Harmonizing the PST With The GST

My Sister sent me this atricle and figured it is worth being on  my Blog as it is so true.   Take  a look.

Wait till they Harmonize the PST & GST in Ontario.  Ouch Ouch Ouch

Tax his land,
Tax his  bed,
Tax the table
At which he’s fed.

Tax  his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!

Tax  his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax  his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid.

When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.

Accounts ReceivableTax
Airline surcharge tax
Airline FuelTax
Airport MaintenanceTax
Building PermitTax
CigaretteTax
Corporate IncomeTax
DeathTax
Dog LicenseTax
Driving PermitTax
EnvironmentalTax (Fee)
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment  (UI)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Gasoline Tax (too much per litre)
Gross ReceiptsTax
HealthTax
Hunting LicenseTax
HydroTax
InheritanceTax
InterestTax
LiquorTax
LuxuryTaxes
Marriage LicenseTax
MedicareTax
MortgageTax
Personal IncomeTax
PropertyTax
PovertyTax
Prescription DrugTax
Provincial Income and sales tax
Real EstateTax
Recreational VehicleTax
Retail SalesTax
Service ChargeTax
SchoolTax
Telephone FederalTax
Telephone Federal, Provincial and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Vehicle  License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
WaterTax
Watercraft  RegistrationTax
Well PermitTax
Workers CompensationTax
— and in 2010 the HST

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?      Not one of these taxes existed 60 years ago, & our nation was one of the most  prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt, had a large  middle class, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What in “Hell” happened? Can you spell ‘politicians?’

Disciplining Childrend Today & Yesterday

You know years ago when us young ones did something wrong a trip to the old wood shed would be in order.  Today though, things has changed, and instead of headin’ off to the wood shed to be disciplined, we now put them on Prozac or some other drug. Or who ever was doing the discipline would be hauled up in court.  Thing is, with all these new modern ways of handling problems, kids of today are worse off than before.   Kind of makes you think doesn’t it.   Now don’t get me wrong I am not  into beating a youngster, but a smack on the behind now and then if he or she is doing something wrong, in my eyes isn’t a bad thing.  My Opinion Only. Click On Picture To Enlarge.

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Why Folks Are Getting Sick

Good Morning. Just yesterday I was asked what I thought  one should be eating these days to stay healthy. For one thing I think the question should have been what shouldn’t I be eating.  First off most of us live in an artificial world, wrapped inside our little cocoons of “pretend health” constructed by drug companies and junk food manufacturers who all somehow manage to claim their products are good for you.  Thing is folks you have to get more self reliant and look after your own body.  Sure now and then an infection might come along and you need some help, but for most parts I am a firm believer that you can stay healthy by eating healthy. The first and most important thing would be for you to stop eating all and I mean all processed foods. Now in saying that I can’t rightly say I have given up everything myself, but thanks to my wife I have eliminated around 80%. I sure do love a hot dog now and then though, might say it’s one of my weaknesses.  LOL  Another important item would be as I wrote in my last post and that is to get out into the sun, there again in moderation.  Ease into it this spring and your body will thank you for it by feeling great all year long.  I know…. it’s hard to eat right, with us living in a world that is pretty well all  made up with make believe, but if you want to stay healthy, your going to have too. Don’t be fooled into thinking all that the Powers That Be is tellin’ you is the truth, as it isn’t.  Have a great day and get outside.

Are Season Flu Vaccines Makining Folks Sick ???

Well been awhile since I gave my two cents about anything really, here at the Blog, reason being I have just been busy, along with a few other things.  But for most parts they are being handled.  I had a fellow come to me the other day to actually thank me for all the info I put on here about the Swine Flu.  Made my day.   Goes to show you though, how wrong our system is, as this was suppose to be one of the biggest pandemics of all times, or so the pharmaceutical companies were telling us and would like you to believe.  Thing is folks, think about this.  The vaccine that is out there now is being returned, as they say it has lost its effect.  Let me tell ya, I believe there is more wrong with it than just that.  Take a look at  this article.

