Am I the weird one??

A few different things, all just a quick short form that I'd like some input on.

1. So there is this group of seniors that gathers at a community centre to do some stretching and then take an organized walk(twice a week) at Humber Bay Park. They were accosted by an overzealous bylaw officer that is forcing them to get a permit.

http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/10/12/11375496-sun.html

I know what a few of you are saying, "well a business is organizing walks through a public park, they need a permit for that". I guess if you look at the basics then that may be true, but what you have here is basically a bunch of seniors trying to stay in shape and is taking advantage of public park to do so.

Really, all the organizers need to do is say they have a morning stretch, and that's all people pay for, and then they "recommend" a walk for any senior that wants to, but no gung ho, go go go from the organizer.

What are your thoughts??

2. ON the same page of today's Toronto Sun are 2 articles that may appear greatly dissimilar, but they really are, and I put these under "bureaucracy, what a mess"

The first article is about a British couple that were denied citizenship because they missed on the "points system" that makes them "good candidates for citizenship". OK, the man is a transportation cop, the wife has trained as a cop, they are both around 40.

This is the type of people we want, unlike the next story!

Here's the headline "Booted marijuana grower wins new hearing". So this guy(along with 3 others) operated a grow house and preyed on "newcomers" to the Country(looking to make a living) to look after the operation for them. He just won an appeal to stay in the Country while he fights a deportation order.

OK, why the hell are people that we want forced to jump through every hoop, while people with criminal records are allowed to waste our time and resources in their fights to stay in the country? Is it simply a case of having too many lawyers that find it an easy life to simply bill the government while they fight to keep undesirables in the Country? Is it an incredibly lax immigration system that allows people to whine and complain about the hardships they suffer in other Country's when they come here with nothing to put on the table? Maybe it's system that allows everybody and anybody to come here and use out system as a refuge, use our system, free money, accommodation, medical and dental even before you've given anything to your new home .....

This craps got to change, we need to streamline the immigration system, make it quick, make it yes or no, do you have a record?? Sorry, you can't come here EVER! Are you bringing anything to the table?? NO? don't let the door hit ya on the way out. We spend way to much money letting undesirables fight the system and we need to get rid of their ability to do so.

You thoughts??

3. The MPP chick(Ruby Dhalla) that, if you remember her, resigned her post as Liberal Multicultural critic when there were allegations about hired help being mistreated while working for her family, has just introduced a private members bills that would shorten the time it takes for a new immigrant to receive social security payments from 10 years to 3.

WHAT THE HELL?? Why are we giving new immigrants, that have put nothing into our system social security EVER social security? Is this the next step(after a very lax immigration system) in bringing more people into this Country that will sit and take all we have to give without ever giving back.

Luckily pretty much every politician in Ontario has laughed at the suggestion, and that's on thing they've done right, but even to put this idea forward is a mess!

Thoughts??

Brent