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Cocaine: The drug of choice for douchebags

Some might say you can tell a lot about a man by his favourite intoxicants. Marijuana and LSD, for example, have long been associated with idealistic hippies that will never amount to anything in life. Take, for example, Steve Jobs. He’s been quoted as saying that taking LSD was one of the three most important things he’s ever done. What a loser! If he’d only done something more productive – like, say, help invent the personal computer and become CEO of one of the most innovative companies around…

Bill Clinton seemed to like marijuana, even if he didn’t inhale. It’s long been known that pot has a negative affect on ambition, and it obviously affected Mr. Clinton’s. Instead of making a name for America by starting a long term war or two, he wasted his talents on reducing the deficit, boosting the economy, and creating a budget surplus. Thankfully, his successor knew how all that money should really be used. Clinton might be satisfied with balanced budgets and rescuing reporters from North Korea, but George Bush knew that Jesus lovin’ cowboy swagger – and pre-emptively bombing the fuck out of countries – is where it’s at.

And what drug is George Bush famous for taking a spin or two with? That’s right… cocaine.

So, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that Rahim Jaffer, who has long been critical of marijuana and parties like the NDP who advocate decriminalization of the substance, has been caught in possession of cocaine.

Not only in possession of cocaine. Also drunk driving (aren’t the conservatives all about “responsibility”?)… in an SUV (way to help the environment, buddy). And, yes, this is also the guy who got someone to impersonate him on a radio show. If there was a lifetime douchebag award, he would certainly be in the lead to receive it.

As expected, the refrain from fellow right-wingers in Canada seems to be: pot smokers are still deserving of jail time, but Rahim is only human, and we should forgive him for making a mistake.

Cocaine: The drug of choice for douchebags was published on September 17th, 2009, with the tags , , , , , , under the people are strange category. There are currently no comments on this article so far.

Canadian Election 2008: The Creative Class

Elizabeth May just about won my vote (and may still) with this statement:

We believe, as in the recent theories of Richard Florida, that there is such a thing as a creative class. And the creative class leads to investment, leads to greater economic activity, leads to community health.

It isn’t just that she shares my taste in sociological reading. The Green Party’s entire platform, on everything from the economy to the environment to foreign policy, rewards and protects creativity, which is often undervalued by the powers that be.

We’re becoming a culture of managers in North America, but to be good and effective, managers have to manage something. Every society needs a sustainable level of production to support the managerial class. Florida’s book looks at the emerging creative class, which represents a refreshing middle ground between a factory worker and a manager.

The classic structure has been that the factory worker works his way up into various levels of management. The emerging creative class adds another option for movement, one where instead of moving up or down on a ladder, you tend to move laterally. Creative jobs are generally more fun and higher paying than assembly line work, but unlike management, they involve creating something, which ensures that our economy is fueled by real production. And, as the managerial class adjusts to handle this new style of worker, I think we’re getting better managers.

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Canadian Election 2008: The Creative Class was published on October 6th, 2008, with the tags , , , , under the politics: a love story, this just in, words category. There are currently no comments on this article so far.

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