This result, which virtually all the top natural health writers openly predicted last year, apparently stunned the researchers. As explained in the published study, “Danuta Skowronski and colleagues report the unexpected results of a series of Canadian epidemiological studies suggesting a counterproductive effect of the vaccine.”

In this case, “counterproductive effect” of the vaccine means that it works against you. Getting the vaccine shot appears to actually make you MORE susceptible to being infected with (and potentially killed by) a future pandemic.

Getting a vaccine shot could actually result in you being killed by the next seasonal flu or pandemic outbreak that comes along.

For the life of me I can’t begin to understand, why so many folks are getting these shots.  There is more proof out there that says its dangerous, but yet most subject their body to it day after day.  Amazing really, as a simple dose of vitamin D would be all you really needed.  This is the time of year folks to start your defence against the flu.  Get out there this spring, toughen up your skin a bit each day by being in the sun. Then when summer hits let it all soak in.  If you do that come Fall you will be in perfect health and the flu will be the last thing on your mind.

New Book Up Date {Moments In Time}

Good afternoon.   Just thought I would let you all know my third book Moments In Time is almost compete.  If things go to plan we should have it in the stores around the middle of May.  I also plan to announce when it is available in with my column in Saturdays paper at the Nugget.  Also in month or so we will be starting our book signing events.  We will be at Gulliver’s in North Bay and also at Cole’s at the Mall in North Bay.  There again I will let you know dates and time soon as I know.  The way things are heading it looks like a very busy year, with our small store ready to go, three books on the market, speaking engagements, attending different events and book signings.  I also would like to meet you folks, so if you see one of my book-signings, or in our area, just drop in, open invitation.

How’s Things Going?

Well been awhile since my last post for sure, just had a few health problems, but hoping they are on the mend.  Today I am feeling a wee bit better and thinking I am healing.  So time will tell, just when one isn’t up to snuff things don’t get done as they should.  Any ways, this time of year back on the farm was one of my most favorite.  With the cheery blossoms out doing themselves, what could be nicer.  Sure makes one feel good to be alive.  I still can visualize me and my old  Dad going for a walk through the orchard,  as we used to do many years ago.  Brings moisture to these old eyes for sure. Well had better go, will get back to doing up some posts another day take care. Click Picture To Enlarge.

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Handing Out Tax Payers Dollars Where Ever

Hey George, What do you have to say on this comment?

The Ontario government is coming to the rescue of pensioners of Nortel Networks Corp., one year after the iconic Canadian telecom-equipment maker sought court protection from its creditors.

Hmm I kind of think that this comment in today’s news should have said.  Tax payers dollars are being taken by the Ontario Government and given to Nortel.   Just amazes me the kind of society we live in today.  Meaning that governments think all the money that they manipulate through taxes and things belongs to them, and them alone.  They feel they can just do what ever they so choose with it. Things is though, they are doing just that, and have been getting away with it from the beginning of time.   Myself I think we should take a step back about a hundred years, take in what went wrong, get rid of governments and start over.   Another problem is that these so called Powers That Be, have gotten folks minds so twisted, that a lot of the people of today really believe what is happening is the right way to go.   Not only governments though that is messing things up, there are a lot of others contributing to our downfall too, all connected though.    Amazing.

Some things sure get me going, must come with age, you think?   Had my say guess , will go and have a tea.   My Opinion Only

A Question On Drugs

Hi George, what do you think is the answer to our prescription drug problem and if you might, how did it all start?

For years now I have been pointing out to folks about the abuse of prescription drugs.  I gotta’ tell ya, I believe that today it isn’t about what drugs are being given to folks that are sick, in making them better. It’s all about folks making money.  Today more prescription drugs are being used than ever before.  Let me tell you a story.  Years ago the farmers got to thinking that they needed some help with pests on their crops and things. Well the pharmaceutical companies seen a way here of making some money and went ahead and came up with pesticides.  Seemed there for awhile that a miracle had occurred and the problems were being solved.  Later on sickness started to spring up all over the continent.  What is happening some got to saying??  Well what happened was, an is still happening today, is that all these pesticides and things were and are now slowly making us humans sicker and sicker and sicker.   Now with that in mind the pharmaceutical companies now come along and say hey, we can make some drugs here that will help folks and make them well again.  Nothing wrong with that I suppose, but one should remember that there is an easier way of fixing ones health than handing out drugs.  What is that?  Simple, stop using all these pesticides and clean up our water, air and soil.   Saying that, we have to start somewhere and you the public are the only ones that can make it happen.  We can change things, we have to take back the reigns and not let these so called Powers That Be tell us what is right and wrong any more.  My Opinion Only

