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Naughty corner for politicians

March 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I have a proposal for the world.
Let’s pick an isolated spot on the globe and call it the World’s Naughty Corner. Whenever a politician or any member of government pulls a boneheaded move we can ship them off to the Naughty Corner.
I propose we use St. Helena - hell it was good enough for Napoleon [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Obnoxious People · Politics · Rants

More political snuffling at the public trough

March 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Here we go again!
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has filed notice he will be launching an unprecedented lawsuit against the opposition Liberal party and its leader Stephane Dion claiming both the liberal party and Dion have libeled him. In a cursory check of Canadian parlimentary history, I can’t find an instance of any other leader [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Obnoxious People · Politics · Rants · Utter Stupidity

The decline of the articulate insult - some random thoughts

October 19th, 2007 · 7 Comments

I’m at my usual place - my favourite cafe, eating and drinking cappuccinos and have begun to ponder the decline of the articulate insult. Insulting one’s opponents was an art form no so long ago. It took flair and certain amount of literary panache to come up with an intelligent insult. Today, alas, insulting someone [...]

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Tags: History · Illiterate · Obnoxious People · Politics · Rants

The good corporate citizen - antidote to unending greed

October 13th, 2007 · No Comments

City Hall was set to close the rinks - all of them - to cut costs. Not once did the greed hounds of public office look to their own perks and budgets to cut costs.

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Tags: Corporate Greed · Good Citizen · Good Corporate Citizen · Politics · Rants · Toronto