Shocking Allegations

The big story of the past couple of weeks has been over Tasers and whether or not they should be used by police. This comes after the death of a Polish man at Vancouver airport after he was allegedly shocked by police. Let's start with the basics. Taser is a brand name for a device that's commonly referred to as a stun gun. The device sends 20,000...

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Censorship in 2007: Fahrenheit 8-12

Of course you can't examine censorship in the media without talking about book bans. The title of this article refers to Ray Bradbury's dystopia novel Fahrenheit 451, about a book burner in an anti-intellectual, hedonistic society. 451F is the temperature books supposedly burn at.Now, our society has moved somewhat past burning books but the spirit...

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Kincardane Bridge Collapse Worrying

It's unfortunate that this news story has not received more press than it has. A bridge in Bruce County Ontario collapsed yesterday, seriously injuring at least one construction worker. My inside sources have told me that what's being reported on the TV and in the papers is not the truth of the story. Here's the story. Workers were pouring concrete...

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Censorship in 2007: Regulation of the Internet Dangerous

A group of artists based in Quebec has determined that the internet needs to be regulated to protect Canadian content and should be subject to the same rules as TV and Radio. I ask, is this really necessary? There's the obvious argument here that Canadians aren't interested in Canadian content at all. The proof in the pudding is all the Canadian programs...

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Nobels Show How to Delegitimze a Prestigious Award

More election stuff on the way. I'm working on a huge article on electoral reform but I just had to comment on this. Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize. For those who don't know, the Nobel Prize is given to those who are supposedly the greats in their field for that particular year in chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.The peace prize was...

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Time to Bring in Compulsory Voting

Yesterday's Ontario election saw the lowest turnout in the provinces history. I had originally estimated 60% based on unofficial results, however, the actual turnout was closer to 50%. I would call this election illegitimate based on that factor alone, since that was not a majority. I think Canadians, all Canadians, should be ashamed by these numbers....

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Ontario Election: No Change from 2003

Ontario lost today's provincial election. The only people to blame in this are the stupid Canadians. Those who would hand the Liberals another majority even after they've lied and stolen from you. This has been the most disgraceful election campaign I have ever seen. Ontarians voted clearly and they're saying: we want four more years of corruption,...

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Road Laws Tougher but...

I'd have to say that Canadians are some of the worst drivers around. I've been to Mexico, the US, Latin America and nobody drives as aggressively as we do. The summer of 2007 was one of the worst summers for road accidents in recent OPP memory. Indeed, you see bad driving everywhere from people tailgating, speeding, driving way too slow, forming the...

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Weird Election Campaign Wrapping Up

I haven't posted anything for a few weeks, simply because this election campaign is just a joke. The Ontario election has turned into a one issue campaign on faith based schools. Though I disagree with this, it isn't a major concern, considering McGuinty's track record of outright lies and scandals. I'll say it, anybody that votes Liberal is simply...

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Premium Issues

Back in 2003, Dalton McGuinty promised, in writing that he would not raise taxes. He won that election and then proceeded to levy the biggest tax increase in Ontario history. That was the controversial Health Care Premium. The vast majority of people are unaware of how much health tax they are paying, since it's hidden within income tax. Knowing people...

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Liberal, NDP Platforms a Joke

This election is turning into a three ring circus. There are no strong leaders and even weaker platforms. All three major parties have successfully managed to outrage me. The Liberals themselves are up to their usual antics. Dalton once again claimed he would not raise taxes, but according to CTV, when pressed by reporters he refused to make that promise...

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Religious School Funding a Bad Idea

I think this is one of the first election's I've experienced where I did not know who to vote for. It seems that all three candidates running for the major parties are poor. I usually vote conservative but John Tory has struck a nerve with me on the issue of religion and schools. I consider myself a secular conservative, a Libertarian Republican to...

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Family Day?

Wow, just... wow. The Liberals actually think that making a statutory holiday in February will get Ontarians to give them their vote. While I've seen many tactics for buying votes, I have to say this is a new one. I have to say that this both disgusts and insults me at the same time. Quite a feat.The sad part is, the Liberals may be onto something....

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Treason of Seoul

South Korea has greatly put the Afghan mission in danger. They did the one taboo in international politics, negotiating with terrorists. As such, the lives of both civilian and military personnel in Afghanistan, including Canadians, have been put in great danger.Back in February 2002, South Korea sent a token amount of 99 troops on the mission. Canada...

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Gangs of Toronto: Troubled Youths or Mafia

I talked about Toronto's gang problem a couple years back during the so called "summer of the gun" in 2005. The whole thing has remained a major problem facing the city and Canada at large as violence seems to spill outwards into the suburbs and even rural communities. There have been numerous efforts to curb the violence but all have failed. In this...

