Ottawa City councillor Clive Doucett is an idiot

There really is no story to go along with the headline, but as long as I've typed this much i may as well say a few words. Ottawa City councillor is a friggin idiot, he rambles on and on about how beautiful Lansdowne park would look covered in grass and how the flowers, (like we need more friggin flowers in this city) would look as it all cascades down to the Rideau canal. Now close your eyes and envision how it would really look in 10 years if the City of Ottawa doesn't allow the only developers that are willing to spend money on Lansdowne park to go ahead. It will look just like it does right now, only with a crumbled stadium, and a huge empty parking lot, unusable because the buildings will be unsafe to use. Clive Doucett has spoken out against re-development, well except for grass and more friggin flowers, it is in his ward, and he is looking after all the "old money" people that live there. He is an extinct thinker and not a forward thinker.

Other people in the community have come out and said that Lansdowne park should not be used for a Canadian Football League team, as they have failed twice in the past and therefore would definately fail again, it seems that they can see into the future. How proud we are to have such brilliant minds living in this city.

Clive it's over, give it up, we don't need anymore flowers, and we certainly don't need short minded thinkers in this city, but do another study and sign a petition or two.

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I really just don't care about some things, and other things I'm really against. On the other hand, I sometimes have an opinion on issues that don't affect me at all. The issues that do directly affect me I also have an opinion on, but not always.

WHO's in charge

It seems that every day since the pig flu, or when pigs fly, that there is a new spokes person for the World Health Organization, shouldn't they have one official communications person that deals with all the latest in the parinoid spew that keeps coming out. Today we have been told that the second wave of pig flu "would be the biggest of all outbreaks the world has faced in the 21st century" Is this not just more fear mongering, all it does is scare countries into banning travel, pork exports and WHO knows what else.

The WHO then comes out with, "things in Mexico seem to be improving", pretty much everyone that has become infected worldwide had some contact with Mexico, and yet Canada is getting dumped on around the world. Russia has banned Canadian pork, following China, how many more countries will follow this narrow minded stupidity.

Somali pirates

Ok first of all, they aren't pirates, they are just a bunch of thugs. I bet that none of them has a parrot, peg leg or goes oooorrrr when they talk. So how does the rest of the world deal with these guys, well the Americans had it right, 3 thugs, 3 slugs........end of story.

China bans Canadian pork and quarantines students

So it seems that China, one of the worst offenders of shipping lead laced products around the world, poisoning their own children with tainted milk, sending workers off to the mercury mines, and countless other actions against their own people. So what's their biggest fear now, eating Canadian pork, it doesn't contain lead, it doesn't contain mercury, it doesn't contain tripolycyanamide, also known as melamine and it doesn't contain H1N1. China has thrown Canadian students into quarantine over fears that they might have been exposed to the swine flu. What China has proved is that they play two face with their own people, it's ok to have children working around lead and mercury but we can't risk them getting the flu, just how stupid does that sound.

So here's my suggestion, restrict the Chinese from coming to Canada without being tested and screened for the countless infectious ailments that they may be exposed to in their "we don't care show us the money" third world country. Ban all products coming from China until they have been tested for lead, stop all food products from China.

I realize that none of this will ever happen as Canada welcomes everyone with open arms, don't want to rock the boat full of smuggled people.

Man to pig swine flu infection

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Worker may have passed H1N1 to Alberta pigsHealth authorities have confirmed the presence of H1N1 in Alberta pigs, and say the virus may have jumped from a farm worker to the animals, in what could be the first case of human-to-animal transmission of the virus.

That's a switch, it's usually a sheep...........do you suppose the sheep would be jealous?

A common hotel myth

For those of us who travel alot staying in the "right" hotel is important, for the people that book us in the hotels, the "right" hotel isn't always the hotel of choice. Allow me to explain, the common myth is that as long as it's clean it's ok, afterall it's just a place to sleep after a long day of work, this is where the myth begins, it is nice to stay in a clean hotel, I've had my share of...not so clean hotels.....what is important is that we must remember it is our away from home place to sleep, so it's important that the place to sleep has a comfortable bed and comfortable pillows. What is aso important is reliable internet service, and as I type this I received the message "internet failed, will try and re-connect" If dial up is faster then there is a problem, staying in a hotel where the only internet access is in the lobby creates the "but what about the porn" looking at porn in the lobby of a hotel, while has it's interesting possibilites, is also a little bit creepy.........so I've been told.

Having a TV is important, having a remote that isn't sticky is more important. Having a shower that works well, with a constant flow of balanced hot water is very important, as getting blasted by blister inducing water and then a split second later water close to the temperature of the North sea, just makes for a rather jittery shower experience.

Presently I'm staying in a wonderful hotel/motel in montreal. It is similar to staying in a "waiting for the twister in Kansas type of trailer", the air conditioner sticks out the window, surrounded by drapes that were cut for a much larger air conditioner, the sun comes up pretty early though the hole in the drapes. The bed is very similar to spreading out evergreen branches and trying to sleep on them, although I believe they may be more comfortable. My pillows can't really be classified as pillows, that implies something that a head would rest comfortably on, these pilllows do not offer that comfort. The internet will allow me to upload these thoughts, but not before calling the front desk for the fifth time asking for a new internet code to re-connect.

So the next time someone says at least the room is clean, be assured that the rest of the hotel experience is likely to leave you rather unsatisfied. It won't be the "right" hotel for you. Just as this hotel isn't the right one for me.