Cdn-Firearms Digest Wednesday, September 24 2008 Volume 12 : Number 235 In this issue: Fw: The kiss of death ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:41:37 -0700 From: "Todd Birch" Subject: Fw: The kiss of death - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Birch" To: "Andrea Johnson" Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 9:39 AM Subject: The kiss of death > The Editor > Quesnel Observer > > Madam > > Ding-dong Dion was in BC t'other day giving us some comedic relief. > > He put the kiss of death on the BC Liberals by pointing out how they and > the federal Libs are in lock step on many issues, the carbon tax in > particular. You can bet your sweet bippy he never beat the bushes > outside > of the lower mainland where there are NO alternatives to driving long > distances or heating your homes with alternate energy sources. > > It is purely a tax on a tax, punishing the workers and producers of the > resource industries, the schools and hospitals and those on fixed > incomes. > Heating and fuel costs for these institutions, businesses and > individuals > is a serious problem and not merely a warm, fuzzy, feel good "green" > initiative. > Even in areas hard hit by the pine beetle kill and no end to available > wood, some municipalities are anti wood burning stoves due to the > particulate pollution coupled with known temperature inversions in > valleys. The resulting poor air quality makes Vancouver air seem > pristine > by comparison. > > For medical attention and basic shopping, many northern residents have > no > choice but to drive in whatever vehicle suits the family needs. You can > bet that 'running shoe' gas sippers and hybrid SUVs are not common > beyond > the Fraser Valley. In my case, a trip to Overwaitea or Safeway entails a > 65 km one way drive. My lady is a teacher on call and is expected to be > available for an early morning assignment, weather notwithstanding. That > means a second 4x4 Toyota (her's a ForeRunner) to get out of a snowy 100 > yard driveway (I'm not into a 6am use of the snowblower), onto the 500m > access road and thence to the main road kept plowed (hopefully) for > logging trucks. > > The urban/rural voting split is nowhere more evident than in BC, with > both > the provincial and federal Libs oblivious to the realities of real life > beyond the yuppy subdivisions of the lower mainland and the conclaves of > immigrant voting blocs in the major cities. > We may be hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics, but we won't be able to > afford > the ticket prices or the fuel to get there. We just get to pay for it. > > TB ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V12 #235 *********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@scorpion.bogend.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:drg.jordan@sasktel.net List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@scorpion.bogend.ca FAQ list: http://www.canfirearms/Skeeter/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://www.canfirearms.ca CFDigest Archives: http://www.canfirearms.ca/archives To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next four lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@scorpion.bogend.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".)