By Greg Ellis
“That depends on what your definition of the word is, is.”– President Bill Clinton In 1998, during the scandal that a saw a nation realize the curvature of its president’s penis, the world encountered some of the most clever uses of language witnessed since Shakespeare. Since then, new developments have been made in political lexicon… Continue reading Political Lexicon 2005/2006
By Greg Ellis
“The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.”– Richard Adams, English author, Watership DownLike arguing over the fine print in a union… Continue reading Counterpoint: Intelligent Design
By Greg Ellis
“The stock market is Las Vegas without the hookers, blow and dependable odds.”– Dennis Miller As befuddling as the charts, graphs and ratios are, the one thing that seems to elude all stock market investors is that the system is a human one. Analysts apply various quasi scientific theories to stock performances; forward looking and… Continue reading Stalking the market
By Greg Ellis
“A government’s view of the economy can be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”– Ronald Reagan, 40th US President, Republican On Wednesday, November 9th, 2005 the captains of America’s oil industry stepped foot in US congress… Continue reading Corporate piracy
By Greg Ellis
“I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace.”– George W. Bush In the winter of 2000 President Bush said he intended to run the government like a business. I thought he was striking a chord of rhetorical convenience rather than actually forecasting his performance. I must… Continue reading The democratic republic of Enron
By Greg Ellis
“It is tempting to pretend that people on death row share a fate in no way connected to our own, that our treatment of them sounds no echoes beyond the chambers in which they die. Such an illusion is ultimately corrosive, for the reverberations of injustice are not so easily confined.”– Justice William Brennan This… Continue reading Nothing but a modern lynch-mob
By Greg Ellis
“The envious man thinks that if his neighbour breaks a leg, he will be able to walk better himself.”-Helmut Schoeck As the energy industry soars and as the price of gasoline touches home at that psychological barrier of $1.00 per litre, it struck me that the oil industry must be enjoying the panic and speculation… Continue reading Political Juijitsu
By Greg Ellis
“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”-Gerald R. Ford, 38th US President, Republican The reasons to not have re-elected President Bush number in the thousands and it’s a time-honoured tradition for columnists to attack Bush with marked ferocity. His reshaping… Continue reading Bulldozing the way for capitalism
By Greg Ellis
“The prostitute is despised by the hypocritical world because she has made a realistic assessment of her assets and does not have to rely on fraud to make a living. In an area of human relations where fraud is regular practice between the sexes, her honesty is regarded with a mocking wonder.”Angela Carter, 1940-1992 Having… Continue reading Entirely legitimate ladies in red
By Greg Ellis
“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity” – William Butler Yeats New Orleans was not accustomed to being in the news in… Continue reading Insurgents of a high pressure system