Chris Rock says comically, but with great insight, "being able to speak to 500 or 1000 people from a stage is freakish. It's more freakish than being able to dunk a basketball or a bend a steel bar with your bare hands." That's how I have always thought about public speaking. I struggled with it through my life and improved but was never great or at ease or even able to act like it I was at ease.
I can say without reservation that watching my son Jon give his Ted talk at the Sony Center in Toronto to a few thousand people a few years ago was a high point of my life. His ease, delivery and content were the icing.
He started by talking about how our family came from Ireland in 1750's to Newfoundland and how his grandfather, Frank Dwyer moved from there to Central Canada in 1949 with his young family and gave us this shot at pretty great life.
I had offered a few ideas but had no idea what he would say. He was funny and smart and insightful, and I think he established himself as his own man and an intellectual.
Last year he was invited to be a guest speaker at the Brick works in Toronto, where he joined Robert Kennedy Jr. talking about the environment and recycling. I got to attend and chatted with Mr. Kennedy. He was great and was impressed with Jon's talk. If you have not seen them yet, you can, you tube: Jon Dwyer Toronto.
I had some thought this week, watching the debate on whether to call an inquiry, on the proliferation of deaths of Native women in Canada and kind of wanted to write about it. In the end I decided I had no business stirring that pot. I will say it is disappointing how poorly our Leaders, Native and Government have handled this massive issue. Somebody make a decision and let's get on making this country greater than it is, and fairer. This is the issue we are going to get burned for and not because we didn't try to fix it but our efforts were so lame and cowardly. They, the Natives, are not on solid ground in their argument and asks and neither are we.
President Obama is now taking a beating from the likes of Maureen Dowd, the New York Times columnist. She always defended him morally and intellectually. Now, not so much. I think he will be viewed as good President. Like the lead Senator from New York said,'unless you are willing to send your son or grandson to Syria or back to Iraq,I don't want to hear from you. Obama gets that. He has to answer for them and sign death notices.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Saturday, 23 August 2014
Ed Fitzgerald, Depression and the Khmer Rouge
I met Ed Fitzgerald in 1979. I was running for Alderman in Cabbagetown, Toronto and didn't have a clue how to do that, except I had the ambition and and was having a good year and was sure I could make City Hall work better. Ed was a noted NDP insider and adviser, and drinking buddy at the Parsons Nose Pub on Parliament St, who felt that city politics should not be controlled by political parties.
So now I had the smartest political guy in Canada running my campaign. The NDP were not impressed and they were really mad at Ed and threw their best at us. We loved it but lost. We remained lifelong friends and he stood Godfather to my son Jon.
Ed went on to Direct the National News re branded as ,The Journal with Barbara From, (Great Broadcast) and then moved to Boston and worked with Peter Kent as his traveling producer doing great news stories around the world.
Finally Ed moved to Cambodia as CNBC Asia man at large, from 1988 to 2000. Today he is semi retired in Ottawa. While in Cambodia, (Ed is a great storyteller and thank God because he has great stories) he recently told me, over a chat about the great problem of depression, that once the UN sent two Psychiatrists from Sweden to Cambodia to report on the mental health of the population given the madness that the Khmer Rouge had rained on the people?
Over a interview dinner with them ,Ed asked if the level of depression and anger was as great as one would expect. "No," one of the Doctors said, "Depression is 1st World luxury. In the Third World folks get up in the morning and have so many challenges, like getting something to eat that they seem to have no time to get depressed. The are focused on survival."
It is an interesting thought. Every culture and society develop and live with many diseases. In the Third World many diseases exist that we have been eradicated here but maybe we made our own unique to our lives and culture. like depression and anxiety.
Don't get me wrong, depression is a serious problem in the developed world, our world. And we need to study it more and take the stigma from it, so more people suffering from it can get treatment and governments need to spend much more on finding fixes and cures. We know that some 8 % of Canadians will suffer major depression in their life time and for most of them, their chemistry is out of whack. I knew depression once, for about 6 months when I was 19. I remember it seemed to just appear, no reason or major occurrence and I was lost. I could not find hope and suffered great anxiety. I took no medication and as soon as it appeared it just faded away and I was better and happy. I could never explain it but it gave me empathy for the illness.
