New Car Dealers Association against delayed Opening on Remembrance Day

They have got to be joking. Holymakeabadnameforyourself batman... This is so 'You have got to be kidding me......' OK...they want the delayed opening bylaw on Remembrance day to now include Pharmacies and supermarkets and car dealers. Pharmacies I think should be allowed to stay open..that's kind of dumb...sorry. Supermarkets...well that's a close one...wait...no...people can wait 'till noon to get their pomegranates and milk...don't know of any real food emergencies unless you under ordered for the luncheon and will be fired if there is no fruit tray. Cars ? Sales to Gatineau ? Wait....I'm laughing........give it a minute......little more....taking a deep breath....OK. Your joking...honestly. " Honey...if we don't get that car on Thursday by noon we are going to Gatineau cause I just cannot wait the extra 3 or 4 hours. I mean dammit....we have been shopping for a month now and I WANT TO BUY IT THE MORNING OF REMEMBRANCE DAY DAMMIT !!!" Wait....more...."I so have to get my car back that has been in the shop for 1 week having $1000 worth of work on it that morning...before noon or I am TOAST !!" Wait....."Parts...parts....I cannot wait 'till noon to get my parts....I'll have to go to Gatineau to get them.....damn " Anything else ? Not that I can think of. Where do they get their ideas ? Who is in charge of the Association ? Do any of them have relatives or fathers or family or friends who are either presently in the military or have fought in the past ? Pretty sure they do. For some reason some $$$$$ minded moron could not see past his/her greed and made the mistake of making that lame ass remark about losing business to Gatineau. Honestly...what an idiot..s (??) The car industry cannot use the excuse of lowered prices due to high gas prices to not take 4 hours (max) out of one day to help recognize the sacrifice of thousands upon thousands of Canadians, which has allowed them to be able to run business's like they do and to make stupid remarks like that without being shot out of hand by some totalitarian regime. Unreal. The car dealership owners who are against what was said (if any...) should force their association to make a quick apology for such a stupid blurb....Could go on...but won't. You get the idea. I may go to Gatineau just to spite them. Man.......greed. I may join one of those anti corporate organisations after all....go to G8 protests and all. It's all about the money. Dimwits.
http://www.oncda.com/talk_to_us.htm Email them.....please.

Open Letter to Taliban From Canadians (I wish...)

Heyzoos Cristo....it would be nice to sit down with some of your upper echelon twits with a panel of Canadian civilians. Just so we could try and understand your absolute lack of intelligence. You sent a 'letter' for gods sake. A letter. Ooooooooohhhh. You murdered aid workers you pussies. Aid workers helping out your supposed fellow citizens that you seem so concerned about. I guess there is a reason you attacked a school housing 300 kids the following day. 300 of your fellow citizens children. Your countries future. I guess there was concern their IQ's ,at a young age, were going to pass yours as a whole. Can't have that. Won't be able to brainwash them. They may actually see through your facade. You actually think a ....letter.....would sway a country ? Sway the people of that country against their government ? "We will send them a letter..yah yah.. and it will be published by their media and all the people will be very afraid....yah yah....and force their government to withdraw the Canadian troops....yes....this is brilliant. As we are having a hard timing getting their soldiers we will kill unarmed aid workers....that will scare them...yah yah....maybe we can even convince them that our view of islam and our prophet Allah is the only way and let it overtake and rule their lives...the freedoms and joy they will feel...." (OK a little carried away there...) There are obviously people here who are against our involvement and people for it. That is what you get when you are free and can speak your mind....and have books to read to expand your knowledge. We are not brainwashed. Yup...no bookburning here. You are fortunate in the fact that some media outlets will try and hype such an inane form of communication....a letter....on slow news days to make it bigger than it is. There are also unfortunately twits who will go ..."Oh No" but the majority of us just laugh at you now. Maybe we are not familiar with your totalitarian ways and customs...as you are not familiar with ours......a letter. Can you not get it through your heads that when you kill aid workers that are helping your fellow Afghans, and raid schools to burn books and torture teachers, and the plethora of other inhuman tactics you use in the defence of your twisted religion, you actually turn more 'free' people against you ? Chill out man. Let your fanaticism vent somewhere else....I know....for the betterment of your fellow citizens....or against actual corrupt governments....not just cause they are secular or not followers of your twisted religion. Plant your poppies and be happy....Really....a letter ?

