Schmucko.... or Why I don't Watch the CBC..

... and it annoys me that my taxes are paying for this. On the up side, it was inspiring to watch this woman speak. It's too bad it was interspersed with the embarrassing interviewer who is a complete idiot in my opinion. It is interesting to read the comments and I wonder if his lineage is true... if so, it explains alot.

Watch how this woman calmly responds to his inane questions. I admire this because I would have lost my temper. Mind you, this woman has been through so much in her life, I'm sure this interview and his attitude were irrelevant.

Evil Anti-American Infestation!

Slicko...

I really think it is a travesty that Moore's movies are misrepresented as documentaries rather than the fictional set up they are. Regardless, I am thinking by now that most people take what he portrays with a barrel of salt.

As I have portrayed in a previous blog, I can't understand how anyone can consider Cuba as a model for anything. I wonder how the US, or Canada for that matter, would feel about tourists paying for better care than their citizens get. Here are some more pics I have found on blogs regarding the state of healthcare for the Cuban citizen:

The Real Sicko Pictures: Cuba's Healthcare

Yep, that's some real compassion there!!!

Scottish Foreign Policy

'Cuz you know... considering Scotland's foreign policy and their intrusion into Middle Eastern affairs, it was only a matter of time.

The latest attack on Scotland should show you that the Iraq war, foreign policy, etc has nothing to do with radical Islam's attack on western culture.

Glasgow Airport Attack Linked to Attempted London Bombings

Sue me

This blows. It makes me want to go out and EXHALE a whole bunch right in front of a lawyer or an environmentalist.

Law Firms Preparing to Sue over Global Warming

On the other hand, perhaps we'll hear some actual facts for a change from the defense lawyers. Personally, Salem Witch Trials come to mind.. there was a consensus there too.

Crime Pays

As in the previous post where I believe the victim mentality pays (with no positive results for society), it has become obvious to me that crime pays.

Last month, I heard on the radio that there were two major arrests in Calgary on the sale of credit card skimming devices over the internet. I'm listening to the news story on the radio about the first arrest and the news announcer states that this is the 4th time the perpetrator has been arrested on similar but less serious charges THIS YEAR. What is going on in our court systems in Calgary? Shouldn't the second conviction THIS year (considering it was May of THIS YEAR) have resulted in incarceration for the rest of THIS YEAR, or, at the very least, the third!!!?

Aside from that, one of my pet peeves is doing work over again. I feel for the Calgary Police who are arresting criminals over and over again and the perpetrators simply walk out and continue their crimes. Unbelievable.

Victim Mentality Prevents Evolution

Granted, I avoid watching and reading much of the MSM for my news and I am much more informed internationally for it, but I have not seen much outcry from the left for the Palestinians and horrors there. In fact, when asking people, they don't seem to be aware of what is going on. I believe it is because Israel hasn't been involved in the death and destruction in Palestine. Had Israel stepped in, I assure you the many more people would be aware because the MSM and the left would be blaming Israel.

For those of you who do not know, there has been major internal warfare going on in Palestine. I think the following articles are great reads and point to the irrationality of the victim mentality. This victim mentality shows how groups, minorities, cultures, countries, etc do themselves a disservice and do not grow and become stronger. I believe it is part of the problem with society everywhere, including factions of our own.

Palestine is an example of this.

Watch the Fault Line

Israel a beacon for Mid East

h/t National Newswatch

Canadian Taxpayer Insanity OR Why Conservative Radio is being Attacked in the US

The BBC has just completed a report on their own bias in reporting the news. This is refreshing and I wonder why they were prompted to investigate their bias. I would expect their numbers are down or perhaps they receive many complaints. Whatever the reason, good on them for investigating it and good on them for coming through with an honest report on themselves. It is refreshing because they could just bury their heads in the sand and proclaim they have no bias like the MSM who are losing their market share out there.

