The next two weeks are going to be a bit on the slow side here. I leave for Montana first thing in the morning, and while I should be able to get online in the evenings, there’s no guarantee. Hopefully, the guest bloggers I’ve asked to drop by will keep things updated once in a while.
As usual, you’re invited to share your own tips in the comments.
A Democrat considers where his party has gone;
We need two lively parties to make a good game of “Capture the Flag.” In the end, the struggle is always for the non-ideological “center,” (which has always been fairly conservative outside of the MSM, academia, union loyalists, California, and New England/New York), but which has slowly drifted “rightward” – I think mainly in reaction to the alarming “Leftward” drift of the Dems since JFK – and the high visibility of their irrational and often wackily colorful fringe elements and “lens lice,” as Curtis Sliwa terms them.
The tolerant Left targets a 7 year old homophobe.
Home schooling as criminal offense.
Plus, this amusing anecdote, via private email.
During Premier Calverts recent road trip through the Porcupine Plain and Tisdale area, a cousin of a friend of mine heard a comment made by the premier.
Upon exiting the bus he viewed a yellow field and exclaimed “what a nice crop that is” , his handlers had to explain that the field was actually covered in dandylions.
In a province where finishing a canoe race either first or last is considered all the same, should we not agree with Lorne that there really is no difference between a field of dandylions or a fine crop of canola.
Indeed!
Blaming liberalism or homophobia on the 7 year old’s beating -if he even exists- is pretty lame. Bullies are going to pick any excuse adults will swallow. If it wasn’t homophobia, it’d be fear of the 7 year old’s glasses.
Darn it, David Brown. You’re annoying me: “mind control” as in religion and politics.
My mind was more controlled by the Zeitgeist and the reigning “orthodoxies” (read: feminism, socialism, Utopinaism, L/liberalism) when I was in my early twenties than when I finally acknowledged and “owned” my religious faith. It was at that point that I began to become truly critical of and questioning of the seventies/left-lib/feminist status quo that was fast enveloping Canada.
The Church, BTW, didn’t tell me I HAD to do this; I just knew in my heart of hearts that what I’d been living and what I’d been encouraged to believe in–that we’re all nice, that religion is for the unthinking, that all women have been oppressed by “the partriarchy,” etc., etc.–was a crock. It led to dysfunctionalism and, frankly, most of the people I knew at that point, who were religionless, without politics, dope smoking floaters were self-centred and non-contributors to anything that didn’t directly benefit them.
http://www.theinfozone.net/diet.html
See you in court, Col. Sanders.
Group suing KFC is now after Starbucks.
Heck who knew fast food could be fattening.
TIZ
One more thing, David Brown. You’re a blowhard.
Don’t talk to me about how wonderful the public school system is. I’ve just come back from a day in the trenches, and you would be, or SHOULD be, truly horrified by the chaos we now have in too many classrooms today, by the undisciplined squalor that the “religionless” classroom has become.
Canadians kids have come to believe, if they believe anything, in the no-consequences (euphemistically referred to as “zero tolerance”) environments most public school cesspools have become: zero tolerance for responsible teachers who attempt to address chronic violence and disrespect, and “safe schools” for the bullies (who, after all, the (non-)thinking goes, have had very rough lives so we’d better cut them some slack). Academic standards are zilch, because in order to preserve students’ “self-esteem” we have to put them on special programs which it is impossible for them to fail, EVEN IF THEY’VE DONE NO WORK.
BTW: Kids who are home schooled do extremely well if and when they go back into the public system and when they try entrance exams to go to university. So I don’t know what you’re talking about: lazy parents? boatload of nonsense? buying in to the beguilement? mind control?
Whoa! If your thinking can be attributed to a public school education, you’ve just made the point a lot of us are trying to make. The public system is fried. ‘Talk about scorched earth: That’s the public system, and that’s the minds of too many students in the public system. Try teaching in the public system for a week, Mr. Brown. You might be very surprised.
Public education = Government “education”.
Government “education” is an oxymoron. Something like “disinterested advocate”.
Government employees cannot provide an “education”, only government “schooling”, which while certainly not useless is not “education”. Let’s not equate “schooling” and “education”.
Government employees, like all human beings, pursue rational self-interest. In their case, this is : government is the sole provider of solutions to social problems and that BIG government means higher job security.
