Well the feds are at it again, this is our turn to host both G-8 and G-20 conferences the first in Huntsville at one of the resorts that has been turned into a military camp and the other in Toronto downtown on Front st. Yes we have an obligation to take our turn and host these world leaders and yes they need security however this 36 hour swarey in Toronto where the bulk of the security is required takes also most of the cost, this event hasn't even happened yet however the tab is already at 1.1 BILLION DOLLARS and yes you heard that right.
The final tally will be much higher when it's all over, i can't for the life of me understand why so much as last year in Pittsburg the americans spent $18 million dollars, and if you add the last 6 summits the total is less than a quarter billion dollars. Well the feds are having to bring in cops from across Canada paying for flights, salaries, meals and ovcourse accomadations not at motel 6 but the harbour castle westin hotel and by the way every room in the place is booked by the feds.
Where this goes off the rails for me is the visiting ( 19 ) countries have recieved clearance from CSIS and the RCMP to bring their own security for their particular leaders. If you haven't figured this out it means ultimately their own people will handle their own security for their leader, only quordinating with Canadian security. When you considerall the problems we have including deficits, busted infrastructure and short falls in health spending and here we have a no limit ATM card being passed around, i am a conservative and agree most of the time however this time their really out to lunch.
See you soon....
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Sad Day For Children
When i was a child my parents never said no when i wanted to play any sport, they payed my registration and aquired any equipment that was required and i just assumed every other child had the same. I guess i may have been blessed as my older brother took no interest iin sport and i never used hand-me-downs, when i looked around the locker room i would see a guy using his older brothers equipment however it was no big deal as nobody cared as long as he could play.
As i became an assistant with my father i soon discovered that there were families that were having trouble because i watched my dad quietly purchase skates, equipment and even sticks for boy's who required but could not get. As i got older the scope broadened over time and after my father passed i continued the practice, as an example i chose my roster after 3 weeks of tryouts in may for the fall schedule i discovered 5 single mother's are part of my roster. When my staff and i met for pop & wings and discuss my choices they chuckled that single coach and 5 single mothers (HA-HA).By the end of season things went relaticely smooth however by my calculations due to funding it cost me about $2400.00 and felt it was worth it especially when those 5 boys had a ball and never knew a thing.
This week i was saddened to learn of a study done that revealed that 1 in3 children don't play organized sport with hockey leading the way because their parents couldn't afford the cost.. In hockey it requires an investment of about $1000,00 minimum every year as children out grow their equipment and of course a new stick and sharpening of skates every week and god forbid your kid developes and gets promoted from house league to elite level your costs will likely triple. I used to think it was wrong to sell ads on the boards but with ice costs approaching $300.00 for 50 minutes it's now more agreeable to me and maybe selling the rights to coke or pepsi for exclusive access in the rink and if it means drinking pop you don't normally so be it if it helps hold the line on ice costs. When an organization host's a tournament sell the naming rights to generate funding to hold the line on registrations and since i was part of the elite levels i know that individual clubs raise any where from $20,000,00 and $46,000.00 the league should demand 10% and with 8 to 10 teams raising large sums this could generate $11,000.00 or more i know because my last year we raised slightly over $50,000.00.
Some will tell you that organizations will absorb your child's registration however having been on the board of 2 organizations i can tell you no i must warn you that you had better be prepared to loose your dignity as you must prove that your broke. The mistrust is not their fault as many a parent has tried in the past to cheat the system. I'm glad i'm not around now as it's heart breaking to see what is going on now.
See you soon....
As i became an assistant with my father i soon discovered that there were families that were having trouble because i watched my dad quietly purchase skates, equipment and even sticks for boy's who required but could not get. As i got older the scope broadened over time and after my father passed i continued the practice, as an example i chose my roster after 3 weeks of tryouts in may for the fall schedule i discovered 5 single mother's are part of my roster. When my staff and i met for pop & wings and discuss my choices they chuckled that single coach and 5 single mothers (HA-HA).By the end of season things went relaticely smooth however by my calculations due to funding it cost me about $2400.00 and felt it was worth it especially when those 5 boys had a ball and never knew a thing.
This week i was saddened to learn of a study done that revealed that 1 in3 children don't play organized sport with hockey leading the way because their parents couldn't afford the cost.. In hockey it requires an investment of about $1000,00 minimum every year as children out grow their equipment and of course a new stick and sharpening of skates every week and god forbid your kid developes and gets promoted from house league to elite level your costs will likely triple. I used to think it was wrong to sell ads on the boards but with ice costs approaching $300.00 for 50 minutes it's now more agreeable to me and maybe selling the rights to coke or pepsi for exclusive access in the rink and if it means drinking pop you don't normally so be it if it helps hold the line on ice costs. When an organization host's a tournament sell the naming rights to generate funding to hold the line on registrations and since i was part of the elite levels i know that individual clubs raise any where from $20,000,00 and $46,000.00 the league should demand 10% and with 8 to 10 teams raising large sums this could generate $11,000.00 or more i know because my last year we raised slightly over $50,000.00.
Some will tell you that organizations will absorb your child's registration however having been on the board of 2 organizations i can tell you no i must warn you that you had better be prepared to loose your dignity as you must prove that your broke. The mistrust is not their fault as many a parent has tried in the past to cheat the system. I'm glad i'm not around now as it's heart breaking to see what is going on now.
See you soon....
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Tickets To Free Ride
When yourout and about and for any reason gets pulled over by city, regional, or O.P.P and recieve a ticket for an offence you pay it during the time alloted and if you choose not to you will find a little surprise waiting for you at the drivers renewal centre. The laws were changed years ago mostly to collect back monies for the 407 tolls, and so the provincial coffers are full as nobody can live without their plates for theor cars.
