Of course she's a social work student, sheesh.

what an entitled little twit.

99% of older readers say, thank God we couldn't tweet in the 1970s (60s, 80s) ... I shall no doubt reveal my old-fogeyness here, but why must everyone under thirty be constantly broadcasting updates of their banal lives to the uncaring world on a half-hourly time scale?

World to tweeters -- there is a 99.9999996% chance that nobody cares about your tweet. So keep it to yourself.

I love the Rainbow and Unicorn in the background.One is an optical illusion, the other doesn't exist. Make what you will of that.

So if you've got money to get drunk at a bar, why exactly should I fork out more?

I saw her on Evan's show a few days ago, she must be related to our senate twit.

#terminally_stupid

I remember when I was a student, drinking in a bar was an inconceivable luxury. I went in a bar once - to steal the toilet paper for my 'home'. Two guys in my class had cars, old beaters, only because they were mechanically inclined and could keep them running. I guess cars and bars are basic student necessities/entitlements now.

From child to graduate in social work to senior citizen, Paige will be firmly attached to the taxpayers' teat.

Literally millions of dollars will be transferred from wealth producers to Paige Kezima during her lifetime ... yet you can bet she will never stop complaining that life is so darned unfair.

Because, you know, students have never been known to get drunk.

I used to eat pizza out of garbage bins when I was a starving student, and yet I still managed to find beer money on occasion. And yes, I receive not only student loans, but grants. And now, I pay a poopload in taxes, so guess what? It was a good investment by the government, EVEN if I blew some of my dough on beer.

Relax and remember, you're a bunch of rightwing freakazoids, so whatever it is you're mad at, is probably something you are over reacting too.

It's not the getting drunk bit you dolt. It's the incessant pissing and moaning for more money to meet her wants/needs while getting drunk. Got it?

John,

So you did take loans and clearly got an education, good for you. I did the same.

Students today can do the same thing as you and I did. Or do what a number of my friends did, and one family member, take a year off and work at some job and save your money to pay for school. Or take a job while at school, or dont they do that anymore. I worked while at University part time as a bank teller. Or is that too demeaning today?

Yes education is a great investment. But your missing the point if you see someone saying that the subsidies must get ever larger for them while the student is apparently not making a sacrifice or exhausting all reasonable alternatives.

As for the societal benefit...well heck why doesnt the government say that all iPads sold in Canada must be bought from me. I would make tons of money and pay lots of taxes, ignore the personal benefit to me its immaterial.

Surprised this has to be explained to you. You sure you went to university?

John >

"I used to eat pizza out of garbage bins when I was a starving student, and yet I still managed to find beer money on occasion."

LOL – and obviously unbeknown to you some starving people actually not only put their found beer money into real food, they later in life pay even bigger “pooploads” of money to the government to help support those not intelligent enough to feed themselves properly.

Do they realize that they listed funding to student societies twice in their platform?

Do they also realize that Quebec's participation rate in University is 2nd lowest in Canada despite having the lowest tuition fees in the country?

http://www4.hrsdc.gc.ca/.3ndic.1t.4r@-eng.jsp?iid=56

Perhaps they should be made to understand that all they have to do is graduate and stay in the province and they get refunded up to $20,000 of their tuition over 7 years (more if they are nurses or doctors).

Perhaps all of these self-described "intelligent" students should learn about the world before they try to change it.

I am with Peter O'Donnell on this. I really do not "get" Twitter or Facebook. Practically no one's life is that important or interesting that anyone needs random updates or to hear their uninteresting thoughts. There is a lot of mindless narcissism out there.

Money to get drunk is one thing, she's a student and has the money to operate a car...

Can't afford tuition though!

Simple. Raise the drinking age to 25.And add to the criteria at least 3 FULL TIME working years before you can be accepted to collage/unihillbilly artsy fartsy courses.
Naw.Wouldn't work.Leftards like John and this twit would fight some way to fudge the system with the help of their comrade brethern.

Best. Juxtaposition. Ever.

Ouch.

Just because someone has been lucky (or smart) enough to own a car and feed themselves well, does not mean they are not worthy of loans and subsidies especially when they're working towards helping all students on campus. If you had to eat out of the garbage and couldn't afford to drink occasionally in a social environment, clearly means you SUCK at money management. The girl you are criticizing does more work in a week trying to make school a better place to be, than you probably do in a year. She is entitled to a personal life outside of work, and if you have nothing better to do than make jokes about her, get a part time job and stop whining about how unfair your life is. Or better yet, why don't you volunteer and help with the workload if you are so unhappy with the way things are. Get a life, and quit judging those who actually give a shit enough to try, regardless of how they spend their off time. The funds being requested aren't going into her pocket alone, they are for a better learning environment.

BURN!

I regret the upcoming increase in retirement age, while at the same time I strongly support it. I also strongly support tuition increases at publicly funded universities. The taxpayer is just not getting value for his or her money from these universities. The worst part about the
self-righteous Paige nitwit is that she probably is an environmentalist and wishes to put many of us out of work.

You all missed the point here. I know she wants something for nothing but she's in social work. Do you really want her to be looking after our grand kids.

If being concerned about the environment makes you a nitwit, I am sure you will all be laughing when your children's children can't breathe the air or drink the water. There are plenty of jobs that don't involve ruining the world around us.

a@c, no I do not want her looking after my grandkids as she will try to fill them with Marxist crap.

So you're suggesting that since she is endeavouring to help other students she isn't allowed to enjoy a night out on the town? I'm sure you crusty, old, phogeys walked ten miles through the snow to class, and never drank during your school years, but maybe you're generalizing a bit?

We taking bets on "samantha" being Paige's sock puppet or LUG girlfriend?

samantha t: I farm and will leave my land better than I got it. I also will help those around me who want to help themselves. I'm getting tired of kids who think that they can go to universities on someone else dime and bitch because they have to work for it.

Stop it Samantha! You're making me hot.

Environment, you mean that garbage that Al Gore has been flogging to make himself a multimillionaire. I would hazard a guess that the vast majority of commenters on this site have done more to improve our environment in practical ways than all the Neo-Luddite fuzzy unicorns hanging on to the fruit fly doctor's shirt tales.

Furthermore, many here have done many different things voluntarily for their communities for decades and do not any lectures from green behind the ears students.

NDP supporter says it all.

You cynical folks.
Critique for tweeting too much about irrelevance and than make a deal out of her tweets. Hypocritical? Yes.

She has money to have fun every once in a while - shame on her.

She mobilizes 300 students in Regina on relevant issues. What a lazy "twit".

Make chauvinistic comments referencing she's a lesbian. Real tolerant.

It is a shame some of you never learned basics of debate and logic.

It is a shame you'll chastise this comment. Or accuse me of being one of her "sock puppets". Or share a self-serving anecdote telling us how you've got it harder. Or are tired of this.

I ask some sanity enter the conversation of student politics and we all act like adults who don't tattle-tale on those they disagree with.

Paige Kezima is a student leader. She is 21 years old. She is intelligent, and happens to have some fun. Like most people these days, she documents it on the internet.

Not a big deal. So deal with it.

"The funds being requested aren't going into her pocket alone, they are for a better learning environment."

A better learning environment? WTF is exactly wrong with the current environment? No textbooks? No heat? No lights? WiFi deadzones? Crappy cafeteria food? Not enough recognition of the special snowflakes you all are?

WHAT?

david: Please go back and read her tweets. Is that the thoughts of a leader?

Samantha @ 7:58;

Haven't you been paying attention? Our children's children are going to have plenty of glacier fresh drinking water. As for the air, "now CO2 free" has a nice ring to it, eh? Those little rascals will be running around with pure oxygen filtering through their lungs...

