Silly buggers in Ottawa

Kind of like re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Hopefully they will not turn this economic disaster into a who has a bigger dick power play.

Silly buggers indeed.

OTTAWA – The spectre of a spring federal election loomed larger Wednesday as Liberals and Conservatives reached an apparent impasse over a $3 billion fund aimed at quickly stimulating Canada's sputtering economy.

Liberal finance critic John McCallum said his party will propose a motion next week calling on the government to itemize precisely how the $3 billion will be spent.

The move followed Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff's adamant assertion Tuesday that his party will not approve the fund without details.

Read more at thestar.com

Mayhem requires strong leaders. Where are our leaders?

Hard to stay positive when so many are losing their jobs. The litany of manufacturing jobs that are being eliminated in Ontario is huge; U.S. Steel idles their plants in Ontario, Chrysler lays off 1200, media jobs are disappearing across the country, A-channel, Torstar and Obama takes a beating on his budget from Rush (what an idiot), and where the hell is Harper with his stimulus package? Why is the money not flowing into concrete plans?

Is bailing out dying and unsustainable industries the smart way to go? What about Canada's investment in green. Dalton has talked about it and promised 50,000 green jobs but what is the rubber-hits-the-pavement plan?

Maybe Obama has the answer with trying to spend his way out this mess with investments in green energy, education and health care. Quite a risk but what else can you do.

Can you imagine a way out of this mess and how long will it take for any kind of recovery to kick in? My guess early 2011.

Well at least we have spring to look forward to.