Verbal Fluidity

Warning, if you are easily offended or have issue with me speaking my mind, or dislike colorful language, turn back now.  My Rant today is about this article: ( Click for Article ) I read this article and had to pause.  Are these people fucking insane? Reparations... For slavery in the 16th to 19th centuries? ummmm.... what? Based on the article, slavery was abolished in 1834 in Canada. Are there a lot of 183+ year old people running around in Canada?  Because those would be the only one that I think had any right to any reparations. The article goes on to say that it wasn't until the 20th Century that they could consider themselves citizens, or free people. I can agree with that, but the 20th Century began nearly 118 years ago, and it’s unlikely that any one 118+ years old are running around either.        There are notes in the article stating that a formal apology would be a good step.  Allow me to be the first to offer it to Lynn Jon

Alright, I did my best to stay quiet, but sadly I failed.  The fault however lies with El Jones, and the decidedly racist comments that were made.  Jones was very hard on Crosby, stating that he should have fell in line with other athletes and protested.   Jones also felt the need to state that Crosby and the overwhelmingly white NHL, needed little to no discussion over whether or not to visit the White House... says a great deal about "White privilege".  wait a minute...  Is she calling the NHL and Crosby racist? Is that Okay?   not for me it isn't.   I couldn't make comments like the overwhelmingly Black NBA, or NFL...  Why is it okay for Jones to say this about the NHL?  Aren't his comments racist?   anyone?  Let me answer for you.    YES .    P.K. Subban refuses to kneel.  He has too much respect, and what the Flag of the US stands for. Did I mention that PK was born in Canada?  A Canadian cares more about the flag,and the co

Here we are true believers!  It’s just rolling around to September, and there are only 3 more Fridays left of racing.  The Sign Crew (as we have become affectionally known) has had quite a year.  We started out with 2 signs, and at the end of this season we are pushing 16.   We’ve cheered, we’ve even booed, and we’ve had a fantastic time.  We feel a level of sadness as we approach September 15 th , and the final race of the year.  We had so much fun.  We were lucky to be included in several pictures by McCarthy Photographic for Fanfest, we were lucky to make friends with incredible individuals like Tim Terry, Pat Healey, Richard and Paige Drake, Megan Parrott, Rob Bowness and Rick Sellars, to name a few.  We took in our first Pro Stock race this year, and were part of the first ever Scotia Speedworld antique car show and food truck rally.  Adora was featured on the Kiddy ride night promo in this year’s program, and she was also featured in the Enfield Weekly Press for our time spen

So even after a peaceful protest, where the city aided in covering up the Edward Cornwallis statue, people still felt the need to graffiti the statue. I'm not surprised. This is typically how bullies get what they want.  Yes I called the Mi'kmaq bullies. What else would you call it ? They are attempting to force the city, by way of scare tactics and childish behaviour, to remove the statue. Sounds like a bully to me.  They say he participated in genocide. This is stretching it. He was at war with the French, whom the Mi'kmaq were aligned with. The Mi'kmaq also were killing a lot of British soldiers, does that mean they were also participating in genocide? They were offered money for British scalps... did they not bring in any? I suspect a few were gathered. As an English descendant, should this offend me? Should I be protesting the Glooscap statue in Millbrook?  Our province has always been more than gracious to the Mi'kmaq people. The province has ackn

Hello True believers!  It time to get controversial, so let’s get to it.    I have heard a lot of talk recently about Edward Cornwallis, and how they want to topple his statue in downtown Halifax. It has been referred to as a "colonial Genocidal Statue".  It all relates to Cornwallis, the founder of Halifax who issued a bounty on the scalps of Mi’kmaq men, women and children in retaliation for an attack on settlers.  What I want to say here is, that was well over 260 years ago, and it was a time of war.    When Cornwallis arrived in Halifax, there was a long history of war in Acadia and Nova Scotia between the British and the Wabanaki Confederacy (which included the Mi'kmaq). The Wabanaki Confederacy were aligned with the French, who the British were at war with. What is interesting to note here, is that while Cornwallis offered a bounty for Mi'kmaq scalps, the French also offered a bounty to the Wabanaki for British scalps.    Did I mention they were at w

The year was 1989.  My uncle decided he wanted to race at Scotia Speedworld. At the time, there were only 2 real classes, Street Stock and Duke cars.  Eventually he ended up racing both, but the street stock was the first. I helped him with everything i could. Eventually that 1979 Pontiac Lemans became a racing machine. Race night was always a big deal. the stands were full, but we sat right down in front, to the left of the starter's stand, about half way up towards turn 4.  Jerry Lawrence provided the color commentary. My uncle was mildly successful, and took home a few trophies and checkered flags.  It was this place in time, these memories, that made me love racing.  But like anything in life, over time it got forgotten, and the burden of work and life balance got in the way.  It would be 24 years before I returned to that race track... This time with my own kids in tow. I should back up a bit and say, that my wife and I had given thought to taking the kids to Scotia Spe

Hello my masses of adoring fans! OK, would you believe a small group of grudging admirers ? Ok. Fine, 2 followers that barely read and like the pictures.     I’ve decided to bring you something a bit different.     I’m going to try to do this every week (TRY being the operative word) and give you a list of sorts, of things that irked me over the past week.   Some of it may be controversial, but most will be me being a crusty curmudgeon.   (I am getting old you know) So without further ado… and without hairdo… (it sounded funny in my head), let’s get this started.   So I recently visited one of the big box stores, we will call it Mal-Wart (I can’t afford a law suit), and I was appalled by the level of customer service I DIDN’T receive.   The cashier barely spoke above a whisper, and was very monotone.   It seems as if her dog may have died in her arms earlier that day.   She seemed so uninterested, and seems so bored with her job, that I almost offered euthana