The municipalities have no such protections for tickets written for by-law violations and have calculated that the entire province owes over 1 BILLION DOLLARS in unpayed fines. Almost if not all cities are having funding problems and have pleaded with premier McGoofy and his side kick finance minister and are not getting anywhere with their proposal. Their request that all municipal violations be added to your license renewals, this however has fallen on deaf ears. You as a tax payer make up for the shortfalls this creates by increased property, sewer and water rates each year when a small number continue to brake the law and scoff at the authorites when it comes to paying.
This is further proof that we live in an age where honour and entegratie no longer applies and that includes our politicians who see no personnal gain from moving forward so it's business as usual and cities continue to find new and creative ways to pay for the services they are mandated to pay for by wait for it ... the province , the same bone heads who won't assist in retrieving these lost revenues. We need to let McGoofy and his band of thieves know were tired of being treated as idiots but if we reelect the liberals then we really are morons.
See you soon....
The municipalities have no such protections for tickets written for by-law violations and have calculated that the entire province owes over 1 BILLION DOLLARS in unpayed fines. Almost if not all cities are having funding problems and have pleaded with premier McGoofy and his side kick finance minister and are not getting anywhere with their proposal. Their request that all municipal violations be added to your license renewals, this however has fallen on deaf ears. You as a tax payer make up for the shortfalls this creates by increased property, sewer and water rates each year when a small number continue to brake the law and scoff at the authorites when it comes to paying.
This is further proof that we live in an age where honour and entegratie no longer applies and that includes our politicians who see no personnal gain from moving forward so it's business as usual and cities continue to find new and creative ways to pay for the services they are mandated to pay for by wait for it ... the province , the same bone heads who won't assist in retrieving these lost revenues. We need to let McGoofy and his band of thieves know were tired of being treated as idiots but if we reelect the liberals then we really are morons.
See you soon....
Monday, May 24, 2010
Follow Up Time
I thought today i would up date everyone on a couple of blogs i wrote previously. On Sunday the Windsor Spitfires not only won the Memorial Cup they dominated the other 3 teams, during their 4 game run they trailed there opponents a total of 3;02 and out scored the 3 teams 29-9 that translates into an average score of 8-2.25 and won Sunday 9-1 in the championship game. The head coach Bob Boughner and general manager Warren Rychel deserve a lot of credit and i know they have 3 first round picks and 2 of the top 3 being drafted this summer in the NHL draft, although it's not on the same scale but i had a simular type team that all i needed to do was instruct and they carried it out, the hard part is gettong them to buy in on the team concept.
I was surprised to hear Spitfire management say that the name on the front is more important than the name on the back of the sweater, this was also taught to me as a player and passed on to my players when i became a head coach. They exibited that very trait not just now but for a remarkable 2 seasons. This is a good reason for the people of Windsor to celebrate since they haven't had a lot to cheer about lately.
On a different subject the oil spill in the gulf is moving slowly and yet the mess is widenlng and is now reported to be 10 miles inland in the middle of the Lisisiana wetlands killing the spawning grounds for many wildlife, Late last week Newfoundland-Labrador Premier Willams stated in the legislator that we have to move forward for economic reasons and there will NOT be any issues like B-P is having in the gulf as this is an isolated case. I wish i were wrong but i said this very thing about the federal government and not the provinceas i felt the locals would care especially with a fragile economic fishing fleet
Stay tuned for more on this subject as i believe we're headed down a slippery slop, See you soon....
I was surprised to hear Spitfire management say that the name on the front is more important than the name on the back of the sweater, this was also taught to me as a player and passed on to my players when i became a head coach. They exibited that very trait not just now but for a remarkable 2 seasons. This is a good reason for the people of Windsor to celebrate since they haven't had a lot to cheer about lately.
On a different subject the oil spill in the gulf is moving slowly and yet the mess is widenlng and is now reported to be 10 miles inland in the middle of the Lisisiana wetlands killing the spawning grounds for many wildlife, Late last week Newfoundland-Labrador Premier Willams stated in the legislator that we have to move forward for economic reasons and there will NOT be any issues like B-P is having in the gulf as this is an isolated case. I wish i were wrong but i said this very thing about the federal government and not the provinceas i felt the locals would care especially with a fragile economic fishing fleet
Stay tuned for more on this subject as i believe we're headed down a slippery slop, See you soon....
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Crybaby Sheep
Way back when the federal government instituded anew progressive tax to replace an old antiquated manufacturing tax, this change became known as the "GST". The finance minister claimed at the time it was revenue neutral and canadians shouldn't be upset with a new tax nor believe this was just another tax grab. I think for the first time in political history in this country there was wide spread anger and the Liberals lead by Jean (speak out of both sides of my mouth) Chretian ran a campaign of repeal and in the next general election they nearly wiped out the tories as they went from a super majority to just 2 seats in the house of commons. The 2 were Elsie Wayne and of all people Jean Charest the present leader of the province of Quebec and also now a liberal, and strangely we still have the tax todayso i guess roughly 15 million people all had a brain cramp on election day.
as anybody with an operating brain could have told you that no government can live without the revenues this tax brings in To soften the blow we recieve a cheque every quarter like a crying child being given a ice cream a pat on the head and told to run along, sadly we've done just that. As Yogi Berra once said it's deja vue all over again circa 2010 again the lying liberals at Queen's Park are instituting a new tax for Ontario which they claim will only equalize the tax rate that other provinces already have in place to work in conjunction with the federal tax rates. The "HST" has been around for a long time just not here in Ontario, the only people speaking up against the tax incease yes i said tax increase are the opposition at Queen's Park and as all good parties when or if they gain power will likely find a reason not to change back.
