October, 2008

Are you the kind of person who unwittingly says insensitive things?

Do you often find yourself saying the wrong thing at the wrong time?

Do you enjoy the taste of your own Hush Puppies?

If so, then have I got a guy for you.  His name... Stephen Harper.

Yep... Canada's Prime Minister seems to have a soft spot for those who have an issue with verbal diarrhea. 

I guess you could say I have a bit of a learned position on bullies.  I know what one looks like quite well considering I encountered many of them during my youth.  So that's where my intolerance stems from. 

Bullies -- whether they hurl insults, sling beer cans, or sing propaganda - are people who are so insecure of their very existence that they need to belittle the actions, activities, and viewpoints of others.

No, someone didn't hijack my blog.

No, Tammy and Gormley haven't figured out how to cloak their postings as mine.

Yes, I'm actually being serious.

Sarah Palin was very, very good on Saturday Night Live.

Roy Romanow always smelled like vanilla.  

I know it's a weird way to start off a blog post about Lorne Calvert... but it's true.  Every time I had an interaction with Romanow as a cub reporter, I found not only was he on message but he just plain smelled good.  It was like he was strategic about what scent he wore when he knew he was going to be in the presence of reporters, supporters, or anyone while in "politician mode."

Anyone who tells you that Stephane Dion can survive Tuesday night's election as the long-term leader of the federal Liberals is a bald-faced liar.

Plain and simple.

Dion's inability to hold his seats -- let alone make any gains -- is reason enough for him to be handed his walking papers by the time the week is out.  But there is an even bigger reason to shuffle Dion out of the leader's chair before the next writ is dropped... that reason is this man.

Poor Sarah Palin... and that mean... mean... Katie Couric.

I mean, if you believe Republican water-carriers, the extent of Couric's "tough questioning" should be such queries as "do you like sunny days" and "if you could be a tree, what kind of tree would you be?"

Starting Monday we have a new weekday programming lineup debuting on News Talk Radio, and I wanted to fill you in on the changes.

Effective Monday, here is what the program schedule will look like:

For Regina listeners on News Talk 980 CJME

The members of the always self-important blogosphere elite are up in arms.  Up in arms because we -- the people who actually have things like standards, ethics and critical thought -- are covering the story of yet another case of children-used-as-props by a politician.

CTV.ca reported a story on Tuesday about a staged photo op which saw Prime Minister Stephen Harper fumble his way through a public display of affection for his nine year old daughter Rachel as he saw her off for school.

Reported CTV :