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Ian Punnett, Economic Woes and Bloodshed
June 28 2009
Greetings my Dear Readers,
I come to you today from the land of fun and sun and what a day it was! Tourists, Show buffs, Festival enthusiasts and sun lovers of all ages litter the streets and mob our scenic beaches all drinking in the sunny paradise I call home.
But where to begin....
Punnett Speaks the Truth
As the talk shows and air waves have been all a buzz since Pedophile extraordinaire Micheal "Freak Show" Jackson passed away, everyone is going on and on and on and on and on about what a loss his death was to the music world but almost no one seems to be talking about the truth of the matter and about how a Pedophile is dead and our children are safer because of it.
Well, finally a Talk show host has had the guts to say it like it is... Thanks to a nifty little subscription service called Streamlink I was able to catch up on my late night talk shows this afternoon and had the pleasure of listening to Ian Punnett a young priest who hosts a couple different talk shows, and although Ian and I have never met and have very different life experiences we have a similar background when it comes to caring for and protecting children.
Although I have always liked Ian for his quick wit and quirky sense of humour, he won my eternal respect when he broke from the main stream crowd and gave his honest (Albeit Politically Correct) opinion both live on the air to an audience of millions then publicly on his personal Blog.
Here is Ian's Public feelings speaking about the passing of Micheal Jackson:
"Few stars of any art form are as polarizing as Michael Jackson in my opinion. As an advocate of responsible adult behavior and somebody with a certain amount of experience with victims of clever sexual abusers, I can never separate Michael Jackson the musical genius from Michael Jackson the never-criminally-convicted but civilly financially liable pedophile.
I’ve been buying his records since I was ten and will always enjoy his catalogue of hits up to the time when he started paying off kids with millions in hush-money."
A very politically correct way of expressing his views to an audience of millions but so far the only one to come out on record with views that are close to the truth.
Big Kudos to Ian Punnett for getting it said before an audience of millions in a much more politically correct and articulate manner then I would have.
I know a couple personalities that are considerably more outspoken that haven't weighed in the matter yet, but I'm sure they'll rock the boat of political correctness when they do.
Economy Woes Continue
Today on my way to work I noticed yet another big Chain store advertising a going out of business sale. This particular Chain was a Canadian owned and operated business with locations across the country who, as it turns out was forced into bankruptcy and will now close all its stores and sell off all its assets in an attempt to cover its growing debts.
The closing of this Canadian Chain will put several hundred employees out of work across the country. I find it kind of sad, but then again others may say its lucky, but a couple years ago I almost walked away from my current vocation to accept a middle management position with this now defunct Canadian company. I'm saddened to see it fail and fall by the way side, yet another victim of the faltering Global economy.
Economic Breakdown
My Daily route to work takes me through several rather nice Middle Class family neighborhoods and today being a rather exceptionally warm and pleasant day I opted to walk to work which gave me more of an opportunity to get a closer look at the city around me and I must say what I saw was rather sad.
I couldn't help but notice that many of the homes that I used to walk past everyday only a couple years ago when I walked to work on a regular basis are now looking worn. The homes are falling into disrepair and the yards are increasingly unkept, why is this you may ask? Well, these neighborhoods have pretty much the same people living in them now as they did when I moved in here, and the residents have always worked hard to maintain nice yards and homes, the reality is, many of these homes and yards are rapidly deteriorating simply because the people living there can no longer afford to spend a lot of money trying to maintain them. More and more families are struggling to survive in the face of the rising cost of living and little sustainable employment.
Although my moneyed little vacation paradise nook here has been relatively sheltered from the Global Economic Woes due to the vast amount of wealth in the general area it appears that average working class joe is starting to show the first signs economic failure.
Its no secret that Bankruptcies and Welfare claims have sky rocketed in the last 12 months and although housing costs have seen very little decline in this country, sadly its only a matter of time before we hit a breaking point and we start the downward spiral as seen in many parts of the U.S.
Look around your community and I can tell you, if you look close enough its not going to be pretty. Things are getting awfully tight for most people. The only bright spot in all this... Those who have any extra cash would be wise to hold on it and bide your time, if your patient eventually the housing bubble will really break and you'll be able to pick up beautiful homes for a fraction of their current cost. When its all over, who knows maybe housing will actually be affordable again.
More Bloodshed
Those regular readers of ColdHeartedBastard.com are familiar with my vocation and the fact that it all too often brings me face to face with some of the seediest aspects of this world and often into confrontation with the human garbage that litter the gutters of our nations streets. I have to confess things have been pretty quiet since I accepted a promotion of sorts a year or so ago, as it kind of removed me from the front lines and away from the dirt and scum I had grown so accustomed to dealing with. Well tonight, was like old times.
This evening I had the pleasure of working with a newer employee one totally unfamiliar with the often volatile and dangerous nature of our work. Today was a busy day to say in the least and as luck would have it, when we least expected or needed it the special segment of our population decided to give us a classic but over all rather mild performance. Six drunk and drugged out youth armed with nun chucks (sp?), baseball bats and clubs jumped four others and turned our evening into a blood soaked, gore filled ride of mayhem.
Overall it was rather mild when compared to many of the fun filled nights I've had here in Paradise and luckily none of my staff were injured, but we did have quite a bit of blood to clean up after.
This what I deal with and people wonder why I have a zero tolerance for drugs and for the scum that use them.
But anyway, that's enough for one night.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings my Dear Readers,
I come to you today from the land of fun and sun and what a day it was! Tourists, Show buffs, Festival enthusiasts and sun lovers of all ages litter the streets and mob our scenic beaches all drinking in the sunny paradise I call home.
But where to begin....
Punnett Speaks the Truth
As the talk shows and air waves have been all a buzz since Pedophile extraordinaire Micheal "Freak Show" Jackson passed away, everyone is going on and on and on and on and on about what a loss his death was to the music world but almost no one seems to be talking about the truth of the matter and about how a Pedophile is dead and our children are safer because of it.
Well, finally a Talk show host has had the guts to say it like it is... Thanks to a nifty little subscription service called Streamlink I was able to catch up on my late night talk shows this afternoon and had the pleasure of listening to Ian Punnett a young priest who hosts a couple different talk shows, and although Ian and I have never met and have very different life experiences we have a similar background when it comes to caring for and protecting children.
Although I have always liked Ian for his quick wit and quirky sense of humour, he won my eternal respect when he broke from the main stream crowd and gave his honest (Albeit Politically Correct) opinion both live on the air to an audience of millions then publicly on his personal Blog.
Here is Ian's Public feelings speaking about the passing of Micheal Jackson:
"Few stars of any art form are as polarizing as Michael Jackson in my opinion. As an advocate of responsible adult behavior and somebody with a certain amount of experience with victims of clever sexual abusers, I can never separate Michael Jackson the musical genius from Michael Jackson the never-criminally-convicted but civilly financially liable pedophile.
I’ve been buying his records since I was ten and will always enjoy his catalogue of hits up to the time when he started paying off kids with millions in hush-money."
A very politically correct way of expressing his views to an audience of millions but so far the only one to come out on record with views that are close to the truth.
Big Kudos to Ian Punnett for getting it said before an audience of millions in a much more politically correct and articulate manner then I would have.
I know a couple personalities that are considerably more outspoken that haven't weighed in the matter yet, but I'm sure they'll rock the boat of political correctness when they do.
