CanuckInUSA

It's been confirmed that Ashlie Gough, 23 years old from Victoria BC, died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/11/13/bc-gough-coroner-overdose.html Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

You continue to show us what a partisan joke that you are. Was GWB a good president? Of course he wasn't. But the DOT.COM bubble burst before GWB took office and we should have had a nasty recession then. GWB's policies just artificially delayed the recession until 2008. You do realize that economies are cyclical don't you? You do realize that recessions are inevitable. Yes Obama did inherit a shit sandwich. Nobody except for the rabid partisans will deny that. But what has Obama done in that time (especially during the two years when he controlled the House and the Senate). Obama is a complete joke when it comes to spending and the economy. But for all his spending and poor handling of the economy, he is even worse when it comes to international trade. How many more international trade agreements will Obama break before people wake up and realize that under Obama, America is NOT open for business. There is a reason why businesses are not hiring and that reason is directly related to Obama's anti-business and anti-trade protectionist policies. It is rather humorous listening Obama lecture the Europeans on spending when Obama will go down as the largest spending president in US history. Your daily partisan bullshit is laughable. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

All we need is about 3.5 days to remind our Marxist comrade how easily life really is these days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAOrT0OcHh0 Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Face it, the media is dishonest, the media is scum. The media has their agenda and they would be all too happy to throw their own mothers overboard and chum the shark infested waters if it meant achieving this agenda. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Could 3.5 days be all we need to make the "Occupy" squatters see the error of their thinking? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAOrT0OcHh0 Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I somehow think Ron Paul would come down with an acute case of lead poisoning or maybe be fitted for some cement galoshes if he ever tried to get rid of the Federal Reserve. Of course the Federal Reserve is wrong, but the Central Bankers would never give it up. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

My HP-16C is like the Energizer Bunny. It keeps going and going and going. They don't make them now like they used. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I can understand your concerns and the people of Nebraska are not being blamed for this mess. TCPL and the various governments agencies have been at this planning process for 3+ years now and yes there is more than one route that had been planned. TCPL is not innocent, they could have been more accommodating with the alternate routes (and now they will pay for their stubbornness). The logical thing to do here would be to work together to address the concerns of Nebraska and select an alternate route. However what Nebraska is asking for and what Obama is doing are two different things. It is obvious what Obama is doing. Obama is more concerned about his political career than anything else. Obama is more concerned about appeasing the 1%ers who call Hollywood home because it is these elitists who Obama is relying on for all his money. So much for the USA being the bastion of free enterprise and respecting due process. Under Obama's leadership, the USA is NOT open for business. This is not the first time Obama has fucked over his largest trading partner. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Heroin addicts are zombies. But just because they are zombies does not mean I want to see them die. You just can't help yourself can you. Your partisan bullshit just continues to tick in that hateful head of yours 24 hours a day doesn't it. You don't know jack about me, you don't know jack about my background and you don't know jack about why I view heroin addicts as zombies. But that doesn't stop you from spewing your partisan bullshit. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Good grief ... when people died skydiving, were they protesting and demanding radical changes to how society operated? Got any more apples-and-oranges analogies you want to bring to the table? Just be warned that orange you brought to the table wasn't actually an orange. It was a rather sour lemon. Maybe we should make some lemonade with it. Wait a second we are here with a bunch of whiner "Occupiers" (some of whom have track marks on their arms). The concept of making lemonade with their lemons is foreign to them. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Wherever did you get the idea that I enjoyed when people died? You really need to stop thinking in black and white stereotypes. However don't you see the stupidity at least as far as the heroin overdoses are concerned? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

