NO!
That was simple EH?!:)
Do you really think that turning the lights off for Earth Hour will make a huge difference and may help save our planet? That would be a silly thought actually, but they say that "every little bit counts", and I'm all for getting the word out!
Yes, I took part, and I can see lots of people saying "bah, humbug", well I say a 9% drop in energy use in Toronto isn't a bad thing!
Think about the use of oil for energy, now think of the tar sands in Alberta, and how that rapes the land.
Think about how the Ivory trade, and trade that involves killing elephants for little trinkets, just to make a buck.
Think about how parts of the rain forest are being flattened to make way for soy bean fields, all because of the West's slow move to "healthy" eating, and because money means more than the future of our planet
Think about how we kill seals off the East Coast of Canada in the name of Heritage, when the world has passed it by.
Think about how many Asian cultures consider shark fin soup a delicacy and are willing to wipe them off the planet for just that reason.
Think about how Siberian tigers are killed, and their paws are served at high end Chinese banquets .
Just THINK about WHO and WHERE you buy you products from!
Brent
P.s., Watch the Movie/documentary "The Cove" if you feel the need to be disgusted by some practices used to "entertain" the world ..... Looks like I won't be going to "Sea World" anytime soon!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Another post about immigration
Well it happened again, a good, hard working family were being deported while, convicted felons get to hang around on the tax payers dime!
Can somebody PLEASE explain to me the "point" system that immigration Canada uses to allow entry into this Country? because I'm having a hard time understanding WHY common sense has no place in immigration.
So here's the story, and since I can't do it justice, so Joe Warmington from the Toronto Sun will have to do:) Thanks Joe!
http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2010/03/25/13361236.html
Honestly, the best line in the column is this one, from relative Janice Ford-Spencer “This family is what Canada wants and what Canada needs, They would do well by Canada.”
Isn't that exactly what we want AND need?
Brent
Can somebody PLEASE explain to me the "point" system that immigration Canada uses to allow entry into this Country? because I'm having a hard time understanding WHY common sense has no place in immigration.
So here's the story, and since I can't do it justice, so Joe Warmington from the Toronto Sun will have to do:) Thanks Joe!
http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2010/03/25/13361236.html
Honestly, the best line in the column is this one, from relative Janice Ford-Spencer “This family is what Canada wants and what Canada needs, They would do well by Canada.”
Isn't that exactly what we want AND need?
Brent
"You'reThe Devil in Disguise" -Elvis
Strange title for a Blog post I'll agree, but in the world of American politics Ann Coulter would have to be considered just that ....A Devil in Disguise.
Here's just a few quotes by her, for some reference to begin this discussion.
Ironically, since Obama was elected, for the first time in my life I'm sometimes not proud of my country.
Ann Coulter
Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking.
Ann Coulter
"We just want Jews to be perfected, as they say." Ann Coulter, in regards to turning Jews Christian!
"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief parasites. I have never seen people enjoying their husband's deaths so much." -on 9/11 widows who have been critical of the Bush administration.
Now I love Woman, I love smart Woman, and I like smart woman that are well spoken. what I don't like is a Woman that basses her point of few, quite heavily, on an interesting book called "The Bible", and coming up with crazy quotes to promote her agenda. Make your point, just don't sound like an idiot doing so.
A little background on Miss Coulter .......Here's the link to Wikipedia:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Coulter
Now I would have loved to pulled certain items from Wikipedia showing you proof as to how much of a joke this bigot is, but the actual quote I remember is "She handled crime and immigration issues for Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan and helped craft legislation designed to expedite the deportation of aliens convicted of felonies." and I love the idea of that, in Canada where convicts seem to have more rights than "regular" citizens. I also think you need several(read "MANY") years of being a productive citizen before you're considered "Canadian", but that's a topic for another post:)
OK, back on topic!
Anyways, I always thought that religion and politics should never mix, you should never govern based on the doctrines taught in a 2000 year old book, that, even on a good day, is a tough read, and that clash with political doctrines!
In my world, the person that shouts the loudest usually has the least to say, and it's really difficult to follow somebody that argues just to hear their own voice. What's really interesting is this "smart chick" must be a little nutty because her main job these days is to shout her opinions, for everybody to hear, when nobody even asked for them! What's worse is her ability to rally the radical troops that agree with her without ever thinking for themselves, and creating hoopla when none is needed, just to get her opinions out.
