The Olympic Rings at Cypress Mountain

The View from Eagle Bluffs

I went on a terrific hike to Eagle Bluffs. The views overlooking West Vancouver are spectacular!

The Insight of Dennis Miller

Paraphrasing: "How is it that on Star Trek, hundreds of years in the future, when spaceships can fly across the galaxy and matter can literally be transported through space, that we still see bald guys on the Enterprise? I mean, don't you think they'd have solved the male cue-ball problem by then?!"

Example #42,879 of the CBC's Biased Reporting

No editorializing in this news story, eh?! Wither journalism.

CBC News and the Liberal War Room are back to their dual purposing. And your tax dollars and mine are paying for it. :-(

Miniature Vancouver

I don't entirely understand how this time-lapse video was shot but apparently it involves the use of a tilt-shift lens.

Should the Mainstream Media Be Bailed Out?

Scratch a Liberal, Find a Bigot

Here's a discussion I had online with a typical Canadian Leftist hypocrite over this article:

A Short History of U.S. Healthcare

Dennis Miller on the O'Reilly Factor

Latest Lie of the Left: Tea Party Attendees are Anti-Semitic

I found this article highly amusing. Here's a key paragraph:

“The time has come for [Tea Party leaders] to accept the responsibility that comes with influence and make clear there is no place for racism and anti-Semitism, homophobia and other forms of bigotry in their movement," stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous.

Background: If you're not familiar with "NAACP", it stands for "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People". At one time it had a legitimate purpose but nowadays it's just another front group for the Democrat Party in the U.S.

Back to the quote ... the use of the terms "racist" and "homophobic" by pundits on the Left has become almost as common as the use of the words "the" and "but". But this latest canard of charging conservatives with being "anti-Semitic" is beyond preposterous! In any discussion about Israel in the past 10+ years, what's the common thread of non-Muslims who criticize Israel and defend or excuse Radical Islam? Answer: They're on the Left. They're always on the Left!!!

A Little Insight Into Why CNN Fired Octavia Nasr

You might have heard in passing about Octavia Nasr, CNN's senior Middle East editor, recently being fired.  Here's a typical story on the subject.  But until this morning I didn't understand 'why' she was fired.  Superficially we were being told it was because she had praised some old Hezbollah guy in a Tweet she sent out.  But who was he and why was she fired for this?  This I did not understand.  Until this morning.

I listened to this podcast (beginning at 25:30) of John Batchelor's Show.  Then I followed up by reading the blog post written by Lee Smith, who is the one interviewed by Batchelor.  From both, but especially the podcast, you will gain a lot of insight into how incredibly corrupt & biased the American news media has become over Middle Eastern affairs.

A Hearty Welcome to Al Gore

Full story here

Dennis Prager Q&A

Wouldn't it be nice if all conservative leaders were this succinct and forthright!

Brilliant Bumper Sticker

A Wake-Up Call for Canadians ... and Others!

David Harris has just published an excellent editorial that hit a LOT of chords with me.  When there is no longer any difference between right or wrong then surely society is not in a good place.

David Johnston, Canada's New Governor General

I awoke to news that Canada will soon have a new Governor General.  I was more than a little shocked that he's a white male.  Isn't it against three or four laws for such a person to be appointed to anything these days?!

The best comment I've seen so far came, surprisingly, from the CBC News website @ 9:08am:

Wow, a qualified, learned, respected and seemingly very able GG who seems to have been chosen on merit.

I'm not sure that's allowed.

The Disaster that is California

L.A. columnist Amy Alkon has an interesting item on her blog.  While the Titanic that is the California economy is headed right toward a big iceberg, the politicians there seem obsessed with rearranging the deck chairs.

Here's the comment I left:

Amy, do you recall the old adage, "We deserve the politicians we elect" ?

With yourself as a big exception, who is it that's responsible for those "Elected Morons"?

California is a bellwether state that all intelligent people concerned about their future should closely watch. The recent polls don't give me much optimism. Please tell me why Jerry Brown is remotely close, yet alone ahead?!

In my work with BC Digital Divide, I've come across a large spectrum of people. One of them was a recovered heroin addict named Bonnie. Talking with her at lunch one day, I learned that she used to live in my neighborhood, albeit inside cardboard boxes beside dumpsters. I eventually asked her the most important question of all: "What was it that eventually prompted you to break your addiction and get off drugs?"

Her answer was simple & succinct: "I eventually hit rock bottom. Up until then I had not. But once I did, the path upward was clear & obvious."

Such, I believe, is the same with those Californians who are supporting the absolutely failed policies of Jerry Brown and all that he represents. They have not hit rock bottom yet and need to suffer even more economic pain to reach bottom. For they are no different than a drug addict in that they're addicted to entitlements and a strong sense that a big government knows best. They don't and it doesn't. Period.

The Mainstream Media and Barack Obama

Ferry Ride from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen

Volunteering at Sidney Days