Economy Woes Continue
Today on my way to work I noticed yet another big Chain store advertising a going out of business sale. This particular Chain was a Canadian owned and operated business with locations across the country who, as it turns out was forced into bankruptcy and will now close all its stores and sell off all its assets in an attempt to cover its growing debts.
The closing of this Canadian Chain will put several hundred employees out of work across the country. I find it kind of sad, but then again others may say its lucky, but a couple years ago I almost walked away from my current vocation to accept a middle management position with this now defunct Canadian company. I'm saddened to see it fail and fall by the way side, yet another victim of the faltering Global economy.
Economic Breakdown
My Daily route to work takes me through several rather nice Middle Class family neighborhoods and today being a rather exceptionally warm and pleasant day I opted to walk to work which gave me more of an opportunity to get a closer look at the city around me and I must say what I saw was rather sad.
I couldn't help but notice that many of the homes that I used to walk past everyday only a couple years ago when I walked to work on a regular basis are now looking worn. The homes are falling into disrepair and the yards are increasingly unkept, why is this you may ask? Well, these neighborhoods have pretty much the same people living in them now as they did when I moved in here, and the residents have always worked hard to maintain nice yards and homes, the reality is, many of these homes and yards are rapidly deteriorating simply because the people living there can no longer afford to spend a lot of money trying to maintain them. More and more families are struggling to survive in the face of the rising cost of living and little sustainable employment.
Although my moneyed little vacation paradise nook here has been relatively sheltered from the Global Economic Woes due to the vast amount of wealth in the general area it appears that average working class joe is starting to show the first signs economic failure.
Its no secret that Bankruptcies and Welfare claims have sky rocketed in the last 12 months and although housing costs have seen very little decline in this country, sadly its only a matter of time before we hit a breaking point and we start the downward spiral as seen in many parts of the U.S.
Look around your community and I can tell you, if you look close enough its not going to be pretty. Things are getting awfully tight for most people. The only bright spot in all this... Those who have any extra cash would be wise to hold on it and bide your time, if your patient eventually the housing bubble will really break and you'll be able to pick up beautiful homes for a fraction of their current cost. When its all over, who knows maybe housing will actually be affordable again.
More Bloodshed
Those regular readers of ColdHeartedBastard.com are familiar with my vocation and the fact that it all too often brings me face to face with some of the seediest aspects of this world and often into confrontation with the human garbage that litter the gutters of our nations streets. I have to confess things have been pretty quiet since I accepted a promotion of sorts a year or so ago, as it kind of removed me from the front lines and away from the dirt and scum I had grown so accustomed to dealing with. Well tonight, was like old times.
This evening I had the pleasure of working with a newer employee one totally unfamiliar with the often volatile and dangerous nature of our work. Today was a busy day to say in the least and as luck would have it, when we least expected or needed it the special segment of our population decided to give us a classic but over all rather mild performance. Six drunk and drugged out youth armed with nun chucks (sp?), baseball bats and clubs jumped four others and turned our evening into a blood soaked, gore filled ride of mayhem.
Overall it was rather mild when compared to many of the fun filled nights I've had here in Paradise and luckily none of my staff were injured, but we did have quite a bit of blood to clean up after.
This what I deal with and people wonder why I have a zero tolerance for drugs and for the scum that use them.
But anyway, that's enough for one night.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Summer, Better World and Heart Break
June 25 2009
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Where to begin? Its been a pretty interesting few days since my last post.
Let's start off with...
Summer Begins
Yes Folks, here in my now not so quiet corner of the country summer has begun. As of this afternoon school is officially over for another year. Children of all ages are now free from the bonds of Education for the next couple months to relax and enjoy themselves. While the younger children enjoy a few late nights and enjoy sleeping in, the older children are enjoying Proms and Graduation Ceremonies, many occurring as I type and many more happening in the coming days.
So please remember to be mindful of excited children enjoying their holiday while you commute back and forth to work, as children in their excitement often forget the most critical rules of the road and may dart out in front of you unexpectedly. Let's all work together to help ensure they all have a happy and safe vacation.
The World is a Better Place
This one has had me celebrating all day. As of 12:36ish this afternoon (local time) the so called King of Pop, otherwise known as the infamous pedophile who paid off his victims to remain silent Micheal Jackson died after going into Cardiac Arrest. Do I know what caused this? No. Do I care? No. All I know is that with Wacko Jacko now pushing up daisies our children are just that much safer with one less pedophile around.
This has brought me much amusement today as others mourn his death, I've been celebrating. Most who know me or know anything about the Sick Psycho known as Micheal understand my happiness at his demise and share my views on this matter, however many are just crushed at his death. It amuses that many of the people who are so heart broken that this sick S.O.B.'s Death are people who have small children. Do they actually believe this man was innocent? Excuse me while I chuckle at their stupidity.
As for you Micheal Jackson lovers out there, before you bombard me with hate mail accusing me of being an insensitive Cold Hearted Bastard (imagine that
) remember that the Child Molesting Whack Job that you sick freaks worship was born a Black Man yet died a White Woman. If that's what you sick freaks idolize then your just as sick as he (or it) was and you may as well save your idiotic ramblings cause I'd rather not hear from you.
So yes folks, a Pedophile is dead and the world is better place because of it.
Swine Flu Heart Break
Tentatively the Swine Nothing I have posted about has claimed its youngest Canadian Victim. On the evening of June 14, six year old Rubjit Thindal developed minor flu symptoms (Fever and a stomach ache) so the next morning her parents took her to a clinic where the doctor prescribed Advil to help relieve her discomfort. Later that afternoon her fever had lifted but her stomach pains persisted, so her parents took her to the hospital, but she never made it. Only minutes from the hospital, she put her little hand to her chest and said "Something is hurting" and within moments died in her fathers arms.
The hospital has confirmed that little Rubjit tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus, however since the virus usually preys on older people with weaker systems or people with pre-existing conditions its not clear right now exactly what role the N1H1 Virus played in this child's sudden and unexpected death. Officials are also at a loss to explain how Rubjit contracted the virus.
I still stand firm on the idea that the Swine Flu scare is nothing more then hype and Media propaganda. The results of a full Autopsy on little Rubjits remains have yet to be released and although I don't doubt that the N1H1 likely played a role in her passing, I strongly suspect that this poor child likely had another more serious health concern that was primary cause of her death, possibly sped up or aided by the N1H1 virus.
Regardless, Canada now mourns the loss of precious child
Until next time
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Where to begin? Its been a pretty interesting few days since my last post.
Let's start off with...
Summer Begins
Yes Folks, here in my now not so quiet corner of the country summer has begun. As of this afternoon school is officially over for another year. Children of all ages are now free from the bonds of Education for the next couple months to relax and enjoy themselves. While the younger children enjoy a few late nights and enjoy sleeping in, the older children are enjoying Proms and Graduation Ceremonies, many occurring as I type and many more happening in the coming days.
So please remember to be mindful of excited children enjoying their holiday while you commute back and forth to work, as children in their excitement often forget the most critical rules of the road and may dart out in front of you unexpectedly. Let's all work together to help ensure they all have a happy and safe vacation.
The World is a Better Place
This one has had me celebrating all day. As of 12:36ish this afternoon (local time) the so called King of Pop, otherwise known as the infamous pedophile who paid off his victims to remain silent Micheal Jackson died after going into Cardiac Arrest. Do I know what caused this? No. Do I care? No. All I know is that with Wacko Jacko now pushing up daisies our children are just that much safer with one less pedophile around.