The mainstream media in the US and Canada could learn a lesson and the CBC, in particular, would do well to read the report. The CBC, funded by our Canadian government, and other MSM outlets (including newspapers and the parliamentary press gallery) continue to intertwine their socialist thinking and left wing bias into news reports. They do not even call them editorials anymore but news. They then wonder why they lose their viewership, readership, etc and why conservative talk radio and blogs are thriving.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. I would think the CBC is insane but on reflection, they continue to do this, have extremely low ratings, and soak up the taxpayers money. It is obviously working for them and ratings are of no consequence to them. It's no wonder I lose my mind whenever I hear of my tax money funding it. I must be insane to think the CBC would consider this report or bother looking at themselves like the BBC has done. Obviously, there is more accountability in the UK.

BBC's Complete Report on its Bias: 'Safeguarding Impartiality in the 21st Century'

Global Warming in Calgary

The Green Religion alias I'm Losing My Sense of Humor

There are alot of horrible things happening in this world. Worldwide poverty and starvation, genocide, human slavery, women being stoned to death for being raped, people in China being sacrificed for their organs, girls undergoing genital mutilation, etc. Right here in Canada and the US, we have child pornography, pedophiles and violent criminals getting off easy to repeat offend, huge healthcare deficiencies, homeless people who should be in mental health facilities, etc. Environmentally, we have sewage and chemicals being dumped into oceans and rivers, pollution, animal cruelty, etc. I could go on and on about the evils and injustices of the world.

It is because of these issues that I am particularly furious with the whole "theory" of global warming. It has become a religion for enviroradicals and a top priority. How did this happen? A consensus was apparently reached by scientists but that, by no means, enshrines this belief system as fact. I won't get into all the arguments but suffice it to say, this CO2 theory has become a FACT and to question it is heresy. Like Irshad Manji from my previous post, there is something vastly wrong with a "religion" that does not allow open discussion or questioning of it.

The worst thing about this religion is, much like radical Islamist, this belief is being forced on me. Submission is the only answer or you are evil and stupid. This point was raised by Al in a post on a friend's blog and I think it is, unfortunately, true and scary. Submission involves billions of dollars in investment and lost opportunities in our country being excised from our taxes. These dollars are being funnelled in the name of Kyoto to countries throughout the world for not producing and regardless of their stances on human rights. How would you like it if you were forced to contribute billions of your tax dollars to the Catholic church because there is a consensus that God exists and overall, the religion has alot of good in it with the Thou shalt not kill, treat others as yourself, etc. or even worse, another religion in another country?

The worst part about all this is to think of all the good all that energy and money could do for people? Think of all the good all that enery and money could do for our environment? Think of all the people it could feed or areas in Canada that could be preserved. How has a theory trumped all the proven issues we are facing in our country? In a truly free compassionate country, why aren't we fighting Sharia Law instead of imposing Sharia Environmental law? (good point Al!) Since when did this belief trump all other beliefs to the point of "YOU WILL SUBMIT" whether you believe or not.

This post was precipitated from the following post at Procrastinatrix' blog:
I'm turning into a Xenophobe

Being Offended is not the same as being Oppressed

I watched the PBS show "America at a Crossroads". There was a very bright young Canadian Muslim woman named Irshad Manji. Among many excellent points was a pearl of wisdom that went something like:

"In a diverse society, you will very likely be offended. Being offended is not the same as being oppressed."

Wise words and I will be thinking about this over the next few days. It is a good lesson. Is being offensive a criminal offense? Should it be? I think it has become so and how free or diverse is a society when this is the case. Very interesting.

It's the Dalai Lama's fault...

Really, he was just asking for it. Between his foreign policies and his arrogant aggressive stances with other countries, who can blame the terrorists??? Perhaps the Buddhists are conspiring to knock off the Dalai Lama in order to blame it on terrorists and take over some country's oil? In fact, the Dalai Lama's actions are creating more terrorists.

Ridiculous? Of course it is.... and so is the idea that America is to blame for the terrorist threats and past attacks on their citizens.

Kate makes the point a little more elegantly than I do:
The Consequences of Buddhist Imperialism.

D.J. tries to shine a little reality into fantasy land
Will the lefties admit there's a war on now?

And really, Al Qaeda might as well stand in line because fundamental Christians are just as bad. I am sure the Dalai Lama is on their hit list as well.... sheeeeesh.

Good Times

My sis posted this but it CRACKS me up. Just got back from holidays with my parents and my sister. Here is my dad....click to enlarge.

