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To Accept An Insult Or Not – That Is The Question. My last editorial (December 5, 2010) touched no shortage of raw nerves, especially the part that went: “IT’S TIME TO GET THE TAR AND FEATHERS”. As many of you know from visiting this Web Site, I am as fed-up with the political process as anyone can be, probably MORE than most. But, unlike most people, I have a substantial audience through the Internet and Radio Stations throughout Canada and the United States who have me on their air as a guest, all of which gives me an outlet with...

People who voted for Barack Obama did so because of his many PROMISES, the most important of which was to create 4 MILLION jobs. He has since broken that PROMISE several times-over by downgrading it to between 3 MILLION and 4 MILLION jobs. But, in his latest revision of this incredible PROMISE, it has now morphed into creating and SAVING between 3 and 4 MILLION jobs, as if there isn’t a universe of difference between SAVING and creating. Governments do not create wealth or jobs. Unions do not create wealth or jobs. Civil Servants, Teachers, Soldiers and Police Officers amongst...

Along the path to what can ONLY be described as a new World Order, courtesy of Barack Obama and the Global Left, we will find nothing but pain and misery cloaked in feel-good platitudes. As our governments continue to grow in size and influence, they become even more unquenchable beasts that constantly require things to do, simply to justify their existence, with the ever-growing need for enormous amounts of PRIVATE money just to maintain their insatiable appetites. Make no mistake about this: Governments NEVER shrink. They NEVER say we need less intrusion into the lives of the people who pay...

My wife and I work hard to make a living. We don’t just work 9-5 Monday to Friday with two 15-minute obligatory breaks during each day. We don’t take our entitled 1-hour lunch break. And we don’t wait in anticipation for government-mandated days off. Other entitlements such as sick leave, parental leave, and stress leave are non-existent for us. As employers, if our company should fail, we can’t even claim Unemployment. At the end of each day, when our employees go home, Anne and I are still at it thinking about new business, clients, suppliers, competition, receivables, payables, cash-flow, salaries,...