Why We Need To Teach Geography Better Than We Do

Mulder

Today I had the opportunity to work for three or so hours at a booth for the riding association that promotes our Minister of Defence at a local fair. We had our literature and maple leaf pins and little Canada flags out which are a hit with the kids, but we also had a few big art books out for people to write a message to the troops which our Minister of Defence would take with him the next time he gets to Afghanistan.

I was doing my part in asking anyone who came over if they wanted to write a note to the troops and what amazed me was that I had so many parents turn to their kids and say “Do you want to right a note to the army in Iraq?”

Each and every time I made it very clear to the children (and parents) that we have no troops in Iraq but that our troops were in Afghanistan in support of a UN sanctioned mission with troops from dozens of other nations and that we were helping them stay safe so little girls and boys could go to school and learn to read and write. I tried to do this as cordially as I could so as not to offend the parents but to help them subtly understand the difference.
I was just amazed at how the moonbat brainwash machine has done it’s job in seeding the concept that Iraq and Afghanistan are one in the same.

Red Friday #2 – The Wave Seems To Be Growing

Mulder

Yesterday I wore red again. I also noticed that instead of 1 in perhaps 100 wearing red, I saw perhaps 1 in 20 wearing red. I had to make a beeline down to the Richmond Fair yesterday to drop off some things for our EDA booth and noticed the gatekeepers wearing red and asked them if it was Richmond Fair attire or for Red Fridays and both gatekeepers responded it was for Red Fridays.

My wife and I both were wearing red when we went out for our usual Friday night dinner (which happened to double as T-Bone’s birthday dinner – He turned 14 yesterday) and I noticed that on average there was one person in each family wearing red. My wife says that people just wear red, but I couldn’t help noticing it was usually an elderly person or the male in the family wearing red. It may have been a coincidence, but I would rather guess that people are catching on to this idea here in Ottawa.

Next Friday at Noon is the big gettogether on Parliament Hill from noon until 1pm. I wish the kids were out of school so I could bring them down with me, but instead I will try to hook up with a couple of other bloggers for the gathering and a late lunch.

On that note, if anyone in the Ottawa area is going to be down at the Richmond Fair, stop by the Conservative Party booth. I will be there from 9am until 1230pm today. (don’t forget to bring me a double double!!)

Swingers Can Swing, And Eastern Ontario Bar Says Smokers Can Smoke

Mulder

This is going to be a fun one to watch legally. After the Supreme Court of Moonbattery okayed sex in “swingers clubs” because they were private, a bar in eastern Ontario is looking to cause similar waves by opening a “smokers club” to get around the laws in Ontario.

As 20 people smoked cigarettes and cigars while being served drinks by contract workers, club spokesman Mike Kennedy said he will continue operating until he’s “taken out in handcuffs.”

The club, Doolittles, has already been charged for violating the Smoke-Free Ontario Act. Kennedy said the club is private because only paying members are allowed inside.

He said the Supreme Court of Canada recently upheld the rights of private swinger’s clubs in Quebec to allow sexual activity on the premises and questioned why smokers shouldn’t have the same freedom.

I think we all know the downside to smoking and second hand smoke, but I think this one will be especially interesting as the Supreme Court has ruled on a similarly run facility in favour of the facility.

I’ll keep an eye on the case and let you all know how it goes.

OSTV Is On The Air

Mulder

OK so I stole the catch phrase from SCTV.SCTV

After the Granola Policy Conference last weekend, I had created three new videos bringing my total at youtube to five. With the new session of parliament coming up, I think the footage will be fast and furious so I have a feeling this online TV network will be growing nicely.

In fact, it already has. Lunatic Fringe has been viewed over 250 times to date, Hit The Road Jack Layton almost 150 times, NDP Surfin’ On Heroin over 150 times.

But thanks to Blogging Tory TV, Dan The Man Matheson has been viewed almost 600 times. But far and away the most viewed has been the video on Why the WTC Towers Fell. This video has been viewed over 1100 times.

