The former POTUS is reaping the money, money that is shoved in the wallets of former United State's presidents after they leave office.
He is also costing you, a tax payer in a country that is not his country, money.
Like the one before him, Bill Clinton, President Junior is on the speaker's circuit looking to pick up a few shekels here and there.
Unlike President Clinton, President G. W. Bush attracts an unruly crowd who seem to think he is some sort of war criminal. Bill Curry in the Globe and Mail this morning reports that this is costing you beaucoup d'argent.
Security for President Bush is going to run in the half million dollar range this year. When he appeared in Toronto it cost over 100 k to protect him from harm; same town, same venue, same time for President Clinton and the cost was a tenth of that.
Libby Davies, NDP MP from British Columbia "...said private-sector firms are likely making money from these events and should be helping the government with the security costs."
Yes they should.
WFDS
Showing posts with label Money. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Money. Show all posts
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
912...Political Staffers Make Too Much Money
From the Regina Leader-Post comes the story that NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter is calling for political staffers' wages to be rolled back.
If you work on the Hill, a constit office, Mr. Lingenfelter is gunning for you and your pay cheque. And you know how this stuff works, if one province decides to freeze pay for you, they all will. Soon that 7 dollars an hour you are making [add it up, how many of your friends outside of politics are on call 100 hours a week?] will seem like the good old days.
In his first official press conference since being elected as an MLA in a byelection Monday night, Mr. Lingenfelter took particular aim at salaries received by some of those who work for cabinet ministers.
You know, I think that Mr. Lingenfelter, like the people who brought in donation and spending limits for elections, I think that his heart is in the right place. His brain though is not.
It is really undemocratic to pay those of you who work on the Hill less than the rates paid off the Hill. And it is elitist. If Mr. Lingenfelter de professionalizes the industry the only ones who will be available to work for politicians are those who don't really need the money: young adults who come from a background of privilege, trust funders, members of the elites. From the look of the young staffers on the Hill we may actually be at that point in Ottawa now.
In the same way that professionalizing the Olympics made the Olympics more open to all classes of people and made sport more egalitarian, offering careers and proper wages to those who support MPs, MLAs, MNAs etcetera is the best way of ensuring that the people who support our elected members are more representative of the community as a whole.
Ditto election spending limits; Obama couldn't happen in Canada.
WFDS
If you work on the Hill, a constit office, Mr. Lingenfelter is gunning for you and your pay cheque. And you know how this stuff works, if one province decides to freeze pay for you, they all will. Soon that 7 dollars an hour you are making [add it up, how many of your friends outside of politics are on call 100 hours a week?] will seem like the good old days.
In his first official press conference since being elected as an MLA in a byelection Monday night, Mr. Lingenfelter took particular aim at salaries received by some of those who work for cabinet ministers.
You know, I think that Mr. Lingenfelter, like the people who brought in donation and spending limits for elections, I think that his heart is in the right place. His brain though is not.
It is really undemocratic to pay those of you who work on the Hill less than the rates paid off the Hill. And it is elitist. If Mr. Lingenfelter de professionalizes the industry the only ones who will be available to work for politicians are those who don't really need the money: young adults who come from a background of privilege, trust funders, members of the elites. From the look of the young staffers on the Hill we may actually be at that point in Ottawa now.
In the same way that professionalizing the Olympics made the Olympics more open to all classes of people and made sport more egalitarian, offering careers and proper wages to those who support MPs, MLAs, MNAs etcetera is the best way of ensuring that the people who support our elected members are more representative of the community as a whole.
Ditto election spending limits; Obama couldn't happen in Canada.
WFDS
Saturday, July 25, 2009
574...And Baby Makes 44 000 Dollars
Associated Press moves the heartwarming story of Milkshake girl Kelis' new baby boy, Knight, born Wednesday in New York City and the equally heartwarming story of a Los Angeles judge awarding her 44 000 USD a month in child support from her ex husband, Nas.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
561...Captain Obvious Lives Everywhere
Everywhere includes the United Kingdom where SkyNews runs a story that says that if you make your own sandwiches and bring them to work it is cheaper than eating in restaurants.