This has brought me much amusement today as others mourn his death, I've been celebrating. Most who know me or know anything about the Sick Psycho known as Micheal understand my happiness at his demise and share my views on this matter, however many are just crushed at his death. It amuses that many of the people who are so heart broken that this sick S.O.B.'s Death are people who have small children. Do they actually believe this man was innocent? Excuse me while I chuckle at their stupidity.
As for you Micheal Jackson lovers out there, before you bombard me with hate mail accusing me of being an insensitive Cold Hearted Bastard (imagine that
) remember that the Child Molesting Whack Job that you sick freaks worship was born a Black Man yet died a White Woman. If that's what you sick freaks idolize then your just as sick as he (or it) was and you may as well save your idiotic ramblings cause I'd rather not hear from you.So yes folks, a Pedophile is dead and the world is better place because of it.
Swine Flu Heart Break
Tentatively the Swine Nothing I have posted about has claimed its youngest Canadian Victim. On the evening of June 14, six year old Rubjit Thindal developed minor flu symptoms (Fever and a stomach ache) so the next morning her parents took her to a clinic where the doctor prescribed Advil to help relieve her discomfort. Later that afternoon her fever had lifted but her stomach pains persisted, so her parents took her to the hospital, but she never made it. Only minutes from the hospital, she put her little hand to her chest and said "Something is hurting" and within moments died in her fathers arms.
The hospital has confirmed that little Rubjit tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus, however since the virus usually preys on older people with weaker systems or people with pre-existing conditions its not clear right now exactly what role the N1H1 Virus played in this child's sudden and unexpected death. Officials are also at a loss to explain how Rubjit contracted the virus.
I still stand firm on the idea that the Swine Flu scare is nothing more then hype and Media propaganda. The results of a full Autopsy on little Rubjits remains have yet to be released and although I don't doubt that the N1H1 likely played a role in her passing, I strongly suspect that this poor child likely had another more serious health concern that was primary cause of her death, possibly sped up or aided by the N1H1 virus.
Regardless, Canada now mourns the loss of precious child
Until next time
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
A Quiet Week
June 20 2009
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Its another hot and steamy day here in Paradise, Summer has barely began and already I find myself seeking the sanctuary of Air Conditioned Comfort. This is going to a rough summer...
Aside from the crushing heat it has been a rather pleasant 10 days since my last post leaving me very little to Rant and Rave about. Let's hope that doesn't last otherwise this site could get rather dull
So let's see what has happened?
Our Bright Future
Last week I busted four young teens maybe 14 or 15 years old doing lines of cocaine outside my place of business. They were so engrossed in their drug habit that they never even noticed me walking up on them. I simple said "Hello", greatly startling them and then pulled out my cell phone and casually walked away and called the police. The moment they heard me talking to the cops they grabbed their paraphernalia and took off as fast as they could.
These were young boys, barely in their teens and already they have graduated to cocaine. This is the sad state of our world today.
U.S. Visit
I recently had to travel south of the border on business, and for once it was a rather pleasant experience without all the hassle and inconvenience that I normally encounter. Kudos to Obama for making noticeable changes and improvements. Its good to see things improving for my neighbors south of the border.
Unfortunately I don't have much to report today.
So until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Its another hot and steamy day here in Paradise, Summer has barely began and already I find myself seeking the sanctuary of Air Conditioned Comfort. This is going to a rough summer...
Aside from the crushing heat it has been a rather pleasant 10 days since my last post leaving me very little to Rant and Rave about. Let's hope that doesn't last otherwise this site could get rather dull
So let's see what has happened?
Our Bright Future
Last week I busted four young teens maybe 14 or 15 years old doing lines of cocaine outside my place of business. They were so engrossed in their drug habit that they never even noticed me walking up on them. I simple said "Hello", greatly startling them and then pulled out my cell phone and casually walked away and called the police. The moment they heard me talking to the cops they grabbed their paraphernalia and took off as fast as they could.
These were young boys, barely in their teens and already they have graduated to cocaine. This is the sad state of our world today.
U.S. Visit
I recently had to travel south of the border on business, and for once it was a rather pleasant experience without all the hassle and inconvenience that I normally encounter. Kudos to Obama for making noticeable changes and improvements. Its good to see things improving for my neighbors south of the border.
Unfortunately I don't have much to report today.
So until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Vocational Woes, Mexican Nightmare and Discovery
June 10 2009
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Its been quite the week as another Corporate Coup De Tate and a power hungry Ego Maniac wreck havoc through my Primary Vocation, driving tensions through the ceiling. As staff and management alike rapidly approach breaking points, I anticipate great vocational upheaval to rock my quiet little Paradise nook in the very near future. Yes, the national and local toilet economies are still suffering beyond repair, but there comes a time when change is the only solution. I'm curious to see if anyone will still be standing when the dust settles on this one.
Hopefully this mindless Wrecking Ball of Havoc will only help spur the vocational change and relocation I mentioned in a previous post. Stay Tuned
Mexican Nightmare
The last week has also seen a heart wrenching tragedy hit the Northern Mexican community of Hermosillo. On Friday, June 5th a fire broke out in a Car/Tire warehouse facility and quickly spread to an adjoining Government run warehouse style Daycare. The large ABC Daycare centre was engulfed in flames with little or no warning during nap time, leaving the 142 children and small staff scrambling for their lives when smoke alarms and emergency sprinkler systems failed.
44 children lost their lives in this nightmare, while many more fight for their lives in various burn centres and hospitals through out Mexico, with some even flown to Children's Hospitals in the U.S. This is every working parents worst nightmare and has raised serious questions about Mexican Government run Daycares.
Great credit must go to Hermosillo locals for their heroic actions in saving countless children, including one who smashed his truck through one of the daycares concrete outer walls in order to help trapped children and staff escape the flames. Without them, the death toll from this fire would have been much worse.
As someone who has worked with children in every conceivable setting, I can't even begin to wrap my mind around this. 142 children being cared for by 10 or 20 care workers (initial reports say their were 10 daycare workers on duty in the centre at the time of the fire, later reports say that 20 daycare workers), this isn't a daycare centre, this is a warehouse for children, in many ways resembling the Romanian Warehouse Orphanages of old. All reports say that there was only one working exit through which staff and others struggled to evacuate children.
44 children, all under the age of two died in this fire, and although I truly believe that each and every care worker there that day risked their lives to save every child they could, I have to wonder why no adult lives were sacrificed in an attempt to save these 44 children.
I understand that the rules and regulations in third world countries are radically different from those I would expect... but my mind just reels with so many unanswered questions...
I can't even begin to comprehend the pain, anguish and absolute hell that the parents and survivors of this nightmare have gone through and will likely have to deal with for many years to come.
The hearts and minds of those who care for children are with them and with the children that were lost in this horrible tragedy.
Interesting Discovery
In moving forward on one of the many project that has been sitting on my back burner for sometime, I've recently discovered that a publishing company that I dealt with almost 20 years ago (yes folks, I'm old) went out of business a few years ago amid scandal and ongoing allegations of questionable business practices.
Although I had no negative experiences with this company, I must now begin the staggering process of sifting through 20 years of international publications to ensure that no copyright infringements or theft of my work has occurred.
My life is never boring folks...
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Its been quite the week as another Corporate Coup De Tate and a power hungry Ego Maniac wreck havoc through my Primary Vocation, driving tensions through the ceiling. As staff and management alike rapidly approach breaking points, I anticipate great vocational upheaval to rock my quiet little Paradise nook in the very near future. Yes, the national and local toilet economies are still suffering beyond repair, but there comes a time when change is the only solution. I'm curious to see if anyone will still be standing when the dust settles on this one.
