Monthly Archives: March 2005

Mr. Dithers misses again

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Steyn summarizes the latest big changes in the Middle East, including a comment from our own clueless PM.

The only world leader who didn’t get the memo was Paul Martin. Who? Well, OK, he’s not exactly a world leader, but he is prime minister of Canada, and asked the other day about the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon he replied thus: “It’s clear if the Syrians are in Lebanon, it’s because peace has to be maintained.” I’m sure Assad is grateful for the endorsement. That and a dime’ll get you a cup of coffee in Winnipeg.

Barrier to reason

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The anti-car drums are beating once again, with the useless argument floated by Miller that the Gardiner blocks the view of the waterfront.  Question is: what view is he talking about?

Mayor David Miller wants city council to get on with tearing down the Gardiner Expressway.

I know Toronto doesn’t want businesses to locate in its 416 zone anymore – ripping out an artery will only help.

Lambs to slaughter

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Even without all the facts, it’s becoming clearer that the young RCMP officers slaughtered last week went in totally unprepared.

The RCMP is fending off suggestions that four of its members who were killed during an investigation of a marijuana grow operation on an Albertan farm were not properly equipped for the situation.

If inquiries into this tragedy don’t result in someone in the chain of command fired, then they will have been a waste of time.

Just useless

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More proof the registry needs to be put to death.

One former Mountie called the registry “totally useless” because criminals don’t register their guns.

“They’ve wasted $2 billion on what should have gone to front-line policing,” said Dennis Young, parliamentary assistant to Saskatchewan Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz, a gun-registry critic.

TTC in its own world

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This letter writer has it right: in addition, how about add some competition and competitive bidding to any aspect of the TTC monolith.  You don’t even want to know what goes on it their garages.

Your article is another telling description of just how out of control the TTC is in the Toronto landscape.

God sorts them out

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Even if you don’t believe in a higher power, you have to agree that whoever decides who lives and dies got it right in this case.

It’s a miracle: A 5-year-old girl taken by her father, who was bent on killing her and himself, was thrown 15 metres from an overpass into oncoming traffic and survived without a broken bone.

The whole crime hits close to home for two reasons: I passed under this bridge minutes before he jumped, and two, I have a brother-in-law who is also involved in a bitter custody dispute.

Zimbabwe update

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Things are getting weird in the Marxist backwater of Zimbabwe.

I have long believed that Robert Mugabe, ruler of the hapless Zimbabwe, will die before he ever admits to having made a mistake. Yet the Telegraph now offers this report, about how Mugabe has admitted to making a mistake!

No, you get the ball

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This looks fun.

In preparation for the Dubai Duty Free Men’s Open, tennis legend, Andre Agassi and the world No. 1, Roger Federer, couldn’t resist the temptation to have a friendly knock about on the world’s highest tennis court, the helipad of Burj Al Arab, the world’s most luxurious hotel.

via BB

Payback time

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The idiots that run this country surely must see that the latest cattle delay …

Canada’s beef producers were stunned today by yet another setback as an American judge agreed to postpone the opening of the U.S. border to live cattle due to continuing fears about mad cow disease.

… is related to our foolish refusal to support defending ourselves.

Canada’s new ambassador to the United States, Frank McKenna, said today that American officials are clearly upset about the missile defence decision and acknowledged it could cause strains in relations.