Monthly Archives: February 2005
Coren Pontificates on the USA
| 2/14/2005 | Posted by Patti under Canadian News |
Micheal Coren has been pontificating over at Canoe.ca claiming how much better the USA is that Canada. He prefaces his claims by telling his readers how much he loves Canada, what a pile of crock. Seems from his writing he would much rather be an American than Canadian. Course, I need to admit though, I have little patience for anyone who claims to love one country while slamming it in favour of another. I’m of the attitude that if you love so much about the other country, tail your butt into that country and take up residence. The real bonus of Coren doing that would be we might be able to get rid of his obnoxious voice and attitude off CFRB radio. He clutters up an otherwise excellent station.
Canada isn’t perfect, a lot can and should be improved but get at the work of doing it and stop the dreamy eyed stares across the border. Coren says it pains him that Canadians define ourselves by who we are not. I don’t have a problem with that, I’ll especially start off by being glad that right wing allegedly Christians are not able to press their agendas through our elected government.
I’m rather glad that when Canada chooses to take part in any military action it is based on what Canada sees to be right. I hate that our government has allowed our military to become as depleted as it is and join with those who press for increased military spending and recruitment. Even with a revamped and revitalized military, I would fight against their skills being used as lap-puppies for any foreign power. Read the rest of this entry »
TheStar.com – `I do’s’ launch casino chapel
| 2/14/2005 | Posted by Patti under Canadian News |
Came across this piece in the Toronto Star this morning — `I do’s’ launch casino chapel. The story is about the opening of a wedding chapel at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls. The hope is to turn the honeymoon capital into a wedding capital.
The real intriguing story to me is buried in a few brief lines in the article. One of those taking their vows, actually, renewing her vows in front of her biological framily had spent ten years looking for her family only to discover she was working alongside them at the casino. Imagine searching for family you never knew, always looking outward only to discover that the field of view needed to be very narrow.
I read the piece wanting to know more about how she came to learn that her family was right under her nose.
We often do things like that in our lives. We watch and search way out beyond our normal view to find what we think we seek only to find that what we truly wanted was closer to home than we could ever imagine.
Trouble is in the Eye of the Beholder
| 2/13/2005 | Posted by Patti under Canadian News |
Over on the Blogs Canada E-Group a post by The Gracchi claims the Liberals are in serious trouble:
“The Liberals are fighting a war on two fronts, and have been taking a beating on a nearly daily basis. Both gay marriage and the Gomery Inquiry have proven catastrophic for the party. The Liberals look like fools in Quebec, as the population is told daily how Prime Minister Chretien tried to buy the province’s support. On the other end of the spectrum, social conservatives have found a rallying cry and unified under the banner of traditional marriage.”
As much as I think Chretien is a wily old fox who has pulled the wool over the public’s eyes in plain view on more than one occasion I had to agree with at least one thing he said during his testimony before the Gomery inquiry. The separatists were using media to promote their cause and gain visibility in the province. The government countered by being just as in your face with federalism. The principle of the unity fund is not the problem. The problem is those who allowed the public purse to be used for a personal or corporate retirement fund.
Did either Martin or Chretien know about the flow of funds from that fund and their misuse? I suspect they may have not necessarily known exactly how the fund was being administered. I also suspect they could track the exact flow of knowledge by tracking backwards from themselves to the source of the fountain of greed. Leaders delegate, that is the nature of leadership. I’ve been in leadership roles myself and once I’ve delegated, if I needed to know what actions took place, when, I could track them by moving down through the chain of delegating to find the source of the problem. Read the rest of this entry »
Ah, the Power of Coffee
| 2/13/2005 | Posted by Patti under General |
Just sitting here going over some stuff and enjoying the smell of coffee brewing. I’ve been up a couple of hours but just got around to putting it on. I’m going to be heading out in about 90 minutes to London to pick up my niece, Megan, for a visit. Will be nice having her here, the last time we had a just the two of us visit was back in 2003, the week of the great blackout. We were in New York state that day, her first visit to the US. I suspect she wont forget it very fast. Read the rest of this entry »
Remembering Private Foster
| 2/12/2005 | Posted by Patti under Canadian News |
Watched a segment on CTV’s W-5 tonight about a school teacher in Smith Falls, Ontario who gave his students the name of one of the 86 young Canadians killed in WW1 to each of his students for them to research all they could learn about that soldier. A really excellent segment. The kids went on a trip to the National Archives to research their soldier’s war record, the first time a class had done this it was noted. For schools in the Ottawa area, this should be almost routine. To be so close to such an amazing resource and not teach the kids to use it, what a waste.
The teacher went one step further and took the class on a pilgrimage to Europe to walk the ground where those young Canadians surrendered their lives for our freedom. Our young people are truly not uninterested in remembering what our veterans have done for them, they just have a hard time getting their heads around the whole subject of war and what it was like to be in one back then. Hats off to their teacher for bringing that era to life for those youngsters in a way that will mean something to them.
Taking Shape
| 2/12/2005 | Posted by Patti under Site News |
I think I’m beginning to get settled in here. I’ve got the links setup to the blogs I follow and have pretty much settled on the overall design. I may do some tweaking but for the most part, I think I have it. Needless to say, the next challenge is to start getting out there and some traffic coming in. Read the rest of this entry »
link – Stations of the Cross
| 2/7/2005 | Posted by Patti under General |
The season of lent begins on Wednesday. For those of the Christian faith, like myself, this is a season of preparation leading up to Holy Week which takes place just before Easter. It is a very important time of the year leading up to the event which marks us as Christians even more than his birth which has so recently passed.
Central to our belief is that Christ walked amongst us, tried to reach out to us as one of us and became the sacrificial lamb for all of our sins through the crucifixion and resurrection.
A few years ago I wrote a set of Stations of the Cross. The stations are used as focal points for prayer, mediation and reflection on the journey Christ took in the hours leading up to and during his crucifixion. I’ve put them back on line for those who wish to explore.
Home at last… almost
| 2/5/2005 | Posted by Patti under Site News |
This weblog has resided in many places, been used and abused; named and renamed; ignored and pampered for the better part of a year. Finally, I’ve taken the plunge, given it a name that will stick, put it on a domain and host and got serious about this project. Anyone who is familiar with the wordpress default template will know I’ve done some renovating and will likely do some more. Still getting my head around how this all works. Read the rest of this entry »
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