More of the talk Ed and I had about this touched on the fact that we don't understand all of who we are and how we came to be US. Our religions and myths fade in modern life. Our communities have little or no traditions in our cities and our families live around the globe. We are way better educated but we need new myths and stories to sustain ourselves and our minds. Our coping skills and mechanisms need to be overhauled. We have too many choices but no sense of our limitations and I am convinced religion is not the answer. We can't lay this one on God or ask him to fix it.
Ed told the story of when the Cambodians started arresting the Khmer Rouge leaders recently and putting them on trial, he went to interview a few of them in a village, with his interpreter. The homes they lived in were empty so he stopped a fisherman and asked if he knew the men who lived there and that they were to be arrested. The man said he knew them, as they had killed his wife and 4 children back in the Rouge days of terror. Ed asked if he ever thought about revenging them by killing him and the man answered no. He had to get up and make a living for his new wife and children whom he married after the war. Ed said he totally let it go. Not in a selfish, non caring way .He coped and did not allow himself to despair over what he could not control. Ed said that these people had codes and were tribal, in that they knew they had to go on. If they had a bad month of weather and caught no fish or crops were spoiled, there was no Bank on the corner to borrow money from to get by. They had to rely on their families and neighbors for support and strength.
Finally, have you heard the phrase, The magic of the office? It's a known phenomenon observed of people elected to high office, like Prime minister and how they became much more sure footed, successful and confident. Even when they were not known for that image. Joe Clarke Canadian P M and Jimmy Carter, U S President are examples. They rose to the challenge. The opposite of that phenomenon is I think, depression
Lots for us to think and talk about.
So now I had the smartest political guy in Canada running my campaign. The NDP were not impressed and they were really mad at Ed and threw their best at us. We loved it but lost. We remained lifelong friends and he stood Godfather to my son Jon.
Ed went on to Direct the National News re branded as ,The Journal with Barbara From, (Great Broadcast) and then moved to Boston and worked with Peter Kent as his traveling producer doing great news stories around the world.
Finally Ed moved to Cambodia as CNBC Asia man at large, from 1988 to 2000. Today he is semi retired in Ottawa. While in Cambodia, (Ed is a great storyteller and thank God because he has great stories) he recently told me, over a chat about the great problem of depression, that once the UN sent two Psychiatrists from Sweden to Cambodia to report on the mental health of the population given the madness that the Khmer Rouge had rained on the people?
Over a interview dinner with them ,Ed asked if the level of depression and anger was as great as one would expect. "No," one of the Doctors said, "Depression is 1st World luxury. In the Third World folks get up in the morning and have so many challenges, like getting something to eat that they seem to have no time to get depressed. The are focused on survival."
It is an interesting thought. Every culture and society develop and live with many diseases. In the Third World many diseases exist that we have been eradicated here but maybe we made our own unique to our lives and culture. like depression and anxiety.
Don't get me wrong, depression is a serious problem in the developed world, our world. And we need to study it more and take the stigma from it, so more people suffering from it can get treatment and governments need to spend much more on finding fixes and cures. We know that some 8 % of Canadians will suffer major depression in their life time and for most of them, their chemistry is out of whack. I knew depression once, for about 6 months when I was 19. I remember it seemed to just appear, no reason or major occurrence and I was lost. I could not find hope and suffered great anxiety. I took no medication and as soon as it appeared it just faded away and I was better and happy. I could never explain it but it gave me empathy for the illness.
More of the talk Ed and I had about this touched on the fact that we don't understand all of who we are and how we came to be US. Our religions and myths fade in modern life. Our communities have little or no traditions in our cities and our families live around the globe. We are way better educated but we need new myths and stories to sustain ourselves and our minds. Our coping skills and mechanisms need to be overhauled. We have too many choices but no sense of our limitations and I am convinced religion is not the answer. We can't lay this one on God or ask him to fix it.