I can’t wait to get my WinTV programmed for QP on CPAC starting Monday. I think it’s going to be a great fall session.

Ottawa City Councillor Gets A Nice Plug At Taxpayer's Expense

Mulder

As of last week, the Runge newspaper called the Kanata Courier stopped printing its’ usual article by our Kanata Councillor Peggy Feltmate. Some feel it is the newspaper’s way of appearing non partisan. But others wonder if it isn’t a way for them to get some cash from potential candidates instead of providing space for free.

What’s the big deal you might ask?

Well this may seem like a small item in a small newspaper in a small part of Ottawa, but in last weeks Courier, it appears that the incumbent councillor has used city funds to pay for a quarter page ad which highlights her name, her position and her photo in the top half of the advertisement. Although I don’t think any law was broken, this is just an awful tactic that I (and many others) do not like because it is my tax dollars that paid for promotion of her name and photo in the lead up to the municipal elections. (click image to enlarge)

Councillor Feltmate may say that the Expo is what was being promoted, but you can look at the advertisement and judge for yourself.

I must point out that the contact info is Feltmate’s city email address so one can only assume it was tax dollars buying the space. Why should Feltmate use her own campaign funds when our tax dollars are far more effective until the election?

I did notice the councillor has her usual weekly column in the EMC, another local Kanata newspaper. The new edition of the Courier should be on my doorstep tomorrow. If there is another “special event” which the Councillor takes advantage of, I will be sure to add another post tomorrow evening.

Once again, the taxpayers get OfficiallyScrewed.

Rex Murphy Slams Conspiracy Theorists

Mulder

I was very pleased tonight to witness a commentary on the National by Rex Murphy slamming the whack jobs who think the 9/11 attacks were planned and plotted by the US Government. Murphy seemed legitimately ticked off that people would feel this way. I applaud him because I have felt this way since the first time I heard people thought George Bush planned the attacks.

The commentary is timely considering over a quarter of youth today feel that the attacks were planned by someone other than the terrorists. The number is shocking. Over one in four youth today feel that the government would simply sacrifice thousands of lives and millions if not billions in market capital, construction costs, clean up costs, retribution costs for lost lives, etc.
I haven’t seen a link to Rex’s commentary tonight but hopefully the link above takes you to it in a day or two.

Good on you Rex.

Lunatic Fringe – The NDP And Their Hatred Of George Bush

Mulder

After blogging the single motion session of the NDP national convention Saturday morning from my cushy seat in front of CPAC, I started recording until my harddrive was jammed up (and violently ill from) NDP national convention footage. My only regret was not getting a copy of the “First nine times I saw George Bush’s name come up“.

But thanks to the suggestion from my friend Alan, I started putting a collage together. He also suggested the background music which I thought was incredibly fitting. (You can go read the lyrics of the tune here).

If you enjoyed “The NDP Surfin’ on Heroin” and “Hit The Road Jack“, then you should really enjoy this one. I think it is the piece de resistance, or more aptly put, the piece de resistance de guerre. Here is Lunatic Fringe-A tribute to the NDP.

Enjoy, because after this, I need a break and some relaxation…which I will get by bashing a few Liberals around.

p.s. don’t forget to rate it at youtube if you have the time.

If you can’t view the video above, try clicking here.

NDP Support Surfin' On Heroin

Mulder

I love playing with Windows Movie Maker. Below is a video I made from a clip taken from the CPAC coverage of the NDP policy convention in Quebec City this weekend. Jim Green pointed out that his wife worked for the organization that created the safe injection clinic (in fact she was the president) and his daughter works for them. Talk about a biased opinion of safe injection.

I took the liberty of adding some commentary, some smokin’ music … errr … some shootin’ up music by a Canadian band called the Forgotten Rebels and uploaded to youtube.

Enjoy.

If you cannot see it embedded above try clicking here