It looks like solidarity is crumbling in this close, bitter Democratic Party candidacy race to choose between two yawners, Zeppo and Gummo on who will represent their unsuccessful run against John McCain for the Presidency in November.
The rumblings are getting stronger for former Vice President and failed 2000 candidate Al Gore to throw his hat back into the political ring. It seems that both present candidates are frustrating Democratic Party high ups and super delegates with the sniping, bitter tones of their campaign and seem to be tearing up any hopes of creating a unified party come convention time in August.
Look for Gore and John Edwards to be on the minds of many, to either team up or at the very least to act as power brokers with Hillary or Barack to end up as a vice presidential candidate. People are starting to realize that both the current front runners are damaged goods that don't have a chance in hell of capturing the world's highest office.
Speaking of Obama and Clinton, you'd think that they would both at least make a stab at pretending to like each other, for public appearances sake at least, very similar to the relationship Hillary has with her husband, ex-president Bill.
In a touching sign of passing the torch, ex-first lady Nancy Reagan has come out publicly in support of her old friend, John McCain in this year's campaign, gathering big support of the millions of fans of her late husband, President Ronald Reagan. In fact she has stated publicly at the press conference on Tuesday in California when announcing her endorsement that McCain’s “her man". Ironically, that seems to be the same slogan the majority of New Yorkers and Californians are chanting about Hillary Clinton.
With the events of 9/11 still firmly entrenched into the minds and psyches of all North Americans and with the wars and battles against Muslim extremism still in its infancy, just how safe are we from the dangers of a terrorist attack on our soil?
Less and less, if you listen to the media reports about para-military training centers right here in our midst, with political and financial ties to counties such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. You may have read about suspicious enclaves throughout the U.S. such as the frightening Islamburg in upstate New York, where gunfire and secrecy has arisen suspicion and investigation from police, residents and media.
But can it happen right here in our safe, free and secure Canada? Absolutely, especially with a trial of over a dozen potential bin Laden wannabe's underway in Toronto, charged with planning a potential suicide terror attack right here in Toronto and Ottawa. I just hope that the police and Canadian Security Services are keeping on top of all the potential intelligence.
My tip for them is to check on the suspicious community of Hassanville , a secretive Islamic park and training centre, just an hour or so from our nation’s capital tucked away from prying eyes in a quiet long-time Polish community of Barry's Bay, Ontario. The location is a stone’s throw from several nuclear facilities situated in the area. I know that many of the Kaszuba's whose families have lived in the area for over a century have been suspicious of Hassanville from the get go. It may be absolutely nothing, but when it comes to our collective safety the old saying "Better safe than Sorry" definitely rings true.
Just wanted to send my condolences to the family of long-time Toronto Sun Sports Editor George Gross who passed away suddenly last week at the ripe old age of 85. The age of 85 means different things for different people. It was hard for me to imagine “The Baron” as a senior citizen. This was a man whose energy and creativity knew no bounds, keeping up a schedule that would exhaust an athlete half his age. A Day One Sun Man, he came from a different time when sports was at a more innocent stage and a good reporter like Gross new how to pull a great scoop out of the coaches and players without the spin doctoring offered by the clubs today.
An elegant and deeply caring man, his volunteer work was unending and few people in this city’s history had the impact on both the world of amateur and professional sports and the needy as he. In ending, I'm sitting here at my desk with a big goofy smile on my kisser just visualizing a picture of a group of old Sun guys like Doug Creighton, Paul Rimstead, Jim Hunt, Bob Macdonald and now George Gross belting back a few at some heavenly Press Club trading old war stories with the likes of me wishing to someday (far and far away) to be the proverbial fly on the wall.
I know that the same picture of those guys will put a big smile also on the face of our dear Judi McLeod. We will never see the likes of these kinds of legends again.
