Not sure what to make of this…

Israeli commandos board a humanitarian-aid ship destined for Gaza and somehow nine-plus people are killed. Israel is calling it self defense, which is quoted directly from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The thing I find odd about Netanyahu’s claim to self defense is how quick it was delivered. I was watching him on a live interview with Peter Mansbridge on CBC, and within only a couple of hours of the event taking place, Netanyahu issued a statement claiming self defense. Definitely must have been a thorough investigation.

The UN is now requesting a full-out investigation on the matter, but I’m sure nothing will come out of it, as nothing ever seems to when Israel is involved with something. It’s always someone else’s fault, and everyone always seems to have a bleeding heart for all things Israel. I’m not going to sit here and say Hamas is a great organization to be running the strip, or anything for that matter, but I can’t pretend that Israel does a lot of things quite unprovoked, merely in its own self interest. I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw Israel do something for anything or anyone other than itself, including provoking Hamas into a so-called war. Yes, Hamas is bad, but is Israel any better?

On the other hand, the Palestinians should recognize that, hey, Israel isn’t going anywhere. So let’s all get along for just a day.

Will it ever end for Toyota?

The hits just keep on coming.

I’m sure Guergis deserved it

With all the noise about Helena Guergis being kicked out of the Conservative caucus, one must ask who is telling the truth. I mean, there are quite a few things being tossed around, and apparently Ms. Guergis has never been told any of them and is clueless to what she is accused of.

Think back. Think of the last four years of Stephen Harper at the helm, and how many of his party members/ministers have been accused of doing something wrong. Has he kicked any of them out? No, he gave them the benefit of the doubt and kept them on.

So what about Ms. Guergis? Her husband tries to make a business out of selling Conservative support, she gets a $1-million home with no down payment, and now a conflict of interest accusation. The list goes on.

If she is so innocent, as she claims to be, then she would have the benefit of the doubt that Mr. Harper gave to all of his other MPs. Well, she sure was kicked out of caucus and landed in an independent seat pretty quick, so I’m going to lean toward not so innocent.

After all, who throws a hissy fit in an airport? That’s just plain embarassing, even for toddlers.

Is Iran trustworthy?

I haven’t decided if Iran is trustworthy or not. This may be just a ploy to get sanctions removed.

Family Guy hits home

As politically incorrect as it is, Family Guy’s reference to Sarah Palin achieved exactly what it meant to do: piss her off. And, making it even funnier, she took the bait. Hook, line and sinker.

I am an avid fan of Family Guy, and love how it pushes the envelope of satire and political correctness. In my view, Seth McFarlane is a genius. He wanted a reaction out of the ever-annoying Sarah Palin, and boy did he get it. But, speaking to her true intelligence, she didn’t even figure out the reference to her. She took the reference at face value, that Family Guy was poking at Down Syndrome, which I know without a doubt Seth wouldn’t openly make fun of without a point behind it.  It wasn’t a poke at her disabled child, but a poke at her herself. Seth is openly critical of her and the Fox network, which funnily enough is the network that hosts his show.

I’m waiting for Fox to side with Palin and cancel Family Guy (again). I imagine it will happen, because Seth is not holding back on his bashing of the network or their recently acquired idiotic, stone age commentator. I can’t believe people listen or even pay the slightest attention to either of these ridiculous things. Yes, I said things.

The Downtown Eastside

Now the whole world gets to see.

What are they afraid of?

What do U.S. Army officials think will happen  if they change the present law requiring homosexuals to be dismissed from the army? Apparently gay people won’t be able to work alongside straight men and women because there would be too many ‘distractions,’ which is what John McCain thinks. I mean, how archaic is this guy? He seems to think that the law, although not perfect, is effective. Effective at doing what exactly?

Over 19,000 men and women have been dismissed since the anti-gay law was passed in 1993. As Admiral Mike Mullen puts it:  “No matter how I look at this issue, I cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens.”

Astonishing. The whole situation regarding homosexuals in the United States is appalling. This whole Christian thing against homosexuals really needs to stop. If God hated hmosexuals so much, he wouldn’t have made them that way. For those that think it’s a choice, give your head a shake.

Focusing airport security on the wrong areas

I find it strange that we keep beefing up physical airport security when things like this happen. We have so much front-of-house security (and little security for employees, oddly), but we can’t get the intellence part down? The most important part of air security is failing. Various organizations track and watch various individuals, but don’t communicate, and they end up on a plane with a bomb, the very place that the intelligence organizations were banning them from being.

Case-in-point, stop slowing down and hassling travellers with body scans and banning books (yes, books) as carry-on items and focus where it matters: intel and inter-organization communication. If he’s  watched for being  a threat, then check him out before you let him on a plane. You don’t need to check everybody’s inner organs to figure that out.

Blackwater killings dismissed

One guard pleads guilty for killing at least one Iraqi,  but five plead not guilty to manslaughter and get away with it. The judge decided that the U.S. Justice Department used evidence that prosecutors were not supposed to have.  By the sounds of it, they were indeed guilty, but because evidence was used that they weren’t technically supposed to have, the killers of 17 Iraqi civilians get to walk away.

One man pleaded guilty. Enough said.

Interesting air travel stats