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We are not stupid, Scriblett. The last election we wanted change so badly we could taste it .... but Paul Martin, that little rascal, persuaded us that he WAS the change. He had ME fooled. This time around we AGAIN crave change SO bad we can taste it. Our message to Mr. Martin? "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me." CPC ............... 156 (beat it Willy!)

Here are the highlights: "At Ottawa's Shepherds of Good Hope shelter, Ron Kirkpatrick stands to make the announcement: "Four minutes till post time, boys!" At precisely 1:30 p.m., Kirkpatrick and fellow residents in the managed alcohol program shuffle to the dispensary to be issued five ounces of wine. Hourly between 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m., seven day a week, the scene repeats itself. What they were served: Up to five ounces (140 mL) of wine or three ounces (90 mL) of sherry hourly, on demand, from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., seven days per week."

I'm sure that Michael Moriarty's preaching that "Red wine is Jesus" yielded many a convert. But personally, I find that it's greatly cutting into my budget. At $10 a bottle for the cheapest plonk .... that's a thousand bucks a month. So I'm moving to Ottawa, where the wine is free. Anybody wanna hitch a ride? http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/st...ba-e5ec13f27807

I think it's sort of like Nessie. A few people claim to have seen her ... but no one can confirm it, so we're not sure.

Well, to paraphrase Homer Simpson, "D'ough!!!!!" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When paraphrasing someone, that doesn't mean you can completely screw it up. He used to say .... D'oh! Not "D'ough!" ........ "D'oh!" You're probably still thinking money.

Hello. I am Canadian, and proud of it. I think I have the right to own a gun, or whatever the hell else I want to own, provided I don't use it to harm anyone else. I do, in fact, own more than one firearm, and am quite proficient in their use. And I pity the poor bastard who breaks into my house in the middle of the night. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Your semi-automatic is no match against someone with a fully-automatic. Think of upgrading.

That's funny, a good one! Can't match that out of my own head at this moment, so I'll cheat by reffering back to my Cristmas present ... The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations. HERE'S a good one, by Bob Monkhouse: "They laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian ...... They're not laughing now."

You know what they say about the press. "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one."

You sound like you lost your bet already. If you put all that money down on the Russians you will be loaded! I can practically guarantee that. Unless they lose against the U.S. tonight, which is a distinct possibility. But after that one they are home free! Unless they lose against Canada or Finland, which is a distinct possibility also. Honestly though, I've got some money riding on the Russians. Twenty bucks, to be exact. Considering that at my hotel pool bar in Waikiki a pint of beer is only two bucks, I'll be loaded too.

Everyone, including Don Martin in his NP column today, seem to think that "a bagel shop is no place to turn up the heat." Don goes on to say that "Martin picks an odd place to kick-start a wobbling campaign." Thinking that Kettleman's bagel shop owner would be Jewish I shared Don's sentiments, but when I found out that an East Indian cabdriver, Mr. Sharma, has recently bought the place I knew right away what Mr. Dithers was up to. You know ... there's goning to be a grave shortage of cab drivers in Canada if Paul Martin wins. We'll have an abundance of doctors though. Sharma's bagel shop may turn into a medical clinic too. Stay healthy, Eureka! Just in case.

Aaaah ........ Betsy is just trying to fool you into believing that she doesn't know what she's talking about. She obviously didn't lay down her money on the winner yet and she doesn't want us to screw up her odds.

Easier said than done if you are posting a link from a cheepola Canadian newspaper. They all got into the dirty habit of charging you a monthly fee if you aren't a regular subscriber. And if you are, you STILL can't cut & paste the damn things! No American newspaper does that! Why is that?

Canadians who want to bet on the winner aren't stupid. Quite the opposite. They know that the press will steer them towards the winner every time. That's what I'm doing!

I certainly will. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, my first couple of days were a bust. Maybe I'll book a trip to Honolulu ...... YEAH THAT'LL do it !! Did YOU squeeze out any joy yet?

