Hmmmmmm....

Some absolutely great calls today - thank you!!

Will's call about the timing of the Premier's visit to the Hotline was so astute! Way to go, Will! October 2nd is the by-election in Cole Harbour-EasternPassage and the Premier will be appearing October 1st. Hmmmmmmm. Thanks for that food for thought!

Is anyone else STUNNED that the Premier is coming on the Hotline? As I'm writing it, it doesn't seem real!

Another caller off the air wondered about the timing of the Canadian dollar reaching parity with the U.S. greenback. He says not too long ago there was an SPP meeting between Bush and Harper. There are fears the SPP will result in a common currency between the two countries and now - parity? Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Both Darrell Dexter and Rick used great words today on the show. Darrell threw out "preponderance" which means (according to dictionary.com) "the fact or quality of being preponderant; superiority in weight, power, numbers, etc". Then Rick threw out "bafflegab" which is "confusing or generally unintelligible jargon; gobbledegook". We should have a Hotline word of the day!!

DD was in during hour number 2 and he's frustrated that there's not even a date for the house to resume sitting! I hope that's question that will come up for the Premier. Apparently the Premier might take the legislation about taking away the right to strike for health care workers and make it a confidence vote! That's insanity! The opp. parties have already said they would oppose this. At least Harper isn't daft enough to think he could win a majority right now, how is it that the Premier thinks this?

I really liked what DD said about Mental Health courts. Here's a link to read more:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2006/05/02/nf-mental-court-20060502.html

When Deb was doing her weather, you might have heard her say "Rick and his purse coming up"! During the break we were commenting on her story about the new words in the dictionary and there was "manbag", obviously a purse for a man. Well, Rick carries his millions of papers and notes in a leather satchel and Deb told him that was a manbag. He didn't like that, so we took it a step further and insisted he carried a purse! Deb and I are always ganging up on Rick and it's so hilarious. He was bombarded in a 30 second time frame and hence Rick opening the show with the line "Get me away from these girls!" We love you Rick, we were just teasing!

Tonight is that meeting in Harrietsfield on transit services, don't forget! It starts at 7 at the community centre. Caller John has promised to call us tomorrow and give us the scoop on what happened.

September has really been a great month weather wise, don't you think? Another sunny day, so enjoy it! The Police Chief will be in during hour number 2 tomorrow, so get your questions ready!

Cheers,

Amber