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It was brought to my attention by Guido that he was very upset with John Gormley this morning. The issue at stake was inclusive education at all costs. What's inclusive education, you might ask?

http://www.newstalk980.com/incoming/20080410/station-20-supporters-focus...

Normally this blog is all about the stupid things that some people do. Today, I'm going to give kudos to a smart decision that the Station 20 West Board made.

When their provincial funding got pulled, they protested, they organized rallies, they attempted to shame the government into restoring the funding that they lost. So what happened when the government told them that they weren't going to have it restored?

http://www.newstalk980.com/incoming/20080408/gay-community-rallies-again...

I don't see anywhere in this story about how the ralliers called for Lukiwski's resignation. I did take note of one point though:

Pollard is also seeking legislative changes like allowing sexually active gay men to donate blood and organs.

http://www.newstalk980.com/incoming/20080406/offensive-then-offensive-to...

At least for the day.

There's not a lot that's been bugging me lately, hence the lack of posts. I've tried a new type of anger management therapy.

:)

That notwithstanding, there is something that I've been listening to over the last week or so that I think needs to be straightened out. That being the kibosh of funding for the Station 20 West mall project by the Saskatchewan government.

http://forlifeandfamily.blogspot.com/2008/01/motion-to-bring-back-freedo...

The summary? Keith Martin, a Liberal MP, moved to remove the section of the Canadian Human Rights Act which allowed the Human Rights Commissions to prosecute hate speech in all forms, including in publications.

There was an interesting question at Small Dead Animals (http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/007943.html#comments) questioning why no Conservative MP made this motion. The answer to that question is very simple:

http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=1e7e4c69-144b-...

Some would say "no, you don't have to agree with the government". Some would say "Yes, fundamentally you do".

Know what I think? No, you don't have to agree with the government of the day to work for or within it. EXCEPT...

With the announcement of firings of some 70 civil servants, some firm NDP supporters, some with no political affiliation, one might question, "Why these 70?"

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=253890

Slightly more than a month after "Pablogate" started, it finally has ended with the CBC outing the offending reporter and detailing her "punishment".

Now I'm not really a good judge. I don't know the woman at all, nor are there many details about her on the internet. What I DO know is to be moved from the Ottawa political bureau where you were caught going being overzealous to CBC Sports in Toronto where the best you can hope for is to report on injuries and interview athletes, this would seem to be a demotion.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article...

So let's see.... Muslim cleric calling for a ban on Christmas. And this shows that Islam is a religion of peace how exactly?

With due respect to those moderate Muslims who live their lives only to feed, clothe and shelter themselves and their families, probably the one thing that you could do to destroy any goodwill felt between any of the Abrahamic faiths would be to plan and execute yet another devastating attack, but to do so on one of the few sacred holidays celebrated in Christianity.

At this time in the year, Merry Christmas to all.

Especially to Will Smith, who I think is going to need some Christmas Cheer in the next couple days... or maybe he had some already:

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22968708-5001028,00....

For what it's worth, I think he's right Hitler wasn't an evil megalomaniac bent on dominating and ruling the world. He was basically a nice guy that just needed to be loved, and picked the absolutely worst things that he could have done to show it.