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Latest blog posts from Catpaw - Diary of an angry cat

Just curious, but how come
Why has no one vigorously challenged my favourite victim of foot-in-mouth disease, Sarah Palin, about her membership in the Alaska Independence Party? This group advocated armed insurrection to boot the US government out of Alaska. Although they downplay it now, as early as 1994, they were... Read more...
Published 6 days ago

Time for a few pot shots at the Canadian election
The phrase “Bennett Buggy” might ring a few bells for some of my readers. Anyone who actually listened to their high school history teacher may remember it. At the start of the Great Depression of the ’30’s, Canada’s Prime Minister was R. B. Bennett. He assumed power in 1930, on the eve... Read more...
Published a week ago

A cohesive thought, a cohesive thought, my kingdom for a cohesive thought
YEE HA! Sarah “we don’t need no stinking grammar” Palin rides again.  When asked today why she isn’t focusing on the economy - a topic on the minds of all Americans - rather than on the Obama-Ayers attack, she said: Well, Americans are caring about the problems in the economy, of course,... Read more...
Published a week ago

It just doesn’t stop, does it
The economic bail out seems to have had NO effect on some of the architects of the current fiscal disaster. AIG was bailed out last week. Guess what they did days after the bailout? Went on a huge retreat complete with lavish rooms, lots of spending. Financial Products Manager Joseph Cassano, who... Read more...
Published a week ago

How many city workers does it take to drill a hole?
First you have to soften up the neighbourhood with 2 weeks worth of dumptrucks and bobcats roaring around the land starting at 6:30 am until sometime around 3pm. Make sure you include Saturdays so patience is really tested. Then wait until 2:30am. You have to light up the area with enough klieg... Read more...
Published a week ago

Violence on the Hustings
Lest any of us get too complacent or arrogant about our democracy here in Canada, listen to this cautionary tale. Just north of where I live, in Toronto there has been an outbreak of violent vandalism of the likes I don’t think we have ever seen. Specific political party supporters are being... Read more...
Published a week ago