Monday, November 13, 2006
Demo wars!
George Soros is crabby.....bummer.
http://www.citizensforethics.org/activities/murtha.html
CREW Blasts Pelosi Endorsement of Unethical Murtha for Majority Leader
Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) questioned soon-to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) commitment to eradicating corruption with her endorsement of one of the most unethical members in Congress, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), to be Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. Rep. Murtha was listed in CREW's report Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and five to watch). As reported in the study and by the news media, Rep, Murtha has been involved in a number of pay-to play schemes involving former staffers and his brother, Robert "Kit" Murtha.
http://www.citizensforethics.org/activities/murtha.html
CREW Blasts Pelosi Endorsement of Unethical Murtha for Majority Leader
Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) questioned soon-to-be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) commitment to eradicating corruption with her endorsement of one of the most unethical members in Congress, Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), to be Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. Rep. Murtha was listed in CREW's report Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and five to watch). As reported in the study and by the news media, Rep, Murtha has been involved in a number of pay-to play schemes involving former staffers and his brother, Robert "Kit" Murtha.
The "new" democrats
The leopard can't change its stripes.... wait a minute, I meant the zebra can't change its pokadots...yeah that's the ticket....
see the video: http://www.cnsnews.com/cns/video/2005/FBIAbscamMurtha.wvx
The Washington Post referred to the incident as "an ethical scrape" in which Murtha was "named as an unindicted co-conspirator and testified against two House colleagues."But, a videotape of a Jan. 7, 1980 Abscam-related meeting involving Murtha shows that the congressman's rejection of the offered bribe was less than definite. "I'm not interested. I'm sorry," Murtha told the FBI agent, but added that he meant "at this point. See Video."You know, we do business for a while, maybe I'll be interested, maybe I won't," Murtha said on the FBI videotape.
Anuzis' Brave New World
Apparently, bringing up the criminal history of your opponent is just fine...... unless your opponent is a black democrat.
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/grmetro_article.aspx?storyid=64814
In a statement today, Kent County GOP leaders blame Anuzis for a faulty statewide voter identification effort they say actually targeted many democrats and helped drive up democratic voter turnout. They also criticized what they called "the race-baiting mailers" that "cost Tim Doyle his race against Robert Dean for state representative" as well as Dan Koorndyk's re-election to the county commission. "We are not happy about it" the Kent GOP statement said.
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/local/grmetro_article.aspx?storyid=64814
In a statement today, Kent County GOP leaders blame Anuzis for a faulty statewide voter identification effort they say actually targeted many democrats and helped drive up democratic voter turnout. They also criticized what they called "the race-baiting mailers" that "cost Tim Doyle his race against Robert Dean for state representative" as well as Dan Koorndyk's re-election to the county commission. "We are not happy about it" the Kent GOP statement said.
GOPer wars!
http://giulianiblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/assault-on-saul-anuzis.html
The Assault on Saul Anuzis
Stuff like this is why I predict McCain and Romney cancel each other out.
The Assault on Saul Anuzis
Stuff like this is why I predict McCain and Romney cancel each other out.
Term Limits-Michigan
Good byes are so painful to .... the good byed. So long permanent politicos! Hah!
http://www.michiganinbrief.org/edition06/text/issues/issue-59.htm
[APRIL 1, 1998] In November 1992 Michigan voters approved—by the sizable margin of 59–41 percent—an amendment to the state constitution that limits the number of terms a person may serve in various public offices. These lifetime limits affect officeholders sworn into office on or after January 1, 1993.
Limited to two terms are governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and state senators (terms of office are four years).
Limited to three terms are state representatives (term of office is two years). Terms served need not be consecutive, and if less than half a term is served in an office, it does not count toward the limitation.
Note that limits are not imposed on the number of offices in which a person may serve—only on the number of terms s/he may serve in each.
[APRIL 1, 1998] In November 1992 Michigan voters approved—by the sizable margin of 59–41 percent—an amendment to the state constitution that limits the number of terms a person may serve in various public offices. These lifetime limits affect officeholders sworn into office on or after January 1, 1993.
Limited to two terms are governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and state senators (terms of office are four years).
