tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42069258657710808972024-03-19T04:48:39.557-04:00Compassion in ActionA Conservative BlogRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-9141651865971600632020-11-07T09:39:00.000-05:002020-11-07T09:39:32.277-05:00 Covid, Chaos And Finding Peace Through An Escaped Slave Named “Profitable”<p> </p><p><br /></p><p>2020 has been a year where many of us realized that our hopes, dreams and plans may not be perfectly executed according to our timetable and freedom desired. Some of us older folks have lived long enough to know this to be the case without a reminder from the kind of year 2020 has been. Many are seeking a way forward through financial pain, relational pain and battling personal demons. The support to manage these tensions have not exactly been stellar. With closed churches, social distancing, limited group sizes, faces being covered, many sports being canceled or dramatically altered and social services impacted, we all have been affected. </p><p>Paula Abdul has taken a hammer to the nail of 2020, “I take 2 steps forward, I take 2 steps back”. </p><p>Enter rest and clarity through a fairly unknown and contrarian source: the shortest book in the Bible, Philemon. This book appears on face to be a distraction to progress. It looks to direct us in a manner opposite to just about all prevailing wisdom on progress and reaching our goals, or so it seems. Over 30 years of actively participating in local churches, reading dozens of leadership books and 19 years of owning a business have not exactly been kind to making it obvious to me in learning the deeper lessons Philemon has to offer; or it just took me this long to get it. In this year of Covid-Chaos and all of the challenges 2020 brings, I submit graciously for your consideration 3 key lessons that can posture you towards rest and peace as you build a ‘better you’ and ‘better tomorrow’. </p><p>The main point: The book of Philemon makes an argument that progress towards the big goal was futile without first going backwards….taking many steps backwards…to right a wronged relationship. The contrarian view is that pausing the “big goal” to go back and make a relationship right, is actually a HUGE deal and essential for progress on towards your big goals. </p><p>Recapping Philemon with Coles notes: key players, core concepts. </p><p><i>Paul (who wrote 2/3 of the New Testament) was a brilliant Pharisee, turned Apostle who was called to preach the gospel to the non Jews (Gentiles). </i></p><p><i>Paul was writing (in large part) a letter to his friend, Philemon (a fellow Christ follower) who also was a slave owner (Philemon or scripture does not defend slave ownership). Paul, from Rome during his imprisonment was writing to his friend in Colossae (a 500 hour walk according on google maps!) named Philemon on the subject of an escaped salve named Onesimus (whose name means profitable, ironically enough) who Paul led to Christ (begotten while in my chains). Basically, Onesimus escaped from his master Philemon and fled to Rome. This slave met up with Paul and became ‘profitable’ to Paul. Paul had goals and a mission to accomplish and Onesimus was profitable to the accomplishment of Paul’s goals (My son Onesimus who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and me). Paul stated that he wants to keep the profitable Onesimus for the “big goal” of ministering the gospel by working with him in Rome. However, Paul instructs Onesimus to travel back to Colossae and is asking for Philemon to receive him NOT as a runaway slave deserving of death (allowable punishment in those times for taking off on your owner) but a brother in Christ. Furthermore, Paul pleads with Philemon saying, “If he has wronged you or owes anything put that on my account”. Paul asked Philemon to do these things and more and finally to anticipate Paul’s return to stay with Philemon. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>3 ways the book of Philemon can bring peace and progress to a chaotic year: </p><p>1.<b> Taking a “step backwards” form our goals and aspirations to fight for a wronged relationship is incredibly helpful to our long term goals, despite how we may think or feel at the time.</b> Paul is no fool. Paul knows his VERY long term goal of preaching the Gospel would ultimately be aided by directing Onesimus back to his slave owner, not hindered. Paul makes it clear Onesimus was profitable to him by helping Paul with the goal he had in Rome. Often times we see and feel with great knowledge and intimacy our hurt, pain an injustices done against us either by people or circumstances. We have all be wounded and wronged. When we are struggling to reach our goals, the last thing we want to do is go back to a place of hurt and pain in a strained relationship (to those who we believe wronged us) and fight for the relationship. Often, we would much rather avoid the pain and focus on other healthy goals. The book of Philemon turns that concept on its head. Striving to reconcile relationships is often precisely what brings healing, wholeness and a strong foundation to any of our future goals being met. When you pause a goal to “go backwards” for reconciling a relationship, you are laying the foundation for advancing any goal you may have, however seemingly unimportant that strained relationship matters to your goals. God cares about you reaching your goals, but he also cares about the condition of our heart towards others as we progress. Covid has slammed many of our goals to a grinding halt. Consider that we use this time to “step backwards” and try to reconcile any relationship that may be strained. Use wisdom/discretion/support and be safe, but where can an effort be made to add to your wholeness and the other party? Just imagine the thoughts during the 500 hour walk Onesimus must have had. Lot's of time to reflect and prepare to make things right! Trusting God and Philemon were on the same page regarding reconciliation was a life or death matter for a run-away slave seemly compelled by God’s love to return back to his slave owner. Paul walked Onesimus back to Philemon to sort conflict out…and improve the relationship as MORE essential then Onesimus writing off the relationship and continuing to help Paul reach his pretty big goal. Wow. </p><p>2. <b>The more unearned favor that we receive (Christian term for this is Grace), the more we can extend undeserved favor to those who hurt us. </b> After Paul’s greeting, he starts the letter with “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ”. Paul knew that if Philemon was going to extend grace (undeserved favor) to Onesimus, Philemon himself must receive Grace from God! Paul’s ask to Philemon of forgiving the run away slave and treating him as a brother was only possible if Philemon lovingly gave Onesimus what he did NOT deserve: unearned favor. May you know that God desires to give you much favor and kindness that you did not deserve! With that favor you are empowered to show others favor they do not deserve. This is hard. When I am hurt, I often want to highlight the hurt and pain and really let the other person know just how badly they acted. Grace does a remarkable thing! Grace absorbs the wrongs and comes back with love and kindness! Recall what Paul says, to Philemon “But if he has wronged you…put that on my account”. Basically, Paul is saying to his friend Philemon, “If you cannot forgive him and treat him as a brother, put his wrongs on my account and kill me, not the runaway slave” (Paul even offered Philemon that chance when Paul said he would be coming for a visit!). Wow. Taking the slings and arrows from others, and coming back with favor and love often pushes you towards your key goals in life (today, I would certainly be clear: abuse or crimes are not a part of the arrows and slings to take!). Paul knew the big goal was sharing the Gospel of Grace and Paul sent Onesimus on a 500 hour journey back to his former slave owner to hopefully practice the very message Paul is preaching: extend unearned favor one to another and then truly we can move forward with our big goals. We see that Paul wanted Onesimus to return and Paul also wanted to continue the relationship with Philemon: God deeply cares about relationships. Regardless if you consider yourself a Christian, you can ask God for unearned, unmerited favor and trust that God will help you extend that favor you receive, to others: for their benefit, and yours. When Covid jam’s our goals, just consider that we are moving our lives forward, by going back and extending favor to others, especially when they do not deserve it. Covid is giving us a window to “pause progress” of our goals and perhaps consider wronged relationships that must be reconciled. </p><p>3. <b>Our idea of progress is often limited to our mind, will, emotions and dreams. Sometimes circumstances crashing and burning are open doors to bigger plans eternally beyond our tiny minds.</b> Perhaps you can see how bizarre to the natural mind it is to willingly endeavor a 500 hour walk back to near imminent death, but for God. I grew up thinking Paul was insane for sending a valuable asset to likely get killed! Conventional wisdom says, “take your losses with the slave owner (he was likely an a**...) you bolted from and accept you traveled 500 hours to ‘start fresh’.” Covid has given many the chance to pause their goals and plans. Perhaps there is an invitation to travel back to try to reconcile any strained relationships. If the other person does not deserve your time and effort, then they are a candidate for your favor, that they do not deserve. The door is open to both receive God’s favor you do not deserve and extend that unmerited favor to the person you are claiming also does not deserve favor. Hey, none of us are prefect and we could all use more favor, especially undeserved.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps in God’s infinite wisdom, there is something “Onesimus” about traveling back, to right a strained relationships beyond what we see, feel and think in the short term that is more valuable the the imminence and importance of the goal you are persuing. May your plans prosper as you seek to reconcile relationships, figure out Covid and receive much favor you did not deserve. Peace to you as we agree and ponder on how 2020 could see a lot more favor.</p><div><br /></div>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-25215909701116022952017-11-30T11:44:00.003-05:002017-11-30T11:54:37.505-05:00Don't Be A Feminist Fundamentalist<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don't fear the Feminist Fundamentalist. Call out their hypocrisy, point out the lack of courage to fight real issues of disparity while they virtue signal a non-existent manufactured and </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">fictional</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> crisis from the comfort of gender equal North America. As </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">vichous</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> as their bark is...It's okay to expose their ploy as their bark is much (much much) bigger then their bite. </span></span></span></div>