While I was away, some good friends looked after my dog. I have disguised them to protect their identity as I didn't get their permission to post the photo. They took this last time they looked after him. This time, they added two of their dogs to the bed. It is a double bed only!!!

An Inconvenient Alternative

I just watched the documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle. I have some questions regarding some points but less questions than I have regarding An Inconvenient Truth. I must say, I am getting more and more cynical regarding the UN, the media, hollywood, etc as I grow older. There are agendas everywhere and you must be very careful when viewing or reading anything anymore. This documentary should be watched by all who swallow everything hook, line, and sinker and especially those who watched the Academy Award winning documentary by Al Gore, who, incidentally, buys carbon credits in his own company. That alone should make you question his agenda.

Here are some links to blogs regarding the global warming hype and the OTHER documentary.

• The Great Global Warming Swindle
• Bright Sun, Warm Earth. Coincidence?
• Death to the Skeptic (a Canadian climatologist getting death threats)
• British Scientist warns of 'Moral Danger Behind Global Warming Hysteria'
• Sunday's Protest/Counterprotest (or... Calgary has moonbats too)
• Global Warming and You
• The continuing crisis
• Giving Students an Equal Perspective on Global Warming
• Canadian 'denier' threatened with death... and it's not reported in Canadian news
• Scientists receive death threats for questioning Man's Role in Global Warming
• There is no action to radical to defend Mother earth
• David Suzuki recommends rationing
• Documentary exposing Global Warming Myths Stir Media Controversy in England
• The Great Global Warming Swindle
• The Great Global Warming Swindle
• Mayors look for tax grab, cite global warming
• David Suzuki, Mr. Congeniality
• More Scientific Dissent on Climate Change
• Top Scientist Changes Mind on Climate Change
• Hannity Gives More than 70 reasons to Chill Global Warming Hype
• British Documentary: Global Warming 'Biggest Scam of Modern Times'
• Skeptical Documentary ‘The Great Global Warming Swindle’ Airs on British TV
• A Green Hypocrisy: Media Ignore Costs and Damage of Carbon Offsets
• Energetically Wasteful
• Green ghosts
• Mark Steyn: Nashville Paper Sat On Al Gore Electric-Bill Story
• Maurice Strong, back in the news
• Meet the Global Warming Skeptics
• Banning Dihydrogen Monoxide
• An Inconvenient Comparison
• The great polar bear fraud
• Public Radio Asks Why U.S. Should Adopt Failed E.U. Carbon Reduction Plans
• Suzuki Playing Gutter Politics
• More Inconvenient Truths
• Eco-warrior of the week
• Shilling for Enviro-Bucks
• David Suzuki Foundation can't face reality
• Sinister Developments
• Al Gore's 'Scientific' Media Study Isn't Scientific, And 'Dissent' Authors Oppose Dissent
• The nature of things
• Climate change: Inconvenient for you, but not for me (I'm rich)!
• Annie Warms the Planet another degree
• Eco-Phobia Goes Pediatric
• Al Gore: The unassuming capitalist
• Al Gore and David Suzuki benefit from your loss
• Great Moments in Climate Predictions
• While We're Onto the Topic of GW

Thank heavens for bloggers because you won't hear this on the MSM as a rule.

Liberal's Short Memories

... and they're counting on Canadians having short memories. Unfortunately, too many do.

There's a hew and cry by the liberals and the MSM about the Conservative government appointing partisan judges.
On the liberal website:
Stacking the courts threatens Judicial Independence

You've got to be kidding! Perhaps if you were ethical in any way, you would have changed this when you were in power and wouldn't have lambasted Harper for suggesting otherwise. Idiots.

If memory serves me right and I checked my blog, there was a hew and cry by the liberals and the MSM during the election when Harper had the audacity to suggest that the judges appointed by the previous liberal government were partisan. They suggested that judges were beyond reproach and to suggest otherwise was, well, un-Canadian. My previous blog:

Liberal Dictatorship

Our opposition parties care more about soundbites than actual government and the good of Canada. Harper tried to change this but was blocked and challenged on judge appointment changes all the way by YOU. Which is it? Are judges beyond reproach or are they partisan? Oh, I see, only your appointments were non-partisan? Give me a break.

