white after labour day?

Yes Yes I know.

I don't know where I've been either. A couple years ago just before my daughter was born I was without out thought for months. It happens to all fathers. Look at Alex Rios this year. He had a terrible start to to the season and no one knows why.
I do.
His girlfriend was pregnant. Even a rich athlete can over think life to the utmost degree while being on the other end of the life cycle. Toronto Maple Leafs fans were carving Brian McCabe into pieces, but he too was waddling into ultrasounds, fearing he had ruined three lives. We all feel it. Men can't help but look inside themselves and wonder why they should be granted fatherhood. Was it the time I drank a can of beer with a cigarette butt in it, or when contemplated masturbation on the 401. Both things weigh heavy on what kind of an asshole will you be when it's time to discipline that little beauty. You think an pro athlete can separate his own activities from the ones of his well-to-do child?
That all being said, my son ####, was born on August 21st.

That wasn't the only reason for my absence, it was mostly laziness. So what has brought me back from my non-blogging coma?
The United States of America!!!!!
I love the US. I love their big cities, their arrogance, and their F#ck you attitude about others. Someone said the great difference between Canada and the US is that we (CAN) are multi-cultural, and they(US) are a melting pot. We allow people to show pride in their heritage, and they say African-American, or Asian American. I love my country as well, but find myself disappointed when we talk about ourselves. Canadian are generally nice, and polite. But we don't show enough national pride. Americans are generally nice, and polite, but brand themselves so deep in pride that it shields everything else. An outsider would not dare question their methods unless they want to fingered "Anti-American". I hate that argument. It's like religion, in the sense that "Gods will" can be the answer to all challenges. Canadians sometimes say "at least we aren't American" as our get out of jail free card. I believe that we need to see the hierarchy with people on the top, then religion, country and political party afterwards. ( in no particular order)

Every four years I follow the insanity that transpires across the border in the poles. Democrat Vs Republican. Right vs Left. And now Black vs white. The lines are drawn so bold that you can't like one and not the other, and I find that weird. One of the problems that I have with religion is that there are a set of rules, and no exceptions. (unless you do something wrong and then you can say sorry and and start again.) I never really had any affinity to any political party growing up, so I was able to make a decision based solely off of my own experience, lifestyle, etc. And I think those should be the criteria. You can't have it both ways, just like religion. You can't be a conservative and not follow the rules of the party. I heard someone say that they chose a candidate( Stephen Harper) because she wanted to rich and felt that the conservative party looked after the wealthy better. The statement bothered me. For a long time. I'm one of those people that remembers certain things and they play back in me head all the time until I figure things out. But I think it bothered me because it was a statement that was made based off a financial future. Maybe it's the baby thing, but I think I'll make my decisions based off of a better future for my children. Whatever the world turns out to be I want them to feel comfortable about it. It was the lifestyle assumptions that go with the party that scared me. Anti- Gay, reversing a long fought and reasonable marijuana law, pro-life, etc. These are all the prerequisites for our American counter parts as well. Same conservatives, just on a bigger scale.
Maybe being a conservative is like being religious. You can preach it, press it on others, and judge those that don't agree, but you don't really have to follow the rules. Unless you get caught breaking one of those rules, then you can say you're sorry and start again.
After all "It's Gods will".
I hope that both our countries can successfully look at it's citizens as people first and their race, creed, color, religion and political party after. If the decisions are made with the human race first, both countries can have true leadership.
For me It just that Black and White.