Ed told the story of when the Cambodians started arresting the Khmer Rouge leaders recently and putting them on trial, he went to interview a few of them in a village, with his interpreter. The homes they lived in were empty so he stopped a fisherman and asked if he knew the men who lived there and that they were to be arrested. The man said he knew them, as they had killed his wife and 4 children back in the Rouge days of terror. Ed asked if he ever thought about revenging them by killing him and the man answered no. He had to get up and make a living for his new wife and children whom he married after the war. Ed said he totally let it go. Not in a selfish, non caring way .He coped and did not allow himself to despair over what he could not control. Ed said that these people had codes and were tribal, in that they knew they had to go on. If they had a bad month of weather and caught no fish or crops were spoiled, there was no Bank on the corner to borrow money from to get by. They had to rely on their families and neighbors for support and strength.
Finally, have you heard the phrase, The magic of the office? It's a known phenomenon observed of people elected to high office, like Prime minister and how they became much more sure footed, successful and confident. Even when they were not known for that image. Joe Clarke Canadian P M and Jimmy Carter, U S President are examples. They rose to the challenge. The opposite of that phenomenon is I think, depression
Lots for us to think and talk about.
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
The Catholic Church, Bicycles and Twitter
This week I watched the new Irish Film Board film, Calvary, by James Michael McDonagh and starring Brendan Gleeson. Yesterday I went back to see it again. It is a Tour de force and well, just a repudiation of the Catholic Church as it existed in Ireland. The fab thing about the film, is the use of the English language and the poetry in the dialogue.
It makes silly, the basic myths and stories that float that religion. As a former alter boy and candidate for the Priesthood, it whacked me to my soul, such as it is. Basically it tackles the sexual abuse that many boys, men and Women suffered.
Now let me say, I was a seminarian for 2 years on Staten Island with the franciscan's and I never was touched or saw any abuse. The only incidence of discomfort was when I and few of my fellow friars got caught drinking the Mass wine one night.
Fr. Kennan the Prefect and a great man, let me stew for two days before calling me in. "If I hear about this again Dwyer," he said "I am going to send a bill to your parents." I left the next year because I knew I was not the man for the job. It was the best two years of my young formative years.
Today, I am amazed at the brazen face of the church as this and other evolutionary issues torture the church to change and it will not relent and mea culpa itself; Allow women to become priests and allow men priests to marry once ordained. And just admit that God isn't going to send us to hell for immoral thoughts anymore than he would invent a hell in the first place. Rule by fear is a terrible tactic. Fear denigrates and shames.
I get up every day and start my day by forgiving myself for whatever damage I did, the day before. Anyway a lot of bad, bad shit was done to many by the clergy and the church handled it just about as badly as they could. Die hard Catholic's will not agree to it's damage.
We had a 50 year reunion this summer on Staten Island. I did not get to go but we all, 100 odd talked on a web site and are all in touch since. I remember the Beautiful setting overlooking Manhattan and the statue of Liberty. I was amazed at the piousness and adherence many of the men still live with, through the emails we exchanged. The beautiful old 3 story building is no longer a happening seminary. In fact today, news comes that it has closed and being sold.
I think I am now a Christopher Hitchens / Bill Maher Catholic. Figure that?
Many of the cities in the world are struggling (the debates are getting heated) with the proliferation of bicycles on our streets and cities are taking over lanes as bike lanes, which impede the cars and trucks that we built them for. I think we should, if we are going to do this and it looks unstoppable, make bicyclists obtain taxed licenses, obey the rules of the road, like vehicle owner and pay an annual fee to be on the road, as a tax to build and maintain bike lanes. Vehicles pay gasoline, toll and a myriad of other taxes to use them. And that is all I have to say about that.
You can tell a lot about someone by studying who they follow on Twitter...
It makes silly, the basic myths and stories that float that religion. As a former alter boy and candidate for the Priesthood, it whacked me to my soul, such as it is. Basically it tackles the sexual abuse that many boys, men and Women suffered.
