CBC News - Politics - Academics slam suspension of Parliament

You know that when the academics get on board to criticize something, you know it has to be good...just like all of the Global Warming hot air they are spewing.

CBC News - Politics - Academics slam suspension of Parliament

Put down your slide rulers boys and come out from behind your desks and see what is really happening in the world and see what John Q Public thinks.

On fire

I feel as though I am truly on fire for the Lord. But maybe I am on fire for myself. Or maybe I am on fire for you.

Don't be afraid to step forward. Let your voice be heard in the midst of the insanity. As the Clash once sang,:

"Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
D'you know how you can use it?'

Step forward. Speak what is on your heart. Shout, scream, dance. Do whatever you need to do to feel free.

I can hear you. Believe me. I can hear hear you.

This train is going faster through the night. Some stars have popped up on our right, some fireside landscaped painted on the left. No stops, no rest. A bottle of Scotch, a Bible and a litany of prayers to carry us through this good night.

A little boy is playing with dinky toys on a suicidal death drop. His sister watches impatiently, knowing that her turn will never come. Her salvation will come before she is allowed to play with his toys.

Red light in the distance. Some smoke coming from the dining car. Chicken both crossed the other side. An old joke there but it escapes me. What escapes you? Did you trade your heroes for ghosts after all? Has your disillusioned ball shattered on the dance floor?

If I hung up on you. I am sorry. We never did say goodbye. Did we even say hello?

US General's Plan for Iran

Petraeus: U.S. has plan to deal with Iran's nuclear program

I know what this plan is.

My super secret sources have told me that their plan consists of letting Iran and Russia, bomb the snot out of Israel and then have another reason to say they (the U.S.) are going to fight for democracy and for the peaceful foundation of a new world order where tyranny is a thing of the past...

Remember that you read it here first!

Albuquerque and beyond

Train is picking up steam. I was able to snap a quick pic yesterday as we wove through this world and the next.

But as we headed out to tomorrow, I began to think, which can be a dangerous thing at my age. No TV mass induced medium for me, just pure thought based on a lifetime of snowflakes.

The priest and I got into a pretty good argument about salvation, love and redemption.He was filled with the self righteous indignation that Christ warns about, but I  listened to him. He doesn't really believe in anything anymore, perhaps only in the sanctity of Mother Mary and himself. At least that is something.

Does love ever die? Are you afraid to tell it to me, even now? Art never dies, but the artist does. Do lovers ever die? Can love reach past the flesh, the mortal coil that strangles us all?

I got up and went to the back of the train last night, pondering these questions. I stepped out on the back of the caboose and let the winds carry away my whisper: I love you.

Global warming? I don't think so.

Today's headlines:


Winter Could Be Worst in 25 Years for USA...

CHILL MAP...

Britain's big snow shuts cities...

GAS SUPPLIES RUNNING OUT IN UK...


Elderly burn books for warmth?

Army drafted to rescue 1,000 snow stranded motorists...

Vermont sets 'all-time record for one snowstorm'...

Iowa temps 'a solid 30 degrees below normal'...

Seoul buried in heaviest snowfall in 70 years...


3 die in fire at Detroit home; power was cut...

Midwest Sees Near-Record Lows, Snow By The Foot...

Miami shivers from coldest weather in decade; Florida Gov Signs Emergency Order ...


Cold snap spurs power rationing in China...

Body scanners coming to Canadian airports

CBC News - Canada - Body scanners coming to Canadian airports

Are they serious? Why are not people like womens groups crying foul over this?

Women complain that they are objectified and now in every airport, their entire body can be viewed by complete strangers that are probably more dangerous than the passengers...

These machines not invade our privacy but at 225,000 each are a hideously, overpriced pacifier that will not work.

Dear Minister of Security, Minister of tTransport and Mr. Prime Minister, I have a solution that is more effective than all screen ng available.

I propose a solution that costs approximately 1.25 per bag and is a proven methodology for fighting Muslim extremists. As people of all races enter the security area of the airport, have them eat a pork rind. A Muslim extremist won't do that and if a person says no, that they wont eat the rind, then do with them as you will, for my safety. Please.

Save Canadians untold monies on a frivolous waste of technology and start saving lives.

Loving the unlovable

Can you love the unlovable?

I used to say no, as I figured that I was, well, one of them. I had tattoos. I had hair that reached for the sky and i had no hair at all. I had anger. I had hate. I had love, but never knew it for what it really was at the time.

I had friends. I had girlfriends, but once again, I really thought they existed because of who I was at the time. Someone that liked to drink and have fun. A lot of fun! But that isn't true. or more preciously, I should say that it wasn't true.

It wasn't true then and as a recent epiphany clearly showed me; it isn't true now either. So can you love the unlovable?

Yes.

It doesn't matter what your background. it doesn't matter your skin, hair or underwear color. What matters is "What is good inside of you?" Christ says that none shall see God but through Him. As a Christian, I would tend to believe that.

But if you are an unbeliever, in my eyes, that's okay as most of my friends happen to be unbelievers at this point. We share the same common thread in a lot of cases and that's pretty cool that some, well few of us are alive to be aware that we are alive and not six feet under. I have a few friends there. Wormfood.

As I ride this train that I am on, I hear many conversations. I hear hopes and dreams of those that are close to me physically or in spirit. Some of you are alone. Some sit behind veiled tears. Some make themselves so busy that they are trying to run away from the reality that surrounds them. Some are filled with such joy to be on the journey.

So what does this have to do with loving the unlovable? If someone, like me that has had a darkened past and emerge with people still loving him from then and now..I can try to offer my hand to those now that are considered unlovable.

How?

Donate to a foodbank. So many Canadian families are in need, crazy.
Volunteer somewhere.
Talk to people. Simplely talk with them as you see them on the street. Give what they might need, not what they might want. it is no good to say to someone stay warm, if you do not give him a blanket.

That is my New Years resolution. (Well, that and I would like to have 15 wives knitting me 15 sweaters and to be grand pooh bah of the world) I am an old poop but I do want to make the place that I live in just a little better than it was when I got here.