The Isodopes of Governmentium
I can’t take credit for the discovery of governmentium, (see www.dullmen.com/governmentium.htm ) but I can tell where there are large deposits of it. It is obvious that in the case of the inquisition of Lisa Raitt, that the "forces called morons, surrounded by…peons" are having profound effect on the function of government. There is no right and wrong side to this argument, and if common sense were involved, it might have disappeared from sheer stupidity. But governmentium forces a minute reaction to take far longer to complete than is normal in the rest of nature.
I can’t possibly decide what Miss Raitt had in mind when she saw sex in the sordid life of the Chalk River facility and its isotope shortage. We’ll have to leave that one to Dr. Freud. But is the missplacement of sex in one’s perceptions, suddenly against the law? Is it considered indictable in the function of government? If so the jails would be full worldwide. But more importantly, was the reporting of this perceived indiscretion by the Halifax Chronicle-Herald’s Stephen Maher, seen to be sexy, as reporting scoops go? It must have been, judging by his actions.
Which leads us to the real debate which noone is having. If this is the best the media can do in its daily attempts to inform us, will we miss them when they are gone, buried by the avalanche of meaningless twitters and blogs?
Just a reminder to all those who - having been baited and hooked by this mindless distraction - have already forgotten that a Liberal administration is once again misappropriating taxpayer’s money with a wink and a nod to its beneficiaries. Much about the eHealth scandal, has the smell of scam to it. Much about the firing of the actors smacks of the whipping boy treatment of non-political actors in adscam. So far no politicians have been caught in a legal net, just like adscam. And, similarly, we have no idea of the extent of such practices in the ever-expanding McGuinty administration. While these questions remain unanswered, the media looks up its navel at a story of no consequence to the intelligent world.
June 10th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
frankly - CTV’s Oliver and Fife should be incarcerated for their holier-than-thouness - sick and disgusting how these lieberal mouthpieces can justify their judgment of competence, based on a doctored, out of context, private conversation - where are these journalistically challenged when the real stories break ? - perhaps they are truly sexist throwbacks to their knuckle-dragging cousins of the kinsella faith ?
June 10th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Seriously. Do you think that Raitt showed a spirit of public service or personal selfishness when confronted with an important medical issue? “Sexy” “I’ll win credit”. She is in it for herself. I thought you guys were against that.
June 10th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Personally, I am against self-serving attitudes at public expense, but then, is’nt that what everyone says? In the real world, I found that it was hard to trust anyone, even your presumed allies. And I sincerely doubt that anyone from the adscam crowd is any different.