Hopefully this mindless Wrecking Ball of Havoc will only help spur the vocational change and relocation I mentioned in a previous post. Stay Tuned
Mexican Nightmare
The last week has also seen a heart wrenching tragedy hit the Northern Mexican community of Hermosillo. On Friday, June 5th a fire broke out in a Car/Tire warehouse facility and quickly spread to an adjoining Government run warehouse style Daycare. The large ABC Daycare centre was engulfed in flames with little or no warning during nap time, leaving the 142 children and small staff scrambling for their lives when smoke alarms and emergency sprinkler systems failed.
44 children lost their lives in this nightmare, while many more fight for their lives in various burn centres and hospitals through out Mexico, with some even flown to Children's Hospitals in the U.S. This is every working parents worst nightmare and has raised serious questions about Mexican Government run Daycares.
Great credit must go to Hermosillo locals for their heroic actions in saving countless children, including one who smashed his truck through one of the daycares concrete outer walls in order to help trapped children and staff escape the flames. Without them, the death toll from this fire would have been much worse.
As someone who has worked with children in every conceivable setting, I can't even begin to wrap my mind around this. 142 children being cared for by 10 or 20 care workers (initial reports say their were 10 daycare workers on duty in the centre at the time of the fire, later reports say that 20 daycare workers), this isn't a daycare centre, this is a warehouse for children, in many ways resembling the Romanian Warehouse Orphanages of old. All reports say that there was only one working exit through which staff and others struggled to evacuate children.
44 children, all under the age of two died in this fire, and although I truly believe that each and every care worker there that day risked their lives to save every child they could, I have to wonder why no adult lives were sacrificed in an attempt to save these 44 children.
I understand that the rules and regulations in third world countries are radically different from those I would expect... but my mind just reels with so many unanswered questions...
I can't even begin to comprehend the pain, anguish and absolute hell that the parents and survivors of this nightmare have gone through and will likely have to deal with for many years to come.
The hearts and minds of those who care for children are with them and with the children that were lost in this horrible tragedy.
Interesting Discovery
In moving forward on one of the many project that has been sitting on my back burner for sometime, I've recently discovered that a publishing company that I dealt with almost 20 years ago (yes folks, I'm old) went out of business a few years ago amid scandal and ongoing allegations of questionable business practices.
Although I had no negative experiences with this company, I must now begin the staggering process of sifting through 20 years of international publications to ensure that no copyright infringements or theft of my work has occurred.
My life is never boring folks...
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
A Mish Mash of Catch Up
June 4 2009
Greetings my Dear Readers,
I come to you today from a sunny paradise
I've been meaning to post for a week or so, but alas life has not allowed me the opportunity, so I thought I might take a few moments and try to get caught up.
Loss
The body of Actor David Carradine was discovered in Bangkok, Thailand. The victim of apparent Suicide. He starred in over 100 movies including the recent Kill Bill series, but will always be best known in my eyes for the TV series "Kung Fu" and "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues"
An unfortunate Loss. May he rest in Peace.
The Economy Woes Continue
While personal bankruptcies, unemployment and Welfare claims continue to climb to record levels, the shaky global economy continues its tail spin and claims yet another multinational victim.
The Financial and National Post have reported that the worlds largest Movie Rental chain, BlockBuster Video is now exploring Bankruptcy as a way to escape its growing debt as Movie and Video Game rentals plummet as growing competition and online sources stretch the Movie Rental giant to the verge of collapse. This Bankruptcy will likely close all of the companies 7500 stores in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia and put hundreds of thousands of people out of work.
It just keeps getting better and better doesn't it folks?
Border Crossings
Effective June 1st, anyone crossing the U.S./Canada border by land or sea will require a passport or other approved legal document in order to be allowed across.
For years, due to the close relationship between Canadians and Americans all that has ever been required to the cross the border was a birth certificate and valid photo I.D. (usually a Driver's License), well no more. Due to the eternal War on Terror and growing border security concerns Canada and the U.S. entered into a heightened border security agreement that went into full effect on June 1st.
Canadian Business's that depend on Tourism for survival have expressed concern about this new requirement, as according to official figures 54% of Canadians and only 30% of American's hold valid passports, so further economic woes are expected to follow as a result of this new rule.
Don't have a passport? Still want to visit your neighboring country? No Problem. Many Canadian Provinces and U.S. states are now offering an "Enhanced" Driver's License as a cheaper alternative to a Passport. However anyone wishing to acquire one of these "Enhanced" Driver's licenses will be subject to new enhanced security precautions and must submit to new Facial Recognition Technology and go through a vigorous half hour interview before an "Enhanced" drivers license can be issued.
These "Enhanced" Driver's Licenses are equipped with the latest RFID Technology and contain a chip that can be read by a remote sensor 4.5 meters away from the card.
The idea here is to speed up data processing and reduce wait times, but what it essentially boils down to is the increasing violation of your personal privacy by "secure" wireless data transmission.
Welcome to 1984.
Child Protection Makes Progress
For years Child Abuse Registries fell under Provincial Regulation meaning that someone that was convicted of harming or abusing a child in one Province could simply move to another Province and enter child related fields with a clean slate to re offend. Then a few years ago, this disgusting loop hole was closed as all Provincial Registries were transferred to Federal Control and combined to provide a more secure and detailed national database to ensure that those who harm children could be quickly identified should they ever try to gain access to children again.
As wonderful as this is, sadly, only about 30% of those convicted of crimes against children are ever actually added to this national Child Abuse Registry, as having someone actually added to this registry requires a special request from the crown attorney and this can be disputed by the offender.
There is now a bill being put forward by Federal Officials that if approved will require anyone convicted of crimes against children to be automatically added to this database and further more, be legally required to submit a DNA sample upon conviction that will be kept on file used to help solve crimes when they occur.
Already Privacy Groups are protesting this move, but I must give this bill my full support. As far as I'm concerned when someone harms a child they automatically forfeit any right to privacy that they may have had, and if I had my way they would never get to re offend as I would lead them out of the court room upon conviction and execute them.
I applaud the authorities for this move and wish them nothing but success. Anything that helps keep children safe, is a good thing.
and finally:
Jesse Ventura Tells It Like It Is
In my cyber Travels I stumbled across this two part interview with former Navy SEAL and U.S. Governor Jesse Ventura. I submit them for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9yfMdNC6cQ
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejahDWoYk2A
Both Canada and the U.S. could use more Politicians like this
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings my Dear Readers,
I come to you today from a sunny paradise
I've been meaning to post for a week or so, but alas life has not allowed me the opportunity, so I thought I might take a few moments and try to get caught up.
Loss
The body of Actor David Carradine was discovered in Bangkok, Thailand. The victim of apparent Suicide. He starred in over 100 movies including the recent Kill Bill series, but will always be best known in my eyes for the TV series "Kung Fu" and "Kung Fu: The Legend Continues"
An unfortunate Loss. May he rest in Peace.
The Economy Woes Continue
While personal bankruptcies, unemployment and Welfare claims continue to climb to record levels, the shaky global economy continues its tail spin and claims yet another multinational victim.
The Financial and National Post have reported that the worlds largest Movie Rental chain, BlockBuster Video is now exploring Bankruptcy as a way to escape its growing debt as Movie and Video Game rentals plummet as growing competition and online sources stretch the Movie Rental giant to the verge of collapse. This Bankruptcy will likely close all of the companies 7500 stores in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia and put hundreds of thousands of people out of work.
