Author: Christian

Honey Maid, makers of Graham Crackers for some 90 years, put out an ad campaign in early March of this year. They called the television spot “This is Wholesome”. The commercial featured gay fathers, a single dad and gasp! an interracial family. Oh, and they included a white heterosexual couple

Honey Maid, makers of Graham Crackers for some 90 years, put out an ad campaign in early March of this year. They called the television spot “This is Wholesome”. The commercial featured gay fathers, a single dad and gasp! an interracial family. Oh, and they included a white heterosexual couple

Honey Maid, makers of Graham Crackers for some 90 years, put out an ad campaign in early March of this year. They called the television spot “This is Wholesome”. The commercial featured gay fathers, a single dad and gasp! an interracial family. Oh, an…

It was only a matter of time before these adorable creatures were exposed as the trouble makers they really are. This one commits at least half a dozen felonies in a single outing!

It was only a matter of time before these adorable creatures were exposed as the trouble makers they really are. This one commits at least half a dozen felonies in a single outing!

The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the traditional outlets, The Star, Globe & Mail, CBC, today they directed their anger toward Newstalk 1010, while on air spewing the usual nonsense. During a 1010 news update, rob ford’s claim that the trip to the Windy City would not cost taxpayers a dime, was described as false. Well, that’s all it took for the ford fucks to slide into victim/projection mode. From The Star:

Early in the Sunday show, Rob Ford claimed again that last week’s official trip to Chicago won’t cost taxpayers “a dime” — even though taxpayers are picking up the tab for at least some of the eight councillors who attended. Newstalk ran a mid-show update that pointed out his claim was false.

Soon after, Doug Ford said unnamed members of the media are “like a bunch of little sucky little kids” who “whine and cry and moan” when the Fords stand up to them and who “sensationalize and lie through their teeth.”
Rob Ford then added: “They’re pathological liars, that’s what drives me nuts. The projection, oh, the projection from these two buffoons! The Star points out more of their lies and ends the piece with the Chicago blog post. Opinion: Big, Obnoxious Toronto Mayor Visits Chicago, Blends In Too Well

Here, it didn’t make the Tribune or the Sun-Times. Maybe that’s because, as I found out when I wrote a Great Lakes travelogue, Americans don’t want to read about Canada. Or maybe it’s because Ford didn’t look at all like a foreigner in Chicago. Although the Toronto Sun portrayed him as Jake Blues, he actually looks more like Jim Belushi’s brother-in-law on According to Jim than John Belushi. And he has the personality of Saturday Night Live motivational speaker Matt Foley. Ford is so loud and obese it wouldn’t have been surprising if he’d applied for asylum in the United States.

The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the traditional outlets, The Star, Globe & Mail, CBC, today they directed their anger toward Newstalk 1010, while on air spewing

And people were upset with this guy? Say what you will about Rapepublican Todd Akin, but he’s comforted at least one woman. LITCHFIELD, CT—Though she was initially upset following the brutal sexual assault last month that left her pregnant, victim Martha Byars told reporters she was relieved Sunday to learn

There you have it, ladies. There is absolutely no reason for birth control, or worrying about rape. Because according to republican Senate nominee, Todd Akin, god has taken care of everything. Your body will just know to reject that sperm. Unless of course you are faking said rape, in which

While Mitt’s follies continue, opposition research is off to a rocking start. Think Progress has put up a dozen examples showcasing Paul Ryan’s political ideology. No doubt, the tea baggers and the rest of the right wing world will welcome Romney’s pick with open arms. Sane people, not so much. A few examples:

~ Ryan embraces the extreme philosophy of Ayn Rand. Ryan heaped praise on Ayn Rand, a 20th-century libertarian novelist best known for her philosophy that centered on the idea that selfishness is “virtue.” Rand described altruism as “evil,” condemned Christianity for advocating compassion for the poor, viewed the feminist movement as “phony,” and called Arabs “almost totally primitive savages.

~Ryan wants to end Medicare, replace it with a voucher system. Ryan’s latest budget transforms the existing version of Medicare, in which government provides seniors with a guaranteed benefit, into a “premium support” system. All future retirees would receive a government contribution to purchase insurance from an exchange of private plans or traditional fee-for-service Medicare. But since the premium support voucher does not keep up with increasing health care costs, the Congressional Budget Offices estimates that new beneficiaries could pay up to $1,200 more by 2030 and more than $5,900 more by 2050.

~Ryan’s budget would result in 4.1 million lost jobs in 2 years. Ryan’s budget calls for massive reductions in government spending. He has proposed cutting discretionary programs by about $120 billion over the next two years and mandatory programs by $284 billion, which, the Economic Policy Institute estimates, would suck demand out of the economy and “reduce employment by 1.3 million jobs in fiscal 2013 and 2.8 million jobs in fiscal 2014, relative to current budget policies.”

While Mitt’s follies continue, opposition research is off to a rocking start. Think Progress has put up a dozen examples showcasing Paul Ryan’s political ideology. No doubt, the tea baggers and the rest of the right wing world will welcome Romney’s pick with open arms. Sane people, not so much.

People, please! It’s protesting 101. Know who it is you are upset with. While your intentions may be noble, your approach is objectionable. Imagine a business owner having customers walk in, order food and then not only refuse the order, but berate the staff. According to this Star story, that is exactly what happened to Nabeel Khan, President and CEO of the Chick-Felays franchise.

“We had one guy come into one of our restaurants, ordered his food, and then refused it, asking us how we could be so discriminating,” said Khan, recounting a string of such encounters between customers and employees at Chick-Felays’ four locations in southern Ontario. “We had no idea what he was talking about. He said, ‘This is garbage,’ and walked out.”

It took a while for Mr.Khan to figure out folks were associating his franchise with the American Taliban chain, and felt compelled to post a sign in the store receiving most of the unwarranted attacks.

Among the more memorable moments in his restaurants, Khan mentioned a couple who arrived at one location asking the cashier, “How can you work for a boss who is so discriminating?” while a family came in yelling “you’re disgusting.” He said the situation became so severe at Chick-Felays’s Listowel restaurant that a sign had to be placed in the window indicating “We are pleased to announce that we are not affiliated with Chick-fil-A.”

So back to my original appeal. People, please! Know who it is you are upset with, or you might be causing grief for an innocent business owner, his or her family and staff, for absolutely no reason! Mr.Khan comes across as a great Canadian. His advice to the bigot Dan Cathy is this:

He says if he were ever to meet Dan Cathy, restaurateur to restaurateur, he would give him this advice: “I would tell him to smarten up. Think before you open your mouth. I would tell him that not hurting people, even with words, is what humanity is all about.”

Chick~Felays’ website for locations, services, or who knows, perhaps some positive feedback.