There have been three heroin overdoses in Canada (one of them was fatal) and now a fellow in Vermont decided to blow his brains out while attending his local "Occupy" squatting event. http://www.calgarysun.com/2011/11/11/vermont-occupy-protester-dies-from-self-inflicted-gunshot Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Obama should have either accepted the pipeline or rejected it ... rejected it now. This is pure political bullshit to put off a decision until after the 2012 election. But you are one of the biggest partisans around here, so I fully expected to get the usual bullshit response from you. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Want to know what pipelines already run through Nebraska? Look here ... http://www.transcanada.com/docs/Key_Projects/Ogallala_Aquifer_Map.pdf Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Obama is playing politics with his Keystone cop-out. Obama could give a rats ass about an actual shovel ready project that would put approximately 20,000 Americans back to work and at the same time reduce America's dependency on Middle East Oil. Plus Obama could give a rats ass about fucking over his largest trading partner (again). The only thing that is important to Obama these days is being re-elected. Read about Obama's Keystone cop-out in the WSJ here Obama should have either accepted or rejected this pipeline now. Putting off the decision until after the 2012 election is pure political bullshit. Saying more studying is needed when billions of dollars have already been spent studying the pipeline to death for the last three years is laughable. Has Obama even looked at the existing network of pipelines already snaking through Canada and the USA? This guy is a complete joke. Then again his claim to fame before Hollywood decided to make him into their Messiah Superhero Savior of the Universe was nothing more than working as a community organizer. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Yeah it's so much harder these days playing XBox console games all day long in your parent's basement and when not showing the online world what a great gamer that you are, you can be texting your friends from your local "Occupy" protests using your iPhone and for the truly oppressed it is so much harder these days surfing the net at your local Starbucks while you wait for your tall mocha non-fat latte to be served up to you on a silver platter and still hold out hope that the battery on you iPad will not die on you. Yes we are living in the worst depression humanity has ever known. Owning the complete suit of Apple products from the Mac, to the iPods, iPads and iPhones is a basic human right in these depressed times. BTW what is the low down on the new MW3? Is it worth getting? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I sure hope you don't think Obama is a real leader then. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of61E1FesPU Obama is nothing more than the Hollywood president. You know what they have in Hollywood right? They have plenty of actors who don't speak from the heart when it comes to core principals. Without a doubt Perry screwed up and likely blew any chance he had of ever becoming president. Of course Obama's countless screw ups when the teleprompters fail never seemed to hurt him. Hypocrisy? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

It's only $0.20 per tree, but yet another example of the Obama Administration not honoring the existing trade agreements. Maybe Obama should implement the "Tree Registry" so that Big Brother can account for each and every tree. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

I have brain farts myself, but I am not trying to be the Grand Poobah. Bye bye Rick. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Government just gets BIGGER and BIGGER by the day. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

You forgot the Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone. Don't you have any sort of heart? Aren't you aware that possessing the full suite of Apple products is a basic necessity for life? Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Yes the rich are getting richer, but so are the poor ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkebmhTQN-4 Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

If push comes to shove at some point in time you may be better off doing this. Relocation is not easy and there are no guarantees that the area who needs workers today will need workers tomorrow. But people need to keep all their cards on the table. Canada and the USA have something called a Free Trade agreement (even though Obama continues to violate this agreement) and it is not just goods that supposedly cross the border with limited to no trade restrictions. People who are qualified workers can also cross the border. I had 8 absolutely fantastic years working in Colorado as a temporary NAFTA worker and there is no reason why Americans with similar experience/education can not live and work in a part of Canada that needs workers. There may or may not be a job for you in Saskatchewan or Alberta right now, but these two provinces need skilled workers and you have to think some of the people with similar skills in places like Texas could easily come up here to fill some of these jobs, just as long as they can handle the harsh winters and handle living among people who's head splits in two when they talk. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

For sure $75k in NYC (or the Bay Area) will land you in poverty if you do not have some place to stay where your rent is basically free. In 1989 I interviewed for an IT job at Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter in one of the World Trade Center towers. I was young and naive thinking oh how cool would it be to move from Montreal (where I was at the time) to life in the Big Apple. In retrospective I am glad I did not get the job. No if you have to live in the Big Apple to be a player, you better be making the big bucks. But not everyone needs to work in the Big Apple. Things at not good right now, arguably things are even worse than the early 1980s. But there are still a few jurisdictions where companies are having a hard time finding qualified workers. Problem is, you need to have experience in the fields they need help in and you need to be willing to relocate. Right now there are jobs in Saskatchewan and Alberta that are not being filled. But be warned, winters in Saskatchewan and Alberta can be a little harsh for those who's head does not split in two when they talk. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over

Some of what the Shah says is correct. Wages in the private sector are stagnant. They have remained the same for the last decade while the cost of living continues to rise. Plus when someone does find themselves out of work, they may need to accept a pay cut to do the same job only to get back into the game. As unfortunate as this is, this is what happens in a tight labor market when the employers get to pick the cream of litter when they are considering new hires. But the Shah also seems to think that someone who has not even hit their 30s yet should be a top income earner. I know when I was in my 20s I was no where near being a top income earner in my profession. Never in our history have people in their 20s ever been top income earners (not counting pro athletes, entertainers and entrepreneurs), so why does the present generation of 20 something year old people think they are entitled to be top income earners in their professions? I am all for getting people in North America and Europe back to work, but we must stop this "I am entitled to my entitlements" nonsense. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over