traffic

Hi,
I was reading in the paper the other day that there was a study done here in Ottawa, and we need more streets here, there's too much traffic. Who was the genius that came up with that one? I have two problems with that: 1) Where would these roads be? and 2) If you go out to the main intersection near your house, count how many cars go by in a minute, and see how many of them have one person in them.

As you know, I used to live in Brazil, in a city about the same size as Ottawa. In many ways, Brazil, considered a second- or even a third-world country, has many things that are just as good or better than here in Canada. For one, they have a great plan in paying part of a person's salary in bus tokens. It'd be great if that happened here! But, like every law that is passed here, they'll be a bunch of people that have a problem with it, and raise a big stink about it. So, cancel that... go ahead and keep paying your huge fees for monthly parking, inflated gas prices to get to work, and higher taxes for them to build these new roads.

beijos

reviews

Hi,
I won tickets to a movie the other night. It was a horrible movie, but I saw the write-up in the paper the next day, and the reviewer gave it 4.5 stars. Then in another paper, 3.5 stars. I would've given it one, tops. This was a science-fiction movie, and I prefer comedy, so I guess if the reviewer preferred comedy, they would've given this movie less stars. It's happened the other way too; I'll see a good, funny movie, then read the review saying it was horrible. It's all just somebody's opinion.

So we have movie reviews that tell us what to think, they decide if we should go to the movie or not. People can't decide, and are told how to? What's the world coming to?

beijos

elections (again)

Hi,
Well, remember the election that I spoke of a few weeks ago, and the fear of change that people have, and no matter how much they hate the politician, they vote for him anyway? Well, I was talking about this one in Ontario that came this past Wednesday. Like I thought, the guy that nobody appeared to wanted to be re-elected, won.

Just thought I'd mention that.

beijos

voting

Hi,
I love immigrants. Hell, I even married one! But there are some things I don't agree with; we have an election next week, some of these "traditions" that some women have that just can't be, not here anyway. OK, first of all, I used to be upset about these hijabs. But now, they're almost the norm here because they're so common. So that's alright. But these Burkas that cover the whole face, so you only see the eyes? And now these women want to vote?

It's not just voting either, it would be ID for everything. Driver's license, health card... I think they should be more worried about identity theft than being able to vote! What about doing their banking? Any bank robber could slip into one of these and go into the bank, without ever being caught...

My wife can't vote 'cause she's not a citizen yet. My idea is, if women take the time in between when they enter the country as an immigrant and when they become a citizen to become "desensitized" to their own laws and traditions, and learn ours, we would have alot less of these conflicts. If you want to wear a burka like this for the rest of your life, then don't become a citizen. Simple.

beijos