Today's concerning issues.
Move over Rambo, you're cramping new man's style
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050608/lf_afp/afplifestylefashion_050608142956
Wed Jun 8,10:29 AM ET
PARIS (AFP) - Macho man is an endangered species, with today's male more likely to opt for a pink flowered shirt and swingers' clubs than the traditional role as family super-hero, fashion industry insiders say.
Sickening, just sickening is all I can say. One minute gays are okay, next minute I have to be one.
The masculine ideal is being completely modified. All the traditional male values of authority, infallibility, virility and strength are being completely overturned," said Pierre Francois Le Louet, the agency's managing director.
Instead today's males are turning more towards "creativity, sensitivity and multiplicity," as seen already in recent seasons on the catwalks of Paris and Milan.
Arnold Schwarznegger and Sylvester Stallone are being replaced by the 21st-century man who "no longer wants to be the family super-hero", but instead has the guts to be himself, to test his own limits.
"We are watching the birth of a hybrid man. ... Why not put on a pink-flowered shirt and try out a partner-swapping club?" asked Le Louet, stressing that the study had focused on men aged between 20 and 35.
Lesson to learn: never, ever trust the left.
Coast Guard intercepts Cubans in floating taxi
The Associated Press
Updated: 8:54 a.m. ET June 8, 2005
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8136908
MIAMI - A vintage blue taxicab converted into a seagoing vessel and carrying several Cuban immigrants was intercepted Tuesday off Key West by the Coast Guard, a television station reported.
Cuba is one desparate place due to decades of incompetent socialism. One half of the population living on the backs of the other half with an incompetent market system.
Editorial: Need to debate forced retirement
Thestar.com editorial, June 7, 2005
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1118182510936&call_pageid=968256290204&col=968350116795
The Ontario government threw the doors at Queen's Park wide open yesterday to what will be a highly charged debate on civil rights with its controversial proposal to end mandatory retirement at age 65.
Annother coward move by Ontario Liberals to test market policy in the court of public opinion.
Those who oppose mandatory retirement also note that Canadians are now living much longer and are in better health. Consequently, opponents believe many seniors would find productive, engaging work far preferable to decades spent filling their time puttering around the house.
How about more seniors volunteer or do other socially productive work to give back to society then?
Some employers feel the health and vibrancy of their businesses rely on the continuous infusion of "new blood." In industries where creativity and innovation are key sources of competition, employers ask how they could keep renewing their firms with younger people without the chance to shed older workers. Could a computer gaming company, for example, meet the competition with a workforce weighed down by 70-year-olds?
In Britain they are discussing the idea of providing old-age security as an insurance benefit. The rationalle is that higher income earners would have to wait longer to retire and collect benefits because statistics show that higher income earners live longer than workers of lower income levels. A better approach by difficult to manage.
Mandatory retirement also helps young people who cannot find work at many companies because the jobs are occupied by baby boomers, or who find promotion blocked for similar reasons. Jobs in large companies are less numerous than they used to be and yet they provide excellent training and networks. To some degree, the question is: Should one age cohort get to monopolize those scarce positions at the expense of another?
This is my biggest beef with this proposed legislation. When one nears middle age they start to think about their long-term career attainment and look more and more at who is above them. Since most at the top are older and well paid and taken care of, I can see many people hanging on to their soft well-paying jobs as long as possible. The real loss is that younger better educated middle management types will not be able to move up the corporate ladder. By the time the people at the top leave, a lot of the middle management types may be passed over for promotion by younger and even better educated staff. Thus, an entire generation of knowledge workers could be cheated out of their just rewards. This could hurt Canada's international competitiveness as the old top management hangs on trying to compete with top management in other countries that is younger more tech savy and better educated.
I think that many of the top execs should go out into the self-employment realm if they still want to work. There is opportunities as consultants, to start businesses, open a franchise, buy an existing business or even work overseas. Of course these highly skilled execs can always volunteer their time and knowledge to many needy causes. Please step down and give somebody else a chance.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
The world according to a conservative today.
