http://replays.robertsstream.com/racereplays/playf.php?customer=EmeraldDowns&t=1317009741&h=45fe7512611684d97f4aad699c5d2621&url=201109251901EMD5 The most winningest horse in Emerald Downs history finished his 2011 season in fine style, doing what he does best – winning races. West Seattle Boy will be 13 years old January 1, 2012 & could be back for another year, but showed his focus and tenacity with a determined win this afternoon [...]
Archive for September, 2011
Vancouver’s smoking crackdown continues
Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Uncategorized, tagged beaches, culture, editorial, government, law, laws, life, opinion, parks, people, smoking, thoughts, Vancouver, writing on September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Metro Vancouver just announced even tougher anti-smoking measures in all parks and beaches. Here’s the CBc News story on the subject. Below the link is my response to the story, posted on CBC’s site. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/09/23/bc-metro-vancouver-parks-smoking-ban.html —–In BC, & Metro Vancouver in particular, one can smoke pot at will. So smoking is not really [...]
Smart Meters are bad for BC’s people
Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Uncategorized, tagged activism, BC, BC Hydro, culture, democracy, editorial, environment, government, health, life, opinion, people, Perserverance, politics, power, privacy, public health, rights, smart meters, society, thoughts, writing on September 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a few points I can’t deny, on which many people have already begun fighting for. 1) BC Hydro’s own stats show they are spending nearly a billion dollars (of our money) on smart meters. Everyone knows the final tallies on taxpayer-funded projects often come in much higher than first forecast. Hydro claims theft costs [...]
Prince George getting a lousy rap from the media lately
Posted in Opinion/Editorial, tagged BC, environment, fairness, journalism, life, nature, news, opinion, people, random, rural, society, thoughts, urban, writing on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In less than 2 days, the local media has completely trashed rural BC, especially the North. It began with the story of an alleged kidnapping in Sparwood BC, featuring an apparently obvious suspect in Randall Hopley. If the media could have trained a camera on Hopley’s fleeing white Bronco, like the O.J. story, they would [...]
On security & sanity
Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Uncategorized, tagged 9/11, BC, Canada, citizens, culture, customers, democracy, editorial, Harper, life, opinion, people, politics, privacy, security, service, society, thoughts, writing on September 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/09/06/bc-911-airport-security-behaviour-pattern-recognition.html The number of serious security breaches have tailed off dramatically since 9/11, yet authorities continue to demand more & greater screening and detection measures, at the cost of privacy and dignity of the passenger. Curiously, there is no evidence any of the measures would have stopped a previous breach. For example, [...]
The 12 th cookie
Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Uncategorized, tagged argument, BCTF, Canada, compassion, culture, decency, democracy, discussion, divide and conquer, economy, editorial, enlightenment, fairness, family, flight attendant, government, liberalism, life, NDP, people, personal growth, policy, politics, poor, postman, public policy, respect, rich, society, thoughts, tolerance, waitress, wealth, writing on September 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Work in progress: It’s soooo tedious listening to people rail against working people, whether it’s a waitress, a restaurant owner struggling to survive, a store clerk, a hairdresser, a plumber, a flight attendant, an airline pilot, a postman, a ferry worker, and now, our teachers, too. Are people who complain about these workers’ pay & [...]
