William Bedford

Unelected Cabinet Members

A glaring weakness in our system of government is the prime minister has to pick his whole cabinet from the ranks of elected MPs, even when some of them, like Julian Fantino, are unqualified, for their posts.

Smoking

I wonder why the vast majority of smokers and inhalers of second-hand smoke never get lung cancer? Just asking.

Stupidity

The eminent British Doctor, and former editor of The British Medical Journal, Richard Smith says that cancer is the best way to die as it gives patients time to say good bye to all their friends and loved ones.

Food for Thought...

Stick this note on your frig. door: It's not what you eat between Christmas and New Year that counts, it's what you eat between New Year and Christmas.

Cuba Libre!

Cubans are in for the 'Shock and Awe' of their lives.

Christmas Cheer

When The Carols Fade Christmas time is here once more bringing tidings of good will but when the carols fade away the battered ones are with us still. They roam the cold and lonely streets searching for a grain of cheer and reflected in their hopeless eyes are all the things we hate and fear.

An Airhead's Tree

Maples, oaks and poplars too are common trees found everywhere but a holiday tree is hard to find and I have looked about everywhere but airheads are politically correct you see so only they have a holiday tree.

Veterans' Plight

Julian Fantino may be a pain to Stephen Harper, but he's a bigger pain to the veterans because he doesn't understand their needs.

Canada's puny military

Canada is not a super-power, therefore it doesn't need super military weapons even if it could afford them. However, as a middle power Canada needs enough weaponry to pull its weight in international hot-spots and to be capable of assisting our allies in their fight against ISIS and other terrorist gangs.

Just saying

Constitutional and legal rights should never override common sense.

Boors

I was at the Woodbine slots on Remembrance Day when everyone was asked to observe the usual two minutes silence at 11am.

Strategic voting

Was Olivia Chow the victim of front-runners' curse? No. Chow was a victim of strategic voting.

Terrorism

Why do the media waste time and space debating who is and who isn't a terrorist?

Name change

Some dummkopfs in Quebec want to change the name of the Champlain bridge to Maurice Richard bridge. Comparing Maurice Richard to Samuel Champlain is downright silly. Richard was a Canadian.

Poppy Day

Maple Leaves And Poppies Poppies Still Bloom In Flanders Fields Though The Guns No Longer Roar, Children Romp Care-free Where Carnage Raged In War-torn Days Of Yore.

Authority figures accused of crimes

There is no way to put an end to sex abuse, or any other kind of abuse for that matter, by doctors, lawyers and police officers as long as they are allowed to police themselves.

The Middle East's strange bedfellows

Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are indeed strange bedfellows. What it boils down to is real politik.

Conrad Black

The Ontario Securities Commission (SEC), says that Conrad Black is unfit to run a major public business. Seriously?

Iraqi quagmire

Someone should tell Stephen Harper that if he's serious about getting Canada involved in the Iraqi mess he shouldn't be sending a few warplanes for a six month period. He should send a lot of planes with a clear mission for as long as it takes to complete it.

Angelina Jolie a Dame

So the Queen makes Angelina Jolie a Dame. Big deal. Angelina was already a grand-dame in the U.S.