I hope I'm alive to witness a high school track meet in the oxygen-enhanced future, it should resemble our present day Olympics. Of course, all those olympic caliber athletes will surely get a full scholarship to their University of choice to major in "world fixin". Voila, problem(s) solved.

Resume crying wolf at your leisure.

a@c -- Good for you. I also come from a farming family that has worked hard to preserve our land. And as the child of a farm family, I am more than happy to have someone like Miss Kezima speaking up to help those who are having a hard time helping themselves, despite our efforts.
Daniel - LUG girlfriend - Way to be, not only do you have your head up your butt, but you clearly have no respect for the gay and lesbian community (which I have never been a part of, but I feel terrible for because of jerks like you.) And I am no one's sock puppet, I just hate people that think they should rip on someone because of their choice of political party, or for doing a GOOD JOB!!!!! AND for working while in school (FOR the school), meaning that most of those students will end up contributing even more money into the school system, because they have to stay an extra year or two to make up for it. If you don't like how things are being run, do something a little more appropriate than internet bashing.
Ken - If you think that our government is not raping our country of its resources and polluting our earth, you are an idiot. Plain and simple. Just look at a global map of pollution and waste. I bet your house drains more power in a month than a whole village outside of Canada does, and you probably throw away more food than they get the chance to eat too. But that is besides the point.

WAY TO GO DAVID! *applause*

I love the time difference between twits! 19 hours????? Yer car's STILL at the bar?

It's probably too obvious to mention, but those "improving the learning environment" are always doing it from some variety of leftest perspective. I suspect it's because others are just getting it done and moving on - they view university as a passage to something else.
Kezima, on the other hand, is getting her lefty ticket punched as a student activist. This is her proving ground for a lifetime of screaming about alleged unfairness. (I sometimes imagine them rehearsing in front of a mirror, perfecting the facial expression and vocal tone necessary for outrage.)
A student leader? Yeah, but only if you're a follower.

David >

"Not a big deal. So deal with it."

It's being dealt with. Real Adults are waking up to the ignored problem of the entitled youth of our nations and finally getting sick of supporting other people’s spoilt brats.

The money will dry up eventually; you’re not helping anyone prepare for a future of independence. If you really selflessly cared, you would do your best to insure young people have the proper tools for the future, a sense of real independence and responsibility.

Maybe someone with the benefit of a university education can explain the difference between Increase funding to student groups and societies and Make more money available to student groups and societies. They both sound like "We're special and you owe us for being so darned special" but maybe there's some nuance I'm missing.

I disagree with much of her platform. She jo be easier for he at my(our)expense.

I do agree with social work,as in someone has to look after the children of the incompetent.

As the entitlement generation procreates,someone has to look after the children of those who do not understand the concept of personal responsibility. I think that social work is a growth industry.

"because they have to stay an extra year or two to make up for it."

Bingo!

" She jo be easier for he "

Once I figure out what that was supposed to be,I'll tweet ya all.

@samantha1 and David:

Please find a couple of spoons and scrape the sand out of your vaginas.

samanth t: I could almost feel sorry for you. Please take a look around at this country. The oil sands is the cleanest oil porducing area in the world, and if you don't see this please take the time to go look at it. Canada is cleaner to day than it has ever has been. Please take the time to look into this and learn what it is really like.

"It's not the getting drunk bit you dolt. It's the incessant pissing and moaning for more money to meet her wants/needs while getting drunk. Got it?"
Next thing you know everyone will be moaning and groaning that all the Indians being interviewed about abject poverty they live in are watching thier monster "big screen tvs"----oh wait

samantha t, do not lecture me, as I am probably old enough to be your grandfather, have farmed most of my life and left the land better than I found it, served part time in the military for over thirty years and done voluntary community service work for most of them.

I will not relocate to a cave and eat grass to satisfy some utopian dream that has no basis in reality. Most of my family had seventy years of the utopia in the Soviet Union that your ideological soul mates tried to ram down everybody's throats and some paid the ultimate price for disagreeing.

Bloody professors have filled your heads with nonsense and now you want a free ride.

Oh my...she's running for office AND she's a normal twenty something!?! God help us!

And I feel sorry for all of you that are so unhappy in your adult lives, that you could hate someone you don't even know for trying to improve the quality of life for students. Just because you never got a helping hand, doesn't mean you didn't deserve one, just like we do. We are just fortunate enough to have people out there fighting to help us, and sacrificing their time to do so.
And sorry Jeff, there's no sand in my vag, as I wear a wetsuit when I surf and have saved up long and hard to buy said wetsuit so I could live a happy life on the coast while not in school -- So I don't end up stale and sour like most of the hating nutcases on here! Sorry you can't go back in time and make your university days peachy keen. and Sorry our youth has more compassion, and cares more about living happily. It seems we have our priorities in order, if all we want is a happy healthy life and earth.

Don't be to mean to her, at least she left her car at the bar.

samantha t >

"I bet your house drains more power in a month than a whole village outside of Canada does..."

I'll bet Al Gore and David Suzuki’s houses(s) do as well.

They applaud you in India & China "yaaaaa samantha", you should go there and take a bow.

Samantha, where do you get the idea that we're unhappy?
I'd say that you're the most unhappy person commenting here tonight, seconded perhaps by David.
Will you be happier if we pay for your education?
I'll tell you now Samantha, people who pay their own way are much happier.
That's something you and David and Paige Kezima may never learn if you keep up with your demands.

samantha t Youth is a great time.Enjoy. But remember we talk from 60 or 70 years. What you have learned in 20 is good. Take the time to learn from those that have been there done that. Please come back anytime and share. We always like to learn and maybe pass something on.

Oh Samantha, what a mess of hysteria here.
So let's take it from the top.

"If you think that our government is not raping our country of its resources and polluting our earth..."

Let's see now. Just by living in Canada and consuming the goods and services of a modern industrial economy, that makes you the rapist by enjoying its benefits. At least according to you.

So in this context, I think you'd better define what "rape" means. Otherwise you're just another five-and-dime cheap demagogue.

"Just look at a global map of pollution and waste."

What map would that be, honeybunch? Fact is, pollution, waterborne and airborne, has declined every year in North America since the mid 1970s.

"I bet your house drains more power in a month than a whole village outside of Canada does"

And so? Fact is, our doing without electricity doesn't give them electricity unless you somehow magically transport it there. Doesn't it occur to you as just a bit odd that practically everyone in the Third World wants to live a North American living standard? Doesn't it occur to you that it might be your thinking that might be seriously off the meter rather than about 3-4 billion other people? What do you know that 4 billion others don't? Little hint, it's called serious delusions.

"you probably throw away more food than they get the chance to eat too."

Ah me, you really don't get it do you? Our doing without or wasting food in no way helps those who don't have enough. What hasn't occurred to you evidently is that by getting the technology and development we have, they won't be starving all the time either.

And just to compound your delusions, Africa grows a large surplus of food. The problem is not a shortage of food. The problem is insufficiency of capital and industry to distribute it effectively. A far larger portion of their total harvest goes to waste than does ours.

"And I am no one's sock puppet,"

Sorry, but that's exactly what you are. Trotting out the same tired lines that have been used repetitively by useless ENGOs for the past 40 years. You understand nothing about the environment, economy, industry, development and poverty except what you've had indoctrinated by rote. And even more irrelevant today than it was then.

Be careful, Samantha.

On the internet, you don't know which old people you're talking to.

For example, they might be First Nations old people.

Which means they'd be elders.

Think about it.

Sammy, Sammy, Sammy...you miss the point entirely. I would suggest that most of the folks here are quite satisfied with their lives. What they do not appreciate is the entittlement mentality that your generation has bought into.

