So much to complain about, yet so little space and time in which to do so, but I will try my best, dear diary.
First problem. I am being punished for conducting traditional business the old fashioned way. I like to write cheques and deliver or mail them to the deserving and undeserving recipients. Now the cost of postage and cheques is making this a sort of undesirable practice. I have paid bills online, and don't like it. Easy? Sometimes. Often it's painful and once you've had an account compromised by, let's say unrecognized visitors, you get a bit wary.
I order cheques and get a tiny quanity of 50 in the mail, for which I pay nearly one dollar per cheque. Again, that's the bank gouging me. They would rather have me go online, so they can lay off staff. Unfortunately for them, I prefer doing business with bank staff. Unlike their head offices and online routing systems, they're friendly and helpful and they have families in Estevan. That's another good reason for insisting on doing certain things the traditional way.
I know, those I deal with are making it increasingly tempting to do more online work, but I politely decline, telling them to let me know about all their fabulousness, by mail.
I kinda like to see postal employees and bank service providers employed not computer technologists in Cairo, Milwaukee or Lahore.
Second problem. I see where our Premier Brad Wall has listened to me and taken up the same mantra I touted a few months ago with regards to the Canadian Senate. I knew someone who knew how to think, would eventually come around to my side. You see, Brad and I both think the best way to get rid of the Senate is for Stevie Wonder, that Harper Boy and those who will follow him, to stop appointing them. That way, by around 2030, we'll be down to about 17 ineffectual senators. I mean, what the heck, in lieu of trying to abolish the Senate, simply ignore it.
One Senate defender was heard to mutter the other day that "someone has to do the job."
I guess my response to that would be, "what job?" Two or three left-over senators can proofread government legislation, we don't need 102. Two, plus a janitor to cast a deciding vote on any stalemated legislation, could do this pretend job.
There are about 17 Senate positions opening up. Let's see what Stevie Wonder does. Keep in mind, he's already appointed over 30, so reform is no on his priority list.
Also remember, Justin, the wonder boy, has kicked the Liberal senators out of that party's caucus, so if he ever got the top job heaven forbid he'd be branded a hypocrite at best, if he had the audacity to appoint any.
Tommy Gun Mulcair leads a party that refused to acknowledge the Senate right from their outset, so no danger of him making any Duffy-like appointments to the musty chamber.
The Bloc? Well, they don't even believe in Canada. Besides the Bloc and Greens are way down the hallway.
So thank you Mr. Wall for seeing something my way.
Now if Corey Chamblain needs any help with those troublesome Roughriders, I have several solutions. I'm just a phone call away.
