The following is a letter to my local politician regarding the lack of a cell phone ban while driving in New Brunswick. Feel free to copy/paste whatever you like from this letter to send your own! *** Dear Mr. McIntyre: I realize that the Legislature is not currently sitting and won’t be in session again [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rant’
So, Coalition Governments aren’t so bad now, Mr Harper?
Hmm, “coalition” government in the UK… Involving Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. In the very country upon which the parliamentary system of government used in Canada is based. They are doing it for the sake of the people, it was what the people decided and they are working with it. A very democratic viewpoint, one shared [...]
How about some sustainability in electronic devices?
I am fascinated by the stupidity of the engineering and pricing models for electronic devices. Case in point – my TomTom GPS unit. There is something fundamentally wrong with the fact it is almost as cheap to buy a new one as it is to update the maps on my existing device. I completely understand [...]
Secularism vs. Religion and dealing with the niquab
In the article Quebec Will Require Bare Face for Service, it is revealed that as a result of a recent Quebec decision, muslim women to Muslim women will need to uncover their faces if they want to deal with the Quebec government. It states “people’s face-coverings will not be tolerated if they hinder communication or [...]
Saint John’s Tax Myth
Shawn Peterson started this discussion with a re-print of a Telegraph Journal article by Stephen Chase. The article was fuelled by what Mr Chase refers to as “pre-Easter” presents in the form of the latest tax assessment notices. As I noted in a comment on Shawn’s blog, I agree with Stephen Chase on this issue, [...]
100 Best Authors List (or not…)
I realize that no ‘Top 100′ list can ever be truly accurate, and I also find it difficult to see so many Americans on the list at the cost of so many other great writers. And the ‘best’ on the list? SPOILER ALERT: Faulkner (1) is good, and so is Kafka (2), but are they [...]
Quote of the day – “It isn’t apathy making young people not vote”
I love this quote. It appeared in an article in ‘The Mark‘ by David Eaves, Public policy expert and Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy, Queen’s University. The article was titled The Apathy Lie, and is a response to Lawrence Martin‘s column in the Globe and Mail titled ‘If there is an [...]
Response to article ‘Why I am Not a Humanist’
This is a response to an article titled ‘Why I am Not a Humanist‘ that was posted on the Atheist Ireland website. Philosophical arguments/rants of this nature are caused by the human race’s incessant need to categorize and label everything. In truth, ‘environmentalist’ would indeed be a better label than ‘Humanist’ if we find ourselves [...]
United Airlines sucks!
A buddy of mine, Dave Carroll, was travelling via United Airlines to a concert in Nebraska. While they were loading his $3500 Taylor guitar into the baggage compartment, the baggage handlers threw it, breaking it. Here is the story. He went through all the proper channels and United Airlines in all their glory, refused to [...]
Apple Aperture Purchase
So of course, Apple finally gets the kinks out of the iPhoto library system and allows multiple users on one Mac to share a Library, just in time for my upgrade to Aperture 2. The Aperture 2 vault system specifically states it is not intended to be shared between multiple users… I think I can [...]