Very Funny

You can find this on YouTube (don't know why it refuses to post on this blog.)

In the mean time, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Loser!!

First, I am glad that he is now a Liberal problem.

Second, I hope he will get screwed by the Grits.

Third, he is a LOSER (with a big "L" on his forehead.)


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PUBLICATION: The Leader-Post (Regina)
DATE: 2007.12.20
SECTION: News
PAGE: A12
DATELINE: SASKATOON

Orchard's nomination could get scuttled

SASKATOON -- A political tug-of-war is brewing within the Liberal party over David Orchard's campaign for the nomination in the sprawling northern riding of Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River.

Orchard was a prominent Saskatchewan backer of Stephane Dion during his successful race for Liberal Leader in 2006.
But there are now media reports that Dion, at the request of Liberal House Leader and Wascana MP Ralph Goodale, will override the nomination race and instead appoint NDP MLA Joan Beatty as the candidate.

The news that the nomination process might be circumvented has been met with mixed emotions from the camp of Orchard, who first rose to prominence in the late 1980s as an anti-free trade activist and later ran twice for the leadership of the defunct federal Progressive Conservative party.

"He thinks it's not something that should be happening, but he's been encouraged to continue campaigning by the response and support he's getting," said Marjaleena Repo, an organizer for Orchard, on Wednesday.

Orchard's candidacy was announced at an October brunch for Dion by Goodale, the Liberal's sole MP in Saskatchewan after the August resignation of Gary Merasty created the vacancy in Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River.

"The understanding we have is this is a real diversion and it falls into Mr. Goodale's lap because he seems to be pushing for someone else," said Repo.

"This goes counter to everything that he was operating from. He had a clear understanding that he was wanted and he was encouraged by Mr. Dion to fight hard. It's unnerving."

When asked in an interview if he was trying to block Orchard, Goodale said he does not comment on nominating processes.

"There are at least three, if not five people, who have expressed interest in that riding. Some very interesting people with some very good credentials. It's a northern riding with a big aboriginal population. There are both aboriginal and non-aboriginal candidates that are interested. The process is ongoing," said the former federal finance minister, noting that the party's "green light" committee is supervising to ensure everyone is treated fairly.

Goodale said the party is by-and-large best served by a full nomination process in a riding but there are rare times when a leader needs the opportunity to appoint a candidate.

He said "we'll see," when asked if this was one of those times.

A Dion representative in Ottawa said only that the federal leader spoke publicly of his appreciation for Orchard on Tuesday and expressed a desire for him to be a candidate at some point.

He is a Smart Ass!!

I am a bit too old to go back to school, but I am thinking about applying to be a faculty member of one of those 57 schools mentioned below.......or maybe joining their custodial building maintenance staff.

Anyhow, this guy is definitely a "smart ass"!!

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PUBLICATION: GLOBE AND MAIL
DATE: 2007.12.06
PAGE: L5 (ILLUS)
BYLINE: KEITH O'BRIEN
SECTION: Globe Life

STUDENT EXCHANGE: TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO BOY HAS GONE BEFORE At all-girls school, he's 1 in 2,300

KEITH O'BRIEN New York Times News Service WELLESLEY, MASS.
To many women, he is simply "the boy." They know who he is, even if they don't know his name. They know his story, even if they've never spoken to him.

In the small, all-female world of Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Mohammad Usman is literally a man among women - about 2,300 women.

Mr. Usman, 19, is the only man attending the college this fall.
"A lot of people don't know his name, really," said Johanna Peace, editor-in-chief of the student newspaper. "If they see him, they'll say, 'Oh - there's the boy.' " The boy in question has been living in a campus dormitory since September, showering in his private bathroom, and perhaps predictably becoming something of a folk hero among his male friends.

But do not get the wrong idea: Wellesley College, where alumni include presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, is not allowing men to become full-time students. Mr. Usman, who grew up in New York, came to Wellesley on a semester-long exchange program, and he maintains that his motives for being here are pure.

He wanted to come for the education. (And the women.) He was looking forward to living near Boston. (And lots of women.) To him, this was the chance of a lifetime.

"I thought it would be really fascinating to be the only male at an all-women's college," said Mr. Usman, a student at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. There are 57 women's colleges in Canada and the United States that are part of the Women's College Coalition, including Brescia University College at the University of Western Ontario in London.

Under an agreement among 11 New England institutions, students can apply to spend a semester at another school. Men have attended Wellesley via the exchange program in the past, although not recently, said Jennifer Thomas-Starck, who oversees the program at Wellesley.

Early on, Mr. Usman said, a campus police officer questioned whether he was actually a student. "The look on his face was just like, 'Yeah, okay, buddy,' " he recalled.

"Most guys who are on campus are somebody's boyfriend," said Amy Goodman, a student. "So when there's a guy who doesn't have anybody and who's going to an all-girls school, it's going to make people go, 'Oh, who is this person?' " Female students have wondered about Mr. Usman's motives. But some say he has blended in among them. In class, he often sits up front, and he has made plenty of female friends.

"Men are welcome," said Wilbur Rich, a political science professor at Wellesley. "If you don't mind being around very, very bright women, it's no problem." That is not an issue for Mr. Usman, who said he has no girlfriend.

He is very attracted to intelligent women, he said, and has enjoyed the attention from his classmates.