Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Saturday, April 15, 2006
U.S. Building Its Largest Embassy in Iraq
The mark of Rome is now in Iraq, right at the centre of civilization. Completely wrapped around it is a high security wall seemingly far away from the violence, poverty & chaos abounding in Iraq. The spokeswoman's name is Roberta Rossi, when asked about the facility.....get this.....: "We can't talk about it. Security reasons". What a job!
I want her job!
I want her job!
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Happy Libra Full Moon
That fuckin' explains it! Today, the last day of a waxing moon, went mother full. I went to work, there was an Easter potluck in the afternoon. After eating a nice, big full plate of food; my hands get shaky and I shake almost reach unconsciousness. My coworker then turned to me, wide-eyed and worried asked me if I was okay. I asked for a hospital!
The manager of the Technical Service dept, drove me up to Misacordia Hospital, did a CTscan, and found nothing. They've scheduled a MRA scan, so I think I'll go along with it.
Quite a serious thing, the fucking head. If we are not in control of our looks & intelligence, life can get rather hectic. By the way, today I received a letter from Stockwell Day assuring me that the government will NOT ban hand guns and that I shouldn't worry. Here it is:
Dear Ms. Bodo:
Thank you for your correspondence to the previous government in relation to its proposed handgun ban. Please be assured that our Government has no intention of proceeding with a handgun ban.
As you know, our Government has committed to removing and eliminating the registration requirement for long guns and reallocating the funding from it to the enhancement of front-line policing throughout Canada.
The Government is also committed to ensuring appropriate controls on the ownership of restricted and prohibited firearms are in place, as well as focusing efforts jon those who use any firearm while committing crimes. We will also work toward reducing the administrative and financial burden on Canadian owners of non-restricted long guns. You may be assured that we will keep your comments in mind as we conduct our review of the entire Firearms Programs.
I appreciate having had the opportunity to respond to your concerns.
Yours sincerely,
Stockwell Day, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Public Safety
In my opinion, Stockwell Day is a hot motherfucker. I saw the whites of this beautiful man's eyes, May 2003, House of Commons & speaking at a Falun Gong protest outside for the media. I may not agree with most of his conservative policies, as anyone can tell I'm a raging Lefter (ndp/lib)! I submitted a query to Anne McClellan regarding a change to the gun laws, criticizing it. I guess Mr. Day just found my inquiry somewhere and has made contact. Some of them MUST be getting quite a sarcastic sense of humor from this.
Happy Full Moon!
(crazy shit today!)
The manager of the Technical Service dept, drove me up to Misacordia Hospital, did a CTscan, and found nothing. They've scheduled a MRA scan, so I think I'll go along with it.
Quite a serious thing, the fucking head. If we are not in control of our looks & intelligence, life can get rather hectic. By the way, today I received a letter from Stockwell Day assuring me that the government will NOT ban hand guns and that I shouldn't worry. Here it is:
Dear Ms. Bodo:
Thank you for your correspondence to the previous government in relation to its proposed handgun ban. Please be assured that our Government has no intention of proceeding with a handgun ban.
As you know, our Government has committed to removing and eliminating the registration requirement for long guns and reallocating the funding from it to the enhancement of front-line policing throughout Canada.
The Government is also committed to ensuring appropriate controls on the ownership of restricted and prohibited firearms are in place, as well as focusing efforts jon those who use any firearm while committing crimes. We will also work toward reducing the administrative and financial burden on Canadian owners of non-restricted long guns. You may be assured that we will keep your comments in mind as we conduct our review of the entire Firearms Programs.
I appreciate having had the opportunity to respond to your concerns.
Yours sincerely,
Stockwell Day, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Public Safety
In my opinion, Stockwell Day is a hot motherfucker. I saw the whites of this beautiful man's eyes, May 2003, House of Commons & speaking at a Falun Gong protest outside for the media. I may not agree with most of his conservative policies, as anyone can tell I'm a raging Lefter (ndp/lib)! I submitted a query to Anne McClellan regarding a change to the gun laws, criticizing it. I guess Mr. Day just found my inquiry somewhere and has made contact. Some of them MUST be getting quite a sarcastic sense of humor from this.
