Should the U.S. Go It Alone In Syria?

While watching This Week with George Stephanopoulos last Sunday, September 1, Tavis Smiley very eloquently reminded us that just days before President Obama said that the U.S. must strike Syria, the world was celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King's, "I Have a Dream" speech, and celebrating the success of his non-violent equality movement. Now, as Mr. Smiley points out, we are dishonouring Dr. King by  asserting that violence is the only course of action. George Stephanopoulos retorted that while non-violent movements can work in a civilized society that recognizes behavioral norms, he didn't think it would work in Syria.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/09/tavis-smiley-u-s-dishonoring-mlk-with-deeds-in-syria/

I'm undecided.

What I am decided about is that regardless of the atrocities committed by the Assad regime, the U.S. should not go it alone. If the rest of the world doesn't want to participate, the U.S. should not take it upon itself to be the policeman of the world.

As more food for thought, here are some non-violent protests that achieved success:
1. Gandhi's Independence Movement
2. Martin Luther King's Equal Rights Movement
3. Flower Power Anti-Vietnam War Movement
4. Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience Movement
5. Women's Suffrage Movement
6. United Auto Workers "Flint Sit-In"
7. Tiananmin Square Protester (ongoing)

In Memphis, Tennessee, on the sight of the Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was gunned down now stands The National Civil Rights Museum dedicated to his honour and the honour of nonviolent protest movement. It is a very moving tour that takes you through the motel and ends up in the room where Dr. King was staying when he was gunned down. Go see it, it's special.
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/

Other Things That Harper Should Prorogue Besides Parliament

Once again, Prime Minister Harper has prorogued parliament. This time he is skipping the legislature being in session for the month of September so that, according to him, he can prepare a Speech from the Throne outlining the governments agenda for the rest of its mandate.

To make sure that my voice is heard within the agenda, I have made of list of the various things that I think the Prime Minister should also consider proroguing, either forever, or at least until the end of his term in office.

Prorogue the Senate, FOREVER, while at the same time passing a law that will also prorogue their pay until they are called back into session.








Prorogue Members of Parliament's pay on those days that the parliament is supposed to be in session, but has been prorogued.







Prorogue Unfair and Unbalanced News.










Prorogue Birthers!











Prorogue intelligent people who sprout party talking points rather than engaging their brains to listen to and evaluate the nonsense that is coming out of their mouths.





Prorogue the Federal Liberal Party from continuing to choose the wrong leader.











Prorogue the Ontario Conservative Party from continuing to back the wrong leader.









Prorogue money grabbing Hollywood Studios from releasing movies that are just junk and ruin what was once a good franchise










Prorogue the re-writing of history to make devils into good people










Prorogue fighting in the Middle East and I will vote for you FOREVER

Biogenesis Not Just A Baseball Problem

Breaking News: Major League Baseball has just announced 50 game suspensions for all of the players involved in the Biogenesis scandal, except Alex Rodrigues. who received a 211 game suspension.

What, he worried?

Now, my crack team of investigators have uncovered other well know people, not just athletes, who have been using Biogenesis to further their careers. Regretfully, all of this has been done through plagiarism, alas, what a crack team.
For those of you who do not know, Biogenesis is the production of new living organisms based on the use of living materials.
Here are some examples:

Liza! Liza!

Back to the Future

Buddy Holly would never have believed this

Mr. and Mrs. Smith?

Monkey See, Monkey Talks

Hey ugly, who you callin' Slimer?

I deny these false accusations, and furthermore, I look nothing like Mr. Magoo!!!

Breaking News: Edward Snowden is in Siberia

Once again, my crack team of investigative reporters is ahead of the curve on this one. We found where the Russians' have moved Edward Snowden to. This is Pulitzer Prize stuff. Way to go guys!

So, where did we find him. SIBERIA

And, we have the photos to prove it.

Here is Edward with his team of reindeer's heading for market:

And, here he is returning from market:

Here are his new neighbours saying hello to their new neighbour:

and more friendly neighbours:

and even a few human neighbours, with similar transportation:

Our reporters were able to follow him home, and here is the first ever seen photo of Edward Snowden's new home.