It just keeps getting better and better doesn't it folks?
Border Crossings
Effective June 1st, anyone crossing the U.S./Canada border by land or sea will require a passport or other approved legal document in order to be allowed across.
For years, due to the close relationship between Canadians and Americans all that has ever been required to the cross the border was a birth certificate and valid photo I.D. (usually a Driver's License), well no more. Due to the eternal War on Terror and growing border security concerns Canada and the U.S. entered into a heightened border security agreement that went into full effect on June 1st.
Canadian Business's that depend on Tourism for survival have expressed concern about this new requirement, as according to official figures 54% of Canadians and only 30% of American's hold valid passports, so further economic woes are expected to follow as a result of this new rule.
Don't have a passport? Still want to visit your neighboring country? No Problem. Many Canadian Provinces and U.S. states are now offering an "Enhanced" Driver's License as a cheaper alternative to a Passport. However anyone wishing to acquire one of these "Enhanced" Driver's licenses will be subject to new enhanced security precautions and must submit to new Facial Recognition Technology and go through a vigorous half hour interview before an "Enhanced" drivers license can be issued.
These "Enhanced" Driver's Licenses are equipped with the latest RFID Technology and contain a chip that can be read by a remote sensor 4.5 meters away from the card.
The idea here is to speed up data processing and reduce wait times, but what it essentially boils down to is the increasing violation of your personal privacy by "secure" wireless data transmission.
Welcome to 1984.
Child Protection Makes Progress
For years Child Abuse Registries fell under Provincial Regulation meaning that someone that was convicted of harming or abusing a child in one Province could simply move to another Province and enter child related fields with a clean slate to re offend. Then a few years ago, this disgusting loop hole was closed as all Provincial Registries were transferred to Federal Control and combined to provide a more secure and detailed national database to ensure that those who harm children could be quickly identified should they ever try to gain access to children again.
As wonderful as this is, sadly, only about 30% of those convicted of crimes against children are ever actually added to this national Child Abuse Registry, as having someone actually added to this registry requires a special request from the crown attorney and this can be disputed by the offender.
There is now a bill being put forward by Federal Officials that if approved will require anyone convicted of crimes against children to be automatically added to this database and further more, be legally required to submit a DNA sample upon conviction that will be kept on file used to help solve crimes when they occur.
Already Privacy Groups are protesting this move, but I must give this bill my full support. As far as I'm concerned when someone harms a child they automatically forfeit any right to privacy that they may have had, and if I had my way they would never get to re offend as I would lead them out of the court room upon conviction and execute them.
I applaud the authorities for this move and wish them nothing but success. Anything that helps keep children safe, is a good thing.
and finally:
Jesse Ventura Tells It Like It Is
In my cyber Travels I stumbled across this two part interview with former Navy SEAL and U.S. Governor Jesse Ventura. I submit them for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9yfMdNC6cQ
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejahDWoYk2A
Both Canada and the U.S. could use more Politicians like this
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Incompetence and Loss
May 22 2009
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Today I come to you from a bright and sunny Paradise. Our 100 days of fun and sun have begun and our play ground of the rich and famous is beginning to switch into high gear for another season. The Labour day weekend that signals the end or winding down of summer for us, is a long way off but all the locals will counting the down the days until it arrives and returns a sense of sanity to our humble playground home.
First up: The Keystone Cops have a suspect
Unless you've been living under rock you've heard that the bungling morons or Woodstock's keystone cops have now arrested a young couple in the abduction and murder of eight year old Victoria Stafford (the subject of my April 13th Rant).
On Wendsday April 8th eight year old Victoria Stafford vanished on her way home from school. A high school surveillance camera near her elementary school caught Victoria on camera walking without struggle with a young woman, after this no sign of Victoria could be found. According to the story, Victoria was abducted at random by 18 year old Terri-Lynne McClintic for sexual purposes. It is believed that when Terri-Lynne and her 28 year old boyfriend Michael Rafferty, finished with little Victoria, Rafferty took the child and killed her only hours after her abduction.
As sick and twisted as this story is I still place heavy blame on the Woodstock authorities for not issuing an immediate Amber Alert the moment they realized Victoria was missing. Considering we now know that Victoria was killed only hours after her abduction its unknown whether an Amber Alert would have been effective, but now we'll never know.
When a child is abducted, whether by a male or female, regardless of the reason, seconds count. The Amber Alert system was designed to put an entire area into high alert (and the country that matter) and have everyone on the watch for the missing child. We now know that Rafferty took Victoria out of the Woodstock area to kill her, had an Amber Alert been issued, maybe she might have come to someone attention and saved before she was killed.
Woodstock and a hurt and shocked Nation now grieve the loss of young Victoria.
As I stated in my previous Rant on this matter, I hope the Woodstock authorities are held accountable for their screw up and Bias that very likely cost this child her life.
In 2007, 60,582 children were reported missing in Canada. The vast majority of these reports were the result of Parental Abductions, which very rarely result in harm to the child. Runaways account for a large numbers of these missing children reports. Of all these reported missing children in 2007, only 56 were kidnapped by someone other then the child's parents. In these few cases of Stranger abductions, seconds count. If a child is not recovered within 48 hours of the initial abduction they are very rarely found alive, this why Amber Alerts must be issued immediately when a child goes missing.
But now as a result of Colossal Incompetence, a young child is gone.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Today I come to you from a bright and sunny Paradise. Our 100 days of fun and sun have begun and our play ground of the rich and famous is beginning to switch into high gear for another season. The Labour day weekend that signals the end or winding down of summer for us, is a long way off but all the locals will counting the down the days until it arrives and returns a sense of sanity to our humble playground home.
First up: The Keystone Cops have a suspect
Unless you've been living under rock you've heard that the bungling morons or Woodstock's keystone cops have now arrested a young couple in the abduction and murder of eight year old Victoria Stafford (the subject of my April 13th Rant).
On Wendsday April 8th eight year old Victoria Stafford vanished on her way home from school. A high school surveillance camera near her elementary school caught Victoria on camera walking without struggle with a young woman, after this no sign of Victoria could be found. According to the story, Victoria was abducted at random by 18 year old Terri-Lynne McClintic for sexual purposes. It is believed that when Terri-Lynne and her 28 year old boyfriend Michael Rafferty, finished with little Victoria, Rafferty took the child and killed her only hours after her abduction.
As sick and twisted as this story is I still place heavy blame on the Woodstock authorities for not issuing an immediate Amber Alert the moment they realized Victoria was missing. Considering we now know that Victoria was killed only hours after her abduction its unknown whether an Amber Alert would have been effective, but now we'll never know.
When a child is abducted, whether by a male or female, regardless of the reason, seconds count. The Amber Alert system was designed to put an entire area into high alert (and the country that matter) and have everyone on the watch for the missing child. We now know that Rafferty took Victoria out of the Woodstock area to kill her, had an Amber Alert been issued, maybe she might have come to someone attention and saved before she was killed.
Woodstock and a hurt and shocked Nation now grieve the loss of young Victoria.
As I stated in my previous Rant on this matter, I hope the Woodstock authorities are held accountable for their screw up and Bias that very likely cost this child her life.