Limited to three terms are state representatives (term of office is two years). Terms served need not be consecutive, and if less than half a term is served in an office, it does not count toward the limitation.
Note that limits are not imposed on the number of offices in which a person may serve—only on the number of terms s/he may serve in each.
Political Science for Dummies
http://www.rebnora.com/blog/archives/2006_09.html#001306
Political Science for Dummies
DEMOCRATIC
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.You feel guilty for being successful. Barbara Streisand sings for you
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it.It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one. You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch and drink wine.Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows
but you don't know where they are.While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.You break for lunch.Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.You count them and learn you have five cows. You have some more vodka.You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan , which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.They send radio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish. The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.The cow asks permission to be cut in half.The cow dies happy.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one. Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.Some people vote for both.Some people vote for neither.Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese. Only five speak English.Most are illegals.Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.
Political Science for Dummies
DEMOCRATIC
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.You feel guilty for being successful. Barbara Streisand sings for you
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it.It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one. You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch and drink wine.Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows
but you don't know where they are.While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.You break for lunch.Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.You count them and learn you have five cows. You have some more vodka.You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan , which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.They send radio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish. The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.The cow asks permission to be cut in half.The cow dies happy.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one. Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.Some people vote for both.Some people vote for neither.Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese. Only five speak English.Most are illegals.Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.
Bwaahahahahahaha......
Never underestimate the democrat's penchant for paranoia!
http://ncane.com/8f0Is Karl Rove even more of an evil genius than we think? Did he and Bush just produce an election flop...on purpose?
The single, most dangerous, result of the election.
This man is a liar, thief, crook and now he will head the House Intelligence Committee.
That Mr. Hastings is employed by the United States of America, and is not a guest a federal penitentiary, is itself cause for wonder.
McCain and the Keating Five
McCain was the only Republican implicated in the Keating Five scandal, yet today he lectures his party and his president about "the corrupting influence" of money in politics. He rails against the so-called "wealthy special interests" and their ability to buy access to elected officials, yet this is precisely what the Keating Five scandal was all about. And, of course, under McCain's current standard, a politician who takes a principled position that may benefit a donor is corrupt, even if no law has been violated.
Be careful what you wish for.....
http://tinyurl.com/yjbq7g
So now Dems control Congress. Americans may soon get a chance to see just how bad things really are (or aren't) as a result of Iraq.
Because if the Dems push for a major new direction, the consequences could well have Americans longing for the days when terrorists in Iraq were merely killing each other.
Because if the Dems push for a major new direction, the consequences could well have Americans longing for the days when terrorists in Iraq were merely killing each other.
Another reason...
Another reason to remember that McCain was the only GOPerCrook of the Keating Five. And that's not the name of a band.
The ink is barely dry from last night's dismal election returns and the expected move to oust Saul Anuzis, the very effective chair of the Michigan Republican Party, is already underway.The Hotlineblog's Marc Ambinder cuts to the chase with a post slugged: "McCain Allies Launch Effort To Oust MI's Anuzis."
Robbed store owners plead for protection
Great ideas from Heights' Council members! Yeah, right......
http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1162916118139640.xml&coll=8
Although the robberies have been recorded on security cameras, the tapes haven't helped much so far, Johnson said.
"The subjects are clothing themselves to hide their identities -- covering their hands, draping themselves so there isn't physical evidence," Johnson said.
"The subjects are clothing themselves to hide their identities -- covering their hands, draping themselves so there isn't physical evidence," Johnson said.
Council members William Watson and Dorothy Scott offered the store owners some suggestions. Scott said some stores needed more lighting and security cameras and Watson suggested closing earlier or hiring additional employees.
http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1162916118139640.xml&coll=8
Although the robberies have been recorded on security cameras, the tapes haven't helped much so far, Johnson said.
"The subjects are clothing themselves to hide their identities -- covering their hands, draping themselves so there isn't physical evidence," Johnson said.
"The subjects are clothing themselves to hide their identities -- covering their hands, draping themselves so there isn't physical evidence," Johnson said.
