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29 Feb

Finally, A Good Use for a Ford

Anyone that knows me, knows that I am not a big fan of domestic vehicles. In fact, I have purchased or leased 16 vehicles since I was 16 and in that time, only 5 have been domestic. Why don’t I like them?
I have several reasons why. I don’t like the way they sound when [...]

24 Feb

Facebook Passé?

Facebook, for anyone who has been hiding under a rock for the last couple of years, is a social networking website that just celebrated its 4th birthday. Originally it was created by a student at Harvard for students of the Ivy League university in Boston. After several expansions over the first 2 years of [...]

10 Feb

The People we Elevate to Pedestals; What are we Thinking?

I was watching the Grammy Awards tonight and I was totally amazed that a person who is self destructive and abuses drugs and alcohol can be so celebrated. Of course I am talking about Amy Winehouse.
She was initially denied a U.S. visa to perform live at the Grammy’s due to the “use and abuse [...]

08 Nov

Needless Killings Become the Norm

The death of R.C.M.P. Constable Douglas Scott on Monday night has really got me thinking about what is going on in Canada.
I remember going several years without hearing about a police officer being shot in the line of duty and it seems to be a common occurrence these days. With the shooting of police [...]

13 Sep

Canada: A Nation of Change

The results of the 2006 Canadian Census was released today with a few interesting but not necessarily positive facts about us Canadians.
A record one in four Canadian families with children is headed by a single parent. To me this is a scary fact and I think it is the children that end up suffering.
The [...]

09 Sep

Simple Ruminations I

I have come across several subjects the last couple of weeks that made me reflect or consider with thoroughness and care the answers to these mysteries. Being someone who doesn’t like to leave questions unanswered, I figured I would post on them. If you know the answer to these questions I have, please leave me a comment with the answer. [...]

28 Jul

Killing in the Name of Religion

I read a couple of articles this week that just goes to prove that people take religion to be what they want it to be. Something that will benefit themselves or a portion of their society. I have no understanding of Islam but I do know that it seems to be a religion that [...]

13 Jul

Edmonton: City of Sickos

While I was reading the article about the House of Horrors sentencing I was shocked to read that this seems to be a common thing in Edmonton. Also sentenced today were 2 fathers monsters who were convicted of sexually abusing their little girls.
The first case involved a 22 year-old man who was convicted of raping [...]

13 Jul

Not Much of a Sentence for Assaulting Your Child

I did a couple of posts {1} {2} {3} in May about a woman and her boyfriend who abused and tortured the woman’s 4 year old daughter. The daughter is now in foster care (a real good one I hope) and she will be years in therapy trying to get over what happened to her. The [...]

10 Jul

Roman Catholic Church…Only True Church?

My religious views are complicated. I realize there are many millions of people who believe that Jesus Christ was a divine being. I believe that everyone has the freedom to believe what ever they want and the freedom to belong to what ever church they want. That is if they choose to even belong [...]

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