls for electoral reform are being raised. The old, tired, and inaccurate arguments of “60% of the voters voted against Stephen Harper” are being raised, yet again. I too used a similar…
Read moreWhat’s next for the Conservatives
Now that the campaign is over – and what a roller coaster of a campaign it was, full of ups, downs, lefts, rights, uprisings, and happy endings! Now that it’s over, and we finally have stability for four years, it’s time, I think, to express my opinion on how Stephen Harper should conduct the next…
Read moreProjection Interpretation and Analysis: Pretty Good!
As I posted in my previous entry, I think I made a fairly good prediction of the result of the election, based on the information I had available to me. For my final result model, I used a public opinion poll released on Sunday, May 1, 2011, as it sampled a very large number of people…
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