McGuinty and his band of thieves in an effort to soften the blow is bribing the people of Ontario with cheques over the next year, $1000.00 to families and the grand sum of $300.00 to single suckers like me. I hope your now getting the picture because it seems till this goes into effect nobody either knows or cares. Just wait for your first hydro bill or cable bill or if your buying or selling a home once this takes effect you might feel differently as that one time payout won't look so enviting. We fell for this scam once shame on you , we fall for this twice shame on me. One economist report says that it will cost a family of 4 an additional $1800.00 a year due to the "HST" my math isn't the best but a one timee payment of $333.00 x 3 payments in one year will never offset the increase in expendicher from now on.
Now it's to late for a revolt by taxpayers as the province has hired away hundreds of revenue canada employees to process the "HST" so it appears were now stuck with something were either to stupid or just don't care about as long as it doesn't effect your day to day lives and boy will it ever.
See you soon....
as anybody with an operating brain could have told you that no government can live without the revenues this tax brings in To soften the blow we recieve a cheque every quarter like a crying child being given a ice cream a pat on the head and told to run along, sadly we've done just that. As Yogi Berra once said it's deja vue all over again circa 2010 again the lying liberals at Queen's Park are instituting a new tax for Ontario which they claim will only equalize the tax rate that other provinces already have in place to work in conjunction with the federal tax rates. The "HST" has been around for a long time just not here in Ontario, the only people speaking up against the tax incease yes i said tax increase are the opposition at Queen's Park and as all good parties when or if they gain power will likely find a reason not to change back.
McGuinty and his band of thieves in an effort to soften the blow is bribing the people of Ontario with cheques over the next year, $1000.00 to families and the grand sum of $300.00 to single suckers like me. I hope your now getting the picture because it seems till this goes into effect nobody either knows or cares. Just wait for your first hydro bill or cable bill or if your buying or selling a home once this takes effect you might feel differently as that one time payout won't look so enviting. We fell for this scam once shame on you , we fall for this twice shame on me. One economist report says that it will cost a family of 4 an additional $1800.00 a year due to the "HST" my math isn't the best but a one timee payment of $333.00 x 3 payments in one year will never offset the increase in expendicher from now on.
Now it's to late for a revolt by taxpayers as the province has hired away hundreds of revenue canada employees to process the "HST" so it appears were now stuck with something were either to stupid or just don't care about as long as it doesn't effect your day to day lives and boy will it ever.
See you soon....
Saturday, May 22, 2010
A Coward at Heart
What i'm about to say may and probablely sounds like the ramblings of a raving lunitic however i have to vent some where and as i said i believethat since becoming disabiled i've become more of a passifist and unwilling to fight verbally or fyphically over anything. Those of you who know me and since only some family and a couple of friends read this you know i wasn't the nicest person around when i could get around on my own, yes hurting any body didn't bother me and i guess this is god's way of making a better person but it's an aweful crueland i still believe this today.
joke if it is. I don't know how much more i can take of my life and i accepted all of my illness's as being all my responsibility and didn't blame others for the cards i was dealt,I will admit allong the way i've met some incredibly nice people who have tried very hard to soffen the blow so to speak, and i believe in my heart it's also brought my siblings and i together as for most of our lives we were as you would say 4 people in a row boat with an oar each rowing in different directions. I grew up in Mississuaga and allong the way thought i had friends not close but still friends whom because i now live in Kitchener and to far to travel have shall i say abandened me. In other blogs i spoke about my years of service to minor hockey mostly in Clarkson as both player and coach, they recently cellebrated the 50th anniversary of the organization and brought back people for a big party and guess when i wasn't included even with 7 years as a player, 14 as coach, 8 years as a director, 5 time tournament director including 3 of my fathers memorial tournament and with my cousin on the organizing committee no, no invit.
When i go out any where i find myself apologizing for things i shouldn't have to, such as being to slow getting on a bus to people actually running into me in malls and me saying i'm sorry The people assigned to help make my life easier or maybe i'm wrong come up with ideas that they believe work but i'm the test dumby that has to make it all work, such as something simple like getting offyour bed and going into the bath room and get on the toilet and getting up to leave simple right, not for me as i have to use a sliding board to my chair then sliding board to toilet and sliding board back to chair This simple task is both time consuming but also exhausting
What i find most frustrating is even when i'm down or not feeling well i have to paint the smile on and be the jovial fat guy because thats what is expected and as i was reminded recently when i said something in a time of depression to "SHUT AND DIE IF YOUR GOING TO YOUR ALWAYS DOING THIS" so i don't tellany one the truth any more because everyone has their own issues and even though they ask they really don't care. I find myself losing my temper with myself more frequently lately and have thought about the after life and if you believe in god and the bible how much better it would be and to give me a chance to catch up with my father who passed on October 23,1988 and still miss terribly.
My only regret is i'm to much of a coward to end things and even have thought about stopping dialysis and let nature take it's course. Please don't get me wrong as when you get depressed you think the worst and although i shouldn't feel like this being busy with regional comittees, dtalysis 3 to 4 days a week and a growing SMC home business i still feel this way. A funny reason as well is when i sleep i keep having this sad dream that when i die a service is held and my 3 sibling show up and sit in different areas of the chapel with my best friend and his wife allong with my good friend down the hall and nobody else there.
Thaks for allowing me this long winded rant, i know i feel better.
