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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Political Prostitution and the Escalator that won't Quit

Political Prostitution   



           
Millions for Transportation from the Telegram
This picture demonstrates better than I could ever put into words - why Newfoundland and Labrador has - since Confederation been treated with disdain and disrespect by the Government of Canada.

That escalator gets more photo time than the Premier. The last time was "we got it - we got it" only to be followed by Stephen Harper removing 5 times that we achieved from Paul Martin and the Liberals. So here is Susan "we got it - we got it" we have to wonder when the other shoe will drop.

Quite a deal the feds got - take away 10 billion give back 40 million.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Why does this government use escalators in their photo ops , especially escalators that are "DESCENDING" , when they are supposedly bringing good news ?

Metaphorically speaking ,the act of descending is not seen as positive . A political announcement delivered on a descending escalator may have hidden connotations . There is the old saying that "photos never lie" ,so do some photojournalists have a unique ability to perceive the unspoken meaning behind the visual?

Anonymous said...

Quite the escalator clause.