The power struggle

What’s love got to do with it? - Tina Turner The 12-stitch cut lip on U.S. President Obama’s face qualifies as a metaphor for how far another icon, Tiger Somebody, has been roughed up and hopefully toughed up by reality. I’m sure, he never knew that someday he’d be looked upon as vacillating, and we’re just talking about golf. Sliding … [Read more...]

Our elected elite

“Folly, [O.Fr, folie, < fol, FOOL.] lack of understanding or good judgement.” Webster Dictionary All one has to do is watch and read the daily news to become totally underwhelmed by the complete futility of what our great leaders at the provincial and federal level understand, if anything at all. Here’s Premier Campbell, just having … [Read more...]

Whose country is it?

“Arizona, take off your rainbow shades.” — Mark Lindsey. There’s no doubt as to the energy, the athleticism or, for that matter, the intellect of Barack Obama. Since taking office, he’s tackled Wall Street shenanigans, Motor City meltdown, health care reform and Great Depression era jobless numbers with Nixon-esque doggedness and a … [Read more...]