George Bush, Stephen Harper and Low Black IQs - A Mixed Bag

Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately thought is not catching.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900), Anglo-Irish playwright, author

Ah, sweet solitude.

I had the opportunity to be a bachelor again this week when my wife went away to a conference. Sitting around in my bathrobe, eating Kraft Dinner and watching whatever I wanted on TV, what could be better?

And the solitude. But in the peace and quite my brain began to work (had to happen sometime). I started to ponder the state of the world, the universe and the meaning of life, all this while calculating how much time it would take to clean up before she got home.

Then I had an epiphany. There are a lot of things in this world that are worthy of note but not much more. So, in that light, here is what you get because I had the house to myself.

Has anyone noticed since George Dub-yah Bush was elected the hurricanes seem to have gotten worse? Just look at Katrina and Rita. Katrina was not unusual other than it hit a city that someone was dumb enough to build below sea level in a hurricane zone. Then along comes Rita, which instead of losing strength when it hits the cooler water stirred up by Katrina, follows exactly along the narrow band of warm water that wasn’t affected by Katrina. Then, once it has gained strength, it heads directly for...Texas, where good ol’ George is from. Florida has also been hit pretty bad in the last few years, you might well say, but who is the governor of Florida? Jeb Bush.

On a related topic, I have also noticed George has visited the hurricane hit areas more in the past few weeks then he has visited the 9/11 site since it happen four years ago. Hmmmmm.

Speaking of Stephen Harper (that is called a samurai segue) did you hear that his lack of popularity is because the “liberal” press is picking on him? Awe, poor baby. Hey Stephen, I have an idea, perhaps it’s because people don’t like you. Given that I was once a member of the Young Conservatives, that I was a card carrying member of the Reform party, before they even had anyone elected to parliament, and that I voted for Brian Mulroney (yes, I admit it) you would think I would be a current supporter. Not!

Maybe it is because they have been acting like a bunch of buffoons that their numbers have dropped. After his behaviour during the V.E. day celebrations, when he kept threatening to bring a non-confidence motion before the house while the Prime Minister was in Holland, he lost any chance of getting my vote. All he would have had to do was stand up and tell the country that this event was too important for politics and, out of respect for the veterans, he would not attempt to bring down the house while the celebrations were going on. But, nooooo, he instead figured it was appropriate to play politics. To me, it just showed that he cared very little about this country and was after nothing else but power. Personally, I think we should have a petition to remove honourable from his title until he earns it.

In the “you’ve got to be kidding” category, did you hear that the Vatican is debating whether to ban the Prime Minister from having communion because of the whole gay marriage thing? Apparently the Vatican feels the necessity to pressure politicians into doing what it believes to be right.

I find it interesting that the very institution that kept quiet while Nazi Germany interred and executed millions of people suddenly feels the need to stick its nose into gay marriage. While thousands of Catholics are being burned out of their homes, beaten and killed in Zimbabwe, the Pope worries about people of the same sex getting married? Of course, we also cannot forget about the particularly stellar history of the Catholic church sticking its nose into the politics of a nation. Let’s not forget what a great job they did with the Spanish inquisition and the Crusades. Is it any wonder that the Middle Eastern countries don’t trust us?

Then there is the story of the radio psychiatrist in Quebec who offended all the blacks. Dr. Pierre Mailloux, a popular radio host in Quebec, said that blacks have lower IQs than other people. His reasoning was, in the past, slave owners would kill the smarter slaves thus leaving the ones with lower IQs. This was all based on an unnamed United States study. Meanwhile, in Toronto they are currently discussing the idea of a special school for black students, which the various black advocacy groups are heralding. It would seem that black students are having trouble with the white curriculum.

Finally, there was the unanimous decision last week by the Supreme Court to allow the British Columbia government to go ahead with its lawsuit against a number of tobacco companies. The reason they are doing this, they say, is to recover health care costs for smoking related illnesses. Once more, in their myopic attempt to get money and garner public support, a provincial government is blindly leading us down a path to destruction.

Given that cigarettes are a controlled substance, if the BC government wins this lawsuit, then smokers can then sue the BC government for allowing it to be sold in the first place. There is also the lawsuit to get back taxes because the reasoning behind taxing cigarettes so heavily was to recover health care costs.

But, the worst part is the precedent that it sets. If BC wins, then one could sue the car manufacturers for not building safer cars and polluting the air. We could sue any company that has ever produced a dangerous chemical or product. How about we sue the municipal government for getting rid of horse drawn streetcars and replacing them with buses, hence exposing us to dangerous carbon monoxide. Or the federal government for allowing gasoline to even exist. And best of all, the provincial government for allowing the coal-fired electric generators to spew it’s crap into the air for all these years. Did I mention that Ontario is contemplating suing the tobacco companies too? This one is worth watching.

So, now you see why I am not left alone very often. But do not worry, my mind has now moved on to more important issues, such as, how I will fit the frying pan, that I am not supposed to put into the dishwasher, into the dishwasher. Luckily, the dogs cleaned the pot that I made my KD in.