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Toronto’s Finest Keystone Kops

OK, so I wasn’t glued to the TV all weekend to see the G20 demonstrators.  I saw enough on the news each night.  I have only one question – where were these cops when the hooligans were breaking windows and burning cruisers?  I didn’t see any cops anywhere.  What, they all huddled somewhere safe?

I’m so disappointed.  I don’t want to hear any excuses about the “Black Bloc” and how they overwhelmed the cops.  Come on.  What do they teach you in Police School?  How to look swell in uniform?  You had all the right gear.  Why didn’t you shoot a few of those creeps?  What’s with using kid gloves on hooligans and bullying spectators?  You should be ashamed Bill Blair.  I think the police force should pay for damages done.  You were totally inept.

June 28th, 2010 Posted by Lugatz | Crime and Punishment | no comments

Interior Designers Bug Me

Why, you ask?  Well, I’ll tell you.  They always go for the trendy nonsense instead of what’s practical. 

Case in point.  The tucked-in top sheet and blanket/coverlet/comforter – whatever.  I don’t know about you but I hate anything tucked in.  I don’t care how tight the fitted sheet is, when you start tugging at the top sheet and blanket to get into bed, the fitted sheet becomes loose.  As a result it forms folds.  I like my sheet to be tight, rather like the army where they bounce a penny on it. Read more…

May 7th, 2010 Posted by Lugatz | Interior Decor, Personal Opinions | no comments

A Classy Gentleman

Ever heard the expression “He’s got class” or “He’s a gentleman”?  What do they mean?  Do they mean he has more money than you?  Do they mean he has better manners (social skills) than you? 

I was married to a man who claimed he had “class”.  His father was a lawyer and he was a business owner.  He was excellent at flattery and I could not believe how easily people, especially women, were disarmed by it.  He told jokes that he laughed at harder than anyone else.  Our house was “open house” every night of the week.  Liquor flowed like water and food was always plentiful.  The house was packed with freeloaders who would eat, drink and talk crap for hours without ever having spent a cent.  I know they laughed behind his back.  To them he was a putz ever needy of an approving audience.

They should have been married to him.  Oh joy.

When the door closed and we were alone, a different animal emerged.  He became sullen and bullish.  We never had sex unless he wanted it – never mind my needs.  He took ten second showers followed by splashes of cologne so you could smell him coming and going.  He never, ever lifted the toilet seat to pee.  I can’t tell you how many times I sat on a wet seat.  I usually took care to wipe it clean before sitting down but there were times, I’d forget. 

Still, he thought of himself as classy and a gentleman.  I guess he figured he had more money than you and that’s all it that mattered.

April 30th, 2010 Posted by Lugatz | Long Ago and Far Away, Relationships | no comments

One Modest Belch, Endless Green Moralizing

Ancient mankind saw volcanic eruptions as punishment from the gods. Now we know better – no thanks to the media and European leaders

Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Apr. 23, 2010 5:00AM EDT Last updated on
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Hundreds of years ago, before the 19th-century birth of the science of volcanology, mankind saw volcanic eruptions as warnings or punishments from the gods. The gods were literally blowing their tops, spewing forth fire and rocks and ash to express disgust or disappointment with mortals’ habit of messing things up. Read more…

April 23rd, 2010 Posted by Lugatz | Environment | no comments

All Hell is Breaking Lose Over Universal Healthcare

How stupid is this?  “No, I do not wish to be covered.  I wish to die rather than have medical attention”. 

Since it’s still cold outside and my seeds haven’t arrived yet, I thought I’d put in my two cents regarding our dear neighbour to the south.  I have to believe that it’s only a few people that are against socialized medicine.  Honestly.  If you hear me call them morons, don’t be offended.  Those I’m referring to know who they are. 

Why all this kerfuffle?  I can only believe that a lot of folks in the Republican party will lose a lot of money from the pharmceutical and insurance lobbyists.  So, what’s all that screaming about – calling them baby killers and such?  And you wonder why I call you morons.  You’ve been so brainwashed for so many decades, you can’t think logically anymore – assuming you ever could, that is.  OK, that was bad.

I shouldn’t talk, really.  We went through the same thing in Canada back in the 50’s and early 60’s.  If it hadn’t been for a little man called Tommy Douglas, perhaps we’d be in the same situation as the US. Go HERE to read about him.  He had been a preacher before entering politics.  (BTW, he is the grandfather of Kiefer Sutherland.)  Poor Tommy and his CCF party went through the same hate mongering just like Obama and the Democrats are going through today.   A few years ago – 20 years or so after his death, he was voted “The Greatest Canadian” by a national consensus.  There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that he certainly was and still is.

I predict, years after Obama’s passing, he will be lauded as “The Greatest American”.

March 26th, 2010 Posted by Lugatz | Personal Opinions, Socialized Medicine | no comments