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“Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home.”
Winston Churchill
 
It’s no secret that I’m not a huge fan of the Conservative platform, but aside from being completely without personality, and the disturbing wardrobe choices….mostly related to his choice of vests…..I have not had huge concerns about [...]

It’s always nice to find a good use for this picture.
Today, I want to share a remarkable insight Junior had last night.
We were watching Season 2 of The West Wing, while we both worked seperately on our laptops…In this particular episode, they are discussing the Defense of Marriage Act…We have had a similar debate in [...]

Only God knows why….traffic to this old post from 3yrs ago is way up this week…So let me help you out and repost it in a convenient location:
It was origonally called “Here Kitty-Kitty…Feeding Time on Parliament Hill”
 

 Now, what you DON”T see in this syrupy public relations maneuver…..errrrr….I mean….candid photo of serpentine Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper…is [...]

Leave to the neo-conservative movement the careful consideration and vetting savvy to name themselves after a sex act – likely illegal in several states (oral sex is considered sodomy) (Update: Sodomy was illegal in most of the united states until 2003, when the laws were nullified by the Supreme Court)
If you go back and read [...]

Too cute!
Courtesy of TMZ….I’m impressed.

Everyone’s talking about the jabs taken at the Canadian Military by Fox’s Red Eye “satirical news show”.
Go easy on them.
Republicans aren’t funny.
They have tried twice to recreate the Daily Show but failed because they don’t understand the nuances required to deliver good satire. The best Republican-leaning satire is The Colbert Report….brilliant…except [...]

 

 
 
 “Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home.”
Winston Churchill   

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OK….I admit it.       

 

This is a slightly re-worked reprint of a column I wrote back in 2008.  
The original had one of my customary inflammatory titles, but I fear InformedVote.ca might not be ready to entertain [...]

I’ve been many things in this life, a bestselling author, a successful IT entrepreneur, a consultant to the government, an alcoholic, a junkie, a mother and a criminal….
(I said I’ve been many things, I didn’t say they were all good.)
But today, I sit at the lowest point in my life.
This isn’t something I normally [...]

My Obama Post for InformedVote.ca
 
Oh Happy Day! 
Today, Barack Obama becomes the 44th President of the United States.
I must admit, I wasn’t convinced he had the experience or charisma to win that election.  I was rooting for Hilary, mostly because it would bring Bill back into that inner circle of power. Say what you must [...]

“Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home.”
Winston Churchill
 
 
It’s no secret that I’m not a huge fan of the Conservative platform, but aside from being completely without personality, and the disturbing wardrobe choices….mostly related to his choice of vests…..I have not had huge concerns about [...]

 Now, what you DON”T see in this syrupy public relations maneuver…..errrrr….I mean….candid photo of serpentine Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper…is that moments later, he unhinged his jaw and swallowed the poor feline whole.
 I don’t usually do baseless pot shots….but, Harper’s smile is just so creepy here….and the kitten??? Augh! How painfully contrived an effort to make Harper [...]

 
“Special” Interest Groups, namely those ironically involved with Intellectual Disabilities, like Tony Parsons of the Special Olympics, are up in arms over Ben Stiller’s new movie “Tropic Thunder”.
We don’t need to go there.  It’s been all over the news lately. I’m sure you’ve already heard the noise. They object to a storyline and use [...]

Don’t be alarmed….Please try to stay calm…..keep your seat in the locked and upright position and fasten your proverbial seatbelts….
I have some important news for you and I don’t want you to get upset…..
The sky is blue
Water is wet
An object in motion will stay in motion…An object at rest will stay at rest
And a juvenile, [...]

I apologize in advance for the big spaces….formatting in WordPress is a bit of a nightmare for me….
I was looking for short-form fiction gigs to exercise my creative muscles and I came across the following ad on Craig’s List…

 
 
 
 
 
But, not really being interested in writing “Adult Content” , I sent [...]

 See?
This is me, rolling my eyes….
They are screenshots of a video I shot last week where I rolled my eyes no less than 12 times in 88 seconds….which trust me, is absolutely ridiculous!
On with our show….Are you ready?
Partisan = GOOD   Bipartisan = BAD  End of rant.   OK, just kidding….
This goes hand in hand with my [...]

 Visit here to read info about the book…like Table of Contents, Introduction etc…
Click here to visit Amazon

Go to bottom of this post to buy a copy directly from me.
(Proceeds help support the Adopt-A-Doctor Program to keep physicians in under-serviced rural communities)
Afterword (from DUMBASS)
“Love Your Neighbor As Yourself.” 
When I was growing up, that statement was [...]

 
Once again, the United States could benefit from looking to Canada as an example of certain policies that work effectively. I know it pains them….those who know Canada exists anyway….and generally Americans have a hard time giving credit to Canada for anything.
(I’m still annoyed that after Sept 11, when Bush was thanking countries for their [...]