The good news for him is that he lives in a lovely neighbourhood.

Here is his next door neighbour, Olga, sun bathing.

Did I mention that Olga has a husband?

And some lovely kids.

Truly a paradise for Eddie. He doesn't even need a home alarm system, he has an around the clock team of Russian guards.

Why does he need guards?

SPOILER ALERT. Season 3 of Homeland is all about how Carrie Mathison and Saul Berenson go about the task of bring Eddie back with all of the modern technology that the CIA has to offer them.

O.K., now where's our Pulitzer?

You're a Monster

I just saw this headline on the CBC News website ...

WRONG, YOU'RE A MONSTER!

Carlos Danger Tweeted Around The World

Another exclusive from my crack team of investigative snoops. The famous Carlos Danger, The Sicko Weiner, as we call him, not only tweeted under that pseudonym, but set up various pseudonyms to tweet around the world.

Here are some of the various names that The Sicko Weiner used to tweet around the World:

When tweeting in Italian, he called himself, Francesco Cosa Nostra;


When tweeting in Arabic, he was, Osama Al Quada;


When tweeting to his Montreal following, he was, Jean-Claude Hell's Angel;


When he tweeted in French, the world knew him as Pierre Dangereux;



When he tweeted in Australia, his pseudonym was Jack Rattlesnake;


In Hong Kong, he calls himself Anthony Jackie-Chan;



When you're in Poland, the annoying guy hogging the tweet channels is named Copernicus Kielbasa;


                 
In Israel, they know him as Shlomo Shlang.



  And in Toronto, we just say, yes, Mr. Mayor.


That's what my guys have learned so far. But, let me assure you, this is just the "tip" of the oops, never mind.

Marketing Company Announces New Line of Canadian Baby Memorabilia For the Royal Baby Birth

This is so exciting. My crack team of marketing experts discovered that while there are many British companies successfully marketing The Royal Baby Birth Commemorative Products, there are NO Canadian companies yet to launch product for the Canadian Royal Family Watchers. So, we have decided to be the first. (note: the value of the market in the U.K. is estimated to be $400 million).

Every good product on the market needs a brand logo. Ralph Lauren has the horse, Izod has an alligator (or is it a crocodile?), Nike has a swoosh, Adidas has 3 stripes, and so on. My team decided on Dudley Do Right(c) .

Who better than Dudley to represent my Canadian brand?, Dudley, as described by Wikipedia "is a dim-witted, but conscientious and cheerful Canadian Mountie". Great choice for our brand if I do say so myself.

Now that we selected a logo, we need to ascertain the rights to the symbol. Even as we speak, my crack legal team is in  progress to begin talks with the Dudley Do Right people. (note to reader: that is marketing talk for nothing has happened yet. Start watching Mad Men and you too will know this stuff).

While this in progress (hah hah), my product team is assembling a range of Canadian Flavoured products to offer to the consumers.

Let's have a look.

First, no Royal Baby can be said to represent Canada who doesn't own a Hockey Stick. Here's ours:

O.K. I'll bet your now as excited as I am about the brand. Here's our second novelty product, the Edible, Maple Flavoured Silver Spoon:

I know. The silver spoon looks tarnished. It's not tarnish, it's maple!

Are you as excited about our new line of products as we are yet? O.K. so how about product #3, Royal Canadian Bacon (maple flavoured of course):

And, what could be more Royal and Canadian than Beer So, we present to you our commemorative Dudley Do Right "Guiness-like" Canadian Beer.

Did I mention that the beer is flavoured with maple?

And, not to exclude babies, we have the Royal Maple Flavoured Baby Food products, tomatoes, peas and carrots all with a delicious maple twist.

And, finally, what every Royal Follower wants, their own Royal Baby replica pet beaver.

Epilogue

After learning about the brilliant Dudley Do Right Royal Birth product line, the Royal Family invested gazillions into the concept, and in order to help with sales, announced to the world, that if the Royal Baby is a boy, they planned on naming it Snidley Whiplash, and if a girl, Nell Fenwick, naturally.