Iggy and the Idiots.
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Last week I was driving and it got foggy. I said to my partner. I feel just like a Conservative - driving around in a fog with limited vision. Ha ha.
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While coast guard vessels are important to Canada, Warships as a means of defence make little sense. Warships (including subs) are offensive, not defensive, by nature. Heavy surface ships and subs are a poor choice to defend a coastline whereas fighter planes are very effective and versatile.
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My daddy always said "You can NOT win an argument with an ignorant man" I'm donePrairie Boy Thanks this. -
So true. Back in the day people worked harder, and had fewer choices, but I think by and large our parents' generation was more responsible - and a lot happier - than the modern ones. There is a lot to be said for simplification.
.ExternalClass DIV { } IS IT THE OLDER GENERATION WHO CREATED OUR PROBLEM???? DON'T THINK SO...
In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that she
should bring her own grocery bag because plastic bags werent good for
the environment. The woman apologized to him and explained, We
didnt have the green thing back in my day.
The clerk responded, "That's our problem today. The former generation
did not care enough to save our environment."
He was right, that generation didnt have the green thing in its day.
Back then, they returned their milk bottles, soda bottles and beer
bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be
washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles
over and over. So they really were recycled.
But they didnt have the green thing back in that customer's day.
In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didnt have an
escalator in every store and office building. They walked to the
grocery store and didnt climb into a 300-horsepower machine every
time they had to go two blocks.
But she was right. They didnt have the green thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the babys diapers because they didnt have the
throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy
gobbling machine burning up 220 volts wind
and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down
clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing..
But that old lady is right, they didnt have the green thing back in her
day.
Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house not a TV in every
room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief, not a
screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, they blended
and stirred by hand because they didnt have electric machines to do
everything for you.
When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used a
wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble
wrap.
Back then, they didnt fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut
the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They
exercised by working so they didnt need to go to a health club to run
on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But shes right, they didnt have the green thing back then.
They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty instead of using a
cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They
refilled their writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and
they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the
whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But they didnt have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their
bikes to school or rode the school bus instead of turning their moms
into a 24-hour taxi service. They had one electrical outlet in a room,
not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they
didnt need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from
satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest pizza
But they didnt have the green thing back then.
Imagine that ... and we didn't need a name for it!
And it was practiced by all...Imagine That!
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Very good post DC !!
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Hey DC.
Ed Wesselius used to drive for me.
Guelph trucker seeks to make immigration an election issue
GUELPH All four local mainstream Party candidates are distancing themselves from a local man spending his own money in an attempt to make immigration an election issue.
Truck driver Ed Wesselius, a 63-year-old Guelph resident, is the man behind Canada4Canadians, a website dedicated to immigration reform.
Wesselius said the treatment of new Canadians is political correctness run amok and wants the next federal government to change that.
When you come to Canada, like I did, you become a Canadian, said Wesselius, who, in 1959, arrived in Canada from outside Amsterdam, at age 11. But this new crop of immigrants seems to think we should conform to their wishes. If you dont like it here, get back on the boat.
Wesselius has bought local newspaper advertisements directing people to his website. Once there, people are encouraged to become a part of our growing membership.
Wesselius is determined to block progress on a private members, Bill C-428. The bill proposed to amend the Old Age Security Act to reduce the residency requirement for entitlement to a monthly pension from 10 years to three years.
Private members bills seldom become law, and this bill, like all others in the works when Parliament was dissolved last month, died on the order paper and would have to be reintroduced once the new Parliament is sworn in.
This bill has only one purpose, and that is to feather-bed a select group of people for votes, the website reads. There are too many people abusing the generosity of the Canadian people We need to stop this now.
Wesselius said all the words on his website are his own. And he wants at least one local mainstream candidate to read them.
To be perfectly honest, I support one of the local candidates. He and I have talked about it. But I dont think its appropriate to bring up his name. But Im sure you can guess who it is, Wesselius said. Whoever forms government, whether its Conservative or Liberal, whichever it is, needs to look at this issue.
None of the mainstream candidates running in Guelph say they have met with Wesselius.
Liberal MP Frank Valeriote said hes never met or spoken to Wesselius and had never seen the mans website until directed to do so by the Guelph Mercury.
To my knowledge, I have never spoken or met with Mr. Wesselius, NDP candidate Bobbi Stewart said.
I cannot remember ever meeting with this man, Conservative candidate Marty Burke wrote, in an email. As for immigration, this is something I am closely acquainted with, since I myself am an immigrant.
Burkes parents moved their family to Canada from England when he was six years old.
Our Conservative government has increased immigration to record levels, and we are happy to see new Canadians bringing many cultures and skills to our communities, Burke said.
Last week, Burke hosted a discussion group with several friends from various cultural communities and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney.
Laura Northey, who is part of Green party candidate John Lawsons campaign team, said in an email, John is not familiar with the individual in question.
Lawsons campaign stated that Ottawa needs to act on various immigration issues faced by new Canadians, such as easing their integration into Canadian society.
Immigrants who have professional qualifications or accreditations that are in high demand deserve to be able to take jobs in their field in Canada, Northey wrote on Lawsons behalf. Wed like to make it easier for them to do so.
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When my family came to Canada we were part of building Canada so it could be called Canada. I hate the idea of foreigners coming here and making it a copy of the country they left. I think that's the highest insult they could give Canada
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