Government employees cannot teach economics, a key truth (post Keynes) of which is that a government intervention creates a “cure” which is worse than the diagnosed disease.
Government employees cannot teach children the truth about the free market economy delivering the greatest amount of human satisfaction for the greatest number (utilitarianism).
Goverment employees cannot teach children that holes in the social fabric can (and will!) be satisfactorily filled by myriad forms of private philanthropy.
Government employees cannot (and do not!) teach children critical thinking — how to think; only what to think which is: government is a kindly, disinterested and beneficent provider of the common good and that business is greed and exploitation.
Government employees cannot teach children that there is no known quantity in the universe called “government compassion”.
When people like David Brown talk about their children being “politics free” what he means is that they have been inculcated with the default world view which corresponds neatly with his own. Therefore they are “politics free” vis a vis himself, i.e., not in conflict with his world view.
Spanking Spector…
Blogger Norm said:[re Accountability Act]
“Political columnist and blogger Norman Spector says the collaboration helps both the Conservatives and the NDP achieve their political objectives: the Conservatives gain a legislative ally, and the NDP appear more modest and centrist.
“Part of the game plan . . . is to eat into political support (for the Liberals) from both sides of… via cnews
small dead animals: Spanking Spector
I wonder if Spector contracts out his trolling services. … When caught in such a deception, resignations swiftly follow–as just happened in the case of …
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/001425.html – 23k
Speaking of gay marriage. When the new wife and I gor hitched a few weeks ago we had to go to washington state. I refuse to marry in a place that does what the liberanos have done to us. The border guard shook my hand when He asked me why. To all the staight people all over the world stay away from canada until this gay crap is fixed, if they dont get financed things will change faster.
TDH says the Liberal Party stinks.
And they’re liars.
Says the Liberal Party of Canada is the same old, same old.
Phew… The Libs stink, for sure, for sure,eh, Jean-Paul? BTW, Iggy’s his choice for mayor.
“An attempt at clearing the air with certain individuals by phone was greeted with a query as to why I hadn’t supported Paul Martin back in 1998. I was told that there was a place for me (as if he was running things, even though Toronto had a completely different line), but only in the background. I was also told that some of my long time friends from the Allan Rock leadership days were of the same opinion. I later found out that the claim was a lie.
Same old routine, 8 years later – and really no surprise to me.”
http://www.tdhstrategies.com/home.html
Great balls of fire. Good God Almighty. I’m glad TDH is a Liberal. ‘Never read such drivel in my life. Strategies? If you write the way he does, it means you’re not thinking straight.
Just keep it up, TDH. You’ll be driving readers into the CPC fold; and keep telling it like it is: that the Librano$ are liars.
Just a thought: How is it that Liberals remain in a party full of people who keep lying to them? “Same old routine,” I guess. ‘Definition of stupid?
TDH must be a product of the public education system: FBS: Fried Brain Syndrome.
David Brown wrote:
“…you should spend some time with my children…19 and 21 years old, (sic: You need a colon here) [T]hey’re religion free, politics free, highly educated, happy and successful well beyond their years.”
Don’t you think you should have proofread this absurdity?
Or are your children utopian angels? Whoops! You don’t believe in such creatures.
http://www.cjob.com/news/index.aspx?src=loc&mc=local&rem=40859
Home owner charged in home invasion
JUN 19 2006 01:30 PM
Two suspects in a weekend home invasion went straight to the police after the incident… because the homeowner shot at them.
According to police, it happened about 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon, 45 kilometres north of Roblin.
Two men kicked in the front door of the home, and the property owner grabbed a firearm.
At that point the invaders left… but as they were going, a shot was fired at their vehicle and hit the driver.
The culprits drove to Russell to complain to the RCMP.
The driver was treated for his injuries and released to the police.
Now, 28 year old Harvey Joseph Young is charged with Attempted Murder, along with eight other weapons and firearm-related charges.
Fifty- year- old Terry Eldred Curle of Russell and 37 year old Darren Norman Lindsay of Roblin face several charges each in connection with the home invastion attempt.
David Brown; may I ask what your occupation is? It may help me and others to know what it is that makes you so special that your teachers, principals and the school board seem to respect you and hold you in such high esteem as to give you and your children the royal treatment.
