tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92065242009-11-05T08:34:37.205-05:00A Warehouse of Ideas and Information that Proves we Know NothingThe Commentatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275996524128634117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2116125This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206524.post-88511026434047112182009-11-04T22:01:00.000-05:002009-11-04T22:01:09.133-05:002009-11-04T22:01:09.133-05:00

With all the talk surrounding the inability of the Americans to find Osama bin Laden, it's tempting to think this is the only example of such an episode in its history. It isn't. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson sent an expedition into Mexico led by the distinguished General John "Black Jack" Pershing to capture one-time ally Pancho Villa. Villa lured the Americans deep into a Mexican terrain

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Let me see if I follow this. We keep hearing about the omnipotent power of Fox and Rush Limbaugh and their corrosive influence on an ignorant and weak American populace. Right? The White House certainly keeps hammering at this. But. In three elections that took place in the U.S. yesterday, the Republicans took two - New Jersey and Virginia. The other, in New York, was thought to go to a

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So. Now some poor shlepp has possibly been scapegoated in the Calgary Flames Vaccine Shot Scandal. The first person to lose his job to H1N1! Methinks it goes beyond this one staffer but hey...what do I know? One thing I don't get is people directing their anger at the Flames players and their families. If you were offered something wouldn't you take it? No. The fault lies with organizers.

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Multi-level marketing, though it may work for some people, is essentially a sophisticated version of a Ponzi scheme. Be careful which one you choose. I know I've been solicited for ACN - video television technology. Check out Merchants of Deception about Amway.

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"They say" it's impossible to jump the queue under Canada's public health system. Of course, we the ordinary citizens of Canada who are forced into a public system know this to be false. It happens. And if they don't move to the front of the line, they, like politicians, split for the States for service. Saying as much in the U.S. regarding health care reform is considered to be "fear-mongering"

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How wickedly complex health care reform down south is, aside from the insane 2000 pages so far written up, check this out. No wonder people are reducing it to simplistic rhetoric. It has to be explained to people somehow.

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Maybe it's the cynical Italian raging through my DNA, but I must say the day I saw Al Gore take his plight to the streets and to the people my Spidey senses tingled to the point of paralysis. I know how "things" work. This doesn't surprise me one bit. He's not quite in George Soros or Ted Turner territory but he's closing in.

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Earlier today I heard a radio report from ABC news regarding the ghoulish murder/rapes in Cleveland. The reporter, at one point, described the arrival of two coroner vans on the scene saying, "they are carrying body bags in what we assume will be filled with bodies." Assume? I doubt they're going to empty the fridge. *** Yeah, but where were you when? Conservatives have been hammering liberal

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The resemblance is eerie. Friz Freleng created Yosemite Sam in 1945.

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For the heck of it here are the results to the Laval elections. Once again, Lavallois don't show much creativity as they gave perpetual incumbent Gilles Vaillancourt a sixth mandate. And by mandate I mean mandate as they failed to elect any member to council from an opposing party. Let's just call Gilles "The Hammer" because we're all the nails. He can name himself Mayor for life at this point

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Thanks to new restrictive measures put in place by the Obama administration, lobbyists have chosen to de-register rather than move on.  Now. What to do about them unions dem there! Oh wait, sorry. Can't do that. Too much money and votes at stake.

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In honor of the civic elections in Quebec, I present a quote from one of Montreal's great Mayors, Jean Drapeau. In response to the rise of Toronto becoming the business capital of Canada he said, "Let Toronto become Milan. Montréal will always be Rome." It's an interesting comment.

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The President is cautiously pleased with what now has become the famous "3.6% GDP" line. Claiming the stimulus is working and that "there's more to be done" (really?), the Commander-in-Chief was nonetheless taking credit for this short-term patch work success. If you're semi-literate in examining GDP and other economic statistics, it's not hard to poke holes all over "Magic 3.6." First off, the

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Vaccine for H1N1 information from Quebec government website. Not surprisingly, they're not prepared - or at least things are not going smoothly. They only had, what, a few months to prepare. In the States it's no better with vaccines not getting out fast enough. The government is efficient in national emergencies. Sure it is. I'll go out on a limb and predict this is just a precursor of what

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Check out the best and brightest Facebook has to offer. Yeesh. No. I'm not on Facebook - not until I remove the second face that has emerged from the left side of my cheek. He's a vicious sucker. And I don't Twitter. 

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Just came back from voting in the Laval municipal elections. I readily and embarrasingly admit I don't know enough about the candidates. I've heard them on the radio debate for whatever that's worth. There's one dude I keep seeing on the ballot as far back as I can remember who remains a mystery to me. He's an indepdendent with no party affiliation. I like that. However, I know nothing about him.

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"Today marks a major milestone in government transparency--and an important lesson in the unintended consequences of such vigorous disclosure." I would like to know what he means by "unintended consequences." Have a look at who's been perusing the White House site. I wonder if I show up. I go under the name Captain Fantab Roccoco. *** Who would visit the Parliament website? Do we even have

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Too often, we learn about the death of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. To make it all the more poignant, fallen soldiers are described, for example, as "young," or "a dedicated father of two" or "he loved hockey and was a great Calgary Flames fan." It's tough to hear and sure to increase the demand we bring our troops home. Not a bad thought, but I can't get around the notion if we do leave,

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Now hear me. Or rather read me. No wait. That didn't come out right. Forget it. In the face of growing Islamic radicalization on their soil, France is preparing to reassert its identity.   They will do this through a national pride campaign.  So much to consider and ponder with this! *** Let me try and connect 'Curb your enthusiasm' with the recent events in France. In a recent

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Hi there! You better have Smarties or else... See what happens when you pump too much sugar into your kids? They have to burn it off some how.

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Lately, Liberals have lost their minds when it comes to the "conservatism is dead" rhetoric. They also have an obsession with Ronald Reagan. I don't get this piece. Let me see if I get this straight. Herbie Bush tells Spotty Gorby, Reagan is an extremist. Gorby agrees. But then Gorby turns around and says Reagan deserves credit for what he accomplished. In other words, he was able to come to the

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It's interesting to note that Americans can register as "Independents" if they don't like what the two main parties (Democratic and Republican) offer. For their part, Canadians don't have such an option. So those with independent ideological and philosophical outlooks that overlap with the major parties (Liberal and Conservative) are forced to choose either or.The problem is even more stark at

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With Montreal voters slated to head to the polls this week-end, Maclean's magazine has gone on the offensive with its take on the politics here.  "The once-glamorous city is now a corrupt, crumbling, mob-ridden disgrace. What went wrong?" Duh and Ouch! I'll add to this, a second rate sports town with a sports media that has become so parochial, it's childishly obsessed with Toronto. That is,

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I never thought I'd see the day where Chrica would actually stand trial. But here it is... What music will he face? From the Independent: "Jacques Chirac's spell as Mayor of Paris was a very good time to be sleeping with, married to, or simply well connected with somebody on an inside track with his Rassemblement pour la République (Gaullist) party. During the period from 1982 and

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The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur. What? You want a comment? No time. Watching the Phillies/Yankees game. You'll have to read and draw your own conclusions.

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