North of 49

A rogue thinker back in 1516 There are in any age those who lead the pack in thinking Sir Thomas More bringing the word and idea of Utopia to the masses was one of these people and while it was one of his lesser feats it is still a quirky little idea and his book Utopia has had a readership through out the centeries. Not that More is a personal favorite but this idea of utopia makes so much sense unless you are an elitist, then it's simply loathed. A society where we all are equal and all is made for the betterment of the society not for the profit of individuals. This idea has been around for a while in the circles of humanists through out the ages. Aldous Huxley wrote Island which is a fantastic story that transcends a purely utilitarian rant but contrasts one way of living with another.   If we can agree that within the limits of physical laws any behavior is possible then it is only our imaginations that limit us by putting up barriers of fe...

This post will seem choppy as it has been hacked to pieces. I have mentioned before how the powers that be cajole us into thinking everything is OK. Mr Jim Flaherty Minister of Money has said that job numbers are job numbers and if they are increasing we should be happy no matter what type of employment is offered. Of course he has his head up his ass depending on your personal financial situation. But this post is more of a question rather than a statement, unfortunately it has turned into a series of questions, I'm not expecting any answers. If in Ontario you lose a large amount of good paying jobs and then have a bunch of low paying retail jobs to replace those jobs lost then who in the end is going to buy the lattes, yoga pants, iphones, etc that ur supposed to be selling? So this brings me to an article written by a university grad with a history major. This person should have done a bit more research into her career path but, as she maintains, when she star...

So from a request we get a shit load of work to do. The Occupy Movement.....what are they up to? This will be something I have to research, damn you Jesse Byrne. Today is the 9th of May on the 11th I leave for Lethbridge let's hope I get some stuff down if not posted by Saturday morning. The movement is still going but it has become stale to most news outlets so unless you are trolling the web you aren't hearing or reading much about the clashes and standing of ground, yet it is happening. There  veiled by profit growth stats and requisite pay raises for the captains of industry and hidden behind the dull glimmer of barely improving employment figures are the little battles of this quiet riot. My first impression of this second summer is that there is fuel that has not been yet poured to the fire. More on that later The folks who are occupying the Gill Tract which is administered by the UofC Berkeley are being sued. A court injunction has been given but so fa...

I wonder what kind of calamity will be caused by the refusal of some in power to see and understand the affects caused by SMS technology! I didn't really get up to speed until I watched a few TEDx Talks. Sure I knew that the internet had possibilities but to think the net would be connected to a mobile phone sending and receiving  information in real time was too much to think about back in 93 or 94 when I got my first cell phone. I shouldn't have to keep up with these things after all we have lots of able bodies in the government to watch these trends and ignore them better than I can. The government of Canada is still not up to speed when it comes to the internet and personal communication and likely will never get into gear within my lifetime.  The lack of will to include crowd sourcing as a point of agenda within the major parties is short sighted but it is something to be avoided if you are opposed to an open democracy.  Could you ...

So as I started in the post previous, competition for the right reason is fine but to make it solely a race for a buck is not in anyway positive for the human race. When will we all realize that money does not drive us?                        We create, we are curious and this is a positive it is discovery and progress when a person can follow through on a design, an idea, a question. In the current system a large part of that environment is created by what we call money and or connections.It would also seem that a monetary goal is set rather than one based purely on design. The reason for this is built right into the pure capitalist system a system which could call "if it aint broke don't fix it" as their credo. What money or wealth brings is not only that they might well be personally involved with people of inspiration and direction through out thier lives but also resources and time to act on those resources at their di...