Here's an interesting quote, and exactly how she keeps herself in the press
OK, Where and why did this blog post come around?? If you haven't heard the news, here a link to a recent trip she made to the University of Ottawa where it was cancelled out a concern for her safety.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ann-coulter-gets-cold-shoulder-in-ottawa/article1508535/
I guess Ann Coulter is like the scab you get after falling from your bike as a child, the more you scratch, and the further under the surface you go, the uglier it gets, BUT if you just ignore it the quicker it just goes away!
Brent
Man I'm getting bad at this, Commas?? where do they go?
Here's just a few quotes by her, for some reference to begin this discussion.
Ironically, since Obama was elected, for the first time in my life I'm sometimes not proud of my country.
Ann Coulter
Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking.
Ann Coulter
"We just want Jews to be perfected, as they say." Ann Coulter, in regards to turning Jews Christian!
"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief parasites. I have never seen people enjoying their husband's deaths so much." -on 9/11 widows who have been critical of the Bush administration.
Now I love Woman, I love smart Woman, and I like smart woman that are well spoken. what I don't like is a Woman that basses her point of few, quite heavily, on an interesting book called "The Bible", and coming up with crazy quotes to promote her agenda. Make your point, just don't sound like an idiot doing so.
A little background on Miss Coulter .......Here's the link to Wikipedia:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Coulter
Now I would have loved to pulled certain items from Wikipedia showing you proof as to how much of a joke this bigot is, but the actual quote I remember is "She handled crime and immigration issues for Senator Spencer Abraham of Michigan and helped craft legislation designed to expedite the deportation of aliens convicted of felonies." and I love the idea of that, in Canada where convicts seem to have more rights than "regular" citizens. I also think you need several(read "MANY") years of being a productive citizen before you're considered "Canadian", but that's a topic for another post:)
OK, back on topic!
Anyways, I always thought that religion and politics should never mix, you should never govern based on the doctrines taught in a 2000 year old book, that, even on a good day, is a tough read, and that clash with political doctrines!
In my world, the person that shouts the loudest usually has the least to say, and it's really difficult to follow somebody that argues just to hear their own voice. What's really interesting is this "smart chick" must be a little nutty because her main job these days is to shout her opinions, for everybody to hear, when nobody even asked for them! What's worse is her ability to rally the radical troops that agree with her without ever thinking for themselves, and creating hoopla when none is needed, just to get her opinions out.
Here's an interesting quote, and exactly how she keeps herself in the press
"But the regular Fox News commentator drew outrage from some, including a 17-year-old Muslim student who asked her a question about her views on Muslims.
Coulter has said all terrorists are Muslims and has suggested all Muslims be barred from airlines and use flying carpets.
When the student said she didn't have a flying carpet, Coulter told her to "take a camel.""
She said it was a joke, NOPE, it's exactly what would be considered her Modus operandi!
OK, Where and why did this blog post come around?? If you haven't heard the news, here a link to a recent trip she made to the University of Ottawa where it was cancelled out a concern for her safety.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ann-coulter-gets-cold-shoulder-in-ottawa/article1508535/
I guess Ann Coulter is like the scab you get after falling from your bike as a child, the more you scratch, and the further under the surface you go, the uglier it gets, BUT if you just ignore it the quicker it just goes away!
Brent
Man I'm getting bad at this, Commas?? where do they go?
Miley Cyrus ....She's DEEP, REALLY REALLY deep!
What do you think??? Speaking about her and her boyfriend.
"I think we're both deeper than normal people-what they think and how they feel. He's very thankful for what he has, but he doesn't let it go to his head. I'm like that too."
See, it sounds to me like they've never worked a hard day it their lives, have lived a gifted life, and only learned what work was when they were already set for the future.
Oh My!
"I think we're both deeper than normal people-what they think and how they feel. He's very thankful for what he has, but he doesn't let it go to his head. I'm like that too."
See, it sounds to me like they've never worked a hard day it their lives, have lived a gifted life, and only learned what work was when they were already set for the future.
Oh My!
I'M VERY happy! ! ! !
This is going to be a simple post, and while is may be short it's pretty important!