Council members William Watson and Dorothy Scott offered the store owners some suggestions. Scott said some stores needed more lighting and security cameras and Watson suggested closing earlier or hiring additional employees.
The Party of Cut n Run!
http://tinyurl.com/ykws7oThis didn't take long.
Senator Carl Levin said Democrats will exercise their newly won control of Congress by pushing through a resolution calling for the U.S. to begin withdrawing some of its 140,000 troops from Iraq within six months.
Did Green Party cost Democrats control of Michigan Senate?
Remember this if you're tempted to vote Libertarian in the future.
Republicans won the two closest Senate races in last week's election by a combined 1,294 votes out of 210,000 cast, giving them a 21-17 majority instead of a 19-19 tie to be broken by Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm's lieutenant governor. Both races had Green Party candidates who ran as part of the "Stop the War Slate."
Democrats say most of those votes would have been theirs if not for the Green Party...
Democrats say most of those votes would have been theirs if not for the Green Party...
Does anyone think it will just go away on its own?
Apparently the democrats do.
http://ncane.com/a13
There is only one issue in this election that will matter five or ten years from now, and that's the War on Terror.
There is only one issue in this election that will matter five or ten years from now, and that's the War on Terror.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Our troops!
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2005/11/letter-from-marines-father.htmlInteresting! Click the link to read it all.
UPDATED: Email from a Marine in Ramadi: No way to tell if this email that's been going around is authentic, but it sounds realistic. [Actually, it appears to be written by the father of a Marine named Jordan after discussions with his son on leave after seven months in Ramadi.] First it discusses our weapons, then their weapons, then tactics, then strategy
1) The M-16 rifle : Thumbs down. Chronic jamming problems with the talcum powder like sand over there. The sand is everywhere. Jordan says you feel filthy 2 minutes after coming out of the shower. The M-4 carbine version is more popular because it's lighter and shorter, but it has jamming problems also. They like the ability to mount the various optical gunsights and weapons lights on the picattiny rails, but the weapon itself is not great in a desert environment. They all hate the 5.56mm (.223) round. Poor penetration on the cinderblock structure common over there and even torso hits can't be reliably counted on to put the enemy down.Fun fact: Random autopsies on dead insurgents show a high level of opiate use.2) The M243 SAW (squad assault weapon): .223 cal. Drum fed light machine gun. Big thumbs down.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
What's up with this?
http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5650798
GRAND RAPIDS -- Two West Michigan post offices are the focus of a major federal investigation.
There are accusations that employees tampered with the delivery and intentionally delayed political mailings at offices in Grand Rapids and Battle Creek. Managers inside the two locations prompted the investigation.
Sources tell 24 Hour News 8 that as many as 20 employees at the Grand Rapids facility - located on Leonard Street near Walker Avenue - and about 30 more at the Battle Creek facility - on McCamly Street - have been disciplined and possibly fired.
GRAND RAPIDS -- Two West Michigan post offices are the focus of a major federal investigation.
There are accusations that employees tampered with the delivery and intentionally delayed political mailings at offices in Grand Rapids and Battle Creek. Managers inside the two locations prompted the investigation.
Sources tell 24 Hour News 8 that as many as 20 employees at the Grand Rapids facility - located on Leonard Street near Walker Avenue - and about 30 more at the Battle Creek facility - on McCamly Street - have been disciplined and possibly fired.
The Amazing American voter!
Amazing to me is that in a Michigan democrat sweep, most of the "conservative" leaning initiatives were approved and the lone leftist, MEA supported proposal lost.
Michiganders voted against racial and gender quotas and voters in other states voted to increase the minimum wage. We are a people who take pride in our fairness.
Michiganders voted against racial and gender quotas and voters in other states voted to increase the minimum wage. We are a people who take pride in our fairness.
In Wisconsin, the demo sweep also brought in a GOPer Atty General.
Arizona fired tough-on-immigration GOP congressmen but passed an "English as official language" law.
Voters went mostly for Demos but seven states passed laws to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, only.
Missouri voted for pro-embryonic stem cell research politicians but rejected a bill that would increase state funding for that research.
South Dakota roundly rejected a ban on most abortions.
