poor old yertle!

holy shit, things have changed with blogger. i don't see how the google boys can make more money out of this new layout but they're way smarter than me so there must be money in it somewhere. back to yertle. this is totally unbelievable to me but it's true! yertle the turtle has been banned from a british columbia classroom because it's too political. read it for yourself: Dr. Seuss’s ‘Yertle the Turtle’ deemed too political for B.C. classroom like most governments around the world the british columbia government is battling with it's employees due to large deficits. both sides are in a public relations battle to gain support for their position. of course the government holds all cards, once they tire of the battle with unions they'll just legislate the teachers into submission but banning yertle the turtle from classrooms has brought this dispute to new levels of insanity. after this i'm squarely behind the teachers. would rich santorum or newt gingrich ban yertle the turtle? oh yeah, i ordered 3 more silver turtles and 2 silver pandas a few days ago. i'll probably order a few more turtles after this. i love you sons of bitches. screw this bullshit! i can't figure out this new blogger nonsense. hasta la vista you fucking google assholes!

strange bedfellows

this past week there was a summit of the americas and two contries were outliers when it came to cuba and the war on drugs, can you guess which two countries were the outliers?

Canada and the United States have emerged as the outliers at the conference as Latin American and Caribbean countries united in the final hours in their support for Cuba's presence at future meetings.

that's right, our right wing douchebag prime minister and the so called liberal president of the united states were the only two leaders against easing sanctions against cuba and relenting on the futile war on drugs. this was to be expected from our conservative prime minister but i had loftier expectations from obumble. so it goes. here's a more detailed DETAILED STORY OF THE EVENT.

on a more positive note i was given a second chance at redemption this afternoon. a few months ago i was rushing down the street in downtown vancouver and passed a truly pitiful looking older gentleman panhandling. i felt sorry for him but was too wrapped up my own little problems to stop and give him a few kopeks. this has haunted me since then. today as i was rushing to the skytrain i ran into the same old gentleman panhandling but this time i stopped and gave him a few bucks. for the price of few bucks i got a good feeling, money well spent.



i love you sons of bitches.

freedom of speech?

ozzie guillen, manager of the florida marlins, was SUSPENDED FOR 5 GAMES because he had the audacity to say he liked fidel castro. ozzie claims he was misunderstood, thinking in spanish and speaking in english. it seems pretty fucked up to me to be suspended for commenting on a foreign politician.

speaking of that rat bastard castro, he had the audacity to INSULT OUR FINE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER!. he's also criticizing canadian mining companies for their practices in some latin american countries. perhaps he should be criticizing the incompetent politicians that issue permits for the mines. (i'm a little biased since my kid's a mining engineer) most of these banana republics are more interested in extorting money out of the mining companies than inspecting tailing ponds. so it goes.

i've always liked fidel, i think he's an incompetent administrator but he does it with a flair. things are going to be tough for fidel if hugo chavez croaks and the venezuelan oil money quits flowing into cuba.



i love you sons of bitches

a penny saved....

our lovely prime minister has decided that it's time to STOP PRODUCING PENNIES!

i'm outraged at this decision and have written a lovely letter to the PMO (prime minister's office) requesting that the prime minister revisit this terrible decision. if the decision to stop producing the penny goes through our faithful friend will die a slow death and it will be up to the merchants to decide when it's time to stop handing out pennies in change and start rounding up to the nearest nickel. we consumers stand to lose a few cents per transaction. in order to save the money lost in rounding credit cards and debit cards are ready to step in thus ensuring the move to electronic purchasing keeps moving ahead.

using credit cards and debit cards gives those slick marketing people great data on our spending habits and how effective their advertising campaigns have been. i don't like having some evil genius knowing my spending habits. having pennies in circulation also forces people to use basic mathematics when paying for their purchase and counting their change.

so far none of my friends or co-workers share my outrage over the demise of the penny.

First they came for the pennies,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a penny.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

woe is me.



i love you sons of bitches.