See you soon...
joke if it is. I don't know how much more i can take of my life and i accepted all of my illness's as being all my responsibility and didn't blame others for the cards i was dealt,I will admit allong the way i've met some incredibly nice people who have tried very hard to soffen the blow so to speak, and i believe in my heart it's also brought my siblings and i together as for most of our lives we were as you would say 4 people in a row boat with an oar each rowing in different directions. I grew up in Mississuaga and allong the way thought i had friends not close but still friends whom because i now live in Kitchener and to far to travel have shall i say abandened me. In other blogs i spoke about my years of service to minor hockey mostly in Clarkson as both player and coach, they recently cellebrated the 50th anniversary of the organization and brought back people for a big party and guess when i wasn't included even with 7 years as a player, 14 as coach, 8 years as a director, 5 time tournament director including 3 of my fathers memorial tournament and with my cousin on the organizing committee no, no invit.
When i go out any where i find myself apologizing for things i shouldn't have to, such as being to slow getting on a bus to people actually running into me in malls and me saying i'm sorry The people assigned to help make my life easier or maybe i'm wrong come up with ideas that they believe work but i'm the test dumby that has to make it all work, such as something simple like getting offyour bed and going into the bath room and get on the toilet and getting up to leave simple right, not for me as i have to use a sliding board to my chair then sliding board to toilet and sliding board back to chair This simple task is both time consuming but also exhausting
What i find most frustrating is even when i'm down or not feeling well i have to paint the smile on and be the jovial fat guy because thats what is expected and as i was reminded recently when i said something in a time of depression to "SHUT AND DIE IF YOUR GOING TO YOUR ALWAYS DOING THIS" so i don't tellany one the truth any more because everyone has their own issues and even though they ask they really don't care. I find myself losing my temper with myself more frequently lately and have thought about the after life and if you believe in god and the bible how much better it would be and to give me a chance to catch up with my father who passed on October 23,1988 and still miss terribly.
My only regret is i'm to much of a coward to end things and even have thought about stopping dialysis and let nature take it's course. Please don't get me wrong as when you get depressed you think the worst and although i shouldn't feel like this being busy with regional comittees, dtalysis 3 to 4 days a week and a growing SMC home business i still feel this way. A funny reason as well is when i sleep i keep having this sad dream that when i die a service is held and my 3 sibling show up and sit in different areas of the chapel with my best friend and his wife allong with my good friend down the hall and nobody else there.
Thaks for allowing me this long winded rant, i know i feel better.
See you soon...
Friday, May 21, 2010
Cracks, Cracks and more Cracks
I'm sorry for not blogging lately as i have been busy with SMC my home business, and more importantly was trying to calm down after a week of social workers. If any of you saw Thursday nights Grey's Anatomy, i actually began to fantasies that i was the gun man looking for social workers instead of surgeons although there are some that need to be weeded out, sorry i dygress. I live on what is known as Sunnyside Campus, for those who have never been here we have a several acre property which houses a nursing home as well as a 119 unit public housing as well as my building with 31 units some market rent and 12 housing of which i'm in.
Just recently a new 30 unit assisted living building opened, they offer a wide assortment of services as these are people whom need some help but can still live in their own apartment. The building was built at a cost of slightly over 8 million dollars, the Sunnyside Foundation added a Wellness Centre at a cost of $660,000.00 of which to this point they have raised over $500,000.00 , now the centre is open and open to all of us. The staff invited me to see and join the gym, however due to my inabilities to pay $40.00 a month or $360.00 a year which is about the going rate for gym memberships, the only problem is i can only use 2 weight machines and the message therapist and whirlpool tub is by paying an unditermend amount on top of the enishal fees.
The Sunnyside social worker and my CCAC rep have both told me i don't qualify for assistance as i'm not there for rehab. and doesn't matter if i need to work on upper body strenght so i can continue to transfer in and out of my chair and also needing exerciseto lose weight is inmaterial as well. So wait for it "Glenn you as i hate to say it you've fallen into an crack", this is not the first time so god help you if your single, white, on disability and sadly only 49 years old. I don't have a partner to help defray the costs, believe it or not in 2010 we still have racialproblems as if i were a minority i wouldn't have any problems then, being on disability pension i can't afford this membership, and most importantly at 49 i'm to young and to old although my age could be debated. I can't understand government services you see a problem you fix the problem then go back and repair what went wrong, this is how the business world works however the knuckle draggers in power still don't understand.
Thanks for your patience and allowing me to vent, see you soon...
Just recently a new 30 unit assisted living building opened, they offer a wide assortment of services as these are people whom need some help but can still live in their own apartment. The building was built at a cost of slightly over 8 million dollars, the Sunnyside Foundation added a Wellness Centre at a cost of $660,000.00 of which to this point they have raised over $500,000.00 , now the centre is open and open to all of us. The staff invited me to see and join the gym, however due to my inabilities to pay $40.00 a month or $360.00 a year which is about the going rate for gym memberships, the only problem is i can only use 2 weight machines and the message therapist and whirlpool tub is by paying an unditermend amount on top of the enishal fees.
The Sunnyside social worker and my CCAC rep have both told me i don't qualify for assistance as i'm not there for rehab. and doesn't matter if i need to work on upper body strenght so i can continue to transfer in and out of my chair and also needing exerciseto lose weight is inmaterial as well. So wait for it "Glenn you as i hate to say it you've fallen into an crack", this is not the first time so god help you if your single, white, on disability and sadly only 49 years old. I don't have a partner to help defray the costs, believe it or not in 2010 we still have racialproblems as if i were a minority i wouldn't have any problems then, being on disability pension i can't afford this membership, and most importantly at 49 i'm to young and to old although my age could be debated. I can't understand government services you see a problem you fix the problem then go back and repair what went wrong, this is how the business world works however the knuckle draggers in power still don't understand.