This one by one of the regular letter writers to the NP is no slouch either: http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/ed...ff-e2789241149b "The Jamaican/Toronto connection Published: Monday, January 02, 2006 Re: A Gun Problem Of Our Own, editorial, Dec. 29. So, Mayor David Miller sees fit to respond to a bad year of murders in his own city by blaming America, publicly proclaiming: "The U.S. is exporting its problem of violence to the streets of Toronto." Sadly, Mr. Miller is not the only member of Canada's elite to openly smear America in the wake of Toronto's violent upsurge. On Wednesday morning, CBC Newsworld finished its report about the Yonge Street shootings by listing onscreen the murder rates of three cities: Toronto, Chicago and Houston. There was no commentary whatsoever as to why the CBC chose to display them: It was left to viewers to reach their own subconscious conclusions about the higher murder rates in the U.S. cities. Perhaps, by method of Orwellian instruction, the CBC simply meant to use even this deadly event to remind viewers once again that America can still be seen as bad and Canada can still be seen as good. Why didn't the CBC list the murder rates in Singapore, Hong Kong or Tokyo -- huge cities where murders occur at a fraction of the rate per capita as in bloody Toronto? Publicizing those foreign figures would make Toronto look bad, which is surely not the desire for CBC editors, who can instead cast blame on America. And how about the tiny country of Jamaica, which has a murder rate five times higher than that of the United States? A hardball question for the finger-pointing Mr. Miller: Doesn't the Jamaican subculture have something to do with the "problem of violence" that has been "exported" to the "streets of Toronto"? Keith Stringer, Cincinnati, Ohio."

I'm sorry I forgot to mention that that was Dean who said that, not Paul. Not sure if they are related.

No bookie shop will give you more than 1 to 9 odds on that. My (and Willy's) 155 still sits at a very generous 2 to 1 at the moment. This won't last! I suspect that within a week or so the above odds will be pretty much reversed, so, if anybody here wants to get in on a good bet ... better do it now.

We Canadians are a funny lot. We've been bullish on the national economy for over 10 years now. So proud of the Liberals' claims of paying down the debt that we completely forgot the fact that our own wallets keep shrinking and shrinking and that we've turned into the poor cousins of our nearest neigbors. When the Liberals got in, the debt was over half a trillion. Today it STILL IS over a half a trillion. How much longer before we can start catching up to the Americans, you ask? About 3 weeks is my guess. GO STEPHEN GO!

That explains it. I too need to down a few before I'm on the ball and sharp. But yesterday I had few too many. I had so many beers last night that today I actually understand what Martin meant when he said ... "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on." GO STEPHEN GO!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Shoop Shoop Shoop ....... tsk tsk tsk!

Short and sweet....... Happy New Year to All (Even PocketRocket )

I wish I knew the title of the book the guy pitched at Pettigrew. In Canada, throwing some books at people is probably taken more seriously than others. Throwing the Bible at someone would probably not be taken as seriously as throwing some OTHER books.

Nothing to be ashamed of, I'm sure. Did they give you banning privi..... ah, never mind that. I didn't mean onto the Forum, I meant onto this thread ..... MY thread. For as long as you insist that one drop of white blo....... ah, never mind ... I don't want to sound racist. But surely, once you bring a mix into anyth......... ah, never mind that either. The world is FULL of stubborn-headed mules, and whether I appeal to Mark, Mathew, Luke or John it won't matter to them. I give up, Slavik! It's been a pleasure. The proof is in the pudding. PS - I'm going to squeeze as much joy out of 2006 as I can, knowing full well that unless George and Vladimir do something this will be harder and harder to do with every passing year. I advise you to do the same. HAPPY NEW YEAR! And a Happy New Year to the rest of the MLF crowd! May Benedict XVI watch over us! Amen! <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No it does not. BB that was the second time today I have read a reference you made to the bible. Please read it first. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Once the Coles Notes on it come out I'll get right on it.

I put out this great piece by Mark Steyn ... http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn25.html ... because I think it's absolutely excellent. You come barging in here calling Mark's article a "complete bunch of bullshit." Now if Mark Steyn were here he would undoubtedly agree with much of what I've said to you. And he would, also undoubtedly, be shaking his head in disbelief at much of what you've said to me. Yet you call ME ignorant. What is the world coming to? ... tsk tsk tsk tsk ...