Happy Full Moon!
(crazy shit today!)
Friday, April 07, 2006
Gay high school opens to cheers and jeers
Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network
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published Monday, September 8, 2003
A controversial public high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students opened in New York on Monday, with both supporters and protestors mobilized outside the building.
About 100 students are enrolled in the Harvey Milk High School, which is the first of its kind in the United States. Each teen applied for admission, which is granted not on the basis of sexual orientation but on experiences of harassment that may put the student at risk of dropping out.
Nearly 200 supporters of the school cheered on Monday as the students arrived for classes, CNN reported. Leading a group of nearly 10 protestors was Fred Phelps, an anti-gay minister from Kansas who has picketed at the funerals of gay men.
The school grew out of a 20-year, two-classroom program sponsored by the Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI), an agency that serves GLBT youth. Last year the city's Board of Education voted to expand the program, which is now bankrolled jointly by the city and HMI, Reuters reported.
Named for the San Francisco politician who was assassinated in 1978, the Harvey Milk school has been a lightning rod for controversy since city officials announced its opening in July.
Last month, Bronx state Sen. Ruben Diaz joined forces with Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based conservative legal group, to file a lawsuit against the school for discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
TODO More by Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network
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published Monday, September 8, 2003
A controversial public high school for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students opened in New York on Monday, with both supporters and protestors mobilized outside the building.
About 100 students are enrolled in the Harvey Milk High School, which is the first of its kind in the United States. Each teen applied for admission, which is granted not on the basis of sexual orientation but on experiences of harassment that may put the student at risk of dropping out.
Nearly 200 supporters of the school cheered on Monday as the students arrived for classes, CNN reported. Leading a group of nearly 10 protestors was Fred Phelps, an anti-gay minister from Kansas who has picketed at the funerals of gay men.
The school grew out of a 20-year, two-classroom program sponsored by the Hetrick-Martin Institute (HMI), an agency that serves GLBT youth. Last year the city's Board of Education voted to expand the program, which is now bankrolled jointly by the city and HMI, Reuters reported.
Named for the San Francisco politician who was assassinated in 1978, the Harvey Milk school has been a lightning rod for controversy since city officials announced its opening in July.
Last month, Bronx state Sen. Ruben Diaz joined forces with Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based conservative legal group, to file a lawsuit against the school for discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Postcards from New York, cont.
Grasshopper: Sorry, cut off on our last phone session. My time concluded on the phone card, you dig. Dropped Census man a card. Had been a while. Going to get my taxes fixed in a couple. Fine article about booming Alberta in Times. Will send, Joey Postcards
"Beach Four, Olympic National Park, Washington"
Not too far from Grasshopper's home. Laughing as usual talking to you last nite (3-26-06). Phone card ran out. I love your humour & political astuteness and shit! think you know more US politics than the whole boat load of caribbean bus operators & mechanics in the yard. Hope this reaches you by 4/4/06, Monday excatly 1 week's time. So, you're on the guy's side this time. Have a good hang!!! Joey Postcards 3-27-06
"Beach Four, Olympic National Park, Washington"
Not too far from Grasshopper's home. Laughing as usual talking to you last nite (3-26-06). Phone card ran out. I love your humour & political astuteness and shit! think you know more US politics than the whole boat load of caribbean bus operators & mechanics in the yard. Hope this reaches you by 4/4/06, Monday excatly 1 week's time. So, you're on the guy's side this time. Have a good hang!!! Joey Postcards 3-27-06
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Gay Marriage
So, you know, people don't know gays, so they are against gay marriage. Unbelievable. I mean, after 9/11, that's something that you're gonna fuckin' worry about now? You need a hobby! Because of the list of things we need to worry about gay marriage is on page six right after, "Are we eating too much garlic as a people?" Boy, it freaks our PM Harper out, the gay marriage thing. Oh! He went around the corner! "Son of a bitch, this can't happen! And if they think, if these provinces think that they are gonna allow gays to get married, we're gonna make a Bill of Rights amendment that says exactly what marriage is. Marriage is between a man and a women. Son of a bitch!" And I thought, "You're gonna make a Bill of Rights amendment, you shithead! What are you fucking thinking?"