I ask because I sense that you truly do command respect from and for your children, from their teachers and from your school system. I am not being sarcastic. I have had many experiences with teachers who, for example, treat parents who are police, doctors etc. differently than parents they deem as un-equal or inferior.
I find it hard to believe neither you nor your children have ever had difficulty with elements of the school system/experience.
I also know very intelligent parents, very well organized, successful, not pajama wearing couch potatoes, who have successfully home-schooled their kids. The reasons are varied such as handicaps, bullying and drugs. How about rural kids who need extra help but the bus ride to get there is too long? I think the example Joanne gave regarding her sister speaks volumes. There are many more such examples.
I will say that there are some families who are a bit whacky with their ideas, but the same can be said of some teachers,principals, trustees, etc. in the public and private systems. The teachers union is too powerful in too many situations. There are many principals and boards who are unwilling to rock the boat.
You really should try being a little less judgemental of other poeple’s beliefs. Many families, all over Canada and elsewhere, have not had the same incredible luck and ‘results’ driven existence that you seem to have had. Go- getter children? Go-getter dad? Actually your whole attitude of your experience, your family and your beliefs and intolerance of others beliefs, make you sound like a bit of a zealot.
Ok, I can understand that both sides in American politics are guilty on occasion of crossing the line. But Townhall? You’re citing an article on leftist intolerance from TOWNHALL?
The language in this article is SO far outside the boundaries of respectable journalism, that any attempt to do credit to its subject is rendered null. How can a portrayal of any media event come off as fair when it’s so obviously brimming with deliberate instances of loaded terminology? And furthermore, why is it that conservatives can’t seem to go five seconds while discussing gays without thinking about the sex? It’s like a kid who goes paging through his mother’s bodice-rippers, looking for the “icky” sex parts. Don’t take my word for it. Go read it again.
Sites like Townhall intentionally publish stories of dubious journalistic merit, all to further a specific agenda and scratch an itch for readers. Those who go to the site already know what they’re looking for, even if they dare not speak its name. Townhall is a gloryhole of modern print journalism.
After reading the rest of the posts I missed yesterday it looks like most believe Dave Brown has a problem with reality. None of us can truly know whether the values we have tried to instill into our children through whatever means we deem workable (love of learning,work ethics, compassion for others, ability to see someone else’s opinion could have value, don’t quit because the going gets rough etc.) have gained the foothold we would like to believe is there until the crunch comes. Many of us will be disappointed when that crunch comes but hopefully we remember that we learnt a lot from our mistakes and perhaps the most when the mistakes caused real pain.
Irwin,
Thank you for the insult – typical of this blog to insult someone for simply expressing an opinion. Nice to know I am a lunatic for having an open mind.
Lew,
You and your open mind are both welcome.
Cheri,
My background is business management and electronics engineering. I have been a company president but presently prefer the pace of managing a contracting company.
I feel I get a considerable amount of respect because I’m fair, approachable, friendly and forthright. I get the ‘royal’ treatment because I give it and expect it in return.
Here’s how to get what you want: Define exactly what you want to achieve, spend whatever time it takes to devise a realistic plan to achieve the desired results then execute the plan perfectly as well as brilliantly. Sounds easy and it is but most people I see stumble don’t execute well. Ego and emotions usually get in the way.
Yes, we’ve had difficulties with the school system and when we did I first thought things through from all angles and then made an appointment with the principal. I always took organized notes with me and made every effort to communicate and understand all 3 (yours, mine, the truth) sides of the story. It’s amazing the results you can get if your friendly, communicative, organized and thoughtful.
I know I get far too judgemental on this blog but do it because of a knee-jerk reaction to all the other hasty judgements posted. The best defense is a good offense.
What you call zeal I call passion. Being passionate I feel is the most important element to achieving self-actualization.
David Brown: What unmitigated horseshit. You said this:
It never ceases to amaze me how paranoid lazy parents present themselves as these educated noble pseudo-teachers
I don’t have the time at the moment to see if you’ve retracted it. If so, fine, if not, your last comment stands as unmitigated horseshit.
Me No Dhimmi,
Ask a home schooling parent what their teaching qualifications are and the answer is always the same. An under-graduate degree in liberal arts from some 2nd rate university…unmitigated horseshit.
