The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns

Lingo Slinger has an urgent breakfast warning. Quick, read, before it's too late!

And, while you're there, why not let Lingo Slinger know you're a square!

I'm a square, are you?

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Posted by Samantha at 01:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Yay, today's international hot and spicy food day.

I'm off for Indian food. Yummers.

(another special little tidbit from my The Simpsons calendar)

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Posted by Samantha at 09:48 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Trackbacks seem to be back on track, so enjoy your OTA weekend.

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Diane's Stuffhas something pretty neat to show you. You know, Blogging can be a juggling act, too.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:00 AM | Permalink

These questions are from Eternity Road,

Shall I part my hair behind?
Do I dare to eat a peach?

And, this question is from Parenthetical Remarks:

What light from yonder window breaks?

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Posted by Samantha at 05:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Try the Team America How f*cking American are you? quiz.

I particularly enjoyed the which shoe do you wear question (watch for it, lol).

Here's my result and considering I'm Canadian, this is pretty accurate:

Thanks to The flying lumberyard

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Posted by Samantha at 01:04 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)

Noting that election day is on Monday here in Canada, I've listed the candidates I interviewed for the election in various Vancouver areas.

Enjoy determining who is a kook or candidate, and see you at the polls.

Paul Warnett

Fred Mallach

Scott Janzen

Jack Cook

Ron Gray

Saul Andersen

Voting takes place January 23, 2006.

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Posted by Samantha at 11:20 AM | Permalink

Ancient question: what do you do when you're a politician with nothing to do? Answer: Lower public urination laws.

Yes, an alderman in St. Louis, who also happens to own a bar, is hoping to reduce penalties on public urination prior to the upcoming Mardi Gras parade.

His bill would hand out different citations depending on the discreetness of the incident: if the urinators are discreet, they may get off with a lighter penalty than, say, someone who p*sses on people's shoes publicly.

"There's a difference between going in the middle of the street, in front of God and country, and somebody who is behind a Dumpster."

Presently, the maximum penalty is 90 days in jail and/or a $100 to $500 fine. The bill would not change this, but define better which penalty to hand out.

And, of all the gall. Citizens remain offended by such behaviour.

"That's what portable toilets are for," resident Mary Linden said. "We don't appreciate going out and seeing it the people are often belligerent."

Who's crazier, the politician lowering the urine law or the neighbour who chose that neighbourhood to live in?

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Posted by Samantha at 09:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Nope Dave D. from The Waterglass, it's not Slim Shady THIS time, which means you have been dethroned by The World According To Nick.

That's right, The World According To Nick guessed correctly that the moron is none other than the British MP turned Big Brother celebrity puddy tat, George Galloway (looking a little Christopher Walken there).

For those who don't know him, Archie Bunker, oops, I mean George Galloway is a controversial rebel member of Parliament who is known for his apologist stance on the present war.

Galloway's political career has been riddled by scandal as he vigorously campaigned against the UK policy to invade Iraq and praised Saddam Hussein, saying, "Sir: I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatiguability".

After verbally exhibiting his anti-war stance, and outrightly insulting the UK/US relations, the moron was expelled from the Labour Party in 2003 and formed his own party, the RESPECT Coalition, with some members of the Socialist Workers Party, the Muslim Association of Britain, and other anti-war politicians.

Before that, he held a position for a charity called War on Want in which Galloway faced accusations for misuse of expenses, as he spent £21,000 pounds in one year by staying in luxury hotels while on foreign trips.

Although he was cleared of dishonesty, I find it rather difficult to believe that anyone needs to spend that much bloody "charity" money within a frickin' year.

I guess... what's a charity for if you can't spend the money on yourself for fine living, right?

Screw the cause, what about me???

But, this isn't the only time charity money has been an issue in his life. There are also the cases of the Mariam Appeal and Oil For Food programmes.

The Mariam Appeal was a charity intended to help a child with leukaemia, but there were beliefs that funding for the project was being syphoned to pay Galloway's wife and driver and to spend on lavish trips which included first class travel, luxury hotels, champagne, and caviar (and, I'm sure the list goes on).

What's his next "charity" going to be... having people donate to a Free My Pet Turtle campaign?

Or, perhaps a Save The Vampires Fund?

Presently, the Oil For Food scandal is under investigation as Galloway is continuously accused of syphoning oil and money from the programme. Some link the Mariam Appeal to the Oil For Food programme, stating that Galloway allegedly used the Mariam Appeal to secretly transfer millions of barrels of oil.

No never going to get caught with oil on your hands.

Duh!

Galloway's name was dragged further through the mud as one of his spokepeople admitted to receiving payments from a businessperson "identified as a beneficiary of the scheme".

Aside from his charity money issues, the moron shows himself as a money hungry hound (or should I say pussycat) through his pursuit of lawsuit after lawsuit. He has had lawsuits against the Tribune and the Daily Telegraph (below are more lawsuit threats from the moron).

Some other inscrutable acts of Galloway include facing suspension from the House of Commons after calling a fellow MP a liar because the guy called Galloway out as a mouthpiece for Saddam Hussein - "liar" is a word that is strictly prohibited during meetings.

I'm surprised he didn't try to sue.

The 'tard has also been known to insult Prime Minister Tony Blair and his political alliance with US president George Bush by comparing them to Bill Clinton and his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Further in his ignorance, he stuck his nose into business that wasn't his by telling the

"Arab World to use force against Israel to defend Palestinians."

"No American soldier who leaves his barracks can be sure that he will come back alive".

"I say to you, citizens of the last Arab country, this is a time for courage, for unity, for wisdom, for determination, to face these enemies with the dignity your president has shown, and I believe, God willing, we will prevail and triumph".

Galloway, being the baby that he is, threatened lawsuit again.

Geez man, BE a man for once.

Galloway also got a dose of his own medicine when he was pelted with eggs at an anti-war rally. Although the eggs missed him, the message was clear that people consider him a traitor to his own country.

The rally was held amidst reports that mass graves of Iraqi Kurds and Shiites killed by Saddam's secret police were being dug open by Iraqis searching for the remains of their relatives. One Iraqi stated that

"the country is just one big grave."