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Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-66466646671202437732017-06-27T15:52:00.001-04:002017-06-27T16:26:11.888-04:00CNN Opens The Door For The Traditional Family. Thank You, CNN. <span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you withhold sharing your opinion because it's not "progressive enough" and you fear the backlash of being called names? If so, stop it and share anyway. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you stand for traditional values, just remember, you are standing against a media Wizard of Oz, void of facts and respect for your position: stand anyway. Cite facts with pride, respect and a heart for those you care for and those you disagree with. Through CNN's Trump-Russia scam being exposed, we can see the media is not an omnipotent powerhouse. CNN is a confused bunch of hypocritical moral relativists making demands on others (collusion is bad, Trump) they cannot practice themselves (CNN colludes on a false narrative). So the next time someone throws out a moral issue, say...gender oppression: speak up with confidence. Tell them that 3</span></span><span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">0 years ago, when someone had a mental illness we had the compassion to help them with treatment. Today, if someone thinks they are are an </span></span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4274396/Man-spends-50-000-transform-genderless-ALIEN.html" style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">alien</a><span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, they are a </span></span><a href="http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/human-rights-and-rental-housing-ontario-background-paper/prohibited-grounds-discrimination" style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">protected group</a><span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> that requires us to lie to them and further support their delusion. It's okay to say lying to others represents the regressive fall of society void of compassion, not society's enlightenment and progression. It's okay to disagree, and still extend love and compassion towards others. </span></span><span style="color: #4b4f56; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"> Ontario Liberals continue to debase the Employer/Employee relationship through destructive policy and laws. This damages the middle class through businesses having less money to compensate employees for their increased productivity due to forcing businesses to manage these senseless laws. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"> If Sally makes $25/hour for making Widget A and the government forces a new cost, regulation, or law on the Province, the business uses a portion of its free cash-flow to spend on managing said obstruction. Sally may actually improve her productivity resulting in a $26/hour compensation possibility. Regrettably, that $1/hour available raise was spent on implementing the intrusive regulation and therefore the raise is tied up in regulation land. Since this is province-wide, all businesses now have that burden. Law after law and regulation after regulation has taken its toll on Ontario businesses. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"> The constant new laws and regulations are not sensible. They are predicated on a groupthink mindset that the Employer/Employee relationship is dysfunctional and only massive government intrusion into that relationship will protect the employee. The cost of this intrusion damages employee wages. Capital flows into areas of a return and quickly exits where there is a negative or insufficient return. The myth that "employers pay for the cost of regulation implementation" is debunked by businesses leaving when the regulation impacts their desired profit level or risk tolerance. The employee pays through the layoff or absent wage increase. Businesses look to pass off the regulatory burden however they can: either through reduced wages, terminated employees or moving to a more "capital friendly" area. There is clear evidence that restaurants are moving towards machines replacing people when ordering food as governments force increased minimum wages on employers. There is evidence of manufacturing plants leaving Ontario because they lose their competitive edge (in part because of the regulations and risks of growth). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"> Groupthink is at work in that the workforce and political landscape of the collective majority have mindlessly accepted this notion that the government will control and govern the Employer/Employee relationship and enforce the relationship with an iron fist. It is argued that more regulations are the only path to violations of each victim class (and new victim classes are continually being created). The idea that excessive government laws can create safe spaces for the purported victim class is an expensive, unrealistic objective that will certainly fail.<b> </b>The lack of opposition to the endless regulations is further evidence that little alternative opinions are accepted and the status quo is the only permissible line of thinking. The demagogues are hard at work to uphold groupthink and brand the outlier as "sexist", "racist", "greedy" or "a violator of human rights"...etc. to ensure no alternate perspective exists or can gain steam. If I were smart enough; I would calculate the total cost business pays for each needless regulation and the total cost of the governments to administer and enforce their silly laws and simply communicate to the voter, "Hey, this is how much money the government punitively imposes on you...for your protection. Do you want this protection at this cost?" I'd imagine that numbers are staggering and most sensible workers would tell the government to jump in a lake if they saw the costs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"> A just and fair society is created through increasing personal freedoms. Imagine deeming the employee competent to look after themselves (without excessive laws). Imagine the government did not create special victim classes and the lack of regulation could be spent on higher wages because people are responsible for their lives. The massive debt piled on by the McGuinty/Wynne administration is damning evidence as to their overall failure to create this "sharing and just" society. $180 billion of debt to show for this fairness effort...and we are still having issue after issue resulting in new law after new law. Liberal Groupthink is a failed and expensive social experiment that has left our province in shambles and intellectually disadvantaged. Suppressed wages, out of control debt and absurd regulations are making our province less and less competitive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Can you spot him? If so, I'm mega glad. Imagine playing this game in real life where hats cannot tip you off. You are with your kids at market along with thousands upon thousands of other innocents; you got 20 seconds to find him. If you fail...we don't go "oh well" then turn to the next page. Kaboom! You are either blown up, slit, raped (then shot) or hung. You just lost <em>Where's ISIS</em>. Not too fun. If you are wondering how Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan (among others) became a bankrupt Islamist-controlled murderous hell hole, that is beyond the scope of this entry. If you are disheartened with <span style="color: blue;"><strong>PAR</strong><span style="color: red;"><strong>IS </strong></span></span><span style="color: black;">and other places where radical Islam is spreading with horrid consequence, then I urge you to take another look at political correctness and it's unintended consequences. </span><br />
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Quite often when we place weight on one concept, we remove it from another. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3318751/Obama-fire-saying-ISIS-contained-hours-Paris-attack-heads-Turkey-G-20-Summit.html">Obama heralding the weakening of ISIS just hours before</a> <span style="color: blue;"><strong>PAR</strong></span><span style="color: red;"><strong>IS </strong></span><span style="color: black;">is a Chamberlin style oops (lower on the gigantic dopey scale...but still there) where we focus and argue for a desire; not reality or facts. Chamberlin, like Obama want peace and will look like complete fools to get it. Political correctness is their weapon of selection and the political elite use it to their embarrassment and the people's tragedy. </span><br />
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1. <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/555434/Islamic-State-ISIS-Smuggler-THOUSANDS-Extremists-into-Europe-Refugees">ISIS has vowed to mix in with Syrian refugees for the purpose of waging war on the target country.</a><br />
2. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11995541/Paris-terror-attacks-isil-suspects-arrests-victims-live.html">ISIS has been linked to PARIS</a> and <a href="http://www.vocativ.com/world/isis-2/isis-threating-attacks-europe-new-video-french/">other attacks</a><br />
3. ISIS has <a href="http://www.wsbt.com/news/nationworld/bergen-how-isis-threatens-the-west/36454630">threatened Canada</a><br />
Will Trudeau be our Chamberlin? Will he stop the fighter jet's attacks on ISIS and then <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/28/justin-trudeau-s-promise-to-take-25-000-syrian-refugees-this-year-problematic_n_8408092.html">blitzkrieg 25000 refuges in, all before Christmas</a>? If so, please understand he has tipped the scales against protecting our boards in favor of a teeny-bopper intellectual level argument towards political correctness that fashions in ISIS without any salute of duty towards the first order of business: protecting our boarders. Anticipating he and his family is well sheltered from the consequences of his decisions, we the people are left to play <em>Where's ISIS</em> except without the book.<br />
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(If this entry resonates, would you share this as a Hail Mary attempt to help others abandon their persistence of tomfoolery in thought?)Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-48582384350870050492015-10-17T10:20:00.002-04:002015-10-17T20:06:19.723-04:00On Why Evangelicals Typically Vote Conservative<br />
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others will be loved and cared for. We often believe (even if we don’t
always articulate this), that left wing governments claim to have a heart of
compassion, but skew the meaning and therefore debase the value of what they do.
Liberals at their core think compassion is an act of the collective state -
not the individual; therefore, the finances, time and relational structures of
acting compassion out should (they argue) be through a government planned
body. We don’t think this is compassion. Forcing people to pay
money for needs that a central planner thinks best is not what we are taught
with the simplicity of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Seeing a need
and personally using your own resources to meet that need is the basis of
compassion; not forced giving to an inefficient central planner. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Evangelicals view the
household (aka. Oikos) being developed, restored and built as central to a
healthy family which in turn leads to a strong economy. Conservative budgets
(often but not always) look to reduce taxes on households, where liberal
governments look for spending on state intervention to further run or control
our household (ex: state run child care, state run graphic sex-ed, several
social programs that intervenes or attempts to socially engineer and shape our
household). The family should develop our family; governments should not.