Gangs in Canada (Montreal Riots...)

How does one bring up a topic of immigrant gangs and subsequent criminal activities and not have someone say he is a bigot or racist or a nazi or such. I'm not any of the above.... so eat me if you think I am....
There seems to be an uptake in gang membership and increase in gangs themselves across the country. You can't tell me the riots in Montreal were not gang related. The cop who shot the teen (most likely gang member) that was advancing to attack him, along with how many others, was acting in self defense. It was a gang mobbing that the officer was not going to stand for and if anyone thinks that he should have taken the chance of a severe beating from a mob, for doing his job, rather than draw his weapon and shoot, has an altered sense of what police are paid for.

mob[1,noun]mob[2,transitive verb]
Pronunciation: \ˈmäb\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin mobile vulgus vacillating crowd
Date: 1688
1: a large or disorderly crowd; especially : one bent on riotous or destructive action2: the lower classes of a community : masses, rabble3chiefly Australian : a flock, drove, or herd of animals4: a criminal set : gang; especially often capitalized : mafia 15chiefly British : a group of people : crowd

The original incident was gang related and the subsequent riots were likely gang instigated. How many upstanding citizens would shoot at cops....gang members. It was a chance for people to loot. How do people think relations are to be improved in a poor neighborhood when they do this ? They won't. Normal citizens and victims of the looting will exact revenge in some way. It just won't be covered by the media too much as it would lead to more violence. Also, most of the immigrants in the community come from countries where they were repressed by the police forces there and they have to get it through their heads that it is not the same here. That's why you came, isn't it ? Not a good excuse. You were a shit disturber there and the same here. They ruin it for the ones that try to actually adapt to the Canadian way.
My view on gang violence and gangs in general is that there should be zero tolerance. If it's found you belong to a violent gang, you go to jail. If you are a recently landed immigrant (within 10 years) you are deported. That's it. Done. Had your chance. Realistically most gangs are immigrant dominant such as the haitian gangs in Montreal and elsewhere and the asian gangs mostly out west. There seems to be a Canada wide labour shortage, as reported by the media, so why can't these kids get a job ? I know how plain that sounds...'get a job'...but it's true. Take off the stupid sideways hat and chains and baggy pants and get a job. You can't use the excuse that you can't get an education. It's public. Just too lazy. Get a govt loan to go to college. I guess there's more money in gang activity than having a real job. A little more exciting. Makes for a nice break in the day. You could go on and try to take a social worker's attitude towards rehabilitation for these gangs but that won't get you anywhere. The last thing that is needed here is a gang like the south american one MI 13. This one has spread into the States and consists of South Americans who are insanely violent against anyone. If the system doesn't crack down on immigrant dominant gangs harshly...and soon...then we will start to lose our Canadian identity as a peaceful place to live and start looking like some US city like LA.
Time to stop blaming society and your home country and take responsibility for your actions and future. If your not willing to do that.... go back home. Really. How can you not expect a public backlash ? Do you think the Canadian public has an endless supply of pity ? Some do...most don't and it's time they act on it. Maybe we should protest in their neighbourhoods......OK....again....so it's a middling minority who actually carry out the violent stuff....yep..the gangs. Deport them. Deport the Canadian gang losers to a new facility 1000 miles North of Nunavut and the others out of the country. Please please please don't think of telling me..."they were oppressed in their country and will take time to build up trust towards our police forces ....." SHOT to the solar plexus.....knee to the nuts.....freak.

Another Slow News Day For CBC.....

