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	<title>Trashy&#039;s World &#187; General Election 2008</title>
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		<title>Good points made by east coast writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a bit biased since the author is one of my oldest friends. But Michael has always been insightful and this skill is once again at the forefront in this piece that he recently penned for The Telegram. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario]]></description>
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		<title>Electoral dysfunction &#8211; for real!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is most telling. We need to change the way we pick the folks who represent our interests. It has never been so clear. Is no one listening? Electoral dysfunction, yet again Greens deserved more than 20 seats &#8211; voting system also punished New Democrats, western Liberals and urban Conservatives Once again, Canada’s antiquated first-past-the-post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election night!</title>
		<link>http://trashysworld.ca/2008/10/14/election-night/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=election-night</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The night that all of we political junkies live for! It&#8217;s bigger than all of the holidays. Bigger than my birthday! Bigger than the Leafs Winning The Cup! ok &#8211; THE LAST ONE IS OVER THE TOP. Anyhoo&#8230; I&#8217;m (im)patiently waiting for the the first results and frustrated by the election law stating that thou [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why to NOT vote for Harper &#8211; one last entry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have pointed out a few reasons why the Canadian electorate should mark any box other than the one beside the ReformCon candidate. Harper has lied and deceived us. He has called an unnecessary election purely out of spite and political convenience. And he continues to represent interests that are counter to the majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scary projection &#8211; Harper wins majority with only 34% of the vote!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 11, 2008 Immediate release Fair Vote Canada Projection based on CP-Harris-Decima poll shows first-past-the-post system could hand Conservatives a majority with just 34% of the popular vote Green Party could be shut out with as many as 1.75 million votes A projection based on the October 9 Canadian Press Harris-Decima rolling survey shows the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why to NOT vote for Harper &#8211; the last weekend of the campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we enter the long weekend, we are seeing a slight uptick in Harper&#8217;s fortunes in Ontario and further erosion of their gains made in the last election. What will influence our decisions in these final days as we go to the polls on Tuesday? Dion&#8217;s stumble in the CTV interview was not a stumble. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More plagarism? Say it ain&#8217;t so!</title>
		<link>http://trashysworld.ca/2008/10/04/more-plagarism-say-it-aint-so/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=more-plagarism-say-it-aint-so</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man, the big S-man better start vetting his speeches a bit better. Second time in a week that he gets nailed for copying someone else&#8217;s efforts without attribution! Man, if my 15 year-old got caught doing this, she would be expelled! Or, under Harpy&#8217;s new rules for young offenders, thrown into a federal prison! OK [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are the Grits gaining momentum? Naw&#8230; really?</title>
		<link>http://trashysworld.ca/2008/10/03/are-the-grits-gaining-momentum-naw-really/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=are-the-grits-gaining-momentum-naw-really</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some very interesting new polling numbers from Nanos Research. This firm is, in my admittedly VERY informed opinion, the most competent group out there from a methodological and question development perspective. They have been doing daily tracking since the writ was dropped. There is a clear upswing in Grit fortunes &#8211; especially in QC, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French language debate</title>
		<link>http://trashysworld.ca/2008/10/02/french-language-debate/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=french-language-debate</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently Harper won the debate last night. Apparently Dion won the debate last night. I watched most of it on RDC &#8211; can&#8217;t stand the translated version. Here&#8217;s my opinion: No clear cut &#8220;winner&#8221;, though: I think Stevie did himself more harm than good (yay!). Dion held his own and maybe even gained some support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Politics of Fear &#8211; both Harper AND Dion are to blame</title>
		<link>http://trashysworld.ca/2008/09/28/the-politics-of-fear-both-harper-and-dion-are-to-blame/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-politics-of-fear-both-harper-and-dion-are-to-blame</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Fair Vote Canada: The Politics of Fear is Misleading and Polarizing. Which of You Will Change the Sad Face of Canadian Politics? Dear Mr. Harper and Mr. Dion: On behalf of all Canadians who want to believe in democracy, allow me to express my enormous frustration with this election campaign. The leaders of our [...]]]></description>
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