Many of us see where this is heading and actually fear for you poor, misguided fools.

Self reliance is something you kids seem to be totally unaware of and this will not serve you well in the long run.

As far as the snotty comments go...consider it an education in reality.

The reason I would say you are all sour is because as many of you have stated you are older, and some "old enough to be my grandfather" and you are trying to hurt the feelings of someone half or a third your age, simply for something to do on a Thursday night. I am only standing up for someone who does not deserve your criticism. There are many more people that deserve your time, as well as your bitching and moaning. If you hate Al Gore, why don't you tell him, like you seem to feel necessary with Paige K. You can hate me all you want, because really, I am doing nothing but antagonizing you on purpose. However, I am not looking for funding for myself as I don't need it but There ARE students that do. I have no demands to keep up with, but will always support someone I think is doing a good job instead of picking at the ones that I favor less. Constructive comments would help, but commenting on someones extracurricular activities doesn't exactly help anyone.

Cool.. when did our grandparents learn how to cyberbully?

"AND for working while in school (FOR the school), meaning that most of those students will end up contributing even more money into the school system, because they have to stay an extra year or two to make up for it."

This line made me spit my coffee. How on the green earth does someone staying in school longer to get a useless degree in a heavily subsidized program with unrealistic tuition due to "working" for the university getting paid through another grant or subsidy 'contribute more money into the school system'?

Are they still teaching math?

Q. What's the difference between a sage elder and a grumpy old person?

A. Treaty rights.

Also, if by some miracle this samantha gets some job in the future that actually produces something or contributes to society in some way that doesn't require consuming taxes that someone else pays I wonder id she could come back and tell us how she feels about entitled students at that time? That's of course dependant on there being enough of a tax base still around to keep universities and specifically feel good programs afloat.

@Red Jeff, the 19 hour difference between tweets is because she probably had to recharge her Blackberry. I wonder if Daddy or the nanny-state is paying for it.

Sammy t

When the narcissists on Twitter, lay out their every shallow thought and "extracurricular activities" for the whole world to see, they deserve every bit of commentary that shoots back at them. What do you not get about that?

If not, don't post it out there for the world to see.

You are young, naive, and idealistic. Typical, and not unusual. Some of us on this board were NDPers too when we were young. But you are still wet behind the years. Get back to us, when you have had to pay a mortgage, lost your job and wonder how you will survive, pare down your assets and realize what is important and what is not. At 21, you are usually just concerned about banging anything that moves, and getting loaded.

Then you will grow up and realize that the Dipper way of life is a fraud, and irresponsible.

Preaching to those who have a few miles on them, is a non-starter, we will eat you for breakfast, figuratively speaking, that is. Out life experience goes well beyond tweeting, high school, and raves.

genY

I would love to see the look on your face when you realize what else we lernt...

I think that all university tuitions should be tripled or more so that the young people that want to farm can have free farms and the young people that want to start a business can do so without a load of debt.Also,like Chairman Mao, I think that ALL university students and professors should spend at least two years mucking out pig barns to enliten them on the basics of life.Living in dorms without running water or electricity,living ONLY on the food that they produce.Then,and only then,they can tell me how to live.

"Cool.. when did our grandparents learn how to cyberbully?"

Well, isn't that the generational difference in a nutshell?

When your grandparents went to school, the bullies were real, and you had to actually face up to them and fight for your dignity.

Today, the bullies are virtual. They sit on their fat asses and type, and then wait for their so-called "victims" to log in for their little buzz of self-pity.

That's not "bullying". It's a symbiotic relationship.

@ syncrodox: I see spelling wasn't on that list.

samantha t >

“you are trying to hurt the feelings of someone half or a third your age, simply for something to do on a Thursday night”

No one’s trying to hurt anyone’s feelings. You injected yourself into the fray and simply assume that you can say your peace and the world will stop at your command. The best thing you can take away from the comments is that the world is not the lovely little Disneyland you wished it to be.

Take the hint from your “elders” the world is not what your isolated little environment pumps into your head, regardless of what they tell you. Your indoctrinated language is clear to us who know better and more than apparent in your less than mature (pleading) talking points tonight.

I was serious about going to China & India; I myself have spent many years travelling in those places and many others. The perceptions and delusions you carry today will quickly vanish with some real world experience.

samantha t : The whole point here for me( and others?) is we are were we are because of hard work. We want to see you make your way in life and be happy but each of us have learned life is tough and the person you must learn to lean on is you. No one owes you anything. It becomes easy when you look around and see that if you want something you can have it. It just takes hard work not a handout.

@ Kate: Really? Cyerbulling is not bullying? Wow, still living in that age hey?

Paige apparently took Social Work because feeling is easier than doing and math is hard.
Not to worry though, she recognizes she's privaledged [Mom and Dad pay the bills].

@ syncrodox: I apologize for that remark about spelling. Take it or not, my apologies.

genY

I see sarcasm isn't on yours...

Sync 1

genY zero!

genY >

"Kate: Really? Cyerbulling is not bullying? Wow, still living in that age hey?"

Ha ha ha ha LOL ROFL Bwaaaahhaaaaahhaaa......

Now I've heard it all and can seriously "quit the internet".

This is a lesson to all the regular SDA commenter’s as to what we are dealing with in today’s society. The future is not looking very bright, buy some guns & ammo and a bunker, we’re gonna need it.

samantha,Nobody needs help with tuition,nobody.Make some money,THEN go to university.On the way you may find that you will be wiser and more concentrated on your goals in life.At least you wont be a whiner and expect someone else to provide you with an education.Ive seen people that got a free farm or business lose them because they didnt value what others had sweated for.

Samantha, it's not "compassion", it's greed. Your greed, miss Kezima's greed, and the greed of your professors. Taxpayers do not owe you money for "student organizations" and related b.s. You seem to think that because Kezima is demanding a handout, only part of which will go to her directly, she's somehow engaged in noble, selfless work. How does that happen in your brain? Care to walk us through it?

@8:59 - "...I feel sorry for all of you that are so unhappy in your adult lives... It seems we have our priorities in order, if all we want is a happy healthy life and earth." You sound like a child, you know that? In fact you seem to consider yourself one, not yet embarked on your "adult life". How far into your 20s are you? (BTW pet, I'm not nearly old enough to be your grandmother, or even your mom.)

a@c @ 9:39, well said.

We do wish samantha t and Paige well after they grow up and see the world like it is. There is no free lunch no matter what ideologues tell them.

Hey kids, life is hard. Sometimes very hard. I went through some very tough times, worked very hard to help my kids through university and build a business. The point is, the sword is forged in fire, and people are forged by sacrifice and hard work. If education is free, where is the sacrifice? The worst times in my life are also my shining moments.

(From the link: 'U of R students held a “teach In”' Guys, 1967 called, and they'd like their bullsh*t back.)

Future headline in Torstar:

CYBERBULLYING GRANDPARENTS TO FACE TWITTER TRIBUNAL AND FACEBOOK MASS DE-FRIENDING

Winston Churchill - "If you're not Liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not Conservative when you're 35, you have no brain."

""That's not "bullying". It's a symbiotic relationship.""

/thread

Bravo

samantha t: Most posts here are from people who have far more schooling that you. Think about that.

Thanks, M.Couros. I heard you introduce this topic on the Richard Brown show this aft.

I was president of our university ballroom dance club. We earned so much money from our classes, we had to invent ways to spend it so a bunch of frat boys wouldn't join and stage a hostile takeover. We also amended the constitution and by-laws with staggered elections and longevity eligibility requirements for officers to prevent takeover.

We were the largest registered student organization on campus, had the largest budget, and the university made money on the rent we paid for floorspace.