Quote from CBC..."Afghan father wants revenge for children's deathsThe father of two children shot to death by Canadian troops in Afghanistan said Thursday he will "kill the Canadians" if he gets the chance."
His kids are killed.....I would guess that yes, he would like revenge. Anyone would. As would the 1000's of Afghans who have had family murdered by the Taliban or other suicide bombers. As would the family of the young man murdered in Winnipeg as would the soldiers families being killed overseas. What a stupid headline. Honest to god. I find it hard to believe that an organisation like the CBC cannot put out better material for their readers. Again, they are just sounding anti Canadian Forces with crap like this. Why not a normal take on what happened ? It was a terrible mistake yes....but a headline like that ? Maybe they'll come up with a headline for the murder here in Canada such as.....hmmm...."Family terribly upset that son gruesomely murdered. Want to take revenge on Asian man who killed him" I would. I would want terrible revenge. It's an obvious thing. OK..you get the point. I guess they're relieved that at least now they have an interesting news story to work on. Really sad. Really.

Slow News Day for CBC ?

OK...disciplinary charges in the military rise seemingly from around 1400 a year, before we went to war against terror in the form of the Taliban and other freaks, under the auspices of NATO, to about 2300 a few years after we took on an active combat role. Hmmm. From every day peacekeeping and regular non combat duties and activities to a combat role in an active theatre with daily hostilities and cowardly media grabbing attacks (ie: roadside bombs and attempted instigation of 'bad NATO' attacks) I think there would be some stress involved on the part of our soldiers which would ultimately lead to more incidents of mis-conduct due to stress. They're not automatons you know. It doesn't help that the media constantly looks for something to blow out of proportion to get headlines and sell papers and TV ads, thus igniting idiot pacifists back home (and abroad) who don't have the common sense to look a little deeper into things. For example...the Taliban and other radical groups most obviously use the media to try and sway the general public into turning opinion against the military. That is their sole goal. That is the only way they can fight. They try to instigate the general public into railing against the entire reason for being there and siding with them. They fight from peoples homes and force them to stay so the media will come in and report on the coalition destruction of every day peoples homes and occasionally killing the occupants. A few of these and you get a protest...and the enemy laughs. The media knows full well this is what happens but they need their headlines...their pictures. The Canadian media is not terribly harsh on our military but I'm sure most of any negative criticism of our soldiers is due to some mis-guided or bored journalist, and this most definitely affects the soldiers who are there, going WTF ? The article is just pretty much a statistical review of 'stuff' and in the end kinda harmless. Still, why the headlines and opening line of 'Military charges against Canadian Forces members have risen dramatically in the years since Canada sent troops to Afghanistan, a CBC investigation has found. In the past eight years, charges have risen by as much as 62 per cent.' This made front page on a few papers and internet homepages. Yes, lets point out minor human indiscretions (and some serious) instead of maybe taking a different stance or maybe a report on the mental well being of our troops from a personal level. It's the headline that gets you in tho' I guess....

'Assumed' organ donor ?

'NDP Pushing for Assumed Organ Donation' Have people not learned yet that assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups ? So right off, I have my card checked for organ donation...I am definitely NOT against it...but to assume ? That's just not right. Be spiritual or what you will, that body belongs to somebody and you can''t just start harvesting it....."SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Had to get that in..sorry. If I was in a position to desperately require an organ or I will succumb to a disease that I have, I probably would want to see this pushed through (see link). If I was in an airplane heading straight toward the earth facing imminent death....chances are pretty good I would say a quick prayer, even tho I am anti-religion. I would try anything. But it still comes down to the fact that you cannot assume people want their body harvested...should'nt even be considered. These people are pretty much saying that once you pass on your body becomes the property of the government and medical system if you don't initial or sign that little box. So if you forget to check the box or sign, then unfortunately your body is up for grabs. Nothing your family can do. Versus the opposite now. I would prefer the not using my body if I forget. My partner knows I want to donate, but I do understand that they need to know asap after death. Another scenario....they can't find your wallet or ID...."this poor soul is dead...well, it's assumed he wants to give his/her organs to others...lets get to it" Not....the card is checked for 'NO' to organ donation but it is done anyway. But they had to rush to keep the organs fresh and 2 people benefited....Sorry. Not good enough. If for nothing else...unfortunately....it is on principle that I would refuse to allow the federal government to control my remains. That is going a little too far. They already technically control my finances and budget and a lot of day to day life. They will NOT and should NOT have control over your body after death. What a can of worms they would open. Ah well, I guess MP or MPP's can try and get whatever legislation they want pushed through but I have to agree that most of the time they are shot down on stupid stuff like this. I have faith in the system enough to know that this will not pass....as we are not there yet as a civilisation. (Do other countries have this ??)

