The Winter Classic: Pregame

What a start to this year's edition of the Winter Classic, between the Detroit Red Wings and the host Chicago Blackhawks, held at the legendary Ivy covered red-brick Wrigley Field. This is the 3rd time the NHL has done this, the first being the Habs-Oilers matchup in the Heritage Classic at Commonwealth Stadium. Each time it just gets bigger and better.

The national anthems were just completed, and wow. The crowd is simply hyped! There are many Canadians in the crowd, and they sung our national anthem loud and proud. The Americans, not to be outdone on their own soil, cheered throughout the entire Star Spangeled Banner. Very rousing start to this game.

It seems fitting that this game is being held in Chicago. It seems like Chicago has made an amazing step into the conciousness of America and the world, thanks largely in part to the rise of President-elect Obama. GQ named Chicago it's "City of the Year" for this reason, as well as the hotbed of new Democratic power brokers. I also like to mention Dark Knight, which used Chicago to portray Gotham City, and it does so beautifully.

Anyway, back to the hockey game, it's a good one so far!

Election Hangover

It feels like forever since my last post. But I've simply got post-election hangover. I'm just trying to get some of the partisan lines out of my system, and back to reality. Salut Mr Dion.

Also having some fun watching American politics play out over the last little while. Thank God I don't have CNN, or else I would be vomiting from my incessant watching of it. Simply put, Mr. Obama is going to win. A "victory" for race relations, as some would say, but I think it's purely farcical to claim the point. If it's a victory, it still means that race matters. Which should be the final goal.

Trying to find the comments I read somewhere about even Obama being further to the right on most issues than the current Conservative party. Very funny, but it does reveal the historical shift that occurred over the last half-century in both countries.

Anyway, when I get back to posting regularly, it'll be a little bit more on my recent move to Vancouver, and the job I have started at Peter Kiewit Sons Co.
Who knows where the Canadian dollar will have been by then.

Hilary to Bill: You cheating tard

Oh this is simply hilarious. Check the image of the Clinton snub.


Thanks to Peter for the heads up on this one.

Reasons Obama Can't Win

Paris Hilton for President?

Thanks to Funny or Die

Sure, it pokes more fun at McCain, but get serious. Obama has now been endorsed by Paris Hilton, Hamas, and a recently executed convicted murderer. Quite the impressive list. Being a celebrity rarely gets you elected. The only ones who it helped were Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronald Reagan. But don't forget, they were both Republicans.

All jokes aside... her energy policy is actually the most sound. Who wrote her policy book? Someone hire that person. And when did we start using the term "energy policy" to describe how we are going to survive the "oil crisis". It's just as sneaky as saying "budget surplus" instead of over-taxation (it's a subtle difference with huge implications).