Now let me say, I was a seminarian for 2 years on Staten Island with the franciscan's and I never was touched or saw any abuse. The only incidence of discomfort was when I and few of my fellow friars got caught drinking the Mass wine one night.
Fr. Kennan the Prefect and a great man, let me stew for two days before calling me in. "If I hear about this again Dwyer," he said "I am going to send a bill to your parents." I left the next year because I knew I was not the man for the job. It was the best two years of my young formative years.
Today, I am amazed at the brazen face of the church as this and other evolutionary issues torture the church to change and it will not relent and mea culpa itself; Allow women to become priests and allow men priests to marry once ordained. And just admit that God isn't going to send us to hell for immoral thoughts anymore than he would invent a hell in the first place. Rule by fear is a terrible tactic. Fear denigrates and shames.
I get up every day and start my day by forgiving myself for whatever damage I did, the day before. Anyway a lot of bad, bad shit was done to many by the clergy and the church handled it just about as badly as they could. Die hard Catholic's will not agree to it's damage.
We had a 50 year reunion this summer on Staten Island. I did not get to go but we all, 100 odd talked on a web site and are all in touch since. I remember the Beautiful setting overlooking Manhattan and the statue of Liberty. I was amazed at the piousness and adherence many of the men still live with, through the emails we exchanged. The beautiful old 3 story building is no longer a happening seminary. In fact today, news comes that it has closed and being sold.
I think I am now a Christopher Hitchens / Bill Maher Catholic. Figure that?
Many of the cities in the world are struggling (the debates are getting heated) with the proliferation of bicycles on our streets and cities are taking over lanes as bike lanes, which impede the cars and trucks that we built them for. I think we should, if we are going to do this and it looks unstoppable, make bicyclists obtain taxed licenses, obey the rules of the road, like vehicle owner and pay an annual fee to be on the road, as a tax to build and maintain bike lanes. Vehicles pay gasoline, toll and a myriad of other taxes to use them. And that is all I have to say about that.
You can tell a lot about someone by studying who they follow on Twitter...
Monday, 18 August 2014
LAZY SHIFTLESS ATHLETES
August 18, 2014
When we were kids, it was often said that a messy room, appearance or desk, was an indication that we were not in the zone, so to speak, for peak performance and were sloppy.
I never fell for the line of thinking myself but as I got older I began to find some wisdom in it.
We have been talking a lot this year in my family about the Blue Jays baseball team team and why they falter so often when they have some of the best talented players in the world.
I have this notion that I have been sprouting of late. Many time over the years I have been in restaurants and bars where professional player from Hockey, Baseball hang out after games. Usually they were expensive places and the player were always accorded special status and service.
Sometimes I had been at the game and noticed that win or lose they were always happy and enjoying the experience. This got me thinking and I remember one game in particular, the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team had just lost 10 to 3 and all the guys were in fine form, which I remarked to my pals. They chuckled at the observation and tossed it off, as they were big Leaf fans, which I never was. Montreal was my home and Team.
Now I am sure there is something going on here. These guys make millions a year. Many make in the $50,000 to $100,000 PER WEEK range. WOW.
So win or lose they get paid.
Also I am now starting to think the way many player groom themselves is telling us more about attitude and it's effect on performance.
In old days pro player earned a little more than a good living but never got rich. Ask Mahovolich or Dick Duff and those guys.And until recently many player got little or no pension. but they were always well groomed and wore a suit to games. Baseball players especially, seem to be allowed to grow all manner of facial hair. Blue Jays, Lind has a God awful long goatee, Bautista has a beard and many others are scruffy looking and not professional on the field but I am told they are supposed to wear a suit to and from games.
I think this belies an attitude of rich men, many of them Nouveau Rich, who are spoiled and often do not put out all they should in games and lose good attitude when challenged with up hill battle to win a game. Maybe if we changed some rules and paid player by the game. And if they lost they only got half their game fee.
