Shut Your Pie Hole and Go Home

  Obama arrives for G8 I'm somewhat saddened by the fact that Obama's arrival in Toronto made front page news.  What about the other world leaders?  I know what other countries are being represented next week, but I don't know who has arrived.  I personally don't think Obama is that big of a deal. It's not really the article that got me going this morning.  It was the idiotic comment by someone who makes me ashamed to be Canadian.  I'm proud that these meeting are being hosted on Canadian soil, but for once, I wish there could be peace. StanJohnston wrote, " Since when has it become ok for Canada not to respect protesters or the idea that their are many valid opinions? We are becoming more and more like the US every day and it's a terrible thing for Canada to become." Okay to not respect protesters? You have got to be kidding me, right?  Respect protesters ?  The same protesters who created a situation so dangerous a disabled kid could...

Obama Musical Set to Open in Germany I'm not usually one to double dip by posting twice in one day, but this one just jumped off my screen and slapped me in the face.  I am still astounded. Now would be a good time for Obama-lovers to exit.  Not that I don't think that he thinks he's a good man and a great president... but I just don't have the same thoughts toward him as he has toward himself.  Got it? It all seems a little mischevious to me (of course, the soundtrack to Sherlock Holmes presently tinkling out of minature speakers on my desk as I type adds to the intrigue of the whole thing). Devious maybe?  No, that's not the right word... Demented? Deranged? Preposterous? Maniacal?  Perhaps all of the above.  Perhaps none of the above because, simply stated, there are no words. How can I put into words what someone else has put into song (of course, many of those lyrics were borrowed from whomever wrote President Obama's campaign speeches...)? I...