Miners: To rescue or to forget about them????

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Well I know I've been focussing on American news alot, and hopefully I will have something more to talk about soon. But this one really ticked me off.....

So 3 people died trying to save the miners.... that is a tragedy.

But you really have to ask some questions about what this company has been doing? I was watching a report the other day that said that they took down the pillars that support the mine in order to make more profit. Of course the company denied, but I wouldn't doubt it.

There is nothing more important to business down south (US) then PROFIT. Regardless of what they do to the environment, or other people. I guess it is just that way of our world now.

Anyways, they have now determined that the mines are too dangerous and that the bodies are likely to never be recovered.

I was just telling my girlfriend last night, how would she feel if her sister worked for a company and they bailed on her and left her to her death, not knowing if she was dead or alive. I understand it is dangerous but they have just given up and what makes it worst is that they plan on mining in that area again.........PATHETIC.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/08/20/mine.unstable/index.html

Plane on Fire in China...

Saw this on TV the other day, and thought I would share.....

A plane in China caught on fire. I believe everyone managed to escape!


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Ruining the City of Toronto: Part Deux

So, here we go again.... I just can't help but venting today at the incompetence of our city of Toronto officials. They are plainly and simply ruining our city!

What have they done now you ask??? They are coming up with more measures for cutbacks since they don't have enough $$$ to run the city. INCOMPETENCE I tell you.

How has the city of Toronto been run so efficiently since I was a kid, without having to worry about losing essential services-library, community centres, snow shovelling.

Here are a few examples:

http://www.thestar.com/article/245340
"$1 million by providing sidewalk and windrow plowing only when there's 15 cm of snow. The current standard is 8 cm."

"$700,000 by closing all city community centres on Mondays beginning mid-September."
"Because of the hiring freeze, "significant delays" are anticipated in issuing licences and responding to requests for inspections and bylaw enforcement, such as calls about graffiti.
Expect longer lineups at the counters dealing with parking tags, taxes, water payments and building applications."

"Park maintenance reduced.
Residential tree planting reduced.
Green Roof Initiative delayed.
Seasonal litter-pickers will be let go two weeks earlier than usual; litter vacuuming will be reduced.
Grass cut less often on streets and expressways.
December yard waste pickup cancelled.
Automated leaf pickup, in areas that have had it, will be reduced from two pickups to one.
Introduction of curbside garbage pickup at townhouses cancelled.
Night shift at Etobicoke's Disco Rd. transfer station cancelled, requiring contractors
and residents to drop waste there during daylight hours.
Adoption of a bylaw to regulate construction-related vibration delayed.
A hiring freeze means delays in bylaw enforcement, "particularly for graffiti eradication."

"Less street cleaning.
Fewer potholes fixed.
Sidewalk plowing and clearing of snow left in driveways will only occur if there is a minimum of 15 centimetres of snow, versus the former 8 centimetres"

The funniest one is that the city wants to cut its parking police stuff.... hahaha. These fools don't realize that is probably one of the best revenue sources going. You can't leave your car for more then 5 minutes in Toronto without getting a ticket.

So by cutting the amount of time that community centres and the library are open, the city hopes to save money. Yet they haven't thought about how many people they might hurt. Seniors must be excited to know that unless there is a snow storm they will have to deal with the problem.

I was reading in Fortune magazine that the New York transit is $2 per ride..... how come Toronto can't compete??? It feels like rates will be going up soon. Or they may just shut down a subway line. INCOMPETENCE.

Somebody needs to stick up to these bullies at city hall, this isn't what I voted for.

Contact them and let them know what a circus act they are running!!! mayor_miller@toronto.ca

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Bridge Collapses - However.....

So a bridge collapses yesterday in Minnesota, that is a tragic event and I couldn't imagine what it would be like to go through something like that.

However in the back of my head, I am hearing voices. They are saying wait a second isn't the US busy chasing terrorists and creating civil wars in other places to bother worrying about something like infrastructure????? Yes they are. They have refused to rebuild their society, or strengthen it rather and as a result this is the sort of stuff that I have come to expect under that government. To be honest, this is the kind of stuff that could happen to Toronto if we aren't careful.... incompetent self-serving leadership is only out for itself not for the greater good of society.

Rebuilding infrastructure is a normal function of taxes isn't it????

And I know everyone is going to hate me for not focusing on the tragedy, unfortunately I have to be the one to say well HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

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