Harper and Bush

Is it me or does Stephen Harper increasingly resemble George W. Bush?

Photos sourced from The Tyee and The Gully.

Cowboy hat and kitten-eating rumours aside, Harper and his Conservatives seem to be following the same strategy as Bush, by implementing socially destructive policies that tend to benefit corporations and hurt citizens.

Cutting corporate taxes, misleading the government about spending, increased militarization of the country, secrecy around torture of Afghan detainees, deregulating the possession of guns, expanding the prison system, pursuit of wire-tapping and surveillance of citizens without warrants, and using terror, anti-communism and anti-socialism rhetoric to shape the political landscape.

OK Canada, let’s start moving back towards the Left where we belong.

For a slightly dated (2005) but nonetheless informative and disturbing article on Harper and Bush, and their political philosophies, check out this article I found with the help of The Almighty Google.

Kitten photos sourced from HarperBot and Bricolage.