 
There is some serious over-reaction to the Blackwater shootings in Iraq.
It’s not like they’ve killed EVERYBODY….although there’s still plenty of time.
Blackwater President Erik Prince testified before the House Oversight Committee today, defending his company’s trigger-happy mercenary cowboys. ….errr….I mean….Private Security Forces…(please don’t shoot me)
The problem with the media today is that they focus on the [...]

Are YOU one of the enlightened Americans who, along with Congress are FURIOUS with Canada for having lax border security?
Are YOU one of the rocket scientists that think Canada’s poor border security poses an imminent danger to the United States?
Have YOU written your terse indictment and pointed condemnation of Canada yet?
Well, grab yer harmoneeca, giddy-up and [...]

The only humor here is the hilarious contention by Iran’s President at Columbia Monday that Iran has no homosexuals and that it’s largley a western phenomenon…
This is a remarkable video from the CBC called OUT IN IRAN
Well done…and worth watching!

T’was the Night Before Ji’had
Listen my friends, to the story I tell…
About fighting terror and doing it well.
It began in the Fall of two thousand and four
The Intelligence Service heard whispers and more…
Brash kids ran their mouths in the public domain
Sought like-minds for meetings by bus and by train.
On websites and chatrooms espousing radical ways
They [...]

 “”An Iraqi friend of mine was laughing, saying, ‘The Americans are the new Baathists in Iraq’,” Graham told CTV’s Question Period on Sunday, referring to the party once ruled by Hussein.”
I can hear the nattering of furious Conservative and yes, even some of our Democratic friends from south of the border already….
Macleans Magazine and Patrick [...]

5o Afghan Detainees remain unaccounted for by Afghan officials….Here’s that story. What strikes me is the comments left by fellow Candians about whose problem it is…..whether or not we should care because they are not covered by our Charter of Rights and Freedoms….invoking 9/11 blah blah blah…..
Here’s the deal…
Canada is doing a right, good and just [...]

Here’s the thing…
A Canadian radio commentator in Vancouver has sparked a little ‘outrage’ over remarks he made concerning 3 Sheik children who refused to have their passport photos taken without their turbans. Passport Canada denied them passports. Pro or Con….I’m perfectly happy to allow everyone the right to an opinion and their freedom to express [...]

….and in seven short years, she can be yours! A Bavarian politician (pictured here)  wants marriage to automatically expire after 7 years.  Talk about sucking all the fun out of infidelity.  What’s interesting here is that she is credited with discrediting her main competition one, state premier Edmund Stoiber…who despite being leader of a Christian [...]

I was prepared to say that most jokes are not entirely limited to a single comedien, especially with current affairs. But, then I clicked through to the article and this is what presented itself:  “Cenk Uygur of Air America’s morning show “The Young Turks” insisted on his program Wednesday that Colbert used his joke on [...]

…and you can tell this because not only are we dressed adorably in toques and resting comfortably on the chesterfield, drinking 6% beer with our pet beavers….but because we have a government willing to defend our civil liberties.  I would like to invite all Americans who are unhappy with their current President and the damage [...]

 A disgruntled Belgian voter put his country up for sale on Ebay.
Hilarious? Totally…But, also understandable.  Tell me how a country of 10 million people racks up $300 billion in national debt. That’s 30 billion dollars per person… Is Bush secretly running Belgium too? Hell, it wouldn’t have to be in secret….who pays any attention to Belgium?

Under the heading “stuff you already know but desperately need to be reminded of”…Bush is laying the groundwork for a war with Iran.  I have thought this for a long time now….His escalating rhetoric against Iran is remeniscent of the early days before they took down Saddam. The truly sad issue here is that Iran [...]

 
It’s no secret that truth is in the eye of the beholder. We can be generous about it and say that we interpret information as it is reflected through our individual lens of social conditioning, beliefs, among other things…What we understand and how we understand it, is ultimately colored….dare I say…tainted by numerous factors.  We [...]

First, my heartfelt congratulations to Kathy Griffin for her Emmy win….from one red head to another….She has been an under-rated comedien for too long.
Now, there’s a dust-up because she said “Suck It Jesus”… in her thank you speech.  Here’s the deal people….you are NOT constitutionally protected against being offended or having your feelings hurt. Free speech [...]

This was a fun one. I started the original post in support of the Poppies for Medicine proposal put forth by a UK polling company who surveyed Canadians, who also thought that buying poppy crops from Afghan farmers to make legal medications was a better idea than the current poppy economy which sells them for [...]

Just kidding! That was Socrates…but, you can understand my confusion.
Bush has mused in Paul Draper’s new book ‘Dead Certain’ about his legacy and life after the White House. For my part, I’d like to say that any mortal man who has had the privelege of serving as President, but who, in light of what has [...]