Kashechewan Water Woes

I love reading articles like this. With tainted water the issue of the day in northern native communities, the only blame the natives want to lay, is on the government.

Listen up natives! Non-indigenous people have been carrying your ass around, with taxpayers money, welfare, and numerous other social programs. Millions and millions have been spent to appease your "aboriginal heritage" and right to land. The government has built the water plants for you, and trained your people to run them. You have gotten millions to operate your tribes/land/social programs.

All you Chiefs out there, where is YOUR fiscal responsibility to your own people to ensure they had clean water?

I am getting tired of the argument of how pristine everything was centuries ago...if Canada hadn't been settled by now, building to where it is today, with advancements in technology and medicine, your aboriginal population would have been wiped out centuries ago by typhoid or some other disease.

Its about time you stood on your own two feet, and quit blaming your situation on everyone else. You got yourself into this mess this time...its time the government said "enough".
I am convinced that as long as we give in to the "demands" of others, our country is going to go to hell in a handbasket quicker than we care to think. Not just bowing to natives, but every other ethnic minority that comes to this country looking for handouts.

Try paying taxes for a few years before you criticize what the government is doing.

Weenie of the Week - John Filion

Legionnaire's disease took over Toronto the past month, and still, the Toronto Public Health board still acts as if nothing is wrong...


For the aggravation and hurt you have caused families in Toronto, due to your cavalier attitude when it comes to old folks, and your lack of initiative to do a full investigation to determine root cause, Mr. Filion, you are the distinguished recipient of this week's Weenie...



I wish all the people who lost someone during this crisis good luck in their class action suit against the city for neglect, and I hope Mr. Filion never has to be on the receiving end of the beauracratic bullshit he and his board has put people through.

Back with a Vengeance!

Due to unforeseen circumstances, I wasn't able to update this blog on a regular basis. Therefore, there is alot of catching up to do!!

David Dingwall - Hard to find fault in the audit, when you are auditing to your own rules...thats like a wolf standing next to the henhouse with feathers in his mouth, telling the farmer that a chicken a day is ok...and us, being the farmers, say "Ok Wolf, we believe ya"...By the way, wolves don't buy gum either...

Paul Martin - well, enough said...dumbass extraordinaire...

Toronto Police - Police have balls to say that they are not paid enough. Tell you what...get another job then! And we can tell what a great job you are doing, with the reduction in violent crime in the city over the summer...good job cops!

Toronto - with the police working to rule, the city is wondering where the extra revenue is going to come from when the police decide to reduce the number of fines they give out...quota system? you bet!

That's enough for now...I am sure there will be lots more to comment on real soon.

Pakistani Aid - How Much is Too Much?

Kudos to the Canadian Government for reacting in the spirit of international cooperation to commit $20 Million to the earthquake victims. I have a problem though. The Muslim community has seen fit to denounce the offer as "inadequate".

I have no problem with the country donating to natural disasters, but one thing should be made very clear...the well is not bottomless, and we have our own issues to deal with at home. For Muslim-Canadians to denounce the offer of $20 Million is reprehensible. Before the Muslim community condemns the government's offer, take a look around and see what has been offered as aid in the past, and what other countries are offering first ($50 Million from US, $6 Million from China, etc.). Keep in mind, that in the last 10 months, there have been numerous natural disasters for which Canada has donated. Tell me if I am wrong, but were the Prairies compensated this fast when the flooding occured this spring? I didn't think so...

Loyalties for Canadians are to Canada first...other countries should not be the priority when Mother Nature speaks...

Government Contracts - What did I promise and for how much?

When I read the article attached to the link above, I thought "I can see where that might be an issue"...then I gave my head a shake...why would any department ALLOW a supplier, of commodities or information, to ask to have all documentation eliminated as part of the contract? Simple...no trace of deliverables, or accountability on behalf of the supplier. I couldn't think of one instance after some thought, that this would be worth the price. As taxpayers, we deserve the right to know where every dollar is spent...and we should be able to track every dollar to outside the government. This is more fiscal abuse the Liberals have to contend with over the next few months before an election.

If this is going to be allowed, then I want to send CCRA a contract, where, as my employer and myself, as employee, won't have to provide on paper how much income I made last year...let's just make it a verbal transaction, and call it at that...you can trust me to give you the right information, and I will tell you, CCRA, how much of a refund you owe me next year...sound fair?

Musharraf has a sense of humour...

I was catching up on the news yesterday, when a Musharraf clip was on...not to minimize the damages and horror of what has happened in Pakistan...but he made a comment when criticized from the crowd about what his government is doing...to paraphrase (since I couldn't find the text of the clip...)..."People, it has only been 24 hours since the earthquake hit...The US weren't even this involved in New Orleans so soon after their tragedy"...2 things can be taken from this...First, GWB, the governments' reaction to New Orleans was unacceptable (all levels, not just federal), and even the butt of jokes internationally. Second, other nations can react in times of need alot quicker that the US ever could, when you look at the scale of tragedies...everyone knew Katrina and Rita were coming...earthquakes, unfortunately, are less predictable...

Delphi Bankruptcy and other fairy tales...

