The Price of Oil and other Commodities

I have linked to this fascinating article in The Times .

As I have no investments to speak of and I do consume commodities so I hope that he is right and the bubble bursts soon.

However, it would devastate the TSX and other stock exchanges. I would like to find a counter argument to this article. I would also like some analysis on how the bursting of the bubble would affect the Canadian economy. I'll keep looking.

Spring Has Finally Sprung

I haven't been motivated to blog for a while but now that Spring has finally reached these parts I feel motivated.

That being said when I came across this article I just had to post about it. I support Al Gore's crusade against global warming but something about this article struck me as cult like. I could just see these teenagers being indoctrinated into the Cult of Al Gore.

Maybe its just me a bit too cynical and jaded, but the story still creeped me out.

John Tory and Howard Hampton

Funny how John Tory has faced a revolt in his party and Howard Hampton is seemingly safe. Hampton has had more chances why does his party let him continue indefintely?

Maybe its because they don't expect to do any better.

The U.S. Democratic Party Candidate

So its down to Obama and Clinton.

At this point in time if I had a vote in a primary, I would for Clinton. Barrack Obama has been compared to JFK, but he doesn't have the same experience that JFK had when he sought the Democratic nomination. Kennedy had served in WWII in the U.S.N and served far longer in Congress. I think that for all her faults and there are a few, Clinton is the better choice. I think that her experience in private practice, as First Lady and as Senator is superior to Obama's.

I also think that Clinton has the best health care plan of the two. To me Obama is campaigning on slogans without any substance. I don't think that he is ready to be President of the U.S.A.

Hand Guns II

I wrote about hand guns back in May/07 and now after a tragic death, I see that Premier McGuinty and Mayor Miller are in agreement.

I really hope that this goes somewhere.

The Democratic Party Nomination

I have tried not to get too interested in the Democratic Party nomination race because I find the whole thing too complicated, drawn out and media hyped, but lately I have been sucked in by the Clinton v. Obama feud.

Now I'm sure that they wouldn't call it a feud but this thing is becoming really nasty. Clinton's loss in Iowa, her surprise win in New Hampshire and now the race issue has been played by someone, Clinton says it was Obama's camp and Obama's camp says that it was Clinton's remarks regarding the Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King's importance versus President Johnson's enactment of the Civil Rights Act. It seems to me that Obama's camp twisted Clinton's remarks to galvanize the African-American voters in Obama's favour.

Clinton's camp has now fired back with the founder of Black Entertainment Television making reference to Obama's admitted drug use. Then Clinton's people claim that he wasn't making reference to that at all (when clearly he was) but to his work as a community activist.

In the last two days I have noticed a strong anti-Clinton back lash in the media, blogs on the New York Times have a decidedly pro-Obama anti-Clinton spin and in today's Slate they go after Clinton. I won't say that Obama has the media pulling for him because I haven't looked into it that deeply but since Clinton's win in New Hampshire, I am starting to get that impression.

All this makes the Liberal Party of Canada's backroom intrigue look mild in comparison.

Lets all just get along

In my previous post I mused about the hypocrisy of some not all conservative bloggers. Then I went to edit the post for a typo and noticed that I had some comments in a old post that I had done. I had never noticed the comments before as I didn't think that anyone read this blog other than me, so I read the comments and they turned out to be the same comment twice.

The commenter accused me of rank hypocrisy! I was shocked so I reread the post in question and I can't see the hypocrisy but I'm willing to accept that the commenter sees some sort of hypocrisy on my part. I have tried to see all sides of polictical issues and this may have led to some postings that contradicted each other, the fact is that I sometimes change my mind about things. I continue to learn and my opinions develop; if that is rank hypocrisy then so be it.

I'm not sure what I said that set the commenter off but in the future I will try to be more understanding of other bloggers and I will watch the language I use in my comments and postings.