Thanks for your patience and allowing me to vent, see you soon...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Three Cheers for Windsor
When you consider what the economy has done to most families and cities things are not great but none as bad as Windsor. The border city that by all accounts needs binoculars to see the light of day, when you travel to the border it appears as a bustling city with enormous numbers crossing both directions of the Ambassador btidge and car traffic in the tunnel. If you look a little closer you see boarded up retail stores and warehouses and thanks to some short sighted polititions they tied there financial future to the big 3 auto makers way back when and did so because across the Detriot river were the head offices of the auto makers .
The productivity was great till free trade came along and the auto agreement was scraped and NAFTA took over as then auto's no longer had to be built here and parts took over the plants, again the city leaders didn't pay heed to the coming storm. In 2008 we watched the big 3 almost become the bankrupt 3, and as they went into free fall so did the spinoff jobs at all the suppliers as well with high unemployment taking over. The polititions in their wisdom again tied theirhopes to the Wndsor Casino and all the well paying jobs as well as entertainment winfalls that would follow, and of course nothing was created as the hoards of visitors did come to Windsor except they went directly to the casino spent their money and left town, not stopping anywhere to drop a dime.
I tell you this as i still have family there and i hear about whats going on and thankfully as CBC-TV which was the local station left town as well, something like rats jumping ship. Now like a defibulator giving CPR the Windsor Spitfires are about to play for the memorial cup on sunday as they just finished the 4 team round robin 3-0 advancing directly to the finals and as defending CHL champions they stand a good chance and with a little luck they will return home from Brandon Manitoba with the Memorial cup in hand.
So hooray for the people of Windsor as they truly needed this as it's one step forward for the city and maybe its just a baby step but at least these young men won't stub their toes.
See you soon....
The productivity was great till free trade came along and the auto agreement was scraped and NAFTA took over as then auto's no longer had to be built here and parts took over the plants, again the city leaders didn't pay heed to the coming storm. In 2008 we watched the big 3 almost become the bankrupt 3, and as they went into free fall so did the spinoff jobs at all the suppliers as well with high unemployment taking over. The polititions in their wisdom again tied theirhopes to the Wndsor Casino and all the well paying jobs as well as entertainment winfalls that would follow, and of course nothing was created as the hoards of visitors did come to Windsor except they went directly to the casino spent their money and left town, not stopping anywhere to drop a dime.
I tell you this as i still have family there and i hear about whats going on and thankfully as CBC-TV which was the local station left town as well, something like rats jumping ship. Now like a defibulator giving CPR the Windsor Spitfires are about to play for the memorial cup on sunday as they just finished the 4 team round robin 3-0 advancing directly to the finals and as defending CHL champions they stand a good chance and with a little luck they will return home from Brandon Manitoba with the Memorial cup in hand.
So hooray for the people of Windsor as they truly needed this as it's one step forward for the city and maybe its just a baby step but at least these young men won't stub their toes.
See you soon....
Friday, May 14, 2010
An Update and Correction
Yesterday i wrote a blog about Graham James and today i must make a correction and update on the case to this point. I said that Sheldon Kennedy and Theo Fleury were instramental in James's conviction this was incorrect as only Kennedy was involved, however Fleury filed a complaint recently when his autobiography came out. A news report by CTV last night reported that James is staying in Mexico at the moment and also the Winnipeg Police as well as a couple of un-named forces are looking into Fleury's alligations and stated that if true new charges will be layed.
For his part James's lawyer stated that his client is not trying to hide and will answer all charges against him. I think this guy is dumber than a rock as i believe Canada and Mexico has a extradishion agreement in place so hiding there makes no sense and surely James knows it's just a matter of time before he heads back to a 8x10 cell somewhere here in Canada.
I have no compassion for this guy as he misused a sacred trust with his players and although i'm now retired from coaching i still have a love for the game.
see you soon....
For his part James's lawyer stated that his client is not trying to hide and will answer all charges against him. I think this guy is dumber than a rock as i believe Canada and Mexico has a extradishion agreement in place so hiding there makes no sense and surely James knows it's just a matter of time before he heads back to a 8x10 cell somewhere here in Canada.
I have no compassion for this guy as he misused a sacred trust with his players and although i'm now retired from coaching i still have a love for the game.
see you soon....
Thursday, May 13, 2010
To Pardon or Not To Pardon
The tories up in Ottawa are finally moving forward on new legislation for the parol board especially to ammend the area involving pardons since the public outcry particularly from the hockey community across Canada. Those of you not knowing what i'm talking about, recently the parol board of Canada pardoned Graham James who wass sentenced a few years ago for assaulting teen aged hockey players and i'm sure you now know since Sheldon Kennedy and Tharon Fleury both now retired NHL'ers. They played for James in the western hockey league specifically the Swift Current Broncos, these men came forward and helped to convict James and we now know there were more whom couldn't or wouldn't come forward.
What James did was reprehensible and deserved more time in jail however thats our liberal judicial system, further more he has soiled every coach in every sport out there. Any volunteer now must go through a police check including finger printing which i guess is noe such a bad thing since it seems petifiles have discovered a great place to play, as you know i coached kids from 1979 to 2001 and as time went on i wasn't in the dressing room till my players were either mostly or completely dressed, and at the end of the game nobody undressed till my talk was over and the staff left the room mind you we never left the hallway to insure the safety of all my players. In hind sight i don't see why i ever did go in while the boys dressed and now should you see a coach going into his room before he needs to take him aside and remind him of the perception and it's more importantly not proper.
