Toronto Star -- how low can they go?

Royston James this week published a op ed piece in the Star in which he suggested that the city's finances could be brought in line by each day hanging each of the city counselors in Nathan Phillips Square and charging admission. Now Royston being a black man obviously does not see the irony of his statement as compared to what happened in the American south not that long ago. You have to wonder of Royston was not a black man whether he would have been allowed to make those comments.

If you remember a couple of years ago the Star called for the armed over throw of the democratically Ontario Government -- the Harris Tory's. The said this was an op ed piece it just was not in the editorial pages of the Star.

How low can they go -- I am sure once someone takes the Star's advice to heart we will find out. Moron's the lot of them.

Rush to excessive use of force: Robert Dziekanski

It is not often I find myself so upset by a set of events that I have to comment on them. This is one of them. It is clear from the video the RCMP rushed to use excessive force on Robert Dzienkanski -- an apparently slightly agitated (note slightly) and responsive man was tasered by the RCMP for no apparent reason. One officer is caught on tape telling them to hit him again -- the convulsions caused my the first tazer are considered to be resisting arrest.

I am a supporter of Police generally, I have a police officer in the family -- this is just wrong however -- very wrong. This was not a taser incident this was manslaughter.

The RCMP's spokesman says not to rush to judgement -- but admits based on the video people will, and frankly they should. The RCMP spokesman says we need to understand what the officers were thinking -- officers that clearly were not trying to communicate with anyone -- the deceased, the spectators, no-one. They obviously decided that this man needed to be tasered in advance of their arrival -- guess they did not expect him to die.

The RCMP can expect another loss in public confidence over this -- the young officer's(Douglas Scott) death in the north will leave the headlines in the next couple of weeks/days -- this incident and video will live on in infamy for years.

There should not just be a coroner's inquest into this, there should be criminal charges laid.

There I have had my say -- must admit I feel no better about it.

Mulroney Fiasco -- the bluff or the royal flush?

It has been a while since Mr Mulroney has been this much in the news, the liberals have tried hard to continue to paint him as the anti-christ over the years -- cost us a bit of money. Now we have Mr Schreiber on the eve of deportation for tax evasion and a host of other things sending letters to further inflame the situation. I guess if i was scheduled for deportation to a jail term in Germany -- i too would be doing everything in my power to stay in the country.

Now Mr Mulroney did an interesting thing -- he has call for a full public inquiry, something that has shocked parliament hill. He has said and probably rightly so that he will never get out from under the cloud of suspicion without a full airing of events. I can imagine not only are the conservatives a little concerned about this given they are on the eve of an election, but so too are the Liberals, as it has never been revealed how much of the previous investigation was driven by Chretien's hatred for Mulroney and his puppets in the RCMP acting a little KGB like. Also Mulroney is taking aim at the media -- I am assuming the likes of Stevie Cameron and the Toronto Star will also be a little apprehensive as their purported journalism has been little more then rewriting washroom innuendo.

All in all Mulroney may actually get what he is asking for, the public inquiry that is, but sometimes you have to be careful of what you ask for. But then maybe he is a better poker player then we give him credit for.