Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Showing posts with label Turfy Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turfy Award. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Minuscule Canadian Taxpayers Federation in running for 'Turfy Award'

When it comes time to hand out the annual Turfy Award -- named for AstroTurf, the green synthetic blades that look like grass and feel like grass but do not absorb carbon dioxide like grass -- I expect the Canadian Taxpayers Federation to be a contender.

Indeed, consider 'em nominated.

After all, seeing as I cooked up the Turfies just now, the CTF's chances are likely pretty good to win the award for the Canadian organization that best exemplifies the concept of Astroturfing -- a slang expression for political activities that, in the words of our wonderful collectively owned Wikipedia, "are designed to mask the sponsors of the message to give the appearance of coming from a disinterested, grassroots participant."

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