In S.F., Dean calls GOP "a white christian party."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/07/MNdean07.TMP&o=1
In this 4 min. 48 sec. excerpt from Howard Dean's remarks Tuesday in San Francisco, Dean responds to a question from reporter Portia Li with the World Journal about a poll showing a slide in support for Republicans among Asian and women voters. ... Later in the roundtable interview, Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci asks a follow-up question about Dean's recent aggressive tone toward the GOP.
If anybody needs further proof that the left are bigots, then I don't know what it takes. Especially since Dean made it a priority to court christians to the Democrats under his stewardship. I guess he is feeling a bit unloved lately by those people who wisely do not trust him or anybody like him.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/07/MNdean07.TMP&o=1
In this 4 min. 48 sec. excerpt from Howard Dean's remarks Tuesday in San Francisco, Dean responds to a question from reporter Portia Li with the World Journal about a poll showing a slide in support for Republicans among Asian and women voters. ... Later in the roundtable interview, Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci asks a follow-up question about Dean's recent aggressive tone toward the GOP.
If anybody needs further proof that the left are bigots, then I don't know what it takes. Especially since Dean made it a priority to court christians to the Democrats under his stewardship. I guess he is feeling a bit unloved lately by those people who wisely do not trust him or anybody like him.
Monday, June 06, 2005
Why is Stephen Harper Angry?
by Brian Walsh
It wasn't all that long ago when you talked about a young man from the west with kind of a glint in your eye... I mean all young men that wanted to 'make it' were told to head west, that's the place where gold was in dem durn darned hills.
When a man does that and makes it, you would think that the Eastern Establishment would show him more respect... I'm talking about Stephen Harper in this case. Stephen like many of us was probably an aimless but talented young man that fell into politics.. particularily politics of the Western Canadian Brand. They arn't whining about broken hearts out west but crying about bad deals and worse relationships than Dolly Parton could accuse a wayward cowbody for. No the West feels that it has a crappy deal with those folks in Ottawa and it wants a new and better deal.
This might have something to do with Stephen Harpers initial anger, that ground-swell from out West, but lately it has had more to do with unmet expectations of this great country. That Liberals and their supporters are bleeding this country to death while the gentle and sensitive of soul are wringing their hands in frustration is obvious. But more importantly, I can feel Mr. Harper's pain as he has to face the reality that there is not a lot he can do about it in the short-run. Never worry though, we know that you are the better man and far more deserving of the opportunity to run this country than any liberal I have known of in decades.
The decadent Easterners will criticize not knowing what frustration is but only knowing their own lust and carnality for the fruits of the dark oak that bore their kind and still protects them. The day is coming to not only hack at that tree but to bring it down.
It wasn't all that long ago when you talked about a young man from the west with kind of a glint in your eye... I mean all young men that wanted to 'make it' were told to head west, that's the place where gold was in dem durn darned hills.
When a man does that and makes it, you would think that the Eastern Establishment would show him more respect... I'm talking about Stephen Harper in this case. Stephen like many of us was probably an aimless but talented young man that fell into politics.. particularily politics of the Western Canadian Brand. They arn't whining about broken hearts out west but crying about bad deals and worse relationships than Dolly Parton could accuse a wayward cowbody for. No the West feels that it has a crappy deal with those folks in Ottawa and it wants a new and better deal.
This might have something to do with Stephen Harpers initial anger, that ground-swell from out West, but lately it has had more to do with unmet expectations of this great country. That Liberals and their supporters are bleeding this country to death while the gentle and sensitive of soul are wringing their hands in frustration is obvious. But more importantly, I can feel Mr. Harper's pain as he has to face the reality that there is not a lot he can do about it in the short-run. Never worry though, we know that you are the better man and far more deserving of the opportunity to run this country than any liberal I have known of in decades.
