The Smartest Liberal I know

Warren Kinsella:

"ELECTION PANEL: WEEK SEVEN
WARREN KINSELLA
Former Liberal advisor

Let's recap: Beer and popcorn. RCMP criminal investigations. Likening opponents to animals. OSC and SEC investigations. Whiplash-inducing flip-flops. Leaked platforms. Constitutional amendments dropped in the middle of televised debates. An attack ad that defames the military and is a flat-out lie. Candidates attacking their leader and their own campaign.

That's the Liberal Party of Canada, folks -- and just in the past few weeks. That doesn't even include what Paul Martin has done to the Liberal Party since he took it over in December, 2003. There's only so much stuff I can fit into the space the Post gives to Mercer, Crosbie, the scary-smart kid and me.

The numbers will shift around a little bit in the next few days, but the fundamentals won't change: Stephen Harper will ride a wave of change into the subsidized housing unit at 24 Sussex. Paul Martin will join John Turner and Kim Campbell as historical footnotes. I say this as a card-carrying Liberal who intends to vote for my local Liberal MP: The Liberal Party of Canada deserves to lose. We need a spell in the penalty box -- to get a new leader, new ideas, new caucus members. We need renewal.

If a Stephen Harper minority is the best way to achieve that, that's a-OK by me."

Warren Kinsella on the election

Warren Kinsella:

"January 15, 2006 - This new Conservative Party commercial amply demonstrates, yet again, the Tories' superior strategic smarts in campaign 2005-2006. It also demonstrates why Paul Martin's campaign is worse than a disaster. It's now actually really, really sad.

Let's just vote and get this over with, I say. Martin's self-immolation is getting hard to watch."

Amen.

More "pieces" of the story

Coming off my thoughts on "A Million Little Pieces" GetReligion.com has a interesting take on today's literature:

Is there something religious about the current state of memoir-driven literature? This idea that one must experience something personally in order for it to be valid? That these experiences must be dramatic and debauched? The publishing world seems to think the book would not work as fiction. Neither would it have sold - in the current climate at least - if Frey had copped to his banal and relatively comfortable upbringing. A life of unthinkable sin before conversion is what is needed. Do these mythical stories which Americans love find their way into news copy? Are reporters more biased toward dramatic conversion stories?

Link

Via Christdot

This is Jordon Cooper's weblog: Random Chuck Norris Facts

If you haven't had a good laugh today...
take a moment to check out all the Random Chuck Norris Facts:

- Forget Wikipedia, if Chuck Norris wants you know something, he will tell you.
- Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. But he has never cried. Ever.
- Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
- Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.

from Jordan Cooper's Blog

Tried of the election yet?

I don't know about you, but I love watching The Hour on CBC.
I remeber listening to George Stroumboulopoulos 102.1 the edge and even then thought he had some substance to him. I think The Hour does a good job covering a wide variety of news issues and trying to actauly take a low bias stance.

Tonight they did a feature on the "Christian Right" a term that somehow makes me nautious every time I hear it. I've never really understood the whole right and left thing anyway.
maybe I was sleeping in grade 11 social studies class or something.
But I do know that I tend to lean right in money and a bit left in social (ie homelessness, healthcare etc.)
But how come the fact that many Christians are going to go out and vote or even worse are making sure that lots of Christians go out and vote is making news... Isn't that a good thing?

I guess I get it - the minority fear that if people.... and in this case the evil right sided people, actually go out and vote then this country might vote someone in that supports the people that voted for them.