Something Smells Rotten and it's NOT CO2

I just watched the Enron documentary this weekend called Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. It was quite amazing how those involved bought into the hype without questioning more. As Licia Corbella in the Calgary Sun says and I quote: "Much money is at stake -- much more than Enron multiplied"

Whistleblowers get Kiss-Off

h/t The Canadian Sentinel

The money involved in emissions trading and Kyoto is BILLIONS of dollars. More from TCS on the corruption involved:

More Evidence Climate Change Alarmism is a Hoax
Global Warming a Theory, Not Scientific Fact: Worthington
An Alternative Theory of Global Warming

The scary thing is that these THEORIES will be used to decimate economies and move money into pockets. Another seemingly good cause hijacked. Watch for the NEP2 and what you don't hear from the MSM....

At least she doesn't write stories in her pajamas
Y2Kyoto - An Inconvenient Czech President
Y2Kyoto: Maurice and the Media

Really, isn't there enough true pollution that we should be dealing with? I'm not saying don't study it, let's just focus our efforts on what we really know. I've reduced my garbage by recycling. Let's continue looking at alternative energy. Let's work on keeping our lakes, rivers, and oceans clean. But let's not decimate economies by shuffling money around to the offenders and invested parties.

There's Gold in them there Environmental Hills...

... or the evil behind good causes.

Dennis Miller said something about believing in man made global warming until the UN bought into it... or something like that. Along those lines, I bring you a Canadian who raises my "bullsh*t" radar and the little hairs on my arms. This Canadian has been involved in such wonderful causes as the UN, peace, and the environment. A true Canadian with Canadian values and someone who, in my opinion, epitomizes the evil that manipulates good causes and good intentions.

I bring you Maurice Strong. M. Strong, the Canadian who has been heavily involved in some way with the UN scandals like Oil-For-Food in Iraq, the previous liberal prime ministers, North Korea, China, and the architect of the beloved Liberal Kyoto agreement. In my opinion, anything he touches begs to be questioned and investigated for corruption. He certainly keeps company with abusers of human rights and causes while spouting and creating supposedly "save the world" causes. I have never met the man but I can tell you it appears that anything he touches seems to turn to gold in his pockets and scandals in the UN.

Read the article and think about Kyoto and other "good causes" raised by the international political community and tell me there isn't BIG money behind it. I submit that there's more to these "good causes" than meets the eye and the villains are using our good consciences while the true abusers, dictators, and manipulators are getting rich without any concern for the world.

At the United Nations, the Curious Career of Maurice Strong

h/t to:
Maurice Strong in the News
The Shadowy World of Maurice Strong


My previous articles on M. Strong
Oil-For-Food = Money For Dictators & UN Advisors
Adscam - the tip of the iceberg
The extreme left are programmed by the Illuminati

Further articles on the web about our fellow Canadian:

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&q=Maurice+Strong&btnG=Google+Search


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Reminder: CO2 is NOT a pollutant...

I am all for caring for our environment and I get choked when I hear of cities dumping their sewage into the bay. That's why it makes me upset when envirounmentalists go on about manmade global warming and CO2 disaster stories. This is unproven science and there is so much "proven" damage to the environment.

I know, I know... I apparently am a heretic and a "flat-earth" believer. Ahh well, note the subtitle of my blog... I'm used to it. To top it all off, I believe Kyoto is a money-grab designed by alleged UN "Oil-for-food" participant, Moe Strong.

At least I have some intelligent company out there.. surprisingly not part of the MSM or Hollywood crowd.

Global Warming Skeptics Contest Al Gore’s Logic on ‘Hannity and Colmes’

Reprieve for Rona on the Environment

Everyone seems to believe that Rona got "kicked out" of her environmental cabinet position. Personally, I believe the environmental position in government is an extremely difficult position to be in. The environmental cause is full of activists and invested lobbyists and "experts" whose climate "models" cannot be questioned. I have heard through various news media that I don't have a brain, lack intelligence, etc etc for questioning these "models" and predictions of apocalypse.