Bit Of Saturday Humor Through A Picture

Now I don’t know about you folks, but take a look at this fellows set up for taking a shower, saving electricity and not having to do much physical work turning the light on.   I would have to say it is a pretty good idea other than  the safety factor here.   I also would like to mention, which I am sure you are aware of, right? That not to try it yourself, for numerous reasons.  But hey it takes all kinds to make this old world and this picture does show you that.  At any rate, a little humour for a Saturday morning.. Click On Picture To Enlarge.

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Groundhogs Predict 6 More Weeks Of Winter

Lovers of snow, sleet and freezing temperatures, rejoice: according to Ontario’s best-known groundhog and his U.S. and Atlantic Canada counterparts, winter will stick around for six more weeks.

“My shadow I see beside me,” it was read. “Six more weeks of winter it will be!”

If no shadow was s seen, legend says, spring will come early.

Oh well what can you do. Can’t argue with Mother Nature.  Guess I will go and bring in a bit more firewood.

Onions And What To Remember

All commercially-made Mayo is completely safe.

“It doesn’t even have to be refrigerated. No harm in refrigerating it, but it’s not really necessary.” The pH in mayonnaise is set at a point that bacteria could not survive in that environment.  What about the quint essential picnic, with the bowl of potato salad  sitting on the table and how everyone blames the mayonnaise when someone gets sick.

When food poisoning is reported, the first thing the officials look for is when the ‘victim’ last ate ONIONS and where those onions came from (in the potato salad?). It’s not the mayonnaise (as long as it’s not home made Mayo) that spoils in the outdoors. It’s probably the onions, and if  not the onions, it’s the POTATOES. Onions are a huge magnet for  bacteria, especially uncooked onions.

You should never plan to keep a portion of a sliced onion. It’s not even safe if you put it in a zip-lock bag and put it in your refrigerator. It’s already contaminated enough just by being cut open and out for a bit, that it can be a danger to you (and doubly watch out for those onions you put in your hot-dogs at the baseball park!)

Finally, if you take the leftover onion and cook it like crazy you’ll probably be okay, but if you slice that leftover onion and put it on your sandwich, you’re asking for trouble. Both the onions and the moist
potato in a potato salad, will attract and grow bacteria faster than any commercial mayonnaise will even begin to break down.

So, how’s that for news?

Add On For Port Loring Weather, Week Coming Up Forecast

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Today
A few flurries ending late this afternoon then cloudy with sunny periods. High -9C(15F).
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Tonight
Cloudy. Becoming cloudy periods this evening. Low -22C(-8F).
cloudy
Monday
Cloudy with sunny periods. A few flurries beginning in the morning and ending in the afternoon. Clearing later in the afternoon. High -10C(14F).
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Tuesday
Sunny. High -7C(19F).
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Wednesday
A mix of sun and cloud. Low -13C(8F). High -7C(19F).
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Thursday
A mix of sun and cloud. Low -17C(1F). High -6C(21F).
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Friday
Sunny. Low -15C(5F). High -6C(21F).
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Saturday
A mix of sun and cloud. Low -15C(5F). High -7C(19F). Normals for the period low -18C(0F). High -6C(21F

Port Loring Weather Station Up Date

My weather station is currently having some problems uploading to our personal web site.  In order to compensate for the problem all the data is taken directly from our home here in Port Loring and directed to Weather Underground.  Just click on the Port Loring Link On the Left of the screen down near the bottom and you will be directed to our data.  Until the problem if corrected this will be our official site for the weather here in Port Loring and a surrounding area of around fifty miles.  All sensors still working.  Or this link will take you there also. Just copy and paste.

