NHLPA - A Union

The NHLPA is applying for union status in Quebec and BC. What a joke. The labor movement should be doing everything in their power to stop this. (But they won't). The union movement, started out of a need, but that need and the historical basis for a union is not to protect people who earn into seven figures per year.

If union leaders stand up now and state that there is no need for players who earn exorbidant salaries to be a part of the union / labor movement, they can save some credibility.

The NHL is not the only "game" for the players to play. Just look at how many of the players played over in Europe during the lockout. They took less money and moved away from their homes. Does that not suggest that they get overpaid to work closer to home?

Now Here's a Conundrum

Jack Layton, has said that if Stephen Harper forces an election that he would be "getting into bed with the separatists." Well, smiling Jack, I guess if you get into bed with a cut throat den of theives (the Liberals), does that make you a pirate? You know what happens to pirates, don't you? They get hung out to dry.

Guilt by association goes both ways.

Democratic / Left Wing Inclusionists

WhatI don't quite get is the tone that is employed by the personalities and members of the left in terms of inclusion. The message that they advocate is that everyone should be included and equal. The tone that they use leaves little doubt that we should all be equal, but some are more equal than others.

Jon Stewart is an example. Rather than standing up for the religious freedom (whether he views it as misguided or not) of evangelicals, he would rather paint them as something to be feared and ridiculed. That is not to say that I agree with the beliefs of the evangelicals, but it seems hypocritical to slam them for their beliefs.

I have many personal beliefs in terms of religion and morality. I talked to a friend of mine recently and he mentioned that in his opinion what someone does in terms of their actions in a political arena do not need to correspond to the morality they ascribe to in terms of religion. That to me seems wrong. Morality is not something that should be analog, but rather binary. When someone's actions in office stand in contradiction to their professed religious morality paints them as someone that I don't want in office. I can respect someone who has different views than I do and acts on those views. I can also respect someone who does not publicly profess their beliefs, rather holding them as a personal set of values and acts as such.

That is the problem I have with the left. They profess to protect religious (and other as well) freedom in one breath, and in the next they beat down any religion with which they do not agree. This is what fosters intolerance in the mainstream. They call me down ... so I'll call them down. It may be an oversimplification, but if each side had mutual respect, wouldn't the adversarial nature of religious discussion and to some extension political following be diffused?

My two cents ...

Comments

With apologies. I think that my comments may not have been working correctly in that no one could respond on the site. I think that I now have that fixed.

Legalized Pot as a fundraiser?

On Andrew Coyne, there is an interesting post about links in BC between some shady characters and the Liberal Party and PMPM. What I am wondering (and posted in the comments there) is ... is this the reason to push to lower penalties for possession of pot and the removal of this offence from the criminal code? Is this just an ingenious means of raising money for Liberal coffers?

Shouldn't Have Happened

As a father of two, the loss of a child or children is something that I don't want to consider. Hearing about the two kids in Atlanta that were missing and that they have now been found in a local pond grieves me. A child is supposed to grow up and and outlive his or her parents. A parent in not supposed to bury their child.

Congratulations to the Saskatoon Contacts

With the NHL on hiatusm I watched the final of the Telus Cup tournament on Sunday. It was a great game (for a fan of a team from Saskatoon). The Contacts outplayed the Gatineau Intrepide and won handily. Hats off go to the coaches and players of the Contacts and those who have supported them this year. As someone who does not get out to hockey games very often, but enjoys the game, I would consider going to a Contact game or two next year.

I salute you, the Canadian National Midget champs.

It will be interesting how many new players will make their way from that team to the upper echelons of hockeydom, whatever those levels may be.

Fresh Energy

It has been quite some time since I have done any posting. Sorry for those of you who have been visiting, but I have some energy to burn and some things to say.

First off, I have added another required reading member, Cat in the Mash. This member has me listed on his blogroll and I have to say that this gives me a great boost. It is nice to know that someone thinks that the things that I have to say are worth reading.

To any and all that come to this page on a regular basis, I will be posting more faithfully in the future.

Moral Authority

With Paul Martin's remarks about the moral authority to lead the country should not speak quite so loudly. His testimony at the Gomery inquiry stated that he does not know Claude Boulay and the information that is becoming common knowledge about the lunch the two had together, begs the question, does Martin have Alzheimer's or was he lying?

Sad but True Statement

From Lifesite.net this article addresses the attitudes to the Pope held by French Canadians. The way that our past two Prime Ministers hold themselves, there is no wonder that the French would be critical of a pope who is more traditional in his beliefs. When one considers what the pope accomplished in embracing other religions while maintaining a strength and conviction in the tenets of Catholicism, how any group of catholics cannot admire him, is beyond me.

Life of a Great Man

There are no other words for the way that I feel for the Pope. John Paul II has, through his time as pope, led by an example that those who are not Catholics, or even Christians, could appreciate, admire and respect.

I am praying for him.