Thus we often vote for those who stand in solidarity with this position.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Liberalism is
fundamentally opposed with the Evangelical position of man’s “sin nature” and
therefore misses entirely the problem and solution to many problems that arise
(possibly at no fault of the one hurting): selfishness, broken homes, broken hearts,
poverty, unemployment, income gaps and many more. You cannot legislate a man’s
heart to wholeness…although Justin Trudeau’s dad thinks he can:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Liberal philosophy places
the highest value on freedom of the individual. The first consequence of
freedom is change. A Liberal can seldom be a partisan of the status quo. He
tends to be a reformer attempting to move society, to modify its institutions,
to liberate its citizens. The liberal is an optimist at heart who trusts
people. He does not see man as an essentially perverse creature, incapable of
moral progress and happiness. Nor does he see him as totally or automatically
good. He prizes man's inclination to good but knows it must be cultivated and
supported. While understanding as well as any other man the limits of
government and the law, the liberal knows that both are powerful forces for
good, and does not hesitate to use them.<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">-The Right Honourable Pierre
Elliott Trudeau, April 1974</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Man is not inclined to
good; we are inclined to be those hellions in Lord Of The Flies. Tell me, did
you teach your child to say “no” or did they kinda just pick it up? We
are bent towards evil: all of us. We believe the Liberals are wrong to think
that billions in state planned social expenditures will solve man’s broken
heart. We believe the liberals use a flawed premise (government = powerful
force for developing good in people) to further damage what is already hurting
despite any good intentions. Conversely; we believe strengthening the family is
the cornerstone to seeing social change for the better. Love is our “powerful
force” not the government; therefore we seek to strengthen families by loving
them best we can: not strengthen governments. Governments are not our
partner in building and strengthening our household through large programs and
social planning and therefore are not at liberty to extract 100’s of billions of Canadians dollars
for such estranged purposes. We typically vote unashamedly for a party that reflects this
value. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We often believe a
conservative vote best empowers us to love others without draining our
resources into an inefficient and often disastrous outfit that is based on
laws, programs, perpetual debt and gross neglect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our vote for conservativism does not suggest
100% agreement with a particular party, but it does reflect our desire to
maintain our personal freedoms to love others as we have capacity and resources
to do. We say vamoose to any government using our tax dollars to undue the
message of compassion we are best trying to practice through a message of hope
and love. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you for taking
the time to read this note. If this blog speaks to your values, would you
consider sharing it? If it does not, you are welcome to speak your mind in the
comment section below. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-62201001657930514712015-10-12T08:03:00.000-04:002015-10-12T08:03:19.815-04:00Trudeau: Le Master Of Disguise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Trudeau does a masterful job capturing the collective ignorance
of the masses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the help of a wildly
biased and determined left wing media, we are witnessing the withdrawal of
reason and the impending emergence of a tired, tested and failed Keynesian model
of economics. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Trudeau’s naiveté we
are beholding the “change” and billions this change costs without
any mention of cost; other than Trudeau telling the reporter to whip out his
<a href="http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=708807">calculator and do the math himself</a>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sadly,
no intelligent discussion is possible when the leader has no clue of
the systemic damages caused by Keynesian economics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The basic flaw of Trudeau’s economic model is he presupposes
he and his team are smart enough to manage and strengthen the economy through debt based investment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea that the free market
is either too evil, stupid or a breeding ground for tax cheats like those sneaky
small business owners, Trudeau has a fundamental distrust in the choices of
Canadians and therefore he proclaims a need to intervene in the economy and do
the building himself (no wonder he likes China dictatorship; because they can <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/justin-trudeau-s-foolish-china-remarks-spark-anger-1.2421351">turn their economy around on a dime</a>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will invariably
result in the malinvestments, cost over runs, nepotism in issuing bids and jobs
to contractors (which Liberals have always been experts at) and misguided
direction of investments that come with
central planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An inevitable
fallout from the nature of his investments will be:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>capital exiting our country, increased trade deficits (we will export
less and be less competitive), sustained budget deficits that compile our debt
and therefore damage our debt to GDP ratio; likely resulting in a downgrade of
our AAA credit (as we have seen with the Ontario Liberals) which will result in
higher borrowing costs and the opposite effect of the Liberals benevolent heart:
a shrinking middle class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you notice
how Mr. Trudeau never compares his plan against a debt to GDP ratio or any set
of economic key indicators?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are the
voters to stupid to process the data? Or, would voters then see the economic
damage and be less interested in a spending frenzy that Trudeau heralds as the
coming change?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I suspect a bit of
both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you look at the economies of
Greece and Ontario we can see what an unmeasured Keynesian approach to
economics does to a region.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Make no mistake, Greece like damage
wont hit right away; even Greece took decades for the wick to run out and the country to
blow up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My argument is that Trudeau’s
promises of today will contribute to your children’s debt load, credit
downgrade and smaller middle class of tomorrow. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All his promises will cost a lot of money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All his promises will need a slew of bureaucrats
to manage. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will pay for these
promises? The promises will be paid for in part via bonds that our kids will eventually
have called due, by large corporations, <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/sb-money/trudeau-says-wealthiest-canadians-using-small-business-tax-rate-to-avoid-taxes/article26306519/">the tax cheating business owners</a> and
those <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/taxing-the-rich-will-not-pay-off-for-trudeau/article24460706/">rich people who have way too much money</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As frustrated as several Canadians are (and some bitter and jealous) with those who do well,
there will be great damage if we manipulate the markets to the degree Trudeau
is proposing. Trudeau controlling, monitoring, selecting which industries do well, regulating beyond measure and having his team decide how the economy
will grow is likely going to result in the exit of many earners. Earners produce
a return on their capital and time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Trudeau will make this a very unwelcome place for those earners to get
their return and they will eventually stop filling the piggy bank with tax
revenue from their exploits. And when they do, who is going to pay for all the
promises?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is when things spiral out
of control and the saying is more obvious than when times are good: socialism is
great until you run out of other people’s money. Alberta is learning this the
hard way. Pressing change by electing a central planning government isn't so cool now, eh? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A centrally planned Keynesian economy is at
the heart of the Liberal plan and NOT the change Canada needs or can afford.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t be fooled by the Obama mantra of change
redux that Trudeau is recycling. We already got an idea of what that change meant in the
USA: $7 trillion in new debt and an unstable currency.</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be demanding
change for more freedoms, less taxes, more accountability and a stronger economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pressing the Conservatives for this change is
the best hope for our families and country. </span></div>
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-17908568692064580052015-09-21T20:56:00.000-04:002015-09-21T21:52:49.435-04:00My Plea For Canadians Keynesian economics is based on the idea that the economy is not too complex for the government to analyze, figure out and ultimately fix. The sum total of the analysis is the collaboration between the central bank, large corporations and government to essentially tax massively, borrow blindly and spend incredibly all the while devaluing the dollar through inflation (lower purchasing power) in the name of telling we the people what is right; with our kids credit and our money. The collusion of government, large corps and the central bank propels the Keynesian model of economics into the foray -that will invariably collide with an otherwise free market- explaining how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer: a comedic unintended consequence of well intentioned political policy. A "natural selection" process with the government as our economic and moral puppeteer creates a bubble based economy because the government is not smart enough to figure her out so their malinvestment's will eventually burst (via lack of confidence in carrying debt) and then crash; revealing the effects of their futile attempts to disrupt market forces. This inevitable 'reset' will destroy wealth on a massive scale and possibly threaten us on a level as rudimentary as our currency. This game will be propped up and avoided at all costs through a massive line of credit known as bonds as well as the sweat of you and me that converts to taxes. If Canadians could implore charities to do their job and care for the poor with competence, get over our loathing of hard workers who win big and get over our fear of "personal responsibility" we could perhaps embrace an economic model of freedom within the context of rule of law. Then (and I would argue, only then) our country, middle class, national debt, poverty levels and personal freedoms would all be far better off. I beg you: stop arguing for and begging governments to rob us blind, pillage our freedoms whilst championing the call of the downtrodden. Personal freedom is the key to prosperity for all because it respects your choices, investments and right to give generously. <br />
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Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-54820837864531943772015-08-03T09:17:00.001-04:002015-08-03T12:46:10.891-04:00Fairness: A Wolf In Sheep's Cloathing <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Seattle
CEO Dan Price (who announced a $70k min wage for his employees) and Mr. Trudeau have much in
common: they both believe in a fairer world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Like Price, Trudeau wants to make fairness a theme of his endeavors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s take a peek at Price's experiment to see
how fairness is working out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/business/a-company-copes-with-backlash-against-the-raise-that-roared.html?_r=0"><span style="color: #0563c1;">
Money Experiment</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">According
to several reports, the credit card processor company is struggling to phase in every single employee to a $70,000 minimum wage; which appears to be the
least of his problems. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Let’s be fair and pay everyone the same!! (Resounding cheers!)<o:p></o:p></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Here are
the highlights: the CEO took over a 90% pay cut and is under duress to make ends meet personally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the profits
($2.2 million from last year) were spent on the first phase of increasing wages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Reported ‘unintended
consequences’ (that were entirely predictable to any sensible individual) are: people
feel they are not earning their money as they are being ‘overpaid’; which is
putting stress on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others allegedly
are not working hard because they make so much money they have no incentive to
advance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People are also complaining of
income gaps citing their skills and contributions are higher than other people’s…yet
the pay remains even. Finally, Mr. Price’s brother is suing for not
respecting his minority rights within the company. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">As I explain
to my children; there are many aspects of life that are not fair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Socially engineering your fairness doctrine
(in this case, private) results in other aspects of unfairness…<span style="background: white; color: #333333;">“Now the people who were just clocking
in and out were making the same as me,” he complained. “It shackles high
performers to less motivated team members.”</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">My grave
concern with Mr. Trudeau is he views fairness in the same way Mr. Price does…with
one caveat: Mr. Trudeau wants to explore this notion with your money…and my
money as a politician!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This “central
planning” agenda is far more irrational, disturbing then his views on <a href="http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=296460e7-f6ba-4e93-acff-81b053d20ab1"><span style="color: #0563c1;">asking
students to re-think elements as basic as space and time</span></a> because it deals
with our money and our kids future and we are not talking about $2.2million either. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Defining
fairness as ‘everyone gets the same result’ is a devastating approach to a real
problem; meeting people’s needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Constraining
free markets with labor laws, endless regulations and burdensome taxes is the
problem that will hurt the middle and lower class as manipulation is a poor form
of control. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">A free
market based on personal freedoms and liberty remains the only hope for a
stronger middle class. Incentive to work, gaining skills and advancing based on
increased productivity are at the core of a strong economy and weathering
future recessions. Compassion from our free will remains the most effective way
to help those less fortunate or those lacking higher value skills that command
higher rates of pay. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Given Mr.
Trudeau wants us to rethink our capitalist system, I would argue we need to seriously
constrain the government’s ability to interfere in choices the free market makes
and then will see a blossoming of the middle class and hope for lower income Canadians. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Price gives us a really neat peak into
Turdeau’s “space and time” world where fairness is at the core.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Benevolence does not generate profits…increased
productivity does. Fairness under the guise of benevolence is the enemy of
learning advancing and increased productivity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I propose
Mr. Trudeau should take his money and invest it in his own company with his
perfect fairness doctrine controlling how things should run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After he models the success of this operation…THEN
(and only then) can he make an argument to all Canadians about fairness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Until then, </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">look to Mr. Price and decide for yourself if that’s what
you want Canada to look like. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Mr.