And Republicans told their party that the "party" is over. Act responsibly or the rest of you are "out of here!"
And Republicans told their party that the "party" is over. Act responsibly or the rest of you are "out of here!"
Sounds to me like the voters were thoughtful, knowledgeable and, while I disagree with their democrat votes, took care to split their votes when it mattered.
Impressive.
Impressive.
This bodes well for the future.
Unbelievable!
This guy got RE-ELECTED?
DURHAM -- District Attorney Mike Nifong won re-election Tuesday by sweeping more than twice as many precincts as challenger Lewis Cheek
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Poster Girl
click on this touching song.
Beccy Cole: Poster Girl
http://www.beccycole.com/albums/videos/poster_girl.shtmlBeccy Cole: Poster Girl
‘Cause I shook hands with a Digger
on the wrong side of the world.
With a wife at home who holds her breath
And brand new baby girl.
And the Digger fights for freedom
In a job that must be done
And I let go of his hand
So proud to be Australian.
Then read this article.
http://tinyurl.com/y3lba2
Monday, October 30, 2006
Fighting Mood!
What a weiner boy. The Swifties gotta be shakin' in their boots.
"If you do run for president -- and I do hope you do -- fight like hell," one person at the fund-raiser told him.
"I'm in a fighting mood," Kerry responded. "We -- together -- lost to two lies: the lie about the war in Iraq, and the lie about me personally. And if you don't think that puts me in a fighting mood, you don't know John Kerry."
"I'm in a fighting mood," Kerry responded. "We -- together -- lost to two lies: the lie about the war in Iraq, and the lie about me personally. And if you don't think that puts me in a fighting mood, you don't know John Kerry."
Will these folks ever learn?
Everyone who has ever visited from afar has complained, mightily, about the miserable, and memorable, traffic control getting into and, much worse, trying to get out of the AirFair. Each year it got worse.
Muskegon Events Inc. is asking the public for new ideas to "rejuvenate" the Muskegon Air Fair at two public forums at Muskegon Community College.
The first is scheduled for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday in MCC's Collegiate Hall. The second will be Nov. 9 at the same time and location.
The first is scheduled for 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday in MCC's Collegiate Hall. The second will be Nov. 9 at the same time and location.
CNN moves left?
How biased can they get and still sell advertising? Does someone at CNN think AirAmerica was making money? Maybe they think the "Fairness Doctrine" will bail them out.
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10553
"There are people who are wondering why this is being run so close to election day," says the CNN employee. "The questions have been asked, but we haven't gotten a satisfactory answer. But as soon as we saw the Cheney segment, we knew what they were trying to do. It wasn't just about attacking Cheney. It was about building momentum for the other programming we are running. It's about counterprogramming Fox News."
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=10553
"There are people who are wondering why this is being run so close to election day," says the CNN employee. "The questions have been asked, but we haven't gotten a satisfactory answer. But as soon as we saw the Cheney segment, we knew what they were trying to do. It wasn't just about attacking Cheney. It was about building momentum for the other programming we are running. It's about counterprogramming Fox News."
Don't trust the polls!
or female, democrat grad students!
http://tinyurl.com/yayu33
http://tinyurl.com/yayu33
Interviewers can inject bias in the results. The late Warren Mitofsky, who conducted the 2004 NEP exit poll, went back and found that the greatest difference between actual results in exit poll precincts and the reports phoned in to NEP came where the interviewers were female graduate students -- and almost all the discrepancies favored the Democrats.
How quickly we forget!
Dick Armey is correct in saying that Republicans in Congress have never recovered from Bob Dole's betrayal in the 1995 government-shutdown debacle -- except that he never mentions Dole:
A few months before the victory on welfare, we lost the battle over the federal government shutdown of 1995, when we were outmaneuvered by Clinton, a masterful political operator. After that fight, too many Republicans apparently concluded that America wanted bigger government. This misreading was the first step on the road away from the Reagan legacy.
We emerged as a wounded party; we stopped trusting the public; and we internalized the wrong lesson. Right. And the GOP then nominated Bob Dole as their presidential candidate in 1996, confirming that the Republican Party wasn't serious about limited government. Bob Dole never met a tax increase he didn't like or a farm subsidy he didn't co-sponsor.
