Fear of a Happy Planet?

Juice King Gregor Robertson wins the NDP nomination in Vancouver Fairview over former CUPE President Judy Darcy. Realpolitik says that New Democrats made the right choice for a challenger to Finance Minister/Rat B*st*rd Gary Collins. I live in the adjacent Mount Pleasant riding, and it's easy to tell where Fairview begins by the three solid blocks of adult toy stores, i.e. places like Mountain Equipment Co-op and Visions Electronics - the Adult Toy Stores you're thinking of are in Vancouver-Burrard.

Darcy has pledged to campaign for Robertson, and so has Vanessa Violini, who jumps to the NDP after being a major player in the BC Green Party. The Liberals, the Greens, and the Asperatti will have a field day trying to fabricate a split between the "old" and "new" wings of the NDP, but the truth is, there's less than six degrees of separation between the two of them. As CUPE President, Darcy was a strong advocate for the Union helping to establish the Working Opportunities Fund. Among other socially responsible companies, Robertson's Happy Planet Juice Company benefitted from investments in the Working Opportunities Fund.

Happy Planet products should soon be flying off the shelves, either by being snapped up by enthusiastic and thirsty New Democrats, or by Liberal suck up retailers (I'm talking to you, Save-On-Foods) pulling them from their shelves.