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	Urban Uprising?

egsnyder

12-2-2008 5:21 AM

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politics, canada, coalition

egsnyder says:

In the past few days, politics has gone from boring to breathtaking. A coalition has formed to overthrow the Bush-like Tories in Canada.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/91bbb784-47b4-46f6-829e-b8e89107c84e/25682200-980D-45A7-8332-158AADC37DF0/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://jessehirsh.com/the-fall-of-the-tories-and-the-rise-of-the-city-state" href="http://jessehirsh.com/the-fall-of-the-tories-and-the-rise-of-the-city-state" style="font-size: 11px;">jessehirsh.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jessehirsh.com/the-fall-of-the-tories-and-the-rise-of-the-city-state"><H1 class="site-name"><A title="Home" href="http://jessehirsh.com/">Jesse Hirsh</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jessehirsh.com/the-fall-of-the-tories-and-the-rise-of-the-city-state"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/jessehirsh.com/img/04438D7A-CB89-42B4-A29F-C72AF466ED2E" alt="Home" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jessehirsh.com/the-fall-of-the-tories-and-the-rise-of-the-city-state"><H1 class="title">The Fall of the Tories and the Rise of the City State</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jessehirsh.com/the-fall-of-the-tories-and-the-rise-of-the-city-state"><SPAN class="submitted">Submitted by jesse on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 14:03.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://jessehirsh.com/the-fall-of-the-tories-and-the-rise-of-the-city-state"><UL class="links inline"><LI class="first taxonomy_term_70"><A class="taxonomy_term_70" title="" rel="tag" href="http://jessehirsh.com/category/canada">Canada</A></LI>
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