A few months before the victory on welfare, we lost the battle over the federal government shutdown of 1995, when we were outmaneuvered by Clinton, a masterful political operator. After that fight, too many Republicans apparently concluded that America wanted bigger government. This misreading was the first step on the road away from the Reagan legacy.
We emerged as a wounded party; we stopped trusting the public; and we internalized the wrong lesson. Right. And the GOP then nominated Bob Dole as their presidential candidate in 1996, confirming that the Republican Party wasn't serious about limited government. Bob Dole never met a tax increase he didn't like or a farm subsidy he didn't co-sponsor.
Only 2 years now!
Interesting that this was sent to me by the McCain organization. They're sending out Mitt-dirt too.
Gotta start doing our homework!
There have been white-shoe clients. ........But there have also been plenty of scuffed-shoe customers. Giuliani Partners and its units have repeatedly become entangled in petty deals that seem unworthy of someone with national aspirations.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Geeze, I wonder why he was terminated? Yeah, right..
http://apnews.myway.com//article/20061029/D8L2JF500.html
Hypocrites!!!!!!
Gallaudet Rejects Incoming President
Email this StoryOct 29, 6:21 PM (ET)
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The board of trustees of the nation's premier school for the deaf voted Sunday to terminate the appointment of the incoming president, who had been the subject of protests, the board announced.
The vote at Gallaudet University came after a daylong closed-door meeting that followed a month of protests by students and faculty members. Jane Fernandes, the school's former provost, had been selected in May to take office in January.
"Although undoubtedly there will be some members of the community who have differing views on the meaning of this decision, we believe that it is a necessity at this point," the board said in a written statement.
"It has certainly been a difficult and trying time for our Gallaudet community," the statement said. "Now is the time for healing."
Hypocrites!!!!!!
Gallaudet Rejects Incoming President
Email this StoryOct 29, 6:21 PM (ET)
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The board of trustees of the nation's premier school for the deaf voted Sunday to terminate the appointment of the incoming president, who had been the subject of protests, the board announced.
The vote at Gallaudet University came after a daylong closed-door meeting that followed a month of protests by students and faculty members. Jane Fernandes, the school's former provost, had been selected in May to take office in January.
"Although undoubtedly there will be some members of the community who have differing views on the meaning of this decision, we believe that it is a necessity at this point," the board said in a written statement.
"It has certainly been a difficult and trying time for our Gallaudet community," the statement said. "Now is the time for healing."
Is this why Holly-libs DON'T move to Canada?
http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/article.jsp?content=20061030_135244_135244
And here's one that gave me a worse headache the more I thought about it. An Ottawa panhandler says he may have to abandon his prime panhandling real estate on a downtown street corner because he's being shaken down by officials from the panhandlers' union. But then we're told that these guys are fakes from a phony panhandlers' union, not the real panhandlers' union. Did I read that right? There's apparently a real panhandlers' union which exists to protect workers' rights? Er, hang on, non-workers' rights. If the union-negotiated non-work contracts aren't honoured, the members will presumably walk off the job and stand around on the sidewalk. No, wait, they'll walk off the sidewalk . . . No, let's try again. When you think about it, the fake panhandlers' union, panhandling genuine panhandlers and doing nothing in return for the dues they raise, is surely truer to the spirit of the mandate.
And here's one that gave me a worse headache the more I thought about it. An Ottawa panhandler says he may have to abandon his prime panhandling real estate on a downtown street corner because he's being shaken down by officials from the panhandlers' union. But then we're told that these guys are fakes from a phony panhandlers' union, not the real panhandlers' union. Did I read that right? There's apparently a real panhandlers' union which exists to protect workers' rights? Er, hang on, non-workers' rights. If the union-negotiated non-work contracts aren't honoured, the members will presumably walk off the job and stand around on the sidewalk. No, wait, they'll walk off the sidewalk . . . No, let's try again. When you think about it, the fake panhandlers' union, panhandling genuine panhandlers and doing nothing in return for the dues they raise, is surely truer to the spirit of the mandate.
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