Excuse me Mr. Ignatieff

I heard you say you were interested in solving some of the problems here in Canada. Okay, have a go at this and bed down for a night in the Ottawa market. I dare you.

This is Canada

Canada

The World We Live In

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman HM1 Richard Barnett, assigned to the 1st Marine Division, holds an Iraqi child in central Iraq. This Photo was taken in 2003, and shows a different and often hidden side of the men and women serving in the armed forces. When it comes right down to it, we are all just human.

Saddam Hussein, shown here after his capture in 2003. Plucked from a hole in the ground by U.S. forces, was President of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until April 9, 2003, when he was deposed during the 2003 invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led Allied Coalition. After his capture in ad-Dawr, near his hometown Tikrit, he was incarcerated at Camp Cropper. On November 5, 2006, he was sentenced to death by hanging.

One of the many bombs that exploded in Madrid in 2004. Terrorism is a global problem, and those that say our forces should pull out of Afghanistan need to be reminded of this.

One would expect pictures like this to come from WWII, from the Nazi concentration camps. But no, this is a a mass grave outside the church in Nyanza, Rwanda. An estimated 800,000 people were killed in 1994 in 100 days of genocide.

Senegalese children run as locusts spread in the capital Dakar. In 2004 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that the locust swarms infesting countries from Mauritania to Chad could develop into a full-scale plague, but the children don’t seem to mind. Ignorance is bliss.

2005, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish protester tries to push a bulldozer at a demonstration against the desecration of graves during the construction of a new Israeli highway next to the northern Israeli Kibbutz of Regavim.

The attempt was not successful

Climate activists Lesley Butler and Rob Bell  “sunbathe” on the edge of a frozen fjord in the Norwegian Arctic in 2007. The activists are warning that global warming could thaw the Arctic and make the sea warm enough for people to swim and sunbathe in.

After this photo was taken they were treated for frostbite.

In 2007 Benazir Bhutto prays as she arrives in Karachi, Pakistan. Bhutto ended eight years of self-exile on Thursday, returning to Karachi where more than 100,000 supporters poured onto the city’s streets to welcome her home. She was assassinated soon after.

Michael Phelps and Garrett Weber-Gale celebrate after the U.S. won the men’s 4×100m freestyle relay swimming final at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Soon after a picture surfaced with Phelps holding a marijuana bong, a guys gotta relax somehow.

Children playing soccer. The soldier in the foreground a prime example what is wrong with this world. Innocence and purity is all around us, but still. We manage to create evil.

This picture was taken about 10 minutes from my home. There are many forms of terrorism, and many different threats facing our Society today. Governments, religion, greed, and poverty are creating a world in which it is no longer safe to leave are doors unlocked, or travel easily and safely across borders. No longer can we assume that there will always be food on the table, or that there will always be jobs. Gone are the days when teens played street hockey, baseball in the park, and shoveled snow for their neighbor. Now we have internet, sexting, web chat, and gangs.

Pack the kids, we’re moving to the mountains.

GPS for trash – not Children

Every day we hear about another missing child or a child’s body has been found murdered, victim of yet another abduction and rape. A great percentage of these crimes are committed by sex offenders, and most of them are registered. Some of them even wearing monitoring devices while they commit their heinous crimes over and over. In fact some of these crimes happening right under the nose of law enforcement but still, it happens. We have been told that these people need help, and they are not to blame for the things that they do. They need treatment, and pity, because they had a rough childhood. So they are handed light sentences and released back into Society to rape and murder our children again and again.

I have been advocating GPS for children for some time now, and though some interest has been expressed by some people, generally there is a misguided fear of losing privacy, or government exploitation. Then we have GPS tracking devices put on trash to see where it goes, and have multiple agencies follow the devices in real time. Excuse me? We have rapists, murderers, sexual offenders, and all kinds of other criminals out there wandering the streets free to do what they want, re-offending often two or three time before they are sentenced appropriately. And we are putting GPS on trash. We have children being stolen from their beds to be raped and murdered, children abducted off the streets on their way home from school, from the park, and we are more concerned with tracking trash and watching it real time. When did trash become more important than our children? Why is there not more energy being put into protecting our most vulnerable, instead of watching garbage travel around the globe? I guess nothing will change until a politician loses a child to one of these monsters. Maybe then it will be important enough to do something about it.

