Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Capitalism is Rape 1.0
From The Edmonton Journal, September 30, 2008. Section A18.
“Stephen Harper, seemingly channelling the spirit of Pierre Trudeau, dropped in on Calgary, to announce a surprise plan to ban new exports of Alberta's raw bitumen to countries that don't conform with Canada's carbon emission reduction standards -- whatever those may be.
If Alberta bitumen can't be sold on a free and open international market, we can't price it properly. Bitumen is now Alberta's greatest energy asset. If there's no viable external market for it, how can we know what it's really worth -- or be sure that we're selling it for its true market value? If a new Harper government devalues bitumen by trapping it within Canadian borders, Alberta's provincial treasury will never be able to capture its full, maximum value.” Paula Simons, Edmonton Journal
Maybe what the woefully naïve Ms. Simons doesn’t understand is that she’s playing with the ability of the planet upon which we live to sustain human life. She is toying with my children’s lives, is it only fair, then, I should be allowed to toy with her children’s lives in a manner I see fit? No, it isn’t. Too bad we don’t live in a “fair” world. Mr. Harper doesn’t want to sell Bitumen to China? You mean the same China who is doing more to destroy the environment than any other country in the world? Why does it matter whether or not we can sell Bitumen for its “true market value” when the cost is our homes, our lives?
Monday, September 29, 2008
A parable
My "favorite" story is the one about a shipload of Jews travelling the high seas, looking for some place to take them in so they wouldn't have to face Nazi persecution. They came to Canada, and then came to the US (and other places) all of which rejected them. It's okay though, because in the end they went back to Germany and got killed.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
GET LUCKY
"In the Arab countries, the rich extract of hashish is usually obtained by cooking the plant's freshly culled crowns in butter with a little water. The preparation thus arising, after evaporation has rid it of moisture, resembles a greenish-yellow pomade and retains the unpleasant odor of hashish and rancid butter. In this form, it is taken in small pellets of two to four grams. Because of its repugnant odor, which intensifies over time, the Arabs mix the rich extract into a sweet jam."
I love policeman
1. I saw policeman.
2. I shot policeman.
3. I cut head off policeman.
4. I had sex with inside of policeman throat.
5. I set on fire policeman.
6. I threw into river policeman.
7. Policeman gut spill out. Ew, gross.
Friday, September 26, 2008
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