Well, the time is coming for union representation in North America...with Delphi in bankruptcy, the auto industry and unions have to take a serious look at its contribution to the economy. Granted, at one time, a union was useful in speaking together as a whole, to establish fair working conditions for employees, and not to be taken advantage of in the growing economy. However, times have changed. Unions have been working to improve the benefits of their workers past the point of reasonable, to the point where they can't be sustained anymore. With the cost of health care on every NA vehicle reaching unrealistic proportions, in addition to the outrageous wages being paid, slowly but surely the union base is decreasing.
If the unions had any brains at all, they would be looking at maintaining a large member base, but at the cost of wages for everyone...does the union not say they work for the people? I would like to know how they do, since they insist that their older members deserve a higher rate of pay than their younger members (two-tiered pay systems), and pensions that are the envy of most working class. Not to mention, helath benefits that result in GM being the largest healthcare provier in North America.
When will the madness end? The end is near...not only are unionized companies failing rapidly in the US (steel, auto supply), they are stubborn and refuse to acknowledge the fact that the "union machine" is out of control. One day the governments will wake up, and realize that the unionized workforce can no longer be provided for by the state.
Stelco, your end is near also...don't think that a restructuring plan, without concessions from the workforce, will garner you the award for being the lean "steel" machine you want to be. Time will tell, and slowly the establishment will turn against the union for causing havoc in the economy...I know as a taxpayer, I am getting fed up of my dollars going to bail out companies as a worthless cause...
Unions, every last dime you collect on behalf of your membership, hammers another nail into your coffin...I am sure my childrens' children will enjoy reading about the history of unions when they get to school...by then, perhaps, kids going out into the workforce can look forward to equal pay for equal work, regardless of the position in industry, and doing so in a safe, responsible manner.

A Close Second to Weenie of the Week...

Being a Conservative, there has been nothing in the past few years to really celebrate, and with the occasional "floorwalk" (Belinda and Co.), the Conservatives lack a program to get it together to take the Liberals in the next election.
Stephen Harper has done nothing for the party, except to maintain the uneasiness within the ranks (with limited success, and the natives are restless...), and has not come forth with a platform to stand on his own. The only reason the gap is closing in popularity, is because of what the Liberals are doing, not what the Conservatives will or can do...
Enough with feasting on the Liberals misfortune...don't think for a minute that you will be successful on a campaign that criticizes every move the government makes...leaders are ones with vision and a plan...I have yet to see either from you Mr. Harper...
I have never seen so much disarray in the government today. Mr. Harper, if you read this, try being proactive BEFORE the election is called, and make the election a win on your own party's merits. Try to do something that will sway the public, a platform that will meet ALL the public's needs, instead of the destructive damning of the current federal fiascos.

Weenie of the Week - Paul Martin

I have decided to add a weekly feature to this blog....Weenie of the Week...and congratulations to the first recipient...Canada's own, Paul Martin...

For all the crap and stupid moves by the federal government this week. You continue to represent the face of stupidity, and least of all, make Canada look like bumbling idiots.



Thank you Paul, on behalf of all your over-taxed, gas-gouged public!

Dingwall Severance

All I can say is, if the government pays off Dingwall for resigning, look out private sector - the government is setting a precedent to consider severance if you "resign"...Dingwall deserves nothing for quitting his job, and the federal Liberals are dinks if they even consider it - cronyism yet again, and of course, taking care of their own!

MP Mileage Allowance Increase

Bravo for having the nuts to change your mind and rollback the mileage allowance to MPs from 50 cents/km back to 46 cents...I want to know where the government's brain was to even consider it in the first place...

Government Energy Relief

More of my tax dollars (since I pay disproportionately more taxes than the expected recipients) is going to seniors and CCTB families to alleviate them of high energy bills...I challenge the government to do one thing...when you issue the checks in January 2006, correlate the amount you give out, to the increase in revenue at your casinos...where is my break on high fuel prices??

Another 5 Cents

Nothing like the government taking care of their own...they just announced that MPs will be allowed to claim an additional 5 cents per km now, due to some "unknown" reason - well, we know what you did...you gave the MPs the 5 cents a km more for the gas prices that you are allowing to increase in 2 ways...one, you refuse to take the tax off, and two, you find out that an Ottawa think tank is telling you something the taxpaying public already knew...we are being gouged!!!
Thanks Paul, you and your cronies are doomed to never have a majority government for as long as I live...

Toronto's Public Health Department

I finally see that Toronto can't think properly...it takes the US (CNN called it ground zero...) to bring it to a forefront that there is an issue with the old folks dying off recently...too bad it took Toronto a week to finally determine that it MIGHT BE a strain of Legionnaire's disease. Original tests showed that it was negative...
Well, after the damage that SARs had created in Toronto, you all have the balls not to do something to jump into the foray with all the media on what could have been a potential disaster for tourism in Toronto yet again???? THINK AGAIN MORONS! My tax dollars sucked you out of tourism obscurity before...I suggest that next time, Toronto, you come to the world stage and get things resolved sooner rather than later...
And by the way...if you doctors out there think you are underpaid, tell me what the Einsteins should be paid for the current fiasco that Toronto is facing in the media...

Use your head Toronto! (and not the heads of the lovebirds in your licensing department...)

Initial Ranting

I created this blog to be able to bitch and complain of anything I feel like...this might be current events, my job, you name it...don't plan on seeing anything happy here, and yes, I may get offensive to some...so, all you whiners and pro "whatevers", hit the road, and find a tea party to join.