Trudeau, I have re-thought elements as basic as space and time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Price is losing space and time is running
out: fairness is the wolf in sheep’s clothing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-24347345480707578712015-04-22T20:41:00.002-04:002015-04-22T20:49:40.979-04:00Failing Can Be HelpfulIn analyzing my approach to “taking a break from blogging”, I have tried to reduce my blogging inconsistency to laziness (for I am quite lazy), but my internal reductio ad absurdum argument had me conclude it’s a matter of intellectual honesty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am unable to go after my differences with the absurd left…when my own concepts of idealism are not reconciled to my own beliefs and more pointedly, aligned with the behavior of what I hold dear; my daily living and leadership within my company. <br />
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This blog spares the left and points the crosshairs of attack squarely on my own performance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here are the top 3 lessons I learned from my own business failures (2 of my 3 business closed down, last one hung on by a hair and now appears to be doing well), with a comment on how I plan to advance each lesson!</h1>
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<u>#1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stick to what you are good at.</u></h1>
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-Having diversified and led the cavalry right off the cliff, I can say that in sticking to what our expertise is, we are able to open the door to radical improvement through a focused approach of containable problem solving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The largest hindrance to this advancement is my own pride that wants to defend the status quo to salvage some image of perceived success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In laying this down (and therefore exposing weakness) I find we can hold up the problem and after exposing it…solve it…to the benefit of the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Staying committed to what we are good at allows us to (often times) solve problems faster.</h1>
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<u>#2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proper Function:</u></h1>
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-Creating an ideal within business is great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we can get past being intimidated by that ideal…we have the opportunity to relate to others and try to undo the status quo and go after that proper function aspect of our business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking to see how something ought to function takes humility, courage and teamwork.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dare to strive for the ideal…and learn along the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hidden nuggets of advancement are found in such a dirty process.</h1>
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<u>#3. It’s not over until you give up.</u></h1>
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-Society places huge weight of defining success on our behalf. If we place our value on what society says (flash, money and winning) then we work to uphold that ideal…and internally collapse in the process. In not giving up, we force our self to redefine success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have found “not giving up” is a form of success that empowers the sturdy vehicle of hope to draw in friends and family to stir you up to continue to fight the fight.</h1>
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It is easy to lambaste the fool…for their foolishness places a giant target on them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moreover, I confess with abject honesty that my business failures have held me accountable to my own foolishness, therefore I am not unable to call out others foolishness, but I must do it with a degree of humility that says I too am a wandering nomad in the world of truth seeking. </h1>
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-55255080273281011782014-12-12T11:46:00.000-05:002014-12-13T07:46:35.841-05:00Failing Forward<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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looking to put the past behind me. I wrote this for you, Brad and the
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-align: topleft; mso-effects-shadow-alpha: 40.0%; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection: 2700000; mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0; mso-effects-shadow-angleky: 0; mso-effects-shadow-color: black; mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance: 1.5pt; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius: 3.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-pctsy: 100.0%; mso-effects-shadow-themecolor: dark1; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align: center; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: 0pt; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap: flat; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit: 0%; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-themecolor: text1;">2012 was not a good business year</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Three of my businesses
were struggling. Our tire recycling facility had a <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">fire</span> and we were not able to recover. We closed the
business down. Our Oil Filter recycling facility lost its major
client; other ventures did not work out. Towards the end of 2012, my
brother (operations) and I (office side) came back to our machine shop and had
the unfortunate experience of seeing firsthand the negative affects our
absence. Our employees and management did fantastic, but circumstances beyond
their control had all three businesses close to bankruptcy. Our core
business, B&R Custom Machining Ltd had to lay off five employees towards
Christmas of 2012; a culmination to the year I dreadfully regretted.
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Personally, I was in very
rough shape. Being the “CEO” behind 2 company closures and near
bankruptcy certainly took a toll on me. Louder than the “failed
dreams”…and the consequent fallout was the reverberating voice of how deeply I
made a mess of things. Battling my thoughts became as much of a problem
as the “mess” that lingered from the 2 failed businesses. I deemed it an
accomplishment if I could get 3 hours of sleep at night. Drinking became
a catch 22…if I did not drink, I was consumed with the pressures of business
and did not sleep. If I did drink, I went to sleep but knew this was a
band-aid at best. In the back drop, was the realization that my 3 (now 4)
beautiful daughters and precious wife were getting a battered, beaten down
man. Trying not to be a zombie at B&R, I was drubbed with “feedback”,
results, observations and conflicts all suggesting our machine shop was not in
good shape. My mind was not clear and our shop was not in a position to
make massive investments to magically fix anything. I did not know what to do.
The only thing that was clear to me was how much of a failure I was.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Confronting reality:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I felt like I was 8
years old all over again being sent to my disastrous room to clean. I was
paralyzed and did not know how or where to start. I knew the pain, pressure and
stress of confronting reality was more honorable then throwing in the towel,
but I did not know how to stay in the game. If there was one undercurrent
that I believe carried me when I laid in paralysis was a thread buried in my
head from childhood. My Dad must have told me 10,000 times, “NEVER GIVE UP!”
Somehow, I think it was destiny that those 10,000 times were instilled in me,
arguably prophetically, for such a time as this. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Back at B&R Custom
full time by end of 2012, I said with shortness of breath, “Brad, if we don’t
work 80 hours per week, we are in jeopardy of going bankrupt.” With no
time to lament his brilliance of operations gone bad at the hands of
circumstances out of his reach, he agreed to those hours and so began “phase
1”…no investment, just work. With Bradley working like an animal, me
trying to improve matter after matter…and our remaining employees focused and
determined, our cashflow eventually stabilized. Once stable, I rounded up
the remaining employees and shared with them explicit details about our other
business failings and declared my a fanatical focus to improve B&R, little
by little, bit by bit. Some employees left. I don’t blame them. With the
support of several family and friends, I tried my best to confront reality and
change.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My value is fixed, and forever high.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As mentioned, the
stream of “here’s what’s wrong with you and the company that you are the boss
of” became so overwhelming that my embarrassment and shame rose to such an
extent that I could not handle it anymore. My performance (or lack
thereof) was tied to my identity and value.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
</b></span>I saw my value through an almost pontifical paradigm initiating a
daily fight to prove to myself I am important to those around me.<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> When the businesses came crashing down,
along with the ensuing barrage of things I am doing wrong, my state of
restlessness overcame my senses due to the obvious threat “failure” had on my
identity. I was a mess. It was hard for me when loved ones told me they
are concerned for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I tried to be
strong, but my eyes deceived nobody who knew me. I remember crying out to
God, “If you want a disciple to represent your name, I ask you pass on me for
my failures have overtaken me”. It was in this restless moment that
I received deep understanding of Romans 5: we are justified by what Jesus did
on the cross: His shed blood for the remissions of our sins and his broken
body…for our healing. Justified and righteous only by the accomplished
work of Jesus. A great decision I made was to receive God’s gift of
righteousness. I felt 10 tons of weight lift off of me. The joy
that I am loved and accepted in spite of my performance (whether good or bad)
became real to my heart and a joy to my soul. When assent to scriptures
is overrun by conviction of scriptures; I was free indeed from the torment of
failure. If my performance earned the favor or love of God, His gift
would cease to be grace. I can and will receive God’s unearned favor,
regardless of my performance. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Re-entering work, with my value fixed and
high:</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When the same problems
that drove my despair resurfaced (weight of failed businesses, work
problems, fallout from 2 failed businesses, challenges of the remaining
business, ect), I re-entered those problems with an entirely contrarian
perspective: rest. I entered the problems repeating to myself, “This
problem does not alter my value. Lord, help me with this problem for I lack the
wisdom”. To expose my weakness (when the leader is to have the answer) was
freeing! Thanking the person for the feedback was tough…but I did it
without any sense this was tied to my value. My stress levels were
alleviated and my sleep improved. I am convinced that my performance is
irrelevant to my value. Therefore, when I perform, it is out of a
revelation that my value is untouchable, so I am passionate about focusing on
the problem…without letting “me” get in the way. My internal response to
problems/conflicts/issues went from: “The leader that failed…” to, “Thank
you for the input, I look forward to solving this with you”. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beaten down, but not
out of the game, our team decided to focus on “getting better at what we are
doing”. No more new businesses. Simply focus and get better at what you are
doing. By laser beam focusing on getting better, B&R was confronted
with several areas we needed to invest in. We made those investments and
saw surprisingly strong returns. We saw the culture of our shop
change. In was later in 2013 that I revealed to all the employees,
“B&R will be seeking to refine its focus. We will be moving to ‘High Demand,
Low Supply’ work." This was quite the goal for a recovering machine shop,
but our team’s laser beam focus and mindset of continual improvement seemed to
have laid the groundwork for a miracle.</span></span></div>
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the context of rest and thankfulness.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> We won several
contracts of complex components and received approval for some incredibly involved
programs that only years ago we could only dream doing. B&R has
executed several projects and is currently working on a titanium program that
will launch to Mars. Today, 90% of our work is now Aerospace and our work
backlog is 5 times greater than 2 years past. Somehow, B&R made very
serious investments in world-class 5-axis machining and are pouring all human
capital into quality parts that meets our prints. I am constantly
thankful for the ‘lifeline’ we were given and have still not wrapped my head
around how B&R is currently thriving. I am thankful that we have been
able to change enough to stay in business, and stay relevant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yErwi_nMu0_wMJKg4NZOYHYmGyVJcu0TC7_S2HsGLqUOGFTjBln9iaQv2kIKVDQ_dEz5cGwZNT4yu12r9tax05Vdqnke2IJgvc2xzo67TKSVI4pYdxzS_ZfiV4GKjiqtuLv-B8ij09I/s1600/MDA+Rover+Poster+-+Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9yErwi_nMu0_wMJKg4NZOYHYmGyVJcu0TC7_S2HsGLqUOGFTjBln9iaQv2kIKVDQ_dEz5cGwZNT4yu12r9tax05Vdqnke2IJgvc2xzo67TKSVI4pYdxzS_ZfiV4GKjiqtuLv-B8ij09I/s1600/MDA+Rover+Poster+-+Small.jpg" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Several Parts manufactured by B&R Custom Machining Ltd. will be on the ExoMars Rover.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I echo what has been
said many times: “I do not know what the future holds, but I know Who holds the
future.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I rest in the accomplished work
of Jesus on the cross. I receive His abundant grace that has empowered a
callous heart to soften…and I believe more change is on the way! I rest
in the conviction that my performance is not tied to my value; a freeing
revelation that has lifted the now impervious weights. I am claiming I am
getting better each day: little by little, bit by bit. I am working on healthy
eating, greatly curtailed drinking and increased exercise. I desire to
intimately understand my family is a cherished gift and allow my time with each
of them to reflect this. I desire to respond in love (with my time, talents and
treasure) to my local church who so overwhelmingly loved on me during a period
I was convinced I was nothing more than a drag and nuisance. Little else
brings peace and fulfillment like “love responding to love”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My intention is to
“put the rough years behind me”, while taking the tough lessons with me.