The environment has become an emotional Canadian "value" regardless of common sense and inhibiting any debate. For that reason, I believe Rona is breathing a sigh of relief right now. It would be my guess that she was saddled with this position for a short term and was promised to be free of it at a certain point in time. Congratulations, Rona, for making it out alive!

Spoiled Pets

Unfortunately, my baby tore his cruciate ligament at the dog park this summer. Rather than putting him through $4500 surgery, I am trying alternative therapy.

Here is the "spaz" enjoying his swimming therapy with one of his favorite people, Brenda - the pet physiotherapist. For those of you with injured pets, I would highly recommend this low impact method of getting them exercised. My dog's muscles have atrophied and has started to get a little muscle back since starting a few weeks ago. Brenda and staff are great at http://www.pawsitivelypooched.com 

Some quick thoughts....

I haven't posted in a while because I've been busy with my new venture. I've started contracting and the transition from "extended holiday and get rid of burnout" mode to "working for a living" mode has taken much of my emotional energy.

However, I do want to comment on a couple of things that I feel should be addressed.

First of all, I believe I should follow up on Oprah's second town hall meeting with Bill O'Reilly as the guest. Again, I must acknowledge Oprah for being fair and balanced despite, in my personal opinion, her tendency to lean "left". She does a much better job as a talk show host of giving balanced coverage than 99 percent of our news media. I don't alway agree with Bill O'Reilly but he is refreshing compared to other commentators on TV. I didn't understand the whole "culture warrior" thing but I realized, as I was watching, that it is a brilliant move. Although people accuse him of being divisive, and did so on Oprah as well, I think he is making an effort to rephrase the whole left versus right debate in order to move away from the "left" and "right" ingrained beliefs and get people thinking again above the labels. It is an interesting idea and anything but divisive.

On the topic of Oprah, I watched the Al Gore and global warming show. I watched it knowing Al Gore has an agenda and knowing it would not be particularly factual. The whole show was Al and his "documentary" however, I was happy to see that Oprah once again had a dissenting opinion for another expert. When Al Gore "pooh-poohed" the expert's opinion, Oprah did point out that the opinion was from an expert as well and was a valid opinion. Hats off to Oprah even though, in my personal opinion, she believes the hype as well. She is a better woman than I for standing up for an opinion that varies from hers. It was also interesting that the global warming critics are accusing corporations of funding the experts with dissenting opinion on global warming. How does this differ from the agenda of the experts who agree with global warming being funded significantly by governments and environmental organizations. I would state that no matter what the experts on both sides say, money is a significant factor on BOTH sides.

Finally, my comments on Harper and his record as prime minister. Let me preface this by saying that I am heartened by his leadership and it is a pleasure to have a prime minister who actually gets things done and stands by his promises. I tend to put people up on a pedestal and therefore am extremely disillusioned when they fall. I am trying to keep that in mind as I judge his performance but let me say I have been extremely disappointed in a couple of his decisions of late.

The Income Trust decision was made in a much fairer way than that under the liberals. Insiders did not get a "heads up" in order to make massive amounts of money before the public got wind of it, allegedly. However, the conservative government made a promise not to tax income trust. Therefore, people who trusted conservatives (particularly conservatives), heavily invested in income trusts. I know of a retired couple who lost many thousands of dollars in their retirement fund because of this decision and severely impacted their "golden years". For a government that has made good on promises, this was very disheartening. This broken promise had a major negative impact on people I love.

The nation within a nation thing has me bothered as well. I am hoping it is a brilliant political move with aspects that I am not aware of that make it positive. It is not a normally conservative thing to do. I am totally against the idea of any special status given to any segment of a population. I rally against any rights that give any group "special" rights that are not afforded to anyone. I will write one day about how I feel on "special" statuses and the whole SOW thing and how I feel "special" status is divisive, bigoted, inequal, and counter productive. Harper and the conservatives have long been the champions of freedom and recognition for all people and all provinces. I worry about the ramifications of this recognition of "nationhood" and whether we are travelling down the "distinct" (read special" road again.

Okay... so, I have done my duty and blogged and have to go back to motivating myself to make a living again. Personally, let it be noted that being a true conservative, my extended holiday was not taken at the taxpayer's expense. That allotment should be for the needy, not the vacationer.

Have a great weekend!