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Made In China: Corporate Greed or Cheap People

I was reading in the Post today about the continuing saga of unsafe Chinese products. More toys are being recalled, taken away from teary eyed youngsters because their Batman action figure could kill them. Well, maybe it's not such a bad thing to have killer toys because it would remove the surplus population of stupid children in the world. I kid...

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Panhandling a Free Ride for Youth

This past week, Toronto experienced it's 51st homicide of 2007. In this particular case, a man was stabbed to death after an altercation with four panhandlers. Apparently this man had refused to give them money. The four accused range in age from 21 to 22. This got me thinking. I'm around this age and I would never think to do that, or think to be...

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Polygamy in Canada

I was going through the usual newspapers today when I came across an article in CNEWS questioning recent legal decisions regarding Polygamy in BC. I'm sure you've heard by now about the Bountiful community in BC. It's an orthodox Mormon community that embraces having multiple wives, to the point of claiming it's some sort of sacrament. For the life...

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Made In China

There have been several scandals involving Chinese made goods. If it's not toothpaste made with antifreeze, it's lead paint on children's toys or toxic cough syrup. Canned fruit tends to be the worst. Thankfully those little oranges come already in their own wrapper.Back in the mid 20th century, the Made in Japan used to be the mark of inferiority....

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How Environmentalism Entered the Mainstream

If you've been reading this blog for some time, you know I've been highly critical of the modern environmental movement. It is by no means something new. It has evolved over the centuries to evoke different meanings with different ends. However, it has only recently broke into being the mainstream. I'm pretty sure when someone 20 years from now asks...

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The Law's Fine, Courts are the Problem

Once again, there's a lot of talk about out legal system. The usual argument is that laws are not tough enough, especially concerning dangerous offenders. The laws themselves are A problem but they are not THE problem concerning the rather lax attitude towards criminal justice in Canada. The youth criminal justice act is one such example of a series...

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Harsher DUI Sentences Needed

Once again, we've had a rash of drunk driving cases. The latest here in Milton in which a drunk driver rear ended a older couple Thursday night, sending their car into the path of an oncoming train. The two were killed instantly.There has been a massive campaign to get people to stop driving drunk but such campaigns don't work. The reason is that most...

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Evironmentalists Gloat But Still no Consensus

Environmentalists are gloating today thanks to a new study that shows that "climate change" is not being caused by cosmic rays emitted from the sun. This was one possible theory to explain the cause of a slight increase in global temperatures. As a result, the greenies are using this study to reaffirm their "consensus". However, the cosmic ray theory...

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Boycott Li(v)e Earth

As I'm sure most of you know, Al Gore is putting on a little concert this Saturday. Yet another one in the "Live" series (Live Aid, Live 8, etc). This latest shindig is in order to fight Global Warming. If you've been reading this blog long enough, I think you can guess what my take on this is. Global Warming, the fake crisis. All this concert amounts...

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We'll Keep Watering Until They Stop Building

Halton is yet another region to enact a mandatory outdoor watering ban. This ban holds no authority to me so I'll keep watering my lawn as I see fit. The reason why I refuse to comply? Simple. The cause of the recent watering bans and electricity shortages in Ontario is the result of government incompetence and not people running the AC or watering...

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Natives Have Rights, But Not To Special Treatment

Native Canadians are planning to block highways and rail lines on Friday in order to protest slow movement on land claims. This irresponsible act just shows what goes on in the minds of these people. The basically think that all of Canada owns them something because us evil white men supposedly raped their land. Every time I hear that, it makes me...

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Lakeview Demolition Symbol of McGuinty Failure

Today, demolitions are planned for the old Lakeview coal fired plant in Mississauga, ON. In many ways, Lakeview is a symbol of the incompetence of McGuinty's Liberals as well as the energy crisis in this province.Back in 2003, McGuinty promised that all coal fired plants in Ontario would be shut down by 2007. Well, it's 2007 now and they're all open...

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Afghanistan Is Important for Canada

Since the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Canada has lost 60 of our troops with some 270 injured. This has made the war very unpopular in Canadians' minds. However, I think we're doing pretty good. Canada's finest hour in military history, D-Day back in 1944 saw 340 Canadian troops die in a single day with 739 injured in action. That's almost six...

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Want My Vote? 10 Things that Need to Change

We're coming up to another Ontario election and boy, we're in quite a mess. McGuinty hasn't exactly been honest with the public and has made many questionable decisions. So, here's a list of 10 realistic things that need to be done to fix Ontario.1. Eliminate the Health Tax: The controversial "health care premium" enacted by McGuinty after promising...

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Yet More Global Warming Garbage

The Toronto Sun is running an informal poll on their website today asking readers whether they think the Conservative government really cares about the environment. A better question would be should they care. Of course they should not care simply because it is not an issue. Still it dominates discussion and is the big thing at the G8 meeting, detracting...

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