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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Global cooling in Niagara Falls

I really wish global warming would kick in again, because damn it was cold in Niagara Falls.  Second time I’ve been there at this time of year when it’s been close to freezing with the wind.

That said, we were prepared and went to a great waterpark off the strip.  If you have small kids, then this is a great place to go that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.


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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Mandatory training

Instead of picking on the truckers, most of whom are professional, accident free drivers, I think it’s time to bring in mandatory driver training for all first time (driving) licence holders. 

It just might prevent tragedies like this.

A family friend of two young women involved in a fatal car crash that claimed three lives in central Ontario said she’s “heartbroken” by the unexpected loss of the pair who babysat her son the day before they died.

Driving a vehicle is just not taken seriously by most four wheelers.

Doing u-turns in front of tractor trailers at night on empty country roads is clearly the result of inattention and inexperience.


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Saturday, November 17, 2007

Top cop makes his own collar

This is why I always liked Fantino.

A driver who blew past an unmarked OPP cruiser on Hwy. 401, in a car allegedly loaded with illegal drugs, got the surprise of his life this week when he found himself face to face with the province’s top cop.


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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Election post-mortem

Finally, an assessment I can agree with.

Nobody expected John Tory to lead the charge for a new conservatism in Ontario. He never said he would. Instead, being a good moderate Conservative of the old Red Tory school, he played the game according to the old rules: Don’t rock the boat,


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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

No sign on my lawn

Even though I voted conservative, I think it’s an easy call that the Libs in Ontario will have an even bigger majority, and Johnny won’t even win his own seat.

The old adage, governments are voted out, not in, holds true.  Dalton took a page out of John Chretien’s page, and has done almost nothing (except break promises). 

By being invisible, people can ignore government and continue making money.  Therefore, my next prediction, a record low turnout, is another easy call.


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Monday, August 20, 2007

Failure of our government

Here’s one Ontario taxpayer who must be questioning those who he pays taxes to.

Pickering Fire Deputy Chief Simon Almond said the fire department got a call at 7:22 p.m. and were on the scene at 7:36 p.m., with two pumpers, two tankers, a command vehicle, and 18 firefighters in tow.

“That would be our normal response to that type of call,” he said.

16 mins to a fire in an urban area?  That’s acceptable?

What the story doesn’t say, and I can’t find a link online, is that the man was driven to Rochester, NY, 4 hours away - since the local air ambulance was unavailable.

No burn unit bed in Ontario, or for that matter, Quebec.  No ambulance to fly him quickly to a bed to recover or even perhaps survive.

Welcome to third world health care.

God forgive if it was a bus full of burned people.  Then what?


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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Why I like Fantino

How can you not like the guy?

Would you still try to weasel your way out of a speeding ticket if it was the OPP commissioner standing outside your car?


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Saturday, July 7, 2007

Get them out

When is the government going to get out of the electricity production business?  They obviously can’t get it right.

Hot days ahead and a desire to keep cool could spell trouble for the province’s electricity system.


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Saturday, June 9, 2007

Failure is not an option

Meet the building blocks of our future.

“No wonder kids come to school thinking they’re getting a free ride. There’s some sense that you just can’t fail,” said Pighin. “We hand out credits like tic tacs.”

Time for the pendulum to swing back, don’t you think?


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Thursday, August 17, 2006

Caledonia and Terrorism in Canada

If this is true, well, it’s depressing the lawlessness that is occuring under Dalton M.

I will speak to you of things that I have direct knowledge on, things I have seen with my own eyes and things that I can provide you with accurate and multi person corroborated. These are not embellished and for the most part have been unreported in the media, they have been reported to the OPP however even as a police officer I do not believe in their willingness or capability to investigate and apprehend those responsible.


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Friday, June 23, 2006

Chamberlain award

Quick, would someone please hand the appeasement award of the year to McSquinty now?

OPP cede control to 6 nations police

Move over, Dalton...I want to stick my head in the sand...in shame.


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Friday, June 16, 2006

Not the government

The government is going big trying to promote their “smartgrowth” plans, trying to lead people into small, compact boxes, living on top of each other.

The Star is even saying people don’t like suburbia any more.