Lessons were $30 for eight weeks, and that included dues. We had an abundance of men, and at one point we started offering the classes free for women.

When these money grubbing clubs cry poverty, it's obvious that they have nothing of value to offer. They want subsidized activism.

When I was a university student, I didn't have a car to leave at a bar, nor did I have a phone on which to Twitter.

This kid seems utterly entitled. As someone else said, if she can afford enough shots to get blotto -- and can make monthly payments on her phone and her car -- she hardly needs more government assistance which, maybe, she doesn't understand comes from our pockets.

What an inconsequential twit. And, she's a student leader running things at her uni and voting for the NDP? O.M.G.

As for the comments by samantha who thinks that those of us who are critical of paige "hate" her or those with whom we disagree, this seems to be the default of too many young people today: If you're not in total agreement with them and their views, if you make vociferously articulate arguments against their POV, you're accused of yelling at them or hating them. They're like ostriches; the minute they feel insecure because they've been challenged, they hide their heads in the sand and refuse to engage -- except for ad hominems or tears: "You're so mean. You're bullying me."

Suck it up. The default is, life's tough -- and it's even tougher when you're entitled, whiny, soft, and stupid.

Notice that she wants a reprieve of the locker tax, yet advocates for an increase in funding for student groups, as if funding should just materialize out of thin air. And here I thought it was tax AND spend that the foaming left-tards practiced. Oh, but NOT if THEY are the ones that are doing the paying. Hypocritical twit. Its always that way, isn't it, with these budding left-tards. Some do grow out of it, but it sure isn't a shock when the young of the species grow up and we find that they really haven't.

Here is an idea; you want more money for your student group? Hold a car wash or a bake sale or something. Stop being lazy and work for it yourselves.

She's from Canora, used to be the heart of Red Square as it was known in provincial politics for many years. Krawetz has effectively destroyed that regime but there are still some hardcore holdouts in that town.

This is the best laugh I've had all week!

Snort, chuckle...still living in that age? Heeheeeeee

Knight 99, all I have is one wall of a snow castle in the yard for protection from snowballs, will that keep me safe from cyberbullies too?

Snicker...

You can hate me all you want...........

To hate you I'd have to know you, which based upon what I've read from you so far, would be an utter waste of time. Contempt and derision, however, are far more appropriate.

Samantha, I tell you what; bookmark this post and come back in ten years or fifteen and we can have this discussion again. Then we'll see where your sympathies really lie.

30 years ago as students we used to complain about lack of money for school also. The biggest difference now is students expect to be listened to.

What the kids don't understand is that many of us went through the exact situation they're facing now. Thus they don't realize that we realize how full of sh*t they are! To them, this is unprecedented. For them, also!

" review the locker tax"?
Not high enough?
Too high?
Revise it so only non socialist twits have to pay it?
What?
Higher taxes ARE better, aren't they?

The divide in thinking between Samantha and others here is Paige Kezima is begging for other peoples money, and those people who earned that money have a right to push-back. I know who has the moral high-ground on this, because I am alone responsible for my success.

Samantha and David. Did you know SDA is usually frequented by grown ups ? Kazima has a long way to go, judging by the endless string of tweets about nothing at all. I think the 3 of you would be much happier over at rabble.ca where you can enjoy the mindless babble of your peers. When you grow up and move out of your parents basement and have to pay your own way, life will look different than it does now. It's called maturity, and no, as long as there is a delete button on your phone or computer, there's no such thing as cyber bullying in the grown ups world. When you get to the first word you don't like, just hit delete. You are welcome. Last but not least, we don't hate you , David or Paige. Must admit we have a strong dislike for Gore/Suzuki as snake oil salesmen should be exposed for the garbage they are feeding the children. Now run along and play. Don't forget...rabble.ca

Totally off topic but I think the picture from Kates link http://www.leaderpost.com/life/Regina+students+prepare+rally/6051938/story.html of the girl with the white mini, lace stockings, thigh-high boots and Muslim headscarf is VERY funny.

In an equal opportunity, inclusive, non-misogynistic, anti-bullying and proactive, anti-hater kinda' way.

More brilliance from "My name Jose Jimenez" than from "My name is Paige Kezima... "

She is entitled to a personal life outside of work,...

Heh, if one doesn't want to be criticized, one shouldn't announce ones personal life to the whole world.

I volunteer this, as one volunteer to another...

Hey, I'm "working"!!

Peter O'Donnell @ 634 p.m.--- "but why must everyone under thirty be constantly broadcasting updates of their banal lives to the uncaring world on a half-hourly time scale"

I think the answer is.'because if you pretend to care about me.I'll pretend to care about you'.
And then we can tweet each other back and forth and we'll have more tweets and we'll be more popular(with proof),and then others will tweet us more,and then......I don't know,give me a cell wwith some rope.

So, it seems like #Occupy is missing a few of its adherents.

"Give us everything for free, because we want it!"

Red Jeff @ 10:30, exactly, although in my case it was almost 50 years ago. Actually we worked our butts off in summer and ate peanut butter sandwiches all winter. Maybe once a month a beer or two. Car, who had a car way back then. So many entitlements these days. I know, I know, up hill both ways.

peterj @ 10:36 , great comment. We do not hate these lovely children, just feel sorry for them and the illusions they have been fed.

BTW, in one of my comments way up there near the beginning it should have said military reserve.

Ah yes, "the age old dilemma" ... how to party hardy, and have someone else pay for it.

Red Jeff >

I wonder if her Hajab wearing pal gives her rides home from the bar, or just feeds her shooters.

Maybe her dad just lets her crash at the Mosque on Thursday nights. It would be the honourable thing to do.

Oh crap, did I just mention “Honour”, shhhhhhhh, I gotta shut up sometimes, don’t let your dad read this.

three, two, one, cue the first 'racist' caller.

Tuition freeze? Review the locker tax?

I thought only those nutty Republicans complained about taxes? Oh wait, if a liberal does it, it's altruistic.

Being socially conscious is hard.

chris c >

Islam’s a race?

One of us definitely needs to go back to school, well a real school if they exist anymore. Oh yea, their called “private” schools where participants actually pay for a real education.

If being concerned about the environment makes you a nitwit, I am sure you will all be laughing when your children's children can't breathe the air or drink the water. There are plenty of jobs that don't involve ruining the world around us.

Posted by: samantha t at February 2, 2012 7:58 PM

OH YEAH? Name ONE!!!

why must everyone under thirty be constantly broadcasting updates of their banal lives to the uncaring world

For the same reason that people have become addicted to cell phones. They no longer define themselves by who they are and what meaningful things they acomplish, but rather by how many people are in their social network. I suspect that very few have experienced a quiet waking moment when they weren't 'talking' with someone, anyone... They all seem to need continuous validation of their insignificant lives.

"Islam’s a race?"

Your suggestion only.

"Oh yea, their called “private” schools where participants actually pay for a real education."

Yes, I was fortunate, tyvm.

What a silly person.

These are the people who get chewed up in a revolution or some other civil uprising.

Or zombie attack.

chris c >

"Your suggestion only."

Congratulations on the fastest copout in SDA history, sorry there’s no reward, except this virtual smile :)

Let me hazard a guess, “y generation”?

Osumashi Kinyobe>

Yup! That’s why you won’t find them in struggling societies, either upstart Nations or Third World crapholes. None but us now lazy successful societies have the time or patience for them.

When it all collapses as all successful empire nations eventually do, these silly pandering to the spoilt young conversations will not be happening.

Buy a gun and some dried food Osumashi, this is the sign of the looming end they said would come.

Looks like I missed all the fun, the kids have gone to bed early. I guess it is a school night.

