How 1 day can change the world

I am totally amazed at how 1 day (actually 36 hours) can change my world.

Listen to what has happened in the past little while:

Baby M got her first tooth! It just pooped out right there in the middle of her mouth. No forewarning - just happened. She doesn't seem to be in much pain but her appetite is much less - I am told that is just part of the whole teething process. I also wonder about the amount of water she drinks - now, I know it's good that kids drink water but she seems to be pretty constantly connected to her sippy cup. I really haven't heard of any other kid that gets upset when you take the sippy cup away!

And just to balance off the good news, Mrs. H emailed me with some news that really shook me up. Someone I have only heard of who is 34 is battling breast cancer! I mean- how much more cruel can fate get than to take a breastfeeding mum of a 4 month old and give her cancer! Totally unfair. I don't even know these people - I've never met them. But the story is just too close to home. It really could have been any of us! I totally feel for this family who are going through a really difficult time. The only thing I take comfort in. is that they are in the hands of our wonderful Ontario doctors. We may not have the snazzy medical professionals with the overpriced Porches as they have in USA but we do have some great and caring doctors and having had to use OHIP quite a bit ourselves, I am confident they will do what needs to be done and get her back in shape.

And now for the other oddball news - NADER!! For heaven sakes! Yes, I think everyone has the right to stand for elections, but what is the point of standing for elections when
a) Your purpose is to prevent a Republican win of the 2008 elections.
b) The people who vote for you are the same people who vote for the Democrats so you don't actually dent the Republican voting population.
c) You insisted on running in 2000 and that cost Gore and the US a sane govt.
d) You have absolutely no chance of winning the elections this time around as there are already 3 populous candidates who are bringing people out in vast numbers.

I should say that Nader is ruled by his ego. But since he is a man - I am going to say he is ruled by the thing that twangles between his thighs! For heaven sakes - isn't it bad enough that the existing candidates are going to spend close to a BILLION dollars in campaign money getting their photo pasted on every lamppost that he now has to waste some more! Does he really need to add more to this wasteful expense? And for what purpose?

Here is how I think Nader can actually do good to the elections 2008:
a) Stop your infantile Presidential elections bid - it's a waste of money and you certainly aren't as cute as Barak so really no one wants to see your photo.
b) Select a candidate from the existing pool of rather awesome candidates and CAMPAIGN FOR THEM!! This HELPS them and it gets you closer to having someone in the White House who you can work with.

My last bit of disappointments is how Barak is now speaking out against NAFTA (presumably because it's the correct thing to say to people in Ohio who lost their jobs). This is utter garbage!! Protectionism is the way of the past. It doesn't work. If you want to get a flourishing economy you have to open up and who best to benefit from than your neighbours? People in Ohio are not loosing their jobs to Canadians and Mexicans - they are loosing them to the Chinese! And even thinking of closing down NAFTA will have no effect on jobs staying in the USA - you'll just push more jobs to China!

I'm getting a little bit fed up of people south of the border accusing us of taking the jobs and not fighting their stupid "war on terror". Let's set the record straight right now -
a) We are not "stealing" jobs - American companies are setting up offices here because we have universal health care which saves them about $5000 PER EMPLOYEE every year. So, it's not our fault that the Americans consistently vote in people who are so busy shagging the lobbyists that they forget about the poor, sick and tired.
b) If we want to talk about "stealing" jobs - lets talk about the hundreds of Canadian doctors that the Americans take from us to use in their overly expensive health care system.
c) Concerning the "war on terror" - we are fighting the biggest and most significant war on terror - the real one - the one in Afghanistan where the Taliban and Mr. Bin Laden are setting up home again. And we are paying for it with the deaths of our brave soldiers while the rest of the world (including America) pays lip service to it. Bush's "war on terror" is more a "war to create terror" and this is something we want nothing of. Lives of Canadian servicemen are too precious and should never be lost for the sake of cheaper petrol!