BLOG 11, JANUARY 20: HYPOCRISY IN HIGH PLACES

1.Dalton McGuinty: 

I can say it no better than Christina Blizzard. Her post was spot on! I have taken the liberty of quoting some of it. 

McGuinty can’t hide this time 
By Christina Blizzard, QMI Agency

“Having the Liberal government preach restraint and the need to find new ways of doing things is a bit like the guy who kills his parents then wants sympathy because he's an orphan.

When it comes to fiscal mismanagement, Premier Dalton McGuinty's wounds are all self-inflicted. 

He and Finance Minister Dwight Duncan have recklessly dug this province into a massive black hole of irresponsible overspending. 

There's not a public sector union nest they haven't feathered. 

There isn't a fat-cat bureaucrat whose pension they haven't enriched. 

There's not a well-padded hospital CEO who isn't living high off the hog at our expense. 

There isn't a government agency that hasn't spawned six more do-nothing tax-funded sinkholes.

There's not a boon they haven't doggled. 

There's not a self-entitled consultant whose Choco-bites we haven't funded.

Having mired us in this fine mess, McGuinty is suddenly preaching restraint.”

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2. Canadian Auto Workers’ Union: 

Here is another philosophy of convenience that reeks of hypocrisy. It is taken verbatim from its Joint Environment Committee. 

“The company and the union agree to establish a Joint Environment Committee within six (6) months of the effective date of this collective agreement. The union representation on this Committee shall be four (4) members chosen by the union. At no time shall the number of company members be allowed to equal or outnumber the amount of union members.” 

“The Committee shall assist in creating a workplace which does not harm the environment, shall recommend actions which will improve the effectiveness of the environmental program, and shall promote compliance with appropriate environmental laws, regulations, and codes of practice. The company shall comply with the recommendations of the Committee.”

Where was the committee when the deal with the Liberals announced the wind turbine build in the heart of Port Elgin Ontario? 

3. How about those “Arab League Observers” in Syria? 

4. Rev. Casmir Manyonyi Mung’aho 

A newly minted Roman Catholic priest has been removed from his parish in Orange County, N.Y.by church officials for secretly fathering a child while he was attending seminary. The priest, the Rev. Casmir Manyonyi Mung’aho, 34, was ordained in May after graduating from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers. 

5. Tony at Ten: (not such a high place!) 

 I know that previously I have railed against the plethora of new technical gadgets and updates that inundate our existence and are unimportant in the grand scheme of things. But there is one feature I would like to see developed and implemented regarding the television broadcast of all sporting events. Namely, the viewer should have the option of turning on or off all of the colour commentary and instead be able to hear the ambient noise of the fans in attendance; while the play-by-play announcer shuts up. How nice would that be?