In 2007, 60,582 children were reported missing in Canada. The vast majority of these reports were the result of Parental Abductions, which very rarely result in harm to the child. Runaways account for a large numbers of these missing children reports. Of all these reported missing children in 2007, only 56 were kidnapped by someone other then the child's parents. In these few cases of Stranger abductions, seconds count. If a child is not recovered within 48 hours of the initial abduction they are very rarely found alive, this why Amber Alerts must be issued immediately when a child goes missing.
But now as a result of Colossal Incompetence, a young child is gone.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Insanity, Change and Whack Jobs
May 18 2009
Greetings my Dear Readers,
I come to you today totally bagged out and exhausted from the first long weekend of the dreaded tourist season that turns my sleepy little Paradise Vacation spot into a thriving Metropolis of insanity for approximately 100 days a year. But as I have a few things on my mind this evening lets get right to it shall we...
First up: Insanity
Last week in a satellite community not all that far from me, a young child was sexually assaulted while she slept. Apparently a stranger entered the home through a back door that was some how left unlocked while the family was asleep and made his way to the child's bedroom. The child's screams as she struggled against her attacker awoke her parents who had been asleep in a nearby room and brought them to their daughters rescue. The attacker fled the scene and remains at large. Authorities have warned people to keep their doors locked at night but are not saying much else.
Now, I'm no police investigator but it doesn't take a genius to figure out that this was no random attack. First off, how was this sicko able to make his way through the home to the child's bedroom without disturbing anyone else in the house? Clearly he knew exactly which room to find the child in and how to get to it. My guess is that the attacker is a friend of the family, someone who knows the family and child well enough to have been inside their home to know which bedroom belonged to the child and which belonged to her parents. How else was he able to make his way through the home in the dark to exactly the right room without disturbing anyone.
How is it that the back door just happened to be left unlocked on this particular night? Perhaps this family seldom locked its doors or maybe the attacker had been a guest in their home that very evening and purposely left the home through that door hoping it would be over looked and left unlocked.
Either way, the authorities should stop looking at the community as a whole and start taking a much closer look at the families friends and associates. It is possible that the attacker may well be a stranger who took the time to stalk and monitor his target long enough to get all the info he needed for this attack and was just lucky enough to find an unlocked door on the night he made his move. But highly unlikely.
A child's room is suppose to be a place for a child to be safe and secure. Free from the dangers of the world. Sadly, in todays messed up world, and with the monsters who wander our streets a child isn't even safe in the confines of their own room.
Clearly no one in this sleepy satellite community will rest easy until this sicko is found and removed from the streets.
Next up: Change on the Horizon
When 2009 began this Cold Hearted Bastard had big plans for the coming year, but the death of my Friend and Boss put all that on hold as I was unexpectedly thrust to the forefront having to suddenly step up and attempt to hold together a thriving corporate business and large number of grieving staff. Now five months later as things seem to have stabilized and as we gear up for another summer of utter insanity, I now find myself looking at homes in another quiet and sleepy retirement community in a much colder area of the country.
My only decisions now will be:
1 - Whether or not to remain in my current and secure profession or change gears all together and once again roll the dice of Fate, and
2 - When to pull the pin and bail on Paradise and make the move to a this new and much colder location.
Maybe a trip or two in the coming months to this possible new location will help bring these answers.
Finally: City Life and Whack Jobs
The state of Mental Health in this country is reaching disturbing lows. Every major city and minor town has its share of whack jobs who wander the streets the yelling and screaming at thin air. What once was a sad and unfortunate sight, is now becoming all too common virtually everywhere in this country.
Just the other day in my quiet vacation nook, I was outside one of our local malls when I was approached by this relatively young man who was quite aggressively yelling at thin air. I automatically assumed he was on a cell phone, only to discover that no, he was in fact having a rather heated and aggressive discussion with invisible people.
As he continued to approach me, he was screaming that he would not be saved, that there was no up and no down and that we were all going to the abyss. As I braced myself for what I expected to be a violent meeting he turned the corner and the started heading away from me. Then stopped, turned to face me and screamed at me "I won't be saved, just come over here and try and see what you get" while staring pure hatred and death in my direction. I just rolled my eyes and ignored him. Not getting any reaction from me he continued on his way yelling and screaming at thin air and threatening anyone who crossed his path.
To be honest he reminded me of a young man who a few years ago, got jacked up on cocaine, cut off his own testicles and walked naked down the street screaming "Sinner's Repent!" until he was subdued by authorities and taken for Medical and Psychiatric attention. This is very likely the same young man.
These people are not only a danger to themselves but to others, if this screaming lunatic who had tried to threaten me, had encountered a small child or senior citizen would he have hesitated to attack either of them?
I know this isn't going to be a popular opinion, but these unstable freak shows either have to be locked up for their own protection where they can get the care they need, or society has to put its foot down and have these freaks euthanized for the safety and well being of the population as a whole.
For the cost of a few 10 cent bullets, authorities can clean up our streets, save tax payers millions of dollars and actually make our city streets safer for law abiding citizens. But will this happen? No. The bleeding hearts who run this country will continue to pretend the problem doesn't exist and ignore these unstable wastes of humanity while they harm and maim the good and decent people.
In short, Some things never change.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings my Dear Readers,
I come to you today totally bagged out and exhausted from the first long weekend of the dreaded tourist season that turns my sleepy little Paradise Vacation spot into a thriving Metropolis of insanity for approximately 100 days a year. But as I have a few things on my mind this evening lets get right to it shall we...
First up: Insanity
Last week in a satellite community not all that far from me, a young child was sexually assaulted while she slept. Apparently a stranger entered the home through a back door that was some how left unlocked while the family was asleep and made his way to the child's bedroom. The child's screams as she struggled against her attacker awoke her parents who had been asleep in a nearby room and brought them to their daughters rescue. The attacker fled the scene and remains at large. Authorities have warned people to keep their doors locked at night but are not saying much else.
Now, I'm no police investigator but it doesn't take a genius to figure out that this was no random attack. First off, how was this sicko able to make his way through the home to the child's bedroom without disturbing anyone else in the house? Clearly he knew exactly which room to find the child in and how to get to it. My guess is that the attacker is a friend of the family, someone who knows the family and child well enough to have been inside their home to know which bedroom belonged to the child and which belonged to her parents. How else was he able to make his way through the home in the dark to exactly the right room without disturbing anyone.
How is it that the back door just happened to be left unlocked on this particular night? Perhaps this family seldom locked its doors or maybe the attacker had been a guest in their home that very evening and purposely left the home through that door hoping it would be over looked and left unlocked.
Either way, the authorities should stop looking at the community as a whole and start taking a much closer look at the families friends and associates. It is possible that the attacker may well be a stranger who took the time to stalk and monitor his target long enough to get all the info he needed for this attack and was just lucky enough to find an unlocked door on the night he made his move. But highly unlikely.
A child's room is suppose to be a place for a child to be safe and secure. Free from the dangers of the world. Sadly, in todays messed up world, and with the monsters who wander our streets a child isn't even safe in the confines of their own room.
Clearly no one in this sleepy satellite community will rest easy until this sicko is found and removed from the streets.
Next up: Change on the Horizon
When 2009 began this Cold Hearted Bastard had big plans for the coming year, but the death of my Friend and Boss put all that on hold as I was unexpectedly thrust to the forefront having to suddenly step up and attempt to hold together a thriving corporate business and large number of grieving staff. Now five months later as things seem to have stabilized and as we gear up for another summer of utter insanity, I now find myself looking at homes in another quiet and sleepy retirement community in a much colder area of the country.