I mean, who wants to live in a big house, with lots of yard space, on a street without much traffic, drive in a nice car, listening to your music as loudly as you want, without smelly, often rude bodies around you?  Wouldn’t you rather live in a building with 500 other people, on a bus route, that may or may not come on time, on a busy street too dangerous for your kids to play on?

Give the socialists credit: they never give up telling people what they want.


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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Gig’s up

McSquinty says he’s really mad now, and if the natives stay unrestful, he’ll be, well, really really mad.

Damn I miss Mike.  When do you think Dalton’s going to grow a dick and do something?

Blizzard wants him to call in the army.


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Monday, June 12, 2006

The rest of the story

Perhaps this is the true story behind the Caledonia “native unrest”.

The OPP are looking for several people with regards to violence at the Caledonia stand-off involving the Six Nations Reserve.

Follow the money or the girl - and you will always get your answer.


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Saturday, June 10, 2006

Above the law

More evidence that there are two tiers of laws in Ontario: none for Indians, all for the rest of us.

Two news cameramen were assaulted by protesters today, prompting Premier Dalton McGuinty to condemn the latest violence at the site of an aboriginal occupation in Caledonia, Ont.


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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

The difference

I miss the (old) Mike.

Blizzard agrees.


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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Anarchy rules

Anytime you want to see what anarchy is like, just cast your eyes over to a native protest.

At several points, dozens of protestors from both sides tangled in fistfights and shoving matches as hapless OPP officers struggled to break up the fights and keep the two sides apart. As they shoved screaming protestors away from each other shouts and insults filled the air.

Imagine living in a province where police have no authority over enforcing the law, thanks to endless political interference.  No need to imagine, we have it here in Ontario thanks to Ipperwash.

When the police are afraid, YOU need to be afraid.


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What’s the attraction?

I never understood people that camp, especially in this weekend’s weather.

I also never understood those that swim and fish in this weather, when the downside is death.


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Saturday, April 22, 2006

Go directly to Sick Kids

Here’s a story that proves that if you have a sick kid and live in the GTA, you should head directly down to the place that fixes children best.  I can personally attest to this.


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Thursday, March 30, 2006

The problem with CVA

I liked most of what the CSR did back in the Harris days, but CVSA wasn’t one of them.  Here’s why:

While Ontario Ombudsman Andre Marin’s report has accurately and precisely identified many of the problems with MPAC, the real problem lies outside his mandate; and that is current value assessment (CVA).

MORE...


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Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Let Darwin do his job

I’d probably feel differently if it was one of my relatives who drove off the road and drowned, but really, how far are we to go to save people from their own stupidity and negligence?

Sgt. Steve Wilson scratches his head in amazement. Despite more than a month of intense media scrutiny in the wake of the drowning deaths of a mother and child whose car slid into an icy canal near Bradford, motorists continue to zoom along the winding and narrow Canal Rd. at high speeds.


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Thursday, December 8, 2005

Power-less

Once more, another report making any normal person fearful of Ontario’s power future.

Ontario’s decision to close all of its coal plants will leave electricity supply so tight that every new generation project must be completed on time in the next two years to avoid power shortages, sources said today.


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Monday, November 28, 2005

Why I like Mike

Thank you, inquiry, for reminding me why I liked Mike Harris so much.

Mike Harris angrily told senior Cabinet Ministers and two police officers, “I want the f------ Indians out of the park,” a public inquiry heard today.

The bombshell came on the second day

It’s too bad we won’t see him anytime soon on the political scene.


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Thursday, October 13, 2005

Reasonable speeds

Why can’t we do this here?

State Police have stepped up efforts to make sure speeds on major roads and expressways are reasonable. The result: In the last few months, two sections of metro Detroit freeways have had speed limits raised:


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Tuesday, September 20, 2005

What about hunting?

We’ve been so good to our wildlife that they’re killing us.

“One in every 18 motor vehicle crashes involves a wild animal. This
represents an 86 per cent increase over the past decade...To reduce collisions the ministry has also taken several other steps, including installing fencing along major highways, better lighting, and posting warning signs where wildlife is known to roam.

Doesn’t have anything to do with the lack of hunting allowed, I suppose?


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