Only lately have I begun to look to the money for insight into human behavior. I heard from my son who was studying economics about an English economist Pigov
He authored the term Pigouvian tax, which is a tax often levied on companies and people to get them to change their behavior.
Players get to the big leagues and often seem to lose that God Blessed drive they had to get there.
Think about it pls?
When we were kids, it was often said that a messy room, appearance or desk, was an indication that we were not in the zone, so to speak, for peak performance and were sloppy.
I never fell for the line of thinking myself but as I got older I began to find some wisdom in it.
We have been talking a lot this year in my family about the Blue Jays baseball team team and why they falter so often when they have some of the best talented players in the world.
I have this notion that I have been sprouting of late. Many time over the years I have been in restaurants and bars where professional player from Hockey, Baseball hang out after games. Usually they were expensive places and the player were always accorded special status and service.
Sometimes I had been at the game and noticed that win or lose they were always happy and enjoying the experience. This got me thinking and I remember one game in particular, the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team had just lost 10 to 3 and all the guys were in fine form, which I remarked to my pals. They chuckled at the observation and tossed it off, as they were big Leaf fans, which I never was. Montreal was my home and Team.
Now I am sure there is something going on here. These guys make millions a year. Many make in the $50,000 to $100,000 PER WEEK range. WOW.
So win or lose they get paid.
Also I am now starting to think the way many player groom themselves is telling us more about attitude and it's effect on performance.
In old days pro player earned a little more than a good living but never got rich. Ask Mahovolich or Dick Duff and those guys.And until recently many player got little or no pension. but they were always well groomed and wore a suit to games. Baseball players especially, seem to be allowed to grow all manner of facial hair. Blue Jays, Lind has a God awful long goatee, Bautista has a beard and many others are scruffy looking and not professional on the field but I am told they are supposed to wear a suit to and from games.
I think this belies an attitude of rich men, many of them Nouveau Rich, who are spoiled and often do not put out all they should in games and lose good attitude when challenged with up hill battle to win a game. Maybe if we changed some rules and paid player by the game. And if they lost they only got half their game fee.
Only lately have I begun to look to the money for insight into human behavior. I heard from my son who was studying economics about an English economist Pigov
He authored the term Pigouvian tax, which is a tax often levied on companies and people to get them to change their behavior.
Players get to the big leagues and often seem to lose that God Blessed drive they had to get there.
Think about it pls?
Sunday, 17 August 2014
The Irish And the Jewish People
August 17 2014 Happy Birthday Mary Dwyer
The matter of the Jewish state and Arab potential state is dominating world politics and has for decades, literally. Some folks say they are tired of it all. When you look at what an incredible job the Jews did building that State since the 1940, well you gotta give them credit for a job well done.
As a Irish and Canadian citizen I often wondered why the lessons of the Irish troubles and their cautious, long suffering solutions are not viewed as a good template for the resolution to this conflict. Or at least a good window to view what can happen.
We know the Jews and Irish share a unique respect, for they share a mutual history of persecution at the hands of others for mostly religious reasons.
A little history;
The British were relentless in their hated of the Irish and starved to death, some estimate, between 3 and 5 Million people in the 1845 to 1855 period, commonly called the Irish potato famine when in fact it was not famine but murder and neglect, set brazenly under the noses of all the world.
Indeed the London Times quoted Charles Trevelyan, (who was the British point man for handling of the Blight , as they called it) as saying..."The judgement of God sent the calamity, to teach the Irish a lesson, that calamity must not be too much mitigated... The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse,and turbulent character of the people" To add insult to injust the Queen knighted the SOB.
His "Savage Nature" as has been depicted only long after the 1850's, were met with calls to; Forgive and Forget. Which the Irish Catholic majority largely did. But the British persecution continued into the 1900's and finally Ireland got a partitioned free state in 1921. But the British could not fully relent and disallowed those in the Northern portion, run still by British, the right to vote to those who did not own land. And those people of course were most all Catholic. The troubles raged on. Finally after more vicious and violent terror, the Good Friday accord and baby steps to peace which has held.
Forgive and forget was easier for the British than the Irish but we did.