@Kate - Thanks. F'n brilliant

Today, the bullies are virtual. They sit on their fat asses and type, and then wait for their so-called "victims" to log in for their little buzz of self-pity.

That's not "bullying". It's a symbiotic relationship.

Kate- be sure to ask them back.

What you said, Knight.

If there IS a zombie attack, I'm tripping the liberals.

chris c >

"Your suggestion only."

Congratulations on the fastest copout in SDA history, sorry there’s no reward, except this virtual smile :)

Let me hazard a guess, “y generation”?

When one jumps to conclusions, egg can end-up on one's face. Were you around on V-J Day?....... Thought not.

"the kids have gone to bed early."

Or maybe they raided the students' association fund and hit the bar again.

the rat - "I guess it is a school night."

You missed part of the conversation, it's Thursday night aka: "Bar Night".

a@c - "Kate- be sure to ask them back."

Yes, please do, it was fun being a cyber bully, who knew? They didn't even call us Nazi's or Fascists or anything else fun though, which spoiled it a little, but maybe next time.

I would like to apologize for my generations deficencies... their adhominem attacks and lack of ability to debate and reason, or even totally confront people who present different/challenging viewpoints.

Life is tough sweetie-poo! And, politics is ugly. If someone doesn't want a smear or two, they should stay home and hide under their blankets instead of going into politics/activism.

I'd like a car, my tuition paid for me, free food and booze, an ipad/iphone/macbook, etc, please, since handouts are free for everyone (that really "matters" like us uni. Students) and money does grow on trees and unicorns really do exist. Maybe we can use the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow to fund these endeavours!!!

Or maybe we could pay profs for the real level of education they give us.

Genius. Sigh.

Good night chris c.

trororor >

The wheat from the chaff, cream from the milk, the men from the boys.

There is still some hope, thanks for that.

I am sure you will all be laughing when your children's children can't breathe the air or drink the water.
~samantha t

That old Leftist chestnut about overpolluted air and water again?
Sheesh!
Leftist chuckleheads were throwing that environmental scare-mongering around before that commie Lee Oswald blew Kennedy's brains out back in '63.
Got anything new to scare me with, that one's plumb worn out since my children's children have been drinkin' an breathin' just dandy for years already!

Ever heard of acid rain?
Used to be a problem back when Ronald Reagan was President.
The air and water is way better now than it was back in the '80s.

You young'uns had better find something better to do than 'Save the World'.
It's been saved a number of times already and the real threat facing us today is the pandemic of Leftist ideological retardation and the accompanying entitlement mentality sweeping today's youth.

I say again: Twitter is for twits.

Oz, you can say that again.

Looks like the children have gone. I would like to take one last kick at the can and state That I don't believe for a minute Samantha came from a farming background. I have never met a farm girl that was that naive or had time for the nonsense or the sense of entitlement spouted by Samantha. If she had a farming background she would have had a ingrained sense of responsibility and know the value of labor and the rewards derived from same.

I paid my own way through college by working nights because my parents were supposedly too rich for me to qualify for a student loan and they wouldn't pay for it. For 3 days during the school week I worked overnight shifts and then 2 weekend days.

At the time I thought I was hard done by but now I know that they and the government did me a huge favour. A good friend of mine's parents paid for his post secondary education and he dropped out, smokes pot most of the day and works a minimum wage job. He's nearly 40 btw. Every day I worked that job in college I knew why I was doing what I was doing and that was to get out of that horrible job!

There are none so blind as those who will not see. Nothing got me more interested in going back to school than working the green chain at the local sawmill for a month. Social work is almost as good at teaching for insulating one from the real world. There will be those in both that have enough experience to try to honestly guide, but I suspect that they're in a very small minority.

Samantha, David and others: enjoy being a student while you can. Someday you'll have to grow up and pay your own way, it's great fun in the meantime and it will probably be remembered as the best time of your life (even if feeling broke predominates now). This too shall pass. When you have a little more experience to guide you, you'll be amazed at how smart your parents (and all those other old people you know) become.

peterj >

"I have never met a farm girl that was that naive or had time for the nonsense.."

I don't know about that, things seem to have changed a little even on some farms, to be sure.

I've had some experience in the oilfield over the years with some pretty spoilt post secondary educated technicians and engineers that came off farms. The labourers ok fine, other than that it doesn’t make a difference, it’s a crapshoot and more often than not the same entitled attitude after a few years of the college/ university life. IMO.

@ James
Like most things that are free or take no effort, we place little value on them. The things we have to work our as*es off to obtain we take a certain amount of pride in.
Lesson lost on many entitled teens.

@ Knight 99
Guess I've been lucky. Live in Northern BC in the middle of Canola farms all of which is cris- crossed with gas pipelines. Great people and down to earth no nonsense kids. Guess that can change once they leave the farm but I think the basics stick to most of them. Can only hope. Either that or i've been damned lucky in my proximity to neighbors and friends.

I can't recall when in my lifetime - perhaps before - that a majority of people felt that "the government" could provide solutions to all of their problems, but this feeling must stop.

Regarding the economics of this situation: lobbying the government to increase subsidies will only result in increased tuition fees as schools will set their fees according to what they understand students themselves can afford.

Mathematically, if A = cost to students of tuition and B = government contributions to tuition, and C = tuition fees charged by the school, then A+B=C. Any increase in B will result in a corresponding increase in C. Similarly, if lobbyists successfully get "the government" to cap tuition fees, the # of schools or the total number of courses offered will decrease, as well as the quality as "the government" has now provided a disincentive.

If students REALLY wanted their tuition prices to drop, they would either build more schools (increase supply) or convince students not to attend (decrease demand)or both. Market forces will ALWAYS override government intervention.

Even now, schools know that demand is greater than supply, and thus the cost of tuition continues to rise. I, myself, am shocked that tuitions are so low, they are roughly a quarter of tuitions south of the border.

And for those dissenters, please explain how lobbying government (or protesting) is somehow a noble act. In the end it always involves forcing most citizens to unwillingly pay more to achieve your goals.

I have been a SDA promoter for years - agreeing with 99% of the posted stories.

But not this time.

Suggesting that a University student is not allowed to party because they hold an elected position. Seriously???

If I lived in Saskatchewan I would be involved in Paige Kezima's next election campaign.

Guaranteed!

This entire comment thread is about as useful as pissing into the wind. A bunch of people on different ends of the political spectrum arguing because a 21 year old took one night to have some fun.

The anonymity of this perpetual dick waving contest leads to comments about as mature as your average five year old. Nothing will be resolved or gained by any of this.

In the end of the day the people on the right will think the people on the left are a bunch of bleeding-heart hippies. The people on the left are going to think the people on the right are a bunch of dumb rednecks.

The only similarity is that the commenters think their way is the only right way and the people on the other side are evil and must be stopped.

No one here lives only for their work. We all cut loose and have fun in various ways. Whether that be going out and having some drinks with friends, or having a relaxing evening at home with friends/family.

Sincerely some random 20-something.

Firt off I apologize in advance for the spelling errors. Second of all i have been a huge fan of sda for a looooong time. Its a wonderful forum for debate and lets be serious thats the best part of poltics. This is however the first time i have been compelled to voice and opinion. I have known Paige and Samantha T since they were both in diapers, and while i basically dont agree with a single one of Paiges lefty ideologies. I do appreciate and honestly am incredibley proud to say i know such a passionate young girl who doesnt do anything half assed, she truely believes in the things she does and i have nothing but respect for that. Yes its an ugly game and if you make your self vunerable to critisim your going to get it. But lets all get up our high horses and stop pretendeing that a good portion of us even myself ( who didnt have a car, didnt have school paid for and ate itchiban and kraft dinner made with water not milk for my first 2 years out in the world, still didnt find money for a bottle of booze on a saturday lol ) Yes our generation is self intitled, were addicted to cell phones and fb and twittering( which i still dont understand). But its basically evolution. Were this way cause our grandparnts and parents worked there asses off ( literally) to give us this life. Perhaps if everyone out there had to work for 5 years for minimum wage to save up for university or tech school and then work well in school ( which i have also done and was one of 2 people in my 44 person class doing soo) then they would have a differnt view on it. But sadly thats just not the way it works. We pay welfare for people that in some cases just dont want to work or are to high or to drunk to make it there. we pay disability to people that in some cases pretend to be hurt so they dont have to work. And now they want more, i get it its umm for lack of a better word shitty and thus it makes people angry and frustrated. But i give props where props are due soo thanks to Paige for being a hard working typical university student with a passion for whatever your trying to change, after all i know a few of my fellow right wingers with 4 kids on welfare living in subsidized houseing, that drive nicer cars than me. So i guess this student association biz just isnt at the top of my complaint list.
Oh and to whom it may concern
i can assure you that Sam did grow up on a farm... in a large farming community with a grain and livestock farm which ran for roughly 70 years before going belly up. I can say this with conviction since i am her older wiser and better looking sister. Soo lets not make assumptions as to someones back round based on there views. At least the little firecracker is taking an intrest, and speaking her mind.
I am not concerned about my childs air and i would put a yay oil sands sticker on my peice of shit car. I do recycle but cans and paper only.

Firt off I apologize in advance for the spelling errors. Second of all i have been a huge fan of sda for a looooong time. Its a wonderful forum for debate and lets be serious thats the best part of poltics. This is however the first time i have been compelled to voice and opinion. I have known Paige and Samantha T since they were both in diapers, and while i basically dont agree with a single one of Paiges lefty ideologies. I do appreciate and honestly am incredibley proud to say i know such a passionate young girl who doesnt do anything half assed, she truely believes in the things she does and i have nothing but respect for that. Yes its an ugly game and if you make your self vunerable to critisim your going to get it. But lets all get up our high horses and stop pretendeing that a good portion of us even myself ( who didnt have a car, didnt have school paid for and ate itchiban and kraft dinner made with water not milk for my first 2 years out in the world, still didnt find money for a bottle of booze on a saturday lol ) Yes our generation is self intitled, were addicted to cell phones and fb and twittering( which i still dont understand). But its basically evolution. Were this way cause our grandparnts and parents worked there asses off ( literally) to give us this life. Perhaps if everyone out there had to work for 5 years for minimum wage to save up for university or tech school and then work well in school ( which i have also done and was one of 2 people in my 44 person class doing soo) then they would have a differnt view on it. But sadly thats just not the way it works. We pay welfare for people that in some cases just dont want to work or are to high or to drunk to make it there. we pay disability to people that in some cases pretend to be hurt so they dont have to work. And now they want more, i get it its umm for lack of a better word shitty and thus it makes people angry and frustrated. But i give props where props are due soo thanks to Paige for being a hard working typical university student with a passion for whatever your trying to change, after all i know a few of my fellow right wingers with 4 kids on welfare living in subsidized houseing, that drive nicer cars than me. So i guess this student association biz just isnt at the top of my complaint list.
Oh and to whom it may concern
i can assure you that Sam did grow up on a farm... in a large farming community with a grain and livestock farm which ran for roughly 70 years before going belly up. I can say this with conviction since i am her older wiser and better looking sister. Soo lets not make assumptions as to someones back round based on there views. At least the little firecracker is taking an intrest, and speaking her mind.
I am not concerned about my childs air and i would put a yay oil sands sticker on my peice of shit car. I do recycle but cans and paper only.

Firt off I apologize in advance for the spelling errors. Second of all i have been a huge fan of sda for a looooong time. Its a wonderful forum for debate and lets be serious thats the best part of poltics. This is however the first time i have been compelled to voice and opinion. I have known Paige and Samantha T since they were both in diapers, and while i basically dont agree with a single one of Paiges lefty ideologies. I do appreciate and honestly am incredibley proud to say i know such a passionate young girl who doesnt do anything half assed, she truely believes in the things she does and i have nothing but respect for that. Yes its an ugly game and if you make your self vunerable to critisim your going to get it. But lets all get up our high horses and stop pretendeing that a good portion of us even myself ( who didnt have a car, didnt have school paid for and ate itchiban and kraft dinner made with water not milk for my first 2 years out in the world, still didnt find money for a bottle of booze on a saturday lol ) Yes our generation is self intitled, were addicted to cell phones and fb and twittering( which i still dont understand). But its basically evolution. Were this way cause our grandparnts and parents worked there asses off ( literally) to give us this life. Perhaps if everyone out there had to work for 5 years for minimum wage to save up for university or tech school and then work well in school ( which i have also done and was one of 2 people in my 44 person class doing soo) then they would have a differnt view on it. But sadly thats just not the way it works. We pay welfare for people that in some cases just dont want to work or are to high or to drunk to make it there. we pay disability to people that in some cases pretend to be hurt so they dont have to work. And now they want more, i get it its umm for lack of a better word shitty and thus it makes people angry and frustrated. But i give props where props are due soo thanks to Paige for being a hard working typical university student with a passion for whatever your trying to change, after all i know a few of my fellow right wingers with 4 kids on welfare living in subsidized houseing, that drive nicer cars than me. So i guess this student association biz just isnt at the top of my complaint list.
Oh and to whom it may concern
i can assure you that Sam did grow up on a farm... in a large farming community with a grain and livestock farm which ran for roughly 70 years before going belly up. I can say this with conviction since i am her older wiser and better looking sister. Soo lets not make assumptions as to someones back round based on there views. At least the little firecracker is taking an intrest, and speaking her mind.
I am not concerned about my childs air and i would put a yay oil sands sticker on my peice of shit car. I do recycle but cans and paper only.

A university education in Canada is affordable. The university experience is not.

I was fortunate to work this summer with a young guy who worked like a horse. Who through hard work paid his way. Actually giving up some things he can't support, for the long term benefits when he can. Perhaps him going into engineering had something to do with it, not social work. He never whined or wailed about driving a beater. Someone like that I can respect.I have no problem seeing these folks have a good time. Its the leeches who cry rivers for free passage, I have a problem with.

I was fortunate to work this summer with a young guy who worked like a horse. Who through hard work paid his way. Actually giving up some things he can't support, for the long term benefits when he can. Perhaps him going into engineering had something to do with it, not social work. He never whined or wailed about driving a beater. Someone like that I can respect.I have no problem seeing these folks have a good time. Its the leeches who cry rivers for free passage, I have a problem with.

The myth that a person has to go to university to be successful has created a demand for a university education that a lot of students don't have the knowledge to achieve. As a result the university business now offers a whole spectrum of 'soft' degrees which the average person without a firm grounding in math, science, language and history can attain. Unfortunately those 'soft' degrees don't give a person marketable skills for much more than "do-you-want-fries-with-that" jobs.

A lot of university failures would be way more successful with no debt and a well paying job if they had chosen to go into the trades instead of being brainwashed into a university 'education'.

Louis CK has words for lil' Paige.

As a university student at a BC university, it's discouraging to see that these self entitled, liberal crazed students are running the show in saskatchewan too... I had always hoped it was just a west coast thing. I've always dreamed of a university where it's actually possible to display conservative values, without being chastised by your peers and proffesors... Guess that won't happen anytime soon.

If it's any consolation to Sda readers, (this is my first time commenting, but I'm an avid reader... I choose not to comment as I rarely have anything useful to add) the intelligent and hardworking students that I know barely ever pay any attention to who's running for student election and I've never known any of them to vote in one either. Not to say that this is a good practice, as it leads to us being represented by idiots like this. It has more to do with us just focusing on or classes and grades so that we can get the hell out of there as fast as we can and start making some MONEY! I find that the students who run for election are usually in the arts, end up taking 6 years to graduate, and figure that it's easier to put some BS student council position on their resume... rather than work or intern through the summer. Anyways... That's my two cents. I shared them with you instead of donating them to a needy student organization.

As a university student at a BC university, it's discouraging to see that these self entitled, liberal crazed students are running the show in saskatchewan too... I had always hoped it was just a west coast thing. I've always dreamed of a university where it's actually possible to display conservative values, without being chastised by your peers and proffesors... Guess that won't happen anytime soon.

If it's any consolation to Sda readers, (this is my first time commenting, but I'm an avid reader... I choose not to comment as I rarely have anything useful to add) the intelligent and hardworking students that I know barely ever pay any attention to who's running for student election and I've never known any of them to vote in one either. Not to say that this is a good practice, as it leads to us being represented by idiots like this. It has more to do with us just focusing on or classes and grades so that we can get the hell out of there as fast as we can and start making some MONEY! I find that the students who run for election are usually in the arts, end up taking 6 years to graduate, and figure that it's easier to put some BS student council position on their resume... rather than work or intern through the summer. Anyways... That's my two cents. I shared them with you instead of donating them to a needy student organization.

The first thing I noticed was the tweet was sent from a Blackberry - I can't afford a Blackberry and a student can? Back in my university days the most important non-study activity was partying. I cycled everywhere in those days and never got my drivers license until after I'd finished university. My stint in student government was to ensure that the compulsory student dues we paid were spent on free booze for science students; some moron before me had used to money to bring in Dr. Fruitfly to speak and he was as much of an idiot in 1973 as he is now.

We would sell beer for $0.25/bottle at TGIF's and still make a profit. Bars were just too expensive for students as some charged as much as $1/beer! Tuition was about $700/year which I made working at part-time jobs during the year, tree planting and being a teaching assistant. Most of the people I hung out with were in engineering or science and we had little use for arts types who were primarily looking for jobs in government. The arts students also seemed to be most upset about "exploitation" of students by high tuition fees and felt the most entitled. Rather strange as they would turn out to be the least productive members of society, and given their aspiration to government work, they turned out to be a drain on society.

I'm very glad that the internet didn't exist when I was a student as I can imagine some of the photos or drunken rants that would have permanently been in some archive if we had cell phone cameras. Just the thing one needs when a future employer googles a potential employees name. Not a problem if one is intending to be self-employed, but those going into non-science programs are almost universally employees of some type.

So I don't give a rats ass if someone goes out and gets drunk. I do care if the same person is demanding handouts and has such a sense of entitlement. I worked hard for my tuition money and beer money. The hardest decision I had to make was to take out some student loans to finish my medical degree as I hated the idea of being in debt but could no longer work part time to pay for things in my final year of med school as getting a few hours of sleep/night or working was the decision I had to make.

Many young people have a desire to change society but, in retrospect, most of the changes in government made by people of my generation have been uniformly negative. The environmental regulations brought about by brainless idealists are likely to bring about the death of modern civilization. We didn't think much about stuff like that as we were too busy studying, partying and making things in my student days. We never foresaw that the useless arts types would be the architects of a statist regime that rivaled any totalitarian communist state in existence in the 1970's. I guess that was their revenge for us making fun of them and screwing their women.

The education bubble has inflated tuition fees and taking out student loans to take a degree in a course of study that results in making minimum wage is the height of idiocy. Of course, math was never a strong point among those attracted to arts programs. Far better to learn a trade and do something useful than to whine about how the world owes them a living.

Wow, it looks like folks here really piled on Samantha last night and I don't mean in a CBC pron kind of way.
Gee Loki, I remember two-bit beer in the purple Engineering Student's lounge on my first try at U. Partied too much and had to go get a real job. didn't biatch about govm't not giving me money. Second time around after growing up and maturing was better. The school of life can teach you a few things.

Samantha, and yet Canada's air and water quality have done nothing but improve for the last forty years. What, exactly, is going to happen in the next few years to change all that?

Wow. It seems like there are a lot of people with a lot of time on their hands here... We wouldn't want to make hypocrites of ourselves by using the internet as a forum for expressing our experiences and opinions as a criticizism of someone else for posting theirs. You may not have been 'tweeting' or posting online 5, 10, 25, or 50 years ago - but what you are doing right now is basically the same thing. Maybe we should all get off the internet, and get back to our hard working, conservative, frugal, and non-whiney lives. Since we are all such model human beings. And if you're tired at the end of the day, shame on you for having a drink to relax a bit - you might have a bill, loan, line of credit to pay with that valuable hard earned cash of yours.

Tex, Purple Jesus parties? You wouldn't be a St FX type would you? I used to drive all the way from Halifax to crash their PJ parties.

"...If she had a farming background she would have had a ingrained sense of responsibility and know the value of labor and the rewards derived from same.

Posted by: peterj at February 3, 2012 12:49 AM

You'd lose money on that one, Pete. Lots of vacuous princesses coming off farms these days...

AJim, naaa, Lakehead U. I think purple is an Engineering thing, like the finely engineered canon (I wonder if that got registered?), the Lady Godiva ride and mysterious objects on campus removed or moved in the night. Oh, and the nursing mixers. Little wonder I didn't make first year.

Entitled twit.
I have seen way too many students whining about no money. I live in a university town, they sure fill a lot off bars on the weekend. Wish I could afford to drink every weekend.
Nevermind being able to afford a blackberry. How much do you want to bet mommy and daddy paid for it. Think they do her laundry for her also?

TC: "Wow, it looks like folks here really piled on Samantha last night and I don't mean in a CBC pron kind of way."

She just has to chalk it up to a learning experience, TC. SDA is where the big kids play, and things get a little rough if 1. she doesn't know what she's talking about and 2. she didn't at least skim through the place and its posters to understand what goes on here.

Lamentably for her, she didn't appreciate the fact that SDA is a place where lefties get turned into roadkill.

It's a valuable learning experience for her. If it's this tough here, she'll be that much better prepared for the real world.

The moral of the story: do your research and understand what you're getting into.

"Daniel - LUG girlfriend - Way to be, not only do you have your head up your butt, but you clearly have no respect for the gay and lesbian community (which I have never been a part of, but I feel terrible for because of jerks like you.) "

Don't feel "terrible" for me buddy, and please stop talking about some fictional "gay and lesbian *community*" where we're all supposed to think the same and act the same. If you've "never been a part of" it, then why don't you keep your mouth shut and speak for yourself.

peterj >

"I have never met a farm girl that was that naive or had time for the nonsense...

I am not too sure about that peter, as in 1973 I walked into a farm home and on the kitchen window sill was a little hammer and sickle flag. Note also the rabid CWB supporters.

Bandy, good for you. One of my graduate sons-in-law would agree with you. He learned real quick to keep his mouth shut during his first year in education.

Loki, well said, especially your second last paragraph.

Worked hard all my life for everything I have. Been saving for kids education since they were born. Sacrificed lots of material things for all this to happen, suck it up princess this world owes you jack sh*t.

samantha t at 8:34 PM
"Just look at a global map of pollution and waste. I bet your house drains more power in a month than a whole village outside of Canada does, and you probably throw away more food than they get the chance to eat too. But that is besides the point."

That just depends on which "scientist" drew the map.

It just happens a college acquaintance is an astronaut, and flew in the Shuttle. The report was with clear weather you could not see the ground over Asia....but Canada and the USA were easily visible.