Warburtons, a baker in Merry Olde, did this ground baking, er, breaking research.
They also discovered that the sky is blue, water is wet and the sun is hot.
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Warburtons, a baker in Merry Olde, did this ground baking, er, breaking research.
They also discovered that the sky is blue, water is wet and the sun is hot.
WFDS
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
471...400 Large For Pride: First Time, Last Time?
Stephen Harper ponied up 400 000 shekels for Toronto Pride and this morning's Toronto Star reports that the "contribution provoked a backlash from within the ranks of MPs and Conservative supporters."
OMG.
Really?
You mean to tell me that there are rednecks, er, homophobes, in the Conservative ranks?
OMG.
Really?
Darren Cunningham, a spokesman for Industry Minister Tony Clement, yesterday said that future financial help for Toronto's Pride Week was "under review" but said that was not directly related to Conservative dissent.
I love it when they lie but seem so sincere doing so.
Mr. Cunningham says that "We're in the midst of doing a review...to ensure that the funding is providing genuine stimulus to the economy..." including reflecting federal support of the Calgary Stampede and the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, support that, for example, faces the same review.
Yeah, surrrrre.
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OMG.
Really?
You mean to tell me that there are rednecks, er, homophobes, in the Conservative ranks?
OMG.
Really?
Darren Cunningham, a spokesman for Industry Minister Tony Clement, yesterday said that future financial help for Toronto's Pride Week was "under review" but said that was not directly related to Conservative dissent.
I love it when they lie but seem so sincere doing so.
Mr. Cunningham says that "We're in the midst of doing a review...to ensure that the funding is providing genuine stimulus to the economy..." including reflecting federal support of the Calgary Stampede and the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, support that, for example, faces the same review.
Yeah, surrrrre.
WFDS
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
467...Here Is A Cheque For You For 750$
A caveat though.
First off, you have to live in Massachusetts.
Secondly you have to have been or are still a chewer.
As in tobacco.
As in yuck.
Wait, no, you just have to have bought smokeless tobacky, also known as chew, from U. S. Smokeless Tobacco, including Copenhagen and Skoal, in the Commonwealth between January 1, 1990 and May 21 of this year.
Information from the Boston Herald includes this web address www.massachusettssmokelesstobaccosettlement.com
Money, honey.
WFDS
First off, you have to live in Massachusetts.
Secondly you have to have been or are still a chewer.
As in tobacco.
As in yuck.
Wait, no, you just have to have bought smokeless tobacky, also known as chew, from U. S. Smokeless Tobacco, including Copenhagen and Skoal, in the Commonwealth between January 1, 1990 and May 21 of this year.
Information from the Boston Herald includes this web address www.massachusettssmokelesstobaccosettlement.com
Money, honey.
WFDS
Sunday, June 28, 2009
392...Note To Stephen Harper Re War
Stop already.
18 gazillion dollars.
On Afghanistan.
Stop already.
Spend the money here, on us.
Ottawa Citizen has a story online today about how "...[there are] more people needing in-home help and not enough nurses...who are willing to make house calls, the region's $120-million home-care program is being stretched to the limit." The article "Crisis On The Doorstep" explains how this home nursing program keeps sick people at home, seniors well and more importantly from a purely fiscal point of view, is less onerous on the health care system keeping people like Paulette Dizin, a cancer patient, out of the hospital.
Mr. Harper, stop the war, use the 18 gazillion to make your country a better place to live.
Ca va?
WFDS
18 gazillion dollars.
On Afghanistan.
Stop already.
Spend the money here, on us.
Ottawa Citizen has a story online today about how "...[there are] more people needing in-home help and not enough nurses...who are willing to make house calls, the region's $120-million home-care program is being stretched to the limit." The article "Crisis On The Doorstep" explains how this home nursing program keeps sick people at home, seniors well and more importantly from a purely fiscal point of view, is less onerous on the health care system keeping people like Paulette Dizin, a cancer patient, out of the hospital.
