171 Scullerymaid, you should wear a mask when you douche out the shithole. The responses from you are getting ever more infantile. Countries like Switzerland have labour contracts that do not include bringing families along for the very reason that those more enlightened and revenue concious contries do not have the same bleeding heart immigration holes that Canada does for the 'guestworkers' to suck up tax revenues, healthcare or education dollars. Being a toilet wiper doesn't lead to higher thinking obviously.

For a bushrat(?) who got the bums rush out of Vancouver at a time when they had to import kitchen staff you really seem to have picked up a case of self agrandisement. I guess screaming at your betters makes it all OK? Go back to scrubbing bubbles, the city life ain't for you.

@patriotz:

I was with you all the way Patriotz until the Obama bit. He won the most votes because the population is growing. His margin of victory however was only the fifth biggest in the last eight elections.

And the dictator accusation is not something I've heard normal people say. I would think the fact that he hasn't kept his campaign promises is the real problem:

Close Guantanamo, ban earmarks, not raise taxes on those under $250,000, nobody forced to buy health insurance, no recess appointments, health talks on C-Span, no military tribunals, tougher border security and many more.

But the biggest whopper of course was the promise to have a net spending cut. He blew that f**cker out of the water.

@Drachen:

"Free speech is what a government provides."

No. Free speech is the natural condition. Government can leave it alone or it can impose restrictions.

@Drachen:

Not sure that laundry services come under the definition of mercenary unless you think too much starch is a capital offence. As for KBR having a reputation for rape and torture of young women, that's a pretty well hidden reputation for a 57,000 person company, particularly considering that two of their top four executives are women.

URGENT FREE SPEECH MESSAGE

“The Obama Deception”, one of Alex Jones’ most popular documentary films has been censored on You Tube. The most viewed online version of the film, which had more than 6.5 million views, has been illegally removed from the You Tube account “ChangeDaChannel”. The URL link of the said video ranked among the top results of the keyword “Obama”.

URGENT FREE SPEECH MESSAHE

“The Obama Deception”, one of Alex Jones’ most popular documentary films has been censored on You Tube. The most viewed online version of the film, which had more than 6.5 million views, has been illegally removed from the You Tube account “ChangeDaChannel”. The URL link of the said video ranked among the top results of the keyword “Obama”.

@gonzonista:

" That is what is happening in the USA and it doesn’t seem to be winning any wars or doing anything other than enriching Haliburton. "

I think you're mixing up your right-wing boogymen. Haliburton is the oil services company that's the real reason we went to war in Iraq, while Blackwater (now Xe Services) is the gaggle of mercenaries that kills for fun and profit.

@152RealPaul, Ah, so your complaint is not about government but about unions. The comment about mercenaries is related to privatizing the military. That is what is happening in the USA and it doesn't seem to be winning any wars or doing anything other than enriching Haliburton. But that is a side issue to the union argument. Unions are not the evil institutions that you portray them to be. Your idea of laziness is another person's idea of good life balance. Unions are there to protect their workers. The side effect of this is that incompetent workers are protected when they shouldn't be. The other side effect is that management incompetence is also exposed. In a non-union shop, a management blunder is more easily corrected by making staff work extra hours with no compensation. Management blunders in union environments come with… Read more »

Hey Real Paul: This one is for you:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100718/busines…

Superboom/Superduper Bull time is a moron.

Bar I just drove through Kelowna and rich Albertan were everywhere since the HST passed everything cheaper bar. Most rich Albertan buy boat in Kelowna since so much cheaper and now with HST bringing price down make it easier bar. Kelowna condo market about to explode with rich alberta HST money.

"Don’t knock Don Cherry’s trustworthiness.

I’m sure he is highly trusted by all the other redneck, xenophobic, warmongering douchebags in this country.

I’ll bet they even like his fruity suits."

Best Place:

They should pair him up with Patricia Lovett-Reid; she has been pimping hard for the mortgage sharks as of late.

Personally I suggest a music video perhaps a gothic theme.

Don and Patricia in leather thongs…..

Yesterday I was in Northern BC and I talked to an old lady (85) who just got approved for a 25 years mortgage (she moved to a new village and wanted a house of her own, the prices there are flat and the inventory is rising) … I did not dare to ask how this is possible. Who says all mortgages in Canada are sound and our banks are perfectly healthy?

Current Inventory anyone? Just got back from a wonderful week in Osoyoos renting a house on the lake. We go there every summer and several years ago were flirting with the idea of going in with a few couples and buying a place. We looked for a few seasons but every time we did the math it just made no sense. Basically anything we wanted, fair size, waterfront, dock, nice yard was $ 1mil – $1.3 mil yet we were renting the same thing for $3,000 a week with no hassles. In the end the price was just too high to justify the purchase especially in light of the fact boating season is really only 12 weeks. Its nice to drive out as the maid is coming to clean it with no worries about maint, upkeep, taxes, insurance, etc. Osoyoos… Read more »

That should read 'we can have good government WITHOUT unions

#149 G, Who said anything about mercenaries? Is that the unions red herring reaction to rationalizing spending? We can certainly have ood government which avails itself of all efficiencies. Who says we can't have good government with union? We certainly don't need overpayed bloated scumbags cutting the grass and shutting the city down anytime the union boss decides to put a gun to our heads. We can easily replace government workers with fixed term contract workers at much lower rates. They can be from Canada or anywhere. Police, firemen, teachers, garbagemen, landscapers, civic workers are a 'dime a dozen'. They can individually be replaced in hours. As taxpayers we shouldn't have to face the escalating demands of the local parasites when it is so obvious that we have hit the wall with the cost structure of maintaing this dinosaur system.… Read more »