Not in accord

I loved what David Rodenhiser wrote at the end of his column today:

David Rodenhiser thinks Stephen Harper has a phobia of accords: the Atlantic Accord, the Kyoto Accord, the Kelowna Accord. The man must be petrified when passing a Honda dealership.

Hear, hear!

I thought our two political cartoonists went above and beyond today too.

De Adder: http://www.hfxnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=35309&sc=91

MacKinnon's is great too, it so succinctly summed up what Casey did and the price he paid. Just click on www.herald.ns.ca and scroll down a bit to the left and you'll see an icon where you can view the cartoon. Great work BM!

Did you notice how more and more Hotline callers are using the term "Benedict Mackay"? I think Rick's little nickname is catching on! I thought Rick's interview with Murray Brewster, our old friend from Broadcast News, was interesting. Murray re-iterated what I wrote in the blog yesterday. People from Ontario, Quebec and east could care less about the Maritimes. I think you'd be hard pressed to find even 10 people on the street in Toronto who could tell you what the capital of New Brunswick is. Halifax is generally a little better known. Seriously - it's hard to comprehend when you live here, but issues in Atlantic Canada are of very little concern to anyone living outside of the region. Like I said yesterday, sad, but true.


Mea culpa time - I just got the new Coast and they did print a small correction about mixing up the Garys in the Council Report card. Too bad that's not all that was messed up.


Sergeant Mike Spearns paid us a little visit to talk about traffic etc. today. It was really interesting and you can tell he is passionate about his job. I love that - if you don't have passion, why bother?


2 traffic experts joined us during hour number 2 and here's some good news for Metro Transit users like myself - starting in September, the GO times will be in real time! That means when you call the GO time, it will tell you when the bus will actually be coming and not just when it theoretically will come. This is going to be a godsend, especially in the winter when you're praying the bus is on time when faced the prospect of freezing.


Harper re-visiting the issue of missile defence? Are you kidding me? Yeah, we so desperately need ANOTHER billion dollar boondoggle. Can't Harper look at Bush's approval rating? If I were him, I would look at that very low number (in the Rodney range) and do whatever is opposite of what comes out of Bush's mouth.


On a completely different topic - is anyone else sad that Bob Barker is retiring and taped his last show? Anyone?

It's hard to believe another week has almost come and gone. Sports during the first hour tomorrow and then, it's a free for all, as per usual.

Skies are starting to clear - should be a nice evening ahead!

Cheers!

Amber