http://keepright.blogsome.com Le blogue politique de Xavier R. Dubé | Xavier R. Dubé's political blog Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:58:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Don’t you hate the federal Liberal establishment’s arrogant, self-righteous, double standard attitude and bigotry? I mean, when the Liberal Party of Canada polls 35-40% in the electorate, "all is well" and we’re told to "shut up, it’s democracy at work". But when it’s the Conservatives who poll that high, suddenly we’re ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2008/10/01/the-liberal-double-standard/ So much snow has fallen on the Eastern Townships region (55-60 cm) that Bishop’s University cancelled all classes and gave us a Snow Day! This doesn’t happen often for a University! I have never seen that much snow fall down in two days! Now I have to go and dig my car out… Piles ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2007/02/15/snow-day-at-bishops-i-have-to-go-dig-my-car-out/ This is the modified version of an "op-ed" essay that I submitted as schoolwork this semester for my American Foreign Policy class at Bishop’s University. The other version will be sent to newspapers/magazines for publication later. — It’s a given. Conventional wisdom throughout the world holds that the more money you throw ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2007/02/06/three-strikes-for-foreign-aid/ *SCROLL DOWN FOR ENGLISH VERSION* C’est fait, je suis revenu de la convention du Fraser Institute et de l’Institut Économique de Montréal tenue à l’hôtel Delta Centre-Ville samedi en soirée, non sans mal toutefois. Je vous donne ici les détails, et j’ai même quelques photos pour vous, chers lecteurs! — Vous vous souvenez, ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2007/02/06/de-retour-de-la-convention-back-from-the-convention/ The Fraser Institute and the Montréal Economic Institute are holding a bilingual event this Saturday, February 3rd, from 9 AM to 5 PM at the Delta Centre-Ville hotel in the heart of downtown Montréal. (777 University) The conference features many renowned speakers each presenting a highly interesting topic. The conference will ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2007/02/02/joint-montreal-event-fraser-institutemontreal-economic-institute/ OR? Folks, That last U.S. Congressional Election on November 7th, 2006 got me wondering a great deal about just how I would vote if I were an American citizen. It used to be clear though, as I have always been a staunch blue supporter (I can’t really say voter, huh?) but as the 2008 election looms ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2007/01/10/would-i-be-an-elephant-or-a-donkey/ Yeah, I’m back in Lennoxville (Sherbrooke) for a new semester at Bishop’s University, just after a nice Christmas holiday. Exciting! I’m starting to get back into the beat, and this is not counting the 850,000 meetings I have to attend all over campus in the next few weeks, whether it is ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2007/01/10/a-new-semester-starts/ Une nouvelle année, amenant avec elle son lot de promesses et d’attentes toutes aussi nouvelles a commencé aujourd’hui. Permettez-moi donc, conformément à l’évènement, de vous souhaiter à tous, chers lecteurs, une bonne et heureuse année 2007! — A new year has begun today, bringing its very own bundle of new promises and expectations. In accordance with this event, ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2007/01/01/bonne-annee-2007-happy-new-year-2007/ Salut tout le monde! Je devine que plusieurs d’entre vous connaissez sûrement déjà le site WWW Political Compass, un site sérieux qui vous permet de savoir vraiment où vous vous situez politiquement parlant sur la carte des idéologies. J’aime beaucoup Political Compass car je trouve que c’est un site bien balancé et très ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2006/12/05/mon-political-compass-novembre-2006-my-political-compass-november-2006/ Like pretty much every conservative blogger out there, I too have followed the ongoing Liberal Leadership Convention this weekend with great interest. And as I was watching both the candidates’ and the guests’ speeches (even if I didn’t watch all of them) as time went by, I began more and more to feel the smite and burn of ... http://keepright.blogsome.com/2006/12/03/proud-to-be-conservative/