And yet, they let us teach our own children without even a university education from birth to 4! Wow!! They should take all the children away from parents before we wreck them.
I have news for you. My SIL went to Oxford University to get her teacher’s certificate (we share the same education otherwise), and said she mostly learned crowd control, which, when you are teaching your own children, you rarely have a problem , unless you have raised them religion-free, obedience-free and anarchy loving. Present company excepted, I’m sure.
Also, I do have an undergraduate degree from the #2 university in Canada, thank you very much, where I majored in child development. Not that it even matters. According to the province of Ontario, I don’t even need this, I just have to prove that they are receiving adequate instruction. I have to prove it, the school board doesn’t. They just keep passing the kids along. I have the benefit of seeing where my children are having problems and concentrating on that area until they have mastered it. However, your beef is with the law, not home schoolers.
Go mind your own business with your obviously superior children, whose fault it is not that they have been raised by an ignorant man who pretends to know it all. It’s amazing to me that they could turn out politics free in a home where a father feels he has to tell others how to raise their children.
Lastly, if you don’t like the intelligence of the response you receive, why don’t you leave? We’ll miss you terribly and cry all the time.
“I feel I get a considerable amount of respect because I’m fair, approachable, friendly and forthright. I get the ‘royal’ treatment because I give it and expect it in return.”
I’d hate to see what you consider unfair and unfriendly. Why do you make this stuff up? And worse, you go off on your egotistical tirade granting your pathetic tidbits of wisdom straight out of your latest self-help book almost like you figured this out on your own. Possible yet improbable.
My cousin provides home schooling to her kids and she has a B.Ed from the U of S. Please let us know how this fits into your jackass generalizations. And since you’re incapable of educating yourself, here’s one Google result, on me: http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v7n8/ – Draw your own conclusions.
Here’s an offal dandilion: The Fiddler is No Ditherer. Not BS either.
Ash is up front; no more of that mulling.
Oh, well there’s always Hedy.
But, Ash says he could be persuaded to take part in a seat in TO (Toronto), not Truro, in the next, er, election. Right now, there are a few things in his way.
In the meantime, Ash is concentrating on his next magnum opus: “Fiddler In The Ruff”. …-
N.S. fiddler Ashley MacIsaac won’t run for leadership of federal Liberals
PORT HAWKESBURY (CP) – Cape Breton fiddler Ashley MacIsaac says he won’t be jumping into the race for the federal Liberal leadership.
The controversial entertainer, who’s been mulling over the idea since March, told a radio station there are a few things standing in his way. MacIsaac says after watching the leadership forums, he realized he doesn’t speak French well enough. He also says he couldn’t find a campaign manager, though he has managed to raise some money.
MacIsaac, who lives in Toronto, will spend the coming months working on his music career.
But he’s not ruling out running for the Liberals in the next federal election.
“I’ll consider it at the time if there’s a seat available in Toronto to take part in,” said MacIsaac. …-
voy forums
Long in the tooth thread but will post this good idea anyhow.
Corn likker in Newfoundland and PEI is referred to as screech. Seems odd because it*s a smooth clear slightly syrupy beverage one can only nip at and too much will put you in a coma.
So we all like ethanol for several reasons, but, sadly, I recently read where it is only one third as efficient as petrol and thus will always be an additive rather than a fuel.
Young fellar above is correct about hydrogen. We need a tech break-through because the ratio of electricity to hydrogen needs help.
That*s why I say we need to get those featherweight batteries, super efficient soalr cells and power thrust motors working together and selling off the car lots. Once started, the electric car will go from the grocery getter to the silent muscle car in no time.
Governments are afraid of this getting out of the bag though. As mentioned above, the employment dislocation will be rough for some time.
We have to let buggy-whips go sooner or later. Let*s do it now! TG
Woops! This is the one … a crime stopper!
Crime alerts at your fingertips
By KEN MAGUIRE
BOSTON (AP) – Phil Carver may never see the car stolen near his neighbourhood, but the description e-mailed to him by the Boston Police Department will be in the back of his mind when he goes for a walk with his kids.
Boston has become the latest – and largest – U.S. city to launch a crime alert system designed to get the word out about murders, bank robberies and other crimes to residents and businesses via e-mail, text messaging and fax. “This is stuff I can tell my neighbours,” Carver said. “At the very least it keeps people on their toes and aware of what’s going on. The more people are aware and involved, the less crime you’ll have.”