My only decisions now will be:
1 - Whether or not to remain in my current and secure profession or change gears all together and once again roll the dice of Fate, and
2 - When to pull the pin and bail on Paradise and make the move to a this new and much colder location.
Maybe a trip or two in the coming months to this possible new location will help bring these answers.
Finally: City Life and Whack Jobs
The state of Mental Health in this country is reaching disturbing lows. Every major city and minor town has its share of whack jobs who wander the streets the yelling and screaming at thin air. What once was a sad and unfortunate sight, is now becoming all too common virtually everywhere in this country.
Just the other day in my quiet vacation nook, I was outside one of our local malls when I was approached by this relatively young man who was quite aggressively yelling at thin air. I automatically assumed he was on a cell phone, only to discover that no, he was in fact having a rather heated and aggressive discussion with invisible people.
As he continued to approach me, he was screaming that he would not be saved, that there was no up and no down and that we were all going to the abyss. As I braced myself for what I expected to be a violent meeting he turned the corner and the started heading away from me. Then stopped, turned to face me and screamed at me "I won't be saved, just come over here and try and see what you get" while staring pure hatred and death in my direction. I just rolled my eyes and ignored him. Not getting any reaction from me he continued on his way yelling and screaming at thin air and threatening anyone who crossed his path.
To be honest he reminded me of a young man who a few years ago, got jacked up on cocaine, cut off his own testicles and walked naked down the street screaming "Sinner's Repent!" until he was subdued by authorities and taken for Medical and Psychiatric attention. This is very likely the same young man.
These people are not only a danger to themselves but to others, if this screaming lunatic who had tried to threaten me, had encountered a small child or senior citizen would he have hesitated to attack either of them?
I know this isn't going to be a popular opinion, but these unstable freak shows either have to be locked up for their own protection where they can get the care they need, or society has to put its foot down and have these freaks euthanized for the safety and well being of the population as a whole.
For the cost of a few 10 cent bullets, authorities can clean up our streets, save tax payers millions of dollars and actually make our city streets safer for law abiding citizens. But will this happen? No. The bleeding hearts who run this country will continue to pretend the problem doesn't exist and ignore these unstable wastes of humanity while they harm and maim the good and decent people.
In short, Some things never change.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
The Swine Flu and More White Trash
May 13 2009
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Its been a couple weeks since my last post. I'm often amazed at how quickly time flies, but in that time a few things have caught my attention:
First up: Swine Nothing
The last couple weeks the news has been over run with hysteria over "Swine" Flu. A new strain variation of the N1H1 Flu, that is apparently transmitted from Pigs to Humans, then Human to Human. When this flu first hit the news a couple weeks ago it spread like wildfire in Mexico, quickly killed 25 people and then spread across the globe causing Disease Control Centres to go into a panic and fueled by the mass media news outlets the population was quickly bombarded with reports of a Killer "Flu Pandemic".
While the news media fueled a Global Hysteria the Swine Flu despite spreading like wildfire world wide has killed an estimated total of 150 people, most of them in Mexico. While the world goes into a Panic everyone tends to forget that the normal Flu kills approximately 36,000 people in North America alone every year and an estimated 500,000 people worldwide annually. In the mean time the Swine flu has all but sizzled out and become less of a concern then the common cold.
In the mean time however an Elementary School and Daycare were closed for over a week not far from me after one child contracted a confirmed case of Swine Flu (the child had just returned from a holiday in Mexico with her parents). The Flu has run its course and the child is fine. Proving all the "hype" around this Swine scare is nothing more then the media's typical fear mongering propaganda.
Next Up: Human Trash
A few years ago, former neighbors, a Married, slightly mentally handicapped couple had two small children both of whom also suffered from mental handicaps, the youngest is so severely handicapped that he is expected to function at the level of an 18 month old for the reminder of his life, the oldest suffers only a slight mental handicap and with a little support could do quite well for herself.
This couple maybe due to their handicap or simply due to the fact that they are lousy parents had both their children apprehended by family services due to their failure to care for them properly. Shortly after losing the children, the couple broke up and the father went on to "adventures in surgery" and has officially switched teams. The mother had dropped off the radar and I hadn't seen her around for awhile. Then suddenly yesterday I bump into her and over heard her talking to a friend, she was obviously pregnant and talking about how excited she was about having a new baby.
I was physically ill. Here is a woman who has already had two children, and had then taken away from her because she was not capable of being a decent mother, and she's having another one? I'm sorry folks, but I can't be the only one who sees a problem here. Its people like this that make me sick. I know for a fact, that both of her previous children are in foster care and will never be returned. Yet she can still pump out more children?
I've seen several cases like this over the years where unfit parents abuse, harm, and kill their children or are simply not capable of caring for them, Family services intervenes to save what children it can, then these monster parents go on an simply go on to have more children. Yet forced sterilization is illegal?
I had more but I'm too sick after this last topic to continue.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Its been a couple weeks since my last post. I'm often amazed at how quickly time flies, but in that time a few things have caught my attention:
First up: Swine Nothing
The last couple weeks the news has been over run with hysteria over "Swine" Flu. A new strain variation of the N1H1 Flu, that is apparently transmitted from Pigs to Humans, then Human to Human. When this flu first hit the news a couple weeks ago it spread like wildfire in Mexico, quickly killed 25 people and then spread across the globe causing Disease Control Centres to go into a panic and fueled by the mass media news outlets the population was quickly bombarded with reports of a Killer "Flu Pandemic".
While the news media fueled a Global Hysteria the Swine Flu despite spreading like wildfire world wide has killed an estimated total of 150 people, most of them in Mexico. While the world goes into a Panic everyone tends to forget that the normal Flu kills approximately 36,000 people in North America alone every year and an estimated 500,000 people worldwide annually. In the mean time the Swine flu has all but sizzled out and become less of a concern then the common cold.
In the mean time however an Elementary School and Daycare were closed for over a week not far from me after one child contracted a confirmed case of Swine Flu (the child had just returned from a holiday in Mexico with her parents). The Flu has run its course and the child is fine. Proving all the "hype" around this Swine scare is nothing more then the media's typical fear mongering propaganda.
Next Up: Human Trash
A few years ago, former neighbors, a Married, slightly mentally handicapped couple had two small children both of whom also suffered from mental handicaps, the youngest is so severely handicapped that he is expected to function at the level of an 18 month old for the reminder of his life, the oldest suffers only a slight mental handicap and with a little support could do quite well for herself.
This couple maybe due to their handicap or simply due to the fact that they are lousy parents had both their children apprehended by family services due to their failure to care for them properly. Shortly after losing the children, the couple broke up and the father went on to "adventures in surgery" and has officially switched teams. The mother had dropped off the radar and I hadn't seen her around for awhile. Then suddenly yesterday I bump into her and over heard her talking to a friend, she was obviously pregnant and talking about how excited she was about having a new baby.
I was physically ill. Here is a woman who has already had two children, and had then taken away from her because she was not capable of being a decent mother, and she's having another one? I'm sorry folks, but I can't be the only one who sees a problem here. Its people like this that make me sick. I know for a fact, that both of her previous children are in foster care and will never be returned. Yet she can still pump out more children?
I've seen several cases like this over the years where unfit parents abuse, harm, and kill their children or are simply not capable of caring for them, Family services intervenes to save what children it can, then these monster parents go on an simply go on to have more children. Yet forced sterilization is illegal?
