You either pay attention or pay through the nose. I would rather pay attention.
Parents around the world prepare baby formula in a consistent manner to feed their newborns.
Hundreds of millions of forearm tests indicate the formula is perfect body temperature.
But by the time the bottle reaches the babies mouth, the formula has heated up and burned the babies.
Environmental scientists have concluded this can only be attributed to Global Warming.
I’m not making this up … I’m not allowed to do that.
On Tuesday January 30th, 2007 the Minister of Defence, Gordon O’Connor, cleared up any question of the heavy lift aircraft tender with one statement.
In answering Liberal Denis Coderre’s question regarding the contract being changed so that only one aircraft could meet the requirements, the Minister said:
Requirements are set by the military and they go through a process from a desk officer all the way to the Chief of the Defence Staff, and then they come to me. At that point I get the requirements from the military.
The military requirement was not changed after the Chief of the Defence Staff gave it to me. By the way, the weight I think was 39 tonnes and the aircraft we eventually selected lifts 85 tonnes.
(emphasis mine).
So let’s figure this out. Let’s say that the contract weight lift requirement was dropped to 35 tonnes to allow a second or third bid to be eligible, these options would be lifting LESS THAN HALF what the Boeing airplanes can lift.
Since the armed forces were not looking for a lightweight or middleweight lift aircraft, I think the arguments being made by opposition are simply baseless and the Boeing C18’s are clearly the king of heavy lift … twice over.
To accept other bids from aircraft that can lift 30 odd tonnes would be like a soccer mom buying a Volkswagon Golf instead of a Suburban. Oh sure, it can get our team to the game, but it would take two or even three trips to do it and when it comes to the troops putting their lives on the line, I would rather they get what they need as quickly as possible.
But the ulterior motive is that the Liberals would rather have a non Boeing company provide us with the aircraft because Boeing spreads the wealth around the country, whereas other contractors would focus much of the reinvestment in Quebec.
This ties in nicely to how Gilles Duceppe is looking for 60% of the Boeing reinvestment to be in Quebec as Quebec has 60% of the military contractors in Canada. Does Mr. Duceppe not see the hypocrisy of his request? He is trying to slam the government for not addressing the fiscal imbalance but he wants a completely disproportionate amount of the Boeing money in his province. He is starting to look like a ragged beggar with his hand out all the time.
For decades now, people have been spontaneously combusting.
Environmental scientists have now concluded that the cause is …
Global Warming!!!
I can’t make this up … I’m not allowed to do that.
Reminiscent of the days we played tag and foot hockey behind the school, Stephane Dion has crossed the line back to childhood antics.
The Liberal leader joked that the exercise room at Stornaway — the official residence of the leader of the Opposition — had been refurbished.
And he said the new workout room would benefit his successor.
“Maybe Mr. Harper will have the opportunity to lose his (extra) weight now because we have this exercise room,” Dion said.
From a family member or close friend this would not be taken as an offensive remark, but from the head of an opposing party?
Say you’re sorry Stephane.
H/T to DBT
A citizen filled their tires up to the appropriate pressure level.
The air in the tire unexpectedly expanded and caused a blow out.
It was confirmed that global warming caused the blow out.
I’m not making this up … I’m not allowed to do that.
Today, Liberal MP’s, including Citoyen Dion, were all wearing green ribbons on their lapels.
So I thought I should find out what green ribbons stand for. And this is what I found by googling “Green Ribbon Campaign”
1. Open Adoption Records
3. Free The Irish Political Prisoner Campaign
6. Rural Community and Family Support
8. End institutionalized aggression
I wonder which of these the Liberals were showing their support for.
Today I ordered a steak medium rare and it showed up well done.
The chef swears he cooked it the same way he always does.
Global warming overcooked my steak.
I’m not making this up…I’m not allowed to do that.
Today a Canadian went into a suntan parlour for their regular tanning session.
Global warming sunburned them.
I’m not making this up … I’m not allowed to do that
(what has global warming done to you?)
Tonight it was Red Tuesday. The Ottawa Senators and Washington Capitals squared off in a game in front of thousands of our military and the stands were full of people wearing red to show support for the troops and their families.
Sitting in some pretty fine seats, I managed to get the ceremonial puck drop on video. General Rick Hillier had the honours and to his right (left of video) is Karen Boire and Lisa Miller, the two Petawawa women who started Red Fridays. I had no idea this was planned when I bought the tickets, but considering I took the original Red Friday video, I felt honoured to be at this game.
I apologize to the two women on Rick Hillier’s left (right on video) as I did not catch who they were. If anyone knows, please drop me a note.
The two on Rick’s left are Karen MacEwan and Debbie Potter, whose husbands are serving in Afghanistan the military. (I hope I spelled those names correctly. I could not for the life of me hear the sound on the video until it was uploaded, thus the “moment of silence” remark. But it’s working now so enjoy)
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I knew when the PM mixed up the Rubik’s Cubinet on us a few weeks ago that he did it for a solid reason. After two days of watching Question Period, I now know why.
1) I am glad Monte Solberg is in the forefront with HRDC. He is a sharp witted man who can really handle himself in Oral Questions. Diane Finley did fine, but Monte has a magic touch in the verbal sparring department.
But more importantly,
2) The PM put John Baird, the equivalent of debating juggernaut into the environment portfolio. Watch him dismantle the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and the member from Ajax-Pickering (while giving a subtle shot at the member from Wascana) in today’s oral question period.
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The Auditor General, (and my personal Goddess) Sheila Fraser is expected to fire Johanne Gélinas, the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development.
This is a pleasant surprise if I may say. Gélinas apparently stepped out of her role and into that of policy. I guess this means she was starting to be partisan with her decisions.
The Commissioner is an integral part of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada. She and her team function as a special unit within the Office, investigating issues of concern to Canadians by auditing how well the federal government is meeting its environmental and sustainable development commitments. Like the Auditor General, the Commissioner reports on her findings to Parliament.
Good for Sheila!!