Streaker's Blog

Elected less than two and a half years ago, our new government sure has covered itself in glory, now hasn't it?

1- "In and Out" electoral fraud
2- The Chuck Cadman Affair
3- Mulroney-Schreiber-MacKay
4- The Tom Lukiwski-Brad Wall Racism/Homophobia Debacle
5- Obamagate
6- Maxime Bernier's bungling in Afghanistan
7- Tory lies about the mission in Afghanistan
8- Submarine maintenance shenanigans
9- Reneging on Atlantic Accord
10- The Shafting of Bill Casey
11- Printing and distributing partisan flyers on the taxpayer's nickel
12- Broken promises on Arctic icebreakers
13- Michael Fortier: An unelected Senator appointed to cabinet
14- The Isotope/NRC Scandal
15- Tory nomination irregularities including wholesale bribery
16- Billions wasted in Afghanistan
17- Reneging on promise of no more political porking
18- Reneging on promise of openness and accountability
19- Flip-flopping on floor crossers
20- Flip-flopping on political patronage
21- Eliminating the surplus through mismanagement
22- Back-tracking on tax cuts
23- Shelving SAR replacement plans
24- Strangling of the Air Force
25- Navy running out of gas
26- Ottawa municipal election bribing
27- Massive abuse of Parliamentary committee process
28- "Friends of Science" electoral fraud
29- Lies about "Canada First" defence policy
30- Broken promises on income trusts
31- Rob Anders defrauds taxpayers
32- Jim Flaherty breaks government contracting rules
33- Gordon O'Connor lies about Afghan detainees and their torture
34- Jean-Pierre Blackburn: Lavish travel expenses
35- Lawrence Cannon: Lavish travel expenses
36- Bev Oda: Lavish travel expenses
37- Josée Verner: Lavish travel expenses
38- Wajid Khan: Lavish travel expenses
39- Wajid Khan: The Phantom Report
40- Harper's taxpayer-funded image consultant
41- Bev Oda's "cosy relationship" with CanWest
42- Diane Finlay's "cosy relationship" with Simcoe Leaf Tobacco Co.
43- Michael Fortier's "cosy relationship" with ...

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In my "neverending quest" for anti-American material to post in our trusty CKA forum, I came across a video which is quite fascinating - and waaaay over the top.
In other words, it's a hoot!

You can watch it here:

http://www.robpongi.com/pages/comboFUCKINGUSAHI.html

All good things come to an end sooner or later, and today it was our cat's turn. My roommate and I finally had to take him to the vet to be euthanised.

Max was old and had been frail for some time, but the swiftness of his final decline was nonetheless a shock. For the last ten days or so we'd hoped that he just had a cold or something (Do cats get colds?), but this morning we knew that it was far worse than that.

It's a downer for me, but my roommate was the primary caregiver and now she's inconsolable.

It could have been more annoying: He could have been driving a Hummer or something of the sort.

But, no, this wasn't an SUV but rather the next worst thing: A late-model Buick. In the fast lane. Never exceeding 75 km/h.

This happened a few days ago as I was driving home from downtown on the 20. It wasn't rush hour so traffic wasn't too bad - heavy but not congested. Soon things started slowing down and I saw cars up ahead moving into the slow lane. Eventually I was the one driving right behind the intransigent LeSabre.

After several minutes of high-beam flashing, gesticulating wildly in the hope the driver would spot me in his rear-view mirror, and blowing the horn, I gave up and passed the guy on the right. During all this several cars passed whose drivers were waving their arms out the windows trying to get this guy's attention (some using rude gestures, of course), all to no avail.

As I passed I looked over at the offending Buick and saw the driver jabbering away on his cellphone. For one brief, searing moment I wanted to strangle him.

What is it that makes some people become such inconsiderate, self-absorbed, oblivious morons once they get behind the wheel? I ask this question rhetorically, but if anyone has any great wisdom regarding this by all means share!

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Speaking of antisocial drivers: There's a terrific little polemic written by Paul Campos in which he shares his thoughts about SUVs and the war in Iraq. You can read it here: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1210-26.htm

Not too long ago Roy Romanow put pen to paper and wrote this. It's too long to post in the forum so I'll put it here....




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