I've gotten so many e-mail forwards in the past few days about how I should wear red on Fridays to support the Canadian troops in Afghanistan, how the liberal media isn't telling the truth about how Canadians really feel about the situation, how it's the right decision that President Harper imposes a media ban on coverage of and doesn't want to fly the flag at half-mast for the coffins of deceased soldiers returning to Canada.
Here's how I'd support the troops:
1. Get them out of a war zone that has nothing to do with Canada and
which is no longer (if it was ever) a peacekeeping mission.
2. Not send stupid e-mail forwards to everyone in my address book but
instead, if I have a point to make to all my friends and every other
person I've ever corresponded with, take the time to type an original
thought.
Oh well, at least this has inspired a new tag for the blog –
“rant”. I like to think that's one of my specialities. (And
yes, I know I spelled that wrong. I also have taken a liking to
pronouncing “gourmet” as “gormee”. I'm more of a “language is best when it's fun
and flexible” than “these are the rules dammit!” type of
guy.) <raises fist> Grrr.
PS – I don't know if anybody ever looks at the “Recentlyl Played” list over there —>
but
man, you haven't lived until you've been in a karaoke bar
in Quebec (I know what you're saying – do Shea and I know how to
party! But it was accidental – we went
to our regular haunt for the final Flames game but it was also karaoke
night.) Not sure if this is a Quebec-wide phenomenon or we were
just lucky but every single person sang along to every single song that
came up – English or French – in the loudest, most off-key voices I've
ever heard. Truly spectacular entertainment.) I saw the
Cranberries “Zombie” in my MP3 folder and that triggered the
memory.
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