It's a collection of extraordinary sentences and paragraphs and you're gonna go "Hooda hooda phlbbbb"?! Why not stick to the legislation that says that people have a right to health care, even if they DON'T HAVE A FUCKING DIME?!!!!!!!
Unbelievable. The reason that people don't believe gays should get married is because of what? The Bible, okay? And what book of the bible does that come from? The Old Testament. Who wrote the Old Testament? My people.... The Jews wrote the Old Testament, and then Christians come along and read it and they fuck it up from time to time. Because they don't come down to the Temple, do they? Look, there's a reason that it was written in the Bible, because it was written thousands and thousands and thousands of years ago, when we were savages at best. We were ten hairs away from being a baboon, for fuck sakes. Ya know, these people were out of control, so the elders of the village got together and came up with the idea of a God. And not the Christian God, who's kind of a loving God, no, we had a God: "I CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND I'M GONNA KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS!" Not really a happy God, kind of a god that seemed to be a raging alcoholic in a lot of ways."You wanna fight, asshole?!" And that's what they had to come up with, this mythical figure, ya know, that was present that could keep these people in line because they were crazy! They'd do anything! That's the way God is, God is everywhere.....and he sees everything you do, and if you fuck up, he knows it, and he will smoke you....
And that kind of got the message across. But then they needed rules, because alot of these guys were wandering in the desert, looking for shit. They'd be gone for days, and one would come back, and he'd have a camel with him. He'd go to the elder and say, "I met her in the desert. She looked at me in a special way, and I love her. Will you marry us?" And the elder goes, "Look in the Bible, you fucking idiot! See what it says? Marriage is between a man and a woman, and that's it! If you think that you're gonna marry this camel, God's gonna GET YOU. And the guy's crest fallen, because he's in love. So the elders said, "well, okay, marry a woman, but keep the camel on the side."
That's what I'm afraid of, thousands and thousands of years from now if we have that Bill of Rights amendment, someone will come along and unearth our culture, look at the Bill of Rights and read it and go "Wow!" Then get to the part that says marriage is between a man and a woman, they'll go, "Look at this! Canada, those people were so fucked up, that they actually had to write down what marriage was so they could remember it!"
And so I watched the Janet Jackson dancers, and thought of all of that. Because I was afraid if I kept my focus on them, I would have a breakdown.
It's a collection of extraordinary sentences and paragraphs and you're gonna go "Hooda hooda phlbbbb"?! Why not stick to the legislation that says that people have a right to health care, even if they DON'T HAVE A FUCKING DIME?!!!!!!!
Unbelievable. The reason that people don't believe gays should get married is because of what? The Bible, okay? And what book of the bible does that come from? The Old Testament. Who wrote the Old Testament? My people.... The Jews wrote the Old Testament, and then Christians come along and read it and they fuck it up from time to time. Because they don't come down to the Temple, do they? Look, there's a reason that it was written in the Bible, because it was written thousands and thousands and thousands of years ago, when we were savages at best. We were ten hairs away from being a baboon, for fuck sakes. Ya know, these people were out of control, so the elders of the village got together and came up with the idea of a God. And not the Christian God, who's kind of a loving God, no, we had a God: "I CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND I'M GONNA KICK YOUR FUCKING ASS!" Not really a happy God, kind of a god that seemed to be a raging alcoholic in a lot of ways."You wanna fight, asshole?!" And that's what they had to come up with, this mythical figure, ya know, that was present that could keep these people in line because they were crazy! They'd do anything! That's the way God is, God is everywhere.....and he sees everything you do, and if you fuck up, he knows it, and he will smoke you....