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=IONTARIO8

Port Loring 1945 Bit Of History

This here picture was taken many years ago right here at our home in Port Loring.  Old George was quite a feller for sure along with being self reliant.  Don’t think there was ever a job that came along that he couldn’t remedy.  Here is a picture of his home made saw.  I still got a bit of here at the house.  Old Ice House in the back is still standing too.   Click To Enlarge

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Port Loring /4-1945 George Lee's - Wood cutting machine-

Working Away Here In Port Loring

Well so much going on these days with the preparation of our new book just haven’t had time to get on here at the Blog to do any posting.  Oh well such is that, there is lots to read on here as it is though.  But in the coming days I will try and get back to my answering of some folks questions.  Snowing hard here today but can’t complain as I haven’t had to take out my snow blower yet this winter.  Now that is something for this country.

On Your Next Trip To The Grocery Store You Might Want To Take Some Extra Care.

Thought this bit of information might make you take a bit more care of what your eating these days.  Now don’t get me wrong, I didn’t stop eating all of them totally, but I did cut back quite a bit let me tell ya.  Take A Look.

1) Sodium nitrite — causes cancer, found in processed meats like hot dogs, bacon, sausage. Used to make meats appear red (a color fixer chemical).

2) Hydrogenated oils — causes heart disease, nutritional deficiencies, general deterioration of cellular health, and much more. Found in cookies, crackers, margarine and many “manufactured” foods. Used to make oils stay in the food, extending shelf life. Sometimes also called “plastic fat.”

3) Excitotoxins — aspartame, monosodium glutamate and others (see below). These neurotoxic chemical additives directly harm nerve cells, over-exciting them to the point of cell death, according to Dr. Russell Blaylock. They’re found in diet soda, canned soup, salad dressing, breakfast sausage and even many manufactured vegetarian foods. They’re used to add flavor to over-processed, boring foods that have had the life cooked out of them.

Did you know, for example, that:

  • Feeding children hot dogs increases their risk of brain cancer by 300%?
  • Strawberry yogurt, fruit punch and other red-looking grocery products are often colored with dead, ground-up cochineal beetles? The ingredient is called “carmine,” and it’s made from insects. It’s listed right on the label of many of your favorite foods.
  • Food companies now “hide” MSG in safe-sounding ingredients like yeast extract or torula yeast?
  • Many Florida oranges are actually dipped in an artificial orange dye in order to make them more visually appealing? It’s the same dye that’s been banned for use in foods because of cancer risk.
  • Girl Scout cookies are still made with hydrogenated oils that contain trans fatty acids?
  • Many so-called “healthy” or vegetarian foods also contain the very same offending ingredients as conventional groceries?
  • Eating just one serving of processed meats each day increases your risk of pancreatic cancer by 67%?
  • One artificial color additive causes behavioral disorders in children? And that 80% of children diagnosed with ADHD can be outright cured of the condition in two weeks by avoiding certain ingredients?
  • The #1 ingredient in Slim Fast meal replacement shake (powder form) is sugar?
  • Some guacamole dips don’t even contain avocado? Instead, they’re made with hydrogenated soybean oil and artificial colors.

Everything I’m sharing here is absolutely true. It’s all quite shocking, yes, but this is information you need to know if you want to feed yourself — and your family — foods that actually promote health instead of disease.

My Opinion Only

Update On My Third Book

So hows every one been doing?  Myself I have been steadily working on the third book which will be coming out this spring, say around first of June or end of May.   Things are going as planned and I got a feeling it is going to be an exceptional book, with a whole new cover look, more stories, longer stories, fantastic sketches by my wife and a few surprises thrown it to boot.   Cold here this morning down to around 5 below old scale/. Still don’t like that metric no matter what folks get to tellin’ me.  Old wood furnace here is earning its keep in-spite of all the huff over global warming.  Burned six cords so far this year but looking at things nature, the rest of this month it is going to be a bit above normal I am thinking so….that is a good thing.   Well guess it’s time to have a cup of that fresh perked coffee that my lovely wife put on and get to doing things around here.  Take Care and have a great day.

Welcome to my little corner of the countryside, where storytelling meets the everyday joys of woodworking, farming, and gardening. I’m GW, a writer and published author with over thirty years of experience.