Aviator 902S

Found this in today's paper. Hilarious and not to be taken seriously. Probably belongs in the lounge, but lounge is not accessible today and besides, it has high Canadian content. So there.

http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnis...7/1190922.html

rotten42

good one....I really liked the bit about "Diddy"

Aviator 902S

Diddy and "hos"--- both seem tied together somehow. Nothing that a Toonie-filled sock upside the head can't rectify.

BTW, I just noticed that the lounge is now accessible. Too late...

SpeedNRG

good article

Feds

So... What would you do if you were Supreme Dictator for a day?

Aviator 902S

For only a day? That's easy:

Slow drivers in the fast lane get publicly flogged (same goes for timid left-turn-lane drivers who fail to pull far enough into the intersection to allow other drivers to turn left with them on the yellow light), a "get-out-of-jail-free" card that actually works for minor speeding infractions, ban photo radar (hell, let's ban all police radar), outlaw chick flicks, install beer fountains in all suburban parks, boy bands, Britney, J-Lo and others of that ilk get no airplay, and immediate licence and insurance cancellation for anybody caught driving a riced-out car--- especially if said car is a Civic.

But seriously, here's what I'd do:

Completely revamp our constitution so that it includes the following:

1. An elected senate that includes representatives in Ottawa for each province and territory. Nothing moves without their approval, especially not ammendments to the constitution.

2. Elections every five years on a set date, ie: the dict... er, Prime Minister no longer gets to hold an election on a whim, when his immediate future looks rosy.

3. Never mind a limit on a PM's max # of terms--- let's have a two-term max. limit for any political party, with the second term having the same restrictions as our current system for minority governments. This way, if a government in power decides to coast through that second term (or otherwise ***** up) a non-confidence vote and/ or an impeachment trial takes place. Upon conviction, the party is turfed immediately. The opposition takes over until the next scheduled election. In fact, the only way a party can serve more than the two year max. stretch is in the event of said party taking over from a turfed one and then going on to win the next two elections.

4. An elected Governor General. Enough said.

5. Government officials have wage increases and bonuses indexed to inflation. Same goes for all Canadian citizens. This would be a blessing for average Canadians, but a daggar through the heart for dead-beat politicians depending on golden parachutes to put these bastards on easy street at taxpayers' expense. No "golden parachutes for them either.

6. Bring back the death penalty for henious crimes such as first degree murder and rape of innocents where proof of guilt has been proven beyond any doubt. (noticer the absence of the word "reasonable" here. A max. of two appeals allowed, but the last appeal must take place nomore than one year after the innitia; conviction. Method of execution mirrors very closely the method used by the perp to murder his (or her) victim. None of this "lethal injection ****.

vipernicus42

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Goodbye front mounted licence plates and emissions controls. The act of stopping at the top of onramps to highways would be an offence punishable by public flogging. Bastards. Cops will be "heavily suggested" to pay less attention to speeding, but more attention to lane changes without signals/checking blindspots.

Drop the gas tax a percent or two, and add a 10% ricer tax to all vehicle accessories that fall into that category:
- Ground Effects lights
- NOS systems of any type
- Fart Pipes
- Valve Stem and Windshield Washer lights
- Two-tone window tint
- Any lowering kits for SUVs, Trucks, Jeeps or 4x4s.
- Any subs over 8"
- Wings/Spoilers. I don't care what type
- Fake carbon fibre anything



No more bonuses for Quebec. Next time they try to call a referrendum, kick them the **** out. I know half of the french-speaking Quebecors don't want to seperate, so I'll take the money we *were* giving quebec, and give subsidies to those who want to move out of quebec and into the maritimes, where in New Brunswick and parts of Nova Scotia already have 50-50 splits Eng/Fre. I want to see how the seperatist buggers do on their own. France won't help 'em, the US won't trade with them unless it's done in English. Their resources include Hydro, Trees and Jos Luis. Good luck guys.

Jon The Great

Snrub

iTrader: (1)

While it was obviously a joke article, there were some things that they were reasonably serious about.

As for the above, active public participation and healthy opposition is the best check to gov't. We don't need an elected senate or govenor general. I don't care if either post was scrapped, but they CAN perform a usefull function. Make them activist appointments. eg. The Lt. Govenor of Ontario spends large amounts of his time on pet projects. That doesn't mean going to a charity fundraiser or promoting "culture," it means taking a lead role on a pet issues for the greater good. Same thing with the senate. The senate could be a USEFULL advisory committee with fewer partisan ties, pragmatic elder statespeople who could help develop real solutions and promote worthy pet causes. (like Romeo Dallaire) Eg. Senate committee reports would be binding or make parlementary committies unnecessary. Again, the public would have to demand worthy appointments and not just spokespeople or patronage appointments.

Sadly we get the democracy we deserve. A really good benevolant dictator would certainly have advantages over democracy, the problem is that it's impossible to determine if someone would rule in the best way possible.