Ya, and what I can't believe is that the UK lets this go so easily. The England I know from the history books would have lynched his a$$ long ago, and the retarded commentary of his would have been quieted in one swift trip to the guillotine

Moreover, Galloway shows himself as an anti-US moron as he buddies up to Fidel Castro. They've gone moonlight swimming together (possibly in the buff) and Galloway is now believed to be writing an intimate portrayal of his chum, Castro.

Galloway talks up Castro as some sort of hero to Cuba, but facts don't lie. Prostitution, corruption, black marketeering, and desperation to flee the country are a few of the many problems Cuba faces.

And, for all his efforts in his anti-war campaigning, Galloway is not respected by Islamic extremists. Some extremists stormed a meeting he was attending and uttered death threats on Galloway, calling him a "false prophet".

Despite this, the moron continued in his anti-war cr*ppola by stating that

"All those New Labour MPs who voted for Mr. Blair and Mr. Bush's war have on their hands the blood of 100,000 people, many of them British soldiers, many US soldiers, most of them Iraqis."

Seriously, this is exactly why it's so important to remember the victory of WWII because it is so easy for one or two f*cknuts to try to rule the world.

Galloway's cumuffins have also gotten to him by way of divorce. This came to him after his wife learned of his indescretions with other women and his failure to "respect" his wife.

Clearly, he didn't take his Party's name, RESPECT, to heart.

Galloway's theme: first you get the money, then you get the oil, then you get the women.

(or perhaps they're interchangeable)

I suppose George Galloways most recent scandal is the one of his adventures in the Celebrity Big Brother show. Moron Galloway chose to shrug his responsibilities as an MP by entering the Big Brother house, neglecting his constituents. Most likely, again, for the sake of money as he is expected to personally earn between £60,000-£150,000 pounds and £100,000 pounds to another "charity".

Hmm... does anyone else smell the funneling of money?

And, while in the house, somehow his signatures appeared on several parliamentary motions. Since he was in the house during the time, he may be in breach of parliamentary rules because he didn't sign the motions in person.

But, the moron's spot on the tv show has not been unamusing. While he's been on the show, he has dressed like a vampire and fetishized acting like a cat (this link has the video to it).

Seriously fetishized.

Seriously, here's the video of it.

That's just messed up.

To end this, I'll just add that Galloway detests being described as a maverick, a rebel, and a dissident.

So, Galloway, in my opinion, you are not JUST a maverick, rebel, and dissident, you are also a moron.

Congratulations goes again to The World According To Nick for guessing correctly.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:07 AM | Permalink | Comments (8)

This post ruthlessly thrown together by Lostinlimaohio, and carelessly approved by Sam.

It was bad enough when those birds started plotting to ruin the Domino Day event by attempting a preemptive strike, knocking down over 20,000 domino's. Let's not forget that parrot that was caught giving a fluffy breast stroke, and then had the gall to let her take the fall for stealing him. Honestly, with Pamela Anderson as the "feathered friends" spokesperson, we should have known that humans are the only creatures attracted to breasts.

This is where we have to be willing to draw the line though, when these feathery villains begin waging war with innocent cheating people, it's time to show them who's boss. Here, this poor woman wasbetrayed by her boyfriends pet parrot malicious tattling. A whole relationship ruined because the bird didn't know when to shut up:

Chris Taylor, a 30-year-old British computer programmer, grew suspicious of his live-in girlfriend when his pet parrot began to imitate her saying, “I love you, Gary.�

Ziggy, an 8-year-old African gray parrot, would also make kissing noises whenever the name Gary was mentioned on TV and would mimic Suzy Collins saying, “Hiya, Gary,� every time she answered her mobile phone.

Confronted with the evidence, Collins admitted to a month-long affair with a coworker named Gary and moved out of their shared Leeds apartment that same night.

Another broken home, all because of a bird. There's just no excusing this heinous behavior. I know, you are sitting there just dying to know what you can do to combat this fowl war. Not to worry, I have found the perfect recipe for a sure win against the enemy. I happily present, and insist that you click over to it: The Best Defense Against Birds Ever. Don't be frightened, with this short video, and a lot of beer - we can once again take our rightful place above these birds on the food chain.

Article contributed by Lostinlimaohio

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Posted by lostinlimaohio at 12:00 AM | Permalink

Iced cappuccino vodka Mudshakes

With that stuff you can either get a caffeine buzz or an alcohol buzz, or both.

But, it is a contradiction that my mind can't make heads nor tails out of...

Iced cappucino = stay up all night.

Vodka = pass out

I don't know how to feel right about now.

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Posted by Samantha at 05:06 PM | Permalink | Comments (14)

This random thought by Semper Ubi Sub Ubi is a pretty good one...

"Why does everybody blame the dryer for lost socks? Nobody counts the socks between the washer and drier, so why is it automatically the dryer's fault?"

D*mn washer, plotting to get rid of its co-dependent dryer by making us think it's the dryer's fault.

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Posted by Samantha at 01:08 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

This may just be my last tag for a long time, but I'm sure you'll get quite a bit of knowledge of my personal life from this one to last you a while. I'm Just A Girl had me do this one, 5 Random Facts About Me, but then I got into it and finished all the ones she had on her site. So, here we go...

5 Random Facts

1. I like to keep the tv on all day even though I don't watch it more than 1/2 the time - I just need the sound of it. But, I need absolute silence when I'm studying.

2. I can't stand wearing jeans. I've had no more than 5 or 6 pairs in my lifetime, and most of the time they were just sitting in the closet. I mainly wear skirts and dress pants.

3. My "thing" in high school was wearing a black leather tassle jacket (which I still have). One girl admitted she was afraid to approach me because she thought I was a "butch" and wouldn't give her the time of day. We ended up becoming really good friends and I dated her brother for about a week (my standard dating time limit back then).

4. I love to paint. I just can't find the time right now or the right place in this house to do it.

5. Unlike I'm Just A Girl, I have a family with almost no musical talent (other than my grandpa and dad), and yet it is strong in me. My piano teacher, drum instructor, and trumpet instructor all saw some major potential in me that I never followed through with, but only because I moved on to other avenues in life.