Liberals Want to Win With New Tax ?

First off...if I could talk to Dion and the Liberals I would say..."are you on crack ?" This said, as they realize that in these trying times with skyrocketing inflation and layoffs, that maybe proposing a new tax is not a good way of taking power from the Tories. I have to wonder if Dion decided to take a survey, on our willingness to pay more taxes to help improve the environment, on David Suzukis website. Hmmm. Or maybe from his upper class friends who make enough money to not care as their accountants will make the necessary adjustments to their yearly taxes and portfolios. Hmmm. Me thinks he did not approach the right group of Canadians (pretty much most of us...) to ask us our opinion. Maybe in the future when the economy has stabilised and we don't have the plethora of more serious issues to deal with. The think tanks think that the state of our health system is no longer a hot topic. They also are starting to think that the environment is not as hot a topic as they thought and may be a non-starter.....election wise. Pretty sure the last thing Joe Canadian wants right now is a new tax. Don't get me wrong. Keep working on Industry and corporations to reduce their carbon footprint. By all means. But also take into consideration that we are merely accelerating a natural process, that hopefully we can attempt to get back close to it's natural course. I personally think his platform (or the Tories for that matter..) should be to bring jobs back to Canada. All that will happen is Canada (and everyone else!) will continue to fork out contracts over seas (ie:India and China) as it is cheaper, and as our economy continues to take a nose dive and our population declines, as it is too expensive to have more than one kid (if any), we will be decreasing our carbon footprint and effect on the environment only to have developing countries like China and India increase their carbon footprint and pretty much balance things out or flat out make it worse. Look at China now. For the Olympics they have shut down approx. 300 factories around Beijing and forced people to drive their cars on alternating days to reduce the fog of pollution there. Whats gonna happen the second the Olympics are over ? Everything will snap back into gear with most likely even more factories going up due to behind the scenes 'Olympic dealings' and the pollution quadrupling. You don't think China is using the Olympics as just a sporting venue, do you ? That's the last care they have I'm sure....'oh yes...the olympians and sporting events..'
Mr. Dion, make your platform keeping jobs in Canada and reducing the financial burdens on families stuck in between the upper class and those who require assistance (a cut off I think of $35000 and below on average I think...$36000 and your shit out of luck..) and bringing our manufacturing sector back on line (by of course bringing these jobs back to Canada) and a plethora of other economic issues, and maybe you will have a chance. This of course could be done by Mr. Harper or the NDP also. Unfortunately if the bloc did this they still wouldn't get in so why bother !! It does not take a think tank or university professor in the media to say...'hey the economy should be the number one issue and we don't really think a new tax will endear you to the general public....oh yes, and people are going to hurt...' I think I'll copy this to David Suzuki. See if he has a plan to come to a proper balance that would make everyone happy. By the way....when it comes to thinking we need more taxes on top of what we have to improve our environment.....who is 'everyone'. I think we are doing pretty good just as we are. Focus on the real polluting countries to get them up to speed. We have already set a good example.
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Police Your Own...

