Radical Rob the Mayor is at it again. Ford has asked Don Cherry, that high styling, colourful, check loving, Swede dissing, (“I never called a Swede a chicken because I have nothing against chickens.”) hockey commentator on Coache’s Corner, to drape the chain of office around his neck at the official inauguration. Mr. Cherry says that Mayor Rob, “just seems to talk the language of the people.” Well, I’m one of those people but Rob Ford does not speak my language. I don’t speak stupid.
For instance, while councillor for Etobikoke North, Ford routinely said some pretty stupid stuff. Like the time he admitted he couldn’t support bike lanes because as he so eloquently stated, “Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks. My heart bleeds when someone gets killed, but it's their own fault at the end of the day.” How about this Archie Bunker bumf? “Go to the Orient, go to Hong Kong. You want to see workaholics? Those Oriental people work like dogs... they sleep beside their machines. The Oriental people, they're slowly taking over... they're hard, hard workers.” This is so wrong on so many levels that I don’t know where to begin. But I had an idea. This happens frequently when I read something so stupid I feel compelled to right a wrong.
Immigrants wanting to become citizens must write a test, correct? Well before we allow just anyone to run for office, perhaps this same test should be administered to all candidate hopefuls. The failure rate for immigrants has been as high as 30%. Something tells me this test could be useful in eliminating a few would be bike hating, street car kiboshing, a few credits short of a degree, mayoral candidates. I’m just saying.
No comments:
Post a Comment