4 Jobs I've Had

1. Bingo hall concession worker
2. Night security at a retirement home
3. Apartment maintenance
4. Fast food cashier

4 Movies I Could Watch Over And Over

1. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2. How the Grinch stole Christmas
3. Platoon
4. Plains, Trains, and Automobiles (That's not a pillow!)

4 TV Shows I Watch

1. The Simpsons (of course)
2. South Park
3. The Job (when it was on tv), but now King of the hill
4. Scrubs (although, I haven't had time to watch it this season)

4 Blogs I Read Daily

Too many to list here. I go to many daily, and even more at least once a week. I generally go to those who have something different to say than what the standard mainstream blogs talk about.

It gets really boring reading "cut and pastes" all day long, so I'd rather check out blogs with something unique to offer.

4 Albums I Can't Live Without

1. (heh heh) Photo album of my childhood, family, and pets
2. Guns N' Roses (all of them)
3. AC/DC (all of them)
4. Boney M Christmas CD (puts me in the holiday mood)

4 Vehicles I've Owned

1. Datsun B210 hatchback 1975
2. Buick Skylark 1977
3. Ford Tempo 1987
4. Driving boss's Chrysler 300M
5. We'll see (hoping it's a Jaguar xjscv12)

As always, I tag no one, but if you let me know that you've done it, I'll go check it out.

Thanks again to I'm Just A Girl.

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Posted by Samantha at 09:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (6)

See related article: Stardust of yesterday

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Posted by Samantha at 12:05 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Don't say I didn't warn you people in the States about the impending invasion of Canada.

We've just launched our newest subtle attack on the country.

And, it's a messy one.

I'll bet you thought it would stop at Fabio, but no, our Canada goose mission extends further as we pummel Oakland picnic-goers with poop.

How it all began was we coerced Oakland into taking a few of our missionaries (the geese) into refuge about 20 years ago, and since then, the soldiers have been trained to reproduce in quantities of about 200 with about 2,000 more soldiers arriving each summer, causing a poop fiasco.

This many Canadian geese produce a ton of feces each day.

Seeing as Canada doesn't have real weapons, we figure these poop bombs make up for it. Oakland is merely our trial city, but wherever geese may roam, you can suspect they are up to something sinister.

They are our spies as you know.

And, we've noticed that you've attempted to diffuse the foul situation by taking various measures - be it using grass that the geese won't eat, distasteful chemicals, or fencing off areas. You've even began hiring firms such as Goosebusters and Wild Goose Chase, which uses dogs to chase away the birds.

But, let me assure you that these are all feeble attempts.

You cannot dissolve our mission.

We shall provail.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (8)

This person is internationally scandalicious.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Enjoy some ugly mugs and the plastic surgery they've encountered at Awful Plastic Surgery.

Sometimes all the surgery in the world won't aid those appearances.

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Posted by Samantha at 05:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Aside from all those emails for enlargments, herbal viagra, discount meds, and porn freebies, Urban Legends and Folklore lists what they consider to be the top 10 Internet hoaxes of 2005.

Here is the list with links to the stories:

1. The Deadly Wave
2. Bill Gates Will Pay You for Forwarding This!!!
3. Photos of Hurricane Katrina's Approach
4. Telemarketers Want Your Cell Phone Number
5. Ciara's Sex-Change Operation
6. Pulled Over by a Fake Cop? Dial *677 for the Real Thing!
7. New Orleans Croc(k)
8. Penny Brown Is Missing ... Still!
9. A Tsunami Orphan's Plea for Help
10. SaveToby.com

I hope nobody was duped by them.

I know I got a few of those in my email from friends, family member, and random spam. I particularly remember getting p*ssed off with a friend who kept forwarding that stupid #2 Bill Gates "will send you money" one.

All I could think of is if she's forwarding it to me that many times (numerous), and who knows to who else, imagine how much money she thinks she's making from it.

I couldn't fall for it because I figured, as if he'd depart with a couple of his bucks for lowly lil' ol' me.

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Posted by Samantha at 01:02 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

For once, it's not me.

(kidding)

First, we start with a study of drinking on the job. It is reported that 7% of workers drink on the job or just before they start work, and of those 7%, the majority are single men in jobs like management, sales, the media, and restaurant workers.

I guess that's one way to get through the day at work. I just wonder how many of those cases means alcoholism or just a casual/social drink. Or, perhaps a drink with clients to "seal the deal", etc.

This is why I don't care for polls too much - because they don't say enough about the situations to know the truth.

Another case of alcohol can be found in court. Literally.

A man who was facing charges for evading a railway fare and for drinking at the station brought his own case of beer bottles to his court trial in a plastic bag.

In my opinion, this man clearly displayed alcoholism when he was found with alcohol, and smelled drunk, in two separate instances. Further, the man admitted to being an alcoholic and claimed he wanted to seek help for his substance abuse.

Either that or it was a really good plot for getting out of prison as his case had been deferred.

That's what I'm going to do, go on a drunken rampage, then bring some booze to court so that I can get out of my punishment.

Now on to more 'sobering' news.

In Japan, a driver was afraid of a police drinking-driving checkpoint, so he plowed right through the stop. After the man ran the stop, he was found in an embankment with his car upside down.

Although the man claimed that he had been drinking and drove through the roadblock because he was afraid to take a breathalizer (breath-test), the police declared that the man was, in fact, sober.

That story doesn't really need a comment. It's weird enough on its own.

I mean really, that's almost as lame as stuffing a free newspaper under your jacket and thinking you're getting away with something.

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Posted by Samantha at 09:13 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)

It appears that crash test dummies are being developed in Sweden to reflect the female form.

Researchers state that the current test dummies are all based on how the male body reacts to collision impacts, so they figure the best way to aid women is to create a female test dummy.

Lol, first thing I thought when I read their title "Crash test dummies get girlfriends", I thought the music group Crash Test Dummies were finally getting some.

I don't know why my mind went there, but it did make me go read the article.

But, anyhow, I can see how this creation could go wrong for motor vehicle testing.

If they made the females physically similar to women, the male research may spend their days fondling the dummies rather than testing them in crashes.

