The Hot Seat.

I wonder if people really listen? How many newspaper articles, TV announcements and radio warnings does it take to stop people from leaving children and pets in cars during this heat???? I heard another this morning, a 9 month old baby left in a car while dumb ass gets something from Home Depot. Luckily, the child is OK, but is dad? I have taken some time off from my blog but the world pesters me with material to rant about. This one is close to my heart. I am an emergency worker and when responding to these calls my heart skips a beat. We can only hope to get there in time. Come on people, wake up!!! If you leave the new plastic currency in your car in this heat it shrivels up. What do you think is happening to your child or pet????
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What Does Charity Mean To You?

Well, I had to break out of my busy life to give you this one! They came out with the top charity givers in North America. My wife listened intently to the list, voicing her pleasure knowing that these large organizations are giving back. I burst the bubble by asking her what she thought a charitable organization was and asked if she knew that political parties are considered charitable organizations. These large organizations want continued favors with the powers that be to continue making huge profits. The leader on the charity list was Wells Fargo. OK, a financial institution, with the second being Walmart. When it got to the third, forth, fifth etc. I got hot under the collar. They are all oil companies! I wonder what percentage of their donations go to political parties? With the injustice in fuel prices, I'm guessing close to 100%. I'm sorry to through a curve in the feel good moment of the day, but I always look to the bottom of the box. Make sure you do too.
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Things Happen

I have seen and heard media coverage about the Carnival cruise ship and how people dealt with the situation. Some good stories and some bad. What I had a hard time with was the attitudes of some passengers after the ordeal. I know Americans are quite used to suing everyone, but let's cut some slack. I haven't heard and don't think there was any negligence on the part of the owners, so why sue? It was something that happened, and this time they want to compensate the passengers reasonably. Full reimbursement, a free trip and $500. I thought this was quite generous based on what happened in the past. We are all accountable for our actions, but one would hope that people would have a realization that accidents happen and if no malice or negligence was involved, that an understanding would be part of the thought process. I have been through a few horror stories without any compensation, so I hope that people accept the accident and compensation and move on.
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Saint Valentine

I was listening to a radio station yesterday and could not believe my ears. The DJ was complaining about how religion is brought into Valentine's Day. "Why does religion always enter into the picture?""Why can't it stay out of these days?" Yes, why don't we keep it about the chocolate and flowers, and while were at it, let's forget about the birth of Christ and stay with Santa Claus, and also the death of Christ, and make it just about the Easter bunny. I tell you with people like this DJ around, the rest of us look sooooo good.
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St. Valentine's Day

I am a practicing Roman Catholic, but have tried to keep the religious element out of my blog. If you have followed it, you can see that this is hard to do. I don't push my denomination, nor my beliefs, but let my personality and demeanor shine His word through. I thought on this day I would bring forth a quote from a very old book. Those of you that have read it, will know where it is from. This day reflects the importance of one item in which everything else will follow. How successful are you at love? Take the test.     
"Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."

Happy St.Valentine's Day
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Self Inflicted Stress

The Toronto Board of Education is concerned over a questionnaire given to elementary and high school students. 50% of the students are worried about the future, family and school. They are strongly considering mental health intervention. What!! Another box to put people in. Listen, I don't know about you, but when I was a child, I had concerns about everything. The Cold War, world starvation, the ozone layer, cancer, and the list goes on. I managed to survive as I'm sure you did. I didn't need to be counseled by a mental health professional and labelled as this or that. Talk about a bubble wrap society. We are not only trying to stop any trauma to our bodies, but now our minds. We are humans, and most of the time we learn by going through the experience and developing strategies and actions that can deal with the situation better next time. If we don't allow these experiences to happen early in life when they are small, then how can we may make a life altering, good decision in the future? Let kids be kids. Guide them and explain consequences of their actions. Give a positive spin on their worries. Keep things as positive around the home as possible. Don't run to the doctor each time you have a hang nail or worry. You should know as parents or friends when to be concerned. Don't worry about being worried.
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Brazen Brazeau

Well, well! Another political folly. It's so easy to stay with a political blog agenda. You just keep on getting material handed to you. Senator Patrick Brazeau is my latest focus. This 'farce' got his position when he was 35 years old. Barely out of diapers, he's to instill mature decisions in the senate? He is aboriginal (Algonquin)- things getting clearer for you as to why he got the position? He has no special skills in any educational field. It seems he has been positioned there because of who he represents. He has tried many maneuvers thus far, from collecting two salaries, one from the senate and the other from being chief, to using another individual's address on the reserve to get income tax exemption. He is absent 25% of the time from the senates 75 sittings a year. He collects about $130,000 a year, plus a top-up for special positions. He can stay until he is 75 years old.
I am not a fan of the senate, and believe it is a huge waste of money. This just continues to prove my opinion. The senate has not vetoed any piece of legislation from the House of Commons since 1939. The special committees it formulates are very poorly attended and never taken seriously. They are mostly used for fact finding and advisory, the old smoke and mirrors in justifying their jobs. An example of this is Brazeau's attendance with an aboriginal committee that he attended only 35% of the time. Let me see, 105 senators at an average wage of $130,000+, that's close to 14 million dollars. That could be a start of the savings at the upper level. What do you think?
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