I had more but I'm too sick after this last topic to continue.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Pathetic Society and Sale of Children
April 29 2009
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Over the last couple weeks since my last post, several things have caught my eye.
First off a week or so ago I noticed an article outlining an class action suit being launched against the Ontario Lottery Corporation, for allowing people who have voluntarily banned themselves from Ontario Casino's back into the Casino's only to have them lose everything they have.
This article made me ill. Here we have people who voluntarily ban themselves from Casino's voluntarily returning, losing money and now suing and blaming the casino for what they themselves voluntarily chose to do.
"But the Casino's shouldn't have allowed them back in" is the big argument. Now anyone that has worked in any public service industry knows that when you deal with thousands of people a day, everyday, there is no way you can remember every single person. As Casino's do not require Photo Identification to enter the premises (unless you obviously look below legal age), those working the door would have no way of knowing who is voluntarily banned from the place and who isn't. This is just another sickening example of people failing to take responsibility for their own actions and trying to get some else to foot the bill for their mistakes.
Absolutely pathetic, I hope if this case ever sees a court room the judge has enough sense to throw the case out of court and tell these people to grow up and start taking responsibility for their own choices.
Next: Children for Retail Sale
Earlier this week I caught an article about a mother in England who attempted to sell her 9 year old daughter for 200,000 pounds, (approx. $400K Canadian).
The mother wanted to make some money to pay off some bills and live a little easier. The Sad part is the Mother actually had a buyer on the line. Fortunately for the child the cops swooped in and arrested the Mother and would be buyer before the deal was closed and child was never seen again.
How pathetic is this world where the precious gift of children can be so easily sold off by their parents as nothing more then a retail commodity. So many good caring people out there would love to have a child to love and care for while so many monsters pump them out and seem to care so little for what others would love to have.
And people wonder why I have so much contempt for the trash in this world.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings my Dear Readers,
Over the last couple weeks since my last post, several things have caught my eye.
First off a week or so ago I noticed an article outlining an class action suit being launched against the Ontario Lottery Corporation, for allowing people who have voluntarily banned themselves from Ontario Casino's back into the Casino's only to have them lose everything they have.
This article made me ill. Here we have people who voluntarily ban themselves from Casino's voluntarily returning, losing money and now suing and blaming the casino for what they themselves voluntarily chose to do.
"But the Casino's shouldn't have allowed them back in" is the big argument. Now anyone that has worked in any public service industry knows that when you deal with thousands of people a day, everyday, there is no way you can remember every single person. As Casino's do not require Photo Identification to enter the premises (unless you obviously look below legal age), those working the door would have no way of knowing who is voluntarily banned from the place and who isn't. This is just another sickening example of people failing to take responsibility for their own actions and trying to get some else to foot the bill for their mistakes.
Absolutely pathetic, I hope if this case ever sees a court room the judge has enough sense to throw the case out of court and tell these people to grow up and start taking responsibility for their own choices.
Next: Children for Retail Sale
Earlier this week I caught an article about a mother in England who attempted to sell her 9 year old daughter for 200,000 pounds, (approx. $400K Canadian).
The mother wanted to make some money to pay off some bills and live a little easier. The Sad part is the Mother actually had a buyer on the line. Fortunately for the child the cops swooped in and arrested the Mother and would be buyer before the deal was closed and child was never seen again.
How pathetic is this world where the precious gift of children can be so easily sold off by their parents as nothing more then a retail commodity. So many good caring people out there would love to have a child to love and care for while so many monsters pump them out and seem to care so little for what others would love to have.
And people wonder why I have so much contempt for the trash in this world.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Vocational Hell and Keystone Cops
April 13 2009
Greetings My Dear Readers,
I hope the Easter Bunny was good to each of you.
Let's see what irritating me today?
First off, on the vocational front, as many of you may remember my Boss, Friend and Colleague passed away in early January leaving myself and another "Middle Management" coworker to run the show and keep things on track. Now here we are three months later and the powers that be have finally found a willing candidate to fill the position. So far from what I have seen, I have to admit, I'm not impressed. We are now in the process training our soon to be superior for a position they have never held and very poorly suited for. I'll do the best I can to shield my staff from this impending nightmare, but I foresee dark days in our staff's vocational future. Things are going to be interesting...
Next Up:
Bungling Moron's AKA: Woodstock's Keystone Cop's
On Wendsday April 8th, eight year old Victoria Stafford vanished on her way home from school in Woodstock, Ontario. Authorities immediately began a search for this little girl when she failed to return home. Shortly after they discovered video footage of Victoria seen walking with a "Woman of Interest" by the local High School near the Elementary School Victoria attended.
As Victoria was seen walking without a struggle with this unknown woman, no Amber Alert was issued and critical time was lost. Here we are now 5 days later and no sign of little Victoria has been found. In my eyes, the Woodstock Authorities royally screwed up and allowed bias to cloud their judgment, now as time passes the likelihood of Victoria returning home safely is sadly fading. I guarantee that if the surveillance footage from the high school had shown Victoria walking with an unknown male rather then a woman, an Amber Alert would have been issued immediately and the entire area would have gone into high alert and the odds of quickly finding or getting a lead on this little girl would have greatly increased.
Due to the sickening double standard in this society, the odds of this little girl coming home safely have been drastically reduced.
Our hopes and prayers are with little Victoria and her family at this time, may she return home safely and quickly. Then once this all over, whether it ends well or not, I hope the bungling moron's that they call Woodstock Authorities are held accountable and steps are taken to correct this sickening double standard that so clearly puts all our children at risk.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.
Greetings My Dear Readers,
I hope the Easter Bunny was good to each of you.
Let's see what irritating me today?
First off, on the vocational front, as many of you may remember my Boss, Friend and Colleague passed away in early January leaving myself and another "Middle Management" coworker to run the show and keep things on track. Now here we are three months later and the powers that be have finally found a willing candidate to fill the position. So far from what I have seen, I have to admit, I'm not impressed. We are now in the process training our soon to be superior for a position they have never held and very poorly suited for. I'll do the best I can to shield my staff from this impending nightmare, but I foresee dark days in our staff's vocational future. Things are going to be interesting...
Next Up:
Bungling Moron's AKA: Woodstock's Keystone Cop's
On Wendsday April 8th, eight year old Victoria Stafford vanished on her way home from school in Woodstock, Ontario. Authorities immediately began a search for this little girl when she failed to return home. Shortly after they discovered video footage of Victoria seen walking with a "Woman of Interest" by the local High School near the Elementary School Victoria attended.
As Victoria was seen walking without a struggle with this unknown woman, no Amber Alert was issued and critical time was lost. Here we are now 5 days later and no sign of little Victoria has been found. In my eyes, the Woodstock Authorities royally screwed up and allowed bias to cloud their judgment, now as time passes the likelihood of Victoria returning home safely is sadly fading. I guarantee that if the surveillance footage from the high school had shown Victoria walking with an unknown male rather then a woman, an Amber Alert would have been issued immediately and the entire area would have gone into high alert and the odds of quickly finding or getting a lead on this little girl would have greatly increased.
Due to the sickening double standard in this society, the odds of this little girl coming home safely have been drastically reduced.
Our hopes and prayers are with little Victoria and her family at this time, may she return home safely and quickly. Then once this all over, whether it ends well or not, I hope the bungling moron's that they call Woodstock Authorities are held accountable and steps are taken to correct this sickening double standard that so clearly puts all our children at risk.
Until next time,
Your Cold Hearted Bastard,
D.