And, perhaps some of these dummies will make for better dates than some women. Hey, speaking of which, I think I'm going down to the vehicle testing site to get myself a male crash test dummy.

I might have better luck with my dates.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:09 AM | Permalink | Comments (10)

All around the world intelliegence is displayed as lacking. South Africa just happens to be the theme in this article where tourists and locals come together to make for an embarrassing scene.

It was written that some fool of a woman in South Africa allowed her one year old grandchild to pet a Cape Fur Seal while the woman attempted to push it back into the ocean.

Subsequently, the woman got her nose bit off by the p*ssed off seal.

In another incident, a tool of a mugger thought (or wasn't thinking) to hide in a tiger cage so as to not get caught by security at his local zoo. Um, he died.

Another guy - a gunman - fled into a gorilla enclosure where he was held captive by the giant monkey until the police arrived.

There was also a nut who was gored to death by an elephant mother who was protecting her calf. This loser took an 8 year old boy with him to the stupid event to pet the calf.

Next, there was the story of the twitty teenager who was mauled by lions after being cocky with his girlfriend and got too close to the lion enclosure.

Finally, the article talks of a couple who got out of their vehicle at a game park and were savagely mauled to death by the lions.

Hmmm... can anyone say Darwin award?

There are just too many stories like this in the world. There has to be a reason for such stupidity.

A professional hunter commenting on the subject stated,

"I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don't understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously harm you."

I mean, really, hasn't Disney suffered enough?

Besides, there's always the case of survival of the fittest. If they are dumb enough to fall for a cartoon in that way, or if it's just sheer stupidity, we should be glad to see them go!

You don't win a Darwin award for no reason.

Idiots.

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Posted by Samantha at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (7)

BumfOnline has a cartoon that is pretty much EXACTLY the way it is between the Conservatives (Harper) and Liberal (Martin).

Note the name of the blog and the definition of bumf. From now on, everything is bumf to me.

Some bumf is such junk that you could use it as bumf.

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Posted by Samantha at 05:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

I just saw a new Lays potato chip commercial that gave me a little giggle.

If you haven't seen it, it displays a man tipping a bag of Lays over into a bowl, but it takes forever to get one chip out.

Their claim is that there is more flavour in every bag, or something like that.

All I could think of is, ya, they're getting that stingy to the point of only putting in one chip per bag. What a rip off these chip companies are getting.

A big frickin' bag that's only half full (or it's half empty) seems to be the standard these days, which is very deceptive promotion.

Although we know the bag is only half full (or half empty), we tend to perceive that there is more to it because the bag is so frickin' huge.

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Posted by Samantha at 01:05 PM | Permalink | Comments (10)

Saul Andersen is an Independent candidate from the Victoria riding in BC.

As the reader, you now have the chance to read the questions and responses, discuss, debate, and decide: kook or candidate?

1. Can you give me an elevator pitch as to why people should vote for you? Please briefly explain your platform to those unaware.

[Saul Andersen] people should vote for me because i will make the best advocate for the people. i have been a cab driver in my small town for over ten years; i am only motivated to speak for the constituency that i know is out there: unsatisfied with the status quo but feeling powerless (ie. disenfranchised) because up until now the best choice has been "none of the above". i mean, did you listen to the Lack of Leadership debate the other day? i want to add some depth to the inch-deep national discussion on issues like sustainability, social justice and PROPRTIONAL REPRESENTATION. so, how long was this elevator ride?

2. Where do you plan on getting the money to fund your government programmes/changes?

[Saul Andersen] i believe that the money is extant in within the system already; increasing efficiency and new initiatives can help us further. for example, how much money would we save if we moved towards PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE and away from pharmeceuticals? what if we had specialized, satellite operating rooms for high demand services? let's ask the health care providers where or how we can make things more efficient. let's encourage people to eat better food and quit smoking. why not have tobacco-funded coupons for Nicorette gum instead of disgusting graphics on cigarette packs? give people the chance to make informed choices and see what happens.

3. What do you believe is/are the root cause(s) of crime?

[Saul Andersen] the root cause of crime is POVERTY

4. Do you believe immigration is linked to crime in any way?

[Saul Andersen] immigration is not linked to crime in any way; the caveat is that, obviously, we need to screen the criminal background of any potential new canadian.

5. How should we deal with the homeless?

[Saul Andersen] how should we "deal" with the homeless? well, let's address the systemic inequalities that lead to poverty and homelessness. let's work on empowering people, maybe starting with a guaranteed annual income. let's restore mental health care funding. most of all, let's talk with care workers on the front lines and ask them what solutions they see as necessary.

6. How do you feel about prostitution and how the present government deals with this issue?

[Saul Andersen] prostitution? hmmm... first of all, let's admit that its happening, and try to make it safer for those who are choosing this lifestyle. let's have more support groups like P.E.E.R.S. that help people find a way out. perhaps there should be government regulation, a la amsterdam? i don't really know what the answers are, even though i have had many encounters with both sex trade clients and workers in my years as a cabbie. the (mostly) women who do this need to be protected, and often need help getting off drugs, but again we are dealing with larger systemic issues at the root, such as a lack of affordable housing.

7. What are your feelings on drug harm reduction (eg. safe injection sites, providing free drugs to addicts)?

[Saul Andersen] harm reduction is totally necessary. safe injection sites will make our cities safer. i don't want to hand out drugs, but how do we make it so these people don't have to steal or sell their bodies to support their habits?

8. The Marajuana Party of Canada wants to legalize the drug. What is you opinion on legalising soft and hardcore drugs? Further, what is your opinion on decriminalizing drug usage?

[Saul Andersen] i don't believe that anyone should be a criminal for choosing to smoke marijuana. meanwhile, pot is estimated at what, a $7 billion industry annually? eliminate criminalization and you eliminate the criminal element that revolves around pot, and now is increasingly arming itself to protect its valuable cash crop. this could make it safer for the cops, and free up millions in court-related and enforcement expenses.