A good friend of mine Pat Quinn jr, once told me he thought the peace came about because the Celtic Tiger had landed in Ireland, thanks to them joining the European Union and billion poured in creating a economy, the likes which few countries had ever experience in such a short time.
The wars and killing and hatred had the potential to kill it all and destroy the party. Everyone had a job. A new car, and new homes. Whatever the reason, peace arrived and has held. Even through the bust whch circled the financial world through 2007.Peace will come to Middle east. Let's do our bit to nudge it along. Let's get the Irish and Jews talking and become better friends.
The matter of the Jewish state and Arab potential state is dominating world politics and has for decades, literally. Some folks say they are tired of it all. When you look at what an incredible job the Jews did building that State since the 1940, well you gotta give them credit for a job well done.
As a Irish and Canadian citizen I often wondered why the lessons of the Irish troubles and their cautious, long suffering solutions are not viewed as a good template for the resolution to this conflict. Or at least a good window to view what can happen.
We know the Jews and Irish share a unique respect, for they share a mutual history of persecution at the hands of others for mostly religious reasons.
A little history;
The British were relentless in their hated of the Irish and starved to death, some estimate, between 3 and 5 Million people in the 1845 to 1855 period, commonly called the Irish potato famine when in fact it was not famine but murder and neglect, set brazenly under the noses of all the world.
Indeed the London Times quoted Charles Trevelyan, (who was the British point man for handling of the Blight , as they called it) as saying..."The judgement of God sent the calamity, to teach the Irish a lesson, that calamity must not be too much mitigated... The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse,and turbulent character of the people" To add insult to injust the Queen knighted the SOB.
His "Savage Nature" as has been depicted only long after the 1850's, were met with calls to; Forgive and Forget. Which the Irish Catholic majority largely did. But the British persecution continued into the 1900's and finally Ireland got a partitioned free state in 1921. But the British could not fully relent and disallowed those in the Northern portion, run still by British, the right to vote to those who did not own land. And those people of course were most all Catholic. The troubles raged on. Finally after more vicious and violent terror, the Good Friday accord and baby steps to peace which has held.
Forgive and forget was easier for the British than the Irish but we did.
A good friend of mine Pat Quinn jr, once told me he thought the peace came about because the Celtic Tiger had landed in Ireland, thanks to them joining the European Union and billion poured in creating a economy, the likes which few countries had ever experience in such a short time.
The wars and killing and hatred had the potential to kill it all and destroy the party. Everyone had a job. A new car, and new homes. Whatever the reason, peace arrived and has held. Even through the bust whch circled the financial world through 2007.Peace will come to Middle east. Let's do our bit to nudge it along. Let's get the Irish and Jews talking and become better friends.
Saturday, 16 August 2014
The new Indian Premier Modi said Friday he wants all families to have bank account to access Government programs and funding.
In Canada if you visit any of the big 5 banks to open an account, they will refuse you if you credit is not good and they do checks right there. That is why Money Marts et al do so well, trading on misery and hard luck of others.
I told Minister Jim Flaherty this once in P J O'Brian's and he promise to look into this but he died 3 weeks later, God rest him.
The U S President Obama will visit Estonia in early Sept. WHY? My friend Tom Christanbraun, who was born there and is great soul, (Best restaurant owner in Toronto , (Bistro 990 and Bel Air Cafe, Museum Tavern) will be delighted.
If you are takingVia train to Montreal, especially first class, tip the two attendants in your car when you get on. You will not want to tip them when you leave. Service is tip driven. They stop serving in Cornwall and disappear. Truly
I was in Yankee stadium on Mickey Mantle day 1965. They gave him a Thunderbird Car. I was 15 attending a catholic private school on Staten Island. Best schooling of my life. Great Priests and never was touched.
Rob Ford will lose to John Tory, (maybe Olivia Chow if John Laschinger get's creative, as only he can) Our Norm Kelly deputy Mayor will be deputy mayor again whoever wins.