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/TechNews/TechInvestor/2006/06/20/1642520-ap.html
Now this is a great way for one to be aware of the B&Es or whatever that may be going on in the area. This could put a real dent in crime around where you and I live.
They sure need this in Surrey BC and it could help here in Courtenay as well. TG
PS, I have a scanner, but often miss the real interesting local crime action as one can not listen full-time. Email alert on the most important stuff would be great.
They cancelled Mr. Dressup, too. (no, not Grapes).
The best news is: CbC will become a “truly public, commercial-free broadcaster.” “Truly public” Bhwahahahahargh…
There goes the budget surplus. So, who’s gonna pay for the CbC? …-
Senate report to recommend making CBC-TV commercial free, sources tell CP
OTTAWA (CP) – A Senate report on the state of Canada’s media will recommend that CBC-TV become a truly public, commercial-free broadcaster, The Canadian Press has learned … cnews
David Brown said:
Ask a home schooling parent what their teaching qualifications are and the answer is always the same. An under-graduate degree in liberal arts from some 2nd rate university…unmitigated horseshit.
I can’t put it any more politely than this: That statement could only come from an ignorant, arrogant shit and an insufferable snob. You, David Brown, are a closet totalitarian (which is what all liberals are just below the surface).
So we will now have a parent registry will we? Parenting certificates, maybe, delivered by government bureaucrats after consultation with David Brown who, like a good liberal, knows what’s best for the children of other parents.
Has it never occured to you that a homeschooling parent may be fully aware of his/her deficiencies and therefore seek help from other individuals and home school networks?
That an ALLEGED parent who is ALLEGEDLY in the private sector can have this kind of contempt for other parents who are making sincere and heartfelt choices and often serious economic sacrifices for the betterment of their children I find very deeply offensive and disturbing.
Listen man, there are lots of people of a leftist pursuasion who visit here, but I don’t think I’ve encountered anything quite as ugly as your thoroughly contemptible remarks.
I don’t generally like to throw around easy ideological labels but these remarks are truly fascistic.
You wouldn’t be the former CEO of the Ontario Securities Commission would you? Same name! Same totalitarian arrogance.
BRAVO! Me No Dhimmi! Well spoken, and the crowd is cheering!
Thanks David for your candidness. I apologize for calling you a zealot but I do still think you’re being too judgemental and intollerant of others’ choices whether they are belief based or made out of necessity.
I think you are saying if the school system is broken, fix it. Don’t whine about it. You are perfectly right however it is easier said than done. There is just too much politics amongst teachers, other parents, their children, unions, school boards, trustees etc.
I think choice in education will be good for all concerned. Whether it’s home schooling or charter schools, there are many educators, and parents as well, who need a big wake-up. If anything David, I think there is far too little emphasis on success in school. Too much emphasis on individuality, not enough on the basics. There is also apathy on the part of school officials when dealing with diificult children and/or difficult parents. Disruptive kids are not only accepted, they are given too much attention, which could be better spent on their peers.
I’m happy for you that your kids are so happy and well adjusted. I envy you that you are a good communicator and seeminly are getting what you want out of life. It takes all kinds to make the world go round and your way is not necessarily my way. As I accept that my way is definately not how someone else would choose to live or raise their children. I am not a particularily religous person either, but I believe in “do unto others…” That includes not judging someone for their beliefs, appearance, way of life, what they drive or where they live.
May you and your family be happy, walk softly, and enjoy the fruits of your labour.
Farmers are sacred cows here in Sask. Why don’t they tell what it would really cost per farmer at a $115.00 an acre gift from the taxpayers??? If you have a 1000 acres,not seeded but flooded you would get $115,000.00. What the hell goes on?? It is not the governments fault you got flooded. Ottawa should pay you after all you put the Tories in Ottawa from Sask. Ask your buddies for help. The NDP have helped you a lot already and you still vote Tory. You don’t even thank the taxpayers which is the gov’t for their help. Every year it’s a new area of Sask that the farmers want hundreds of millins of dollars. I figure you can absorb hard years like the rest of us have. Spend less and save for bad years. How long have you been farming?? Not long enough. And you talk about people on wefare. You’re no damn better. Buisnesses take out insurance, some for times of lost income. Why the hell didn’t you?? It’s been the same old song from you guys for c50 years. “We are entitled to more” You farm brats started ever since Grant Devine told you how important you were,not the fact that most of the tories and now Sask party Mla’s are farmers. So he paid you more that some you ever made farming!! Do like the rest of us become a two income family. Like it or not that’s life today.