It's not simple... but I'm still voting against the Liberals because I remember them promising to scrap the GST... they didn't (remember stupid Hamilton voting Sheila Copps back in when she said she'd step down if the GST didn't come off.... stupid stupid stupid)

No Government it perfect - but I don't trust the currrent one, time for a new one.
And by the way I think my local Conservative guy is worth the vote.
maybe I should have a sign up

a Good book review

Brea and I had started reading "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey after hearing a lot of good things about it. Come on, Oprah couldn't put it down - it MUST be good.
It's a pretty raw account of one man's journey through drugs and rehabilitation... Certainly not a fun read. Brea had to stop reading, but I tried to keep going.
There seemed to be some substance to it and I was intrigued

But then I started see some of the stories come out saying that maybe there is more fiction than truth. From the Smoking Gun.com

Police reports, court records, interviews with law enforcement personnel, and other sources have put the lie to many key sections of Frey's book. The 36-year-old author, these documents and interviews show, wholly fabricated or wildly embellished details of his purported criminal career, jail terms, and status as an outlaw "wanted in three states.

link

All of a sudden I had this hard to read book that might not be completely true. It's one thing to read the story of how a man battled through and came out on the other side.... It's another thing to read a story full of shock for the shock value.

Oh well... next book.

at lease this one I know I'll like.... I hope

update: Janurary 13, 2006
I was litening to Tucker and Taz on Fm96 this morning and aparently Taz feels the same way.
Seems the media is catching up with the story.

iChurch ....not

Christdot :: Christ. Period.: "One out of every four Protestant churches in the United States has virtually no involvement with the World Wide Web despite the emergence of the Internet as a leading communication medium in the 21st century, according to a new study conducted for LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

The study, which utilized a representative national sample of 871 Protestant church ministers, explored how churches use Web technology and found that 27 percent of all churches have no connectivity at all -- no staff e-mail, no website and no Internet connection."

And Rob never updates his Blog
he's my pastor... a good one, but he never does update.... heck, I was the last one to update his blog

Camp People

Surfing along Liam Hill has this very good list....
which I made a bit shorter, forgive me

You know you are a camp person if.

*80% of your clothing shows evidence of paint.
*Abnormality is a compliment.
*Being at home makes you homesick.
*Dressing up only involves slightly cleaner clothes.
*Sandal/watch tan lines are a competition.
*Screaming and running at the same time is a coveted skill.
*Sharpies, pens and duct tape are worth more than gold.
*Camp has been over for 22 minutes, and you're already thinking about
next summer.
*You are convinced that there is no way you can date someone who is
not a camp guy/girl, because no one else really understands.
*You can make anything out of duct tape, including band-aids.
*You can make up a song about anything.
*You have a camp set of clothes.
*You don't do this for the money - and you mean it.
*You have no clue what's on TV until mid-September, cause you watch it at camp.
*You have to routinely prevent yourself from shouting, "walk,
please!" or "where's your buddy?" at random kids at the mall/at the
grocery store, etc.
*You know all 753 1/2 verses of "Let me see your Funky Chicken"
*You know exactly how to get to camp from home by car, boat, plane or
any other means of transportation.
*You know that laughter, hiccups, sneezes, itching, and yawns are
contagious.
*You never refuse free food.
*You still enjoy the same songs you did at 5 years old.
*Your primary method of diplomatic resolution is rock, paper, and
scissors.
*Your tan lines are also your dirt lines.
*Your voice quality at the end of the week is inversely proportionate
to how good it was.
*Your year only has two seasons. (Summer and Non-summer)"

Well I do own a shirt that says "is it summer yet?"

Today's "PEOPLE WHO ARE STUPID"

Roommates
Why must they be so stupid?

First, if you are going to learn to cook to impress the girl, then PLEASE learn to clean up as well. I bet this is equally as impressive to the opposite sex (Ladies back me up here?)

Second, if you think you ARE cleaning.... Can we please look at the pot when we are done?

A big wok that is barely three weeks old should not have grease build-up already.

Sometimes that brush with the soap built in will not clean everything. I liked it better when I just had to deal with the remaining bags from the three fast food meals sitting in the living room.......... and don't get me started on what day garbage day is

my apologies to the 2 roommates that I had over the years that don't fit the mold

All I want for NEXT Christmas

First, beltbuckles are cool
Second, LEDs are cool


this is VERY cool