9. Independents rarely win a riding. Do you honestly believe you can win? What is your motivation for running?

[Saul Andersen] of course i believe i can win, i wouldn't do it otherwise. i could no longer sit idly by. in ten years of cab driving, i have come to recognize a constituency of disenfranchised and disaffected people. i will be the best advocate for the people because i am only motivated to serve the citizens that i talk to every day.

10. What's your position on gun control and registry? If in favour, do you believe criminals will respect the law and not obtain guns in other ways?

[Saul Andersen] criminals will probably find guns regardless of whether we register them or not; meanwhile maybe it isn't such a bad idea to have a registry. honest gun owners shouldn't mind, i think.

11. Have you ever participated in a protest? Do you feel they are effective ways to get a message across?

[Saul Andersen] yes, i have participated in a protest. i think direct action can be an effective way for marginalized voices (and even not-so marginalized ones) to be heard, and let's face it, you need to manufacture a spectacle to get the corporate media to notice. i the words of malcolm x, by any means necessary.

12. How do you feel about Americans? And, what is your opinion on Paul Martin using attacks against Americans to appear as a strong leader who does not bow down to US wishes?

[Saul Andersen] i love americans. noam chomsky, naomi klein, the list goes on. check out radio programs like democracy now, alternative radio, this way out. visit the bioneers website. or the yes men. F.A.I.R., the Nation, utne reader, on and on. let's not forget the significant number of americans who voted for al gore. we need to reach out to these people in the interests of both our countries. meanwhile, who can really trust anything paul martin does?

13. How would you respond to Tucker Carlson's characterisation that Canadians live in igloos and ride dogsleds to work? Referring to http://www.twbookmark.com/books/16/0446529761/chapter_excerpt17539.html

[Saul Andersen] tucker carlson is clearly not as smart as he thinks he is. or as funny. and if he got his head out of his ass long enough to really take a serious look at canada's influence in the world, well, i don't think that's gonna happen. (and canadians don't need to worry about it.)

14. Why should people with more money pay higher taxes?

[Saul Andersen] they shouldn't. unless of course, we do something sensible and shift tax from income to consumption. presumably, rich people would buy more consumer goods (because food and books and children's clothes should not be taxed) and would therefore end up paying more in tax. either way, income tax has made liars out of more people than golf and fishing combined; we should abolish it and look at a value-added tax system on a scandinavian model.

15. When the government tends to be horribly inefficient and ineffective, why do we continue to tack on social programme after social programme, crippling our population's tax burden?

[Saul Andersen] is there really an answer to this? meanwhile, i want to make government more effective in general.

16. Aren't there more effective ways to solve problems without government?

[Saul Andersen] like what? whatever form of social organization we create, that will be a form of "government", so whatever. in my heart, i'm an green anarchist; we need to dismantle ineffective systems and move on to a restorative path.

17. If you have a millionaire willing to pay for his own private medical care, why should Joe-poor be forced to pay for Joe-rich?

[Saul Andersen] universal medicare is part of the canadian fabric, so that's just par for the course, i guess. i support the continuation of a single-payer system.

18. Everyone born and raised in BC has smoked pot. Have you? And, did you inhale?

[Saul Andersen] i guess you will have to pass me a joint to find out.

19. Do you have any favourite blogs or websites that you read?

[Saul Andersen] other than your blog, a short list would include: the nation, f.a.i.r., the yes men, the rainforest action network, the bioneers, and my daily chinese horoscope at astrology.com.

20. How can people contact you if they have questions or would like to aid in your campaign?

[Saul Andersen] you can contact me via email (saulstar@shaw.ca), cellphone (250-883-5309), or check out my website (saulgood.ca). thank you for your time.

Thank you very much for your time in responding to a few questions for my readers.

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With all the concoctions they're coming out with for listening to music, I thought I'd make a top ten list of possible new and weird iPod/MP3 ideas.

1. iPod undies: romance your mate with a tune. Play a little Barry White, oh baby!

2. iPod toilet seat: every time you sit down to take a dump, you won't have listen to your own plop, plop.

3. iPod docking station elevators: now you can take the lame cr*ppy elevator music with you when you leave.

4. Karioke mp3: oh gosh, I hope they don't already have that.

5. Vibrator/pocket rocket mp3: get funky with some default, cheesy porn flick music.

6. For the boys, mp3 Teddy Ruxpin and for the girls, iPod Cricket.

7. iPod casket: in case you get buried alive accidentally, you'll have something to listen to.

8. mp3 womb installation package: they say to nurture unborn children with music, so why not install the music directly.

9. mp3 doggy chew toys. So that you don't have to listen to that frickin' squeaking all the time.

10. Celebrity iPods: programmed to play one of your favourite celebrity's tunes. For example, you can get the Celine Dion, which will only play her cr*p, or you can enjoy the David Hasselhoff and listen to Ooga-Chaka all day.

Got any ideas of your own?

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Many people seem to love monkey stories, so here's one for you all.

It is believed that there are some macaque monkeys roaming around Cambodia looking to get hopped up on goofballs.

They are being called "gangster monkeys" because they are stealing bags of glue from addicts, getting high, and then going around biting people and stealing laundry.

Well, they may be high, but they'll be dressed snazzy.

Just wait til they get ahold of some vehicle and start driving stoned.

But, officers are on the case. They have thusfar detained 15 monkeys.

Better catch all them monkeys, officers, because that's one drug dealing gang that you won't want holding all the power in your city.

They'll mess you up, if you don't pay up.

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Here are some more of my weird search engine hits. I don't know how many of them are real, or if people might be playing around, but here they are...

darkstar spanking
toronto escorts
glamor models gone bad
mean celebrities
canada animal rights blogs
butt cracks
player lover
scalp bleach burns
father was the killer
kinkybits,com
pictures of Polyphemus getting stabbed in the eye
colin farrell sex tape clip blog
best commercial joke
photocopied arse
crazy canadian facts
crazy random questions
oprah duped
female public butt cracks
duck fart.com
TREMENDOUS CAMEL TOE
crazy big butts
pee in the pool commercial
HOT MUFF BLOG
squishee seller on "the simpsons"
World Cheer
angry cashiers

My favourites:

HOT MUFF BLOG - because I showed up second to a home and garden blog, lol, I didn't know those were the topics that domestic blogs discuss.

pee in the pool commercial - ew, there is one?

mean celebrities - there's gotta be a ton of those.