This will set me up to best focus on the future without the encumbered past
possibly de-railing me or our team.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I desire to confront
my leadership role with the knowledge it is a privilege to serve, not an
entitled right. This realization causes “weight” of responsibility that I
am keeping separate from my value, so that in “worldly success or failure” I
operate from the understanding my value is fixed and high and can therefore
maintain an attitude of thankfulness and remain teachable. I am seeking
to compartmentalize my various roles and ‘hard-wire’ communication structures
surrounding my responsibilities so that I may better own the results I am
expected to achieve. B&R’s objective for 2015 is quite clear and
absurdly simple: success through the basics. My message to family and employees
is one: we are looking to both keep and grow on the ground we have gained; little
by little, bit by bit. </span></span></div>
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</span>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-65135213325792700952014-12-08T10:15:00.000-05:002014-12-08T10:15:13.531-05:00Why Manufacturing Wages Are Shrinking; And What To Do About It<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My father asked me recently "Why are manufacturing wages getting lower and lower as time goes on?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> My Response:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the aggregate (exceptions exist), wages are decreasing in manufacturing for 4 reasons:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">#1.
Workers are rarely responsible for their results. Unlike a salesman who
starves if he does not sell, the culture of the manufacturing worker is
that they are entitled to their paycheck for showing up and putting
their time in. This results in a "I did my job, where is my money?"
paradigm against an often unspoken reality from the one with capital:
your productivity was insufficient for your wage increase.
Owners/workers have poorly bridged this gap (for many reasons not applicable to this response).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">#2.
The rate at which a man's skills and productivity increases is
accumulated at a far slower pace than the market demands; either through
foreign competition, domestic competition or innovation. Consequently,
the one with capital needs to redirect their capital to more efficient
means with better returns.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">#3.
Manufacturing companies are investing in technology advances that rely
on machines to construct solutions to problems and creation of widgets,
thus the blue collar worker is moving from a "producer of goods" to an
observer...or more politely, an "operator". The generator of wealth has
become the machine, or operation line...not the man...almost a second
(more subtle) industrial revolution. Manufacturing is joining the
"knowledge economy" and the worker is being mostly left out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">#4.
Owners of capital are increasingly viewing (manufacturing) workers more as a risk
and less of an asset. Certainly still an asset, but increasingly a
risk. Some risks to sustainable profits can be:
injury/union/pension/lawsuits/<wbr></wbr>health benefits/entitlements of
profits, without any worker exposure to any loss...to name a few. All
these "risks" seek to make a withdraw from a corporation and therefore capital
shies away from such risks where possible, in so doing places downward
pressure on wages. Serious technological investments in machinery has no
risk of union/pension/health/<wbr></wbr>entitlements/lawsuits...in fact, they
exist only to increase your profits. The machine will continue to
replace the man thus manufacturing may not 'shrink', but the wages will
as machines continue to pluck more skills from the men who once operated
them.</span></span></div>
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bottom line: wages are suppressed in manufacturing because capital is
efficient and is looking for less risk and better returns. In seeking
this out, it has found that innovation and technology replace the need for a
less efficient and often more problematic man. The government tries to
remedy this by throwing money into often hideous programs. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I thanked him for asking the question.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are some solutions that would put upward pressure on wages:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">B&R
declared we would be a “high demand, low supply shop”. Achieving this
goal has allowed us to take on some pretty incredibly challenging
projects where a team is called to higher and higher standards simply to
figure manufacturing out. This puts upward pressure on wages due to the
complexity of thought involved in our production on highly capable
machines . To increase wages is to increase complexity of work and provide a culture that welcomes problem solvers…not just operators. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.</span> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increase wages through strategic investments in innovation that empowers intelligent employees, not replaces them. This makes the worker and company more efficient, creating a higher demand for their services, thus higher pay. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.</span> <span style="font-family: Calibri;">A corporation needs to embrace change and employ a culture of taking responsibility. By leadership being responsible for change, improvement, and advancement, it can then place healthy change requests on employees. This
promotes a “we are in this together” attitude. This counters
entitlement attitudes from an employer or an employee. And quite
frankly, there are few entitlement behaviors tolerated in
manufacturing. Those who dispute this get sacked off their high horse fairly quickly. (Not withstanding government subsidies.)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4.</span> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background-color: white;">Less
government intervention. More personal responsibility. This would
create a b</span>reakthrough of increased wages through higher corporate
profits and greater demand for services. The ironic tragedy of government intervention is that they often realize the opposite results that their interventionism champions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My Question To You: Why do you think manufacturing wages are going down? What can be done?</span></span></div>
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-10912320147271695592014-06-11T09:40:00.001-04:002017-11-01T09:46:57.000-04:00Hudak Asks Us To Take Heed, The Liberals Demand The Fat Of Rams<br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Those who demand the fruit of others effort must be awfully happy their chief care-givers are poised to win
another election. Even more thrilling is allowed ignorance that bonds
will sell and we can simply rack up the debt. Sadly, Liberals use duplicitous
words like "investment" which is code for "higher debt to GDP
ratio"...and or for those who are not economically inclined: "we are
turning into Greece". The purpose of this note is to communicate the
unintended consequences of voting Liberal. Since I recognize a direct
blog from a non-influential blogger has limited to no sway, I will take the
angle of a business owner who is fighting for his (and his employees) better
future, and is exasperated at the absurd degree of ignorance on economics with
the vast majority of liberal voters (especially on twitter, where most are
thankful their rants are capped at an entire 140 characters)</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the future patterns and habits can often be determined by past behavior. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Therefore,
"mistakes" will continue to be the quoted vibrato of an actual
"scandal" right from liberal mouths. If I tried 1/10 of the
corrupt, dishonest behavior of the Liberals, I would be fired and instantly be
forced to lay off 25 people...let alone broadcasting my lack of integrity with
the catch phrase "mistakes". Owning up is: 1. being honest. 2.
Articulating the problem(s) 3. Giving real solutions and root cause and 4.
demonstrating over time how you changed. Any other approach is playing Russian
roulette (obviously politics excluded). Furthermore, on the topic of
words; Ms. Wynne says about the gas plant scandal, "I take full
responsibility...". Ya, right. In the real world, when I take full
responsibility I absorb the FULL COST of my mistake. (Creates a real incentive
to fix my mistake, let me tell you...). Did she write a cheque for 1.1
billion over the gas plant scandal? So ya, she did NOT take "full
responsibility". Expect this pattern to continue: corrupt politics through
bad judgments with inept leaders resulting in debt and pain for those they
touch...with NO accountability.. In politics, you get to use bull crap
words to sorta speak your mind. Hey Ontario, you are stamping this pattern
of behavior. I predict: more scandals. More shifting of blame. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More "code words" to obfuscate how
your tax dollars turned into waste.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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coveting are at the root of the Liberal vote. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">They want what you earned.
Period. They get it legally through changing laws. The selfish
extractors of your wealth do this by IGNORING scandals, corrupt politics and
incompetent leaders and place higher weight on taking your money. When
you run out of money: no problem...that's what the debt is for. From $130
billion when they came in...to $290 billion where we stand now...you have an
EXCELLENT predictor of the future based on past behavior. Look to Greece and
the Liberals for a legitimate prediction of the future. Ontario will not
give up its "right" to suck off the government without a fight. In
Greece it took riots...and they still lost. You think a soft spoken Tim Hudak
is going to arrest a populate bent of wanting what others earned? I
predict: taxes, debt and laws will be instruments in the next 4 years for the
emboldened Liberals to pillage wealth and further destroy Ontario. I
predict a solid: $340 billion of debt by 2018. We will be damaged from
another term. They do not have the skills or knowledge to stop this train-wreck
and the Ontario voters FAILED to see this coming. Hold me accountable to
this. It's in print. Please note, I also predict endless excuses as to why it's
all happening and not their fault.. I also predict they will not anticipate a ballooning
debt and deteriorating manufacturing industry, but react when it does...as
though they knew it all along: all part of the ebb and flow of our great
province. Ontario, you are warned. We are opening the door to Greece like
damage. The other provinces will bail us out to a degree, but not at the rate
the carnage is occurring. The basis of this business point is clear and
it points to why manufacturing has suffered in this province. In the real
world, "innovation", "results", "change",
"accountability" are vital attitudes for survival and growth.
Improving your service is critical to reduce cost and maintain profits.
These realities are exempt with liberal voters and politics: twitter says
so. Since many fail to grasp this concept, they are left voting based on the
absence of this work-ethic and can therefore "vote in" a government
that stylistically adheres to a deplorable view of how the economy ought to
work. Once the ability for Ontario to borrow balloon’s; suddenly Ontario will
get very mad. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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idiots. If you are a voter and somehow think voting Liberal is bad, then
you are failing to live in the moment, man. What is $290 billion of debt,
anyway? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">When Wynne says "investment" do you
hear her say, "by the way, this investment costs money and it will be paid
for by higher debt"? Not a chance. You would be an idiot for thinking of
consequences. It's all about priorities for you...and then more debt for your
kids: you selfish voter. In business, you get your butt royally kicked when you
do not take present choices into consideration when thinking of the future
(I learned the hard way). In politics if you vote for a social
welfare group that ignores debt and makes fun of the fiscally conservative,
eventually things will get ugly ($290 billion AND GROWING!) I predict VERY
hard choices within 6 years from now. Draconian cuts will happen. Manufacturing
will continue to erode. Our level of debt to GDP will continue to increase
as Ontario cannot sustain this rate of spending without damage to our credit,
capacity to borrow and/or interest rates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Liberals are in bed with Unions so the cards have been played, and
the Liberals “plan” is a major bluffing session. The course is set: scandals,
blame, hiding, spending and taxing are the established future patterns.
Try those themes in business, or your family and see how you do.
