662...Heart Attack For The World Famous

Much to my amazement Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney and The World Famous Dan Shields agree on an issue. In March the Honourable Minister publicly called the army
deserters "bogus refugee claimants.''

I concur.

What brings this issue to the fore is a story in this morning's Canwest newspapers that tells me that "The Federal Court of Canada on Tuesday granted Kimberly Rivera a new pre- removal risk assessment after Federal Court Judge James Russell ruled in favour of a review of her risk of punishment if she returns to the U.S." Mrs. Rivera, who lives in Toronto now with her three young children and her husband, was a member of the U.S. miltary, she joined freely and then was shocked and dismayed when she found out that volunteering for the military during wartime meant she would have to do war stuff. Like go to Iraq. Which she did but did not like. Poor baby.

On the record I want to say that my family tradition is to avoid war at all costs and I think that our country should be a safe haven for war resisters and evaders of service but I also think that individuals like Mrs. Rivera who join the military because they need a job should look at the job description first. It is a job description that includes extensive travel to places one does not want to go to such as Iraq and which also includes fighting in a f'ing war, that's why they taught you to shoot a gun Mrs. R and when you get asked to do what they are trained for, well that is what you signed up for.

Mrs. Rivera says that "Our families shouldn't be broken up, with a mother or father thrown in jail because they stood up for what's right.'' Hey, honestly, give your head a f'ing shake; what did you think you were joining the American war machine for?

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512...Barack Obama

"Obama fast becoming Canada's best friend; President's economic policies could put U.S. in tailspin" reads the headline in this morning's Vancouver Sun‏.

Barbara Jaffe writes that the man who we Canadians overwhelmingly wanted to be President of the United States may inadvertently be our very best friend. Just not for the reasons we thought he would be.

It is kind of ironic too, because what is happening is that Obamanomics equals big government and big government is not attractive to big business; in Canada the Conservatives and the latter stages of the Liberal regimes of Jean Chretien and Paul Martin, were parsing down our government footprint making the Great White North more attractive to investors.

Who'd have thunk it, eh?

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418...Please Talk Rush Off The Ledge

Rush Limbaugh that is.

I think it is cool that the United States has all these truly national radio talkers, guys like Jim Rome, Glenn Beck and Rush but Lordy, Lordy, Rush may be back on the Oxy's.

To review, Obama has been President Obama for less than six months; he has just got the hang of working the remote on the big TV in the Oval Office and where the cool food is stashed in the kitchen yet Mr. Limbaugh has him, Mr. President, lining himself up for a change in the Constitution that will allow him to run for a third term. Again, he is barely 10 per cent into the first term.

Newsmax.com quotes his Rushness as saying “You have to wonder if Obama is just trying to lay a foundation for not being a hypocrite when he tries to serve beyond 2016. I wouldn't be at all surprised if in the next number of years there is a move on the 22nd Amendment.”

Oy vey.

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287...The Constitution Comes Through Again

Sipping my morning coffee and flipping through the South Florida Sun Sentinel and I come across this timely article on the practical early 21st century application of the Constitiution of the United States of America.

In this case Palm Beach County Judge Laura Johnson used the document to overturn Riviera Beach's saggy pants ordinance which proscribed wearing pants below the waist exposing skin or underwear.

As if.

A referendum endorsing the ban, a ban that would warm the heart of my colleague tic, was supported by 72 per cent of city voters in March of last year and the city started enforcement eleven months ago. City spokesman Rose Anne Brown said less than 20 people wear caught after the ordinance, which carried fines up to 300$, was promulgated.

In a related story, belt sales reached record levels during the second half of 2008 in Riviera Beach, Florida.

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