Gasp - and for shame not knowing who is the squishee seller on "the simpsons", Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from the Kwik-E-Mart of course.

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And, that feeling is one of disgust and dry heaves.

Enjoy: Ooga Cr*ppa.

David Hasselhoff: a man's man.

Sorry The Noonz Wire, I have you beat when it comes to scary Hasselhoff stuff (at least, I think this video proves that). For anyone unaware, but wants to know more about the William Shatner of the States (they're both a little loony in a WTF? way), The Noonz Wire sent this and this.

Hat Tip: Neptunuslex

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Introducing the leader of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada, Ron Gray. The Christian Heritage Party is founded on (yup, you guessed it) the guiding principles of Christianity and The Bible.

This interview is designed to inform readers about the Party's campaign objectives and to elicit debate, discussion, and to determine: kook or candidate?

1. Can you give me an elevator pitch as to why people should vote for you? Please briefly explain your platform to those unaware.

[Ron Gray] Well, to begin with: not everyone should vote for the CHP. neither should everyone vote for the Liberals, Conservatives or NDP. The point of a democracy is that people vote for the party that most nearly resembles their own point of view. The winning party will then, if the process is fair, represent the largest number of voters -- but, of course, the winner must try to serve all the electorate. But s/he cannot do that effectively unless all points of view have been presented in the campaign.

We are here to represent the view -- stated in the Preamble to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution -- that Canada (and, indeed, Western Civilization) was founded on principles that recognize the supremacy of God -- capital 'G': the God of the Bible -- and the rule of law. Those are historical facts. It is also demonstrable that Biblical principles of honesty, integrity, justice, compassion, diligence and thrift have been shown to provide the best government... indeed, they provide the ONLY workable standards for good government.

About 40 years ago, Canada took a sharp turn away from those principles, and began a slide into catastrophic debt, and into social and moral decay; we offer a vision and a program to return Canada to the principles that made her prosperous, peaceful and great -- and to adapt those principles to a 21st-century environment.

C.S. Lewis -- one of the greatest minds of the 20th century -- once wrote that when everyone is rushing down the wrong path, the first person to turn around and find the place where they went off the track is actually in the lead, no matter how it looks to the crowd.

People who want Canada to return to the path that will yield peace, prosperity and freedom should vote for the CHP.

2. Where do you plan on getting the money to fund your government programmes/changes?

[Ron Gray] The Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance has no difficulty 'finding' $4.6 billion to bribe Jack Layton and the NDP to support them; they have made promises totaling $60-65 billion during the election campaign (and Mr. Layton's promises total $71.5 billion in new spending). The CHP, on the other hand, proposes to make the federal government smaller, and to stop its continual expansion into areas of provincial jurisdiction.

I have worked at a senior level in the federal bureaucracy; I've received the phone calls in February, telling me to spend the money left in he budget before the end of March -- and when I refuse, the senior bureaucrats sent teams from Ottawa to spend the money for me.

On the other hand, the CHP proposes an extensive plan for infrastructure renewal... a plan that was implemented successfully by the federal government at the end of the Second World War. At that time, Ottawa was concerned that the return of two million soldiers might result in massive unemployment, plunging the nation into another Depression. So C.D. Howe instructed the Bank of Canada to make loans, virtually interest-free, to the provinces, municipalities and local authorities, for infrastructure projects: roads, highways, bridges, ports, rail lines, etc. The construction projects absorbed all the 'surplus' labour, the improved access to resources and markets also stimulated the economy, and the plan touched off the longest-lasting economic boom in Canada's history. Unemployment then was half what it is now. The stimulated economy yielded revenues for the local governments that enabled them to repay the loans, which were then retired, so that the injection of capital was not inflationary.

Canada's infrastructure is decaying; we need that project again. It could also be used to fund water and sewage treatment facilities, and capital expansion for education.

At that time, half of the money in circulation was created directly by the Bank of Canada; today, the BoC creates only 2% of the money in circulation. The other 98% we rent from the chartered banks.

3. Aren't there more effective ways to solve problems without government?

[Ron Gray] Of course. And one of the greatest myths of our time -- eagerly promulgated by politicians -- is that politics can solve everything. It cannot.

But to solve problems in other ways, there must be a commonly-agreed-upon moral code. Society depends upon trust; the economy depends upon trust; and trust depends upon a shared moral code.

We do not pretend that we can solve all problems. But a significant part of the CHP's program is to stop governments and the courts from behaving like enemies of the culture upon which Canada was founded, and the moral code that undergirds that culture.

4. Why is it so important to protect traditional marriage? Why should government even be involved in marriages in the first place?

[Ron Gray] Government recognizes the social significance of marriage because marriage creates and nurtures the next generation of citizens -- and transmits the culture from one generation to the next, providing social stability.

Another reason that society at large -- through its government -- should protect traditional marriage is that it is the safest place for women and children. Rates of domestic violence in married families are about half what they are in unmarried families; the rates of domestic violence are even greater if the male partner in an unmarried household is not the biological father of the children. Rates of domestic violence are highest of all in same-sex households -- this is what David Island and Patrick Letellier (two 'gay' men) called "the dirty little secret of the gay-rights movement" in their book Men Who Beat The Men Who Love Them. A study in Boston found that one same-sex household in four had, during the previous year, experienced domestic violence serious enough to require hospitalization.

An even more important reason for protecting traditional marriage is to preserve that culture for our children. One 'gay' rights advocate asked me at a public meeting how two men in Vancouver marrying would affect my marriage. The answer, of course, was that they wouldn't affect my marriage; but they will affect the society in which my grandchildren will grow up. The Hoover Institution at Stanford University published a report last year entitled The End of Marriage in Scandinavia; the author, Hoover fellow Stanley Kurtz, reported the virtual collapse of marriage as an institution in the Scandinavian countries that have recognized same-sex 'civil unions' for the past 15 years or so; it is even worse in Holland and Belgium, where they have legalized same-sex 'marriage'.