Why do we make exceptions for politics? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">Ontario, a Liberal
vote will eventually result in a series of denigrating downgrades to our most systemic pillars holding up our
once great province.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, bonds will
sell. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, 4 years from now it won't
be Tim Hudak "scaring" Ontario with 100 000 responsible layoffs over
time...it will be unsold bonds, higher interest rates and forced layoffs...and the evil corporations will not be there to bail you out. It's
in the cards; the ground work has been proposed and Ontario is about to give
the Liberals a stamp of approval. Business has given us the clues as to what
will happen in the future political realm with this continued Liberal
philosophy. Please consider it is better to take heed then the fat of
rams. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for any spelling/grammar errors*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-80585277003376221182014-05-18T12:52:00.000-04:002014-05-18T12:56:10.995-04:00Liberal Debt And Twitter Truthers I dedicate this entry to all the Liberal-twitter-philosopher-economists who seem to be able to codify their truth telling in a mere 140 characters.<br />
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The prevailing trend of rampant Liberal logic appears to be a fairly simple method: feeling + thought = truth.<br />
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The problem with this liberal method is most notable when a debate tries to get framed beyond the simplicity of a single thought and a vivacious feeling (however real that feeling is).<br />
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Look no further then the comedic response Liberals give to Hudak for his heartless, reckless economy killing 100 000 public service cuts. I give credit for some very creative entries...but the common theme seems to be that there is some truth that others need to know because this Liberal had a thought that responded to their feeling. <br />
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By failing to take the debt into consideration when deliberating the cuts being proposed, you deny the most basic aspect of voter due-diligence. Do you confess you are ignoring this because you are selfish and think the next generation ought to pay for your spending addiction? <br />
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Please consider: <br />
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1. $290 billion of debt is a bad thing. Something needs to change and fast.<br />
2. To not look foolish, we must put the interest paid on debt as the same weighted negative force as lost income to an Ontario worker. I.E 1 cut government salary $50 000 (give or take) = $50 000 (approx.) of interest on debt. Why do you decry the job cut, but not the corresponding lost wealth due to money going to bondholders in the form of interest? <br />
3. The government worker can find another job in the real-life economy; that offset's the initial job loss. The only way to "offset" the interest payments is to pay the principal down. <br />
4. Unless there is a major shift in government thinking, what is the best predictor of future behavior? The past. Tell me, how are the Liberals doing on this one? For a simple clue, look at the debt chart above in relation to stated positions that Liberals plan to make no drastic changes to future spending behavior. <br />
5. Given we can predict that future debt levels will likely rise at the same rate as the past 10 years, have you done the math to see what these "liberal values" will result in 10 years from now? Approx. $430 billion in debt. BTW, this would be about the same scenario as Greece...you know, the place of draconian slashing of services...and massive cuts FORCED ON THEM? (Not even riots could stop it!) Keep er' going Liberals, almost there.<br />
6. Do you want a little pain now by choice? Or several stadiums of pain forced on us later?<br />
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I submit for consideration, as soon as we frame any debate about cuts on the reasonable grounds of "out of control debt" the Liberals are in trouble. They must scream for more spending and continue to avoid topics of government waste and lack of productivity. This sickness (blindness) will allow them to continue to create funny pics on twitter making fun of those who are a little more grounded in reality and aware of our balance sheet. Until then...keep chirping, Liberals. <br />
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Conservatives, pass this on to help others frame the debate and put pressure where it belongs; on the reckless and blind spending addiction of the Liberals. <br />
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<br />Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-85268367513578133952014-05-17T10:09:00.001-04:002020-10-30T19:01:02.400-04:00Mr. Hudak Visits Our Home<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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cameras were rolling; <a href="http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4523020-hudak-touts-income-tax-cuts-at-breslau-stop/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc;">http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4523020-hudak-touts-income-tax-cuts-at-breslau-stop/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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analysis on my time with Mr. Hudak for the purpose of informing Ontario voters
what it is like to engage with him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am an owner of an
Aerospace machine shop. My job as CEO in
a 25 employee company is to soak in as much data as possible then make sound
and accurate judgments for the purpose of better serving clients and employees.
Increased profits/wages and productivity is my means of survival (especially coming
off of 2 very challenging years in which a few ventures that did not work out). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Contray to @WendyGoodes
suggestion -that the free Kobo bought our vote- please note: ever since I was
13 years old and witnessed the horror or Bob Rae, I have had disdain for
socialism and appreciation for the free market.
I have only ever voted conservative. With this being said, the
Kobo did however make my wife smile (therefore made me smile). Several of my
blogs are quite hard on the conservatives. My bias is “free market is good,
family is good and (any aspect of) socialism is bad”. Of note, this entry is of my own initiative
and has not been edited by the PC party and therefore may not reflect their
views. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Guts of my time when the
cameras were off:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. Tim made excellent
eye contact, had a firm handshake and his smile was genuine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2. My wife said she
felt quite comfortable with his mannerisms; they were confident, yet humble and
respectful knowing he is in our home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3. His interaction
with our children was natural and affectionate. He seemed relaxed and
engaged. I got the sense he was glad to "be himself" with my kids.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4. When my daughter
went to hug him, Tim hugged Alexis like she was his own. This surprised me
a bit as I did not expect Tim to be so engaged "off the camera".
Alexis is a hug-giver, and it seems Tim is too. You may have
observed the photo above, Brent Davis from the record captioned Alexis being
very relaxed and “un-fazed” by the attention.
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5. Tim asked
questions...and surprisingly to me...he asked follow up questions. His
interest was authentic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6. His tone and
personality was the same regardless if the cameras were on or off. I have been
told that I speak to customers the same way as I do suppliers and employees. I explain it is easier to live life this way.
I believe Tim agrees with this mindset. When you see Tim on camera, you
are getting the "real Tim". <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and flows with conversation very well; he adapts to topics and can reference
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is at the center of his plan for Ontario; contrary to twitter and a good
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When the cameras were
off (afterwards), and we left the sofa, I asked to speak plainly with him.
He said, "no problem". I said, "I read your platform
and I believe it seems you made a concerted effort to demonstrate compassion to
each Ontarian.” His response floored me. His body language spoke
volumes. His head swiveled directly to mine and his arm came in front of his
body, as if to express a pause or halt in our walking direction (or at minimum
a flow in our conversation). Tim leaned in and said with an expression of
inquisition, "You got that from reading the plan? How did you see that?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I said, “Certainly I
did. Your plan speaks about leaving no Ontarians behind; you seem to have a
passion for increased wages through increased skills in Ontario. You speak of
improving education, particularly in math. Your desire for lower taxes appears
to stem from a respect for Ontarians hard work. The plan comes across as frustrated
with 290 billion of debt. Out of that
frustration, it seems you seek to control that by eliminating a deficit and
making government services more efficient. You tie that deficit elimination and
improved efficiency of government services to giving Ontario hope. Tim,
compassion is rooted in action and it appears your plan sees the action
required to help improve Ontario”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the eyes and said, “You captured the essence of what we are trying for”…and
shook my hand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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comment. “You are accused of not having
compassion.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I then proceeded to
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Kathleen Wynn is
going nuts that you are hurting the economy by giving 100 000 public sector
employees their pink slips. What appears
to be missing from her analysis is that the government is large, some portions lethargic
and there is unproductive employees who could better release their skills
elsewhere. People like to be productive and contribute. If they are not being
productive and contributing, the most loving and compassionate thing you can do
is release them into the job market where they can be productive. By her criticizing
you for allegedly pushing the fragile economy into recession through the proposed
layoffs, she is accusing those 100 000 people of being unable to find suitable
jobs at good pay within the free market (for if each one found an equal paying
job…the net loss to the economy is obviously $0.) I find this to be a devaluing
accusation by Kathleen towards those 100 000 people. Is she admitting they have low skills not
needed in the free market, therefore the economy will contract and recession
ensues? It seems the argument for
lacking compassion should be directed towards Kathleen Waynn in failing to serve
Ontario with efficient services. She is also failing any unproductive civil
servant by refusing to release them into
a more efficient work environment. The notion that “the left” has the corner on
compassion is illogical and weak. There is nothing compassionate about doubling
our provincial debt to 290 billion and having the nerve to call that “investments”. Tim, by simply acknowledging the debt exists
and is a problem that should be fixed…you are marked by the left as reckless
and heartless.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hudak’s response to this but I will say he agreed that the left does not have
the corner on compassion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hudak’s passion and bold plan stems from his love for Ontario’s families. It is
evident in his eyes, observable in his plan and consistent with how he related
to my children. His heart is great. His
plan is open to scrutiny. Just because a conservative views compassion
differently than the left, it does not follow that conservative’s lack
compassion: it simply means he is choosing to show it differently. Mr. Hudak’s plan is compassionate because it
upholds the family through:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tackling debt by
getting it under control<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Improving education
standards through increased accountability <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Improving wages
through developing skilled trades and lowering red tape<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Making government more
efficient (civil servants, hydro rates)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Valuing time of families
by reducing gridlock in the GTA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lowering taxes—motivated
by respect for hard work and families spending where they see fit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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allowing business to flourish and releasing government to do what it does best.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recognizing the
foolishness of skyrocketing hydro rates and how so many behind that mess make
over 100k/year (in the real world if you make 100k, you create value…not
destroy it by charging more).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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see tweets or left wing media making fun of Tim’s economic plan (or my daughter
for simply existing within 5 feet of him),<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> just remember, it is unlikely they have rolled
up their sleeves and taken risk to build a business or hire people. It is unlikely their risk took a turn for the
worst and money was lost…and they are fighting to get their business back on
track and keep people employed. For if
they had, they would rally behind debt control, tax savings and re-directing
and streamlining unproductive civil servants (or unproductive systems) in the public
sector. It is therefore fair to surmise many of these low-information tweets
echo the same ignorance of Kathleen Wynne when it comes to building the
economy. Strengthening the family is the
most compassionate action any politician can facilitate to grow the
economy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mr. Hudak, before
meeting you, I intellectually stood with you.