The decadent Easterners will criticize not knowing what frustration is but only knowing their own lust and carnality for the fruits of the dark oak that bore their kind and still protects them. The day is coming to not only hack at that tree but to bring it down.
MP O'Brien quits and asks: what's the rush on same sex marriage?
O'Brien leaves Liberals over same-sex Bill.
By SCOTT DEVEAU
Monday, June 6, 2005 Updated at 12:32 PM EDT
Globe and Mail Update
Mr. O'Brien said Monday that he feels that the Prime Minister went back on his word and that the process to legislate same-sex marriage was “unfolding to be a farce.”
Witnesses are given too short a notice to testify, he said, and then, when they appear, they are berated and lectured by MPs on both sides of the table. He called the committee's June 16 deadline to report back an artificial timeline and said there is not need to rush.
This is my argument also, Mr. Martin what is the rush? Why are you ramming this legislation through the house? Do you have a hidden agenda? Does the control system desire to use gay's as a stake to drive into the heart of Christians across Canada? Why does Canada need to only be the third country in the world to have such laws? The questions can fill pages...
What is most surprising is the lack of outcry so far on this subject by churches and regular Canadians. Maybe that is what Mr. Martin fears most.
By SCOTT DEVEAU
Monday, June 6, 2005 Updated at 12:32 PM EDT
Globe and Mail Update
Mr. O'Brien said Monday that he feels that the Prime Minister went back on his word and that the process to legislate same-sex marriage was “unfolding to be a farce.”
Witnesses are given too short a notice to testify, he said, and then, when they appear, they are berated and lectured by MPs on both sides of the table. He called the committee's June 16 deadline to report back an artificial timeline and said there is not need to rush.
This is my argument also, Mr. Martin what is the rush? Why are you ramming this legislation through the house? Do you have a hidden agenda? Does the control system desire to use gay's as a stake to drive into the heart of Christians across Canada? Why does Canada need to only be the third country in the world to have such laws? The questions can fill pages...
What is most surprising is the lack of outcry so far on this subject by churches and regular Canadians. Maybe that is what Mr. Martin fears most.
Saddam's singing canaries.
Saddam's Aides: Singing 'Like a Canary'
Newsweek, June 13 issue, 2005
From the link above:
"In interview after interview, the officials were generally forthcoming and quite proud—even boastful—of their creativity in undermining U.N. sanctions," says Sen. Norm Coleman, who leads one of several congressional probes into Saddam-era oil deals. According to Senate documents, Ramadan is one of the most talkative captives, supplying pithy quotes about how Saddam allegedly manipulated the prewar oil program to buy support from influential foreigners. Senate investigators quote Ramadan saying that Saddam's regime gave foreigners oil allocations—which could be cashed in for lucrative brokerage fees—as "compensation for support." Al-Tikriti told investigators the former Iraqi leader and his aides "were all extremists" on the issue of oil sales to Israel. If they found an Iraqi oil buyer was selling to Israel, they would "not allow it," al-Tikriti said.
Well one has to wonder when certain Canadians will get a dishonourable mention or two? Either way Saddam is looking to do some serious time.
Newsweek, June 13 issue, 2005
From the link above:
"In interview after interview, the officials were generally forthcoming and quite proud—even boastful—of their creativity in undermining U.N. sanctions," says Sen. Norm Coleman, who leads one of several congressional probes into Saddam-era oil deals. According to Senate documents, Ramadan is one of the most talkative captives, supplying pithy quotes about how Saddam allegedly manipulated the prewar oil program to buy support from influential foreigners. Senate investigators quote Ramadan saying that Saddam's regime gave foreigners oil allocations—which could be cashed in for lucrative brokerage fees—as "compensation for support." Al-Tikriti told investigators the former Iraqi leader and his aides "were all extremists" on the issue of oil sales to Israel. If they found an Iraqi oil buyer was selling to Israel, they would "not allow it," al-Tikriti said.
Well one has to wonder when certain Canadians will get a dishonourable mention or two? Either way Saddam is looking to do some serious time.
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