The Past Few Days....

Well Hello Again....

its been a strange few days. i arrived in OTTAWA, our lovely nations capital, on the Thursday evening. it was so nice to arrive in daylight!!! i'll get straight to Friday!!!
it was gloreeeeous sunny weather. almost balmy for OTTAWA. it was +16 with a light breeze. after a morning of business we decided to wander around. if you come to OTTAWA, i advise seening it on foot. the flavour of the people and city tastes much sweeter. it is chaotic, exciting, gentle and colourful all rolled into one!
we walked mostly in the downtown core around the Byward Market area. it looks rather plain, like early 20th century style buildings. the strange but interesting thing was that the new shiny buildings didn't really detract from their beauty, but rather enhanced it. we wandered down along the river. beware!! there is construction going on in the city at the moment. (another Harper Hype) and at times you feel like you are crawling beneath a maze of catwalks and scaffolding. its isolated to specific areas so not to worry.
first off....let me tell you "NO DON, I DID NOT GO TO THE CANADIAN MINT" there that's done. (but i did walk by it...hehehehe) what i really wanted to see is something that my father would have loved to gaze upon if he were still alive. we went to see the entrance of the canal with its 1+ century old locks.
its hard to believe that after all these years that the system still functions. we walked all over the locks, manoeuvring around joggers and bikers. what a pain!
we did walk to the other side of the canal that enters the city. if you remember the photos from Winterlude....well the canal definitely doesn't look the same right now. i hope they put water in the thing?!!! it looks like crap right now.
it was by the end of the day that i wasn't feeling so good...damn. i barely dragged my duff back and collapsed on the sofa. had a raging fever for 24+ hours. not fun, ate little....good for the waistline tho.
Sunday was simpler. we did a bit of groceries and walked around a mall called "Place D'Orleans" a big mall with commercial stuff in it...accept the SENS STORE!!!! (no Don i didn't buy anything for you there either!)
by late afternoon i was wiped...again.
today...well its cool but SUNNY!!! i am painting today. i have a big honkin canvas and i am going to town. it will be one that i paint exclusively in OTTAWA. might leave it here, not sure yet.
enough of my small life...lets talk about the world.
WOW..... big news in the USA!!! a better or revised form of health care has come down to the people by a slim margin. good for them...its about time money was spent at home rather that abroad. what i don't understand is "why all the protesting against this?" is it not a good thing that the Average Joe may get some medical cost relief for a change? is it not a good thing that the rich will be taxed a little more to help with the cost? apparently not according to the protesters on Capitol Hill??!! why? in the year 2010 this administration will hand over almost close to a trillion...(you read it right) dollars to the industrial military complex who has theeee worst track record of losing, mismanaging or wasting taxpayers money, yet the outlined budget for this 'health care package' is significantly smaller than that???? Americans complain that their tax dollars go out of country to be spent elsewhere, they complain that the cost of health care will hurt them....but they don't seem to give a sweet sh-t that their money is being used to kill hundreds and thousands of people around the world in the name of terrorism. WAKE UP AMERICA.....you are not fighting terrorists, you are fighting 3rd world countries to rape them of their resources and and control their governments to satisfy your strategic position. to be honest if ya wanna call a spade a spade...YOU ARE THE TERRORISTS. ask any person that does not live in the US and you will probably get that answer.
the other reason i don't get this obsessed backlash to health care....your previous administration forked out big bucks to failing businesses that cried wolf and bankruptcy if they didn't get a bail out. you all got scared and the government used your money again. then when they thought no one was looking, the CEOs decided to cut up the pie and enjoy "bonuses", "holidays" "pay raises". is this how you want the money spent???
you would begrudge hundreds and thousands of your 'fellow countrymen' the chance at decent health care and at the very least a bit of relief in the bills they may incur?
i say...SHAME ON YOU, YOU GREEDY CAPITALISTS. one day your "Roman Empire" nation will crumble or a new "French Revolution of America" will take place. then who will be crying?
oh ya.....just so ya know...the money you just spent on the military budget this last year could have paid for health care for all Americans COST FREE. think about that that next time you are sitting in a clinic for hours with your child in your arms waiting to see a doctor.

thought for the day....
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin