In The Now

I’m never entirely sure how much to believe of what’s said in the media. Radio, TV, print, even these here fine blogs. So much is hearsay, rumour mongering, made-up statistics, and outright lies that when I hear anything, read anything, or find anything out, I tend to take a step back and try to think about who would have the most to gain from whatever was said.

All that went out the window the other day. I was listening to the news in the van (two very rare occurrences – I was driving the van by myself and I was choosing to listen to the news) when I heard that the financial news for Canada is not as good as it should be. There will be improvements, but not as sharp of improvements as were expected (which reminds me of the time that Google’s stock dropped because they didn’t exceed expectations as much as was expected). However, some government official (I can’t remember his name) supposedly said that the markets were failing because Canadians weren’t productive enough.

Holy crappin’ beezus, did I fly off the handle. I was stopped at a stop sign, yelling at the radio, ranting about how Canadians are people, living their lives, not automata whose sole purpose is to protect the pension of some bureaucratic big-mouth whose bottom line is so high I couldn’t see it with a telescope.

I’ve recovered to a certain degree, but a lot of me is still pretty angry. Is that how all government officials think of their citizens, as some black box you build roads for, which spits out reams of cash?

Having recovered a little bit, I’d be interested to hear a quote, read a transcript, or at least find some context to what this guy said. It would be nice to know that he was taken out of context, or misquoted, or even to just have some ammunition for some kind of pissy missive to my MP.

As it is, I’m sure it’ll fade into the background of my consciousness soon enough.

Later

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