Mr. Harper, stop the war, use the 18 gazillion to make your country a better place to live.
Ca va?
WFDS
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
356...18 Billion Is A Lot Of Money
Global National last night tackled the issue of how much the war, the War in Afganistan, is costing you.
Hard to get a number on it; Prime Minister Harper and the boys are very secretive about the whole thingy.
Anchorman Kevin Newman stated that "The future cost of the Afghan war has now been declared a national security secret. The government has never easily offered it up. During the election, Global National's reporting led to the release of an estimate...Canadian taxpayers, unlike those in most other countries, are now being asked to support a war they're not allowed it to know the cost of." Jacques Borbeau, a Global reporter, then said "Last year, DND released figures showing how much taxpayers will spend on the Afghan war over the next three years... this year, the defence department is now refusing to give up those numbers, arguing this is information which could reasonably be expected to be injurious to the conduct of the defence of Canada."
Or it is super expensive and for what?
Defence Minister Peter Mackay says the decision to keep the numbers secret was not his, well, dude, seriously, you are the Defence Minister, the buck stops at your desk.
The number bandied about in the report is 18 billion. Canadian dollars.
Here is why you should be upset.
18 billion shortens health care wait times, fixes highways, makes mass transit more efficient, lowers the cost of and improves schools at all levels.
18 billion is a lot of money.
WFDS
Hard to get a number on it; Prime Minister Harper and the boys are very secretive about the whole thingy.
Anchorman Kevin Newman stated that "The future cost of the Afghan war has now been declared a national security secret. The government has never easily offered it up. During the election, Global National's reporting led to the release of an estimate...Canadian taxpayers, unlike those in most other countries, are now being asked to support a war they're not allowed it to know the cost of." Jacques Borbeau, a Global reporter, then said "Last year, DND released figures showing how much taxpayers will spend on the Afghan war over the next three years... this year, the defence department is now refusing to give up those numbers, arguing this is information which could reasonably be expected to be injurious to the conduct of the defence of Canada."
Or it is super expensive and for what?
Defence Minister Peter Mackay says the decision to keep the numbers secret was not his, well, dude, seriously, you are the Defence Minister, the buck stops at your desk.
The number bandied about in the report is 18 billion. Canadian dollars.
Here is why you should be upset.
18 billion shortens health care wait times, fixes highways, makes mass transit more efficient, lowers the cost of and improves schools at all levels.
18 billion is a lot of money.
WFDS
Saturday, June 20, 2009
339...Is This A Scam/Help This Guy
Like you, I get a lot of letters from long lost relatives in Nigeria, Liberia and other countries that, frankly, I don't think I have relatives in. The letters are always imploring me to offer a bit of assistance and, in turn, I will be rewarded with huge amounts of money for my kind efforts.
419 scams, so named because that is the section of the Nigerian criminal code that proscribes such activities.
Usually I get one missive and if I don't reply, and, of course, I don't, that is it.
Until now.
Every day I get this letter:
419 scams, so named because that is the section of the Nigerian criminal code that proscribes such activities.
Usually I get one missive and if I don't reply, and, of course, I don't, that is it.
Until now.
Every day I get this letter:
Hello, I am Major Clarence Eugene, citizen of the USA, with the US Navy Joint Special Op,USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden,we have $30 Million US Dollars in our possession,which was seized from pirate between Yemen and Somalia in Gulf of Aden, we want to move the funds out of the USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden. My partner and I need someone we can trust to actualize this venture, you will be entitled to 12Million USD and our share of 18 Million should be kept for us safely until we are discharge of our duties here in USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden.Please respond for complete detailed information if interested, please do response using this email: major_clarence09@live.com Maj Clarence Hello, I am Major Clarence Eugene, citizen of the USA, with the US Navy Join tSpecial Op,USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden,we have $30 Million US Dollars in our possession,which was seized from pirate between Yemen and Somalia in Gulf of Aden, we want to move the funds out of the USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden. My partner and I need someone we can trust to actualize this venture, you will be entitled to 12Million USD and our share of 18 Million should be kept for us safely until we are discharge of our duties here in USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden.Please respond for complete detailed information if interested,please do response using this email:
Major Clarence Eugene
My reason for posting this is to ask if you are getting the same? Everyday that is. Just curious.