After seeing the consistency of how you speak to the media, constructed
your million jobs plan and related to myself, wife and children… my heart now stands
with you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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articulate a message of hope for Ontario’s families, business and economy. Some of Mr. Hudak’s vision and passion rubbed
off on me and I truly hope…a bit rubbed off on you. Let’s get passionate about a better Ontario;
if this entry finds favor, please share it and let’s start a conversation!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-36132954712876811722014-03-29T08:55:00.002-04:002014-03-29T09:02:07.242-04:00An Arrogant Self-Righteousness Looms At The Root Of Socialism<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Developing socialist attitudes is both basic and natural to
man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This autocratic pathology of
thoughts and actions are predicated on the natural tendency to abdicate responsibility
and attribute blame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the lush,
bountiful garden of Edan, Adam and Eve could eat of everything except the tree
of knowledge of good and evil. Wouldn’t you know, the tree was exactly what they
coveted and eventually ate from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once
exposed, they hid, then blamed. This pattern of coveting, taking and blaming is nothing
new. And so the cycle continues with socialist attitudes and thoughts to this
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parallel with both Adam and Eve,
and today’s socialist is they both insisted they knew better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eve was challenged by the serpent, “…did God
really say?” Eve, thinking to know better than God, abandoned her understanding
of right and wrong as laid out by God (do not eat) and declared her own rule of
law and ate anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When humanistic declarations
usurp the laws of creation, a new righteousness is formed; self-righteousness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Self-righteousness is at the root of why socialists
can – in the same breath- castigate you for daring to “judge someone else", but
then yell from the depths of their belly how right their moral crusade is. For
years I thought it was a contradiction: for a socialist to get mad at you for
judging, but they themselves declare judgments on their hot topics. It is now clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They use the same humanistic “self-righteousness”
to both declare they are right (in their judgments) and you are wrong (for even
judging).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are consistent, “I am
self-righteous by virtue of my mind and actions creating a morality that suits
my view of love and justice which trumps yours”. This is what is going on, even if most cannot articulate it. Self-righteousness is not only a socialistic trait;
rather it is a human condition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem is, when the chef pours 3 cups of self-righteousness into the bowl, than
adds ½ a cup of coveting, all hell breaks loose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When a morally superior individual covets your money or property, they -by
a higher moral virtue- may now take your items all in the name of love, justice
and compassion. Coveting becomes sharing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fits and pouting is now crying out for justice. Heated temper tantrums are
really “standing for what is right—at all costs”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The socialists have intellectualized their childish
behavior. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To challenge socialism, we must go
to the root: a natural (but evil) mindset of self-righteousness that thinks it
knows best, places their own interest above others and allows an outlet for coveting,
then displacing the morally inferior group…ironically, in the name of
fairness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We should challenge the arrogance
of their morally superior right to impose a fairness doctrine
on others that is predicated on extraction of resources through the
displacement of ownership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(</span><a href="http://xfer.ndp.ca/2013/policybook/2013-04-17-PolicyBook_E.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://xfer.ndp.ca/2013/policybook/2013-04-17-PolicyBook_E.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, it is true the NDP Policy Book has the
word “fair” 23 times…all pointing to the golden calf of ‘shred ownership’)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We should call out the vile hypocrisy
of a wagging finger that condescendingly belittles then categorizes others for
daring to have “moral judgments”…whilst failing to take a breath before announcing
the moral righteousness of their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
should not stop there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We should pause, observe
(draw pictures if necessary) and point out their entire political worldview
rests coveting, self-righteousness and stepping on and taking from others to
arrogantly climb up the ladder of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wait a minute…I thought stepping on others to get ahead was a major ‘evil’
they pointed out in other economic systems?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When we are self-righteous, we tend to miss these “oops” moments in the formation of our own worldview. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-42519452413090347812014-03-15T13:17:00.001-04:002014-03-15T13:41:03.290-04:00Translating The NDP’s Socialist Gibberish On Behalf Of Working Canadians<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Right from the NDP website, we learn that it is not your
responsibility to manage your finances.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The socialist gibberish in the picture above, when translated into coherent language can be understood as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.</span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You are not fully responsible for your debt, or
the fee’s you incur (that contribute to your debt).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Low income earners cannot competently manage their
finances (if they could, they would not need NDP’s help)…but that sounds rude…so
the NDP uses patted language to convey the truth, without the bite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Household debt is (in part) a result of oppressive
money makers who are extorting you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“Together” is not a transitory term to help
someone up, while they are down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rather, it is a word tactfully used like a court style injunction that
defines new spheres of responsibility for government at the expense of man’s
freedom to choose (both the victim party who now needs government…and the well-off…who
get the cream skimmed off their milk.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“…life more affordable” does not refer to
starving and dying conditions--don’t be so reasonable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It refers to the injustice of going into a
crushing debt cycle resulting from the harshness of your choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you click on the image above, the NDP
site will explain what they mean by “life”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Did you also notice these are not necessities of
life? They are conveniences that would be quite manageable to those who make
wise, prudent choices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Living below your
means and not taking on consumer debt would solve Mulcair’s problem of the
crushing debt cycle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that is not his
agenda, otherwise; he would teach millions of Canadians how to run a budget.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His agenda is to redistribute wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are entitled to a house and all the
luxury items credit cards bring…so rather than respect people’s freedoms and
choices, the NDP creates gibberish code words to convey an intimate hand of help
(from both your own incompetence and the evil capitalist oppressors).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please, don’t be fooled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Socialism (government control of the means of
production and distribution) is at the heart of NDP policy, thought and
culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have become masters at
hiding the language, but not the functions of their wretched, evil and immoral worldview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rise above the devaluing innuendo's that relegate you to a pawn in their social order towards a “fair” Canada**<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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world that a lady who is clearly 40 (or more) pounds overweight is complaining
about no money for food while holding Betty Crocker Vanilla Icing (with cake
mix in behind) when there are frail and malnourished people who would
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smokes before it gains an ounce of credibility with their pathetic pictures
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trying to buy veggies' or else the left w</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;"><span style="font-size: large;">ould call it correctly...it's about wealth transfer.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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choices/booze and smokes, that would de-legitimize their actual goal of massive
wealth transfer...so they need to cover up (tee-he...icing on cake...) the
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Left wing ideology is much harder to have patience with when you are working your tail off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A major problem with left wingers is that they are all too often unable (unwilling/incapable?) of debating past their own contradictions and emotional tirades. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simple points become massive stumbling blocks to further a discussion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is there anyone out there who can offer a semblance of intelligence with respect to the dialogue below? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Socialist: “The employer should be forced to pay the employee more money. It’s not fair for the employee.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Reason: “Why is it wrong for an employee and employer to come to an agreement <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on wages<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>paid for work performed?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Socialist: “When it means the worker is living below a poverty line, the employer should do more.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Reason:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Why should the employer pay more then the value of their work? Since when is the employer responsible for the financial living conditions of someone else?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Socialist: “Because the employer has excessive profits and can afford to share”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Reason: “Then the worker should ‘pay up’ when the employer has losses, right?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">----conversation over----<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Reason on tail end: “Why is the answer not to increase the skills of the worker and therefore their earning potential?”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Reason: “……I’m genuinely asking…”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">----conversation over….still…----<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Is it possible to further this discussion? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: "calibri";">The left goes wild when government tries to stop same-sex marriages. They always cite, “2 consenting adults should be able to make their own choice without government stopping them”….yet magically and suddenly…this very logic collapses when it comes to earning wages…all of a sudden 2 adults have no business agreeing on something between themselves and MUST have governments dictate to them the ‘rules of engagement’…please explain how the stench of hypocrisy is not enveloped in this simple matter. In the situations of same-sex marriage and wage negotiations: 1. It is with adults of a sober mind, 2. They are consenting with each other 3. They each agree to certain roles and responsibility within their functions and 4. there is no law being broken and they have the choice to engage or not to engage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Until some form of reason can explain these gaps (and I concede gaps are possible to be filled); it is reasonable to state the left’s agenda is not rooted in congruent principles and values, but in a pragmatist ad hoc approach that leaves the on-looker bewildered and confused with obvious contradictions in key policies and core values.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">NDP leader Tom Muclair is at the park with his son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His son sees a little girl with 12 scoops of ice-cream and starts to cry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom, a seeker of justice, asks his son what’s wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a huff and a puff Tom’s son pouts, “She has 12 scoops and I only have 1 tiny scoop…that’s not fair.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom (the logical man he is) thinks to himself, “How do I take my core political values and apply them here?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom walks over to the little girl and explains to her, “You do not need all that ice cream…it is a superfluous situation that requires my intervention as my son only has 1 scoop…your excess is causing my sons loss and that simply is unjust.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girl says, “This belongs to me,” and pulls the ice-cream back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Determined to see justice done, Tom pursues the little girl and takes a scoop and gives it to his son who promises to stop whining…until the sugar high is over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the real world, Tom would be charged for robbery…to avoid charges, the left simply seeks to change the laws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the ice-cream ‘belongs’ to the little girl…you simply pass a law that says that ice-cream now belongs to the state. Since this example is absurd, the left will agree the ice-cream belongs to the little girl….hence the contradiction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">The Left argues it is a core principle to seize ownership (money/property) of group A and forcibly give it to group B to re-distribute the wealth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Taking money from Group A (Excess profit mongers: Wal-Mart…Excess playground girl with ice-cream) and forcibly give it to less fortunate Group B (low income wage earners/Tom’s deprived son) brings justice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same principle is argued to be sound in 1 case…but clearly foolish in another. Same logic, same basic conditions…contradictory results…telling me the inherent core value is broken. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why several on the left are notoriously known for emotional breakdowns in the midst of a sensible argument; because when faced with the inevitable contradictions of their policy, they do not humble themselves and concede a point…so they lash out.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">I strive to live a life where the principles and values that govern my family life are consistently reflected at work, politics, media, church and at the park. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps the left should strongly consider winding down their strong critique of the right’s core values….and develop some ‘contradiction free’ values of their own. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Who “owns” an employee’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>time and talent?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The evil capitalist thinks: the employee. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Who owns the capital in the company?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The capitalist thinks: the shareholder (by definition).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Who owns the risk of capital, the losses of a corporation, and the profits? The owner. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Why should the worker not determine the fate of what the own, and the shareholder the same; after all, they each own their respective contributions?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-size: large;">Left, please create your position of forced increases in minimum wage by incorporating sensible answers to these questions…without embarrassing contradictions…then perhaps we can further the discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-70411746374015783222013-04-20T12:18:00.002-04:002013-04-21T10:21:25.063-04:00Intercepted Letter Before He Made It Public!Justin Trudeau's Letter:<br />
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Dear Fellow Canadians,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some of you (mostly in the conservative media) has made some
very divisive comments about my remarks from the tragedy in Boston. I intend to set the record straight.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Asked how I would have responded as leader to this tragedy,
I indicated we “need to look at root causes”.
