Marching along....

From the serious to the mundane...

March for our lives - London, Ontario

 Wow - that crowd in Washington D.C. was HUGE...might I say even bigger than someone's "inauguration" last year?!? I was proud to join with fellow members of "People for Peace" and the "Council of Canadians" here in London, ON. on Saturday, March 24th in support of proposed new gun legislation driven by the youth of America, especially those who have experienced gun violence first hand in their schools and communities. I couldn't be any prouder of those kids than if they were my own.

Here, in Canada, we are faced with rather less serious issues but issues that still relate to the leader of our country - Justin Trudeau. We are floundering with the issue (and I do mean FLOUNDERING!!) of gender language, yes, that's right - our headlines and political cartoons provide some comic relief which I suppose is dearly needed these days...

Perhaps you heard about this one...Justin ending "mankind" as we know it...interrupting a woman who used the word "mankind" during one of his cross country town hall meetings...

...and my personal favourite...Service Canada employees told not to use the terms "father" and "mother" anymore but the more gender neutral (and CONFUSING) terms "Parent 1" and "Parent 2"... I guess in my case as a single parent my Service Canada rep should call me "Parent 1 AND Parent 2!"

Or people can choose a term they feel most comfortable with.....

Not satisfied with the neutralization of our language Justin is well on his way to permanent ridicule by some of his outfit choices...causing his constituents great embarrassment!

During a failed trip to India... no government officials showed up to formally greet him and his poor family...no one except a soberly dressed Bollywood star!

A future trip to Germany?

It's not all bad however; Justin is very sincere in his fight for equality - for women, for people of all ethnic groups, religions and sexual orientations...just reign in the ridiculousness a notch or two...PLEASE!!

He does enjoy a good party...seen here at a PRIDE parade...and I admire him for that - no other Prime Minister has gotten past the awkwardness so joyfully as Justin has...(just put away that Miley Cyrus tongue!!)

And no other Prime Minister has done THIS!!

So, as always with our leaders, we have to accept the bad with the good....or do we??? I think the next generation of voters is going to have a BIG SAY about that!!

Thursday's Thang

Politics is not really my thang, however, there are times when one must declare one's opinions and this is one of those times.

My friend, Marilyn, lives in Oregon as she found it was WAY cheaper to live there instead of in Canada...she has dual citizenship. However, she is willing to absorb the extra costs of living rather than stay in a country that votes THE DONALD for President!! She is AFRAID!!

Before Marilyn told me that I was considering where on earth (literally) I would move to if Trump becomes president because I think Canada is a little too close to the U.S. for my own comfort under those circumstances!! I am AFRAID!!
I saw this today on Facebook - not sure if it is true or not: 
"In the hours after Super Tuesday polls closed, Google searches for “how can I move to Canada”spiked by 350% – by midnight, it grew by 1,000%"
(WHO the heck is voting for this egomaniacal blowhard??)
Then there was this article today in my local newspaper:
http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/andrew-coyne-gop-war-against-donald-trump-not-about-ideology-or-personality-its-existential (the author, Andrew Coyne, is Canadian but has written for the New York Times as well as the Washington Post)
Especially this paragraph: 
 "This nomination race is unlike any we have seen in modern times, for the simple reason that Trump is unlike any other candidate we have seen: boorish, ignorant, pathologically dishonest, his message a toxic mix of authoritarianism, extreme nationalism and racial intolerance delivered with a Mussolini-like sneer. He is, quite simply, unfit for office. The GOP leadership is determined to block Trump’s nomination, and for good reason. This is no mere ideological dispute or personality clash. It’s existential. With among the worst favourable/unfavourable ratings ever recorded for any candidate of either party, he would almost certainly lead the party to a historic defeat, not only in the presidential race, but in the Senate and House as well." 

BE AFRAID!! BE  VERY AFRAID!! (me)

I won't say anything else about Donald Trump. I won't demean him, or make any hair jokes, or make note of his total lack of policy...I won't make any racist comments or call him a misogynist, rapist or thief, I will let the his record speak for itself.