Rob "effing" Ford

The mayor who flipped a bird to a mother and her child after they pointed out he was using a cellphone while driving his vehicle is now national news. Rob Ford, as many federal and provincial politicos have enjoyed, had the privilege of getting the ambush from 22Minutes' "Marg Princess Warrior" (Mary Walsh) one morning and refused to play along.  He called 911 TWICE to have the comedienne and her crew removed from his driveway and hurled obscenities at the dispatchers because they weren't moving fast enough to his liking. Dear Mayor Ford, don't you remember your vow to cut the gravy at Toronto City Hall? This is what happens when you cut into bone. And, that's not funny at all.

http://www.cbc.ca/22minutes/

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/27/rob-ford-911-call-cbc-attack-dispatchers_n_1034470.html

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/10/27/rob-ford-makes-a-bad-situation-worse/#Comments

Of Anthony, family troubles, unemployment and homelessness

I find it rather disingenuous that the Toronto Star put the story about Madonna's brother Anthony who is broke and homeless in its entertainment section AND puts Madonna's picture instead of his beside the story. Aside from anything to do with family squabbles that may have brought him there, the problem of homelessness and the circumstances that take someone from a good job to living under a bridge is a serious one. Presenting it in this fashion in entertainment sections of news media diminishes the urgency of the problem.

Occupation, boats and turning tides.

I get a little testy when I hear the often used saying "a rising tide lifts all boats." This assumes everyone has a "boat" and every "boat" is in good repair. Unfortunately, economic storms have tossed so many of these "boats" around that some are leaking badly or have been smashed beyond repair. Meanwhile there are very big "boats" that ply the waters picking off life preservers from the smaller boats leaving human beings to drown in the wake. It is for this that the Occupy movement lives.