Ron Gettelfinger, how I loathe thee

The autoworkers unions of North America, specifically the Canadian and American ones, are one of the biggest reason that the North American automakers are doomed to bankruptcy. Ron Gettelfinger is the president of the United Autoworkers Union, and he really chaps my ass. I heard, unverified, that the average wage for a Canadian autoworker is around $30 an hour. $30 for a no talent jobber, to do a menial task on a production line. It’s because of people like Ron Gettelfinger that these wages are so out of control, because, he actually believes that this is a reasonable wage. Even in this time of economic recession, Gettelfinger doesn’t think it’s right to ask autoworkers to take wage and benefit cuts. No, this is not a joke.

This is the main reason that I hate unions, they make people believe they are worth more than they really are. Why do they do this? Simple, the more money a union worker makes, the more money the union makes. Its all about the Benjamin’s. I don’t want to get to deep into why unions are an archaic and pointless establishment; that is for another time.

Back to the point at hand. Autoworkers make too much money, because the greed of the few has driven the greed of the many, and because of it, the whole world economy is in a downward spiral. Dill holes.

IIHF Team Canada

I am Canadian. As such I love hockey, especially international hockey, where we get to watch our Canadian teams trounce over whomever else is on the ice. The IIHF World Junior Championship is, in my opinion, the greatest of the international tournaments, because, it symbolizes what the game really is. It doesn’t have all the high priced egos that you find in professional hockey. The Juniors is a pure hockey. Now as I said previously, I love watching the Canadian team open up a can on their opponents, but there has to be a line there. Just the other day, team Canada played the eastern hockey powerhouse Kazakhstan. The final score was an ambition crushing 15 – 0, for the Canadians. I have issue with this type of game. I like that Kazakhstan has a hockey team, because I like that the game is expanding into a country where you wouldn’t expect. In that vein, I don’t like how Canada handed them a demoralizing blow, as it’s a good way to make them hate hockey forever. Stay classy.

Politics

Let’s start here. Politics is a fairly big-ticket issue, and in recent events, both in Canada and the US, politics and government have been on the tips of many tongues. Thanks to the current world economy (more on that later), there has nary been such importance put on elections (I am going to use words like “nary” a lot). I think that everyone should take an interest in politics; I believe that it is our civic duty to take part in the democratic system. In order to have a government that represents the people, the people need to exercise their right to choose said government.

So, how ‘bout that coalition, eh? Now, I know that with parliament recently having been prorogued, the coalition is somewhat old news, but it is still technically in effect. Now, it is the job of any opposition to be a pain in the ass of the party in power, and they will always skew the facts and numbers to make themselves look better. That is what Jack Layton and Stephane Dion were always spouting, the fact that most voters voted against a Conservative government. The flip side is that even more people voted against each of the opposition parties. You can’t just go and add up all your votes with another guy’s votes and have a group sleepover. But, there’s that pain in the ass thing that they have to do. Hopefully change is on the way with Ignatief as the new opposition leader. If he is concerned with what is best for the country he will put all this partisan politics out of the way and vote on the issues, not on who brought it about.

I realized just recently realized that this topic of politics has way too many facets, so be prepared to read more of this in the future. I’ll try to break it up so you don’t get bored. I’m not really good with the political satire, but if I catch anything I’ll relay it; it’s good stuff.

Welcome anew

Today I decided that since I am currently unemployed and there is an "economic downturn" taking place, what better time is there to start a blog filled with political ranting and twenty somethings angst and disgust for how absurdly our society conducts itself. No, surely I don't mean you. So, over the course of the next, however long this lasts is up to the gods, I'm going to comment on the happenings around my city, our province, and this country. I'll give it to you straight, no dancing around the issues, unadulterated reaction and foresight into current events, and certainly, no room for political correctness. So shall it be written, so shall it be told.