And a very recent study in Quebec shows that children in married households have 20% less health problems than children in unmarried households.

The scientific fact is that homosexuality is not an innate condition; and 70% of practising psychiatrists in North America still regard the condition as a treatable psychopathology. Even the psychiatrist who put forward the resolution at the 1973 meeting of the America Psychiatric Association to removed 'homosexuality' from the APA's diagnostic manual, Dr. Robert Spitzer, now says that reparative therapy for homosexuals can often be helpful in restoring them to normality.

Homosexuality is, as Dr. Jeffrey Satinover has written, a behavioural addiction. What is more, a study done in Vancouver -- and reported in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association and in the International Journal of Epidemiology -- revealed that homosexuakl behaviour shortens life expectancy by up to 20 years. Recognixing same-sex 'marriage' or same-sex 'civil unions', or any other legal measure that gives approbation to such behaviour, will say to adolescents that such behaviour is 'OK' -- "the government says it's OK." Some will be tempted to experiment, and of those who experiment, some will become addicted.... and those who advocate same-sex 'marriage' or same-sex 'civil unions' will be guilty of sentencing those children to a an early grave.

5. Could you please clarify the health care plan for the Christian Heritage Party of Canada? You claim to be aiming for equality and quality care, does that mean that you wish it to remain a public service or are there other plans in the midst?

[Ron Gray] It should be publicly funded. The delivery systems are already a mix of public and about 30% private. More private delivery will encourage innovation.

Furthermore, there should be a much greater emphasis on preventive medicine, which will either reduce costs in the future, or make more money available for newer and more expensive technologies. That preventive medicine should include lifestyle education, which would include making the public aware of the health risks of promiscuous behaviour. And the health care plan should not include abortion, which has become the most common surgical procedure in Canada; but it cures no known illness; it kills half its patients; and in subjects the mothers to greatly increased risk of breast cancer, as shown by 23 of 28 studies in a meta-analysis by Dr. Joel Brind. Furthermore, a recent study in the UK revealed that in the two years after a pregnancy, the death rate from all causes was twice as high for abortive women as for those who carried their pregnancies to term; and the suicide rate was six times as high. Abortion also greatly increases the risk that subsequent pregnancies will result in pre-term and low birth-weight babies, whose health risks are much greater than those born at full term.

6. If you have a millionaire willing to pay for his own private medical care, why should Joe-poor be forced to pay for Joe-rich?

[Ron Gray] Or, to put the question another way: if I am willing to pay for my own medical care, and a doctor is willing to provide the service, why should it be illegal for me to spend my money how I want, or for the doctor to provide the care he was trained to provide? In fact, that kind of draconian restriction is merely a misuse of the state's power to preserve the turf of the public service unions. It is Marxist.

7. Christians are said to be forgiving; however, one of your Party statements says it will stress restitution and public safety in cases of violence and sexual offences. This sounds very unforgiving. How do you justify your plan to eliminate the revolving door system?

[Ron Gray] Restitution and public safety are not "unforgiving". They are simply the best ways to preserve social order and safety.

Christian forgiveness is an individual matter; the task of the civil government, as described in the Bible, is to preserve peace and order. The Bible calls the civil governor "God's minister" -- which means servant -- "to you for good", and says the government is to reward those who do good and punish those who do evil.

Forgiveness (as an individual act) and repentance (also an individual act) are greatly facilitated when the offender is required to make restitution to the victim.

8. Aren't you just the Conservative Party, but more honest about your religious intentions? Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Ron Gray] We are, generally speaking, small-c "conservative", in that we seek to conserve what is best about our culture. The Conservative Party has drifted so far left, they might better be called "Liberal Lite".

9. Do you believe in the rights of diversity and immigration when many immigrants are not Christians? Do you expect people to convert to Christianity if the Party plans to run a Christian-centred country?

[Ron Gray] We do NOT expect people to "convert to Christianity"; we are politicians, not evangelists. It is utterly false to presume that we seek to use the power of government to compel others to believe what we believe. Rather, as stated earlier, our purpose is to stop the governments and the courts from behaving like enemies of the culture and faith that 79% of Canadians hold.

Many immigrants to Canada are already Christians -- the Chinese Christian community rallied 10,000 people to the Vancouver court-house to protest the imposition of same-sex "marriage".

To properly describe the socio-political calling of the CHP, you have to look at the last census: 79% of Canadian self-identified as "Christian"; 16% were Secuar Materialists (atheist or agnostic); 5% comprised all the minority faiths, with none more than 2%.

But the Secular Materialists utterly dominate the four institutions that have the most impact on your life and mine: the governments., the courts, the tax-supported education establishment, and the media.

Secularism is NOT "neutral"; it is implacably hostile to all people of faith; it seeks to drive all faiths out of the public square. Secularism is, in fact, a faith -- the most bigoted and narrow of them all.

The only group in society with the numerical potential to resist the Secularist juggernaut is the 4 out of 5 Canadians who call themselves "Christians". Properly seen, we should be a bulwark defending the intellectual liberty and religious freedom of all Canadians.

The late Rabbi Emmanuel Jakobovitz once said, "The enemy is Judaism is not Christianity; it is militant Secularism."

10. Many atheists tend to have a gut distain for Christians. How would you alleviate their seemingly paranoid concerns?

[Ron Gray] I'm afraid they'll have to do that themselves. I cannot control the irrational thought of others. For several years, I had a running dialogue with the publisher/editor of The Canadian Atheist. He simply wasn't prepared to listen. Every issue of his little magazine included somewhere the quote, "Mankind will not be free until the last monarch has been strangled with the guts of the last priest." That doesn't sound very loving or tolerant to me! But I'm willing have a civil discourse with anyone... I would start with the question "Why is there something instead of nothing?"

11. When it comes to your party’s pro-life stance, how would you answer the following hypothetical: a woman gets impregnated by her troglodytic half-brother, wouldn’t she have a right to an abortion? (hypothetical first noted on TV show, Seinfeld)

[Ron Gray] Well, Jerry Seinfeld is a first-rate stand-up comic, but that doesn't make him a deep philosopher.