It’s tough to farm but it’s tougher to work for a wage. Get over it!!!!
Investigation into AdScam Sponsorship still alive.
Note: From CBC news. It’s from CBC news? Incredible!
Quote from story below: “things happen in very private places without any witnesses.”
Exhibit: Here is a site detailing the sordid lives/private places of the Librano$.
Beryl P. Wajsmann on David T. Nicholson’s Wednesday-Night.com History
Beryl P. Wajsmann on Wednesday-Night’s Web site. for Montreal, … Morselli an envelope containing $5000 at a meeting at Franks restaurant on St. Zotique
http://www.wednesday-night.com/Beryl_P_Wajsmann.asp
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Sponsorship probe still alive: lawyer
Last Updated Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:25:52 EDT
CBC News
The criminal investigation into the beleaguered federal sponsorship program is ongoing despite the sentencing of a key player in the scandal, a Crown prosecutor said.
After the sentencing of a key player in the sponsorship scandal, Crown prosecutor Jacques Dagenais said: ‘This story isn’t over. It’s the end of one file, but not the sponsorship file.’ (CBC) Jacques Dagenais spoke to reporters Monday after former federal bureaucrat Chuck Guité was sentenced to 3½ years in prison for defrauding taxpayers of roughly $1.6 million.
“This story isn’t over,” said Dagenais. “It’s the end of one file, but not the sponsorship file.”
Dagenais said the RCMP probe into the sponsorship scandal is ongoing, but said it is a slow process and too early to speak of more arrests.
“The more people talk, the easier it is to investigate,” he said. “This isn’t like a bank robbery … things happen in very private places without any witnesses.”
“It takes a long time. But in the end, you sometimes find skeletons or bones.” …-
via voy forums
Do you believe/feel that P. Trudeau and P. Hellyer were aliens spirited by UFO to Planet Earth from the Gaia Universe?
Do you believe contrails in the SKY are causing global warming/cooling/justright?
Do you have a theory about conspiracy theories?
Are youall a slave to the Internutts?
More here:
“It energizes my soul at its very core to be here with so many like-minded people,” he began, “defending the very soul of humanity against the parasitic controllers of this world government, who are orchestrating terror attacks as a pretext to sell us into even greater slavery.”
“If they think they’re gonna get away with declaring war on humanity,” he thundered, “they’ve got another think coming!”
http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=j1dxcwnt8x627gjyg5jn728rfkn21t9l
Cheri,
Thank-you for your feedback.
You seem to be a very well adjusted and tolerant person that thinks things through.
I get the sense you and your family will have a happy wonderful and prosperous life together.
maz2,
Kate has warned you about staying on topic and dumping on her bandwidth.
I’m not speaking for her… but if you’re so hellbent with your own adgenda why don’t you start your own blog and do what ever turns you on there.
Other than that…pay attention and contribute.
“I’m not speaking for her… but…”: Brown.
Is this being misread? “Reader Tips” “As usual, you’re invited to share your own tips in the comments.” Stifling of dissent/choice is a left liberal gambit.
Let’s misread the following “Reader Tips”. …-
Bullet misses 4-yr old boy leaving Toronto’s McDonalds restaurant
Had it not been for a Happy Meal toy, the victim in the east-end McDonald’s shooting could have easily been a 4-year-old tot. via nealenews
maz2,
That’s good. You’re starting to make progress.
G’night, Peter. Mansbridge takes the nearest exit. Fade …
CBC’s ‘The National’ to be bumped by U.S reality show
Instead of Peter Mansbridge delivering the news in his trusty baritone, the public broadcaster will be airing … an American singing competition?
via neale news
The NEA Nazi Educater Association dont want home schools they want them kids all sent to these schools where their brainwashed with revionist history,evoltion,sex education,gay rights,animal rights enviromental propeganda self esteem and the rest of the new age poppycock BS