It Could be Worse.. Telemarketing, Iceland and NHL Team Owners
Robo Calling Devices,
While here in Canada we thought we were bombarded by our own brand of telemarketers. Imagine being called by a machine that does not care if you hang up, curse and you cannot report them. The Do Not Call List in the U.S. unfortunately contains the same rules as here in Canada, political calls are exempt.
According to CNET News, residents of battleground states such as Florida, Iowa and Ohio are receiving 10-15 calls a day from campaigns. Some with outlandish claims stating such things as Obama having ties with terrorists. I am just musing but I imagine if I were being called repeatedly by a voice telling me the faults of Obama, I would most certainly not be voting for the McCain camp. If Obama is truly the omnipresent being that we are led to believe, then he should be sending out messages on these robo callers stating how terrible a leader he is and (insert generic attack on character here). Most would assume this was coming from McCain and if McCain wants to interrupt my family meal time then he does not deserve to be president.
How are these robo callers even seen as viable means to garner votes? Almost as bad as Carbon Tax Signs...
Iceland Freezes..
The hardest hit nation in the opinion of many economists was the small nation and one of Canada’s neighbours, the little nation of under half a million, Iceland. Many of Iceland’s banks closed up shop in the last month and its stock market has crashed. The situation was stabilized last week with a loan from Russia. If worse comes to worse here in Canada economically we can always dial the Kremlin for a loan. I have this picture in my head of Putin dancing around informercial style with one of the 1800 numbers, hocking cheap loans to desperate nations. I guess it pays to have a few hundred billion in cash reserves to throw around.
NHL Team Owners
I love Canada. I love that our main concern with the falling dollar means that Canadian NHL team owners will be shelling out more money to their players as player contracts are written in U.S. dollars. CBC News was reporting today that the Calgary Flames for example will be paying Mikka Kiprussoff an additional 425 thousand because of the Canadian dollar’s value. This is terrible. I hope that the government of Canada forgoes subsidizing industries that really need a boost (auto plants?) and give these all important NHL teams the money they need. Times are so tough for NHL teams in Canada that there are ever persistent talks of bringing another team to Toronto.
What about the good things that a declining dollar means like the fact that foreign investment will return to Canada and boosting out economy. Foreign investment is a good thing. It is like golf, the lower the number the better the outcome.