Hypothetical cases make bad philosophy, for they can never include all the facts.

The kind of case you hypothesize would represent a small fraction of one percent of all the 110,000 abortions done in canada every year. And we should remember the legal maxim that "hard cases make bad law."

But even granting all the conditions of your hypothesis, the question remains: why should the child be punished -- capital punishment, at that! -- for the sins of the father?

To move from the hypothetical to the real: I once had a secretary, named Ruth, who confided in me that she had been conceived as the result of a rape. And what is more, as a young adult she was the victim of a rape -- and conceived a daughter. At the time Ruth worked for me, her daughter had grown up, married, and had presented Ruth with a granddaughter. In Ruth's view, the birth of her child showed God's ability to bring beauty out of something ugly.

Abortion doe not un-rape a woman; it merely inflicts another violence upon her.

12. The Marajuana Party of Canada wants to legalize the drug. What is you opinion on legalising soft and hardcore drugs? Further, what is your opinion on decriminalizing drug usage?

[Ron Gray] The LAST thing Canada needs -- especially young Canadians -- is another stupefying substance on the market.

However, I believe that everything God made has a legitimate purpose. Marijuana has medical uses -- but no doctor in his/her right mind would prescribe smoking it, because marijuana smoke has been shown to be more carcinogenic that tobacco smoke. A pharmaceutical firm in the UK is now in the testing stage of an inhaler that dispenses THC-delta; the quantities are about 5% of what is in smoked 'joints'.

13. Have you ever participated in a protest? Do you feel they are effective ways to get a message across?

[Ron Gray] Yes. I participated in the protest of the opening of Vancouver's first abortion mill.

The effectiveness of a protest will depend on the deportment of the protesters -- they should be civil and peaceful -- and on the honesty of the media. At the protest I attended, the local CTV outlet sent a reporter -- Pamela Martin -- who asked me, "What will you do to stop this clinic from opening?" I replied, "We'll do whatever it takes" -- meaning, of course, within the law.

Five years later, when Dr. Garson Romalis was shot at his home by a sniper, BCTV included in that report a clip of me saying "We'll do whatever it takes." That was grossly dishonest reporting.

14. How do you feel about Americans? And, what is your opinion on Paul Martin using attacks against Americans to appear as a strong leader who does not bow down to US wishes?

[Ron Gray] Although I have policy differences with the Americans, they are undoubtedly the best neighbours we could wish for. Anti-Americanism is not pro-Canadian. It is just an appeal to bigotry.

15. How would you respond to Tucker Carlson's characterisation that Canadians live in igloos and ride dogsleds to work? Referring to http://www.twbookmark.com/books/16/0446529761/chapter_excerpt17539.html

[Ron Gray] It's kinda funny when someone who poses as a pundit exposes his own ignorance.

16. Why should people with more money pay higher taxes? Isn’t everyone in Canada equal and shouldn’t they contribute equally?

[Ron Gray] I believe the graduated income tax should be repealed. The Bible affirms the right to private property ("Thou shalt not steal.."). When money has been earned, the government has no right to ask, "How much did you make? Send me half."

Right now, the CHP is studying the differences in policy and effect between a flat tax or a consumption tax with exemptions for the necessities of life (e.g., food, children's clothing, prescription medicines, a certain level of heating and transportation fuel purchases...) With a consumption tax on optional purchases, the citizen can actually control how much money s/he gives to the government: if I decide I need a new car, I can buy a $60,000 Lexus and send an additional $12,000 to the government; or I can buy a $12,000 Firefly and send $2,400 to the government. My choice.

17. When the government tends to be horribly inefficient and ineffective, why do we continue to tack on social programme after social programme, crippling our population's tax burden further?

[Ron Gray] Because government's natural tendency is to make as many people as possible dependent upon it, thus preserving a constituency of need and consolidating its power base

18. Everyone born and raised in BC has smoked pot. Have you? And, did you inhale?

[Ron Gray] Not everyone born again has done so. When a person is born again, the Bible says, s/he becomes "a new creature. Old things are passed away."

19. Do you have any favourite blogs or websites that you read?

[Ron Gray] www.worldnetdaily.com and www.bourque.org are daily stops -- often more than once a day.

20. How can people contact you if they have questions or would like to aid in your campaign?

[Ron Gray] through our web-page at www.chp.ca

21. Is there anything that you would like to add that has not been asked here?

[Ron Gray] This has been a penetrating and useful set of questions. Thanks for enquiring.

Thank you very much, Ron Gray for your time and responses to the interview questions.

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To refresh everyone's memory, Dave D. of The Waterglass, guessed correctly that "J... Janeane Garofalo" was the moron #15. Thus, dethroning Spoonfighter.

Congrats to The Waterglass and let's see how long you can maintain the title. The longest running champion has been Peace of my mind who kept the title for 3 weeks.

Here is the standard info for the game:

To your right is the Moron Of The Week posting from which you will be able to guess who you believe is the moron in the picture, then submit your answer in the comment section of this article. On Friday, I will provide the correct answer along with a link to the winning guess's site. Will you be the winner this week?

PS - this isn't going to be easy as there is no shortage of morons out there: politicians, journalists, celebrities, frothing-at-the-mouth moonbats, and the like.

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Canada has a Marxist-Leninist Party running in the 2006 federal elections.

How many votes they get, who knows? Well, I don't know, anyhow.

What I want to share with you are the pictures of the fabulous candidates.

They got all dressed up, fancy-shmancy for their pics.

(All pictures courtesy of www.cbc.ca)

Yes, folks, here are some of the potential leaders in this country.

Some days, I'm just too darn proud to be Canadian.

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Sponsor Where are my socks? in his attempt to achieve a personal goal.

It's hilarious!

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Toner Mishap shares with us The Best Picture Ever. And, while you're there, get a load of the Hasselhoff news.

Responsible for the reunion of Germany?

A dying wish of many kids to meet him?

*ugh*

And, ladies, if you like what you see here, he's A-VAIL-ABLE! --> --> -->

Thanks to preemptive karma for the photo idea.

For more Hasselhoff fun, if you haven't played the Waxhoff game, here's the article link to it: Getting Hoff.

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