And that kind of got the message across. But then they needed rules, because alot of these guys were wandering in the desert, looking for shit. They'd be gone for days, and one would come back, and he'd have a camel with him. He'd go to the elder and say, "I met her in the desert. She looked at me in a special way, and I love her. Will you marry us?" And the elder goes, "Look in the Bible, you fucking idiot! See what it says? Marriage is between a man and a woman, and that's it! If you think that you're gonna marry this camel, God's gonna GET YOU. And the guy's crest fallen, because he's in love. So the elders said, "well, okay, marry a woman, but keep the camel on the side."
That's what I'm afraid of, thousands and thousands of years from now if we have that Bill of Rights amendment, someone will come along and unearth our culture, look at the Bill of Rights and read it and go "Wow!" Then get to the part that says marriage is between a man and a woman, they'll go, "Look at this! Canada, those people were so fucked up, that they actually had to write down what marriage was so they could remember it!"
And so I watched the Janet Jackson dancers, and thought of all of that. Because I was afraid if I kept my focus on them, I would have a breakdown.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Let's see what the Justice Critic will have to say
Dear Sue Barnes, MP:
Hello, I've recently enquired to my local MP regarding the construction of the new facility to hold individuals currently being held on Security Certificates without due process. Here is what his office had to say in regards to my inquiry:
"""Dear Ms. Bodo:Re: Email inquiry dated February 22, 2006
We have researched your inquiry about a new facility in Kingston to house individuals being held on security Certificates. Although you may already have them, attached are several news items obtained from the Library of Parliament.The facility is in response to a request by the Ontario Government and the location was selected by Corrections Canada.There is always a balancing act when it comes to National Security and there will always be disagreement on each side of the issue. Our Government will take both National Security and Human Rights seriously and work hard to get the balance right.Operational issues such as this would not come to a vote; even though the border issues could certainly be the subject of Parliamentary debate.Although you will not agree with what is taking place, I want to thank you for expressing your concerns.Your truly,Laurie Hawn, MPEdmonton Centre"""
My only question here is: What happened? My MP seems reluctant to represent my enquiry. He just assumes that I won't agree with what is taking place. What seems odd to me is that Corrections Canada will release a violent offender within 5 years, but foreigners only suspected of terrorism are locked up without due process without even question to the theory of Security Certificates. Since this falls under Corrections Canada, I am making an inquiry to you, the Justice Critic. Please advise. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Rebecca Bodo
Hello, I've recently enquired to my local MP regarding the construction of the new facility to hold individuals currently being held on Security Certificates without due process. Here is what his office had to say in regards to my inquiry:
"""Dear Ms. Bodo:Re: Email inquiry dated February 22, 2006
We have researched your inquiry about a new facility in Kingston to house individuals being held on security Certificates. Although you may already have them, attached are several news items obtained from the Library of Parliament.The facility is in response to a request by the Ontario Government and the location was selected by Corrections Canada.There is always a balancing act when it comes to National Security and there will always be disagreement on each side of the issue. Our Government will take both National Security and Human Rights seriously and work hard to get the balance right.Operational issues such as this would not come to a vote; even though the border issues could certainly be the subject of Parliamentary debate.Although you will not agree with what is taking place, I want to thank you for expressing your concerns.Your truly,Laurie Hawn, MPEdmonton Centre"""
My only question here is: What happened? My MP seems reluctant to represent my enquiry. He just assumes that I won't agree with what is taking place. What seems odd to me is that Corrections Canada will release a violent offender within 5 years, but foreigners only suspected of terrorism are locked up without due process without even question to the theory of Security Certificates. Since this falls under Corrections Canada, I am making an inquiry to you, the Justice Critic. Please advise. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Rebecca Bodo
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