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Posted in General on Aug 13th, 2010
The decision by the Chief Electoral Officer to hold up the referendum process because of lawsuits pending does nothing to help the government even though they bravely says it does. The Chief, Mr. Fraser, is said to be free of the political process and we must take him at his word. That may be demonstrated [...]
Posted in General on Aug 12th, 2010
Earlier this year Winston Churchill II died. The magazine of the Churchill Society – a wonderful magazine I must say – paid tribute to the late long time MP, and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill. I felt the need to write the editor Richard Langworth and I thought you might be interested in the letter. [...]
Posted in General on Aug 11th, 2010
Yet another man, this time in Langley, shot dead by the police. Of course this not so, but this seems to be a daily occurrence. Polish immigrant killed by Taser. Accused in Air India case acquitted (though, in fairness, the judge goofed). Police Chief in Vancouver apologizes for bad investigation into the Picton case. Civilian [...]
Posted in General on Aug 10th, 2010
Shed no tears – the American House of Representatives has turned back “cap in trade”. Good riddance, I say. I honestly cannot understand how President Obama was so much in favour of it. The theory was that producers of “green power” would get “green credits” which they could sell to polluters to help them pay [...]
Posted in General on Aug 8th, 2010
I don’t believe that Tiger Woods will ever dominate the golf scene again. He has lost the power to intimidate. To have won 14 majors before the age of 33 is remarkable and entitles us to say he was the best golfer, by far, of his time and maybe the best of all time. Golf [...]
Posted in General on Aug 5th, 2010
American politics has become a great mystery to me. There was a time when I thought I had a pretty good handle on what was going on with our neighbour’s politics but no more. I guess the high water mark of my play calling came when I predicted that the mid term elections after Bill [...]
Posted in General on Aug 4th, 2010
We will be hearing more and more on “cap and trade” and it will be sold as being just super dooper for the environment. There are lots of variations of this scheme which, sadly, is being pushed by President Obama. The theory is not complicated – those whose industry reduces greenhouse gases will get credits [...]
Posted in General on Jul 31st, 2010
I find myself deeply troubled about the burka issue. Should women be allowed to cover their faces in public? After re-reading that line I wonder why the hell in 2010 I would feel it necessary to consider this issue. Why would anyone dive a fiddler’s fart about what women wear? They do in France where [...]
Posted in General on Jul 29th, 2010
The political system in BC cries out for a third party, a new Social Credit party. While we all bitch about every government, from today’s vantage point the Bill Bennett government looks pretty damned good! At the outset, the Liberals under Gordon Wilson looked like the Socreds re-branded. That perception stayed until Gordon Campbell launched [...]
I get very impatient with the one-liners, the slogans of both the left and right. They are usually backed up with an argument that’s as shallow as the slogan. The federal government is going to review their hiring policy over a recent employment issue and the essence of this is revisiting “affirmative action”. This is, [...]
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