Maybe lucky for us now that our present parol board has given James a pardon in essence a clearing of his records he has found work, yes and with kids as well, thankfully in Italy. I know what your saying"Why are we sending are problems abroad, we wouldn't want theirs", and your absolutly right however now that his record has been exsponged theres not one thing we can do about it and thats why the government is now making changes, sort of like closing the barn door after the horses have left but better now since if left unchecked in i believe 4 years Carla Homolka ends her probation and could do the same, so watch and listen and call if you don't hear any more from Ottawa in the near future.
Also don;t forget the May scented candle sale continues for 2 more weeks:
1st purchase $12.95
2nd. purchase$7.95
plus p.s.t & g.s.t.
e0mail me at grrutterenterprises16@gmail.com
What James did was reprehensible and deserved more time in jail however thats our liberal judicial system, further more he has soiled every coach in every sport out there. Any volunteer now must go through a police check including finger printing which i guess is noe such a bad thing since it seems petifiles have discovered a great place to play, as you know i coached kids from 1979 to 2001 and as time went on i wasn't in the dressing room till my players were either mostly or completely dressed, and at the end of the game nobody undressed till my talk was over and the staff left the room mind you we never left the hallway to insure the safety of all my players. In hind sight i don't see why i ever did go in while the boys dressed and now should you see a coach going into his room before he needs to take him aside and remind him of the perception and it's more importantly not proper.
Maybe lucky for us now that our present parol board has given James a pardon in essence a clearing of his records he has found work, yes and with kids as well, thankfully in Italy. I know what your saying"Why are we sending are problems abroad, we wouldn't want theirs", and your absolutly right however now that his record has been exsponged theres not one thing we can do about it and thats why the government is now making changes, sort of like closing the barn door after the horses have left but better now since if left unchecked in i believe 4 years Carla Homolka ends her probation and could do the same, so watch and listen and call if you don't hear any more from Ottawa in the near future.
Also don;t forget the May scented candle sale continues for 2 more weeks:
1st purchase $12.95
2nd. purchase$7.95
plus p.s.t & g.s.t.
e0mail me at grrutterenterprises16@gmail.com
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Eat what you want today
In America it's national eat what you want day today and i'm unsure if we in Canada celebrate as well, so if we do great and if we don't very good as well. I believe that days such as these are no more than a promotion by corporate giants, in a day when all of north america thinks were a nation of fat people and if you note i wrote a blog about this very subject. The biggest impact is with our children who pester their extremely busy parents who cave in to essaly and either stop in on their way home or phone for delivery once they get home.
The major players inundate our lives with ads on t.v. radio and newspapers but mostly if you've checked your mailbox lately this is the largest offender, we all know whom i'm talking about so it makes no sense to mention their names and give them some free advertising. This proclaimation is issued due to pressure by these corporations on the national government in whats known as lobbying by individuals paid to wander the halls in Washington and Ottawa spreading murth and merriment and i hope you understand what i mean.
I believe a day such as today we need to send a message that we'll spend our hard earned money when, where and how we want The best thing that could happen is nobody buy anything today and go home for a change and sit around the table and share a home cooked meal. This would send a loud message to these companies and you save a few dollars.
See you soon....
The major players inundate our lives with ads on t.v. radio and newspapers but mostly if you've checked your mailbox lately this is the largest offender, we all know whom i'm talking about so it makes no sense to mention their names and give them some free advertising. This proclaimation is issued due to pressure by these corporations on the national government in whats known as lobbying by individuals paid to wander the halls in Washington and Ottawa spreading murth and merriment and i hope you understand what i mean.
I believe a day such as today we need to send a message that we'll spend our hard earned money when, where and how we want The best thing that could happen is nobody buy anything today and go home for a change and sit around the table and share a home cooked meal. This would send a loud message to these companies and you save a few dollars.
See you soon....
Monday, May 10, 2010
COURAGE !!!
Some in my life have told me i'm couragous and i don't know maybe i am, however i don't know what courage means or is en yet i believe i have seen 2 people close to me whom i know have it. One lives near me and if you read my blogs you already know him, he has such a good disposition considering he is on dialysis and also now blind and for the first time in his life has to rely on others for everything from getting around to making a meal. This man whom i have known for quite a while was very independant most of his life, and now just sits and listens to the world instead of participating.
The second i have known all of her life and proud to say i have loved her since the first time i changed her diaper at a very young age. Yes this is my sister's daughter, yes my niece and brbably the most couragous person i know. She has been a very caring person all of her life as she has an older sister whom she has always looked out for from an early age when grampa would give her a quarter and rather than run off she would stand right there and hold her hand out asking where was her sisters quarter, and now she has to live with a very serious ailment known as LUPUS which i don't understand alot about except it's extremely painful. My niece i would like to say she's had a good life except i can't as she had 2 failed relationships but did get 3 wonderful children and i guess a fair trade for years of crap. The oldest was an incredible young lad whom now needs some male influines as now a teenager and while still a good kid just a little off, his brothers from her second relationship are both nice kids except one has a heart condition that if unchecked could be fatal, but what makes things more difficult for her is all 3 are hyper and either do or should be on ridlin.
One other thing is she is no doubt a member of my side of the family as she has the backbone and temper of our side, fortunatly she in no way resembles me lucky for her. If i could take on her physical and financial limitatios i would as i love and admire her very much.
See you soon...
The second i have known all of her life and proud to say i have loved her since the first time i changed her diaper at a very young age. Yes this is my sister's daughter, yes my niece and brbably the most couragous person i know. She has been a very caring person all of her life as she has an older sister whom she has always looked out for from an early age when grampa would give her a quarter and rather than run off she would stand right there and hold her hand out asking where was her sisters quarter, and now she has to live with a very serious ailment known as LUPUS which i don't understand alot about except it's extremely painful. My niece i would like to say she's had a good life except i can't as she had 2 failed relationships but did get 3 wonderful children and i guess a fair trade for years of crap. The oldest was an incredible young lad whom now needs some male influines as now a teenager and while still a good kid just a little off, his brothers from her second relationship are both nice kids except one has a heart condition that if unchecked could be fatal, but what makes things more difficult for her is all 3 are hyper and either do or should be on ridlin.