This quote from the CBC ..."A group of eastern Ontario Mohawks is upset about an unlicensed quarry started by a businessman in their own community, saying it undermines their protest against the environmental damage caused by another quarry in the same region"

Thank goodness for Aboriginals who have their head screwed on right. You have the 'terrorist types' (Mohawk Warriors) who just start fires and occupations to try and prove a point without thinking, (Ying) and then you have the people who say 'hey, this is going on in our own community...' (Yang). I refuse to say 'Reserve residents' as I just do not agree with the Reserve system. It's a community with the main demographic being Aboriginal. I really hate the usage of the word Reserve, yet they keep using it. Anyway, the council (local government...) seems to have ignored this guy in the past and keeps on ignoring him. Why ? What right does he have to devastate the environment, on Aboriginal lands ? I really hope the people of that community do occupy the quarry to show simpatico with all environmentalists....which I unfortunately really am not. It just showed me a sign of hope when I read this. It was really the guys quote at the end of the story that got to me...."Some members of the band have talked about occupying the Build-All quarry. But Paul Timmerman, an Algonquin from Sharbot Lake who works at the site, warned that shutting down the quarry also could hurt members of the Tyendinaga community.
"It would put a lot of people out of work. Maybe they should take that into consideration."

MMMhhhmmmm. Maybe he (they...) should take that into consideration whenever they blockade any roads or sites that would deny other non-aboriginals access to their source of income...Maybe Paul should fight against all radicals and push for a non-violent approach to solving any issues there are...rather than running out and occupying a site or setting up a road block. This does not help the situation at all. It just unfortunately keeps the impression of certain groups being a little behind the times still. And don't anyone come back and say behind the times is a good thing....it's called human advancement. Do we still hunt with stone arrows or get to work in a horse drawn carriage ? No. We've advanced a little.

So after going slightly into a tangent, I really hope to see more news on what will happen with this guy ripping up their own land without permits etc... versus the seemingly licensed quarry...

Khadr Again...

So...we were waiting for the protests orchestrated by the defense after the very short chosen video clip...which I'm sure the defense took some time to choose...which yes, is their job. Fortunately they only scared up a couple hundred people for the anticipated protest...which we knew was coming (see post below...) I have to ask where the husbands of the muslim women are ? Not something they do I guess. Don't really see them together much do you ? OK, I'll stop there as that will lead me to an anti-religion tangent again. Once again, yes, he was young and brainwashed and manipulated, and Canadian. After the trial they should bring him to a Canadian jail to serve his time. Not until then tho'. Unlike some in the protest believe, he will not be executed (get a grip !) and yes he will be sent back to Canada to do his time under an agreement. Please...are you that ignorant ? That comment came not from a family member but a caucasian participant. OMG. Someone who makes a comment like that is living in their own world or is very easily swayed mentally and is the type of person you would find dead from a mass cult suicide. Sorry but true. Yes, lets just ask the US to drop all the charges and bring this guy 'home'. It's all good. Lets let the Khawaja character go also, after all his ex fiance said he didn't do anything....Lets show the world that we are soft on radicals. Come to Canada and practise your own brand of radical hate mongering and look forward to a lenient justice system. uh huh. If anything, try and force the trial date to be expedited to get it over with and out of the media once and for all. You know, I'm gonna go back to the hijab/dominant hubby thing.....no....no. New post maybe for that. sexist...stoning women for adultery....bias....radical...infidels....religion....hold back...hold back.....

Getting Excited at $1.16/litre......

As I drove down the street yesterday (a Saturday) morning I noted gas prices were at around $1.20/litre. Yes this is lower than the recent norms but 'regular-like'. As I was driving back in the afternoon I noticed prices had dropped to $1.15 on average. OK....so this is Saturday...no open markets, right ? Prices drop almost 5 cents a litre in the middle of the day..on a weekend. So my thoughts now go to Speculators ?...maybe not. Demand ? still a possibility. Supply ? still a possibility. OPEC ? still a possibility. Big Oil ?....most likely. Who else can change the price of gas on a Saturday afternoon ? Did Iran renounce terror ? Did all the terrorists take a holiday ? Is North Korea quietly removing Kim Il Dork ? Did a new refinery kick in ? Did the media not stir up any panic and fear for the last couple of days ? Hmmmmm....
No if only we could see $1.09.....that would be a good day....yes indeedy......