Raptors

The Raptors open up the season tonight. There is new found optimism due to a rookie starter from Lithuania. With the NHL on ice, or off the ice, there is a real chance the Raps could steal the spotlight. I know I'm going to watch. I hate to hedge my bets, but they are an MLSE team.

I'm going to have my fourth Poker night of 2012 in late November. I promise less drama with a slightly restricted guest list. No one that has been thrown out of a previous event is allowed back. It is a small list. No one that has attempted to steal alcoholic beverages, with the exception of KJ. I know the Colombian girls are on the lookout for troublemakers. From my experience they are not to be messed with.

If you read the National Post today you will note that a Justin Trudeau lead Liberal Party would win a majority today. That is less a reflection of Trudeau's perceived competence than frustration, particularly in Eastern half of the country, with the incompetence of the undemocratic Harper government.

We can do better than Stephen "The Dictator" Harper, Johnny "I'm a closeted Queen loving Queen" Baird, Tony "Moneybags" Clement, Peter "Small Little Boy" MacKay, Vic "Do as I say, Not as I do" Toews and the rest of one of the worst front benches in Canadian political history.

They made a big deal of the passing of Lincoln Alexander last week. A tribute should be paid to the people of Hamilton that elected a black man to Parliament in the 1960's. Here we are in 2012 and there are millions of Americans, including some very prominent ones like Donald Trump, that are upset that a black man is president.

I want to pay tribute to the much maligned, but thrice elect, Premier Dalton McGuinty. Rob Ford's band of redneck supporters complain that the Toronto Star picks on their Dear Leader, but the Toronto Sun was unrelenting in its negative Dalton articles. Dalton made a huge error in cancelling the gas plant in Oakville, but what was forgoten was that the other two opposition leaders made the same promise. At least he didn't sell the 407, or bury the Eglinton subway like Mike Harris. McGuinty did a fine job as premier. I was hoping that Dwight Duncan would run to replace him, but he has ruled out the leadership.