Killer on the loose in Canada

Michael Bryan Flanigan, 40, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for second-degree murder following the death of 28-year-old Sara Sanders. Police believe he may be in the Vancouver area but are not 100% sure. The fact is he could be anywhere, so take a good look at the picture and keep an eye out. Sara was found dead in her residence on October 15th, she was only 28 years old. So far there has not been a lot of evidence released and police are keeping the facts of the case quiet for now.

Rest in peace Sara, the person responsible will be found. I will update when more information becomes available.

H1N1 – Yes or No to Vaccine?

On the surface the answer may seem to be quite simple, as most people just take for granted what they are told as being the truth and follow the advice of the Health Officials. They are supposed to be the experts and are looking out for us, right? But after starting to dig a little deeper into this subject the facts are not so solid, and in reality there is a lot of doubt as to what benefit this vaccine can offer. And there are real concerns that the vaccine itself could be harmful, and in some cases fatal.

In this episode of 60 minutes from 1979, lawsuits against the Government are mentioned because the vaccine did more damage than good. In this video a cheerleader experiences something very tragic after getting a shot, doctors say it is Dystonia. She was perfectly healthy before getting the vaccine. Is it worth the risk? I am not going to pass judgment on the whole topic, except to say we have kept our children home from school and will not be taking them for the vaccine.  Here is a list of other videos with more information regarding H1N1 and the vaccine. Make up your own mind and do what you feel is best for yourself and your family.

If there is a harmful side effect we will have to live with that

Vaccine insert

Possible Complications

*Local injection site reactions (including pain, pain limiting limb movement, redness, swelling, warmth, ecchymosis, induration)
*Hot flashes/flushes
*Chills
*Fever
*Malaise
*Shivering
*Fatigue
*Asthenia
*Facial edema.
*Immune system disorders
*Hypersensitivity reactions (including throat and/or mouth edema)
*In rare cases, hypersensitivity reactions have lead to anaphylactic shock and death
*Cardiovascular disorders
*Vasculitis (in rare cases with transient renal involvement)
*Syncope shortly after vaccination
*Digestive disorders
*Diarrhea
*Nausea
*Vomiting
*Abdominal pain.
*Blood and lymphatic disorders
*Local lymphadenopathy
*Transient thrombocytopenia.
*Metabolic and nutritional disorders
*Loss of appetite.
*Arthralgia
*Myalgia
*Myasthenia
*Nervous system disorders
*Headache
*Dizziness
*Neuralgia
*Paraesthesia
*Febrile convulsions
*Guillain-Barré Syndrome
*Myelitis (including encephalomyelitis and transverse myelitis)
*Neuropathy (including neuritis)
*Paralysis (including Bell’s Palsy)
*Respiratory disorders
*Dyspnea
*Chest pain
*Cough
*Pharyngitis
*Rhinitis
*Stevens-Johnson syndrome
*Pruritus
*Urticaria
*Rash (including non-specific, maculopapular, and vesiculobulbous).

What is the difference then in taking a chance on the disease, and not getting the vaccine? And to Mark Sutcliffe on CFRA who seems to know very little on this subject, I found it very curious while listening to you on the radio that you take the opinion of Health officials at face value. You said you were not aware of ANY problems regarding this vaccine. Well, it’s hard to believe someone who cannot do any digging for himself, and actually sent someone out to look at telephone polls to confirm a callers claim. Next time try Google, it took me 5 minutes to find the information for this article, maybe I should fill in for Lowell Green next time.

Thanks to Our Military

SLEEP LAST NIGHT?

Bed a
little lumpy…

Toss and
turn any….

Wish the heat was higher…

Maybe the a/c !
Wasn’t on…

Had to go to the john……

Need a drink of
water..?

Before you complain…….

On a daily basis our troops are facing more than death, just being there is a challenge. Lest we not forget.

p.s- thanks to heart for sharing these with me.

Video – Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

Video – Breaking News Videos from CNN.com.

Stem Cell technology saves a life. This procedure can save many lives and Canada needs to pull it’s head out of the sand and speed up the process. Cord blood and the Uterus itself are plentiful with Stem Cells, and can be used in a multitude of ways to treat various conditions and save lives where not possible any other way. Basically it is just harnessing the bodies own ability to heal itself. We need action on this topic now!