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NO I did NOT win the lottery:)
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Actually, it's really just a simple story about my favourite house plant, one of the last remnants of my Mothers indoor plants. Well I thought I'd lost it, it needs to be watered every 5-6 days, and because I was busy, and may be going slightly senile(Hopefully not yet:)), I let it go almost 9 days .... I FREAKED, usually when I let it go an extra day the leaves have gotten droopy, but this time they were all the way down .... I was upset and annoyed...... So I watered it like a mad man. NOTHING after the first day ..... now I'm hunting for stray hairs that I can pull out of my head. I had no luck with the hair thing so I decided I'd take the chance and talk to the plant and touch it gently .... I had no idea if it would work! When I went to work on Sunday nothing had happened OH MY!
So I arrive home today(Monday), and with a sense of trepidation, turn the corner to see a glow coming from the corner the plant was in .... What? I thought, was that the afterglow from a plant that had gone to that great garden in the sky? NOPE ha ha ha ....... My plant had made a miraculous recovery, and is about 80% right now. I've watered it a little more, wrapped it wounded leaves in gauze, and really looking forward to when she's back in fighting shape.
WOW am I ever happy!
Told you it was simple:)
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NO I did NOT win the lottery:)
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Actually, it's really just a simple story about my favourite house plant, one of the last remnants of my Mothers indoor plants. Well I thought I'd lost it, it needs to be watered every 5-6 days, and because I was busy, and may be going slightly senile(Hopefully not yet:)), I let it go almost 9 days .... I FREAKED, usually when I let it go an extra day the leaves have gotten droopy, but this time they were all the way down .... I was upset and annoyed...... So I watered it like a mad man. NOTHING after the first day ..... now I'm hunting for stray hairs that I can pull out of my head. I had no luck with the hair thing so I decided I'd take the chance and talk to the plant and touch it gently .... I had no idea if it would work! When I went to work on Sunday nothing had happened OH MY!
So I arrive home today(Monday), and with a sense of trepidation, turn the corner to see a glow coming from the corner the plant was in .... What? I thought, was that the afterglow from a plant that had gone to that great garden in the sky? NOPE ha ha ha ....... My plant had made a miraculous recovery, and is about 80% right now. I've watered it a little more, wrapped it wounded leaves in gauze, and really looking forward to when she's back in fighting shape.
WOW am I ever happy!
Told you it was simple:)
Monday, March 15, 2010
Way to Canadian Olympic stars:)
OK I was going to say "Way to go Canada", but really it's the individual athletes that took home a ton of medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver ........ 14 gold medals ..... The most by ANY nation in the winter Olympics EVER!:)
I do have a bone to pick, and it's not with the this winters Olympics, it's with the fact that they can get The World Exposition in 1986, and now the winter Olympics in 2010, and Toronto only gets the crappy Pan-am games, that's SSOooo sad.
I may never get to see an Olympic event in my home City.
I will readily admit that I had a great time watching the Games, after a poor first week, a week in which some of our "shoe-ins" forgot their shoes, the Canadian team really pulled it together climaxing in the Canadian Men's Hockey Team winning gold in O.T.
That's it, another bone to pick ...... Why is it Sydney Crosby that had to score the goal, right place, right time, that's it! He didn't have a particularly great tournament. I would rather have had Jarome Iginla's be considered Canada's player of the tournament, or maybe Roberto Luongo, but certainly the winner should have been Ryan Miller for the U.S. team, the guy was fantastic in goal!
I do have a bone to pick, and it's not with the this winters Olympics, it's with the fact that they can get The World Exposition in 1986, and now the winter Olympics in 2010, and Toronto only gets the crappy Pan-am games, that's SSOooo sad.
I may never get to see an Olympic event in my home City.
I will readily admit that I had a great time watching the Games, after a poor first week, a week in which some of our "shoe-ins" forgot their shoes, the Canadian team really pulled it together climaxing in the Canadian Men's Hockey Team winning gold in O.T.
That's it, another bone to pick ...... Why is it Sydney Crosby that had to score the goal, right place, right time, that's it! He didn't have a particularly great tournament. I would rather have had Jarome Iginla's be considered Canada's player of the tournament, or maybe Roberto Luongo, but certainly the winner should have been Ryan Miller for the U.S. team, the guy was fantastic in goal!
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