Sunny Sydney

Teaching in Sydney, Nova Scotia for three days.

- staying at Cambridge Suites: very nice. soft bed, hi-speed internet, right downtown near all the nothing there is to do.
- had lunch at the Canadian Coast Guard College cafeteria today. three bowls of various salad bar stuff, plus a cinnamon bun, and two glasses of koolaid, cost me $3.16. I'm moving here to save money!
- having dinner with one friend tonight, another friend tomorrow. after that, will be bored. *Must* study for my javascript exam, rather than just surf the web.

Time to get back to Excel XP Level 2; wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Scary Conservative Kitten-Eaters

From the CBC:

In what is becoming a repeated pattern, a senior Conservative official was forced to distance the party from a candidate's controversial remarks – this time about Canada's amended hate law.

Conservative House leader John Reynolds downplayed comments Sunday by his Tory colleague calling for the repeal of Canada's new law.

In an interview with CTV News, Ottawa-area MP Cheryl Gallant said she opposed the new law, that was recently amended to include sexual orientation as one of the protected groups.

"The danger in having sexual orientation just listed, that encompasses, for example, pedophiles," Gallant said.

...


Last week, Conservative health critic Rob Merrifield said women should seek independent counselling before having an abortion.

Also last week, Hamilton Mountain Conservative candidate Tom Jackson spoke out in favour of the death penalty. Harper said his party would not introduce legislation on either issue but that they could be put to a free vote in the House of Commons.

Last month, Scott Reid resigned as the Conservative party's official languages critic after saying bilingual services would be reduced if the Conservatives form the next government.


I may have to reconsider my vote this time around. I hate politics, and yet I love it. Who's holding the Halifax election party this year? I would, but my husband's head would explode. :-)

UPDATE: Of course, a dozen or so Liberal MPs hold similar views on many topics. Tom Wappel would burn me at the stake if he got the chance. I wonder how one draws the line between "crazies who don't actually hold the part reins" and "crazies who actually *are* the party."

Crap, it's dialup.

I Hate dialup. Hate hate hate. Not just dislike.

So I may have to go wardriving tonight, rather than suffer through this silliness. :)