One other thing is she is no doubt a member of my side of the family as she has the backbone and temper of our side, fortunatly she in no way resembles me lucky for her. If i could take on her physical and financial limitatios i would as i love and admire her very much.
See you soon...
Friday, May 7, 2010
Technology Good or Bad
I can't believe after writing my last blog in which i talk about kids at KFC unable to write or use their heads to figure out totals after the power went out and was forced to do it all manually. Along comes Black Thursday and for many of you who don't follow the business news network you maybe surprised to hear that in a span of no more than 15 minutes the Dow Jones Industrial lost 997 points, yes i will say it again 997 points. Yes the financial crisis in Greece and other countries in europe was a factor, however the largest cause was one person and his computer ketboard.
While the D-J was loosing ground it was holding it's own till about 2:00pm when someone entering numbers for Proctor & Gamble entered a B instead of an M meaning BILLIONS not MILLIONS and the D-J trading computers took over. The D-J has an automatic kickin system for their clients on all of their stocks when they hit a certain level and due to the entry mistakewas entered P-G started to fall and in a short time the value of their stock had dropped around 50% and as traders stood on the floor the numbers just fell through the floor along with their jaws. The mistake was corrected by the end of trading however the mistaken bloodbath ended up costing investers an estimated 700 BILLION dollars.
I know your about to say here again is a case of imput error not the computer however thats easy to say if you weren't effected. Don't get me wrong i'm not saying lets go back to the stone age all i'm saying is lets slow the pace down alittle. When you think about it computers are in control of all of our day to day operations up to and including major deptments of every country in the world, and doesn't that make you think. No the sky isn't falling as i stated before we need to slow down and be sure of everything we enter on our keyboards. This is not the first time nor willit be the last but we can't cotinue to shrug our shoulders and say "OH WELL"
As always speak whats on your alegide minds, see you soon....
While the D-J was loosing ground it was holding it's own till about 2:00pm when someone entering numbers for Proctor & Gamble entered a B instead of an M meaning BILLIONS not MILLIONS and the D-J trading computers took over. The D-J has an automatic kickin system for their clients on all of their stocks when they hit a certain level and due to the entry mistakewas entered P-G started to fall and in a short time the value of their stock had dropped around 50% and as traders stood on the floor the numbers just fell through the floor along with their jaws. The mistake was corrected by the end of trading however the mistaken bloodbath ended up costing investers an estimated 700 BILLION dollars.
I know your about to say here again is a case of imput error not the computer however thats easy to say if you weren't effected. Don't get me wrong i'm not saying lets go back to the stone age all i'm saying is lets slow the pace down alittle. When you think about it computers are in control of all of our day to day operations up to and including major deptments of every country in the world, and doesn't that make you think. No the sky isn't falling as i stated before we need to slow down and be sure of everything we enter on our keyboards. This is not the first time nor willit be the last but we can't cotinue to shrug our shoulders and say "OH WELL"
As always speak whats on your alegide minds, see you soon....
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Obesity, call it what it is YOUR FAT
O.k. before i get started i have to disclose the fact that i'm fat. Now that i got that off my stomach we can move forward, and i want to rant alittle bit about what is wrong out there and why people and especially children are obese. Way back when, long before 200 cable channels, playstation 3and even cell phones we as kids used our emaginations and picked teams for road hockey as well as baseball.During our formative years at public and senior public schools we attendedgym either every or other days, however where we started to go off the rails is when we started high school and after grade 9 gym became an option that many didn't pick up after that.
So now we move forward to today and some kids hardly see the light of day and the only workout they recieve is to their fingers on the control pad and the snacks their mothers provide. You know you don't see kids outside playing group sports and this is not neccessarily the children's fault as the school boards have banned the use of the fields during and after school hours. The kids are not in the streets playing everthing from hide:n:seek to road hockey out of fear the bylaw officer might happen by, i truly feel sorry for today's generation since not only are they loosing out on much needed exercise but more importantly the inter action with other kids.
It's great that technology has advanced and made things simpler however in some areas it's harmed us, i'm not talking about children alone and what i mean by that is i had an occasion at KFC our power went out which meant we lost the use of the electronic cash registers. Well with 5 teenagers there it became a chinese fire drill trying to service the customers, these kids have used calculators most of their lives and couldn't figure out the numbers (eh gads).
I'm warning all you people with kids that are gaining weight don't think about Walmart, Zeller's, The Bay or Sears for cloths as those boneheads still think they need to purchase small, medium and large for kids and adults, when were in an extra large or larger world. Mom and dad your not of the hook either as i know were in a 2 job fast pasted world however we spend far to much time sitting in line at fast food places instead of home cooked meals. Ther is enough blame to go around and sadly we point our fingers everywhere except at the biggest offender and thats ourselves.
As always please leave your comments if you choose to as it would be nice to know what you think,
see you soon....
So now we move forward to today and some kids hardly see the light of day and the only workout they recieve is to their fingers on the control pad and the snacks their mothers provide. You know you don't see kids outside playing group sports and this is not neccessarily the children's fault as the school boards have banned the use of the fields during and after school hours. The kids are not in the streets playing everthing from hide:n:seek to road hockey out of fear the bylaw officer might happen by, i truly feel sorry for today's generation since not only are they loosing out on much needed exercise but more importantly the inter action with other kids.