In Canada if you visit any of the big 5 banks to open an account, they will refuse you if you credit is not good and they do checks right there. That is why Money Marts et al do so well, trading on misery and hard luck of others.
I told Minister Jim Flaherty this once in P J O'Brian's and he promise to look into this but he died 3 weeks later, God rest him.
The U S President Obama will visit Estonia in early Sept. WHY? My friend Tom Christanbraun, who was born there and is great soul, (Best restaurant owner in Toronto , (Bistro 990 and Bel Air Cafe, Museum Tavern) will be delighted.
If you are takingVia train to Montreal, especially first class, tip the two attendants in your car when you get on. You will not want to tip them when you leave. Service is tip driven. They stop serving in Cornwall and disappear. Truly
I was in Yankee stadium on Mickey Mantle day 1965. They gave him a Thunderbird Car. I was 15 attending a catholic private school on Staten Island. Best schooling of my life. Great Priests and never was touched.
Rob Ford will lose to John Tory, (maybe Olivia Chow if John Laschinger get's creative, as only he can) Our Norm Kelly deputy Mayor will be deputy mayor again whoever wins.
Imbroglio; great word; Extremely confusing, embarrassing , confused. ah well We are just rain drops on the windshield, most days.
Seamus O'Regan is a fine fella. I met him few times.and he seems very kind and smart but is he a designer Candidate for St John's Liberal team? These men grew up on Star Wars. and are older Gen X Guys.I guess.
What's this about Steve Pakin running for Ontario Tory leadership . I gotta a lot of time for Steve.He interviewed me several times and was polite but tough. We should run Pamela Wallin and have her say; Fuck it I am not going to be destroyed by a few dollars and petty politics. They told me this was how the Senate game was played and then changed the rules. Fuck them all. I mean Bill Clinton my hero got public fellacio and we all forgave and were envious.
Seamus O'Regan is a fine fella. I met him few times.and he seems very kind and smart but is he a designer Candidate for St John's Liberal team? These men grew up on Star Wars. and are older Gen X Guys.I guess.
What's this about Steve Pakin running for Ontario Tory leadership . I gotta a lot of time for Steve.He interviewed me several times and was polite but tough. We should run Pamela Wallin and have her say; Fuck it I am not going to be destroyed by a few dollars and petty politics. They told me this was how the Senate game was played and then changed the rules. Fuck them all. I mean Bill Clinton my hero got public fellacio and we all forgave and were envious.
August 16 2014...
I do not like to start this on a negative note but I hate the word BLOG. I'm using the word hate here.
Be sure to watch Jerry Seinfeld's new on line program; Comedians in cars getting coffee. Just Google it. It gets my day going. Good funny smart.Modern. He is real guy. You will find material like;
The French leave without saying goodbye. The Irish say goodbye but never leave.
Andrew Graham Dixon great English Historian.Makes fab video docs. See it on TVO Website.
I love punctuation but I am terrible at it's proper usage.
Follow Cranky Pappy on Twitter. Good rule.
When I was a kid growing up in Montreal in the 1950's. Jesus Mary and Joseph, I can't believe I wrote that and it's true. It was a great time and the world including Toronto envied our rep. Now, not so much.
Mary Dwyer will be 6 ty something tomorrow. We shall not speak of this again.
I do not like to start this on a negative note but I hate the word BLOG. I'm using the word hate here.
Be sure to watch Jerry Seinfeld's new on line program; Comedians in cars getting coffee. Just Google it. It gets my day going. Good funny smart.Modern. He is real guy. You will find material like;
The French leave without saying goodbye. The Irish say goodbye but never leave.
Andrew Graham Dixon great English Historian.Makes fab video docs. See it on TVO Website.
I love punctuation but I am terrible at it's proper usage.
Follow Cranky Pappy on Twitter. Good rule.
When I was a kid growing up in Montreal in the 1950's. Jesus Mary and Joseph, I can't believe I wrote that and it's true. It was a great time and the world including Toronto envied our rep. Now, not so much.
Mary Dwyer will be 6 ty something tomorrow. We shall not speak of this again.
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