I also said, “…there is no question this happened because someone feels
completely excluded.” We also have to be careful, “…not point fingers at each
other and lay blame for personal ills or societal ills on a specific group”.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The criticism against my comments is that I sought to absolve
people from personal responsibility by siding with the terrorists. This could not be further from the truth. I said, “we need to keep the borders safe”
and that includes apprehending those that break the law. Let me clarify.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am a Liberal. My
dad was a Liberal and he said it best; <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;">“A Liberal philosophy places the highest
value on freedom of the individual. The first consequence of freedom is change.
A Liberal can seldom be a partisan of the status quo. He tends to be a reformer
attempting to move society, to modify its institutions, to liberate its
citizens. The liberal is an optimist at heart who trusts people. He does not
see man as an essentially perverse creature, incapable of moral progress and
happiness. Nor does he see him as totally or automatically good. He prizes man’s
inclination to good but knows it must be cultivated and supported. While
understanding as well as any other man the limits of government and the law,
the liberal knows that both are powerful forces for good, and does not hesitate
to use them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott
Trudeau, April 1974</span></strong><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Arial Black","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This may be a bit complex for the average Canadian outside of Quebec,
so please allow me to break this down in simpler notations;<o:p></o:p></div>
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-man is free and therefore must change<o:p></o:p></div>
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-we do this change through reforming society by modifying institutions
and then we have liberated citizens.<o:p></o:p></div>
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-we trust people, knowing man is not perverse, but capable of moral
progress, through support and cultivation from government and law as powerful
sources.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Government has a responsibility to help liberate people through
programs and laws. Liberals therefore
create programs and laws to help people.
The Boston individual(s) who planted the bombs are people, therefore we
must get involved in their rehabilitation thorough programs and laws.
In order to get involved in their rehabilitation, we must know “why?”. It is clear we need to look at root causes to
understand “why?”. A root cause with these
individuals is “exclusion from society”.
In order to understand how “exclusion from society” impacted these
individuals, we need to stop blaming and start discussing root causes of
exclusion.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here is what is at issue:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Conservatives think adults are responsible for their own actions. Liberals believe society <i>shares</i> responsibility with individuals for their actions. How else can you connect a bomber blowing
people up and me (hours later) discussing root causes of the bombers hurts? The bombers struggling to be included is <i>my struggle</i>, or shall I say… <i>our</i> struggle. For when you realize that as a compassionate Canadian
you too must lay down your divisive tendencies that seek to lay blame on groups
or people for their actions and instead focus on inclusiveness, I say, real change…a better Canada…can truly
be realized. Join me in my analysis of ‘root
causes of exclusion’ starting with the Boston bombers and then the troubled individual in India.<br />
Before you get divisive and angry with these men…think, “…excluded from
society” and "...don't point fingers"…then you will see root causes and truly build a compassionate Canada. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.timescolonist.com/officials-5-year-old-indian-girl-in-serious-condition-after-being-raped-tortured-for-2-days-1.115503">http://www.timescolonist.com/officials-5-year-old-indian-girl-in-serious-condition-after-being-raped-tortured-for-2-days-1.115503</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Justin Trudeau<o:p></o:p><br />
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*Writen by Ryan Jantzi* (He won't be direct with his reasoning...so I did it for him...really apologize if any confusion...none intended...)</div>
Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-67641472157744841362013-02-11T07:14:00.000-05:002013-02-11T07:16:43.851-05:00I'm Too Stupid To Think! Gov. To The Rescue<br />
One of the problems with publicly funded health care is that the overseers
get to tell us what we can and cannot do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This obviously limits our freedom of choice, but more prominently, <u>forces</u>
each taxpayer to pay into a massive national program.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Quebec’s recent decision to <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/02/10/tanning-beds-underage-new-law-quebec.html"><span style="color: red;">ban
tanning beds to minors</span></a> is an example of a freedom that individuals must
give up because lawmakers think they know what’s best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the government pays the healthcare bill
and will ultimately foot the bill for the kid’s choices, they feel obliged to
decide on their behalf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ironically the
most vocal proponents of “woman’s control over their body” on the abortion debate
hop the fence on tanning beds pronouncing that a woman shall have no control
over their body when it comes to tanning, least they face a $100 fine.<o:p></o:p><br />
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If a government passes a law, there is a presumption the law is on the right
side of the moral fence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now that minors
do not tan in Quebec, we can all take a deep breath of relief and think; “It’s the
right thing to do”.<o:p></o:p><br />
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“Free healthcare” comes at a significant cost to our freedoms by allowing the
government to impose morality on the population through the creation of
healthcare specific laws: consequence free to the patient, consequence filled
to the taxpayer.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Governments will continue to envelope the population with requirements on how
we ought to live our lives until there is a collective voice that pushes back
towards a more private healthcare system that imposes costs on individuals
(with a support system for those who lack…I am not calling for a “crash and
burn--you’re on your own” system).<o:p></o:p><br />
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Perhaps if people see the consequences of their poor choices then coughed up
the money to get better, we would see a healthier Canada. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As we know, a significant portion of North America’s
sickness is <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/index.htm"><span style="color: red;">brought
on by poor choices</span></a> (again, <u>some</u> sickness/diseases are 100% no fault
of an individual).<o:p></o:p><br />
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Before the cat-calls of ‘cruel’ and ‘heartless’ are tabled, consider a
compassionate position:<o:p></o:p><br />
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Imagine a society in which people who choose to ruin their bodies are able
to do so, but then pay the cost themselves. Perhaps this individual will turn
to family, friends and loved ones in a time of need and we can see real change:
from the inside out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Imagine those who
made good choices now have much more dispensable cash because the government is
not taxing them for a national healthcare system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Furthermore, their premiums are so low
because they make good, healthy choices.<o:p></o:p><br />
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The key to a healthier Canada is not government imposed laws through
micro-control of each choice we make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Freedom to choose, then pay for mistakes is a great way to learn. It’s
cheap, harsh, humbling and effective; especially when we can turn to those who
love us for help. If we want to see change in others, influence and mercy is a more powerful
agent then law. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Parents, until we see an
overhaul with Canada’s healthcare system, let’s lead by example.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<o:p></o:p>*In another blog entry, I will tackle what I propose is a compassionate position
with respect to low income families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Also, what about disease/sickness that is no fault of an
individual?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither case do I propose, “let
them suffer” followed up with devilish laughs.<br />
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<o:p></o:p>Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-47951962144955236822013-02-09T14:12:00.000-05:002013-02-09T14:31:10.978-05:00Nova Scotia, Blackberry And A Dash Of Honesty<br />
<img alt="Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter is giving $10 to BlackBerry in exchange for the promise of 400 jobs in the province. This comes just two weeks after BlackBerry's launch of BlackBerry 10 and a new line of phones." class="attachment-single-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" height="464" src="http://financialpostbusiness.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/blackberry-heins.jpg?w=620" width="620" /><br />
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<a href="http://business.financialpost.com/2013/02/07/nova-scotia-government-invests-10-million-in-blackberry-jobs/"><span style="color: red;">Nova Scotia government invests $10-million in BlackBerry jobs</span></a><br />
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<strong>On Thursday, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter announced that the province would be investing $10-million in BlackBerry — formerly Research In Motion Ltd. — as part of a promise to employ 400 workers in the province.</strong></blockquote>
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<strong>BlackBerry plans to employe at least 400 people annually with an average salary of at least $60,000,</strong></blockquote>
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<strong>“These partnerships help to foster innovation and support BlackBerry’s competitiveness on a global scale,” Mr. MacLeod said</strong>.</blockquote>
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With the government rescue, the following messages are being spoken to the 400 employees of Blackberry:<o:p></o:p><br />
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</span></span>Your job does not exist because you are generating wealth;
it exists because the government wrote a cheque on your behalf. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Your skills and abilities are insufficient to keep your
job: if you want proof, turn down the $10 million.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Blackberry did not want you…until the government paid
them to want you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>You are not ‘worth’ what Blackberry pays you. The
government is hiding this by propping up your employment and wage.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span>Your hard work will not advance you; the government
will.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>You did not earn your keep. You were given your keep.
If I am wrong, then say ‘no’ to the $10 million with a collective response, “Thanks,
but no thanks…we can make it on our own.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>Your employer is actually the taxpayer, masqueraded by
a Blackberry logo.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">8.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>“<em>Partnership</em>” between the Nova Scotia government and
Blackberry literally means $10 million wired from the governments bank, to
Blackberry’s, resulting in an “offset” for the deficiency of productivity
pertaining to each employee’s existence. (Daddy bought your car and paid for
your school…how ‘accomplished’ do you feel?)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">9.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span>To keep your moral high, we lied to you and ‘played
pretend’ that you are increasing global competitiveness. To prove this is true, simply forgo the $10 million and see how much you increase global competitiveness. </div>
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<span style="mso-list: Ignore;">10.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>As
long as supply/demand is not a factor and government cheques flow, your job is
safe…but worry not, should Blackberry not sustain you...the government will
find another suitor. For its reach is broad and heart ever so big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trust in the government, not yourself.<br />
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Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15550690186896747069noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206925865771080897.post-51108197637089033272012-10-09T10:11:00.000-04:002012-10-09T10:11:08.621-04:00Lefties Results: “Corrosive Sense Of Entitlement”<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Waking up to a breakfast in bed and a glass of orange juice
is a lot more relaxing then an article about how 90% of Scots are living off
government support. The socialists utopia of 'take and give' seems to hit a
real life snag when the takers exceeds the givers; by a mile. Is Canada headed
in this direction?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scotland/scottish-politics/9593135/Nine-in-ten-Scots-living-off-states-patronage.html">Nine in ten Scots 'living off state's patronage'</a></h1>
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Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader, is to highlight official figures showing that only 283,080 households north of the border – 12 per cent of the total – pay more in tax than they receive in public services.</div>
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She will tell delegates that, because the public sector is seen as the key provider of everything from housing to employment, state spending now accounts for more than half Scotland’s wealth.</div>
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She will blame Alex Salmond, the SNP First Minister, and his Labour predecessors for nurturing a “corrosive sense of entitlement” among voters that has prevented her party making a comeback in Scotland.</div>
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