“There’s a sucker born every minute.” P.T. Barnum Ron and Rand Paul are two names not familiar to most Canadians but they created quite a stir south of the border by calling for an end to all foreign aid and total withdrawal of American forces worldwide in an effort to save money. Needless to say, this common sense suggestion received … [Read more...]
Political correctness gone too far?
February 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“Common sense ain’t that common.” Will Rogers. The recent decision by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council to ban Dire Straits’s 25 year old song “Money for Nothing” on the grounds that the word “faggot” may be offensive to some listeners has made Canada an international laughingstock. Most people were unaware the word … [Read more...]
Demographical shift
January 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“You can’t always get what you want.” - The Rolling Stones Watching the recent riots in London, Athens, Rome and Moscow and the general strike in France one can’t help but think that the worst is to yet to come. Ostensibly, the reason for the protests was a cutting of one government service or another but in all these cases the level of … [Read more...]
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