Category Archives: Politics

I’ve got a hangover…an Obama-hangover

OK people, please give Obama a chance to do ‘presidential’ stuff before anointing him God. I’ve got a massive headache from the press. Apparently everything Midas touches does turn to gold….even before he’s touched them. I have great optimism that Obama will be an influential president and that ‘change’ is coming. And that has the… Read More »

Uh-oh. A new era begins in the US

Careful what I wish for I guess….. For better or for worse, I think the better man won the election. I’m a little unsettled that the Democrats also took control of the Senate and the House. 2 ways to think about that I guess: 1) With control comes the ability to make the tough decisions… Read More »

First Snow of winter

Today marks the 1st day of snow. On that note, just a reminder that the US election is coming up. I think based on the fact that Obama is younger and will live long enough to regret and/or own up to the mistakes he makes over the next four years, he should be the one… Read More »

The geo-political state of the world

Here we stand on the brink of a Brave New World: -we have a minority PC government again when we’re in a time where a majority leadership (I don’t really care who) is needed to make some tough decisions coming up. -we have a mortgage breakdown that’s crippling the economy but nobody seems to be… Read More »

Jury Duty

So, as should happen to everybody at least once in their life, I was summoned to jury duty this week.  After watching Law & Order I was all primed up to be grilled by the lawyers.  Had all my misleading answers ready to go so that I would make it on the jury for sure. … Read More »

Pesticides

On the way into work today I was listening to 570AM talk radio and there was a review about a poll taken in the Region regarding pesticide use.  The region is split 50/50 on whether it should be used at all.  The by-law today is that pesticides are allowed to be used in April and… Read More »

Insta-Depression

If you want to get depressed in a hurry (doesn’t everybody?) you should go out and rent the documentary “The End Of Suburbia”. This happy little film discusses the inevitable downfall of our society due to the decreasing availability of oil. We all know about this and are aware of the many obvious costs of… Read More »

Deadbeat Dads

I love it!  The Ontario Government is stepping it up a notch in the shame game by creating a website to profile dads who skip out on child-support payments.  What a bunch of no-goods these dads are.  I’m not a big fan of using shame to get people to smarten up but this can be… Read More »

The Dems are in

Well, it happened:  The Democrats won both Senate and House.  AND on the same day Donald Rumsfeld the right hand grease-monkey to the ham-fisted George dubwa Bush also stepped down from his lame attempt at being useful. I fear the US economy may take a hit with the Dems in control but it’s a small… Read More »