Yadda, yadda; the news bores me
Okay so my personal life is busy but it’s always busy. I’m less in engaged because there is so much news going on that I just don’t care enough about to have more than a knee-jerk response. I do not care Tiger Woods’ divorce is finalized since I am not included in the settlement.
Pakistan hasn’t asked the government deploy the Dart team…oh, well, their loss and my wallet is safe for another day. Of course I am completely apathetic towards Pakistan – even on a good day.
The city of Toronto is primed to elect a buffoon for a mayor. Oh well, he’ll join the ranks of other primates we have elected. I expect Toronto will survive.
A new biography is released on Canadian radio personality Peter Gzowski and my first reaction was – Peter who? Once I found out all I thought was who really cares? The book will be lucky to sell 5,000 copies and I bet most of the sales will come from Libraries.
Iran – enough already – just bomb them and get it over with and let the chips fall where they may.
Anne Frank’s tree has fallen down. I know I am a lousy human being (see above) but I am just not inspired nor filled with sorrow for the tree, and did you really expect it to last forever?
Peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians…same old song and dance. What will make these talks very different from any other peace discussions? In fact, I expect these talks to have less ‘cred’ than any of the previous talks considering that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas can no longer be considered to represent the Palestinian side – even legally - as his term of office ran out two years ago. Furthermore, Hamas is ruling the Gaza Strip and making in roads in the West Bank and until Fatah and Hamas bury the AK-47 there are two different narratives coming out of the Palestinian camps – competing world views even. Meanwhile the pedestrians on the Palestinian street have moved on and are discussing one-state solutions.
Steve Harper is evil and hates puppies – I get it, but what the conservatives don’t quite get is that Harper has so polarized the country that his legacy borders strictly on what divides and demeans us as a nation. There is no way this country is going forward until he’s removed as party leader so time to call a leadership review. Harper’s taken conservatives as far as he can…although the lack of quality conservatives is what continues to dog the party and explains why the conservatives cannot make real traction in the polls with support always ebbing and flowing just under the 40% mark.
The almost-ground-zero-mosque/Islamic community centre. If I have to draw the line anywhere; I am always going to come down on the side of religious liberty. Take it from one group and it’s just a matter of time before you attempt to tell me where, when and how I can pray. Having said that, I find it interesting that President Obama made an initial statement in support of mosque/Islamic community centre on the grounds of religious liberty and yet sees no conflict or hypocrisy in telling another sovereign nation that Jewish landowners cannot occupy or build on land they hold legal title to. Oh well.
I am completely divided on this issue. Freedom of religion – yes, but nobody is telling the Muslims that they can’t worship. After all, there’s a mosque in the area. Freedom of property rights – ummmm. Well, that’s a sticky issue as absolute property rights would mean destruction of our national forests and other resources that those with the money – but no ethics – have been eying greedily for decades. Islam triumphant? That’s hard to say unless (or until) we know more about the proposed funding for this center. I do think it’s insensitive (to say the least) and I don’t trust the guy behind it further than I could throw him but I don’t want to support those who would start another war of religion (or should I say, more wars of religion) here in the US.