Canada – Losing our Freedom

I could write a whole series on this subject, and in fact I may do just that in the near future. But today I’m just going to focus on one tiny little thing. Something so small one wonders why we even heard about. But it is this one tiny thing that points to a much larger and very serious problem. The Government is slowly taking away our freedoms and starting to creep into every area of our lives. A truck driver was fined $305 for smoking in his rig, and apparently it does not matter if it was a company vehicle or his own private truck. Some genius at the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit says that even a farmer out plowing his field could get a fine for smoking in his tractor. I wonder if it would be different if said farmer or trucker moon lighted as a “consultant”.

So what’s next?

We will be told it is illegal to smoke in our own homes because the cable guy might have to enter and do some work. Or, we may not light that filthy smoke out in the middle of the Ottawa River because it might offend some wildlife. Of course in Ottawa, there is so much raw waste in the water you might ignite the sewage so I suppose that could be used as a reason as well. I think Health Canada is taking things way too far in its attempt to cleanse the world of smokers. Is it reasonable for a trucker to pull over every half hour or so to jump out and light a smoke. And one even better. A farmer has to stop his tractor, climb out, and stand in his own field to have a smoke? Forget the fact he’s probably the only one that ever drives the thing.

So now the O.P.P are tasked with pulling over commercial vehicles if they suspect the occupant(s) are smoking. They have nothing better to do? Like maybe investigating crime or protecting the public, I don’t know was just a thought. We have Health Canada wasting a $$$Billion dollars, possibly through some illegal or questionable means. We have WSIB harassing injured workers, and we have iffy that wants to be the Leader of our Country but can barely manage the Liberal Party. And the O.P.P are chasing down truckers that smoke.

Only in Canada you say?

Hope For Stacy – Car Wash Oct 10-11 @ The Brick 1525 Pitt st Cornwall

I’d like you all to meet my daughter Stacy. In almost every respect she is a normal 18 yr old going to high school, planning for college, and occasionally doing things that Mom and Dad are not so crazy about. Stacy has a wild sense of humor and is a very strong young woman, and she even likes Bob Marley. But all is not right in Stacy’s world. She was born with SMA. Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a form of MD and degenerates motor neurons. Basically it is like a road block at the spinal cord that prevents any stimulation of muscle growth. Stacy is only capable of doing the most simplest of tasks. But even brushing her teeth or drinking a glass of water has it’s challenges. Most of what we all take for granted is beyond her ability, and it always has been.

We have been following the introduction of stem cell treatments for some time now, and though they are not available in Canada or the United States yet they are available in other places. The cost of these treatments is not cheap, and we have told that it involves 4 injections over a period of 4 weeks. Another place one 3 hour treatment every 6 months. After speaking to other people who have made the journey and had positive results we have decided to try and make it possible to provide Stacy with this opportunity to get “something” more than what she has. Even if it is the ability to roll herself over in the middle of the night. Any more independence that she can get would be a miracle.

Increased range of motion and overall strength and energy has been reported after receiving the injections. But the cost of this treatment is out of our capabilities. Including airfare, lodging and the injections themselves it is upwards of $26,000-$40,000. We have started a fund at the Royal Bank under the name “Hope For Stacy” and donations can be made to that fund at any RBC.

Over the next year or so we will be holding many such events and fundraisers to try and provide Stacy with this opportunity. We need volunteers, equipment, t-shirts, and all sorts of various items to put these types of things on. If you would like to get involved please contact me at admin@hopeforstacy.ca or show up at one of the events we have planned, we could use all the help we can get.

A very big thank you to Domino’s Pizza 1916 Pitt St who have generously offered to donate some pizza for the volunteers. Your support is greatly appreciated! And to Brian at THE BRICK 1525 Pitt St without you it would not have been possible. When other people and locations said no you stepped up and offered us a great location, thank you so much!

Update

The local story in the paper has generated a lot of interest in Stacy’s story. Ron Begg has offered to interview Stacy on his Cogeco cable TV program. Jason Christoff, who is the owner of “Physical Limits” has offered some memberships to aid Stacy’s cause. One of our readers and good friend has pledged 2 one week get-away packages to their villa in Mexico. We will be planning a dance and other larger events later in the year. See you all this weekend at the car wash!

October 10th. The Car Wash went very well with a lot of people stopping to give their support for Stacy and we raised $240 today! Thank you everyone that stopped by! We will be back out there tomorrow to do it all over again and hopefully do even better! We are on the way to making this a reality for Stacy.

October 14th. Stacy was on live Cable TV today. The program is called “I Begg your Pardon” and airs on Cogeco. Ron was nice enough to have us on the program and has pledged his support to help Stacy reach her goal. We appreciate the support and are very grateful