Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Where do you draw the line?

Now that Albertans are going to the polls on April 23, I felt it was important to talk about one of the many reasons to NOT vote for the ridiculous Wildrose party!

Danielle Smith believes medical professionals and marriage commissioners should have conscience rights which basically means that they should be able to refuse treatment or service if it's against their religion. Now, while I respect that people have different beliefs, I also respect the fact that we live in a society with laws! It is NOT against the law to get an abortion and it is NOT against the law to marry someone of the same sex and until it is, we shouldn't allow medical or marriage professionals the right to abstain from providing treatment or service.

As the article below points out, what if it against someone's "beliefs" to marry an interracial couple, does that count? Or, what if someone thinks being gay is wrong and refuses treatment to someone who is gay, is that within someone's conscience rights? Where do you draw the line?

http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/news-views/news/conscience-rights-need-protection-wildrose-leader-8013/
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Truck Balls = Douche Bag

I wish I could meet the man who invented truck balls so I could throw some at his face! I like to think I'm a fairly open minded individual who doesn't like to "judge a book by it's cover", but I'm sorry, when I see a truck with balls hanging from the back of it, I automatically assume the driver is a douche bag. Maybe I'm wrong, but how can I think anything different when they have gone to a considerable amount of effort to hang balls from their vehicle AND thought it was a good idea. Not only that, but I Googled "truck balls" and you wouldn't believe how many websites out there sell them, and the varieties available are endless...sigh. Ridiculous.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012

I wish I could make $512,000 just for quitting my job...

I never thought I'd agree with the Wildrose Party about anything, but they are correct in saying that the current MLA severance in Alberta is ridiculous (read Wildrose story here)! The payout is so ridiculous in fact, that it made the news in Vancouver which just goes to show that Albertans need to wake up and do something about this (read Vancouver Sun article here). I don't know about you, but every time I've quit a job, I've been thanked for my service and sent on my merry way and have certainly not ever made an extra chunk of cash just for quitting.

Now, don't get me wrong, I've been a civil servant and I think it is important to pay government workers fairly and competitively so you have good people running your municipality or province or country, etc. Having said that, we had to account for every penny we ever spent and I can't imagine that the citizens of my municipality would have agreed with me receiving a few thousand extra when I quit!

Click on the links below to read more about these extravagent payouts:

Click on the link below to tell the current government what you think about this:

Or, contact your own MLA to tell them what you think:
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Friday, March 9, 2012

We should send climate change skeptics to live in Kiribati!

I wonder if all those climate change naysayers would still think climate change was a hoax if they were going to be displaced due to rising sea levels? The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has purchased land in Fiji in case they need to move their population in the future. Read more here:


In a world where there is more scientific consensus than ever that climate change is an issue, there are still critics aiming to discredit this science with their misinformation. We can speculate all we want on why they're so desperately trying to prove that climate change isn't an issue, but I would guess that it has to do with money and power, what do you think?

Also, check out the Heartland Institute's website (http://heartland.org/) for an example of just one of the many ridiculous agencies that are attempting to "drown out" climate change science. Read more here:

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

How does this guy still have a job?

When you make statements like this, not only should you be fired, you should probably also be slapped in the face:

 "What does it say about the college coed Susan Fluke [sic], who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. So Miss Fluke and the rest of you feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch.” (Rush Limbaugh)

 Ridiculous doesn't even begin to describe the above comment, or most of the things that come out of this man's mouth. Apparently Rush's latest has caused him to lose a number of advertisers...hopefully it will make him lose some listeners as well!

For more on Rush's antics, check out the links below:
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