It's great that technology has advanced and made things simpler however in some areas it's harmed us, i'm not talking about children alone and what i mean by that is i had an occasion at KFC our power went out which meant we lost the use of the electronic cash registers. Well with 5 teenagers there it became a chinese fire drill trying to service the customers, these kids have used calculators most of their lives and couldn't figure out the numbers (eh gads).
I'm warning all you people with kids that are gaining weight don't think about Walmart, Zeller's, The Bay or Sears for cloths as those boneheads still think they need to purchase small, medium and large for kids and adults, when were in an extra large or larger world. Mom and dad your not of the hook either as i know were in a 2 job fast pasted world however we spend far to much time sitting in line at fast food places instead of home cooked meals. Ther is enough blame to go around and sadly we point our fingers everywhere except at the biggest offender and thats ourselves.
As always please leave your comments if you choose to as it would be nice to know what you think,
see you soon....
Monday, May 3, 2010
What an oily mess
I know your wondering why i'm talking about whats going on in the Gulf of Mexico, and your saying to yourself what has that have to do with Canada? Well it has plenty to do with us, to start with look for a big jump in sea food pricesas a large group of shrimpers are located as well as crab boats all in the line of the slick moving into the shoreline as well as the tourist beaches which the way it looks now are about to be ruined as it looks as though nothing can stop it now.
The reason i really brought this up was the major oil companies are asking our federal government is as i speak are being asked to wave certain environmental rules to save time and money for the oil companies. They contend that the practice of off shore drilling is completely safe, and since this disaster the oil people are calling this an isolated insident. If any one out there believes any of this garbage so be it.
I believe that now is not the time to relax the rules but the time to strengthen them, however i also believe the federal government must be pushed into this position as they would likely choose the economy over the environment. I don't think you understand how if one rig went down in the atlantic the damage to the areas of the grand banks could be ruined for decades.
I'm not a what you wpuld call a "tree hugger" and i don't blue bin very well, however i see a disaster coming our way if we collectively put the brakes on this runaway train, so do like me talk to your neighbors and all your friends and family and then let your member of parliment knowthat you want NO demand stiffer rules for the oil companies, oh and please don't tell me they can't afford the extra charges when their quarterly net profits are over 1 billion dollars.
Come on people standup and be counted before it's to late. As always let me know if you agree or disagree about this or any other of my blogs.
See you soon....
The reason i really brought this up was the major oil companies are asking our federal government is as i speak are being asked to wave certain environmental rules to save time and money for the oil companies. They contend that the practice of off shore drilling is completely safe, and since this disaster the oil people are calling this an isolated insident. If any one out there believes any of this garbage so be it.
I believe that now is not the time to relax the rules but the time to strengthen them, however i also believe the federal government must be pushed into this position as they would likely choose the economy over the environment. I don't think you understand how if one rig went down in the atlantic the damage to the areas of the grand banks could be ruined for decades.
I'm not a what you wpuld call a "tree hugger" and i don't blue bin very well, however i see a disaster coming our way if we collectively put the brakes on this runaway train, so do like me talk to your neighbors and all your friends and family and then let your member of parliment knowthat you want NO demand stiffer rules for the oil companies, oh and please don't tell me they can't afford the extra charges when their quarterly net profits are over 1 billion dollars.
Come on people standup and be counted before it's to late. As always let me know if you agree or disagree about this or any other of my blogs.
See you soon....
A big thank you
Well i finally did it, i held my first open house on Saturday May 1st. i held it at my apartment building in the lounge from 10:00 till 3:00 and strangely enough while we were setting up 2 people walked in at 9:30 and looked around and both made purchases luss setting the stage for something i didn't expect. When i thought about how to get the SMC name out to the public i soon realized a showcase of products was neccesary.
My close friend who has assisted me right from the beginning thought as i did that quite possibly we could be playing cards for 5 hours, instead quite the opposite happened and mind you a large number were either family or good friends. There were also alot of lookers which as you know helps down the road, and of course you get the standard looker who decides that it was more fun to critize, me and the product however every business gets them, and what yjey don't know is i was involved in minor hockey as a player and coach for almost 30 years and you had better become thick skined.
On the whole the day was a huge success and by my count between 25 and 30 people attended with most either ordering or wanting a catolage for future sales. I decided to provide free coffee, free fruit punch, free cookies and free timbits to which i figured all the free loaders in the building would then begin to show up except this didn't occur (thankfully).
As you know i am wheelchair bound so somethings i need help with so want to take the time to thank a couple of my neighboures for their help as well as my good friend who not only assisted but has been both my assistant and also my biggest cheerleader. So a huge THANK YOU MARY even though it doesn't seem enough.
See you soon...
My close friend who has assisted me right from the beginning thought as i did that quite possibly we could be playing cards for 5 hours, instead quite the opposite happened and mind you a large number were either family or good friends. There were also alot of lookers which as you know helps down the road, and of course you get the standard looker who decides that it was more fun to critize, me and the product however every business gets them, and what yjey don't know is i was involved in minor hockey as a player and coach for almost 30 years and you had better become thick skined.
On the whole the day was a huge success and by my count between 25 and 30 people attended with most either ordering or wanting a catolage for future sales. I decided to provide free coffee, free fruit punch, free cookies and free timbits to which i figured all the free loaders in the building would then begin to show up except this didn't occur (thankfully).
As you know i am wheelchair bound so somethings i need help with so want to take the time to thank a couple of my neighboures for their help as well as my good friend who not only assisted but has been both my assistant and also my biggest cheerleader. So a huge THANK YOU MARY even though it doesn't seem enough.
See you soon...
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