I think it is sweet that a complete stranger from a foreign country would trust me with 18 million of his hard stolen money.
Or...
WFDS
Friday, June 12, 2009
272...You Are A Winner! A Lottery Winner!
Wait, no, you are not.
My bad.
As I was perusing the Denver Post this morning I came across this gem.
Tuesday, the Colorado Lottery sent out 3,700 e-mails to MyLottery subscribers telling them they had won $100. "Thank you for taking the time and providing us with your feedback on potential drawing games," the e-mail read. "Your opinions are important to us. Congratulations! You are a winner. You have won $100!"
Or not. Email was a f'up.
The Colorado Lottery intended to reward 20 people for filling out a survey on the MyLottery site. From the first 275 respondents, a drawing was held to select 20 $100 winners. A bug in the email system grabbed the email before it was good to go and began spamming it to all 45,000 subscribers to MyLottery. It was caught in a few minutes but the damage was done.
"Obviously, this is a mistake," said Erika Gonzalez, spokesperson for the Colorado Lottery. "We didn't intend for this to upset anyone."
You know lawyers are being consulted as you read this.
WFDS
My bad.
As I was perusing the Denver Post this morning I came across this gem.
Tuesday, the Colorado Lottery sent out 3,700 e-mails to MyLottery subscribers telling them they had won $100. "Thank you for taking the time and providing us with your feedback on potential drawing games," the e-mail read. "Your opinions are important to us. Congratulations! You are a winner. You have won $100!"
Or not. Email was a f'up.
The Colorado Lottery intended to reward 20 people for filling out a survey on the MyLottery site. From the first 275 respondents, a drawing was held to select 20 $100 winners. A bug in the email system grabbed the email before it was good to go and began spamming it to all 45,000 subscribers to MyLottery. It was caught in a few minutes but the damage was done.
"Obviously, this is a mistake," said Erika Gonzalez, spokesperson for the Colorado Lottery. "We didn't intend for this to upset anyone."
You know lawyers are being consulted as you read this.
WFDS
Thursday, May 21, 2009
135...If Only Brian Had Of Used H and R Block
It would have saved him so much trouble, Brian being the Honourable Brian M., late of 24 Sussex.
Because if there is a problem with your taxes, H and R Block will represent you.
It is all there in the fine print.
If only.
WFDS
Because if there is a problem with your taxes, H and R Block will represent you.
It is all there in the fine print.
If only.
WFDS
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
131...Shouldn't They Be Paying Rogers/Shaw Etc?
The TV stations that is.
If you have been watching the box, CTV/AChannel have a concerted effort to make cable companies pay to carry them. Which, of course will mean you and I will have to pick up the tab coz, dead or not, Uncle Ted Rogers is going to pass the cost on to me. Ditto Mr. Shaw and Mr. Cogeco.
But, but, buttttttttttttttttttttt, here is what the World Famous Dan Shields doesn't understand. Isn't TV just advertising surrounded by programming? And isn't the more households that have access to your station, your programs and your ads the better?
Doesn't it follow that the cable companies are giving channels like A and CTV the opportunity to reach more households and therefore increase their audience?
Just asking.
Don't hate on me.
WFDS
If you have been watching the box, CTV/AChannel have a concerted effort to make cable companies pay to carry them. Which, of course will mean you and I will have to pick up the tab coz, dead or not, Uncle Ted Rogers is going to pass the cost on to me. Ditto Mr. Shaw and Mr. Cogeco.
But, but, buttttttttttttttttttttt, here is what the World Famous Dan Shields doesn't understand. Isn't TV just advertising surrounded by programming? And isn't the more households that have access to your station, your programs and your ads the better?
Doesn't it follow that the cable companies are giving channels like A and CTV the opportunity to reach more households and therefore increase their audience?
Just asking.
Don't hate on me.
WFDS
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