A buddy who drives 747's remarks on the semipermanent "brown cloud" over the orient. He says VFR is a seldom experienced condition. He says it is good Singapore and Hong Kong have new airports with longer runways....otherwise most days they would be no go zones.

BTW My energy consumption has been 8kw/day for months...down from 9-10 last year.

I heat with wood. The electric water heater is shut off over winter.....the wood stove heats water briskly.

LOL, the Entitled One is getting very defensive! And just a few tweets in, is already accusing her critics of racism. (This right after calling one of them "white boy".)

The tragedy isn't that she's paying high tuition fees. It's that she's at university at all. Any bets on what her major is? Feminism & Transgender Studies? Sociology with a minor in Activism? Basket Weaving for Womyn??

OK, I made myself read through her CV and I see she's majoring in social work. Duh. I shoulda known: I never yet heard of a social worker who wasn't effectively brain-dead. Most need help more than their "clients" do.

By the way, if her car isn't fully electric she is a foul, polluting, RAPIST OF MOTHER EARTH!! And that Blackberry of hers better be home-made out of bamboo, and not the eeeeviiill, logoed, corporate-designed product of capitalism. Boo!!

Ms. Kezima's name is so unique that I have good reason to believe that this old posting is from her. Neat that she grew up on a farm but one wonders how many participation trophies her parents gave her growing up?!

Thus spake Kezima:

"Before I go visit Parliament Hill I will need anger management training, otherwise PM Harper is gonna get what's coming to him. My fist."

Lowly mortals! Bow down before the almighty power of the Kezima-fist!!

Robert W @11:29 - and of course she is an OccuChick.

Dave >

You still seem to be missing the point of the thread.

It's not about some 21 something going out and having a good time. It's also not about the personal life of one particular person, or a left wing verses right wing difference of opinion - {we are all the same but see things differently}.

This is about the problem our society faces in the future. The older so called right wing people can clearly see that an entire generation is being brought up as entitled brats, who think that the world owes them something for nothing. They want to live “fun” lifestyles on other people’s money and view the world as their personal playgrounds and piggy banks. They quote Mao and Che as personal hero’s, call for globalization, and carbon tax’s, all the while they sit in pampered surrounding getting degrees in uselessness expecting a “hand up”.

Who pays for it all? We do. How many years do you really think that this sort of one way economic street will run before it goes off a cliff?

The saddest part is that when it does run out, it’s all of you or they that will be standing there with nothing for the first time in your lives, blaming everyone else for your misery and loss.

The Kezima girls posting simply highlights the absurdity of many young minds today. Calling for reduced personal taxes and soliciting money for personal interests, yet to the greater world, its tax the “rich” whatever that means and then go party. She promotes the NDP and trashes Harper, even threatening to “punch him in the face” if she ever see’s him. This is coming from someone who has no clue about real politics much less the real world, who the NDP are and what they’ve done in the past.

Yet it’s not about her, it’s about a generation turned in the wrong direction, with fairytale dreams fed to them by idealistic goons with an ultimate agenda to enrich themselves. They in turn are the slave army of entitled brats pushing these agendas through with the power of their youth. Which in turn comes from the love and support of their elders who take the time to give a shit and hope that they eventually carry the line of hard work and common sense that brought our society the ability have to these choices in the first place.

Robert, Ellie and Black Mamba, it is all starting to make sense now. What we have here is an Marxist entitlement NDP activist.

I like Paige's twitter feed.

Dear health care system: I'm tired of obsessively self-diagnosing myself, it is the opposite of good for someone w/anxiety. GET ME A DOCTOR!
30 Jan

Paige, somebody once said "noone needs to be a doctor". Try and figure out why I bring it up.

I'm giving the candidates pot brownies and coffee with baileys for the Stoon debate. That should liven it up. #ndpldr #ndpdb8

Actually, from a quick scan, she talks about booze and pot quite a lot. I don't mention this to be puritanical; as a drunk, I don't feel I'm standing on any particular moral high ground vis a vis sobriety, and anyway I don't give a damn what people ingest. It's just that it's very childish. We used to joke around like that in highschool. I doubt we would have tweeted it, though, if we'd had twitter, 'cause we would have known how lame it sounded.

And she thinks Newt should drop out 'cause he's called NEWT, OMG. This from a chick whose parents apparently saw stripping in her future and named her accordingly.

Will have to re-evaluate my comment on February 3, 2012 12:49 AM
Still a total of 11 down to earth unentitled kids but I did see one of them drinking Perrier water. Hmmmm.
@ Danit. You may be the older, wiser and prettier but are also the far more logical as the Gore/Suzuki nonsense did not rub off on you. You support your sister and so you should.
The last line on your post indicates you would not be welcome at rabble.ca and are far better suited to SDA.

Libby Davies in training? (bra)

"Before I go visit Parliament Hill I will need anger management training, otherwise PM Harper is gonna get what's coming to him. My fist."
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And now finally, a threat. What a lightweight.

PaigeKezima
To all my new trolls: If you need to personally attack a 21 yr old female activist to get your rocks off, it shows you're the real problem.
46 minutes ago

Are women delicate flowers, Paige? Are we the weaker sex (sorry, gender)? Are we off limits? And if your age and sex (sory, gender) mean you should be protected from criticism, doesn't it also seem fair that the world should be protected from your hothouse opinions?

Connected with all of this is this podcast from John Gormley's show. Listen to the female student about 2 minutes in and tell me precisely what is the difference between her talking points and those of a Far, Far Left NDP zealot. I can't detect a single deviation from the NDP party line. It's sad that we're graduating so-called "educated" people who advocate such nonsense.

Great lines for future resumes:

"I was a 20 something female activist”

“Used to hate Islamophobes, but loved my Muslim friends who wouldn’t go to the bar and get smashed with me on Thursday nights”.

“I used to hate middle class people with big homes, but loved Al Gore’s largest mansion and David Suzuki’s private Island home, not so much his others in the city”.

“I used to hate the Canadian Capitalist tar sands and their bogus reclamation projects but loved the Communist Chinese coal burning plants and their sweatshops which made my blackberry”

What's amazing to me is this is the first internet generation without a clue about how to use it or the concept of discretion.

Not that these Marxists would ever appy for a job with an evil capitalist corporation, but they leave tracks of all the stupid things they do all over the web. And don't even think twice. Who would want to hire these people?

This entitlement culture thinks they are impervious to actual scrutiny. I suppose its because they are used to being told how special they are.

I believe the same governments that are in place now will probably be in place when someone attains their social work degree. In time potential employers, including government will use a c.v. as well as the internet as a suitable indication of skill, maturity and EQ to really see what they are hiring.

If these people are looking for a job when all they have been is outspoken in the rudest of ways (like a first pump to the PM), not even the government will hire them.

The entitlement junkies may be in for a rude and fiscally tight awakening. And it is well deserved.

Peter, what it tells me is that companies are going to become increasingly desperate to retain personnel past the statutory age of retirement.

A pestilence of petulance?

She might not be paying for her own drinks. More than likely, she freeloads those too, by hanging out at the bar and persuading various males to buy drinks for her. One of them probably drove her home, too.

ALL future prospective employers should be very wary of hiring her. After all, there's a good chance she'll turn out to be just like The Noodles Guy!!!

Ah yes, the noodle union and the workers take control. I think they mean like they did in October 1917.

She is a crusader. Plain and simple. Tell me this doesn't describe her

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSb3-Z42fb8

Describes her to a T. So that's where all the money for Haiti went. I know it never went to Haiti. Kids at our school all chipped in their savings and had bottle drives etc. I won't break their little hearts and tell them the truth. Will tell the teachers though.